In his Friday meeting with the media, Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell updated the progress of Penei Sewell’s move to left tackle.
“Good. He’s over there. He’s been working it. Even being back home before we started the offseason once they gave him the word.
“It’ll be like riding a bike for him. Will there be things he’ll have to learn? Yeah, of course there will be. But, I mean, he has played left. That’s muscle memory. He played a lot of left in college and for us in ’21 those first few games. And he still took reps at left even over the last five years. So, that’ll be seamless. Sewell can do it all,” Campbell said.
Sewell is one of five players to have been an Associated Press All-Pro three times and be selected to the Pro Bowl four times during his first five seasons in the NFL. In doing so, Sewell has grown into one of the league’s premier offensive tackles since being drafted by the Lions in the 2021 NFL Draft at No. 7 overall.
Detroit is moving Sewell to left tackle after releasing Taylor Decker this offseason. The Lions are putting 2026 first-round NFL draft pick Blake Miller out of Clemson or newly-acquired veteran Larry Borom at right tackle in Sewell’s place.
While the transition should be fairly routine for Sewell, his ability to seamlessly transfer his dominance to the left tackle position is extremely crucial to the Lions’ offensive goals this season and to Detroit’s hopes to return to the top of the league’s standings this fall.
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