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Detroit Lions cuts tracker: Don Muhlbach back for 17th season as long snapper

Stay here for all your updates as the Lions get down to their 53-man roster limit by 4 p.m. Saturday:

3:12 p.m. — In the biggest news of the day, the Lions are keeping longtime long snapper Don Muhlbach around for a 17th season.

[ Lions waive David Blough, going with 2 QBs on 53-man roster ]

Muhlbach survived what was probably the biggest training camp challenge of his career, edging out undrafted rookie Steven Wirtel for the job.

I mentioned a couple times in my training camp observations that Wirtel was outperforming Muhlbach, but it's never easy for a team to move on from a trusted veteran — especially without having the benefit of preseason games to evaluate the challenger.