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The Detroit Lions have been searching for more edge rush help all season. They may have found some right under their nose.

Romeo Okwara had two sacks and a forced fumble in a resurgent December and has played good enough football down the stretch that he’s in line to have a rotational role when the Lions open the playoffs Sunday against the Los Angeles Rams.

“He’s helping us out a lot,” Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn said. “And you see his rep count really go up. And then putting him into packages to where he can be free, try to go one-on-one and get to the quarterback. So, we’ll continue to do that, and man I’m happy for that player. I really am, because he’s starting to see himself as a guy that can affect the game and we’re going to put him in position to do that.

He has two sacks in 16 games this season, and had three in the 2021-22 seasons combined.

“I think that has a lot to do with it,” Glenn said. “I think he’s feeling much better from the injury. And listen, everybody’s different and they talk about that Achilles injury, sometimes it takes you a year, maybe a year and a half to really get over that and get moving.”