Detroit Lions Final Roster Moves! Reacting to 53-Man Roster
The Lions’ 53-man roster is officially set, and the decisions reveal a lot about the team’s priorities heading into the 2025 season. In this breakdown, we analyze the toughest cuts, the biggest surprises, and what these moves say about positional depth, roster construction, and long-term strategy.
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23 comments
An incomplete roster
McNeil will take one spot
I want a te, tackle, de, center and safety next year. The te needs to catch and block. We are wasting a roster spot with a block only te and a catch only te backing up Laporta.
Gotta be honest. Team is still good but roster is worse on paper than last year IMO.
Rodriguez will take a spot too
I dunno man… in brad we trust..
Just spit balling . But, if by chance Za’Darius Smith doesn’t sign, would Jadaveon Clowney be a good fit?
Top 5? Try top 3! We have so much talent they had to gamble losing a draft pick they like to being claimed on waivers! We have so much talent they cut a standout UDFA WR because we had an arguably better one. Or at least one we drafted. We have so much talent they cut another standout UDFA on the D-line they developed and who showed out! We have so much talent they couldn't keep a standout RB who Campbell obviously loved! This team is F'n stacked!
Jamarco Jones making the roster is baffling. Skipper is better than he is. Maybe they'll bring in an outside OT.
The OT and C depth is very concerning. I don't think they want to play Manu, another stash year for him, and JJ is really bad — he earned OT5 at best. The OT depth has been atrocious for years, time for Brad to get serious about it next draft. I hear it'll be a good year for C, so maybe leave Tate at RG and cross train him enough to be the new GG.
Why does Morgan talk like he's black? Asking for a friend..
Jaylon Johnson did end up on their active roster with no injury designation
There’s literally a 2% chance a player gets claimed on waivers.
Really nervous for Hutch and Davenport and having to have high snap counts, hopefully they bring in anther EDGE man
Keeping a couple open spaces makes it possible for the Lions to claim people off another teams waivers cut. Brad and Dan know all the angles.
Top 5 roster? Lol
Theres no advantage to cutting skipper to open a spot for skipper. So thats not an actual reason for that cut.
Like like, ok like morgan like like?
At present, in the starting lineups, the weakest player is Glasgow and he is good. Top five offense and defense. Let’s get it on.
Let's be frank: If injuries weren't a factor and everyone stayed healthy, they could keep 50 instead of 53. The roster is amazing.
It was one calendar year ago when everyone outside of Detroit was calling the Lions' receiver room a major weakness. One Jamo level up and a Tim Patrick later, it was like four weeks later in September when everyone knew it was actually a strength. Bring em all back this year, add a then-panned 3rd-round "reach" in TeSlaa… With arguably no WR in the room at or past peak except Patrick and Raymond – it looks like the best WR room in the league. The best group of hands in the league (including Jamo, who has made some really nasty catches in tough spots the last 24 months). The best group of blocking WRs in the league. The Lions have the best offensive roster in football and it is NOT CLOSE. No weaknesses. None. Only injury can diminish this offense.
To answer your last question… "WHERE ARE THEY STRONGEST?" Extremely difficult question to answer when the RB, WR, TE and LB rooms are arguably the best in all of football! Also going to say it: if Goff goes down, Kyle Allen sure as hell looks like he can get the ball to the aforementioned skill group if he can do it with rookies behind the second-team OL. The DT room could be the best in the league when Alim gets back. And then the secondary… So long as Terrion Arnold is taking the leap his teammates say he is – Reed/Terrion/Amik might be the best starting trio in football. The safety room is the best I've seen this *century*. I haven't mentioned the OL room, but if the two young Gs play to potential, C is the worst position on the roster and nobody in Detroit has a single worry about Graham Glasgow playing C. They are strong everywhere. It's crazy how deep and versatile and tough this roster is.
If Za'Darius don't start over davonport we got a problem 🤣