The second practice brings news that three Lions didn't make the trip to Germany (along with three Pats) and all will be out for the game. Otherwise both teams saw improvements in their practice status as expected, with most trending toward playing. Week 10 Thursday Injury Report Patriots Thursday: The Patriots saw amny players upgarded to Limited that missed yesterday, with everyone on track to be available come SUnday morning including AJ Brown and Stevenson. Wednesday: Three players have been declared out and were NP today, including Henderson, Davis and Brown, the latter two starters. In addition, starting RB Steveson and backups Latu, Rouse and Schooler were all also NP. A positive for them is that AJ Brown was back to practice on a Limited basis, along with fellow starters Henry, Moses and Byard and backups Woods. Drake Maye was a FP and two guys coming off Reserve lists were also LP. Lions Thursday: The Lions lead with Kerby Joosph, Cade Mays and DJ Reed did not make the trip to Germany, and they were ruled out. Sione Vaki still was a No Practice and St Brown was still Limited, but Goff, Branch, Wonnum and Saylors were all Full Practice. Oh, and Kerby was a Full Participant back in Detroit, which is great news for him being activated next week. Wednesday: As expected, the Lions held a walkthrough and only provided estimated injury status. In his presser, Campbell indicated Wonnum (FP) has cleared concussion protocol enough to get back to practice but indicated that Reed and Mays (NP) would be hard-pressed to make it on the field Sunday. , Kerby was also ruled out for Germany as he continues to ramp up, with an eye toward next Wednesday 11/18, when he has to be activated or put on seaoson-ending IR. Vaki was also a NP, and St Brown, Goff and Branch were all limited with Saylors joining Wonnum as a FP.

Willkommen in Woche 10! Our beloved Lions will be in Germany hosting the New England Patriots in Munich Sunday morning and there is a pretty full slate of games this week across the board. The week kicks off Thursday with WAS@NYG on Amazon Prime Video (and on local channels in these markets) with the usual duo of Al Michaels and Kirk Herbstret will be on the call. The Sunday games start with NE@DET in Munich Germany in the morning on FOX, with CBS Regional Single games and Fox early and late games in the afternoon. The Sunday Night Football game on NBC is PIT@CIN with Mike Titico and Chris Collingsworth, and the week ends with LAC@BAL on Monday night football on ESPN. Joe Buck and troy Aikman will be on the call. The CBS Reginal early games are KC@ATL, BUF@NYJ, MIA@IND and the late games are SEA@LAV and LAR@ARZ. The FOX early games are MIN@GB, CAR@NO, HOU@CLE and JAX@TEN. The lone Fox late game is SF@DAL and will be Nationally Televised. Byes: Chicago, Denver, Philadelphia, Tampa Bay NATIONAL BROADCASTS Thursday 8:00 ET: Washington @ NY Giants (Amazon Prime Video) Al Michaels, Kirk Herbstreit also WTTG/FOX Washington, WNYW/FOX New York Sunday 9:30 am ET: New England vs Detroit (in Munich) (FOX) Joe Davis, Greg Olsen, Pam Oliver Sunday 4:25 pm ET: San Fransico @ Dallas (FOX) Kevin Burkhardt, Tom Brady Sunday 8:00 pm ET: Pittsburgh @ Cincinnati (NBC) Mike Tirico, Cris Collinsworth Monday 8:00 pm ET: LA Chargers @ Baltimore (ESPN) Joe Buck, Troy Aikman also KABC/ABC LA, WBAL/NBC Baltimore CBS Single FOX Early All listings are unofficial and subject to change. Check back often for updates.  Courtesy of the folks at 506 Sports

Week 10 has arrived and the Lions will be traveling to Germany to host the Patriots. This presents challenges for injuries, as players that are on the fence need to travel and they need to ensure that they have the entire roster (including PS players) with them in case fo last minute callups. The Lions updates for starters were about as expected, with one looking good and two likely not going to able to get back in time for Sunday morning. They did have several guys show up, including Jared Goff that were limited. The Patriots are also battling major injury issue, with multiple starters going down in the GB game on top of the players that missed the game and three players already declared out. Week 10 Wednesday Injury Report Patriots Wednesday: Three players have been declared out and were NP today, including Henderson, Davis and Brown, the latter two starters. In addition, starting RB Steveson and backups Latu, Rouse and Schooler were all also NP. A positive for them is that AJ Brown was back to practice on a Limited basis, along with fellow starters Henry, Moses and Byard and backups Woods. Drake Maye was a FP and two guys coming off Reserve lists were also LP. Lions Wednesday: As expected, the Lions held a walkthrough and only provided estimated injury status. In his presser, Campbell indicated Wonnum (FP) has cleared concussion protocol enough to get back to practice but indicated that Reed and Mays (NP) would be hard-pressed to make it on the field Sunday. , Kerby was also ruled out for Germany as he continues to ramp up, with an eye toward next Wednesday 11/18, when he has to be activated or put on seaoson-ending IR. Vaki was also a NP, and St Brown, Goff and Branch were all limited with Saylors joining Wonnum as a FP.

