ALLEN PARK — Detroit Lions special teams coordinator Dave Fipp likes to begin the mornings asking his players if they’re fired up and ready for the day ahead, showing his enthusiasm for what will be a hard day of work.

Fipp doesn’t vault around quite as much while speaking to reports at the podium, but he’s always got an excitement about his unit.

And there’s one player that knows how to match Fipp’s energy better than anyone.

“We got one guy with long hair and it’s always on fire,” Fipp said Thursday. “But he’s bouncing off the walls usually.”

That player is first-year Lion Grant Stuard, the 27-year old linebacker and special teams gadget player who was named a team captain mere months after signing with the team.

A former Mr. Irrelevant, Stuard quickly meshed with the Lions and thei

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