Celebrating a Detroit Lions win with a Detroit Tigers team on the gridiron

The Detroit Tigers secondary:

Linebackers – Robbie Grossman, Tarik Skubal

Grossman is a veteran leader on the Tigers’ current roster, and that kind of mentality is needed in your linebacking core. He’s slightly under the average NFL linebacker height, but he’s shown patience at the plate in the big leagues and will know how to attack and pick his spots accordingly.

Skubal is deceivingly big, and could definitely be a linebacker on this squad. At 6’3″, 215 pounds, the southpaw can use that height to see over the defense and reach up to disrupt the passing game.

Cornerbacks – Daz Cameron and Willi Castro

Ideally, you’d have Derek Hill pulling a Troy Brown playing both offense and defense for the team. I won’t make him do that, and instead, have Cameron and Castro handle cornerback duties. Cameron is lightning quick and will cover the opposing team’s WR1. So you know, Allen Robinson or Davante Adams. Light work for Daz.

Willi will be the slot corner, and use his pretty good sprint speed to cover the inside of the field.

Safety – Javier Baez

It feels pretty great to be able to say Javier Baez’s name as an option here. The Tigers made that big shortstop splash in free agency, and now Baez can play one of the most important positions on this hypothetical football field. Baez is a baseball nut and loves the game, so I’m sure he’d take that IQ and love for the game (assuming he’d be the same way in football) and be a field general defensively. Baez can do things on the field few others, if anyone, can. He will bring that creativity to the Lions and help defeat the likes of Aaron Rodgers. If anyone can create that kind of magic, “El Mago” can.

There you have it, folks, I’m sure there are better examples of each I could’ve used, but one thing is for sure, we need the lockout to end and get back to reporting baseball news.