Name: Clay Martin Age: 51 Promoted To Referee: 2018 Graphic Courtesy of Football Zebras Last Game: 10/25/26 DAL@IND The Dallas Cowboys committed 14 penalties for 153 yards. They were flagged a total of 14 times. The Indianapolis Colts committed 9 penalties for 67 yards. They were flagged a total of 12 times. Together there were 23 penalties for 220 yards. There were 26 total flags in this game. Last Lions Game: 10/04/26 – DET 26 @ CAR 32 The Detroit Lions committed 9 penalties for 67 yards. They were flagged a total of 13 times. The Carolina Panthers committed 8 penalties for 60 yards. They were flagged a total of 12 times. Together there were 17 penalties for 127 yards. There were 25 total flags in this game. Week 10 Penalty Tale of the Tape Patriots and Lions Notable The Lions are now on a streak of officials who are in the bottom half of penalties per game, although it didn't feel like it last week, nor te last time they drew Martin's crew back in Week 4. Clay Martin and Crew refed the Lions loss at Carolina back in Week 4, but this is a different team than then, especially with the way the defense is being called and playing. Regardless, this crew still throws a bunch of flags, just not as many as their peers, so our friends in Germany will get a chance to see how game flow can be interrupted when the yellow laundry hits the tuff, Both the Patriots and Lions align with Offensive Holding, False Start and DPI as their top three penalties, with Defensive Holding lower, but on both teams top penalty list. The Lions also have been popped for Illegal formation, completing a five-for-five match of penalties with Martin's Crew tendencies.

Welcome to Mickey's Musings, my weekly notebook where we skip the linear narrative and dive straight into three completely unrelated, but entirely fascinating storylines that are bouncing around in my head. From Miami to Germany: Gibby, A bomb on Friday the 13th and Bundesliga Let’s get into our three topics and I’ll tie them together later… Topic # 1: Gibby Gibby is my dog, beagle/lab and who knows what else mix. He’s a 14-year-old former shelter dog that was around 3 months old when we rescued him. Pre-Covid I used to go to the gym before work. I would run, then go inside and work out a bit, shower – and off to work. On the weekends I would run from home and when I got home – Gibby would follow me around the house until I got his leash, because he knew we would then go for a walk. That was his routine for nearly 8 years. In March of 2020 my gym closed and that changed my morning routine. Instead of running from home just on weekends, I started doing it Monday through Friday as well. The very first time I ran from home on a Monday (and continuing to this day as I never went back to the gym) I would come home and find a furry friend staring at his leash hanging on the hook and then chasing me, howling, as he knew “Dad is home from his run, it is now time for us to go for a walk!” As I always say, the question is “Who really has who trained here?” That brings me to the Lions game against Miami. I hate, hate, HATE!, the phrase “Same Old Lions”. That being said, didn’t this game feel like one that the SOL would lose? In the days of SOL, it felt like every year they’d blow a game they were supposed to win. On Sunday, late in the 3rd quarter it was still a 9-6 game. One fluke play – a tipped pass from Jared Goff, a scoop and score on a fumble, a punt return where the coverage breaks down – and the Fins would be ahead. Just like Gibby, that’s how we’ve been conditioned to think. We know how things are supposed to go and we just go with the flow. Fortunately, that fluke play never happened and we walked out of Hard Rock Stadium with a win. Same Old Lions Topic # 2: Friday the 13th This Friday is Friday the 13th of November. On Friday the 13th of January back in 1984 all of my classmates and I showed up at Houghton Lake High School as we normally would. Prior to classes beginning the teachers were scurrying around, and at approximately 8:15 we learned why. There had been a bomb threat phoned into our principal’s home saying it would detonate at 9:45 a.m. At 8:15 a homemade explosive went off in the darkroom used by the yearbook/journalism photographers. A student told the police he walked into the darkroom and saw an electrical cord connected