3 Lions Players Who Might LOSE Their Starting Jobs To Rookies...

Mike Payton talks about 3 Detroit Lions players who might lose their starting jobs to a rookie this season.

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00:00The 2025 NFL Draft is over and it's time to talk about three Lions who may have just lost their

00:05starting spots. Let's talk about it. I'm Mike Payton with A to Z Sports Detroit. Today we're

00:12going to talk about three players who may have lost their starting roles after the 2025 NFL Draft.

00:18First, let's start with Graham Glasgow. Graham had kind of a struggle last year. He did not play up

00:25to the standard that we had seen him play in 2024 and previous to his return to the Lions.

00:33We really think that there's a possibility that Christian Mahogany could probably take that left

00:39guard spot and then Tate Ratlidge can start at right guard immediately. That's going to make

00:43it hard for Glasgow to really nail down a spot. At least he's going to have to battle for it.

00:49He's going to have to battle on the left or right side. He's going to have to find his spot.

00:52I don't think that the Lions will cut him necessarily because he brings so much versatility

00:57with the ability to play guard and center. But I think kind of a youth movement might be the way

01:02that they go on the offensive line. And I think that Mahogany might be taking that job at left

01:07guard. Next guy is Tim Patrick, starting X receiver, wide receiver three, if you will.

01:14I think Isaac Tesla is going to take that job immediately. I think you look at him,

01:19there's a lot more athleticism. He's faster. He can jump higher. He can do so much more.

01:25And it just makes a lot of sense that the Lions would kind of move Patrick kind of over to like

01:30the wide receiver four or five area, have him sort of tutor Tesla, get him ready to sort of take over

01:36that position for the long term. But that doesn't mean Tim Patrick is getting cut or anything like

01:41that. Same as Glasgow. I think he brings a lot of value to the team off the bench. We saw what he did

01:47last year. A lot of first down catches. At the end of the day, I think it would make a lot more

01:51sense if Tesla took over that wide receiver three spot and Patrick kind of went into the background

01:56a little bit more. And then the final guy. Now, this guy's not a starter. It's Broderick Martin.

02:01This is a project that the Lions have been working on for two years. They traded up for him,

02:05moved to heaven and earth to get to the third round for this guy. It hasn't worked out. His rookie

02:10year, we saw that he needed some time. He was maybe a year or two away from being a year or two away.

02:15Last year, it seemed like he was a little bit better. Showed up to camp

02:18in really great shape, but then got hurt, missed a lot of time. And then when he finally did get

02:23on the field, he struggled. And the Lions go out and they draft Tyleek Williams. And that's just

02:29another defensive lineman to contend with. Plus, they get Makai Wingo back from injury. They signed

02:36Roy Lopez. They have Levi Anzarike coming back. There's just so many guys in his way that it just

02:44makes it really hard for him to find that spot. And while I don't think Patrick or Glasgow gets cut,

02:51I do think Martin does. And it sucks that that project never really panned out or bared fruit.

02:59And it sucks that Martin just wasn't able to get it done. But at the same time, there's only so many

03:05spots that you can go with. You got to go with the guys that you know can play. And unfortunately,

03:10that makes Martin the odd man out. Let me know what you think of these guys or if there's any

03:14guys that I missed. We'll see you next time.