It is safe to say that Lions center Dominic Raiola is a polarizing figure. Off-field antics aside, there are those that he should be replaced as soon as possible while others say that he is an above-average center and makes some of the best line calls in the game. Detractors point to Raiola’s perceived lack of size but Kowalski insisted that a number of other NFL centers are similarly sized.

This statement piqued my interest so I decided to dig into the numbers. The results? I’ll let you decide for yourself and give my thoughts later on. Here is the list of all 32 starting centers as listed by the depth charts on Yahoo! Sports sorted by weight:

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