September 14, 2022

Detroit Lions release initial Injury Report for Week 2 matchup vs. Commanders

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On Sunday afternoon, the Detroit Lions will host the Washington Commanders at Ford Field in Week 2 of the 2022 regular season.

Just moments ago, the Lions released their initial injury report for the week, and as you can see below, RB D’Andre Swift and C Frank Ragnow are among those who did not practice on Wednesday.

Player	Position	Injury	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Game Status
Michael Brockers	DL	knee	NP
Taylor Decker	T	calf	NP
Tommy Kraemer	G	back	NP
Frank Ragnow	C	foot/groin	NP
D’Andre Swift	RB	ankle	NP
Jonah Jackson	G	finger	LP
Ifeatu Melifonwu	S	hamstring	LP
Julian Okwara	LB	hamstring	FP

The Detroit Lions NEED to go after Lamar Jackson.

Predicting The Detroit Lions Starting RG For Week 2

During the offseason, it seemed like we could not go through a single day without an article popping up somewhere (including here) that the Detroit Lions would have a Top 5 offensive line in the NFL in 2022 if the entire unit could stay healthy.

Well, the Lions did not even make it to Week 1 before they lost 20% of their starting offensive line as RG Halapoulivaati Vaitai was placed in Injured Reserve, meaning he will miss a minimum of four weeks. In addition, center Frank Ragnow was “questionable” for Week 1 with a groin injury so he is clearly less than 100%.

In order to replace Vaitai, head coach Dan Campbell considered multiple options, including moving RT Penei Sewell to RG, which did not seem like a very good idea at all.

Ultimately, Campbell and the Lions coaching staff made the decision to roll with Logan Stenberg at RG for their Week 1 matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles, and to say things could have gone better would be an understatement.

Not only did Stenberg have back-to-back false starts in the opening quarter, but according to Pro Football Focus, he had a 0.0 grade for pass blocking and a run-blocking grade of 53.5 throughout the game, which is not good at all.

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