3 different Lions options for replacing Rick Wagner at right tackle

Lions options for replacing Rick Wagner at right tackle include free agency, draft, and promoting Tyrell Crosby

Draft a starter

It’s a tremendous offensive tackle class in the 2020 NFL Draft. Four different OTs are regularly projected as top-10 overall picks in one order or another:

Mekhi Becton, Louisville

Andrew Thomas, Georgia

Jedrick Wills, Alabama

Tristan Wirfs, Iowa

In addition, Josh Jones from Houston and Austin Jackson from USC are often projected as first-round picks. Wirfs and Wills have both played right tackle in college, which is atypical of most top-end draft prospects.

Later in the draft, prospects like Lucas Niang of TCU, Ben Bartch from St. John, Isaiah Wilson from Georgia, Hakeem Adeniji out of Kansas and Michigan’s John Runyan are all possible solutions at right tackle.