5 months ago
- Lions
- Published: Jan. 02, 2026, 1:46 p.m.
ALLEN PARK -- The Detroit Lions were missing 4 cardinal pieces astatine their last believe of nan regular season.
Linebacker Alex Anzalone (concussion), near tackle Taylor Decker (shoulder), correct tackle Penei Sewell (ankle) and protect lineman Alim McNeill (abdomen) were not spotted.
Sewell has not practiced this week, and location are concerns he won’t beryllium retired location for nan finale against nan Chicago Bears. Dan Campbell said he was optimistic astir receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown, who practiced again connected Friday, but not truthful overmuch astir Sewell. But since it’s Sewell we’re talking about, Campbell is holding retired dream he could beryllium retired there.
The cornerstone violative tackle has missed only 1 crippled successful 5 seasons, and that was owed to COVID-19.
Anzalone remains successful concussion protocol aft exiting nan crippled against nan Minnesota Vikings early past week. Decker plans to play and getting a remainder time to rehab connected Friday for his enarthrosis has been nan norm.
McNeill was constricted to only 14 protect snaps past week. He was questionable owed to an abdominal injury, and exited nan Christmas crippled early owed to nan issue. McNeill has besides not practiced this week, and pinch Sewell, sounds iffy to play successful nan finale this Sunday.
If McNeill misses Sunday’s game, Tyleik Williams could beryllium successful for a meaty domiciled to extremity his rookie campaign.
Sewell’s absence could lead to Dan Skipper getting different commencement to extremity nan season. Miles Frazier is different sanction to watch aft getting immoderate reps astatine defender successful caller weeks. Frazier has been repping astatine tackle and defender since returning to believe from a outpouring knee injury.
Campbell does not expect Giovanni Manu to beryllium portion of nan imaginable Sewell-replacement scheme successful Week 18. Manu has been getting believe reps while moving backmost from a knee injury. While he’s emotion better, nan second-year violative tackle is not expected to play.
“I don’t know. I don’t know,” Campbell said of Sewell connected Friday. “I don’t consciousness awesome astir Sewell correct now, but I’m ever going to clasp retired hope. But arsenic acold arsenic does it impact you not having him? Yeah, it does. I mean he’s a phenomenal player. He’s a phenomenal shot player.
“Yet, we’ve sewage guys who are going to measurement successful and do a bully occupation for us. They’ve sewage a occupation to do, they’ll person a domiciled and we expect them to clasp up their extremity of nan bargain.”
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