Full List Of Players Cut By Lions
The Lions were forced to cut 22 players, including preseason standouts Jake Rudock, Jace Billingsley and Jay Lee.
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The Lions were forced to cut 22 players, including preseason standouts Jake Rudock, Jace Billingsley and Jay Lee.
Despite Jake Rudock's strong performance in the final game of the reason, the Lions have decided to cut the rookie quarterback from their 53-man roster.
Jake Rudock -- still the Lions' third-string quarterback -- entered Thursday's game late in the first quarter to the customary cheers from the hometown fans.
The Lions close the preseason with a 31-0 win over Buffalo Bills on Thursday night.
The Detroit Lions announced today that they have signed WR Quinshad Davis and waived LB Chi Chi Ariguzo. Contract terms were not disclosed.
The Detroit Lions announced today that they were awarded LB Jayson DiManche via waivers from Cincinnati and waived LB Dominique Tovell. Contract terms were not disclosed.
Dethroning the Vikings would sure be delicious.
The three moves knocked the Lions' roster down to 75 players ahead of today's 4 p.m. deadline.
It didn't take long for Calvin Johnson to find something to do during retirement.
On Monday, Lions coach Jim Caldwell and Tigers manager Brad Ausmus commented on the matter and reached similar conclusions.
Thomas, a 6-3, 317-pound guard, has spent the past two seasons with San Francisco after the 49ers selected him in the third round (100th overall) in the 2014 NFL Draft.
Matthew Stafford played the first half for Detroit (1-2), completing 14 of 23 passes for 95 yards. He threw an interception and did not produce a touchdown.
Lions defensive end Brandon Copeland is fueled by the knowledge that he is never secure, that the ground beneath him is fraught with peril.
It's time to find out how Joe Flacco will respond to taking a hit on his surgically repaired left knee.
"It's something I've always done," he said, "so it's no different to me than what I did in college."
Rookie Dwayne Washington hesitated. He wavered for a moment.
"I go to sleep thinking about it. Since I was little this is all I wanted to," he said. "So I'm always visualizing making good plays."
Chalk this one up as a failed experiment.
The Detroit Lions have made some changes, significant and subtle, under first-year general manager Bob Quinn.
"I mean, he moves and it's really uncanny," Caldwell said.
Matthew Stafford will take every snap for the Detroit Lions if the season goes as planned.
"I love it," Stafford replied. "I know it's a lot right now, but once we learn it we're gonna be dangerous."
The Detroit Lions announced today that they have waived CB Keith Lewis and signed free agent CB Brandon McGee.
The Detroit Lions likely didn't anticipate being in this situation, but it certainly sounds like the back-up job is up for grabs.
Bolt is plenty adept at catching sprinters in relay races, but catching Matthew Stafford-flung footballs is another matter.
