Lions fans were treated to a great finish to practice Saturday at the Meijer Performance Center with rookie wide receiver Isaac TeSlaa ending practice with a catch down the left sideline where he battled a 50-50 ball away from cornerback Dicaprio Bootle for a touchdown.
TeSlaa, the Lions’ third-round pick in this year’s NFL Draft out of Arkansas, has been a playmaker this entire first week of camp but particularly has stood out the last two days with the pads coming on. His size (6-4, 214), speed (4.43) and physicality can be used to his advantage.
TeSlaa has also been battling through a knee injury that has been giving him some discomfort. The fact that he’s battling through that and still able to make plays has been pretty impressive for a rookie.
“Yeah, you like to see it,” Lions head coach Dan Campbell said of TeSlaa persevering through some discomfort. “Because here’s the thing, if we didn’t feel like he could handle it or he wasn’t ready, he would not be out there. It’s time for him to go.
“Some of this has got to be, ‘yeah, you are going to have to push through this a little bit. You are going to have to get the conditioning, the number of reps on you. Because the more you do, the stronger you are going to get, because you are ready for it. It’s just going to be a little uncomfortable.’ So, yeah. It means a lot to have a young guy who’s willing to press and push, because they don’t all know that yet and they start figuring it. So, it’s good.”
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