Lions notes: Calvin Johnson, Nick Fairley, more

• Good news, Detroit Lions fans and Calvin Johnson fantasy owners: Megatron is on track to return after the Lions' bye week.

  Calvin Johnson said tonight at the Courage House dinner he's being honored at that he "definitely expects to play" against the Dolphins.

  — Tori Petry (@sportstori) October 28, 2014

  Johnson hasn't played since Oct. 5 because of a high-ankle sprain. By the time the Miami Dolphins game rolls around on Nov. 9, Johnson will have had more than a month off from game action, so hopefully he will be at or close to 100 percent by then.
  
  
• Speaking of injuries, this sounds encouraging for Nick Fairley:

  #Lions DT Nick Fairley will get a 2nd opinion on his knee Friday or early next week, I’m told. Belief now is no surgery, out about a month

  — Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) October 29, 2014

  This goes along with the report from ESPN earlier this week that indicated that Fairley will miss 4-5 weeks with a sprained MCL and PCL. Jim Caldwell later denied a timetable had been set for Fairley's return, but at this point all signs point to him coming back in a month or so.
  
  
• James Ihedigbo did an AMA on Reddit on Tuesday.
  
  
• Wow:

  Jim Caldwell has 6 wins in 8 games in Detroit. Took Schwartz 30 games, Marinelli 19, Mooch 17 to get 6 wins in Detroit. Mornhinweg went 5-27

  — Michael David Smith (@MichaelDavSmith) October 29, 2014

  
  
• Golden Tate, Ndamukong Suh and DeAndre Levy made The MMQB's Midseason All-Pro Team.
  
  
• Tate was mic'd up for the Lions' game in London last week.

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