At his morning press conference, Detroit Lions coach Matt Patricia announced a series of roster moves including re-signing wide receiver Chris Lacy and running back Wes Hills, waiving fullback Luke Sellers and placing Jashon Cornell on injured reserve.
Both Lacy and Hills split time between the Lions active roster and practice squad in 2019 and began training camp on the roster before being released over the last two weeks.
The resigning of Lacy was expected after last night’s report and he gives the Lions depth at outside receiver, while Hills gives the Lions more competition for the power running back role.
Sellers had a tough road to the roster with the Lions still rostering fullback Nick Bawden and the need to retain two players at the position more of a luxury than a necessity.
After Patricia twice referring to Cornell’s injury as “severe” and Birkett’s report of it being an Achillies injury, early indications are not optimistic that he will be able to return from injured reserve in 2020. If it is an Achillies tear, that will surely end his season, but Patricia elected not to comment on if Cornell will need surgery to not, so the longterm severity is not known at this time.
