If it happens Sunday, and it should, Jeff Okudah could not have picked a bigger stage for his first career start: Against a two-time MVP quarterback, throwing to one of the NFL’s premier wide receivers, in one of the league’s most storied venues.
And people who have followed his growth and development in the nearly five months since the Detroit Lions made him the highest-drafted cornerback in 22 years, insist he’s ready for it.
“He’s been preparing himself for this moment his whole career,” Lions defensive backs coach Steve Gregory said. “I don’t think he looks into it as much as the people on the outside look into as being, ‘Oh, this is my first game in the NFL, I’m playing against Aaron Rodgers.