Nearly two hours after the deadline, the Detroit Lions finally announced the final cuts in order to get their roster down to the 53 men required by the league. If you haven’t seen the list of players on the Lions 2018 roster, be sure to check it out here.
Here are the three biggest surprises from the Lions’ initial roster.
Throughout this entire preseason, we debated whether the Lions should keep four or five wide receivers. I was in the four wide receiver camp, along with our own Hamza Baccouche, but I’ll admit Brandon Powell played well enough this preseason to be on an NFL roster.