Daily DLP: Dan Skipper Reports to the Lions Coaching Staff

Dan Skipper reports for duty on the Lions coaching staff

The Daily DLP for Thursday celebrates recently retired offensive lineman Dan Skipper rejoining the Detroit Lions as a coach. While we don't yet know the exact coaching role, bringing Skipper back to the Lions' den is a savvy nod to his grit, as well as his proven leadership with the players on the offensive roster already.

Skipper joins LB coach Shaun Dion Hamilton as guys who moved straight from the field into the Lions coaching staff. After working out well in a short trial run coaching tight ends and offensive tackles at the Shrine Bowl right after he retired in January, Skipper is ready.

With all the talk about Taylor Decker potentially retiring, and with Frank Ragnow's early retirement still fresh, now some other NFC contenders are facing some potential, unexpected retirements on their offensive lines. How does that impact the Lions, the draft class and the outlook for the Rams and Eagles?

The DLP Prospect of the Day is Auburn DL Keldric Faulk, who looks to be a very real possibility for the Lions at No. 17 overall. There is a lot to like about Faulk, but he won't excite every Lions fan for a few reasons. Faulk is only 20 and can play the way Levi Onwuzurike, Marcus Davenport and John Cominsky have done for Detroit recently--and he's healthy.

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