It’s early, but still Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh said he can see small things that will make the difference to rise to be a good player in the NFL.

On Thursday in the rookie’s first OTA with the veterans he was matched up against veteran right guard Stephen Peterman.

“He’s more schooled in being able to pick up on things, you can’t give off little tips like you did in college. You have to disguise your stuff because they start to pick up on those things and those tendencies,’’ Suh said.

Suh said strengthwise he feels like he should be fine.

“I think I’m strong enough to beam into the quarterback or I wouldn’t be at this level,’’ Suh said.

Or he would not have been the second overall draft pick.

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