Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh has made the rounds at the pre-Super Bowl festivities in Dallas this week. He’s well-liked and well-spoken representative of the Lions.

Also he could be named AP’s defensive rookie of the year on Friday evening.

On ESPN Radio's "The Scott Van Pelt Show" Suh talked about the Lions: "I think our team is very, very close. One of the reasons I say that is, look at one of the teams that's in this Super Bowl right now, a team that we beat (the Green Bay Packers). I don't take moral victories by any means, but I think we have a group of guys that can play at any point in time. It's just a matter of us playing together like we did at the end of the year, learning how to finish. That's something I think we'll carry on into the 2011 season for us ... and I think that we're going to be a tiger that is definitely going to have to be reckoned with in the NFC North."

Reports say he’s walking around without a sling or brace on his right shoulder which was surgically repaired on Jan. 10.

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