When it comes to starting and playing in the Detroit Lions’ secondary, Rashean Mathis says there’s no place for egos in their meeting room.
“We’re a team,” he said this offseason. “I’ll teach you everything that I know, and if your talent is better than mine, then you’re on the field and I’m your supporting cast. Regardless of who plays, we need to be the best we can be.”
It’s an attitude Mathis has lived by ever since arriving in Detroit in 2013, and the Lions’ young cornerbacks who have studied under him over that time are much better because of it.