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The Detroit Lions have signed a ninth tight end (not a typo)

ALLEN PARK -- The Detroit Lions' roster isn't made up entirely of tight ends, although they're getting closer by the week.

Detroit has signed another, Scott Orndoff, before practice on Monday. That's on the heels of the addition of Andrew Price, and makes nine overall. That's 10 percent of the 90-man roster.

Eric Ebron, Darren Fells, Michael Roberts, Robert Tonyan, Cole Wick, Khari Lee and Tim Wright are also on the roster at tight end.

Detroit is stacking players at the position because of how much it wants to deploy multiple tight end-formations this year, as well as how few tight ends are actually healthy right now.