According to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, the Detroit Lions are planning to release veteran linebacker Jalen Reeves-Maybin.
The move comes just a year after handing Reeves-Maybin a two-year, $7.5 million contract that included $5.245 million guaranteed. The linebacker was going to cost $4.645 million against the salary cap this year, but that will drop to just $2.75 million in dead cap after his release—saving $1.895 million. Reeves-Maybin is due a $500,000 roster bonus on March 1, so the official move is likely coming in the next day or two.
Reeves-Maybin has been on and off the Lions since they drafted him in 2017.