The Detroit Lions kicked off their 2018 NFL season on Monday night with defensive tackle A'Shawn Robinson out of uniform. The former Alabama standout wasn't injured. Instead, he was a healthy scratch for the Lions' first game under coach Matt Patricia.
Every NFL team has 53 players on its active roster, but only 46 of them can play in a game. That means each game, a team must designate seven players as inactive.
Three of the Lions' inactive players for their opener against the New York Jets on Monday night have Alabama football roots -- cornerback Dee Virgin (West Alabama), who joined Detroit as a waiver-wire claim on Sept.