Speaking about the center position, Simpson added: "Myers, he's super smart, he's one of those guys that you can just draw some up for him and he can figure it out. Same goes for Tip. Those guys are battling their butts off right now, just competing. And, you know, they're both super intelligent and just fighting warriors."
Along with a new coaching staff comes a different scheme for the O-lineman to learn and get comfortable with under the team's new O-line coach, Steve Heiden, who worked the past two seasons with Glenn and the Lions' coaching staff as the tight ends coach.
"I mean, it's definitely different," Simpson said. "I feel like every coordinator is going to have a different way to do things. So, yes, it's a little different, for sure, can't get into the details. Not anything that we can't handle."
The unit's talent and continuity have left Simpson, his teammates and outside observers with high expectations in a revamped passing and running attack.
"Obviously you try not to pay attention to the outside noise," he said. "But me, personally, I think that we can be one of the better groups in the NFL. I do have the confidence in this group to be able to have that title.
"It's big time, the continuity, just like the gel and stuff like that, just having the guys and knowing each other, and knowing our playing styles and stuff like that, being able to work off of each other without even saying a word sometimes. I mean, it plays a big role in who you got next to you. So I think it's a big deal."
Not that he requires any added incentive to do his job in the coming season, but Simpson and every other O-lineman will be eligible for a new NFL award, the Protector of the Year.
"We go under the radar a lot and a lot goes unnoticed," he said. "And to have an award like that will point out guys that are great at what they do. And I think it's huge for us. It gives you, it gives us a little more of an edge to want to go out there and dominate who's in front of us, obviously. That's what we want to do anyway, but it just gives us that extra fight.
"I want that award for sure. I know I want it."