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This is the way Travis Lulay explains it.

When a quarterback is in harmony with his surroundings and has confidence in his abilities he doesn’t think. He just reacts.

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He trusts his first read. If that isn’t there, he knows when to check down and when to throw it away; when to escape and when to step up in the pocket. There have been times in his career Lulay has had that feeling, when he’s commanded the time and space of the quarterback position.

But he’s also known the other side and this is how he explains that feeling.

“You either trust the throw or you think ‘Should I throw it?,’” the Lions’ injured quarterback said as he leaned on crutches at the team’s Surrey practice facility. “But by then, it’s too late. And I mean it’s milliseconds. That’s the difference. Milliseconds.”

So are those milliseconds the difference between the Jonathon Jennings of 2016 and 2017? Maybe it’s that simple for the Lions and their young quarterback and this is all part of the learning curve for someone trying to master the most difficult position to play in team sports.