I was with Swifty when we first drafted him in Detroit a number of years ago,

and I followed his career even after he left Detroit.

And I think very highly of him. He's an explosive athlete.

There's a number of things that he can do both in the running game and the passing game.

I do think he can help ignite an offense because he's got that playmaking ability.

So it'll be fun to start to work together again here this springtime with him.

That is very careful language from Ben Johnson about D'Andre Swift because if it was so fun to work with D'Andre Swift,

one would think that under Ben Johnson,

he might have still been able to find a home in Detroit.

But Detroit went in two opposite directions and got two players to do the stuff that they were hoping D'Andre Swift could do on his own.

Yeah, they had just drafted Jemir Gibbs.

Which a lot of people laughed at at the time.

It's true.

And then they ended up signing David Montgomery.

But, you know, and Swift was in the last year of his deal.

So there is some cover there.

But it sure seemed clear that the lions were ready to go with a

different kind of direction and a different running back mix and style so speaks you i think have

been probably the most critical of dandre swift out of anyone interesting i hadn't realized it but but I'll take it. It's too bad because I was

looking forward to him. I was looking forward to him, but he wasn't, he ended up being a guy who

I really appreciate when he's outside the tackles and when he's in space. And I also appreciate

his work ethic and his demeanor and his

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