NFL Roster Cuts: Detroit Lions 53-Man Roster

That makes me a saaaad Panda

Very timely and easy to comprehende.

Also kind of surprised at a few others, but no huge surprises. I’m so stoked to get this party started. Go Lions!!!

I also saw DE Jacob Ford from the Titans was cut. Maybe he’s someone that would replace potentially Turk since he’s probably familiar with Schwartz’ system.

Nick Harris didn’t make it…bit surprised by that

Hopefully our system on O, along with quality QB play is gonna bring out his full potential with the Lions. If he catches the football when it’s thrown his way I think we’ll all have less grey hair then what the last 10 vet wr (besides Nate B) have given us. He looks like a Lion wr in the current system to me…fingers crossed. Our postion groupings across the board seem as solid as they’ve been in 20 years. We’ll see. I mean we don’t have Toby Caston, Lawrence Peete and Ron Rivers backing up the starters, but it’s looking damn good!

He was solid for so long, but I guess it had to be done sooner or later. Matt Clapp was a slight disappointment as well.

Standing pat.

I think most of the guys on the final 53 are pretty obvious choices. That said, I am mainly surprised that they kept Hogue and cut Vasher, along with the cutting of Harris for Donahue and keeping 3 centers (4 if you count the long snapper). I clearly understand that they didn’t want to let Hogue get picked up on the waiver wire, and that Donahue makes 1 mill less per year than Harris (for basically the same performance in preseason and in practice…I want to see what he does when the game is on the line and we need him to pin the opposing team deep…when there is some pressure other than a rush), so I can see some of the reasons that these things happened…I just don’t agree 100% with the logic. Hopefully our corners stay healthy and avoid the injury bug, and Alphonso Smith gets to 100% real soon.

I am happy to see Derrick Williams gone, and also happy to see McDonald make the final cuts. He did a really good job this preseason in my opinion. I was not overly impressed with Aaron Berry during the preseason, and I thought that Vasher looked better, but Berry is young and has a lot of potential, so again I understand that move. Hopefully he does like Spievey and just explodes at some point in the near future. Spievey has really impressed me this year so far…:o)

What do we know about Chris Morris? Is he one of those versatile players that can play center or guard? I know that Hilliard played some guard recently, but I really hope that our guards do like I hope our corners do…stay healthy! I do not like the feeling I get when I think about the recent past, with the Peterman injuries and the injuries to Phonz and even Chris Houston last season. Houston only missed 1 game…but there isn’t a ton of depth at CB either. If both he and Wright go down, are we going to be ok with Berry, McDonald, and Smith (if he’s even healthy)??

really?…

Not that it really matters. but I have record that the Lions signed him this offseason but never released him….

I think it was pretty hard to see Chris Morris making the team ahead of time. It is so hard to evaluate offensive line play when you don’t know the blocking assignments.

http://www.nfl.com/videos/detroit-lions/09000d5d821f221c/Showtime-in-Motown

Best line:

“In one word are the Lions better than the Bears?”

“Yes”

“Yes”

If we are better than the division winners last year, then we certainly have a shot at it this year.

By The Numbers:
29 – T
ouchdowns scored in the red zone last season in 45 trips.

9 – Touchdowns scored in the red zone in 10 trips by quarterback Matthew Stafford.

100 – I
ncrease in points scored from 2009 to 2010, 6.3 per game.

125 – D
ecrease in points allowed from 2009 to 2010, 7.8 per game.

Quote To Note:
“I think that the players themselves are very confident. There’s a sense on this team that we’re going to be a good team and the players expect that of themselves. You don’t want to get carried away, but I like the fact that there’s healthy confidence…(But) we still have to play. It’s nice to hear nice things being said, but at the end of the day, we have to go out and win football games.”
—Owner William Clay Ford, Jr.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/teams/det/report#notes_quotes

Only a few mild surprises.

Why didn’t your crystal ball let us know things were going to get wet as hell at the Michigan game? LOL

   Vasher and Silva were big surprises for me. Silva looked good all preseason. I hope he makes our practice squad. Clapp was another surprise. Does this mean we don’t have a fullback on the team? Unless they will use Heller as a fullback. Not that it is a big need but it would be nice to have for those 3rd and 1s.
   Also, goodbye Derrick Williams. Not surprised by this one. Stovall outplayed him.

Never paid attention to Morris, so I can’t comment on him ,but I am happy the FO is paying attention to the position.

Wish Silva and Clapp would have made it, but I get the cuts.

I’m wondering if they plans to do something with that mil they saved on getting rid of Harris…

What is up with that and is not listed on the roster?

anyway, we kept 7 linebacks and only 9 DBs(corners and safties). I really hope no one gets injured. If Silva can make it threw waviers and whatnot then we always have him to call up. Not a lot of surprises.

he made the Saints 53 man roster.

from who else!? Drew Sharp

6-10: They’re getting better. It just won’t be reflected in the record. Teams knew they could coast against the Lions, knowing they would ultimately shoot themselves in the foot in the fourth. Those days are done. The Lions aren’t a good team, but they must be respected now. The biggest test wll be how they respond to the opposition giving them a maximum effort every week.

A little surprised at keeping Chris Morris (honestly never heard of him until now) and cutting Vasher but I understand that Vasher is a hit against our cap. Thought he played well though and he should get a job elsewhere. Excited to see who’s gonna end up on our PS

don’t know who that is