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Lions inform WR Nate Burleson he’ll be released

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Today Nate Burleson became a cap casualty for financially strapped Lions as the veteran wide out was informed that he would be released saving the team $5.5 million.

Now this doesn’t mean Burleson is gone for good, they re-sign him to lower his cap number entering the 2014 season. However as it stands right now we can perhaps being making assumptions in regards to the following:

  1. The Lions are setting themselves up to draft a wide receiver with the 10th overall pick this coming May. Right now at wide out the Lions have Calvin Johnson and… Chris Durham? Blah…
  2. The Lions are freeing up money for that crippling Ndamukong Suh contract.

Burleson also released a statement to Dave Birkett:

Insert bad Pizza joke here…

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