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The Detroit Lions have unveiled their unofficial depth chart for Friday's preseason opener against the Cleveland Browns. You can check it out below. (Note: Players in italics are injured.)
Pos. | First String | Second String | Third String | Fourth String |
QB |
Matthew Stafford |
Shaun Hill |
Kellen Moore |
R.J. Archer |
RB | Kevin Smith |
Keiland Williams Joique Bell |
Stefan Logan Stephfon Green |
James Bryant Mikel Leshoure Jahvid Best |
WR |
Calvin Johnson |
Ryan Broyles |
Maurice Stovall Lance Long |
Dominique Curry Terrence Toliver |
WR |
Nate Burleson |
Titus Young |
Patrick Edwards Nate Hughes |
Jarett Dillard Wallace Miles |
TE |
Brandon Pettigrew |
Nathan Overbay |
Austin Wells |
|
TE |
Tony Scheffler |
Will Heller |
Alex Gottlieb |
|
LT |
Jeff Backus |
Riley Reiff |
Jonathan Scott |
|
LG |
Rob Sims |
Dan Gerberry |
J.C. Oram |
|
C |
Dominic Raiola |
Dylan Gandy |
Rodney Austin |
|
RG |
Stephen Peterman |
Jacques McClendon |
Pat Boyle |
|
RT |
Gosder Cherilus |
Corey Hilliard |
Jason Fox |
A couple of things worth noting: Moore is listed ahead of Archer at quarterback, Smith is the starting running back and Reiff is currently the second-team left tackle. While we're still quite a ways away from the final round of cuts and this depth chart is considered unofficial, those three things stand out the most on the offensive depth chart. Moore appears to be well on his way to establishing himself as the third-string quarterback, and Smith appears to be set to start at running back as long as Leshoure and Best are out. At left tackle, Reiff has apparently moved ahead of Hilliard and Fox, who are the backups at right tackle.
Pos. | First String | Second String | Third String | Fourth String |
LE |
Cliff Avril |
Lawrence Jackson |
Everette Brown |
Ugo Chinasa |
DT | Corey Williams |
Sammie Hill |
Tracy Robertson |
|
DT |
Ndamukong Suh |
Nick Fairley |
Andre Fluellen |
|
RE |
Kyle Vanden Bosch |
Willie Young |
Ronnell Lewis |
Edmon McClam |
OLB |
Justin Durant |
Tahir Whitehead |
Carmen Messina |
|
MLB |
Stephen Tulloch |
Ashlee Palmer |
Korey Bosworth |
|
OLB |
DeAndre Levy |
Doug Hogue |
Travis Lewis | |
LCB |
Chris Houston |
Jacob Lacey |
Jonte Green |
Ross Weaver |
FS |
Louis Delmas |
Erik Coleman |
John Wendling |
|
SS |
Amari Spievey |
Sean Jones |
Ricardo Silva |
Don Carey |
RCB |
Alphonso Smith |
Bill Bentley |
Justin Miller |
Drew Coleman Chris Greenwood |
The most noteworthy thing about the defensive depth chart is that Smith is the starter at right cornerback for the time being. Based on how well he's been practicing, there was a belief that Bentley might be starting in that spot, but he hasn't moved to the top of the depth chart just yet. He will likely be the Lions' first-team nickelback, though.
Pos. | First String | Second String | Third String | Fourth String |
K |
Jason Hanson |
Derek Dimke |
||
P |
Ben Graham |
Ryan Donahue | ||
HLD | Jason Hanson | Derek Dimke | ||
LS |
Don Muhlbach |
|||
KR | Stefan Logan | Titus Young | Ryan Broyles | Patrick Edwards |
PR | Stefan Logan | Titus Young | Justin Miller | Nate Hughes |
The only thing worth mentioning about the special teams depth chart is that Graham is currently listed ahead of Donahue. Again, it's early and this may not mean a whole lot by the end of the month, but it's interesting nonetheless.
(Note: For some reason the Lions have Hanson and Dimke listed as the holders. I'm going to go ahead and assume that was a mistake considering the holder job usually belongs to the punters.)
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