to a box, and was blown some 15 feet back into the next room when he opened it. He was mostly uninjured, minus some minor facial burns from the blast. He later confessed that he had built and set off the device himself as he was facing a deadline and had not completed a homework project. This took place during my senior year and the student that fabricated this scenario and set off the bomb was a junior. Let’s be real, we all did stupid things when we were 16 or 17 years old. I haven’t seen this schoolmate of mine in 40+ years and I hope his life wasn’t defined by the bad choices he made on that one day. Looking back, I’m sure he’d say something like “I wish I would have just fessed up and done what I needed to do to get the work done.” Isn’t that option more like the Lions last Sunday in Miami? Instead of blowing things up – they buckled down and plowed through to get it done. It wasn’t pretty. Nobody is putting that game tape in a museum. The offense wasn't lighting up the scoreboard with explosive, 60-yard bombs to Jamo - mostly because they leave the actual bomb-making to 1980s high schoolers. Instead, they just buckled up their chinstraps, chewed up the clock, and let Jake Bates kick field goals until the Dolphins gave up. It was pure, unadulterated, unglamorous grit. At the end of the day, grinding through the boring stuff wins games – and it keeps your eyebrows intact. Detroit Lions Kicker Jake Bates Topic # 3: Bundesliga Admittedly, I’m not much of a soccer fan – or as our European friends refer to it – “Futball.” The Bundesliga is the top tier professional soccer league in Germany. I’ve heard of the Premier League, but that’s England. The Bundesliga is the German equivalent. The Premier League is known for their financial power. La Liga, the top men’s league in Spain is known for their technical abilities. The Bundesliga is known for their pure physical power. Most of the 18 clubs in the league play a style known as Gegenpressing. Bundesliga Logo The goal of Gegenpressing is pressure. Constant. And lots of it. The moment a player loses possession, they don’t retreat, they swarm the opponent to create a mistake and a takeaway. It forces the opponent into making panicked, rushed decisions – especially in their own territory. In Gegenpressing the best defense is an overwhelmingly violent and immediate offense. Does that sound familiar, or what?!? If ever there was a team that would play in Germany and the German fans would identify with – it would be the Dan Campbell coached Detroit Lions! Ultimately, this isn't the franchise of decades past, and it’s time to stop treating them like it. For years, we Detroit fans were conditioned like Gibby - trained by history to know what to expect. But, these are emphatically not the Same Old Lions. They don’t look for an easy out when the pressure mounts; they don't panic and violently overreact like a kid trying to blow up a high school darkroom just to escape a deadline. Instead, they show the same relentless, suffocating aggression as a world-class German Gegenpressing scheme. European sports fans won't just see an American football team. They’ll see a masterclass in tactical dominance, and a long-suffering fanbase that is being rewarded for its loyalty. Bring on the Patriots! Go Lions

Welcome to The Grey Manes Monday Morning Rundown, a collection of news and notes from the prior week that impact the Lions, the NFL or whatever else catches my eye. Jahmyr Gibbs gets a Pro Football HoF Display Lions Players, Coaches and Team The Pro Football Hall of Fame has a game-used Jahmyr Gibbs jersey on display for his 2026 season for hitting multiple milestones Both Amon-Ra St Brown and Jahmyr Gibbs get a FOCO rivalries edition bobblehead. Both are limited to a 226 unit run and 2 per person, pre-orders are now live for $80. Hutch gets a $100 Electroplated FOCO available on Preorder for $100. It is a 225 unit run with limit of 2 per person. Jennifer Hammond has agreed to w two-year contract extension with Fox 2 News keeping her on the Lions beat ad with the station Several Lions accolades after the 19-9 win over the Dolphins Jahmyr Gibbs Joined Ladanian Tomlinson and Terrell Davis as only players in NFL history to have 6,000 scrimmage and 60 TDs through four career seasons Gibbs is fifth player in NFL history to have 11+ TDs in