{"id":34210,"date":"2025-09-30T11:17:53","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T11:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=34210"},"modified":"2025-09-30T11:17:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T11:17:53","slug":"breaking-how-should-detroit-lions-address-the-cb-position","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=34210","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING :  How should Detroit Lions address the CB position?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ9tscA6ip5puRFpL0gOUVNoKFFF1S5R2iNdA&amp;s\" alt=\"How should Detroit Lions address the CB position given their injuries? |  Pride Of Detroit\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell offered an update on the team\u2019s injured starting cornerbacks D.J. Reed and Terrion Arnold. All things considered, the news was good. Reed, who had to be carted off with what looked like a serious hamstring injury, is expected to miss \u201ca while,\u201d but his injury is not season-ending. It sounds like he\u2019ll miss right around four or five games based on Campbell noting they aren\u2019t sure whether he\u2019ll go on injured reserve or not. Arnold has a chance of playing this week with his shoulder injury, but even if he does miss the game against the Bengals, Campbell said he expects Arnold to play the following week.<\/p>\n<p>While that is good news in the long term, it does leave the Lions pretty shorthanded this week. If Arnold can\u2019t go, that means Detroit only has Amik Robertson, Rock Ya-Sin, Khalil Dorsey, and Avonte Maddox available at the cornerback position against the Bengals. Detroit does have Erick Hallett available on the practice squad, but that is a perilously thin group of cornerbacks, and a scary proposition going against the likes of Ja\u2019Marr Chase and Tee Higgins on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>So today\u2019s Question of the Day is:<\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>What should the Lions do at cornerback right now?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>My answer: <\/strong>Let me start by saying what the Lions should <em>not<\/em> do. They shouldn\u2019t go out and panic trade for someone. I know Tariq Woolen is supposedly on the trading block, and someone like Browns cornerback Greg Newsome seems like a good fit. But Detroit\u2019s cornerback problem is only temporary\u2014and whether you agree or not, they still believe in Terrion Arnold. Woolen is the right price with a cheap final rookie deal on the table, but he\u2019s not a very good schematic fit with his lack of run support and high percentage of zone coverage. Newsome is a much better schematic fit, but he\u2019s on an expensive fifth-year option ($13.4 million salary), and Detroit almost certainly isn\u2019t willing to pay that. So unless Cleveland is willing to eat some of that, that seems like an unlikely option.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, I think the Lions are probably going to underwhelm most fans with what they are going to do. Without a doubt, they need some extra bodies, but when Campbell talked about it, he hinted it may simply be a practice body.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we would look for somebody for help. I haven\u2019t talked to (general manager) Brad (Holmes) yet about all of this, so we will discuss this, but we may need somebody for help for practice at a minimum,\u201d Campbell said.<\/p>\n<p>There are a few intriguing free agent cornerbacks out there that could step in and help right away. Veterans Stephon Gilmore and Asante Samuel Jr. are out there, but Gilmore is 35 years old and Samuel Jr. is recovering from neck surgery in April and it doesn\u2019t appear he\u2019s ready to sign with a team yet, given he\u2019s scheduled for a CT scan in October to check in on the spinal fusion. They could call back Emmanuel Moseley, but that ship seems to have certainly sailed.<\/p>\n<p>What is most likely is a low-key signing off a practice squad or a lesser-known name to give Detroit an extra player to help round out the roster. I think it\u2019s very possible\u2014if not probable\u2014Detroit goes into Cincinnati this week with Amik Robertson and Rock Ya-Sin as their starting corners with Avonte Maddox as their top nickel option.<\/p>\n<p>What do you want to see the Lions do at cornerback? 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