Detroit Lions Executive Vice President & General Manager Brad Holmes speaks to the press about their season, how it ended and what’s next at the Detroit Lions headquarters and training facility in Allen Park, Mich., Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025.
The Detroit Lions enter the offseason with the tenth-highest salary cap in the NFL, with $51.55 million cap space to work with. However, Detroit having the tenth most cap space does not mean they will not make any roster moves and part ways with anybody. Similar to every NFL team, the Lions have at least one contract they would like to eliminate.
One player who could be on the chopping block is their Pro Bowler.
The Detroit Lions Pro Bowl special teamer had a subpar 2024 campaign
Jalen Reeves-Maybin had a subpar 2024 campaign, missing significant time due to injury. Reeves-Maybin recorded 14 tackles and one TFL and represented 159 defensive and 210 special teams snaps in ten games. He missed seven games (Weeks 10-16) with a neck injury, but returned in Week 17 and played their final three games.
Reeves-Maybin enters the final year of his two-year, $7 million contract extension. He is set to earn a $2,745,000 base salary, a $1,250,000 signing bonus, a $500,000 roster bonus due March 1, a $255,000 per-game roster bonus, and a $4,750,000 cap hit in 2025. Since the roster bonus was coming up, the Lions had to decide whether to keep him on their roster or release them.
Lions set to cut elite Pro Bowl special teamer
According to Tom Pelissero of NFL Network, the Detroit Lions plan to cut Jalen Reeves-Maybin at the start of the new league year. As a result, the Lions will free up $2 million in cap space, and incur a dead cap hit of $2.75 million in 2025.
The #Lions plan to release veteran LB Jalen Reeves-Maybin when the new league year begins, per source.
JRM — who’s also the NFLPA president — made his first Pro Bowl and was second-team All-Pro in 2023. A longtime contributor and special teams standout now available. pic.twitter.com/xPzEAFmF7W
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) February 27, 2025
