Smith has been dealing with a neck injury and, according to Minnesota head coach Kevin O’Connell, the issue “flared up” earlier this week. He was upgraded from a DNP on Wednesday to consecutive limited sessions on Thursday and Friday. Sans Smith, Detroit’s matchup with Minnesota looks even juicier this week.
Alim McNeil needs to show up today against a weak interior OL. Let’s see us take advantage of them missing some key pieces up front.
I just said this in the gameday thread, but I’ll say it again here: NASCAR package with Romeo and Houston on the edges and Hutch and Paschal inside. I wanna see it once.
I think he would have run roughshod over Bradbury anyway, that guy has no juice at the point of attack (he’s OK on the move). For sure he ought to do it against his backup.
Sounds like a slightly better version of our mash unit interior we had against the bills. People seem to forget that we trotted out two practice squad guards in that game
I swear Harrison has been playing since I was in high school and I’m now 34 lol. Must be out due to old age
Harrison smith being out may actually help the Vikings. He doesn’t have the speed he used to have. Their center also isn’t that good. Missing darrisaw will hurt though.
Do they have a decent replacement!? I think they will miss his leadership in the back end, he gets them all lined up and still has 5 INT’s this season for an old man
I’m not really sure. Is it josh metellus?
Not sure, whoever it is needs to be tested early and often, there best playmaker is out
Hopefully by jamo! 
Their pass rush hasn’t been very good lately. Harrison is out and we have chark and jamo healthy. We need to go deep often today.
If this hasn’t been mentioned we are missing our starting ROG, a starting safety and a starting DT too (Levi). It isn’t wise to play the injury game with these Lions.