Nick Fairley Among Nine Lions Players Absent From Wednesday's Practice

by Sean Yuille on Sep 29, 2011 12:42 AM EDT in Detroit Lions News

The Detroit Lions' injury report seems to be growing by the week. I suppose that's no surprise considering injuries and bumps and bruises are a given as the NFL season progresses. I also suppose it's no surprise that the Wednesday injury report was so large for the Lions. If players are held out of practice because of minor injuries, Wednesday is usually the day they are sidelined.

For the Lions on Wednesday, a total of 15 players appeared on the injury report. Nine of those players missed practice; five were limited in practice; and only one player listed on the injury report fully practiced -- Matthew Stafford. The full rundown is after the jump.

Did Not Practice

WR Calvin Johnson (Ankle)

WR Rashied Davis (Foot)

OT Jason Fox (Foot)

DE Kyle Vanden Bosch (Not Injury Related)

DT Nick Fairley (Foot)

LB Justin Durant (Concussion)

CB Aaron Berry (Groin)

S John Wendling (Knee)

S Louis Delmas (Abdomen)

Limited In Practice

WR Maurice Stovall (Hand)

TE Brandon Pettigrew (Shoulder)

DE Lawrence Jackson (Hamstring)

LB DeAndre Levy (Knee)

CB Eric Wright (Groin)

Fully Practiced

QB Matthew Stafford (Right Forearm)

The fact that Fairley did not practice makes it pretty clear he won't play this week. It seemed unlikely even with the ESPN report out there about him possibly seeing limited action on Sunday, so it still looks like his debut will come in the Monday night game against the Bears at the earliest. The Lions have no plans to rush Fairley back, and that's the right way to handle the situation.

The other thing I want to note about the injury report is that Davis is now out with a foot injury. He missed the Vikings game with a hamstring issue, and apparently that might be related to his foot problem. He was wearing a walking boot at practice on Wednesday and will visit Dr. Robert Anderson (dun dun dun) on Thursday in North Carolina.

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Not worried about......

Calvin, Delmas, Pettigrew, or Jackson, but I am worried about Fairley, Wright, and Durant. Did Durant leave the game last week? I could have sworn he played the whole time because it seemed like every time A-Pete was trying to run through a hole, he was met by Durant.

by lionsman81 on Sep 29, 2011 1:53 AM EDT reply actions

Yeah Durant has me worried too.

With the concussion policy (which is a good thing) I hope he wont miss the game.

by Schuxu on Sep 29, 2011 4:29 AM EDT up reply actions

wondering the same thing

I’m pretty sure he played the whole game, so it must have happened really late

by Suhper Megatron on Sep 29, 2011 9:09 AM EDT up reply actions

at least we got

Bobby C

by Staffordno9 on Sep 30, 2011 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions

Hopefully nothing is too serious

by Hyperion Ecta on Sep 29, 2011 2:34 AM EDT reply actions

I don't like what I am hearing about Davis either.

I like the way he plays on offence and special teams. Hope it is minor.

"Filling a need doesn’t necessarily mean you’re getting a good player," said Schwartz. "It doesn’t necessarily mean that you’re getting a player that best fits; it doesn’t necessarily mean that you’re getting a player that’s better than what you have already."

by NorthLeft12 on Sep 29, 2011 5:59 AM EDT reply actions

eh not to concerned

I feel like maybe we are just putting players on this list to make it look like we have injuries like every other team. Because this is definitely not a list of people i would have figured to be on it.With the way jahvid was limping in the game sunday i thought he would be but defintely not wright or durant, those guys played amazing til game end.

by Michael21 on Sep 29, 2011 11:50 AM EDT reply actions