Club on his hand and all, defensive lineman John Cominsky more than impressed in his first year in Detroit.
So much so that Pro Football Focus named him the one free agent the Detroit Lions can’t afford to lose. The 27 year old has become a key piece of the defensive front.
After three years, he was let go from an Atalanta Falcons team that couldn’t figure out how to fit Cominsky into their new scheme. The Lions were one of eight teams to submit a waiver claim and won.
He suffered an early season injury that kept him off the field for a month, but wrapped his surgically repaired thumb up in a club and trudged on.