{"id":15080,"date":"2024-11-26T20:42:20","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T20:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=15080"},"modified":"2024-11-26T20:42:20","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T20:42:20","slug":"report-detroit-lions-release-popular-player-in-shocking-move-ahead-of-thanksgiving-day-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=15080","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Detroit Lions Release Popular Player In Shocking Move Ahead Of Thanksgiving Day Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/detroit-lions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Detroit Lions<\/a>\u00a0have shockingly released pass rusher James Houston from their roster ahead of this week\u2019s Thanksgiving Day clash against the\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/chicago-bears\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chicago Bears<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Houston went viral earlier this month after appearing to poop his pants during a win over the\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/houston-texans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Houston Texans<\/a>\u00a0and will now be looking for a new home following what has come across as a surprising decision by the team.<\/p>\n<p>ESPN\u2019s Jeremy Fowler broke news of the player\u2019s release on Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe #Detroit Lions are releasing pass rusher James Houston, per sources,\u201d\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JFowlerESPN\/status\/1861485462784794972\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the insider tweeted<\/a><em>. \u201cHouston had eight sacks as a rookie in 2022 but has been in and out of the Detroit lineup since then.\u201d5<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Detroit?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Detroit<\/a> Lions are releasing pass rusher James Houston, per sources.<\/p>\n<p>Houston had eight sacks as a rookie in 2022 but has been in and out of the Detroit lineup since then. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rDJiWTtxn4\">pic.twitter.com\/rDJiWTtxn4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeremy Fowler (@JFowlerESPN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JFowlerESPN\/status\/1861485462784794972?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-james-houston-unable-to-replicate-rookie-form-nbsp\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">James Houston Unable To Replicate Rookie Form<\/h2>\n<p>Houston had been with the Lions since the NFC North side selected him in the sixth round of the 2022\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NFL<\/a>\u00a0Draft. He had a monster rookie season in which he recorded eight sacks in just seven games but struggled with injuries the following term and has been in and out of the team since then.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old was activated off the injured reserve earlier this year after a long-term injury. But it doesn\u2019t appear that he\u2019s done enough to keep the coaching staff happy despite regaining full fitness.<\/p>\n<p>Houston will likely find a new team shortly after clearing waivers, as several organizations are keen on signing a pass rusher approaching the business end of the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; The\u00a0Detroit Lions\u00a0have shockingly released pass rusher James Houston from their roster ahead of this week\u2019s Thanksgiving Day clash against the\u00a0Chicago Bears. Houston went viral earlier this month after &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15081,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15080"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15082,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15080\/revisions\/15082"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}