Detroit Lions Depth Chart Tracker (The Roster is Full)

[jthom19802]

@Davicus

I don’t think the Lions are paying Tracy Walker the most of anyone in their secondary to come off the bench. He was the leader of the backfield heading into the season last year and is one of the few guys the Lions have signed to a multi-year deal under Holmes. If he’s healthy, he’s starting. They have consistently said that communication in the backfield (without Walker) was a reason they struggled last season. I have doubts they’d start a rookie over Walker if he’s healthy.

Beat me to it. Damn near verbatim.

[stephenboyd57]

@jthom19802

@Davicus

I don’t think the Lions are paying Tracy Walker the most of anyone in their secondary to come off the bench. He was the leader of the backfield heading into the season last year and is one of the few guys the Lions have signed to a multi-year deal under Holmes. If he’s healthy, he’s starting. They have consistently said that communication in the backfield (without Walker) was a reason they struggled last season. I have doubts they’d start a rookie over Walker if he’s healthy.

Beat me to it. Damn near verbatim.

I think Walker will likely start too, but we actually have depth and competition for once. Hopefully Branch plays so well in training camp that he’s pushing these dudes for playing time. Same with Jacobs.

[DBend144]

[JerseyJungle]

Good chart but I think we make room for Ibrahim, B Joseph and Martinez.

[DBend144]

Martinez practice squad.
Ibrahim could replace reynolds.
B joseph will have hard time beating out some guys

[JerseyJungle]

don’t disagree, but there will be more IR’s before we need to get to 53.

[DBend144]

Lions made some moves over the weekend. Updated the chart

[Tcmouse]

@radiofriendly

But Jones is not 6’4" with 4.3 speed. He cannot stretch the field, or at least threaten to stretch the field in the same manner as Chark… which has implications on the offense.

Damm someone that understands, most on here think you just plug anyone in and it’s the same. They don’t even understand the whole stretch the field thing. They look at a few stats say well he as good.

[stephenboyd57]

@Tcmouse

@radiofriendly

But Jones is not 6’4" with 4.3 speed. He cannot stretch the field, or at least threaten to stretch the field in the same manner as Chark… which has implications on the offense.

Damm someone that understands, most on here think you just plug anyone in and it’s the same. They don’t even understand the whole stretch the field thing. They look at a few stats say well he as good.

True, Chark has deep speed. But, what good is deep speed when he’s always on the injured list.

@radiofriendly

Without Jamo, this team has 0 deep threats which makes St. Brown a little easier to put in bracket coverage.

Kalif had more deep catches than Chark last season. Gibbs speed is another major concern for defenses. We will miss Jamo’s speed for sure though. Gonna need to run the ball more and convert on 3rd downs. LaPorta, Gibbs, Monty and St. brown should be pretty good at keeping the chains moving. Reynolds and Raymond will chip in too. Not sure how much Marvin has left to be honest, hopefully a bit left in the tank.

[DBend144]

Original posted updated to have the current 91 roster after the Patterson trade