On Sunday against the Atlanta Falcons, Detroit Lions safety Tracy Walker will get his first start since tearing his Achilles last season. As he comes out of the tunnel at Ford Field, it will mark 364 days since suffering that injury. Yes, literally one day before the year anniversary of that dreadful afternoon in Minnesota in which Walker’s 2022 season ended in an instant.
Walker doesn’t believe the timeline is a coincidence.
“I’m a very spiritual man. I believe in god very, very heavily,” Walker said. “I just feel like this is god’s plan.