{"id":33958,"date":"2025-09-27T23:48:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T23:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=33958"},"modified":"2025-09-27T23:48:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T23:48:09","slug":"detroit-lions-elevate-wr-jackson-meeks-ahead-of-week-4-game-vs-cleveland-browns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=33958","title":{"rendered":"Detroit Lions elevate WR Jackson Meeks ahead of Week 4 game vs Cleveland Browns"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Detroit<\/p>\n

Jackson Meeks, an undrafted rookie receiver\u00a0who shined during the preseason<\/a>, was elevated from the practice squad to the\u00a0Detroit Lions<\/a>\u2019 gameday roster less than 24 hours before the team faces the\u00a0Cleveland Browns on Sunday, Sept. 28<\/a>, at Ford Field.<\/p>\n

The organization also announced it placed Daniel Thomas on injured reserve after the safety underwent surgery to\u00a0repair a broken forearm this past Wednesday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 6-foot-2, 218-pound Meeks has been on the team\u2019s practice squad since late August, joining it just one day after he was waived. At the time, it appeared Meeks, was under serious consideration to make the team after he led the\u00a0Lions<\/a>\u00a0with 11 catches and 176 receiving yards in four preseason games.<\/p>\n

Meeks, a former standout at Syracuse who wasn\u2019t selected the NFL draft this past April, was battling with fellow rookie receiver Dominic Lovett for one of the last available roster spots. Lovett, a seventh-round pick, ended up snagging it.<\/p>\n

If active Sunday, Meeks will buttress a receiving corps that already features Lovett and four other players. He could also replace Thomas as a gunner on special teams after getting repetitions at that position during training camp.<\/p>\n

Thomas, a sixth-year veteran, will now be required to miss the next four games. Since he joined the Lions in late August following his release from Jacksonville, he has played 50 of his 59 snaps on special teams while serving on five different units.<\/p>\n

Because Meeks\u2019 promotion isn\u2019t permanent, the Lions will eventually have to fill the spot on the 53-man roster that was vacated once Thomas was moved to injured reserve.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jackson Meeks, an undrafted rookie receiver\u00a0who shined during the preseason, was elevated from the practice squad to the\u00a0Detroit Lions\u2019 gameday roster less than 24 hours before the… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-detroit-lions"],"yoast_head":"\nDetroit Lions elevate WR Jackson Meeks ahead of Week 4 game vs Cleveland Browns - Breaking News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=33958\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Detroit Lions elevate WR Jackson Meeks ahead of Week 4 game vs Cleveland Browns - Breaking News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jackson Meeks, an undrafted rookie receiver\u00a0who shined during the preseason, was elevated from the practice squad to the\u00a0Detroit Lions\u2019 gameday roster less than 24 hours before the...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=33958\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Breaking News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-27T23:48:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/lion-53.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"MrKen\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"MrKen\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=33958\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=33958\",\"name\":\"Detroit Lions elevate WR Jackson Meeks ahead of Week 4 game vs Cleveland Browns - Breaking News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=33958#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=33958#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/lion-53.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-27T23:48:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-27T23:48:09+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b503ba061d907097809c4aa8a240af15\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=33958#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=33958\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=33958#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/lion-53.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/lion-53.png\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":1080},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=33958#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Detroit Lions elevate WR Jackson Meeks ahead of Week 4 game vs Cleveland Browns\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/\",\"name\":\"Breaking News\",\"description\":\"Explore top US sports stories, and live updates\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b503ba061d907097809c4aa8a240af15\",\"name\":\"MrKen\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"MrKen\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Detroit Lions elevate WR Jackson Meeks ahead of Week 4 game vs Cleveland Browns - Breaking News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=33958","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Detroit Lions elevate WR Jackson Meeks ahead of Week 4 game vs Cleveland Browns - Breaking News","og_description":"Jackson Meeks, an undrafted rookie receiver\u00a0who shined during the preseason, was elevated from the practice squad to the\u00a0Detroit Lions\u2019 gameday roster less than 24 hours before the...","og_url":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=33958","og_site_name":"Breaking News","article_published_time":"2025-09-27T23:48:09+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1080,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/lion-53.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"MrKen","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"MrKen","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=33958","url":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=33958","name":"Detroit Lions elevate WR Jackson Meeks ahead of Week 4 game vs Cleveland Browns - Breaking News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=33958#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=33958#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/lion-53.png","datePublished":"2025-09-27T23:48:09+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-27T23:48:09+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b503ba061d907097809c4aa8a240af15"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=33958#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=33958"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=33958#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/lion-53.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/lion-53.png","width":1080,"height":1080},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=33958#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Detroit Lions elevate WR Jackson Meeks ahead of Week 4 game vs Cleveland Browns"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/","name":"Breaking News","description":"Explore top US sports stories, and live updates","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b503ba061d907097809c4aa8a240af15","name":"MrKen","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"MrKen"},"url":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?author=2"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33958"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33960,"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33958\/revisions\/33960"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}