Lions’ Dominic Lovett happy to be reunited with ‘big-brother figure’ Ennis Rakestraw Jr.

Lions’ Dominic Lovett happy to be reunited with ‘big-brother figure’ Ennis Rakestraw Jr.

ALLEN PARK — Rookie minicamp can be overwhelming. The on-field work isn’t terribly taxing compared to what’ll come in training camp, but first-year players are often drinking from a firehose — learning the playbook and getting mental reps is the biggest test — when they initially arrive in the building of the NFL team that drafted them less than a month prior. Doing this amongst a crowd of new coaches and teammates makes it all the more challeng…