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Michael Roberts working to give Lions no choice but to play him

It’s been a rough transition to the NFL for Detroit Lions 2017 third-round pick Michael Roberts. The young tight end didn’t have much of an impact his rookie season. 2018 was derailed by injury and other circumstances. There’s no other way of putting it, it was a disappointment.

“My rookie year, I would say, was like an introduction,” Roberts said on Tuesday. “Last year, I couldn’t really keep my body up with my mind, so it was a disappointing year for me. I felt like I left a lot out there.”

And now after the Lions added Jesse James in free agency and spent a first-round pick on T.