Brian Branch Nominated for Rookie of the Week
Detroit Lions defensive back Brian Branch had a stellar debut at Arrowhead Stadium.
After recording his first career interception and pick-six against the Kansas City Chiefs, the Detroit second-round pick has been nominated for Rookie of the Week.
Against Kansas City, Branch recorded three tackles, one pass defensed and one interception that was returned for a touchdown.
Detroit's defense, which was aiming to take significant strides this season, showcased it was able to make quick adjustments, and forced a significant amount of pressure on Patrick Mahomes.
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"There’s so many things that we talked about doing. I think it’s a number of things. First of all, (Aaron Glenn) AG had a heck of a gameplan," said Dan Campbell. "We did a couple of little things different, than we’ve done. We worked them, but that we know we wanted to use against Kansas City.
"I think our fundamentals up front really showed up, too, that’s two. Fundamentally, (Alim McNeill) Mac and Benito (Jones) and (Josh) Paschal and (John Cominsky) Comish and (Aidan Hutchinson) Hutch and Charles (Harris), (James) Houston -- like all of those guys, you could see our fundamentals really showed up," Campbell explained further. "I felt like that made a difference, our front versus their front and in the backend. We just, we’re better equipped to handle some things that are going on back there. We have guys that if something breaks down, we have some pretty aware, instinctive players that can make up for some things when the play gets long. And, I think the combination of all that makes us better.”
