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Lions' surprising roster decision drops the biggest Za'Darius Smith hint yet

The Detroit Lions finally have their 53-man roster for the 2025 NFL season. The team announced their full slate of cuts and waives on Tuesday afternoon, which was the deadline for all 32 NFL teams to have their final rosters in place for the year.

A big area of need for the Lions as they head into the year is at their pass rush. While they have a phenom in Aidan Hutchinson returning as the teams' best pass rusher, and they have a healthy Marcus Davenport in tow, they could still use some reinforcements at the pass rush to take the pressure off of the secondary.