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The Detroit Lions have released their first depth chart of the 2014 regular season. As usual, it's considered unofficial, but it's worth nothing that LaAdrian Waddle is listed as the starting right tackle, Nick Fairley is once again a starter at defensive tackle and Tahir Whitehead is the starting strongside linebacker. Here's the full depth chart:
| Pos. | First string | Second string | Third string |
| QB | Matthew Stafford | Dan Orlovsky | Kellen Moore |
| RB | Reggie Bush | Joique Bell | Theo Riddick |
| FB | Jed Collins | Montell Owens | |
| WR | Calvin Johnson | Jeremy Ross | Corey Fuller |
| WR | Golden Tate | Kevin Ogletree | Ryan Broyles |
| TE | Brandon Pettigrew | Joseph Fauria | Eric Ebron |
| LT | Riley Reiff | Cornelius Lucas | |
| LG | Rob Sims | ||
| C | Dominic Raiola | Travis Swanson | |
| RG | Larry Warford | ||
| RT | LaAdrian Waddle | Corey Hilliard | |
| Pos. | First string | Second string | Third string |
| DE | Ziggy Ansah | George Johnson | |
| DT | Nick Fairley | C.J. Mosley | |
| DT | Ndamukong Suh | Caraun Reid | |
| DE | Jason Jones | Devin Taylor | Larry Webster |
| OLB | Tahir Whitehead | Kyle Van Noy | |
| MLB | Stephen Tulloch | Travis Lewis | |
| OLB | DeAndre Levy | Ashlee Palmer | |
| CB | Rashean Mathis | Bill Bentley | Nevin Lawson |
| SS | James Ihedigbo | Jerome Couplin | |
| FS | Glover Quin | Don Carey | Isa Abdul-Quddus |
| CB | Darius Slay | Cassius Vaughn | |
| Pos. | First string | Second string | Third string |
| K | Nate Freese | ||
| P | Sam Martin | ||
| HLD | Sam Martin | ||
| KO | Sam Martin | Nate Freese | |
| LS | Don Muhlbach | ||
| KR | Jeremy Ross | Theo Riddick | |
| PR | Jeremy Ross | Golden Tate | Ryan Broyles |