Scavenging the NFL waiver wire is akin to finding diamonds in the rough. You can find some gems, such as Romeo Okwara, but more often than not, it is full of castoff players that are there for a reason—they just weren’t good enough. It’s the nature of the business sadly. For many of us, the names we see listed on cutdown day are just that: names, never to be thought of again.
For the Detroit Lions, the waiver wire could be an opportunity to add some depth pieces to a fairly shallow roster. If there’s one thing the 2021 Lions have an abundance of, it’s opportunity.