Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press
Watching a cornerstone player suffer a devastating injury in the middle of the off-season is nothing new for Haloti Ngata.
In 2012, Ngata was with the Baltimore Ravens when top pass rusher Terrell Suggs tore his Achilles tendon while playing a spring game of pickup basketball.
Suggs, coming off a 14-sack season, appeared in just eight games for the Ravens that fall, but Baltimore - with Detroit Lions coach Jim Caldwell as its offensive coordinator - still went on to win the Super Bowl.