It wasn't that long ago Kelvin Sheppard sat next to Jarrad Davis in the Detroit Lions practice facility, pouring over film while listening to Al Golden as the team's linebackers coach in 2018.
Fast forward four years and Davis is no longer expected to be the team's star of the future. He's a free agent from the New York Jets, who is making less in Year 6 than he did as a rookie.
Sheppard, whose final season of his eight-year career was spent with the Lions, is now Davis' position coach. Sheppard ended his playing days with seven games in 2018, making one start and recording five tackles.