The Detroit Lions are likely to lose Travis Lewis to division foe Minnesota when the new league year opens later today and with him, the franchise’s 2012 draft class is close to going the same way as the entire 2010 and 2011 editions.
Out of Detroit and in a lot of cases, out of the NFL.
The Lions have one player from the class left under contract, tackle Riley Reiff, and another one that could end up with the Lions or elsewhere in linebacker Tahir Whitehead. That’s it. The rest are out of the league.
Second round pick Ryan Broyles didn’t play in the NFL last season.