Best content of the week: Lions CB Rakestraw eager to build on success

It wasn’t exactly a storybook beginning for Detroit Lions cornerback Ennis Rakestraw Jr. Be it injuries, bad luck, or a combination of both, he never really had the opportunity to get his NFL career going. However, the past is the past, and Rakestraw, now in his third year in the NFL, has put together a string of solid performances. Will Burchfield of 97.1 has the story on how Rakestraw is happy to be moving in the right direction, but aware that he has more work to do in order to solidify his status as a full-time starter on the Lions’ defense.

“I just gotta worry about myself,” Rakestraw said to Burchfield. “If they go get a corner, they go get a corner. Whatever move they make is the best move for the team, so 100 percent behind whatever they want. Obviously we feel like we can do it here, but if they don’t feel like that, they’re the ones who gotta make the big decisions. If we trade for a corner, we don’t know if one of us will be gone or one of us stays, so we just try to stay getting better and better every week, and try to give them a reason to not make that kind of move.”

You can read the entire piece from Burchfield right here.

And now onto the rest of the best Lions content from this week.

• And Burchfield with another story on the connection between Lions new returner DeAndre Carter and special teams coordinator Dave Fipp.

• This tradition has been a fun one to watch over the last several years, with the latest edition being Lions rookie defensive back Keith Abney II in a Texas Tech jersey after losing an, “agreement,” to fellow rookie Skyler Gill-Howard.

• The outpouring of love for the legendary Dan Miller has been awesome to witness. If you are interested, you can still donate over at LMcancer.org.

• Be sure to check out this feature the Lions content team put out over on their YouTube where receiver Isaac TeSlaa explains how he was born to wear the Honolulu blue. Here’s a clip:

• Also coming from the Lions YouTube channel is a highlight of the best plays made thus far in Detroit’s alternate jerseys, and an interview with Lions defensive line coach Kacy Rodgers.

• An interesting post in The Feed from user UndaDawg where they examine the increasing popularity of the, “Peanut punch.”