As we learned from last year, the Detroit Lions’ depth on defense could be critical to their success. So as the Lions trim down their roster from 91 to 53 this week, some crucial decisions will be made on both sides of the ball. Earlier on Monday, we already offered our predictions for the offensive players on the roster bubble. Now it’s time to make our best guesses on defense. Before we get into our final predictions, take a look back at our predictions six weeks ago, before training camp began. Things look a bit different now.

Edge defender: • Assumed in: Aidan Hutchinson, Marcus Davenport • Removed from Bubble Watch: Josh Paschal — likely headed to NFI/reserve

Voting: • Al-Quadin Muhammad: 11 “IN” votes (no change) • Nate Lynn: 11 votes (up 1) • Ahmed Hassanein: 0 votes (do

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