Lions notes: Quin’s chemistry with Ihedigbo ‘coming along great’

Glover Quin never had a chance to develop much chemistry with his partner in the Lions secondary last year, Louis Delmas, because Delmas rarely practiced because of knee pain.

Quin has been limited all spring as he recovers from off-season ankle surgery, but he said today the chemistry between him and new safety James Ihedigbo is coming along great.

We work out at the same place in Houston so once he signed here we just kind of hit stride, started working out together and started building our relationship right there, Quin said. On the field, its been fun. I havent had actually got a chance to really, really practice with him, but I get to go do individual with him and be in all the meetings and have fun on the field with him, I just dont get to go out and compete with him. Im pretty sure once we get to that point itll get even funner.

More: Nick Fairley back to work

Quin started all 16 games last year and was one of the Lions most reliable defensive backs despite playing through ankle pain much of the season.

He had two sacks and tied a career-high with three interceptions, but his 57 tackles were the fewest of his career.

Quin, wholl start at free safety this fall after playing both safety positions last year Ihedigbo, who sat out Tuesdays practice with an undisclosed injury, is a strong safety said hes not sure how limited hell be in next weeks minicamp but acknowledged his injury was more debilitating than he let on.

Im not a guy that looks for excuses or looks for any kind of sympathy, so I didnt really want it to be known how bad it was or what I had or anything like that, Quin said. If I could play, I could play, and if I couldnt play I wasnt going to play.

I went out there, if I ever felt like I was going to put my team in jeopardy then I wouldnt have played. But playing safety, being a little further back, you can control your movements to an extent and so I was able to mask it a little bit. Obviously, I didnt feel like I was able to do all the things I like to do on the field. I wasnt able to make all the plays that I could have made on the field. But I tried to give what I could give and hopefully this year I wont have to deal with that and Ill get to fly around and have fun.

INJURY UPDATE: Golden Tate sat out Tuesdays practice with a shoulder injury he suffered last week, but the Lions biggest free-agent acquisition of the off-season said its nothing to be alarmed about.

Originally posted here:
Lions notes: Quin's chemistry with Ihedigbo 'coming along great'