It seems the Detroit Lions have grown tired of Nick Fairley’s weight issues. CBS Sports is reporting that the talented defensive tackle is running with the second team as of now.
As noted by the Detroit News, it appeared that Fairley, who started all 15 games he played last season, was practicing with the Lions second-team defense on Monday.
Fairley’s reaction to questions afterward about the move to the second team as C.J. Mosleyand Jason Jones took over his place among the starters?
Wrote the newspaper: “Nick Fairley silently and perplexedly raised his hands when asked why he was playing with the second-team defense …”
First-year Lions head coach Jim Caldwell refused to address the issues.
“Who said he was playing on the twos?” Caldwell said. “Was there a depth chart that said anything about it? … What you see more so than anything else is we decide how we rep guys. It doesn’t necessarily mean they’re one, they’re two, they’re three, whatever it might be. It just depends on the situation. Don’t read a whole lot into it.”