The new league year is almost a week old and while the Detroit Lions were not extremely active in free agency, it did piece together part of its roster.
Here, going into the second week of the new league year, is what the roster looks like.
Quarterback (3): Starter: Matthew Stafford. Reserves: Dan Orlovsky; Kellen Moore.
Running back (4): Starter: Joique Bell. Reserves: Theo Riddick, George Winn, Emil Igwenagu.
Wide receiver (8): Starters: Calvin Johnson, Golden Tate. Reserves: Ryan Broyles; Jeremy Ross; TJ Jones; Corey Fuller; Skye Dawson; Andrew Peacock.
Tight end (4): Starter: Brandon Pettigrew. Reserves: Eric Ebron; Joseph Fauria; Jordan Thompson.
Offensive tackle (4): Starters: Riley Reiff (LT); LaAdrian Waddle (RT). Reserves: Cornelius Lucas; Michael Williams.
Interior linemen (6): Starters: TBD (LG); Travis Swanson (C); Larry Warford (RG). Reserves: Rodney Austin; Taylor Boggs; Darren Keyton; Braxston Cave.
Defensive end (9): Starters: Ezekiel Ansah; Jason Jones. Reserves: George Johnson (RFA); Darryl Tapp; Devin Taylor; Larry Webster; Phillip Hunt; Roy Philon; Kerry Hyder.
Defensive tackle (5): Starters: Haloti Ngata; Tyrunn Walker. Reserves: Caraun Reid; Jermelle Cudjo; Xavier Proctor.
Linebacker (8): Starters: Kyle Van Noy (strongside); Stephen Tulloch (middle); DeAndre Levy (weakside). Reserves: Tahir Whitehead; Josh Bynes; Travis Lewis; Julian Stanford; Jerrell Harris.
Cornerback (5): Starters: Darius Slay; TBD. Reserves: Bill Bentley (slot); Crezdon Butler; Nevin Lawson; Mohammed Seisay.
Safeties (5): Starters: Glover Quin; James Ihedigbo. Reserves: Isa Abdul-Quddus; Don Carey; Nate Ness.
Specialists (3): Kicker -- Matt Prater; Punter -- Sam Martin; Long-snapper -- Don Muhlbach.
And now, a look around the Interwebs in search of Lions news:
Some thoughts on the first week of free agency. The Lions Mailbag. Breaking down the Matt Prater and Josh Bynes contracts. The departures of Ndamukong Suh and Nick Fairley end an era in Detroit. Rashean Mathis and Jeremy Ross lead Lions performance bonuses.
Ndamukong Suh sits down for a lengthy interview to explain how and why he left Detroit with Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press.
Josh Katzenstein from the Detroit News wonders where Detroit's upgrades are.
Justin Rogers of MLive tries to figure out how an extension for Haloti Ngata would work.
