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One NFL player thinks the league should be doing more Miles Killebrew Jersey White , so we delve into what resources the players have."WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections Detroit Lions NewsDetroit Lions NotesDetroit Lions AnalysisDetroit Lions TransactionsDetroit Lions Game RecapsBreaking NewsIntroducing the 2019 Detroit Lions Draft Class! 脳NFL NewsMental health in the NFL, Part 2: Is the league doing enough? New,31commentsOne NFL player thinks the league should be doing more, so we delve into what resources the players have.EDTShareTweetShareShareMental health in the NFL, Part 2: Is the league doing enough? Wednesday we spoke with Detroit Lions linebacker Eli Harold about how masculinity can have a lot of bad effects on men dealing with mental health. We also learned that he believes the stigmas regarding mental health in the NFL are largely gone. Today we’ll talk with Lions defensive tackle Ricky Jean Francois about why he feels differently, and what you can do to help those dealing with mental health issues, even if you don’t have them. The mental health community doesn’t require that you have a disorder to help. You can be a regular Joe — or, say, a member of the military or an NFL player — to aid those with mental health disorders. That’s what Lions defensive tackle Ricky Jean Francois and his sister Major Villiana Jean Francois are doing. Ricky went to Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia this past summer to talk with current and former military members about mental health and suicide prevention. While there, he also filmed a PSA that aired on the Armed Forces Network during Super Bowl LIII. “I knew how important it was in the NFL, because we talk about it all the time with CTE and so many other things Womens Jalen Reeves-Maybin Jersey ,” Francois said. “But just to see it from the outside from military to everyday people, it was crazy just to know what other people go through everyday.”Outside of his work with the armed forces, Francois speaks with others who cope with mental health disorders everyday. He makes sure to keep in contact with some of them, and takes pleasure in seeing them get better every day.Francois has a different opinion on how the NFL handles mental health than Harold, however. He doesn’t believe the league is taking mental health seriously enough. “The Lions probably are, but I believe the NFL—and I ain’t trying to take no stab at them—I don’t really believe they’re working with mental health,” Francois said. “There’s just been so many players we done had throughout our career that we’ve seen gone like Junior Seau. I could go down the list of other people, but it’s like that health never came. You never sat there and tried to help them.“Just because you think think they had the fame, the Pro Bowls, the All Pros, you think they’re good and successful. But Theo Riddick Jersey White , at the same time, they live normal lives just like you and me. Once they leave these symbols, these logos alone, now that you’re outside the building you have to deal with who you really are. And I don’t believe the NFL takes that next step to have somebody willing to sit there and help you and communicate with you.” According to Francois, the Lions have multiple mental health professionals on staff to assist players and listen to them. Due to the sensitive nature of this topic, those professionals requested to not discuss specifics with me. Ricky is not alone in this. While the NFL did not give us any answers on how they deal with current players with mental health, the NFLPA did. The association’s communications manager Brandon Parker showed the NFLPA’s new mental health campaign Your Mind, Your Body, Your Health. Formed in May 2017, the campaign is designed to promote overall wellness among both current and former NFL players. Perhaps the biggest thing the campaign does is open up the conversation and debunk many of the myths and stigmas that are often attached to mental health disorders. Much like we discussed in the first part of this series, stigmas play a big role in the mental health conversation. The idea that having a mental health issues is a weakness is still something that some feel today. The stigmas have been strong for a long time around the league Womens Damon Harrison Jersey , strong enough to make players keep things to themselves. The campaign’s goal is to help explain mental health disorders and deconstruct every single stigma and myth one by one. The campaign also provides players with many resources to get help. Not only does the NFLPA offer their own NFL Lifeline hotline where players can call and discuss what they’re feeling, they also provide the number for the National Suicide Prevention Hotline and direct players to major mental health programs like Active Minds, an online organization that assists current and former students in coping with their mental health issues. Part 3 delves into mental health issues for athletes after their football careers are over. Read it here. Sam Darnold showed he could recover from a careless mistake — a promising trait for any rookie quarterback.What the New York Jets displayed on defense and special teams may have been even more encouraging for Darnold and his teammates.Darnold threw an interception on the very first snap of his NFL career — and it was run back for a Detroit touchdown — but New York’s quarterback shouldn’t sweat that too much after the Jets stormed back and routed the Lions 48-17 on Monday night. Darnold threw for 198 yards and two touchdowns, and the Jets also scored on defense and special teams.“We’re going to play better every game, that’s our goal,” wide receiver Quincy Enunwa said. “Obviously you can’t always make it happen, that’s going to be what we’re striving for. All three phases being successful, scoring on all three phases. When you can do that, you can be a pretty good team.”Darnold earned the starting job after the Jets drafted him third overall in this year’s draft. His performance alone was cause for excitement Monday, but on this night, New York seemed to have a pretty solid cast around him as well. The Jets intercepted Matthew Stafford four times in a dismal debut for new Lions coach Matt Patricia.“Give the Jets credit. They obviously are the ones that played well tonight Womens Sam Martin Jersey ,” Patricia said. “We have to do better, I have to coach better and we have to play better.”New York scored 31 unanswered points in the final 9:36 of the third quarter after the Lions had tied it at 17. Darron Lee returned an interception for a touchdown, and Andre Roberts scored on a 78-yard punt return 67 seconds later.What we learned from New York’s resounding win:REBOUNDDarnold’s start to this game was pretty much the worst-case scenario. On the first play from scrimmage, his ill-advised throw sailed toward the left sideline and was picked off by Quandre Diggs, who returned it 37 yards for a 7-0 lead. That was Darnold’s only major error, however. He not only showed he could play well in prime time on the road, he also showed he could handle adversity.The 21-year-old Darnold was the youngest quarterback to start a season opener since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger. He was also the first quarterback to win his first start by 31 or more points since Tom Brady in 2001, per ESPN Stats & Info.STUCK IN NEUTRALThe Lions were unimpressive in the preseason, but it’s always tough to tell how much that really matters. This opener confirmed this team has issues. It was the most lopsided loss for Detroit in an opener since a 45-0 shellacking at Washington in 1991. (Of course, the Lions ended up making the NFC title game that season).Detroit had scored at least 25 points in seven straight season openers, an NFL record. That streak is now over.Perhaps most distressing http://www.lionslockerroom.com/authentic-teez-tabor-jersey , the Jets said they had a read on Stafford’s signals.“We were calling out their plays as he was getting up to the line,” Lee said.NO BALANCEDetroit did a lot to try to shore up the running game this offseason, drafting Kerryon Johnson and adding LeGarrette Blount. It was enough of an overhaul that Ameer Abdullah was inactive for the opener.The Lions ended up with 39 yards on 15 carries. Blount ran four times for minus-3 yards. Not a good sign.“I know it sounds crazy, but we’re a lot better football team than we showed,” tackle Taylor Decker said. “I think we all know that and we’re all secure and comfortable with that. We’ll get better moving forward.”X-FACTOR?Maybe it was just poor coverage by Detroit, but Roberts also had a 43-yard punt return in the first quarter in addition to his touchdown.EXPECTATIONSOne victory doesn’t make the Jets a Super Bowl team, but the lopsided nature of this one is hard to ignore, and now New York has winnable games the next two weeks against Miami and at Cleveland.Detroit is at San Francisco next weekend.