Sunday night's win might have showed what spots the Lions are going to pay close attention to in the 2025 NFL Draft
The Detroit Lions just walked out of Houston with one of the most dramatic comeback wins you'll probably ever see on Sunday night. But that game also further showed that the Lions might have some concerns with their offensive line depth and the way that Holmes has been drafting in that area. Obviously we know […]
The Detroit Lions just walked out of Houston with one of the most dramatic comeback wins you'll probably ever see on Sunday night. But that game also further showed that the Lions might have some concerns with their offensive line depth and the way that Holmes has been drafting in that area.
Obviously we know that the Lions have the best offensive line in football when everyone is healthy. There is no question about it. Where the problems come in is after those starters. The backups are either struggling, or they're projects that look like they have no finish date.
- Colby Sorsdal was drafted in the fifth-round two years ago. He couldn't nail down the guard spot and he really struggled going back to tackle. Now instead of being a solid backup, he's a healthy scratch every week.
- Christian Mahogany was expected to play a big role at guard this season, but he missed a lot of camp and then missed a lot of the season. The Lions haven't needed to use him since he got back, but if they do at some point, I don't know if they will or if they'll just go with Awosika again.
- The Lions drafted Giovanni Manu for the future and he is nowhere near ready to play yet and we don't know when he actually will be, but it seems like a long ways away.
- Dan Skipper struggled on Sunday starting at tackle for the first time in his career. He gave three pressures and a multiple QB hits.
- Kayode Awosika is really the bright spot here. He's shown on multiple occasions that he can come in and start and there isn't a an extremely large drop off.
Brad Holmes and the Lions have been really good at drafting all over this team, but when it comes to building offensive line depth, it's fair to question why the team chose to do long term projects instead of guys that can contribute right away if needed to?
To be fair, finding offensive line depth is a problem for all 32 teams. There's not just a million really great linemen out there. But you still hope to find guys that can come in and contribute right away. The Lions don't have those guys. They have guys that may contribute someday and we don't know when that will be, or in some cases, if that will ever happen.
At the end of the day, it's not something that's going to keep this team from accomplishing their goals unless the entire offensive line gets hurt in a freak occurrence, but it's something to watch for the Lions this coming offseason.
Their starting group isn't getting any younger and it might be time to go out and find that franchise left tackle of the future or that center of the future. The projects are cool and if they work out, then that is awesome, but right now it just doesn't feel that way. We're predicting right here and now that the Lions take some more linemen in the 2025 NFL Draft.
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