Marvin Jones had a sense early in free agency that a reunion could be in the works, and the more he thought about playing for the Detroit Lions again, the more he liked the idea.
Jones spent five of his best seasons in Detroit. His children called the area home from 2016-20. And when he returned to Ford Field for the first time last season with the Jacksonville Jaguars, he left feeling nostalgic.
"Just the love that everybody had, seeing familiar faces and giving everybody daps and hugs and stuff like that," Jones said. "It was like, 'Dang, it was my home for five years.