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Flurry of NFL trades go down; should Lions' Eric Ebron be concerned?

Flurry of NFL trades go down; should Lions' Eric Ebron be concerned?

Monday was a busy day in the NFL for trades, even if none of them involved major players.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers dealt tight end Tim Wright to the Detroit Lions to give them another pass-catching tight end. But isn't that what Eric Ebron, the 10th overall pick of the 2014 draft, was supposed to provide?

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Wright got off to a nice start early last season with the New England Patriots after coming over from Tampa Bay in the Logan Mankins deal but was an afterthought down the title stretch. He was waived and claimed by the Bucs, who originally signed Wright after he went undrafted in 2013.

Ebron isn't in any trouble for a roster spot, but there is growing concern that he might never fulfill his massive potential — even a little more than a year into his tenure there. But Ebron seems unaffected by the news of the Wright deal or his status on the team.

The Denver Broncos shipped offensive tackle Chris Clark to the Houston Texans for a seventh-round pick in 2016. Clark will provide the Texans with depth behind starters Duane Brown and Derek Newton after Clark was deemed a poor fit in Gary Kubiak's offense in Denver.

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The Pittsburgh Steelers now are on their third kicker of the year. The Jacksonville Jaguars traded Josh Scobee, who has been with the team since being a fifth-round pick in 2004, to the Steelers after the injury Garrett Hartley suffered was found to be more serious than expected. Hartley was signed during training camp after Shaun Suisham suffered a season-ending injury.

The wide receiver-needy Carolina Panthers were stung with the injury to Kelvin Benjamin, and rookie Devin Funchess (the man most equipped to replace him there) appeared to hurt his left leg in practice, so they swung a deal for former Seattle Seahawks fourth-round pick Kevin Norwood. There had been a report that Norwood was released, but he was shipped to Carolina instead after being the odd man out in a crowded Seattle receiver situation. He caught only nine passes for 102 yards in nine games (two starts) as a rookie out of Alabama.

As NFL teams start whittling their rosters down from 90 to 75 players on or before Tuesday, there might be a few more minor deals that happen.

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Eric Edholm is a writer for Shutdown Corner on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at edholm@yahoo-inc.com or follow him on Twitter!