### **MCLAUGHLIN AT CENTER**
Cade Mays [suffered a wrist injury that will keep him out](https://www.detroitlions.com/news/campbell-mays-to-miss-significant-time-with-wrist-injury) of the lineup into the regular season, which means Juice Scruggs and Seth McLaughlin are next up at the position.
Scruggs has missed a couple practices now with a soft tissue injury, so it was McLaughlin getting all the first-team reps Monday.
"He did a good job. He stepped in there nicely and didn't miss much of a beat, mentally," quarterback [Jared Goff](https://www.detroitlions.com/team/players-roster/jared-goff/) said of McLaughlin after practice. "Obviously, he did a good job. And I don't know, I haven't seen the film. I wouldn't call myself an evaluator of talent at the O-line, but they'll be able to better tell, but I thought he did a good job."
McLaughlin is in his second season in the NFL after spending last year on Cincinnati's practice squad. He won the Rimington Trophy as the best center in college football while at Ohio State in 2024, but tore his Achilles tendon at the end of that season. He ended up going undrafted following the injury.
Now he has a big opportunity to earn a roster spot and a role on one of the best offenses in football.
"I'm taking it one practice at a time," McLaughlin said after Monday's practice. "At practice (10) of camp, you're not who you want to be on the first day of the regular season so there's a long way to go to keep getting better."