Kyle Sloter is brimming with confidence.
And why shouldn't he? All the Detroit Lions backup quarterback has done is succeed when others said he couldn’t during every step of his football career.
All he has done is carve out a sliver of his football dream that has brought him to the edge of starting his first regular-season NFL game.
“I know I can be a starter in this league,” said Sloter (pronounced SLOW-ter). “Nothing in this league so far has told me that I can’t be. Like I said, I’m just waiting for an opportunity.