Report indicates QB Nate Sudfeld will be released

We have our first true stunner from the Lions at the roster cutdown period. Reports indicate the Lions are releasing backup quarterback Mate Sudfeld.

Sudfeld has been thr No. 2 QB behind Jared Goff all offseason, taking most of the reps ahead of Hendon Hooker. Sudfeld sat out the final preseason game, a move that was widely interpeted as Sudfeld guaranteed to make the 53-man Lions roster.

Instead, Hooker appears to have won the No. 2 QB job. The second-year QB had an up-and-down training camp and preseason but shows far higher potential than Sudfeld.

There is a chance Sudfeld retruns after the roster cutdowns.