It’s fitting that the closest thing the Detroit Lions have to a star is Penei Sewell, an offensive lineman who’s young, tough and talented.
Those three traits embody what the Lions have become under Dan Campbell, just as Campbell and Brad Holmes envisioned when they started rebuilding one of the NFL’s losingest franchises 30 months ago.
Sewell was the regime’s first draft pick, No. 7 overall in what’s turned out to be a whopper of a 2021 draft: QB Trevor Lawrence went No. 1, followed by WR Ja’Marr Chase (No. 5), WR Jaylen Waddle (No.