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One Lions 2024 draft pick could be switching positions
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4/1/2025
Mike Payton discusses how Detroit Lions tackle Giovanni Manu could be moving inside to guard.
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Here at the NFL League meetings in Palm Beach, Florida, there has been some discussion about
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a potential position switch for a player that the Lions traded up for in the 2024 NFL Draft.
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Let's talk about it.
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I'm Mike Payne from A to Z Sports Detroit. Today, we're going to talk about how the
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Lions could potentially be moving Giovanni Manu, who they traded up for last year,
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to guard instead of tackle. Now, this all came about as Dan Campbell was talking about Graham
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and potentially moving him from the left guard spot, where he kind of struggled during the end
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of the year, to the right guard spot, where he is known to have some success. In that explanation,
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he talked about the potential of moving Manu at guard and seeing if that would work. Now,
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that would be an interesting situation considering the size and the athleticism that Manu has is
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unbelievable. And that's the reason that half the league was so interested in drafting him last year
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and the Lions were the team that traded up and moved heaven and earth to make that happen.
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It's not out of the realm of possibility because last year, after the Lions drafted Manu, we talked
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with TSN broadcaster Farhan Lashi, and he talked about how the Lions had penciled him in at right
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guard from the start. So there's a potential that you're going to have Manu, Sewell right next to
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each other. You keep Mahogany over on the left side, Decker there on the left, and then you got
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Frank in the middle, obviously. Now, if the Lions go this route, if they do move him over to guard,
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what does that mean for the 2025 NFL draft? Well, that means a few things. They could either
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go out and draft a tackle, their eventual replacement for Decker, or they could say,
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hey, let's draft a guard for insurance. And they go out and they get a Gray Zabel or somebody like
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that who they feel confident can take over this role without maybe having to learn on the job
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like Manu will. We'll see what happens, but if Manu winds up taking on guard, it is going to be a
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trial-by-fire type situation where he's going to have to learn the nuances of playing guard as
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opposed to tackle. The guy has some smarts, and as we saw last year, while he was on redshirt,
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he was really starting to grow into the position, grow into being an NFL player, and everybody had
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nothing but good things to say about him. So we'll see where things go. But with Manu at guard,
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Sewell right next to him, that is a right side that I would not want to play against
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if I were a defensive lineman. We'll see what happens, and we'll see you next time.
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