Laken Tomlinson started a total of 52 games at right guard at Duke.
The Lions drafted him in the first round of the 2015 NFL Draft to be their left guard of the future.
It doesn’t seem like that big of an adjustment to go from right guard to left guard, does it? A guard is a guard, right?
Not so fast.
Tomlinson says the technique is much different playing the left vs. the right and brushing up on that technique has been his main focus all offseason.
He went back to Duke University after June's minicamp to work on technique with his college offensive line coach.