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Detroit Lions OC updates Penei Sewell's LT transition

As the Detroit Lions ready to wrap up organized team activities, new OC Drew Petzing addressed a number of topics last week.

Penei Sewell's position switch to left tackle was among the items that Petzing discussed. Petzing was asked if Sewell looks like a player making a position switch.

"He looks like if not the best, one of the best tackles in football. Left, right, middle, wherever you want to put him. He's extremely impressive and I think he takes a lot of pride in that. So, I would say, no, would be the short answer to that question. But, again, like a lot of the guys in this building, just the way that he approaches the job and the way that he thinks about the game and the way he comes in and works and wants to get better every day regardless of where we line him up I think has been really impressive," Petzing said.

The Lions are banking on it being a seamless transition from Sewell to left tackle.

With a rookie taking over at right tackle in Blake Miller and with young guards in Christian Mahogany and Tate Ratledge continuing to grow, Sewell needs to be a sure thing for Detroit.

Lions head coach Dan Campbell was confident in Sewell's ability to make a smooth transition at the beginning of OTAs.

"Good. He's over there. He's been working it. Even being back home before we started the offseason once they gave him the word.

“It’ll be like riding a bike for him. Will there be things he’ll have to learn? Yeah, of course there will be. But, I mean, he has played left. That’s muscle memory. He played a lot of left in college and for us in '21 those first few games. And he still took reps at left even over the last five years. So, that'll be seamless. Sewell can do it all," Campbell said.

Sewell is one of five players to have been an Associated Press All-Pro three times and be selected to the Pro Bowl four times during his first five seasons in the NFL. In doing so, Sewell has grown into one of the league's premier offensive tackles since being drafted by the Lions in the 2021 NFL Draft at No. 7 overall.

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