Considering summer just officially started, the outlook of the Detroit Lions' 53-man roster could change quite a bit in the coming months. Training camp and the preseason need to take place before the final round of cuts arrives, meaning we are still working on rather limited information at this point in time.
Despite this, with the Lions holding their mandatory minicamp and wrapping up their offseason training program last week, now is a good time to take another stab at predicting their 53-man roster. Here's my latest guess (my picks to make the team are bolded/underlined):
| QB Matthew Stafford QB Dan Orlovsky QB Kellen Moore QB Garrett Gilbert RB Joique Bell RB Ameer Abdullah RB Theo Riddick RB George Winn RB Zach Zenner RB Desmond Martin FB Michael Burton FB Emil Igwenagu WR Calvin Johnson WR Golden Tate WR Lance Moore WR Corey Fuller WR Jeremy Ross WR Ryan Broyles WR TJ Jones WR Greg Salas WR Andrew Peacock WR Vernon Johnson WR Jarred Haggins | TE Brandon Pettigrew TE Eric Ebron TE Joseph Fauria TE Jordan Thompson TE Casey Pierce TE David Ausberry OT Riley Reiff OT LaAdrian Waddle OT Cornelius Lucas OT Corey Robinson OT Michael Williams OT Xavier Proctor OG Laken Tomlinson OG Larry Warford OG Manny Ramirez OG Torrian Wilson OG Al Bond C Travis Swanson C Taylor Boggs C Darren Keyton C Braxston Cave | DE Ziggy Ansah DE Jason Jones DE Darryl Tapp DE Devin Taylor DE Larry Webster DE Corey Wootton DE Phillip Hunt DE Kerry Hyder DT Haloti Ngata DT Tyrunn Walker DT Gabe Wright DT Caraun Reid DT Jermelle Cudjo DT Roy Philon LB DeAndre Levy LB Stephen Tulloch LB Tahir Whitehead LB Josh Bynes LB Kyle Van Noy LB Travis Lewis LB Julian Stanford LB Brandon Copeland LB Jerrell Harris LB Kevin Snyder | CB Darius Slay CB Rashean Mathis CB Alex Carter CB Nevin Lawson CB Quandre Diggs CB Josh Wilson CB Chris Owens CB Mohammed Seisay CB Crezdon Butler S Glover Quin S James Ihedigbo S Isa Abdul-Quddus S Don Carey S Nate Ness S Isaiah Johnson S Brian Suite S Taylor Mays K Matt Prater K Kyle Brindza P Sam Martin LS Don Muhlbach The main question marks I had on offense were at running back, wide receiver and offensive tackle. |