The final preseason game is in the books and with the NFL regular season coming fast, the Detroit Lions are working on trimming their roster down to 53. That roster sat at 87 heading into Friday but by the day was over, it was down to 74.
This afternoon, the Lions waived nine players and released three more.
Here are the nine who were waived:
WR Brian Brown
DT Josh Fatu
TE Marcus Lucas
T Jamar McGloster
LB Chad Meredith
G John Montelus
WR Teo Redding
DT Christian Ringo
DE Jeremiah Valoaga
The three vested veterans who were released are as follows:
DE Cam Johnson
CB Dexter McDougle
CB Sterling Moore
Lions’ GM Bob Quinn now has until 4 p.m. on Saturday to trim 21 more players, which would put the team at the 53 limit.
