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Answering the biggest questions about the 2023 Detroit Lions’ initial 53-man roster

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On Tuesday evening, the Detroit Lions trimmed their roster to 53 players. It was an arduous process and one that yielded some surprises along the way. Obviously, the Lions are far from done tinkering their roster—that process never really ends—but on Tuesday night, myself, Erik Schlitt and Ryan Mathews broke down the initial moves the Lions made, and what’s left to make of the roster.

We went position by position, answering both the biggest questions facing the roster and the biggest questions about the moves they made.

Here’s a full guide to our discussion, along with episode timestamps for each position:

Quarterbacks (2:10 — 3:30)

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