Notes: Lions land dominant OL in post-combine mock draft

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY SportsThe dust may still be settling from the 2024 NFL Combine wrapping up, but as we know, there is no stopping mock draft season. And in his latest first-round mock, Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press has the Detroit Lions selecting University of Oregon center Jackson Powers-Johnson at 29th overall.

If we are being honest, this may be table-slamming material for Lions’ general manager Brad Holmes. Powers-Johnson has just about everything this regime covets in an offensive lineman and then some.

Standing 6-foot-3 and 328 pounds, Powers-Johnson is a mauler no matter where he lines up on the offensive line. In the long term, he likely projects as a center whenever…