Who will be Lions 5 cuts by Tuesday

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Thanks for the updates!

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I read today theyā€™re not even sure Cabinda will be ready Week 1.

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Griffin had no guaranteed money:

Garrett Griffin Contract Breakdowns, Salary Cap Figures, Salaries, Bonuses | Spotrac.

the Lions have younger less expensive alternatives

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Thanks!

Point is, in this topic, what happens to his roster spot?

Do they cut to 52 or adjust in the fly when he is ready for the active roster?

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Depends on his prognosis. Heā€™s currently on Active PUP (no roster exemption) and can be put on Reserve PUP as early as 08/23 and he wonā€™t take up a roster spot (at either 80 or 53). Same with Jamo, Romeo, Paschal, Jacobs.

We will know a lot on the seriousness of the injuries on 08/23 . . . fully expect Jamo and Romeo, others will be telling.

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Veteran possibilities to me are the following. I do not think any are locks to make it.

Dan Skipper - 50/50
J. Davis - Possibly but I think he stays.
D. Funchess or Griffin.
T. Kennedy
C. Reynolds
J. Cominsky - Good chance he sticks.
D. Blough - I think we keep him too.
W. Harris - Doubtful

The bodies at RB, LB, TE and OT are where I think the youth has the highest chance to push out a veteran and we could see a surprise cut or two

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Iā€™m not surprised a TE got cut but I thought Griffin had a better shot to stick than Funchess because of his blocking abilities.

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Think C Reynolds sticks. Heā€™s done too much when given a chance.

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I think he likely sticks too but I do not think heā€™s a lock by any means. Thereā€™s a battle for those backup RB spots and I think Reynolds is in the mix for the last spot.

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I think both he and Jackson stick. The position seems so important to what they want to do.

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With Jefferson having 9 carries for only 19 yards in the 1st preseason game, it wasnā€™t a good showing for him in that competition.

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He got to show something late last season. Over his current competition, outside of Jackson who just got here.

This week will show a lot I think.

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I think from what Iā€™ve read is Reynolds has separated him self from the others. He is a lock barring injury.

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Yeah, thatā€™s the truth. Iā€™ve been pimping Jefferson since he got here, but thereā€™s a reason I end lots of posts with ā€œBut I could be wrong.ā€

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Since this is an ongoing problem lately I thought Iā€™d remind everyone of the NO ALL CAPS rule from the code of conduct.

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Please @coyote12 fix your thread title. Thanks.

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Yeah, DC talked JJ up but heā€™s shown nothing. Unless he goes crazy these next two games, I fully expect him to be on the PS in case of an injury.

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JJ will make the team. I highly expect him to be our RB3 by the BYE.

Heā€™s the best runner out of the bunch of back ups.

I was big on JJ before the draft and remain high on him.

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Yeah, weā€™ll see. At some point, heā€™s gotta show something with the pads on though.
CR is our 3rd RB and I think Godwin is RB #4 because of his Special Teams contributions. I donā€™t see JJ making the rosterā€¦but thatā€™s just my 2 cents.

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I just donā€™t see it. He wasnā€™t making any one miss last Friday. Falling down at the 1st sign of contact. Probably not a good sign that they kept giving him the ball in garbage time vs the 3rd stringers. Reynolds had a quick 3 carries for 13 yards and they shut him down for the day. That makes me think heā€™s making the team, I donā€™t even think he played in the 2nd half at all.

Maybe Jefferson will explode in week 2 and show us something. I hope so. The more competition the better.

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I agree he has shown nothing so far , still time but the top 3 are set Godwin gives us also ST solid player . Will we keep 5 with Cabinda still not ready an could be on 6 week IR or use his spot for use of 4 TE.s

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