each of his first four seasons and first player to do it in Lions history Amon-Ra St Brown Most five-catch games (59) through six-career seasons Jack Fox Jack Fox was named NFC Special teams' player of the week for the win against the Viking Jack Fox is now 5 of 6 (83%) on passing attempts with 5 first downs after completing the fake punt pass against Miami Chuck Clark Tied his single-season career INT total of two and set his career INT return yards Alim McNeil Set a single-season career high with 5.5 sacks his season and has .5 sack in five of last six games Dan Campbell Dan Campbell is now second (54) in all-time regular season wins as Detroit lions coach passing Potsy Clark/George Wilson (53) Derrick Moore Derrick Moore picked up his first career sack on an absolute hustle play and his second on clean up duty. Rumors, Nuggets and Speculation CJ Gardner-Johnson got himself kicked off his eighth team in the last 50 months The Carolina Panthers were outrushed by a Corgi in their game yesterday. Things I think are Noteworthy Michael Wildon is temporarily stepping away from PTI and NBA due to health issues Outback and Marvel doing a Mjolnir/Tomahawk Steak crossover? Notre Dame is going high-tech concert style with wristbands on game nights Michael Wilbon on PTI

Welcome to Up Next in the North – your weekly briefing on the ever-shifting blueprint of the Black-and-Blue Division. Today we log the latest waiver wire wrinkles, run the diagnostic on the week’s injury reports and map out exactly how the next slate of games will be won or lost. The Cheeseheads (5-3) Up Next: On the road at the 5-3 Patriots. When: Sunday, 4:25 on Fox Spread: Patriots (-3) Green Bay is heading to Foxborough with a little extra rest, having disposed of the Panthers last week on Thursday. This game features a pair of teams that are identical, not just in their 5-3 records, but in style. Both teams have quarterbacks running for their lives behind turnstile offensive lines, and both rely on the defenses doing the heavy lifting. The Green Bay run game is non-existent and the line has holes everywhere. The Packer offense is basically Jordan Love taking a few quick shuffles, counting to 2, and throwing the ball as far as he can – hoping Christian Watson or Matthew Golden can get free and run underneath the rainbow before it comes down. The running game is a picture perfect example of karma in the real world as the fact they even keep Josh Jacobs is disgusting. Jacobs had 39 yards on 21 carries last week. It couldn’t happen to a nicer guy. On the other side of the ball, the Patriots’ offense is quite similar with Drake Maye playing the part of “Quarterback running for his life before throwing the ball.” The only difference is New England’s running back, Rhamondre Stevenson spent his offseason mentoring youth rather than catching domestic violence charges. Injuries on the Packer Defense: CB Kaisean Nixon – QUESTIONABLE – Has a shoulder injury but is likely to play through it L Zaire Franklin – QUESTIONABLE – His shin injury kept him inactive last week. There seems to be a better than 50/50 chance he’ll be wearing street clothes again this week DE/Edge Micah Parsons – Is probably another week or two from returning DL Devonte Wyatt, DT Anthony Campbell, LB Brenton Cox – QUESTIONABLE – This same trio was banged up heading into Carolina. They all played last week, but all three apparently paid for it. Especially Wyatt’s ankle. The other two seem to be leaning towards playing at this time, but Wyatt seems to be more limited. Injuries on the Packer Offense: OC Sean Rhyan – QUESTIONABLE – He looks like the injury suffered against Detroit will keep him out for another week. OG Travis Glover – QUESTIONABLE. Reported severe knee pain after the Detroit game and was inactive last week against the Panthers. He is expected to be available this week. OG/OC Jacob Monk – OUT. He is on IR and out for a minimum of two more weeks after this. OT Zach Bako-Bewele – OUT. He suffered a full patellar tendon tear against the Panthers and was placed on IR TE Thomas Yassmin – OUT. Undisclosed injury, but was played on IR this week Other Personnel Movement: OL – John Williams has taken over as the team’s starting OC. He had a PFF grade of 41.2 while playing all the snaps against Carolina DL – DJ Johnson signed to the PS. He was