coach Antonio Pierce admitted it wasn’t handy to see cornerback Amik Robertson leave in free business enterprise this year.
Amik Robertson, the Detroit Lions’ new free agent cornerback signing, bought excessive reward from his former head teach Antonio Pierce.
Las Vegas Raiders educate Antonio Pierce admitted it wasn’t easy to see cornerback Amik Robertson leave in free corporation this year.
“Sad to see him go, however extraordinarily proud of him,” Pierce stated on Monday at the owners conferences in Orlando.
The Detroit Lions signed Robertson to a two-year, $9.25 million this offseason. And with the latest launch of Cameron Sutton, there’s a sensible risk he may want to be in play for a starting position this season.
So what are the Lions getting in Robertson?
“A ball hawk,” Pierce said. “A man that’s very—you hate to say it—but he’s kinda acquired a little man’s complex. He plays better than what he is. You’re looking at a 5-(foot-)8, 5-9 guy, but extraordinarily talented, gifted competitor.”
Robertson was once firstly drafted in the fourth round of the 2020 NFL Draft. After starting in simply two video games over the first two seasons of his career, Robertson scrapped his way into greater playing time over the previous few seasons, starting seven games for the Raiders in 2022 and 12 last year. Over the course of those games, Robertson tallied 4 interceptions and 15 passes defended.
Beyond the stat sheet, Robertson gained a recognition for being a tough, physical outdoor cornerback notwithstanding his small stature (officially listed at 5-foot-8, 187 pounds). That built-in grittiness is part of what drew him to Detroit and Dan Campbell in the first place.
“The swagger and power that train Dan (Campbell), how he coaches, that’s what you’re looking for in a coach,” Robertson stated in the course of his introductory press convention last week. “He used to be a man that kinda began off in the league being a player’s coach, in my opinion. That’s some thing that I noticed in train AP (Antonio Pierce) at the Raiders. He was the man that kinda fit that description, and you desire to play for a man like that, a person that his gamers are going through the wall for him.”
Robertson joins Carlton Davis, Emmanuel Moseley, and Khalil Dorsey as the team’s pinnacle four backyard cornerbacks. While Davis is anticipated to be the team’s No. 1 cornerback, the other starting job is up for grabs. Like constantly underneath this coaching staff, that second spot will have to be earned by means of the players. But whether he earns the job in training camp or is the team’s main reserve cornerback, Pierce is aware of that in Detroit, Robertson is going to supply it his all.
“He did an extraordinarily precise job for us, continually battled, used to be constantly the subsequent man up, and when he bought the opportunity this year, he made the most of it.”
