Detroit Lions 2024 Offseason Thread

[Sports_Freak]

1 hour ago, 4hzglory said:

So to answer your question, Yes, cut players have to pass through waivers.  And a team can sign a player to their 53 man roster off of any team's practice squad.  So no, Hooker will not get cut.  He is 100% on the team.  As mentioned above, they may choose to waive Suffield initially as he is extremely unlikely to be claimed, and then resign him prior to week 1 (after they put anyone besides Mosely and Comminsky on IR).  They did a similar thing last year in having no kickers on their initial 53 man roster.

Waiver rules confusion. Can teams recall a player if another team tries to claim them? And is there a limit of how many players a team can lose?

[Sports_Freak]

3 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

Do players have to clear waivers before a team can put them on the practice squad? If so, make Hooker the backup and put Sudfeld on the practice squad once he clears waivers.

Asked and answered earlier in this thread. Yes, a player has to clear waivers. 

[MichiganCardinal]

4 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

Do players have to clear waivers before a team can put them on the practice squad? If so, make Hooker the backup and put Sudfeld on the practice squad once he clears waivers.

Only players who have accrued four seasons or less go through waivers. Players like Sudfeld become unrestricted free agents, and could re-sign with the Lions practice squad without clearing waivers, if he so chose to.

[CMRivdogs]

Just increase the roster size to 55 or so. It's not like teams are going broke

[Sports_Freak]

2 minutes ago, MichiganCardinal said:

Only players who have accrued four seasons or less go through waivers. Players like Sudfeld become unrestricted free agents, and could re-sign with the Lions practice squad without clearing waivers, if he so chose to.

Ohhhh...thank you. So yeah, cut him and keep Hooker. H20 put enough preseason plays on film that would attract other teams.

[1984Echoes]

2 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

Waiver rules confusion. Can teams recall a player if another team tries to claim them? And is there a limit of how many players a team can lose?

No recalls.

They can lose ALL of them... but that would be terribly unlikely.

The guys that just miss the cut (just miss the 53-man roster)... Those will be guys that would most likely be lost. Still, another team has to waive a guy on THEIR 53 in order to grab a new guy on a waiver claim. It just limits the amount of actual waiver claims that realistically will be made. 

For the Lions, if it's a critical player they don't want to lose: Don't waive them. Period.

Waiving Sudfeld? Not a problem.

Trying to waive someone like Manu, who is still terribly raw, but other teams can see his athleticism and potential: he would be claimed.

[Sports_Freak]

Just now, 1984Echoes said:

No recalls.

They can lose ALL of them... but that would be terribly unlikely.

The guys that just miss the cut (just miss the 53-man roster)... Those will be guys that would most likely be lost. Still, another team has to waive a guy on THEIR 53 in order to grab a new guy on a waiver claim. It just limits the amount of actual waiver claims that realistically will be made. 

For the Lions, if it's a critical player they don't want to lose: Don't waive them. Period.

Waiving Sudfeld? Not a problem.

Trying to waive someone like Manu, who is still terribly raw, but other teams can see his athleticism and potential: he would be claimed.

Yeah, it's new territory for the Lions to be losing quality players instead of scouring other teams waived players. We may lose a few decent players. I wonder if we'll lose James Houston? If they plan on cutting him, make a deal for a future draft pick for him?

[Motown Bombers]

 

[buddha]

DPJ did not find himself in a crowded reveiver room, he was practically given the job when they (correctly) let reynolds walk.  and he played half-hearted football.  he deserved to be cut.

he was probably the best pure athlete michigan has had at receiver in quite some time and he has been nothing but a disappointment in college and the pros.

sayonara.  someone might give him another chance because he is such a good athlete, but he's running out of time.  hope he saved his money.

[CMRivdogs]

 

[Hongbit]

19 minutes ago, buddha said:

DPJ did not find himself in a crowded reveiver room, he was practically given the job when they (correctly) let reynolds walk.  and he played half-hearted football.  he deserved to be cut.

he was probably the best pure athlete michigan has had at receiver in quite some time and he has been nothing but a disappointment in college and the pros.

sayonara.  someone might give him another chance because he is such a good athlete, but he's running out of time.  hope he saved his money.

He’s from Detroit so you can’t count out Yzerman trying to sign him for the Wings.  

[MichiganCardinal]

That's a fluff tweet. Schultz doesn't want to **** where he eats. DPJ's agent gave him the news, he can't just say "dude sucks so he got cut".

But yeah, that "crowded" WR room may only have four make the initial 53-man. DPJ was given a golden ticket to make this roster, showed up out of shape and failed conditioning, and then couldn't outcompete the 2s and 3s of the Giants, Bengals, and Steelers. Bye.

Edited August 26, 2024 by MichiganCardinal

[Hongbit]

7 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said:

 

There goes the best Zonovan to ever put on an NFL uniform.    There will never be another like him.  

Edited August 26, 2024 by Hongbit

[CMRivdogs]

 

[MichiganCardinal]

1 minute ago, CMRivdogs said:

 

Down to Hesse and/or Mitchell.

[MichiganCardinal]

Finally thought we had won that chase too.

[MichiganCardinal]

This could be a fit.

 

[buddha]

15 minutes ago, MichiganCardinal said:

This could be a fit.

 

coming off two season ending injuries?  i dont know if i trust that.

then again, beggars cant be choosers.

[buddha]

jerry jacobs got cut.  so did mo ibrahim.

denzel mims is out there.  former first rounder.

[buddha]

former michigan (and texas) wr tarik black.

[MichiganCardinal]

2 minutes ago, buddha said:

jerry jacobs got cut.  so did mo ibrahim.

denzel mims is out there.  former first rounder.

Julian Okwara got cut too.

[MichiganCardinal]

No real surprises so far. This increases the odds of Houston staying a little, but it's always thought to have been Houston or Ukwu.

[MichiganCardinal]

 

[MichiganCardinal]

Cryptic. But I expect it means he's cut.

 

[Hongbit]

18 minutes ago, MichiganCardinal said:

Cryptic. But I expect it means he's cut.

 

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