Lions releasing long snapper Don Muhlbach

The Lions will cut ties with the second-longest-tenured player in their history. They released long snapper Don Muhlbach on Tuesday, NFL.com’s Tom Pelissero tweets. This will end an 18-year partnership.

First-year Lions HC Dan Campbell described this as a difficult decision, and it will halt Muhlbach’s run of Lions work at 260 games.

Muhlbach, whom the Lions have cut on his 40th birthday, is a two-time Pro Bowler who had re-signed a series of one-year contracts to stay with in Detroit. The Lions’ new regime signed off on another Muhlbach one-year deal in March, but the Campbell- and Brad Holmes-led team will go in a different direction at this position.