Detroit Lions rookie offensive lineman Christian Mahogany impressed coaches, teammates in his debut against Chicago Bears.
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00:00And then the other thing that I think caught a lot of people's attention and is gonna be something talked about by a lot of people
00:06I know you're gonna
00:07Look into it a little bit further as well, but your early impression of left guard Christian mahogany
00:12I just thought that he impressed and
00:14I do think it's a little bit of a bold take to say that all right away after one game against a subpar opponent that
00:20He should replace Graham Glasgow
00:22But I think you have to put it into context that Glasgow dealing with something. He's banged up. He's nicked up. He's not healthy
00:29When Graham Glasgow is healthy, I do think that he's the better more experienced offensive lineman
00:35But you at least can secure some depth with a player for the rest of the year that should something happen or you see something
00:41From Graham that indicates. Hey, maybe he's not right or he's not performing as expected
00:46You got a guy that can go in and I think can develop
00:49I think everybody saw that he had good blocking technique kept himself. I limited the penalty. I think to just one
00:56False start and I do think that when you look at his overall game
01:00I think he gave the the fan base a lot of confidence that hey, this guy can potentially be the left guard of the future
01:06Hey, this is the reason why they invested a draft pick in selecting a Boston College offensive lineman Christian mahogany
01:13I thought he performed. Well, what did you see from him? What did you like?
01:16And what's your reaction when you hear the fan base right away say wait a minute young guy right away could be a little bit
01:22Better we've seen Graham struggle a little bit. What's your reaction when you hear as well?
01:25That he should jump right in and take over the job, you know, I'm not ready to go quite there yet
01:30Graham Glasgow did sign a contract extension this past offseason for three years
01:35So I you know Graham's gonna be here for the next little bit
01:38Um, but if he is mahogany potentially a rotational guy next year is mahogany the the right guard in the future?
01:46Kevin Zwickler's on a one-year contract. Is he the guy that steps in there like who's to say?
01:51I mean, it's still early and it's only been one game and obviously, you know
01:55He played well on Sunday, but as a rookie if he gets more time on the field
02:00You're gonna start to see some highs and lows and well, it probably wasn't perfect for him on Sunday
02:04the one thing I will say
02:06That I was really impressed by was his ability to get down the field and block when the Lions would go with their scrimming game
02:12Whether it was him just getting up to the second level
02:14I thought he did a really good job
02:16Getting up the field and helping out as a blocker
02:19Beyond the line of scrimmage and I think that's a talent that for a rookie who spent a lot of time
02:24Be at the preseason or the early parts of this year on the sideline
02:27Like that's something that you can really take and kind of be a feather in his cap
02:31Like I was really impressed with Christian mahogany on Sunday, and if he gets the chance to start again
02:36I think the Lions should continue to roll with him because he's a young player with a lot of upside
02:42But if Graham Glasgow is healthy moving forward, I still think he's your guy
02:46You can still utilize mahogany to give one of the guards a break
02:51If you can find ways to get him in the game
02:53Just so that you don't have to to give somebody like Glasgow who while he may be good enough to go moving forward
02:59He may still be a little banged up
03:01Finding a series or two where you can throw mahogany out there and help you out to kind of take a little bit of a
03:07Load off of Glasgow. I think that could be an option. I'm not ready to say mahogany has usurped
03:13Glasgow and it's the starter moving forward
03:15I'm not ready to say that but I think there's a lot to be excited about with him and his potential and I think that
03:20The sixth round pick did a really good job on Sunday
03:23And so he can be viewed as a potential death piece moving forward or as somebody who could in another year
03:30Be ready to go as the starting member of the lineup