The Detroit Lions aren't in any rush to fill their open roster spot, but one player on their radar is former Michigan State defensive tackle Domata Peko.

Peko told TMZ Sports that he "had a nice visit" the Lions last week and that his agent is "trying to work some stuff out" for a contract.

Peko, who turns 35 this fall, has made 186 starts in his 13-year career, including at least 14 games each of the last nine seasons. A fourth-round pick by the Cincinnati Bengals in 2006, Peko played the last two seasons with the Denver Broncos.

While Peko wouldn't project as a starter in Detroit, he could provide rotational help similar to the role Ricky Jean Francois played last season.

The Lions return Damon Harrison, A'Shawn Robinson, Da'Shawn Hand and Romeo Okwara on their defensive front, and signed Trey Flowers to a big-money free-agent deal this offseason. But Flowers spent all spring rehabbing from shoulder surgery and Harrison did not attend voluntary workouts or mandatory minicamp because of a contract dispute.

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Harrison, 30, has two years left on a contract that's set to pay him $6.75 million this fall.

The Lions have just 89 players on their 90-man roster after waiving tight end Michael Roberts following a failed attempt to trade him last week.

Roberts flunked his physical with the New England Patriots, voiding the deal for a conditional 2020 seventh-round pick. The Green Bay Packers claimed Roberts off waivers from the Lions on Monday, but waived the third-year tight end Wednesday with a failed physical designation.

Roberts underwent shoulder surgery late last season.

Lions coach Matt Patricia said on the team's final day of offseason workouts last week that he was comfortable having an opening spot on his roster this time of year.

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"It's good to have the flexibility in that position because you know there’s going to be movement coming up in the next couple weeks," Patricia said. "But we will always evaluate our roster and we are in a position where we’re saying, ‘All right, do we want to add someone in this position?’ Or, ‘Do we want to add another player in this position?’ We’ll take the next couple weeks to look at it and see if there’s somebody out there that we feel like we can want to add."

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