a 3rd round pick of Carolina in 2023 and played 13 games as a rookie, making 4 tackles. He didn’t play much the next two years before being waived. He spent last season on the Commanders PS. QB Cam Miller signed to the PS. He holds tons of NDSU records – Total offensive yards, passing yards, completion percentage. This year he was previously on the PS’s of both Miami and the Raiders. S – John Saunders Jr signed to the PS. His name is “John Saunders, Jr” but he is not related to the ESPN broadcaster that passed away 10 years ago. He’s a first year safety on this 5th team this year….in Week 8. S Kahlef Hailassie – RELEASED from the PS to make room for the above players. DaBears (6-2) DaBears (6-2) Up Next: At home vs the 3-5 Buccaneers When: Sunday 8:20 on NBC Spread: DaBears (-6) The biggest story out of the MNF game was how Chicago was able to reincarnate former Bear, Judge Alan Page, to plug the middle of their defensive line. It wasn’t really the Hall of Famer, it was Jeffery Simmons, who came over in a trade from the Titans prior to the last game. If you listened to Troy Aikman, you would have thought it was Alan Page. Simmons did have a huge game, racking up one of the three Bear’s sacks as well as another hit and a PFF grade of 82.3. That combined with the offense relying on the run (Former Lion D’Andre Swift had 3 TD’s on the ground) was enough to give the Bears a 34-17 win against the Seahawks in Lumen Field. Caleb Williams had another really good game, finishing with a 101.0 passer rating. Another former Lion, Kaliff Raymond had an explosive play, taking a lateral 39 yards on a big 3rd down. This week they’ll take on the Bucs. Tampa Bay is coming off a game of “Turn Back the Clock” where they beat Atlanta 16-0 without the benefit of a completed pass. Running for 320 against Atlanta in a monsoon was cute, but you have to imagine Baker Mayfield will come out with a gameplan much more like we’re accustomed to in the 21st century. I don’t foresee them again using a system that resembled the 1920’s era of the Single-Wing formation where guys smoked cigarettes at halftime and wore leather helmets without facemasks. On the bright side, there probably wasn’t much useful game tape from the Bucs/Falcons for the Bears to review. Injuries on the Bears Defense: DT Kentavius Street – Placed on IR with a knee injury suffered against Seattle. He is likely out for the season. DT Grady Jarrett QUESTIONABLE – Suffered a groin injury on Monday against the Seahawks. That’s two interior guys, the Bears’ newest toy Simmons may face a few extra blockers on each play. DL Dayo Odeyinbo – OUT. He was officially placed on IR following a quadriceps injury suffered a few weeks ago. He is still out for a minimum of two more games. Injuries to the Bears Offense: OT Braxton Jones – The former all-rookie first teamer underwent surgery on his right knee and it out for the season. Unfortunately for him, he is on a one year deal. He’s been rehabbing a torn patellar tendon OT Theo Benedet – Replaced Braxton Jones at LT and is managing a shoulder injury sustained in Monday’s win over Seattle. Other Personnel Moves: RB Kyle Monangai – It is looking like he’ll return to the active roster this weekend against the Bucs S Coby Bryant – Is expecting to start running soon and hoping to be back for a (throw up in my mouth) “playoff run” TE Stephen Carlson – Signed from PS to 53 man active roster to back up Loveland and play the blocking role with Cole Kmet out. DL Earnest Brown – Signed to PS to replace Carlson. Skol (6-1) Up Next: Bye Week When: Off Until November 9 Spread: Bye (-3.5) The Vikings have the week off to contemplate how they’re wasting this tremendous defense with an offense this poor. They even have an extra day off, as they don’t play until Monday night next week. There were a few sideline shots of Justin Jefferson in Detroit last game and although I’m not a lip reader, I’m pretty sure he said “Can’t anyone here throw the damn ball?” Carson Wentz? Max Bromer? How much worse would the offense look? Injuries to the Vikings Offense*: QB Kyler Murray did experience some tightness in his hamstrings against Detroit. With 2+ weeks off, he should be fine. OT Christian Darrisaw had some shoulder soreness against Detroit but nothing series. Injuries to the Vikings Defense*: S Theo Jackson had a quad contusion and left the Detroit game early. We will monitor him next week to see if he is back at full strength Other Personnel Moves Nothing Yet *These injury reports are just notes of guys that got hurt against Detroit. The official injury reports won’t come out until next week as they prepare to host the Bills. This article was created with an assist from AI for information gathering purposes

