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Thursday open thread: Who could be a surprise Detroit Lions cut?

It seems like every year there is a player who makes the team that nobody sees coming. It’s typically a great story about a player who overcomes odds to land a spot on the roster and completes a childhood dream.

Unfortunately, there’s another side to that same story. A surprise player on the 53-man roster comes with a surprise player who didn’t make it. And if you are to believe Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell, we may be headed down that around again this year.

“There’s some guys that maybe were counted out that have a chance of making this team,” Campbell said after the second preseason game.