Lions released CB Chris Houston. Houston is hardly an elite cornerback, but he's a seven-year NFL starter who manned left corner in Detroit for each of the past four seasons, and was given a new five-year, $25 million deal last March. The Lions will move forward with Rashean Mathis, Darius Slay, and Bill Bentley likely occupying their top three cornerback jobs. Houston, 29, had probably the worst year of his career in 2013, and underwent offseason toe surgery. We suspect he'll get a shot in someone else's camp, but not before he gets healthy. Houston has been injury plagued several years running. Per OverTheCap.com, the Lions save $3.5 million in cash by cutting Houston, but lose $400,000 in salary cap space.