The final practice report brought news of four starters being down, but also a key reserve that popped up today and several other starters that are questionable. The Dolphins have a relatively clean bill of health, with only their LS and a couple backups as questionable. Week 9 Final Injury Report Dolphins Friday: The Dolphins have three guys questionable as expected, with only starter being their LS Addington. Everyone else have no game designation and will be playing if active. Thursday: Only update was that RB Jaylen Wright went from No Practice to Limited today, otherwise all players form yesterday kept their same designation. Wednesday: Lots of Dolphins on the practice report, but only backup RB Jaylen Wright looks to be in danger of missing the game this week. Everyone else was limited or full participant, but it is notable that position groups could be impacted as their RB, DL/EDGE, Safety and LS all have the primary or multiple players on the list. Lions Friday: Lions will be without several starters including Jack Campbell, DJ Wonnum, DJ Reed, Cade Mays and Kerby Joseph wasn't ready yet. Unfortunately, Sione Vaki popped up today with an ankle and is questionable along with Amon-Ra St Brown and Jacob Saylors. Everyone else is good to go. Thursday: Lion saw Ogbongbemiga and more importantly, Branch, upgraded to Full Practice, but everyone else, including Wonnum, Mays and Reed with NP, stayed the same from their estimate on Wednesday. Wednesday: Lions have quite a few guys listed, including Jack Campbell, Cade Mays, DJ reed and DJ Wonnum as No Practice, while Branch, Joseph, Ogbongbemiga, Saylors and St Brown were limited. Rock Ya-Sin had cramps but was a full participant.

Week 9 starts off with the Detroit Lions org having a heavy heart due to the injury that Jack Campbell sustained last week. While his teammates will be traveling to Miami to take on a bad Miami Dolphins team, Jack will be rooting them on from back in Detroit and willing them to victory. While the emotions of handling Campbell's injury will be on the minds of the team, I expect them to roll into Miami and absolute clobber the Dolphins to honor Jack. Looking at the matchup, the Dolphins are ok at running the ball and stopping the run, but they basically suck at every single other aspect of the game. The Lions are rocking a Top 5/Top 10 Offense, and their defense is playing like a Top 10 unit the last few weeks, so this should be a case where the matchup n paper comes to fruition on the field. The officiating should be a non-factor, as Land Clarks crew is bottom three in flags thrown, and both the Dolphins and Lions are two of the top teams in terms of not getting flagged. The only X factor ius the weather, as it may be rainy at Gametime and although the grass field at Hard Rock Stadium is top notch, anytime the elements are involved that could impact footing and rush game. This game should end in a Lions win in a shellacking. Lions at Dolphins Tale of the Tape And then there were three, as Mickey gambled with the Vikings last week and lost, and joins Mike (5-2) tied for one game behind. Chris continues to lead at 6-1 via tiebreaker (1 pt diff), while Dan (16 pt diff) and Brent (31 Pt diff) are right there, but need some better guesses to make up some ground. Mike (4 pt Diff) and Mickey (7 Pt Diff) will need some help to get back in this battle. The Grey Manes Lions Prediction - Week 9 This week there is more blue Kool-aid being guzzled, as all five Grey Manes believe the Lions will win, but a few have them struggling a bit. while the rest think the offense will be humming against a poor Dolphin defense. Either way, it will be emotional game without Jack Campbell who will be back in Detroit cheering on his teammates. Mickey Let's turn back the clock just a moment. Pretend it is April 28, 2022. The Lions had the second overall pick in the draft that evening. Many, many, MANY people were clamoring