The Detroit Lions have put out their first depth chart of the 2014/15 season. Are you surprised about anything?
Offense:
LT: Riley Reiff, Cornelius Lucas, Michael Williams
LG: Rob Sims, Rodney Austin, Alex Bullard
C: Dominic Raiola, Travis Swanson, Darren Keyton
RG: Larry Warford, Garrett Reynolds, Bryce Quigley
RT: LaAdrian Waddle, Corey Hilliard, AJ Dalton
TE: Brandon Pettigrew, Joseph Fauria, Eric Ebron, Jordan Thompson, Jacob Maxwell
WR1: Golden Tate, Kevin Ogletree, Ryan Broyles, Pat Edwards, Andrew Peacock, TJ Jones
WR2: Calvin Johnson, Kris Durham, Jeremy Ross, Corey Fuller, Quintin Payton
RB: Reggie Bush, Joique Bell, Mikel Leshoure, Theo Riddick, Steven Miller, George Winn
FB: Montel Owens, Jed Collins, Chad Abram
QB: Matthew Stafford. Dan Orlovsky, Kellen Moore, James Franklin
Defense:
DE1: Ezekiel Ansah, Darryl Tapp, George Johnson
DE2: Jason Jones, Devin Taylor, Larry Webster, Kris Redding
DT1: Nick Fairley, Andre Fluellen, Caraun Reig, Gregory Hickman
DT2: Ndamukong Suh, C.J. Mosley, Jimmy Saddler-McQueen, Xavier Proctor
OLB1: Ashlee Palmer, Kyle Van Noy, Cory Greenwood, Justin Jackson
OLB2: DeAndre Levy, Tahir Whitehead, Julian Stanford
MLB: Stephen Tulloch, Travis Lewis, Brandon Hepburn
CB1: Reshean Mathis, Bill Bentley, Nevin Lawson, Aaron Hester, Mohammed Seisay
CB2: Darius Slay, Cassius Vaughn, Jonte Green, Chris Greenwood
SS: James Ihedigbo, DeJon Gomes, Jerome Couplin
FS: Glover Quin, Don Carey, Isa Abdul-Quddus
Special Teams:
K: Nate Freese, Giorgio Tavecchio
P: Sam Martin, Drew Butler
KOS: Sam Martin, Nate Freese, Giorgio Tavecchio
H: Sam Martin, Drew Butler
LS: Don Muhlbach
PR: Jeremy Ross, Golden Tate, Steven Miller
KR: Jeremy Ross, Theo Riddick, Steven Miller
No real surprises for me here, especially for the first unofficial depth chart released by the media relations and not the coaching staff themselves. I’d think Jed Collins would come out ahead in the fullback battle considering his he’s played for Lions OC Joe Lombardi before in New Orleans. Kyle Van Noy also likely won’t start week one, but he’ll be getting the majority of reps by week 5.
