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  • DET Tight End #84
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    Lions waived TE Shane Zylstra.
    A day after Zylstra was feared to have suffered a “significant” knee injury, the Lions have opted to waive him. Zylstra’s finest hour came in a three-touchdown performance against the Panthers in Week 16, but he’s otherwise been little more than a role player. We’ve yet to receive any specifics on Zylstra’s injury, but he’s expected to be sidelined for the majority of the 2023 season. Zylstra will revert back to IR once he clears waivers.
  • DET Tight End #84
    NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reports Lions TE Shane Zylstra appears to have suffered a “serious and significant knee injury.”
    Zylstra managed a three-touchdown outburst in 2022 against the Panthers but has otherwise been utilized as a situational tight end during his time in Detroit. Rookie second-rounder Sam LaPorta should be the starting tight end to begin the season, with Brock Wright likely to see snaps out of 12-personnel and James Mitchell the likeliest to see situational work as the primary backup pass-catching tight end.
  • DET Tight End #84
    Lions signed TE Shane Zylstra to a reserve/future contract.
    The Lions also signed DE Eric Banks, LB Tavante Beckett, DE Bruce Hector, WR Javon McKinley, QB Steven Montez, CB Parnell Motley, OT Dan Skipper, and CB Saivion Smith to reserve/future contracts. Zylstra led the Lions’ depleted tight end room in snaps in Week 14 but only turned two catches into 18 yards. He finished the year on injured reserve because of a knee injury.

  • DET Tight End #84
    Shane Zylstra caught his lone target for 16 yards in the Lions’ Week 15 win against the Cardinals.
    Brock Wright, meanwhile, did not record a catch against Arizona. Zylstra looks to be the team’s TE1 with T.J. Hockensen (thumb) done for the season. He’s not worth rostering though.