It’s easy to forget just how many players the Detroit Lions parted ways with this offseason. Even though the team finished the 2022 season extremely strong, general manager Brad Holmes did not use the 2023 offseason to sit on his hands and expect everything to just pick up where it left off. No, he attempted to upgrade at many positions, and that meant letting a fair amount of players who played big roles in 2022 find a new home.
Sunday was the first opportunity to see some of those old faces in new places, but it wasn’t much of a Week 1 debut for most of those players.