Before we get into the who’s and why’s, NFL rosters currently sit at 90 players. At the NFL owners meetings in 2017 the league did away with the 75-man cut and now only have the one roster cut from 90 to 53 after the preseason games, the deadline this year is September 1st. With your Detroit Lions having more depth than I can remember, this should make for an exciting deadline.

Only the weak-minded wait to do roster projections after preseason week one right? Where’s the skill in that? While watching the Detroit Lions scrimmage at Ford Field, I got the itch. My 53-Man roster projections for your 2019 Detroit Lions.

QB IN (2);

Matthew Stafford, Tom Savage

QB OUT (1);

David Fales

Word around the NFL is that David Fales is a great QB room guy. Translation, he’s good with breaking down film, helping create game plans, etc. I don’t think that’s enough to keep him around with the depth Quinn has brought in this offseason, a problem I’ll live with.

Remember Savage was Houston’s starter to begin last season, he’s not a bum. Strong arm as expected, by far the best backup QB situation in the Bob Quinn era, think the middle of the pack or slightly better in the NFL.