Week 5: Lions – Bengals Thursday Injury Report

Practice reports no 2 for the week just dropped and the Bengals had a surprise addition into a couple of veterans getting rest days. The Lion saw most stay the same but had two improvements and DJ Reed coming off as he went on IR yesterday.

Browns

Thursday: A few surprises, with Noah Fant improving to a Full Participant, Stewart and Jones improving to LPs, which means that all are trending toward playing this week. Two vets were given rest days, but backup C Matt Lee appears to have left practice with a knee injury. That could tax and already thin OL depth for the Bengals and is something to keep an eye on.

Wednesday: The three players listed were TE Noah Fant (LP) and Shemar Stewart (both holdovers from last week) along with WR Charlie Jones, who was hurt in the Bengals last game. Not much to analyze, Fant is likely the closest to playing, which would give their offense a boost, but Burrow is unavailable on IR, so it may not matter.

Lions

Thursday: Big changes was DJ Reed moving to IR and Terrion Arnold being a Full Participant, while Khalil Dorsey also improved form his concussion to a LP, keeping him on track to play. The other four DNPs were still DNP, which for Decker is nothing new, but troublesome for Vaki and Cunningham. Joseph will need to improve tomorrow to at least a LP in order to trend toward getting in there against the Bengals.

Wednesday: The report was pretty much as expected, with everyone that was injured in the Browns win (Reed, Arnold, Cunningham and Joseph) showing up in some capacity. Holdovers (Vaki and Decker) were also listed, but that was to be expected. Alim McNeil returned to practice form his knee injury and was a Limited Participant, indicating his 21-day return to lay window may very well not need the entire time. The only surprise was Khalil Dorsey, who suffered a concussion at some point between Sunday and today.