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'The Wick' burns bright as Georgia trio fires up Lions' secondary

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Allen Park — If the Lions are going to have any chance of slowing down Philip Rivers, Carson Wentz, Patrick Mahomes and Aaron Rodgers in the coming month, “The Wick” is going to have to shine bright.

Brunswick, Georgia, that is, which is inexplicably the home for three of the Lions’ five starting defensive backs: Darius Slay, Justin Coleman and Tracy Walker are all former Brunswick High School Pirates.

“It’s amazing, to be honest,” Coleman said last week. “Overall, I consider every guy in here like somebody I grew up with.