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Dan Campbell said\u00a0he didn’t expect Marcus Davenport to play\u00a0against the\u00a0Baltimore Ravens, and the\u00a0Detroit Lions\u00a0have made it official.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0Lions\u00a0ruled Davenport out for\u00a0Monday night’s game against the Ravens\u00a0because of the chest injury he suffered in\u00a0last week’s win over the Chicago Bears.<\/p>\n
Davenport\u00a0wore a sling on his right arm\u00a0in the locker room this week, though Campbell said he does not believe the injury is season-ending.<\/p>\n
“I think we\u2019ll have a good idea of (his) timeline (for return) either today or tomorrow, just how long that will be,” Campbell said Saturday in Allen Park.<\/p>\n
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Davenport missed most of last season with a torn triceps. He\u00a0re-signed in March.<\/p>\n
He injured his chest on a sack of Bears quarterback Caleb Williams. Including Monday’s game, he will have missed 16 of 20 possible games with the Lions.<\/p>\n
Al-Quadin-Muhammad\u00a0and Pat O’Connor are expected to see bigger roles at the defensive spot opposite Aidan Hutchinson against Baltimore, and Tyrus Wheat could be active for the first time this season.<\/p>\n
Hutchinson had his first sack since he broke his leg last October last week against the Bears, and Muhammad had\u00a0one sack and five quarterback pressures.\u00a0Wheat played in 20 games for the Dallas Cowboys the past two seasons. The Lions claimed\u00a0Wheat and Tyler Lacy\u00a0off waivers at the August roster-cut deadline.<\/p>\n
“We like those guys and it\u2019s one of the reasons we acquired them and those guys wanted to be here,” Campbell said. “And they\u2019re getting opportunities \u2014 we\u2019re getting everybody opportunities \u2014 to see what they can do. And yes, they fit right in with us, I think they understand our system. They\u2019re not as polished as everybody else necessarily because they\u2019ve been \u2014 our guys have been here, they\u2019ve been in the system for a while. But yet, they\u2019re getting it and every day they get better and better and better. So we like our options.”<\/p>\n
Left tackle Taylor Decker, who did not practice Saturday, was listed as questionable with a shoulder injury for Monday’s game against the Ravens.<\/p>\n
Linebacker Jack Campbell (ankle), safety Kerby Joseph (knee) and cornerback D.J. Reed (knee) also are questionable for the Lions (1-1).<\/p>\n
Linebacker\u00a0Trevor Nowaske\u00a0(elbow) and running back Sione Vaki (hamstring) do not have injury designations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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