A breakdown of the Detroit Lions' centers and what needs they may have at the position.
As we start to look ahead to training camp, we're going to take a position-by-position look at the Detroit Lions roster. Next up is the center position. (The final year of each player's contract is listed in parentheses.)
When the Lions drafted Travis Swanson in the third round last year, their plan was to have him spend his rookie season learning behind Dominic Raiola before stepping into the starting center role in 2015. At least so far, things have gone pretty much exactly according to plan.