Eric Ebron had a brashness about him as a rookie that rubbed some people the wrong way, but after a humbling rookie season, the Detroit Lions’ second-year tight end has become more pragmatic about his ways. “I see a lot more discipline, professional, motivated, realistic guy than what I saw last year,” general manager Martin Mayhew said after Day 2 of training camp. “And I think he had some youth and exuberance last year that kind of overcame a lot of really common sense sometimes. “I think now he knows what’s at stake, he knows what he has to do to be a great pro, and I see everything he has to do to be a great pro. This entire off-season he’s been working his butt off to be better than he was last year, and I think he will be.”

Source: Dave Birkett of The Detroit Free Press