Lions' Chris Houston, Louis Delmas Have MCL Tears

by Sean Yuille on Dec 8, 2011 4:19 PM EST in Detroit Lions News

Lions cornerback Chris Houston and safety Louis Delmas both missed last Sunday's game against the Saints and will likely miss this Sunday's game as well. Both players are dealing with knee injuries suffered during the Packers game, and it turns out they both have Grade 2 MCL tears (a.k.a. the injury Matt Forte is recovering from).

The recovery time for an injury like this can vary. The players could be back in a couple weeks or it could take more than a month for them to be healthy enough to play. Right now Jim Schwartz isn't sure of the timetable for the return of Houston and Delmas or the other injured players on defense, but he does think they will be back at some point this season.

"We’re going to get (all of our injured defensive players) back, it’s just a matter of when," Schwartz said today. "We don’t have anybody there that, other than maybe Lawrence Jackson, which is a little bit more long-term, but we haven’t put any of those guys on the (injured reserve) and all those guys are expected back. And they’re all making progress. They’re all doing well, but whether or not they’ll be available this week, it’s still too early to say."

In addition to Houston, Delmas and Jackson, the Lions defense was without Nick Fairley and Justin Durant at practice today. Fairley's injured foot is back in a boot and Durant is dealing with a hamstring issue. Also, it's worth pointing out that the defense is still without Ndamukong Suh, who has another game to go in his suspension. To say the last, depth is thin on the defensive side of the ball right now.

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FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK.

by tmyers09 on Dec 8, 2011 4:22 PM EST reply actions

FUCK!!! i hate injuries

So no Fairley, Durant, Suh, Delmas, Houston, Leshoure, Best, Coleman, possibly Smith. WTF

The Disassembly Line....nuff said.

by Veihl789 on Dec 8, 2011 4:23 PM EST reply actions

that is a lot of good players

and we would be a hell of a lot better with them on the field.

by detroit_fan on Dec 8, 2011 4:24 PM EST up reply actions

Bright Side

Our corners played “responsibly” against the saints.IMO

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by Michael21 on Dec 8, 2011 4:32 PM EST reply actions

Sans the huge play given up by Wright and Spievey

They played incredible. Take that play away and they held Brees to 275 passing yards. The only person they couldn’t really stop was Graham, and nobody has stopped that guy this year.

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by Bighaircut on Dec 8, 2011 4:38 PM EST up reply actions

yeesh

yeah the play in which Wright did his best Alphonso Smith impersonation comes to mind

by Suhper Megatron on Dec 8, 2011 4:40 PM EST up reply actions

IMO

I still cant really say that our secondary is single handedly costing us games.

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by Michael21 on Dec 8, 2011 4:48 PM EST up reply actions

agreed

facing that offense, it is a given that you will give up big passing plays

by Suhper Megatron on Dec 9, 2011 1:58 PM EST up reply actions

Speaking of the Phonz...

He played quite well against the Saints too. I’m happy to see he’s back.

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by Bighaircut on Dec 8, 2011 4:57 PM EST up reply actions

He was a big surprise to me

I have kinda been worrysome of him being on the field because i felt he was a bit of a liability but he and berry have been very surprising to me.

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by Michael21 on Dec 8, 2011 5:02 PM EST up reply actions

I wonder if he'll get more PT when Houston is back

by Suhper Megatron on Dec 9, 2011 1:58 PM EST up reply actions

Houston could cover that guy

I was hoping to see that match up all season, Chris has put work in on some great receivers this year.

by LionsD on Dec 8, 2011 6:19 PM EST up reply actions

What makes me the angriest is...

Houston got hurt on a drive that was extended by a bullshit pass interference call. Another example of how the refs are really fucking us over this season.

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by Droid6 on Dec 8, 2011 4:47 PM EST reply actions

+ a friggin bazillion

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by YpsilantiJeff on Dec 8, 2011 5:00 PM EST up reply actions

Jeff, you're alive!

Good to see you buddy.

It's turkey, Lions and Macy's. Any other combination is just ludicrous.

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by Leonuro on Dec 8, 2011 5:08 PM EST up reply actions

Been a hectic fall m8

Our boy Jason got raped on that blocked FG, eh? Friggin Saint was a yard offsides at the snap. Wish you could design an ejector seat for the refs.. LOL

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by YpsilantiJeff on Dec 8, 2011 5:39 PM EST up reply actions

I'm already drawing up the plans sir.

It's turkey, Lions and Macy's. Any other combination is just ludicrous.

