{"id":13231,"date":"2025-10-10T23:12:05","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T23:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usaontheweb.com\/clone1\/lions-chiefs-injury-designations-4-ruled-out-6-game-time-decisions\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T23:12:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T23:12:05","slug":"lions-chiefs-injury-designations-4-ruled-out-6-game-time-decisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usaontheweb.com\/clone1\/lions-chiefs-injury-designations-4-ruled-out-6-game-time-decisions\/","title":{"rendered":"Lions, Chiefs injury designations: 4 ruled OUT, 6 game-time decisions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Website design <\/p>\n<div id=\"zephr-anchor\">\n<p>The Detroit Lions (4-1) and Kansas City Chiefs (2-3) have declared their injury designations ahead of their Week 6 battle on \u201cSunday Night Football,\u201d and it appears the Lions are headed toward several game-time decisions.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s take a look at the latest injury report and get you up to date with what we know. Note: Any changes from the last injury report will be <strong>bolded<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"ruled-out\">\n<h2>Website design Ruled OUT<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><span>RB Sione Vaki (groin)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>DT Alim McNeill (ACL \u2014 Still on PUP) \u2014 <strong>Days remaining on clock: 11<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>LB Zach Cunningham (hamstring)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>CB Terrion Arnold (shoulder)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Vaki and Cunningham will miss their third straight game with lingering soft tissue injuries. The fact that neither landed on injured reserve suggests they could be back to practicing soon, but with a bye on the horizon in Week 8, they may not even be able to re-acclimate before that break.<\/p>\n<p>McNeill will remain on the Reserve\/PUP list for another week, but according to Detroit Football Network\u2019s Justin Rogers, the plan is to return him ahead of the Lions\u2019 Week 7 game against the Bucs. When he does return to action, look for the Lions to take it slow with McNeill and limit his snaps in his first game back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think being smart, you get him 20, 25 plays,\u201d Lions coach Dan Campbell said of McNeill\u2019s snap count expectations when activated. \u201cI think being smart, that\u2019s the right thing to do. Yup, he\u2019d be ready for that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arnold is expected to miss some time, so him being ruled out is not a surprise, but we are still waiting for more clarity on how much time he\u2019ll be expected to miss.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"questionable\">\n<h2>Website design <strong>Questionable<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><span>WR Kalif Raymond (neck)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>LT Taylor Decker (shoulder)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>OT Giovanni Manu (knee)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>DB Avonte Maddox (hamstring)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>DB Brian Branch (ankle)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>S Kerby Joseph (knee)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Raymond missed practice on Wednesday but returned to the practice field on Thursday and will have a chance to play on Sunday night. Teams are typically very cautious with neck injuries, so there\u2019s still a possibility he sits this game out.<\/p>\n<p>Decker has said that he feels improved and is working toward playing this week. However, after not practicing all week, he could be headed for another week off. That being said, he\u2019s played in games after not practicing all week in the past, so there\u2019s still an outside chance for him to suit up.<\/p>\n<p>Manu popped up on the injury report on Thursday and missed practice on Friday. His listing as questionable gives him at least some hope of being available to play this week, if Decker doesn\u2019t\u2014and if Dan Skipper hasn\u2019t jumped him on the depth chart.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Branch, Joseph, and Maddox are all considered \u201cgame-time\u201d decisions, according to Campbell, and the loss of any one of them would force the Lions to make some significant changes in their secondary.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Branch got in two limited practices this week before having an MRI on Thursday and missing practice on Friday. Campbell said it will come down to \u201chow he\u2019s going to feel for this game,\u201d but also alluded to the fact that he thought he might be available.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like we\u2019re going to get him to the game. I really do, but we\u2019ll see. I can\u2019t sit here and guarantee it, either,\u201d Campbell said.<\/p>\n<p>Joseph has played after missing multiple practices in a week before, but he typically finds the practice field at least once during the week\u2014which was not the case this time around. His status seems a bit more tenuous.<\/p>\n<p>Maddox popped up on the injury report on Thursday, and like with Manu, that is typically an indicator that a player might miss the upcoming game. However, Campbell didn\u2019t close the door on Maddox just yet, grouping him in with the other game-time decisions.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"not-listed-with-an-injury-designation\">\n<h2>Website design Not listed with an injury designation<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><span>WR Amon-Ra St. Brown (wrist)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>St. Brown missed practice on Wednesday but was able to return to practice on Thursday and Friday, and it looks like he\u2019ll start against the Chiefs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dI feel all good,\u201d St. Brown said. \u201cIt\u2019s been bugging me for a little (while), but (Wednesday was) just a day to really rest, get my legs back under me. Nothing to worry about. It\u2019ll be all good.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"chiefs-injury-designations\">\n<h2>Website design <strong>Chiefs\u2019 injury <\/strong>designations<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Note: starters are <strong>bolded<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>No injured players are listed with an injury designation<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><span><strong>QB Patrick Mahomes (groin)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>RB Kareem Hunt (calf)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><strong>WR Xavier Worthy (shoulder\/ankle)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><strong>WR Hollywood Brown (ankle)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><strong>WR JuJu Smith-Schuster (knee)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><strong>RT Jawaan Taylor (knee)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><strong>DT Omarr Norman-Lott (shoulder)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>DE Charles Omenihu (ankle)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><strong>LB Nick Bolton (calf)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>LB Jeffrey Bassa (knee)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>CB Kristian Fulton (ankle)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Website design The Detroit Lions (4-1) and Kansas City Chiefs (2-3) have declared their injury designations ahead of their Week<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7282,"featured_media":13232,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1166],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-website"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usaontheweb.com\/clone1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usaontheweb.com\/clone1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usaontheweb.com\/clone1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usaontheweb.com\/clone1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7282"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usaontheweb.com\/clone1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usaontheweb.com\/clone1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usaontheweb.com\/clone1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usaontheweb.com\/clone1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usaontheweb.com\/clone1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usaontheweb.com\/clone1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}