At this time a week ago, the Detroit Lions were dead last in the NFL in cap space. They only had $732,119 to work with, which wasn't even enough to sign first-round pick Eric Ebron.

On Friday, the Lions did in fact sign Ebron. The thinking all along was that they would have to restructure someone's contract or sign defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh to a long-term deal to free up enough room for Ebron, but they decided to release cornerback Chris Houston instead. Since they waited until after June 1 to cut him, they were able to spread out his dead money over two years, and they freed up $3.5 million in cap space for 2014 in the process.

With the official addition of Ebron to the roster and the departure of Houston, the Lions now have around $2 million in cap space, according to the NFLPA. This puts them 30th in the NFL. Take a look:

Rank Team Cap space 1 Jacksonville Jaguars $28,482,812 2 Cleveland Browns $25,612,290 3 Cincinnati Bengals $23,271,932 4 New York Jets $21,906,269 5 Tennessee Titans $19,257,413 6 Philadelphia Eagles $18,895,510 7 Miami Dolphins $15,733,685 8 Indianapolis Colts $13,806,624 9 Green Bay Packers $13,515,388 10 Tampa Bay Buccaneers $12,906,488 11 Arizona Cardinals $11,367,935 12 Dallas Cowboys $10,550,888 13 Oakland Raiders $10,271,612 14 Kansas City Chiefs $9,712,465 15 Atlanta Falcons $9,258,836 16 Houston Texans $8,717,305 17 Seattle Seahawks $8,704,698 18 Buffalo Bills $7,578,856 19 Minnesota Vikings $7,324,443 20 New England Patriots $7,236,450 21 New York Giants $7,036,009 22 Pittsburgh Steelers $7,013,035 23 Carolina Panthers $6,235,537 24 San Francisco 49ers $5,725,793 25 Chicago Bears $5,209,948 26 Baltimore Ravens $4,309,058 27 Denver Broncos $4,308,457 28 San Diego Chargers $2,133,103 29 Washington Redskins $2,064,143 30 Detroit Lions $2,005,001 31 St. Louis Rams $1,744,098 32 New Orleans Saints $1,718,621

30th isn't great by any means, but the good news is that the Lions' entire draft class is now under contract. No contract restructurings for players still on the team were necessary to make that happen, and now the only really notable storyline for the cap going forward involves Suh's contract negotiations. The hope remains that the Lions will get a deal done with Suh this summer, and if that ends up happening, they should have a lot more than $2 million to work with from a salary cap standpoint.