Transaction – Lions finalize their Active Roster

Cut day is never a good day in the NFL, not for anyone, Players, Coaches, Front Offices, or fans. The Fans follow the teams all year round and a lot of fans even invest a whole weekend into the NFL draft, and some get attached to the drafted players for one reason or another. So Cut Day is a hard day all the way around.

Here are the players the Lions cut on September 7th to get down to the 53-player active roster:

• David Blough, QB

• Jason Huntley, RB

• Jonathan Williams, RB

• Wes Hills, RB

• Matt Sokol, TE

• Isaac Nauta, TE

• Victor Bolden, WR

• Tom Kennedy, WR

• Chris Lacy, WR

• Geremy Davis, WR

• Oday Aboushi, OL

• Beau Benzschawel, OL

• Kenny Wiggins, OL

• Dan Skipper, OL

• Will Clarke, DE

• Kevin Wilkins, DT

• Frank Herron, DT

• Olive Sagapolu, DT

• Albert Huggins, DL

• Frank Herron, DL

• Kevin Strong, DT

• Anthony Pittman, LB

• Dee Virgin, CB

• Jalen Elliott, S

• Bobby Price

• Arryn Siposs, P

• Steve Wirtel, LS

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• Jayron Kearse. S (Reserve/Suspended)

• Austin Bryant, DE (Reserve/PUP

Next post will detail the Practice Squad, I would expect to see a lot of

these same names again.