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Having to 'flush' his college experience, Lions OL Joe Dahl could start in 2017

ALLEN PARK, Mich. -- Joe Dahl was a little frustrated. It was early in the Detroit Lions' season and while he expected something like this to happen, it was still a lot more than he thought. The offensive lineman knew his growth to become an NFL player would take time for a lot of reasons.

But the amount of what he had to pick up, re-learn and in some cases learn for the first time ended up startling him a little bit.

Dahl was a little bit less prepared for the jump from college to the NFL because of where he went to college and what his team ran.