# Niyo: Lions aren’t moaning about injuries decimating defense: ‘We gotta step up’
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Alim McNeill will admit it. In the moment, he’s thinking the same thing you’re thinking as a fan: Oh, man, another one?
But it’s just a fleeting thought. Because there’s another down to play, and a game to finish, no matter how many injuries are piling up around him.
“It’s wild for everybody,” said McNeill, the Lions’ dominant defensive tackle. “But it’s part of this sport sometimes. … I do wish a speedy recovery for everybody, but when it happens, it’s just part of the game. It sucks, though.
…Beyond that, there’s an even longer list of key contributors and would-be starters on injured reserve, including John Cominsky and Kyle Peko up front, Jalen Reeves-Maybin at linebacker, and Ifeatu Melifonwu and Ennis Rakestraw Jr. in the secondary.
Somehow, the Lions have managed to overcome all that, and as they headed to the locker room at halftime Thursday, they’d just completed a 12th straight quarter without allowing a touchdown.
Injury woes? Whoa, enough. Not now, please.
“That’s what I go back to: It doesn’t matter,” Campbell said at the end of his postgame press conference. “Either it is or it isn’t, and we get a guy back or we don’t get a guy back. Worrying about it, and moaning about it, and bitching about it, it’s like the (officiating) calls, right? … What does it matter?
“So I know this: Whoever we have available, we’re gonna get ‘em ready to play and we expect them to hold the line. Period. You’ve got to do your job, and everybody around is looking for you to do your job.”
