During a recent Q&A session at a Pepsi event at Ford Field, Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford was asked to name one player on offense who could be poised for a breakout season in 2016.
He was obviously going to start talking about free-agent pickup Marvin Jones or running back Ameer Abdullah or possibly tight end Eric Ebron, right?
Not so fast.
Stafford paused for a moment and then proceeded to talk about third-year receiver TJ Jones for the next few minutes.
Stafford went through some of the big catches Jones had down the stretch last season, and how much Jones has improved from his lost rookie season of 2014 because of injury.