The Detroit Lions (6-3) and Philadelphia Eagles (7-2) have declared their initial Week 11 injury reports, and the Lions have returned another two injured reserve players to practice. The Lions now have five
players on their injury list who have begun practicing in preparation to return over the next few weeks. That being said, the Lions also had several players not practicing to start the week—including five starters—making for lots of players to monitor this week.
Let’s take a look at the latest injury report and get you up to date with what we know. Note: Any changes from the last injury report will be bolded.
Injured list updates
- TE Shane Zylstra (ankle, Reserve/IR)
- LT Giovanni Manu (knee, Reserve/IR)
- LG Christian Mahogany (knee, Reserve/IR) — eligible to return in Week 14
- G Miles Frazier (knee, Reserve/PUP) — injury evaluation clock has started
- EDGE Marcus Davenport (pectoral, Reserve/IR) — injury evaluation window has started
- EDGE Josh Paschal (back, Reserve/NFI) — Injury evaluation window has started
- LB Malcolm Rodriguez (ACL, Reserve/PUP) — injury evaluation window has started
- LB Zach Cunningham (hamstring, Reserve/IR) — eligible to return in Week 13
- CB D.J. Reed (hamstring/IR) — injury evaluation window has started
- CB Khalil Dorsey (concussion, wrist, Reserve/IR)
Davenport injured his pectoral in the second game of the season and has been sidelined for over two months. His return to the practice field is a big step in the right direction toward his return to game action, which can happen at any time in the next three weeks.
Reed was injured in Week 4, and after a month and a half, he appears to be in a good spot to return. Lions coach Dan Campbell projected that Reed might not get back on the field until early December, so it’s possible he may still need a few more weeks before he can find the field on game days.
No practice
- RB Sione Vaki (ankle) — New Injury
- TE Sam LaPorta (ankle) — New Injury
- TE Brock Wright (back) — New Injury
- RT Penei Sewell (ankle) — New injury
- EDGE Aidan Hutchinson (elbow) — New Injury
- CB Terrion Arnold (concussion) — New Injury
- S Kerby Joseph (knee)
Vaki, LaPorta, Wright, and Hutchinson did not appear to suffer any apparent injuries in the previous game, so it’s possible that they had their injuries present themselves in the days after the game. It’s common for the Lions to give players a Wednesday practice off and still make them available for the upcoming game, but each will need to be monitored this week. Of note, Vaki and Wright were seen working with trainers off to the side of practice.
On a positive note, Hutchinson told Pride of Detroit that he’s expecting to be available to play against the Eagles in Week 11.
One of the players who took the path mentioned above was Sewell, who, just last week, was dealing with a shoulder injury and missed Wednesday’s practice only to return to play on Sunday. While he was able to play through the shoulder injury against the Commanders, he also missed a handful of snaps due to a lower leg injury, which is the catalyst for his missing practice on Wednesday. Of note, he is no longer listed as having a shoulder injury.
Arnold suffered a concussion in Week 10 and is currently working his way through the NFL’s protocols. At this time, he still has time to clear them in order to play on Sunday, but he still has hurdles to clear. Of note, he is no longer listed with a shoulder injury.
Joseph continues to miss practices with a knee injury that Campbell has noted is taking a bit longer to recover from than anticipated.
Limited practice
- RB Jacob Saylors (back) — Upgraded from no practice
- LT Taylor Decker (shoulder)
- C Graham Glasgow (back) — New injury
- G Miles Frazier (knee, still on PUP) — Days remaining in evaluation: 13
- EDGE Josh Paschal (back, still on NFI) — Days remaining in evaluation: 13
- EDGE Marcus Davenport (shoulder, still on IR) — Days remaining in evaluation: 20
- DL Pat O’Connor (knee) — Upgraded from no practice
- CB D.J. Reed (hamstring, still on IR) — Days remaining in evaluation: 20
Saylors appeared to injure his back during practices last week, and it kept him from participating in last weekend’s game. A return to practice is an encouraging sign that he could return to game action this week.
Decker, who typically takes Wednesdays off, was at practice, which is an encouraging sign that he may be slowly getting ahead of his season-long lingering shoulder injury. Expect the Lions not to rush anything with him moving forward, and it wouldn’t be surprising to see him get a different day off this week.
Graham injured his back against the Commanders and missed double-digit snaps before returning to finish out the game. He was in good spirits after the game, and the injury hasn’t kept him from practicing, which is a good sign.
Frazier and Paschal continue to work their way through the injury evaluation process, while Davenport and Reed are just getting started. It’s unclear if Paschal could return to game action this week, or if he’ll need another, but Frazier seems likely to use the next two weeks of practices before being activated. It’s still too early in the process to assume Davenport or Reed would return this week, but they could have a chance to return for next week’s game against the Commanders or on Thanksgiving against the Packers.
O’Connor’s knee injury kept him from playing in last week’s game, but a return to the practice field is a good sign that he could be on his way back to game action.
Full Practice
- LB Malcolm Rodriguez (ACL, still on PUP) — Days remaining in evaluation: 5
Rodriguez is in the final week of his injury evaluation process and appears close to returning to game action. Last week, he carried a questionable designation into the weekend, but was eventually downgraded to out. Now, he starts the week off in a better spot and could return for this game, which has been the target return date for some time.
No longer on the injury report
- RB Craig Reynolds (hamstring)
- OT Dan Skipper (back)
- LB Grant Stuard (foot)
- LB Ty Summers (hand)
- S Daniel Thomas (forearm)
Reynolds returned from injury last week and was able to play against the Commanders. The Lions tend to take things slow with players dealing with hamstring injuries, but he appears to be good to go.
Skipper took last Wednesday off with a back injury but slowly increased his practice participation levels and played against the Commanders. He’s also good to go.
Stuard dealt with a foot injury last week, but was a full go last Sunday, and it looks like the injury is behind him.
Summers, who was signed to the active roster last week, played through his hand injury against the Commanders. He should be fine moving forward.
Thomas was removed from injured reserve ahead of last week’s game and played on special teams against the Commanders. He is expected to be able to put his forearm injury behind him.
Eagles’ initial injury report
Coming soon.
