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Lions T Brian Mihalik Expected To Make First Career Start Against Former Team

With just a few days renaming before the Week 8 Sunday night game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Detroit Lions, it’s looking more and more like a former member of one of the two teams will make his first career start for the other one.

Lions tackle Brian Mihalik, who was previously with the Steelers, is scheduled to start Sunday night at left tackle being as starter Greg Robinson is currently expected to miss the contest with an ankle injury after failing to practice on Wednesday and Thursday.

Mihalik, who was originally selected in the seventh-round of the 2015 NFL Draft by the Philadelphia Eagles as a defensive lineman out of Boston College, signed with the Steelers in in early 2016 as a futures player.