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The Detroit Lions announced the final five cuts necessary to get their roster down to 53 players. The following players were released:
- Torrian Wilson
- Braxston Cave
- Jermelle Cudjo
- Julian Stanford
- Nate Ness
UPDATE: The Lions have also made an additional move, and it involves Greg Salas:
The Lions also placed WR Greg Salas (left knee) on injured reserve.
— Josh Katzenstein (@jkatzenstein) September 5, 2015
The Lions are now down to the 53-man required by NFL rules. Here's a look at it below:
| Players currently on roster: 53 | |||
| QB Matthew Stafford | TE Eric Ebron | DE Ziggy Ansah | CB Darius Slay |
| QB Dan Orlovsky | TE Brandon Pettigrew | DE Jason Jones | CB Rashean Mathis |
| TE Tim Wright | DE Devin Taylor | CB Nevin Lawson | |
| RB Joique Bell | DE Darryl Tapp | CB Josh Wilson | |
| RB Ameer Abdullah | OT Riley Reiff | DE Phillip Hunt | CB Quandre Diggs |
| RB Theo Riddick | OT LaAdrian Waddle | CB Alex Carter | |
| RB Zach Zenner | OT Cornelius Lucas | DT Haloti Ngata | |
| OT Corey Robinson | DT Tyrunn Walker | S Glover Quin | |
| FB Michael Burton | DT Caraun Reid | S James Ihedigbo | |
| OG Laken Tomlinson | DT Gabe Wright | S Don Carey | |
| WR Calvin Johnson | OG Larry Warford | S Isa Abdul-Quddus | |
| WR Golden Tate | OG Manny Ramirez | LB DeAndre Levy | |
| WR Lance Moore | LB Stephen Tulloch | ||
| WR Corey Fuller | C Travis Swanson | LB Tahir Whitehead | K Matt Prater |
| WR TJ Jones | C Taylor Boggs | LB Travis Lewis | |
| LB Josh Bynes | P Sam Martin | ||
| LB Kyle Van Noy | |||
| LB Brandon Copeland | LS Don Muhlbach | ||