Even though Marcus Davenport hasn’t yet participated in a fully padded session with the Detroit Lions, he already has some intriguing expectations. The pass rusher, who signed a free agent contract this offseason, was selected by Pro Football Focus evaluators as the Lions player most likely to have a successful season of recovery.
Throughout his five seasons with the New Orleans Saints, Davenport had ups and downs, and his final season was a downer. The UTSA first-round selection from 2018 only recorded 0.5 sacks in 15 games in 2022, a season following his greatest performance of nine sacks and nine TFLs in 2021. For Davenport, his 2023 was completely forgettable, and the Vikings regretted signing him as a free agent alone.Detroit does have a few other possible bounce-back prospects, even if PFF did not include any more names on their rosters for any of the clubs. In2023, the defensive tackle John Cominsky’s second season with Detroit, he witnessed a significant decline in both his overall play and his production as a pass rusher. 2023 was undoubtedly the worst season for punter Jack Fox, who fell about 2.5 yards per punt short of his lifetime average across the first three years of his career.
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