Detroit Lions release RB Reggie Bush Sign DE Phillip Hunt

Detroit Lions release RB Reggie Bush after 2 season in Detroit. He had 2 years remaining on his contract and it will save $1.7 mil on the cap. Bush struggled in 20914 with injury and performance. The Lions can replace him with a younger and cheaper version.

Here is a tribute:

Bush played 25 games in Detroit
299/1303/6 rush 94/759/3 rec 4 fumbles lost

Good Luck Reggie

Lion sign free agent De/LB Phillip Hunt. Hunt was a UDFA out of Houston and played in the CFL. He spent three years in Philly and torn an ACL in 2013 he has not played since 2012.

Here is a tribute:

Hunt played 22 games in Philly
16 tackles 3 sacks

Welcome to Detroit

Detroit Lions to tender DE George Johnson

Detroit Lions will tender restricted free agent DE George Johnson. Johnson will either be tendered at a 2nd round ($2.187) or late round ($1.323). Johnson played in all 16 games had 6 sacks and 29 tackles in 1st year with the Lions.

Lions will not tender LB Josh Bynes or QB Kellen Moore they become unrestricted free agents. The Lions would like to bring them back for a minimum deal.

Here are the Lions current free agents:

Player	College	Pos	#	con
Abdul-Quddus, Isa	Fordham	S	42	u
Bynes, Josh	Auburn	LB	57	U
Collins, Jeb	Washington State	FB	45	u
Davis, Kellen	MSU	TE	89	u
Fairley, Nick	Auburn	DT	98	u
Fluellen, Andre	FSU	DT	96	u
Hilliard, Corey	Oklahoma State	OT	78	u
Long, Joe	Wayne State	OT		u
Mathis, Rashean	Bethune-Cookman	CB	31	u
Moore, Kellen	Boise State	QB	17	U
Mosley, CJ	Missouri	DT	99	u
Muhlbach, Don	Texas A&M	LS	48	u
Orlovsky, Dan	UCONN	QB	8	u
Palmer, Ashlee	Ole Miss	LB	58	u
Prater, Matt	CFU	K	5	u
Raiola, Dominic	Nebraska	OC	51	u
Reynolds, Garrett	UNC	OG	70	u
Sims, Rob	Ohio State	OG	67	u
Suh, Ndamukong	Nebraska	DT	90	u
Tapp, Darryl	Va Tech	DE	52	u
Thomas, Josh	Buffalo	CB	24	u
Vaughn, Cassius	Ole Miss	CB	29	u
Wade, Trevin	Arizona	CB	46	u
Fuller, Corey	Va Tech	WR	10	r
Johnson, George	Rutgers	DE	93	R
Ross, Jeremy	Cal	WR	12	r
Stanford, Julian	Wagner	LB	49	r
Winn, George	Cincinnati	RB	38	r

2015 Detroit Lions free agency depth Chart defense updated March 18

DT
Tyrunn Walker 1 year
Haloti Ngata 1 year
Caraun Reid 3 years
Roy Philion 1 year
Jermelle Cudjo 1 year
Xavier Proctor 1 year
Kerry Hyder 1 year
CJ Mosley UFA (Min)
Andre Fluellen UFA (Min)

DE
Larry Webster 3 years
Zig Ansah 2 years
Jason Jones 1 year
Devin Taylor 2 years
George Johnson RFA
Darryl Tapp 1 year
Phil Hunt 1 year

LB
Kyle Van Noy 3 years
Stpehen Tulloch 2 years
DeAndre Levy 1 year
Travis Lewis 1 year
Tahir Whitehead 1 year
Jerrel Harris 1 year
Josh Bynes 2 years
Ashlee Palmer UFA (min)
Julian Stanford RFA (min)

CB
Nevin Lawson 3 years
Darius Slay 2 year
Mohammad Seisay 2 years
Dwight Bentley 1 year
Crezdon Butler 1 year
Rashean Mathis 2 years
Josh Thomas UFA (min)
Cassius Vaughn UFA

S
Glover Quin 3 years
Don Carey 2 years
James Ihedigbo 1 year
Nate Ness 1 year
Isa Abdul Quddus 1 year

P
Sam Martin 2 years

K
Matt Prater 3 years

LS
 Don Muhlbach 1 year

2015 Detroit Lions Depth Chart free agency offense updated March 18

QB
Matthew Stafford 3 years left
Kellen Moore 2 years
Dan Orlovsky 1 year

RB
Joquie Bell 2 years
Theo Riddick 2 years
George Winn 1 year
Emil Igwenagu 1 year

WR
Calvin Johnson 5 years
Golden Tate 4 years
TJ Jones 3 years
Ryan Broyles 1 year
Andrew Peacock 1
Skye Dawson 1
Corey Fuller 1 year
Jeremy Ross ERFA

TE
Eric Ebron 3 years
Brandon Pettigrew 3 years
Joe Fauria 1 year
Jordan Thompson 1 year
Kellen Davis UFA (min)

OT
Riley Reiff 1 year
LaAdrian Waddle 1 year
Cornelius Lucas 2 years
Michael Williams 1 year
Corey Hillard UFA (min)

OG
Larry Warford 2 years
Rodney Austin 1 year
Rob Sims UFA (Min)


OC
Travis Swanson 3 years
Darren Keyton 1 year
Braxston Cave 1 year
Taylor Boggs 1 year

Detroit Lions Free agent preview 2015

Detroit Lions Salary allocated right now $126 Mil

Salary cap estimate for 2015 $143 mil

Dead Money for 2015
Suh $9.7
Chris Houston $3.9

2015 Free agents

Possible re-sign
Suh (miami)
Nick Fairley
Matt Prater (3 years $9)

Re-sign Min contract
CJ Mosley
Andre Fluellen
Isa Abdul-Quddus ( 1 year)
Don Muhlbach (1 year)
Rashean Mathis
Darryl Tapp ( 1 year)

On the fence min contract
Rob Sims
Dan Orlvosky (1 year)
Jed Collins
Josh Bynes (2 years)
Kellen Davis

Let Walk
Dom Raiola
Corey Hilliard
Ashlee Palmer
Cassius Vaughn

Max savings from cuts (Post June 1)
Stephen Tulloch $3.2
Reggie Bush $1.3
Jason Jones $ 2.7
Brandon Pettigrew $ 1.8

Notes:
Can cut Calvin or Stafford following the 2016 season.