Last year, Detroit Lions coaches asked linebacker Jason Cabinda to make a huge transition. A defender through and through, Cabinda was approached about playing on the other side of the ball, specifically to use that physical defensive mindset to be the team’s fullback. The mid-offseason transition wasn’t easy, but Cabinda was up for it.
This year, the fullback was ready to fully assume the positional change, studying film of fullback stars like 49ers’ Kyle Juszczyk, but as soon as he took the field in training camp, the Lions saw more potential out of the player.