“Graham Glasgow played almost 900 snaps at center for the Detroit Lions last year alone,” Davenport wrote. “In a decade-long career spent in Detroit and Denver, Glasgow has played extensively at all three positions on the interior of the offensive line.”
Lions Hinted at Offensive Line Changes
The Lions were prepared for turnover on their offensive line, where several key players were nearing free agency or retirement. After the season ended, Lions head coach Dan Campbell said the team knew that the line would look very different in 2026 than it had that season.
“I need time to really sit down and think about all this. But what we do know is one way or another probably, change is inevitable. Now, it may not be much but there will be something that’ll change,” Campbell said, via USA Today’s Lions Wire.
The report noted that the Lions had both guards returning with Christian Mahogany on the left and Tate Ratledge on the right, but they were expected to bring in more competition for the interior positions on the line.
The Lions may have some self-inflicted errors as well. Tackle Taylor Decker opted against retirement and told the team he intended to come back, but said he didn’t get an answer from general manager Brad Holmes. Decker ultimately asked for his release after the team told his agent that they wanted him to take a pay cut.
“I think a lot of those situations that happen, it all starts with communication and what you communicate with the player, what you communicate with the player’s agent, and so it starts there,” Holmes said, via USA Today’s Lions Wire. “There was really no surprises. Again, you don’t know when a player is going to put something out. So if you want to say there was a surprise, maybe it was that a surprise, but in terms of the decisions that he made, I wouldn’t say that that’d be a surprise.”