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Originally Posted by thesloppy
I glanced over an article that did imply there was some method to this madness....something to the effect of the particular players that they released (including TE Darren Fells) were too old/experienced for the waiver process and therefore weren't subject to being cherry-picked by other teams as part of their release, and are expected to be re-signed by the Lions according to some specific timing.
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Yeah, I read something similar. It allowed them to cut Fells and Dean Marlowe, keep D'Shawn Hand and Tim Boyle on the initial 53 man roster. Once that initial roster was set, they then put Boyle and Hand on IR. Had Boyle & Hand been placed on IR before then, they would have been on IR all season. Now, they can come off earlier. Once they placed Boyle & Hand on IR, they re-signed Marlowe & Fells.
That makes sense. Brad Holmes working the system!
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