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Dan Campbell explains why Detroit Lions have one open spot on 90-man roster

The Detroit Lions have been one player under the NFL's 90-man roster limit for going on two months, and Dan Campbell said the team is holding that spot open for no one in particular.

"Really just so if something happens and we need a spot now; that was the reasoning behind it," Campbell said. "So we didn’t have to go through, 'Oh, who are we cutting now before we decide we’re going to bring somebody else in?' It just gave us flexibility to do an immediate move, we felt like."

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