‘You just want this guy around’: How a journeyman lineman became a cult hero in Detroit

Kalyn Kahler, ESPNJan 16, 2025, 06:00 AM ET

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DETROIT — JUMBO 13! After three plays spent standing on the sideline to start the Lions’ first drive, Dan Skipper’s number is called. He runs onto the field with one white-gloved hand raised. “It’s calm until it’s not,” he says of his job as the Lions sixth offensive lineman. “It’s just the burst. You have to stay locked in. You can’t have the mental lull.”

The first thing he must do during this burst, and within the 40-second play clock, is find the white hat, or the referee, which isn’t as simple

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