Maybe it’s time for the Lions to try something pretty drastic on the offensive line
The Lions have a true center on this team. It’s time to use him
The chips are down with the Detroit Lions’ offensive line right now. Look, it’s not the worst in the league. Don’t let anyone try to convince you otherwise. Things aren’t that bad, but they’re not that good, either. The problem, as we knew it would be, is on the interior with two young guards and Graham Glagow at center. It’s how the Vikings won on Sunday.
Now that Christian Mahogany is hurt and will be out for a while, there’s a road the Lions should strongly consider taking against the Commanders on Sunday to see how it works out.
Lions should start Kinsgsley Eguakun at center in Washington and move Glasgow to left guard
Glasgow may be at the end of his road, but he is a much better guard than a center, and we know that. Moving him to his natural left guard spot allows the Lions to better shore up that part of the line-up without having to hope that Kayode Awoisika or Trystan Colon could be better. If you wanted to get super drastic, you could have Colon at left guard, but Glasgow would probably be better there.
With Eguakun, you get the only guy on this team who’s been a true center his entire football-playing career. He was a starting center for four years at Florida, and he’s been playing center for two years for the Lions. He allowed one sack in those four years at Florida, and when he’s played for the Lions in the preseason, he’s looked pretty good, allowing just one sack in two years.
Make no mistake, Eguakun is not some secret Pro Bowler the Lions have been hiding. There’s a risk attached to this. He’s never started a regular-season game before, and he’s only played three regular-season snaps in his career. Those were this season in the Lions’ blowout win over the Bears.
The other thing is that Jared Goff and Glasgow have a history together, and there’s trust between them. Goff did work with Eguakun at training camp when the second-year center worked with the first team, but is that enough? That’s the million-dollar question.
The Lions face a beat-up Commanders team that is missing several key players. If there were ever a time to try this, it’s right now. Of all the risks that could be taken, this is the smallest one.
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