Lions cut yet another player involved in gambling scandal

The Lions have now cut ties with three of the 4 gamers who obtained gambling suspensions final month. The group handed extensive receiver Stanley Berryhill his strolling papers Tuesday.

A UDFA who caught on with the Lions final 12 months, Berryhill incurred a six-game gambling ban. While Berryhill’s punishment was not as excessive because the indefinite suspensions—which can final no less than one season—given to wideout Quintez Cephus, special-teamer C.J. Moore and Commanders defensive finish Shaka Toney, Berryhill will hit the waiver wire.

Jameson Williams is the one gambling coverage violator left on Detroit’s roster. The 2022 first-round decide, who joined Berryhill in receiving a six-game suspension, clearly is just not susceptible to being cut. Berryhill, nonetheless, performed in 4 video games final season however noticed simply six offensive snaps. The Falcons signed the Arizona alum as a UDFA; he made his option to the Cardinals’ follow squad in September and landed on the Lions’ P-squad in October.

The Lions have additionally fired no less than three staffers—believed to be a energy and conditioning coach and two gear managers—for violating the NFL’s gambling coverage. Unspecified league staff have additionally been canned for violating the coverage, Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk notes. After a long time of dormancy on the gambling suspension entrance, seven gamers—additionally together with Calvin Ridley and former defensive again Josh Shaw—have obtained bans since 2019.

Detroit, which additionally waived cornerback Mac McCain and defensive lineman Demetrius Taylor, didn’t draft a large receiver till the seventh spherical (North Carolina’s Antoine Green). Josh Reynolds stays on the Lions’ roster, and the group reunited with Marvin Jones—a Lion from 2016-20—in late March. Kalif Raymond, Tom Kennedy, Trinity Benson and 2022 UDFA Maurice Alexander spherical out the remainder of Amon-Ra St. Brown‘s potential supporting cast. The Lions cut McCain with a failure to disclose a physical condition designation, KPRC2’s Aaron Wilson tweets.