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Former NFL offensive lineman T.J. Lang said no one discussed mental health 15 years ago at the start of his career. “When you’re a big, burly athlete there’s part of you that takes pride in keeping things to yourself and looking like you’re put together,” said Lang, who played in Green Bay for eight seasons and wrapped up his career after the 2018 season following a two-year stint with the Detroit Lions. The NFL and NFL Players Association in 2019 agreed to make it a requirement to have a licensed behavioral health clinician on the staff of each team in an effort to increase mental health resources.
The Detroit Lions had their best season in generations. They're not ready to celebrate at the moment. The Lions let an opportunity slip to play in the Super Bowl for the first time, becoming the only NFL team to lose a 17-point halftime lead in a conference championship game when they lost 34-31 at San Francisco. Hopes were high for Detroit last summer as the favorite to win the NFC North, and the team lived up to the hype by ending a three-decade stretch without a division title. The Lions earned two postseason victories for the first time since winning the 1957 NFL championship.
of the San Francisco 49ers avoids a tackle by Alex Anzalone of the Detroit Lions during the NFC Championship game. The second biggest NFL day of the year very…