for them to take Malik Willis. The Jaguars used their entire 10 minutes before selecting Trayvon Walker first. Brad Holmes' runner promptly sprinted to the table with the card saying "Defensive End, Aiden Hutchinson, University of Michigan." It was so fast they were reprimanded by the NFL, but they wanted to get that pick in before Jacksonville called for a mulligan. Even then, the league waited until 8:21 for the announcement of the selection. I guess the drama makes for better TV. Sometime around 10:45 on Friday, with the 22nd pick in the 3rd round, Malik Willis was selected. He didn't do much in Tennessee, and the Titans traded him to Green Bay for a 7th rounder. In true Scott Mitchell fashion Willis took over last year for Jordan Love and parlayed a 4-game stretch with a 145-passer rating into a 3 year $67.5m deal ($45m guaranteed!) with the Fins. This year he is more like the guy what wasn't drafted until the 86th pick of the draft: a passer rating of 79.7, has thrown almost as many picks as TD's and is completing just 59% of his passes. Hutch may hurt Willis in this one. On the other side of the ball, the Miami D struggles against the pass and isn't good against the run. This will get ugly early. I think the 4th Q is mostly Josh Dobbs handing off to Sione Vaki. And again we are reminded how fortunate we are that the Jags took Walker over Hutch and Brad DIDN'T take Malik Willis. Lions 38, Dolphins 17 Dan This game looks like a laugher on paper, as the Lions offense is Top 5 or Top 10 in almost all major statistical categories and the Miami offense outside of running the ball...is really bad. Defensively, the Dolphins are bottom half, bottom third in the league in Yards and they simply cannot pressure the QB or create turnovers. Outside influences such as the Officiating (should be negligible) and weather (chane of rain) will likely have no impact either. However, the injury situation on the defense (Wonnum, Branch, Reed, Rolder and Campbell) could make for an interesting day against a bad team. The X factor will be how they play the game, especially the revamped LB corp after the devastating injury to Jack Campbell. It's unfortunate that the Lions have had this in the past, but I do expect a game where everyone is hyper focused and trying to win it for Jack this week. The LB room has decent depth, but it is hard to replace Campbell, but they will all be looking to perform their best and I think the Dolphins will be the bump in the road along the way. I don't see any way that the Miami defense will even remotely slow down the Lions offense and believe they may flirt with 40+ points. Lions 35, Dolphins 14 Brent The Lions have been impacted by multiple injuries on the defense. Losing Jack Campbell is likely a devastating blow to a team that was finally beginning to show promise. How his loss will ultimately impact the defense, will be evident in the next few games. Offensively, the Lions should be able to move the football on the Dolphins defense. Look for more of the same from the Lions with a heavy dose of Gibbs, St Brown, Jamo, and La Porta. Look for Vaki to continue to share increasing workload with Gibbs to reduce the amount of punishment he has been taking. Lions 34, Dolphins 24 Mike The Lions roll into sunny Miami with a 5-2 record and coming off of a big win against the Vikings. The impact of the loss of Jack Campbell will be felt both on and off the field. However the Lions Defense has seemingly found their grove and are currently sitting at 28th that is up from 32nd just a few weeks ago. On paper this should be a win for the Lions as Miami is rebuilding but it appears that the Dolphins are starting to show some life the last few games. The Lions are too good on offense on this day. Lions 31, Miami 17 Chris Miami is 1-6, Detroit is 5-2, and the Lions are favored by about seven. Trap games are rare in this league, and Detroit has too much talent to take anyone lightly. The emotional win over Minnesota left some bumps, though, so don’t be surprised if the Lions look a step slow early. Miami’s tight end defense is the soft spot, and Detroit has the weapons to exploit it. Brian Branch’s status is still unclear. If he’s out, the secondary gets thinner, but the depth should hold. Expect a sluggish first half, then the talent takes over. Lions 28, Dolphins 20.

