Friday Notes: Ernie Sims Has Grade 2 Hamstring Tear

by Sean Yuille on Nov 13, 2009 5:46 PM EST in Detroit Lions Notes

We are going to be seeing a lot more of DeAndre Levy, because Ernie Sims is likely going to miss 1-2 months of action with a Grade 2 tear in his hamstring. The original hope was that Sims would only miss a couple weeks with his hamstring injury, but according to the Free Press, a tear like this takes 1-2 months to heal. Levy will step in as the starter to replace Sims, which will be a great opportunity for the rookie from Wisconsin. Levy has played great this season, and by having an extended period of time to be the starter, he will gain quite a bit of experience and get a chance to show the coaches that he deserves to stay in the starting lineup even after Sims returns.
Although Larry Foote missed practice again on Thursday with what we now know is a knee injury, according to him, he will play against the Vikings on Sunday. Jordon Dizon said Foote is missing practice just to rest his injury, so it doesn't appear to be something serious enough to keep him out of the lineup in a game situation.
Gunther Cunningham sort of called Foote out for his recent play.
Dewayne White was back on the practice field yesterday.
Detroit4Lyfe put together a Detroit Lions all-time fantasy football team, and the findings are pretty interesting.
Two Seahawks players were each fined $5,000 for late hits on the same Lions kickoff return.

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sims to IR then???

Just Remember matt... what would Daunte do??

by det32 on Nov 13, 2009 6:19 PM EST reply actions

Might not " hurt "...

… because, I see they signed Danny Lansanah ( Connecticut ) to the practice squad on Tuesday. 5 games with Green Bay in 2008 and a " big " linebacker @ – 6’1" – 255 #. Might help out if anyone else goes down…

by Keevatron on Nov 13, 2009 7:08 PM EST up reply actions

I could see them putting Sims on the IR

I saw the injury as it occured, and I immediately thought it was serious. He could easily be out for the season. If it takes 8 weeks to heal to the point where he can run again, the season will be over. Even if he is able to run in 4-6 weeks, I have my doubts that he will play again this season, and if he does it will not be at 100%.

by KDawg on Nov 14, 2009 2:40 PM EST up reply actions