KAZEE FITTING IN; MILLS SIGNED
Detroit signed veteran safety Damontae Kazee to the practice squad this week to help bolster their numbers at the position after the loss of Pro Bowl safety Brian Branch to an achilles injury last week.
Kazee has 111 games and 63 starts to his credit, most recently playing four games with Cleveland this season. He led the NFL with seven interceptions in 2018 and has multiple interceptions over the course of five different seasons.
“Can’t jump straight in until I learn everything and can give out the right calls and everything, so I’ve been on it,” Kazee said this week of learning the playbook and defensive coordinator Kelvin Sheppard’s scheme. “I think coming from Cleveland, it was the same, just a lot of man. That’s what I’ve been with all year – man coverage and get after it with big personnel.”
The Lions also claimed safety Jalen Mills off waivers from the Texans this week. Mills is a 10-year veteran with 92 career starts under his belt for Philadelphia, New England, New York Jets and Houston.
“LSU guy. But ultimate competitor, seriously, ultimate competitor, and he’s ready to roll,” Sheppard said Thursday of Mills. “It’s a guy that’s been playing football; that’s the thing that I like about it. It’s just about terminology now and getting him up to speed with that terminology and then getting him out on the grass out here and seeing how he moves and kind of acclimates into what we do here. But I love the addition.”