The Detroit Lions are taking on the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 11, and on Saturday, they made two roster moves to account for injuries: signing linebacker Ezekiel Turner to the active roster and elevating tight end James Mitchell.
In each of the previous two weeks, the Lions have purposefully kept a spot open on their 53-man roster, signed linebacker Abraham Beauplan, subsequently released him the following Monday, and then signed him back to the practice squad on Wednesday. By taking this route to and from the roster, the Lions were not forced to use any of Beauplan’s practice squad elevations, leaving him with three available on the season.