Detroit — In a game where the Detroit Lions scored 36 points, had a wide receiver setting franchise and NFL records, and a defense shutting out the opponent in the first half, somehow, it's the fifth-string offense guard who is the face of the victory.
Dan Skipper has been around these parts for a while, but if you didn't recognize the name, who could blame you? At 6-foot-9, 330 pounds, he's the largest man on the roster, making it all the more remarkable he's managed to blend into the background so well.
But with Detroit's offensive line decimated by injuries two weeks into the season, the Lions passed over a couple of young guards on the roster, calling up Skipper from the practice squad to make his first career start six years after he went undrafted out of Arkansas.