Lions’ Projected Week 1 Depth Chart

Dan Campbell and the Detroit Lions will sq. off with the Philadelphia Eagles to kick off the 2022 common season. The aforementioned Week 1 matchup is about for Sunday, Sept. 11, at 1 p.m., at Ford Area. 

Campbell and Lions normal supervisor Brad Holmes, who deployed a collaborative strategy in developing the staff’s season-opening roster, had a troublesome time trimming the roster all the way down to 53 gamers. 

In a latest media session, Holmes conveyed that the rise in expertise for Detroit, through the NFL Draft and different offseason strikes, added an additional layer of problem to placing the staff collectively. 

“You undergo the draft, our school scouting division doing an excellent job. So, you get this increase in expertise, and so, you mix the increase of expertise with an excellent teaching employees and right here we’re,” Holmes expressed. “And, we had a whole lot of powerful selections to make, and I even know that proper now, it’s the 53 (gamers) and there’s quite a bit made about who made the staff and who made what even the fellows we’ve got on apply squad that we have been capable of get again. I imply, it’s not over. Once more, it’s nonetheless a younger roster, and people guys that acquired a few of these final spots, they’ve nonetheless acquired to maintain taking part in, as a result of we’re not going to cease working and it’s going to be an evolving course of.”

Right here is Detroit’s doubtless Week 1 depth chart towards the Eagles. 

Depth Chart

Quarterback: Jared Goff

Backup: Nate Sudfeld 

Operating again: D’Andre Swift

Backups: Jamaal Williams, Craig Reynolds

Fullback: Jason Cabinda (reserve/PUP)

Broad receivers: DJ Chark, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Josh Reynolds 

Backups: Kalif Raymond, Quintez Cephus

Tight finish: T.J. Hockenson

Backups: Brock Wright, Shane Zylstra, James Mitchell

Offensive line: Taylor Decker, Jonah Jackson, Frank Ragnow, Halapoulivaati Vaitai, Penei Sewell

Backups: Matt Nelson (T), Evan Brown (C), Tommy Kraemer (inside), Logan Stenberg (inside)

Defensive tackles: Alim McNeill, Michael Brockers

Backups: Isaiah Buggs, John Cominsky, Benito Jones, Demetrius Taylor, Levi Onwuzurike

EDGE: Aidan Hutchinson, Charles Harris

Backups: Austin Bryant, Julian Okwara

Linebackers: Alex Anzalone, Malcolm Rodriguez

Backups: Derrick Barnes, Chris Board, Josh Woods

Cornerbacks: Amani Oruwariye, Jeff Okudah

Backups: Mike Hughes, Chase Lucas, Will Harris, Bobby Worth

Safeties: Tracy Walker, DeShon Elliott 

Backups: Kerby Joseph, Ifeatu Melifonwu, JuJu Hughes

Specialists: P Jack Fox, LS Scott Daly, Okay Austin Seibert