{"id":37476,"date":"2025-11-11T01:00:46","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T01:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=37476"},"modified":"2025-11-11T01:00:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T01:00:46","slug":"lions-bring-back-6-foot-2-edge-rusher-months-after-waiving-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=37476","title":{"rendered":"Lions Bring Back 6-Foot-2 Edge Rusher Months After Waiving Him"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2227204783.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2227204783.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2227204783.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2227204783.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Lions Bring Back 6-Foot-2 Edge Rusher Months After Waiving Him\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Detroit Lions are bringing back a sixth-round draft pick months after making a promise that he would return after he recovered from an injury setback.<\/p>\n<p>Rookie edge rusher Ahmed Hassanein was hurt at the end of the preseason, leading the team to release him with an injury settlement and a vow that the team would re-sign him once he returned to full health.<\/p>\n<p>The Lions made good on the promise this week, signing the 6-foot-2 lineman to their practice squad.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Lions See Potential in Ahmed Hassanein<\/h2>\n<p>Lions general manager Brad Holmes made it clear this summer that the team saw promise in Hassanein, saying the team wanted him back in the fold after he recovered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we wanted to do is what is going to be the best path for him to get him back to the practice field when he\u2019s healthy, and the injury settlement was the way to go,\u201d Holmes said, via SI.com. \u201cEspecially him specifically with where he was at in his football career. The only thing that\u2019s like \u2013 so after you do the injury settlement in terms of the length of the settlement with the weeks you have to tack on, additional three weeks you have to wait until we can bring him back. There\u2019s a good chance that he might get healthy before then, within those weeks. But, bottom line, he\u2019s going to be a Detroit Lion, he\u2019s going to be back on the football field playing this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hassanein was seen as a promising but raw prospect coming out of Boise State. The edge rusher was seen as a mid-round prospect with the potential to turn into an NFL regular.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHassanein\u2019s effort and physicality at the point of attack will lead to him being a favorite of NFL coaches, even though he lacks elite athletic traits,\u201d noted a pre-draft analysis from Pro Football Focus. \u201cHe looks to be an ideal rotational edge who will be effective at holding his own at the line of scrimmage against the run while he works to add to his pass-rush toolbox. He should be considered an early Day 3 prospect.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Lions See Growth in Another Young Player<\/h2>\n<p>While Hassanein may need some time to get ready to play, the team is getting some big contributions from another young defensive player, second-year cornerback Terrion Arnold.<\/p>\n<p>Lions defensive coordinator Kelvin Sheppard said Arnold is a big part of the team\u2019s defense, which calls for aggressive play from the defensive backs. Sheppard said the identity carried over from the previous defensive coodinator, Aaron Glenn.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_gyboo58sb\">\u201cI learned this from Aaron Glenn, one of my mentors,\u201d Sheppard told reporters this week, via SI.com. \u201cThe identity of your defense shows up when your corner\u2019s at the point of attack in the run game. If you really want to preach you\u2019re a tough defense, you\u2019re a physical outfit, show me your corners when they\u2019re called upon in run support. And we\u2019ve been good in that area. And if you want to be on the field, you have to be good in that area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Detroit Lions signed rookie edge rusher Ahmed Hassanein, who came to the team as a sixth-round pick but was waived with an injury settlement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37477,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-detroit-lions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lions Bring Back 6-Foot-2 Edge Rusher Months After Waiving Him - 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=37476\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lions Bring Back 6-Foot-2 Edge Rusher Months After Waiving Him - 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