Lions notes: Detroit claims a new defensive tackle

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• The Detroit Lions started Friday by announcing they had released Ishmaa'ily Kitchen. Later in the day, they announced his replacement:

  Lions claimed defensive tackle Khyri Thornton off waivers from the Patriots. He was a third-round pick by the Packers in 2014.

  — Josh Katzenstein (@jkatzenstein) October 23, 2015

  Thornton was waived by the Patriots on Thursday after spending some time both on their 53-man roster and the practice squad. Thornton has not played in NFL game yet in his career.
• Want another statistic illustrating how bad the Lions' pass defense is? Sorry, that was a rhetorical question, you're getting it anyway:

  Based on current depth charts, no team has allowed more TD catches to slot WRs than the Lions (6). The Ravens are second (5).

  — Michael Fabiano (@Michael_Fabiano) October 23, 2015

  
  
• After the Lions learned that Brandon Pettigrew would not be able to play last Sunday, they had to teach Cornelius Lucas how to play tight end in an hour.
• SB Nation's own Matt Ufford had an epic rant on the state of defining an NFL catch:

  Here's a brief history of the NFL screwing up catches, and why they need to re-write the rule from scratch. https://t.co/53LQpDBDUY

  — Matt Ufford (@mattufford) October 23, 2015

  
  
• I would have never picked Jim Caldwell as the kind of person to keep his shoe game on point:

  Golden Tate said Jim Caldwell comes into the team meeting every Saturday wearing the newest pair of Jordans available. #what?

  — Justin Rogers (@Justin_Rogers) October 24, 2015

  
  
• Zach Zenner was back at the Lions facility on Friday and told the media that having a chest tube was the most pain he's ever endured. He also apparently had five fractures in four different ribs. That's a tough guy.