Twelve interesting things about the Detroit Lions first depth chart

The Detroit Lions have released a depth chart. While it doesn’t likely actually mean much, here are the juicy details summarised.

The Detroit Lions have released their preliminary depth chart for the first week of the preseason. This is far too early for conclusions to be drawn regarding players, but sitting at the bottom of this chart is not good.

The Lions have been churning their roster, as Bob Quinn always does. It is far more likely that players in the dreaded “other” category at the bottom, a collection of players listed in seemingly random order, could be looking for work Saturday.

Those are the players who most need to turn in a solid performance this week in practice, and then in the game against the Raiders. If a player is in the other category and then doesn’t get many snaps Friday, there is a pretty good chance he will be out of a job very soon.

Fifth wide receiver

The fifth wide receiver position appears to be between two players at the moment. Jace Billingsley and Bradley Marquez are both listed as third on either side of the wide receiver depth chart

Billingsley has been with the team for two seasons. He joined the Lions as an undrafted free agent after a brilliant collegiate career at Eastern Oregon. He has served as a special teams player, getting his game action offense almost exclusively during the preseason.

Marquez spent 2015-2017 with the Rams organization. He signed with the Lions in November of last year and finished the season on the Lions active roster. He, like Billingsley, has played primarily a special teams role during his NFL career.

Camp darlings like Teo Redding and Dontez Ford fall within the “other” category. There are four games of jockeying for position left, these players are by no means done with the team, but for the moment they have not unseated the veterans in front of them.