Evaluating whether Detroit Lions have top-10 secondary entering 2024 NFL season.
to start off the offseason. Plus, he doubled up on cornerbacks in this past April’s NFL Draft, selecting Alabama's, who is expected to replace the departed Cam Sutton as the Lions’ No. 1 corner, and Arnold are projected to be Detroit's top two cornerbacks in 2024.has a chance to absorb a healthy dose of nickel corner snaps from Brian Branch, who is expected to slide over to safety in the place of C.J. Gardner-Johnson this season.
The second-year pro is expected to be a valuable asset in the Lions’ safeties room, which also includes incumbent starters, coming off a breakout season in 2023, has a chance to be the Lions’ top-performing full-time safety in 2024. He had a starring role in Detroit's secondary down the stretch last season, securing 26 total tackles, including three for loss, seven passes defensed, two interceptions and three sacks in the team's final five games.
For Melifonwu’s efforts as a whole last season, he earned an 85.6 overall mark from PFF, including an impressive 92.0 pass-rush grade and an 80.9 coverage mark., in fact, just ranked the Lions’ secondary as the league's 11th-best unit. In case you were wondering, it ranked the N.Y. Jets' secondary, featuring All-Pro cornerback Sauce Gardner, as the league's best.
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