Detroit Lions injury report today vs. Bears: Starting WR, LT are active for finale

CHICAGO -- Amon-Ra St. Brown and Taylor Decker are progressive for nan Detroit Lions successful their Week 18 crippled against nan Chicago Bears.

St. Brown and Decker were each expected to play. The All-Pro wide receiver is moving done knee and ankle injuries, but he and coach Dan Campbell pointed to him being location to extremity nan play successful Chicago. Decker has been dealing pinch enarthrosis issues each season, and missed past week’s crippled pinch an illness.

Decker has pointed to making decisions astir his playing early this offseason. For now, he’s focused connected finishing nan play pinch his teammates, not taking nan opportunity to decorativeness pinch nan team’s 4th consecutive winning play lightly.

The team’s inactives are linebacker Alex Anzalone (concussion/personal), information Thomas Harper (concussion), violative defender Kayode Awosika (illness), protect lineman Alim McNeill (abdomen), correct tackle Penei Sewell (ankle) and rookie wide receiver Dominic Lovett.

Sewell, Anzalone, Harper and McNeill were antecedently ruled out. Sewell’s absence will apt lead to seasoned Dan Skipper starting astatine correct tackle successful nan finale. Anzalone missing nan Bears crippled creates an opportunity for Malcolm Rodriguez and Grant Stuard to spot much action connected defense.

First-round rookie Tyleik Williams is besides group for different commencement to extremity nan season. Williams held down nan domiciled to commencement nan play while McNeill recovered from his torn ACL.

Harper being out, pinch Brian Branch and Kerby Joseph connected injured reserve, clears nan way for Avonte Maddox and Daniel Thomas to extremity nan twelvemonth pinch much reps.

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