The Detroit Lions made a curious move on Sunday, cutting their third tight end on the roster to make room for waiver claim running back J.D. McKissic. However, don’t mourn Logan Thomas too long, because according to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, the Lions intend on bringing him back soon:
This shouldn’t come as much of a surprise, as there was no way the Lions were going to go into the regular season with only two tight ends on their roster. Cutting Thomas was an easy way to fit McKissic on the roster, because Thomas is a vested veteran who will not hit waivers, and the Lions should be able to easily re-sign him, having likely talked to him about this scenario already.