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Detroit Lions 2015 roster: Lions announce final five moves

The Detroit Lions have made their final six moves to reach the 53-man roster deadline.

By Jeremy Reisman@DetroitOnLion Sep 5, 2015, 6:30pm EDT

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

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