The NFL Draft is a lot of fun for a lot of people. Rookies are seeing their dreams come true, families are having their lives changed forever, and random draft bloggers are finally finding some ounce of vindication for a year's worth of pointless Big Board tweets. It's quite the celebration.
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In fact, the NFL Draft is basically a huge party for all but one person: an NFL veteran. There's nothing quite like your company throwing its biggest party of the year for an event that's meant to eventually replace you, but, as they love to continually tell us, the NFL is a business at the end of the day.
I imagine that's what's going through Graham Glasgow's mind this week. Glasgow, who's been a stalwart on the Lions' line for over half a decade now, isn't necessarily in danger of losing his job immediately, but it's coming for him. It's coming for us all, really. In a recent roundup of draft grades and thoughts and random run-on sentences, NFL.com's draft guru Chad Reuter talked a bit about what Detroit's 2025 class means for its current roster.
The Graham Glasgow era in Detroit may be coming to an end after the 2025 NFL Draft
"The Lions chose to take the talented Williams over an edge rusher, offensive lineman or receiver in Round 1. Time will tell as to whether they found value in hard-nosed guard Ratledge in Round 2 and receiver TeSlaa in Round 3, with the latter player secured via an unusual trade in which Detroit moved up in the round by shipping Jacksonville a pair of 2026 Day 2 picks, getting a sixth-rounder this year and next year in return. Frazier adds competition behind Ratledge and Graham Glasgow on the interior offensive line, probably becoming a starter in 2026. The Lions finally landed a fiery, competitive pass rusher (Round 6's Hassanein) and an athletic, hard-hitting safety (Jackson). Lovett can help TeSlaa add depth to a thin receiving corps."
I'm not great at math, but last time I checked there were only two starting guards on a line. If the Lions have three guards – two of which are highly-regarded rookies this year – than that means ... it means ... well, it just means that we'll have an unpleasant conversation sometime in the next two years. But that doesn't mean it has to happen now! Ignorance is bliss!
And maybe by the time that Frazier is ready to start, losing Glasgow won't be as painful – it's not like the latter's stats were that convincing this year, and he is turning 33 this year. But right now it's just a big ol' bummer. Maybe the NFL Draft actually is bad?