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by Leonuro on Dec 8, 2011 5:42 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

it was not just a drive that was extended by a penalty

He was hit and hurt by a fellow teammate I think too.

Right?

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by joshsun on Dec 8, 2011 5:34 PM EST up reply actions

He took a helmet to the knee

From Avril I think.

by Kalzilla on Dec 8, 2011 5:55 PM EST up reply actions

Tulloch I believe

by basanders2021 on Dec 8, 2011 6:06 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

He should have been on the bench the play he got hurt.

Instead of out there defending on a drive that was prolonged by a called pass interference that was really just the offensive player tripping on his own shoe laces at the line of scrimmage.

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by Droid6 on Dec 8, 2011 7:22 PM EST up reply actions

Everything you just said

Can be summed up in three words.

Lions fan’s life.

by joshsun on Dec 8, 2011 9:15 PM EST up reply actions

Speared in the leg by Tulloch actually

Obviously it was an accident. This sucks.

by LionsD on Dec 8, 2011 6:20 PM EST up reply actions

I blame all the negativity....

I’m giving Joshsun 4 games to turn it around…..

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by CLF on Dec 8, 2011 5:33 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

At least we'll have them back for our playoff run

Right guys? #Optimism

I’m also excited to see what Ricardo Silva can do.

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by WalterM on Dec 8, 2011 5:38 PM EST reply actions

Speaking of injuries

is anyone else at all bothered that after losing to the Saints, we have to see two advertisements featuring Brees on our PoD page?

It's turkey, Lions and Macy's. Any other combination is just ludicrous.

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by Leonuro on Dec 8, 2011 5:57 PM EST reply actions

lol.

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by Bighaircut on Dec 8, 2011 6:07 PM EST up reply actions

no

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by RealityIsOptionable on Dec 8, 2011 6:18 PM EST up reply actions

govt computer + all the junk they load on these computers=surprised I can even surf this site

It's turkey, Lions and Macy's. Any other combination is just ludicrous.

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by Leonuro on Dec 8, 2011 6:25 PM EST up reply actions

Stealing from the Taxpayers aye?

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by dezznutz1001 on Dec 10, 2011 1:29 PM EST up reply actions

UGH...

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by KDawg on Dec 8, 2011 6:02 PM EST reply actions

Jackson injury has hurt the season

Big loss on that side, hell they’ve had Fluellen taking snaps at end even before Suh was suspended. Dammit.

by LionsD on Dec 8, 2011 6:21 PM EST reply actions

All these injurys mean we need guys to step up big time.

I’m looking at you Wright..

The Disassembly Line....nuff said.

by Veihl789 on Dec 8, 2011 6:30 PM EST reply actions

yes sir!

Hope he steps up.

It sucks that their out but least it isn’t season ending.. hopefully.

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by The.Lions on Dec 8, 2011 9:17 PM EST up reply actions

Delmas

this guy plays very fast. He is a killer. We miss him terribly. I was intrigued by Silva in the preseason. I think we are in trouble if we don’t get these guys back against the pack. I think we are going to get a wild card but we need Houston and Delmas to compete. These two are the keys to our defense.

by x$pcents IV on Dec 9, 2011 3:00 AM EST reply actions

Good thing

is it looks like we should most of our 5 defensive players out back by the SD game. Hopefully we’re healthy coming into that game, can kick butt and go into GB with a better arsenal.

Plus K Smoove will hopefully be rested this week and be fresh to kick butt in OAK. That could be the x-factor in that game. I believe we got Minny without K Smoove…

The boys are back in town!

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by rames on Dec 9, 2011 11:56 AM EST reply actions

Fairley

Can anyone shed light on his injury? It said walking boot…

Did he refracture his foot or something? That killed me – he was lighting it up the first quarter vs. NOLA…

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by Wise_Man on Dec 9, 2011 6:22 PM EST reply actions

He is indeed in a walking boot

but JS said there was no further damage. Not really sure how the hell that works but yeah.

by joshsun on Dec 9, 2011 9:24 PM EST up reply actions

I think the screws in his foot are giving him problems

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by Sean Yuille on Dec 9, 2011 11:35 PM EST up reply actions

If that is the case

than how are they still pushing him out there to play? He is a 300 lb man. Yeah, screws in his foot are going to react differently than they would in a 180 lb man’s foot.

We are building for the future here. Put his on the bench for the remainder of the year and have him fully healed for next season. Unless, of course, we are not building for the future and are only worrying about this season. We have depth on the D line and if we are going to be thin along that line for any one game, it may as well be this one. Suh will be back the next game.

by joshsun on Dec 10, 2011 11:09 AM EST up reply actions