Well, what’s the point in predicting 53-man rosters if a team is only going to keep 50?

That’s the odd reality facing Detroit Lions writers this week after the team made a handful of surprising moves. None of which were more surprising than the team cutting three more players than they had to by the 4 p.m. ET Tuesday deadline.

Let’s address that, and some other roster oddities, after the Lions’ 2025 initial cutdowns.

Lots of bubbles burst

Over at Pride of Detroit Direct, I claimed that the final five roster spots were going to be really tough to figure out, and I had 12 bubble players whose status would be hard to predict: • WR Dominic Lovett • WR Jackson Meeks • G Netane Muti • G/C Michael Niese • EDGE Isaac Ukwu • EDGE Nate Lynn • DT Chris Smith • DT Keith Cooper •

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