Lions bring back local LB on a successful waiver wire claim

The NFL’s waiver claim process was completed at 12 p.m. ET on August 28th, a day after the initial 53-man roster cutdowns completed. This is a chance for teams to claim other players with less than four years of NFL service who were waived in the past days.

The Detroit Lions landed one player on a waiver claim. It’s a familiar one: linebacker Trevor Nowaske. The Saginaw Valley State alum was on the Lions last year as an undrafted rookie before being claimed off waivers midseason by the Arizona Cardinals.

Holding the No. 29 spot in the waiver wire, which is based on the pre-trade NFL draft order from April, left the Lions as longshots to land anyone with claims. Even if the Lions put in a claim on an eligible player, any of the 28 teams above them in the claim order would get that same player over Detroit if they also put a claim on him.

Detroit was the first team in the line who put in a claim on Nowaske, who joins a crowded LB room in Detroit.

There were a total of 26 players claimed around the league.