With John Niyo’s Twitter report that the Lions have released DT Orien Harris to make room for DE Turk McBride, the Lions have only three named DTs on the roster: veteran run-stopper Grady Jackson, fourth-round rookie Sammie Hill, and 2008 seventh-rounder Landon Cohen. As Jackson is considered a 10-20 snap situational player, the Lions now have, quite literally, no depth at the tackle spot.
Even if Andre Fluellen, who has shifted from DE to DT and back again several times already this season, flips back to DT, both depth and production at the DT spot are alarming. Jackson is now the only player on the roster who’d started an NFL game at DT before last Sunday. With true big-bodied DTs always in high demand, and the season already underway, it seems impossible that the Lions could do much of anything to bring in reinforcements--save re-sign one of the veterans they’ve already cut.
Keep an eye on the waiver wire as the week winds on . . . and discuss it here, in The Den!
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