{"id":782948,"date":"2026-02-28T20:48:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T20:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/782948\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T20:48:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T20:48:24","slug":"could-one-of-drafts-top-center-prospects-be-a-fit-for-detroit-lions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/782948\/","title":{"rendered":"Could one of draft&#8217;s top center prospects be a fit for Detroit Lions?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hecht (6-4, 297) is a little undersized but is a technician at the position and can play in any scheme and has a high floor with room to add strength to his frame.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I love pulling and getting out in space, climbing to the second level and just playing fast and showing off my athletic ability,&#8221; Hecht said Saturday. &#8220;Just my consistency. I like to be very disciplined in everything I do whether it&#8217;s the little things or the big things.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Slaughter (6-4, 305), a two-year captain and three-year starter with a high football IQ could fit well with a mostly veteran group on offense in Detroit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Something I really value in my game is my communication,&#8221; Slaughter said. &#8220;Center is a very mental and cerebral position. You got to learn, you got to be able to communicate adjustments on the fly. I play my tail off for my guys. I&#8217;d say I&#8217;m far from mastering it, but I love doing it. It&#8217;s really different than any other position on the offensive line. It&#8217;s something I just love to do.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hecht (6-4, 297) is a little undersized but is a technician at the position and can play in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":782949,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2071],"tags":[146,113,2506,7,416,147,5515,415,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-782948","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-detroit-lions","8":"tag-detroit","9":"tag-detroit-lions","10":"tag-detroitlions","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-homepage-centerpiece-package","13":"tag-lions","14":"tag-news-road-to-the-draft-yoy","15":"tag-news-twentyman","16":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116150226695077195","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=782948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/782949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=782948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=782948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=782948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}