Practice report two for the week saw the Lions and Dolphins both have players upgraded, with the Lions still having several starters that will be close as to whether they will be ready for Sunday. Week 9 Thursday Injury Report Dolphins Thursday: Only update was that RB Jaylen Wright went from No Practice to Limited today, otherwise all players form yesterday kept their same designation. Wednesday: Lots of Dolphins on the practice report, but only backup RB Jaylen Wright looks to be in danger of missing the game this week. Everyone else was limited or full participant, but it is notable that position groups could be impacted as their RB, DL/EDGE, Safety and LS all have the primary or multiple players on the list. Lions Thursday: Lion saw Ogbongbemiga and more importantly, Branch, upgraded to Full Practice, but everyone else, including Wonnum, Mays and Reed with NP, stayed the same from their estimate on Wednesday. Wednesday: Lions have quite a few guys listed, including Jack Campbell, Cade Mays, DJ reed and DJ Wonnum as No Practice, while Branch, Joseph, Ogbongbemiga, Saylors and St Brown were limited. Rock Ya-Sin had cramps but was a full participant.

We have finally crossed the halfway point of the NFL season at Week 9, and we have a full slate of game including an international Sunday morning contest in Spain. The week kicks off Thursday with JAX@BAL on Amazon Prime Video (and on local channels in these markets) with the usual duo of Al Michaels and Kirk Herbstret will be on the call. The Sunday games start with CIN@ATL in Madrid Spain in the morning, with CBS Regional Singles games and Fox early and late games in the afternoon. The Sunday Night Football game on NBC is TB@CHI with Mike Titico and Chris Collingsworth, and the week ends with BUF@MIN on Monday night football on ABC/ESPN. Joe Buck and troy Aikman will be on the call. The CBS Reginal early games are NYJ@KC, DEN@CAR, DET@MIA, CLE@NO and the late game is HOU@LAC. The Detroit/Miami game will feature Kevin Harlan and Trent Green on the call. The FOX early games are DAL@IND (about 80% of country), NYG@PHI and LAR@WAS. The Fox late games GB@NE (About 75% of country and entire Midwest and east coast), LAV@SF and ARI@SEA. Byes: Pittsburgh, Tennessee NATIONAL BROADCASTS Thursday 8:00 ET: Jacksonville @ Baltimore (Amazon Prime Video) Al Michaels, Kirk Herbstreit also WFOX/FOX Jacksonville, WMAR/ABC Baltimore Sunday 9:30am ET: Cincinnati vs Atlanta (in Madrid) (NFLN) Bob Wischusen, Louis Riddick also WLWT/NBC Cincinnati, WANF/46 Atlanta Sunday 8:00 ET: Tampa Bay @ Chicago (NBC) Mike Tirico, Cris Collinsworth Monday 8:00 ET: Buffalo @ Minnesota (ESPN/ABC) Joe Buck, Troy Aikman CBS Single FOX Early FOX Late All listings are unofficial and subject to change. Check back often for updates.  Courtesy of the folks at 506 Sports

Going into Week 8 against the Vikings, the Lions were extremely healthy and the future looked great. After the game, they lost two LBs and starters at S, Edge and CB and suddenly the Lions health is not so great. The Dolphins likewise have a lot of minor issues with their starters, but only one player (backup) that appears to be dealing with a serious injury. Week 9 Wednesday Injury Report Dolphins Wednesday: Lots of Dolphins on the practice report, but only backup RB Jaylen Wright looks to be in danger of missing the game this week. Everyone else was limited or full participant, but it is notable that position groups could be impacted as their RB, DL/EDGE, Safety and LS all have the primary or multiple players on the list. Lions Wednesday: Lions have quite a few guys listed, including Jack Campbell, Cade Mays, DJ reed and DJ Wonnum as No Practice, while Branch, Joseph, Ogbongbemiga, Saylors and St Brown were limited. Rock Ya-Sin had cramps but was a full participant.