Almost every single season, one player makes it through training camp and is a surprise retention for the Detroit Lions’ 53-man roster. Oftentimes, it’s an undrafted rookie free agent—as seemingly every season there’s at least one UDFA who makes the initial roster. Sometimes, it’s just a player who went completely overlooked in training camp.
We’re still a month away from camp, but after minicamp and OTAs, we have a baseline idea of where the roster stands and an approximate depth chart.
So today’s Question of the Day is:
My answer: There is no set definition for dark-horse candidates.