5 months ago
- Lions
- Published: Jan. 01, 2026, 2:40 p.m.
ALLEN PARK -- The Detroit Lions had overmuch amended believe attendance connected Thursday than they did connected Wednesday. But they were still missing a brace of cardinal pieces arsenic nan play finale inches closer.
Right tackle Penei Sewell (ankle), protect lineman Alim McNeill (abdomen) and interior violative lineman Trystan Colon (wrist) were not spotted astatine practice.
Sewell suffered his ankle wounded against nan Minnesota Vikings past week. He exited for a spell earlier returning and finishing nan game. McNeill was constricted to only 14 snaps owed to his abdominal wounded connected Christmas. Colon has missed back-to-back games.
Wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown (knee/ankle), linebacker Alex Anzalone (concussion), information Thomas Harper (concussion), and violative linemen Christian Mahogany (ilness) and Kayode Awosika (illness) were backmost astatine believe extracurricular successful nan snowfall connected Thursday.
Dan Campbell has said nan Lions would dainty this finale for illustration immoderate different game. At nan aforesaid time, he noted really being questionable erstwhile eliminated from nan playoffs tin mean thing different. But nan Lions coach wants to effort and get a triumph to extremity nan season, and if his pieces tin play, it sounds for illustration they will.
Taylor Decker is expected to beryllium backmost astatine near tackle. Sewell’s believe position connected Friday will show america a batch astir his imaginable to play successful Chicago successful Week 18. If Sewell is incapable to go, nan Lions will apt equilibrium nan domiciled betwixt Dan Skipper, Miles Frazier and Giovanni Manu.
“I mean, I deliberation if we’re sitting location borderline and nan subordinate -- it could beryllium difficult aliases we deliberation they’re mounting themselves up for a semipermanent risk, past no, it’s not worthy it,” Campbell said. “But if it’s nan worldly doesn’t consciousness bully and it’s bumps and bruises and it’s -- past no, it’s for illustration nan adjacent crippled up.”
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