The NFL is business and we all understand that, but this is had to hurt.
The Lions cut the running back from the practice squad, in the middle of their trip to London to play against the Atlanta Falcons.
Lions released RB William Powell from the PS, sent him home from London
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The Lions cut Powell to make room on the practice squad for safety Jerome Couplin, who was actually waived Monday so that the Lions could sign tight end Kellen Davis.
The Lions chalked it up to the business of the NFL.
“It’s a difficult thing to do, and you certainly would not want to do it — a guy just gets here and, within 48 hours, he’s heading back home,” Lions coach Jim Caldwell said. “But that’s kind of the nature of our business. The guys understand it, and I think, if you’re up front and you tell them exactly why and what the reasons are and those kinds of things, it’s a bitter pill to swallow, but they understand.”