{"id":832213,"date":"2026-08-31T19:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T19:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/832213\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T19:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T19:28:09","slug":"2026-detroit-lions-practice-squad-waiver-wire-tracker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/832213\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Detroit Lions practice squad, waiver wire tracker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Detroit Lions are in the midst of making several difficult decisions as they must reduce their roster from 91 to 53 players by 6 p.m. ET on Sunday night. But the Lions won\u2019t have time to rest because, in the 24 hours after cutdowns, they must also go through the league\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prideofdetroit.com\/detroit-lions-roster\/170977\/nfl-waiver-wire-explained-which-detroit-lions-are-impacted\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">waiver wire process<\/a>, then begin building their practice squad.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">It can be a lot to keep tabs on in a short period of time, which is why we\u2019ll organize all the Lions\u2019 post-cuts roster moves here, in our practice squad and waiver wire tracker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">In this post, we will track the Lions\u2019 additions to their active roster and practice squad, but also follow the destinations of the players the Lions recently cut. So if a former Lion gets claimed, you\u2019ll see it here. If they clear waivers and return to the team, it\u2019ll be here.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Detroit Lions 2026 practice squad members (16 players max)<\/p>\n<p>New Lions additions to 53-man roster<\/p>\n<p>Former Lions heading elsewhere<\/p>\n<p>Lions cut players signed by another team<\/p>\n<p>Waived players claimed by another team<\/p>\n<p>Lions players who cleared waivers or were released and are now free agents<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Detroit Lions are in the midst of making several difficult decisions as they must reduce their roster&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":832214,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[4992,2132,99],"class_list":["post-832213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-detroit-lions-news","tag-detroit-lions-roster","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=832213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/832214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=832213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=832213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=832213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}