T.J. Lang is a player known for his leadership, toughness and ferocity on the field of play, and certainly, those traits endear him to the Detroit Lions as well as his teammates up front. But as a part of that, Lang has also been known to be a player who picks up some calls against him. That was the case once again in the 2017 season, Lang's first in Detroit. According to SportFacts.org, Lang was on the All-Penalty team for last season, having racked up seven calls at right guard for 70 yards, leading the way at his position.

Fortunately for Detroit, Lang was the only player who cracked the list from a Lions perspective. As a whole, the NFC North only had one other player on the list, and it was defensive tackle Eddie Goldman of the Chicago Bears. Goldman racked up six penalties for 68 yards against. Obviously, even though that's a pretty dramatic total on its own, Lang still had him beat easily with his numbers.

Last season, a common joke with fans was how Lang would have to adjust to playing for the Lions and leaving the Green Bay Packers, seeing as Detroit rarely gets the benefit of the doubt with regards to the officials. As such, there were certainly a few borderline calls that went against Lang which seemed questionable at best, so it's possible that this number is more than a bit skewed. This season, we'll see if Lang has learned anything in his adjustment to playing for one of the teams who has not been known to get any love from the officials in the stripes.

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It's fair to point out that Lang also made the Pro Bowl last season too, so it's not as if he didn't play well. He simply got flagged.

This offseason, Lang has said that the struggles that overtook the Detroit line as a whole in 2017 are not carrying over, as the group is focused mostly on turning the page from an injury-riddled and inconsistent season and not interested in looking backward at all.

"At the time it was frustrating. Right now, I think there's not one guy in the locker room who's talking about last year," Lang told the media a few months back. "Everybody's focused, there's new optimism around the locker room and we don't care about last year anymore. It's well documented the things that we went through injury wise and obviously with performance. But we got some new guys in this room and it's a totally different team this year. We're going to have to figure out what we do well and move on from there."

The hope is Lang and Detroit's line can stay out of penalty trouble in addition to this. With health and depth on their side, it might not be a stretch to assume that will be the case when all is said and done in 2018.