The Detroit Lions made one other flurry of roster strikes on Wednesday, as a response to some damage developments and new gamers added to the workforce. Right here’s the complete checklist of strikes:
Most significantly, beginning cornerback D.J. Reed has been positioned on injured reserve after struggling a hamstring damage on Sunday in opposition to the Cleveland Browns. He will probably be compelled to overlook no less than the subsequent 4 video games, that means his earliest return could be Week 10 in opposition to the Washington Commanders. Earlier within the week, Lions coach Dan Campbell famous that Reed’s damage shouldn’t be season-ending, and so they have been debating whether or not to place him on IR.
“Could possibly be. It’ll be shut I believe. Could possibly be in that vary,” Campbell mentioned.
Taking Reed’s place on the 53-man roster (together with the vacant spot left by inserting Daniel Thomas on IR final week) is Loren Strickland and Ty Summers.
Strickland has been with the Lions since going undrafted in 2024. He ended up taking part in seven video games for the Lions in his rookie 12 months, completely getting motion on particular groups (78 snaps). He’s prone to fill an analogous function for the Lions proper now, seeing as they misplaced Thomas and may very well be utilizing gamers like Rock Ya-Sin and Avonte Maddox in defensive roles this week, because the Lions regulate to dropping Reed.
This can be a fairly fast rise for Summers, who was solely added to the follow squad on Tuesday. The linebacker performed practically 300 particular groups snaps for the Giants final 12 months after spending a number of weeks in Lions coaching camp. With veteran Zach Cunningham lacking the previous couple of practices with a hamstring damage, Summers gives some speedy depth that’s skilled on particular groups and aware of the Lions’ protection.
Whiteside rejoins the workforce after failing to make the 53-man roster this summer time. He was signed after coaching camp began when Detroit was coping with some early accidents at cornerback, and he had a robust begin to August. He’ll assist give Detroit some extra depth within the wake of Reed’s damage. So will Tre Flowers, whose addition was reported late on Tuesday evening.
The Lions now have all 53 gamers accounted for on the lively roster and their 16-man follow squad is at capability, as nicely.
