The Detroit Lions will be back at home in the comfy confines of Ford Field on Sunday to take on the Jacksonville Jaguars. With the Lions dealing with some injuries at linebacker and tight end, they've made a couple roster moves on Saturday that could help them out.
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Signed linebacker Ezekiel Turner to the 53-man roster
Turner was signed by the Lions last week and made his debut against the Texans on Sunday night. Turner played just special teams for the Lions, but had a pretty good game. He gets the spot after the team waived Abraham Beauplan on Tuesday.
Turner has a lot of regular season experience. He played for the Cardinals for six seasons and played 80 games for them.
Elevate tight end James Mitchell from practice squad
I absolutely refuse to give up on this guy and the Lions seem to feel the same way. They took him in the fifth-round of the 2022 NFL Draft to my personal delight after mocking him to the Lions multiple times.
Mitchell should have gone a lot higher in the draft, but an injury at Virginia Tech caused him to fall. Since he's been with the Lions, it just hasn't gone that well for him. He has not become the crazy athlete we saw in college. The guy the Hokies were using as a tight end, receiver and kick returner. With Sam LaPorta out for this one, this is a chance for Mitchell to show something this season. If he gets some targets, he needs to make the most of them.
