Allen Park — Football has long been compared to a brutal, live-action game of chess. Two sides use the accumulation of many pieces to out-strategize the other, flipping between offense and defense, before the game is ultimately decided by a combination of attrition and smarts.
In any given game of Detroit Lions football, linebacker and special-teams captain Josh Woods is a rook.
Woods moves less than other starters and captains — rooks often wait in the corner while other pieces dictate game flow — but when it's his turn to move, the implications for both teams are very real.