Ennis Rakestraw entered Monday night’s Detroit Lions scrimmage needing something positive to happen.
The former second-round pick had watched his standing in Detroit’s secondary slip during training camp, struggled in the preseason opener against Cincinnati and found himself working primarily with the second-team defense. With Nick Whiteside emerging as one of the surprises of camp and other young defensive backs pushing for opportunities, Rakestraw’s margin for error was getting smaller.
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Then Monday happened.
Rakestraw delivered easily one of his best performances of the summer, showing the physicality,
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