Lions News: Lions Trade Up With The Dallas Cowboys & Select Terrion Arnold CB, Alabama

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Detroit Lions news begins with the 2024 NFL Draft selection of Terrion Arnold, CB Alabama Get started with Gametime today! Download the Gametime app, create an account and use code LIONSCHAT for $20 off your first purchase! Check out https://Gametime.co for last minute tickets. The lowest price guaranteed With a heavy early run on offensive players in the 2024 NFL Draft, the Detroit Lions got aggressive and traded up to acquire a player that most experts believed shouldn’t have been available. After executing a deal with the Dallas Cowboys, the Lions acquired pick No. 24 and selected Alabama cornerback Terrion Arnold. “He fits us like a glove,” Lions general manager Brad Holmes said of Arnold. Pro ready habits, mentality For those who wanted Jaylon Johnson (Bears cornerback) in free agency, well you just got him in the draft with the addition of Arnold. A student of the game, Arnold’s passion for football runs deep, and he possesses the confidence you would expect from a two-year starter at Alabama. A film room junkie, Arnold is highly intelligent, competitive, and mentally tough. He prepares like a professional, is open to criticism, and has the awareness to implement what he is being taught. Holmes made a point of telling the media that he saw noticeable, incremental progress throughout Arnold’s development which points to his unlimited ceiling. Holmes also added the fact that Arnold possesses a lot of significant traits that illustrate that he is wired the right way, including being “gritty” and playing with “a challenge mentality.” Coverage scheme, positional range Alabama played more zone last season than they have in previous seasons, leading to a wealth of experience in both zone and press man coverage schemes. While he’s comfortable in both schemes, he does prefer to play in more man concepts. “I prefer man coverage,” Arnold told Justin Melo of the Draft Network. “It’s special to take another man’s willpower away from him in man coverage. No matter