After 3 Preseason Games, Here Is What We Have Come To Realize.

The Lions Have A Loaded Team!

The Preseason has come to a close, with the Detroit Lions finishing 2-1 during exhibition play. Roster cuts are already underway, with all 32 teams required to trim their 90-man offseason depth charts to 53 players by Tuesday, Aug. 29, at 4 p.m. ET. Who’s In / Who’s Out?

Below is the 53-man roster composed after the Carolina game. Without knowing the injury status to Sudfeld, Smith & Melifonwu following the Carolina game, I opted to keep Sudfeld off the roster, and put Savion Smith as the 3rd safety on the projected roster until further notice.

Lions Roster Moves / Cuts Updated – 8.28.23 – 9:45PM

Monday

• QB Hendon Hooker — (Reserve/NFI list)
• WR Dylan Drummond – Waived
• OT Connor Galvin – Waived
• QB Adrian Martinez – Waived
• OT Ryan Swoboda – Waived
• G Kayode Awosika – Waived
• CB Chase Lucas – Waved

Saturday/Sunday

• WR Jameson Williams – (Reserve/suspended list (not official yet)
• RB Devine Ozigbo – Released
• WR Trinity Benson – Waived
• WR Avery Davis – Waived
• WR Jason Moore – Released
• TE Daniel Helm – Waived
• C Alex Mollette – Waived
• OT Obinna Eze – Waived
• OL Darrin Paulo – Waived
• OT Germain Ifedi – Released
• G Bobby Hart – Released
• DT Christian Covington – Released
• CB Colby Richardson – Waived
• S Scott Nelson – Waived

Last Week

• DB Savion Smith (Injury Settlement / Released)

Total players on the roster: 69

16 Left To Decide Top 53

Quarterback (3)

Jared Goff
Teddy Bridgewater
Nate Sudfeld – (Injured reserved List (Not Official)

Adrian Martinez 
Hendon Hooker — (Reserve/NFI List)

Running back (6)

David Montgomery
Jahmyr Gibbs
Craig Reynolds
Jason Cabinda (FB)
Jermar Jefferson
Benny Snell

Devine Ozigbo 

Wide receiver (7)

Amon-Ra St. Brown
Josh Reynolds
Kalif Raymond
Marvin Jones
Antoine Green
Chase Cota
Maurice Alexander

Dylan Drummond 
Trinity Benson 
Avery Davis
Jason Moore

**Jameson Williams ( Reserve / Suspended)

Tight End (4)

Brock Wright
Sam LaPorta
James Mitchell
Darrell Daniels

Daniel Helm

Offensive line (10)

Taylor Decker
Jonah Jackson
Frank Ragnow
Halapoulivaati Vaitai
Penei Sewell
Graham Glasgow
Colby Sorsdal
Matt Nelson
Brad Cecil
Max Pircher

Kayode Awosika 
Ryan Swoboda 
Connor Galvin
Germain Ifedi
Bobby Hart
Darrin Paulo 
Obinna Eze 
Alex Mollette 

Interior defensive line (7)

Alim McNeill
Isaiah Buggs
Levi Onwuzurike
Benito Jones
Brodric Martin
Cory Durden
Chris Smith

Christian Covington

EDGE (7)

Aidan Hutchinson
Charles Harris
John Cominsky
Josh Paschal
James Houston
Romeo Okwara
Julian Okwara

Linebacker (7)

Alex Anzalone
Jack Campbell
Malcolm Rodriguez
Derrick Barnes
Jalen Reeves-Maybin
Anthony Pittman
Trevor Nowaske

Cornerback (8)

Cameron Sutton
Jerry Jacobs
Brian Branch
Will Harris
Starling Thomas
Steven Gilmore
Khalil Dorsey
Emmanuel Moseley — On active/PUP, not on reserve/PUP yet

Chase Lucas
Colby Richardson

Safety (6)

C.J. Gardner-Johnson
Kerby Joseph
Tracy Walker
Ifeatu Melifonwu
Brady Breeze
Brandon Joseph

Scott Nelson

Special teams (4)

Jack Fox (P)
Scott Daly (LS)
Riley Patterson (K)
Parker Romo (K)

Where Does “Rock” Score on His 53-Man Projection So Far?

Original 53-Man Here

QB – (2)+1: Jared Goff, Teddy Bridgewater, (Hendon Hooker – NFI)

QB Projection Ranking: 2 of 2 – 100% (Initial thought, the Lions would keep 2 QB’s over Teddy & Goff For The Practice Squad. Martinez & Hooker On NFI. A Clear Blunder Not Highlighting Martinez As A PS Guy On The 1st Published Draft At 230AM – Goff & Teddi Were The Locks)

RB – (3): David Montgomery, Jahmyr Gibbs, Craig Reynolds

RB’s – 100% So Far

WR – (6)+1: St. Brown, Jones, Reynolds, Raymond, Green, Cota ( Williams – SUSP)

WR’s – 100% So Far

TE – (3): LaPorta, Wright, Mitchell

TE Projection Ranking: 3 of 3 Right – 100%

OL – (10): Sewell, Decker, Jackson, Vaitai, Ragnow, Glasgow, Ilfedi, Cecil, Sorsdal, Awosika

OLine Projection Ranking: 7 of 10 right – 70% (Matt Nelson May Be In)

Interior Dline – (5): Buggs, McNeill, Martin, Onwuzurike, Jones

Interior Dline – 100% So Far

EDGE – (5): Hutchinson, Cominsky, Harris, Pashal, R.Okwara

EDGE – 100% So Far

LB – (6): Anzalone, Rodriguez, Campbell, Barnes, Houston, Maybin

LB’s – 100% So Far

CB – (5)+1: Sutton, Jacobs, Thomas, Gilmore, Lucas (Moseley – Reserve/PUP)

CB’s – 4 of 5 so far 80% – (Appears Will Harris May Have Done Enough To Stick Around) *(Will Add All Secondary Up At The End)

DB – (2): Cj Gardner-Johnson, Brian Branch

DB’s – 100% So Far *(Will Add All Secondary Up At The End)

S – (3): Joseph, Walker, Smith

Safeties – 66% So Far *(Will Add All Secondary Up At The End)

ST – (3): Fox – P, Patterson – K, Daily – LS

Special Teams – 100% So Far