Pride of Detroit
The Detroit Lions are putting the final touches on their Week 9 roster, ahead of the Sunday matchup with the Minnesota Vikings, and the Lions have elevated veteran linebacker Ty Summers from the practice squad for this game. This will be Summers’ first roster elevation of the 2025 season.
Summers joined the Lions practice squad earlier this season and was signed to the active roster for Weeks 5 and 6. He saw the field for 26 special teams snaps over those two weeks, but was released when Zach Cunningham returned from injury and re-joined the Lions practice squad. While Cunningham has since been placed on injured reserve, the Lions did not re-sign Summers, most likely because Malcolm Rodriguez has begun practicing, is expected to be removed from the PUP, and added to the active roster in the next week or two.
With that transaction on the horizon, the Lions seem content to elevate Summers as they await Rodriguez’s return to play. Summers will likely be utilized on special teams, as he was previously, while also serving a reserve LB6 role on defense.
With Summers being the only Lions transaction on Saturday, that means safety Daniel Thomas will remain on injured reserve and will not be added to the active roster ahead of this game. Thomas broke his forearm early in the season and was placed on injured reserve. His injury evaluation clock started this week, and he was given a questionable designation on Friday. However, it appears he’s not quite ready to go. He’ll likely continue to work in his injury evaluation window next week, and appears to have a good chance of returning in Week 10 against the Washington Commanders.
UPDATE: Summers was officially downgraded to OUT by the Lions.
