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Why did Lions waive Ahmed Hassanein? Detroit's 2025 draft pick gets injury settlement

One of the more head-turning cuts the Detroit Lions made on cutdown day on Tuesday involved 2025 sixth-round pick, edge rusher Ahmed Hassanein.

According to the team's official website , Hassanein has been waived with an injury settlement. However, this might not be the end of his time in Detroit.

As Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press notes, Hassanein can return to the Lions when he's healthy and after the settlement period has passed.

Hassanein was dealing with a pec injury suffered in preseason Week 2 and was expected to miss time. Head coach Dan Campbell didn't rule out the Boise State product missing the entire season , also.

"That’s a good question," Campbell sa

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