The Detroit Lions have until Tuesday, August 31st to reduce the active roster down to 53 players. General manager Brad Holmes and his crew don’t necessarily have to wait until that 4 p.m. Tuesday deadline to make the moves, however.
Here’s a continuously updated tracker of all the roster subtractions to get down to the 53-man limit.
| Pos | Player |
| WR | Breshad Perriman |
From 85 to 80
After the preseason loss in Pittsburgh, the Lions severed ties with five more players:
WR Darius Jennings, who was released.
The other four players were waived:
DT P.J. Johnson
RB Javon Leake
LB Robert McCray
QB Jordan Ta’amu
The first wave of cutdowns
To get from 90 down to 85, the Lions made the following moves:
- LS Don Muhlbach
- DL Michael Barnett
- CB Alex Brown
- TE Charlie Taumoepeau waived with a non-football injury
- LB Shaun Dion Hamilton placed on I.R.
- WR Chad Hansen waived with an injury settlement