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Good thing, too, because the entire rest of the Lions defense found their way on to this report. Terrion Arnold (concussion), Kerby Joseph (knee) and Josh Paschal (back) were all ruled out. D.J. Reed (hamstring) and Amik Robertson (hamstring) are questionable. Both A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith should see slight matchup uggrades given the CB injuries.

Campbell thought that Paschal, who was placed on the non-football injury list to open camp, would be back practicing in September. Instead, it seems like Paschal will be out through at least the first month of the season. The Lions have not disclosed what Paschal is dealing with. It looks like we’ll be getting a big dose of Al-Quadin Muhammad and Marcus Davenport on the other side of Aidan Hutchinson to open the season.

Decker will now miss his third game since Week 10 and was entirely unable to practice this week. Hopefully, the team is just taking the conservative route and Decker will be readily available for the stretch run later this season. The Lions will be woefully short-staffed in the defensive trenches, having also ruled out DL Josh Paschal (knee), DL Levi Onwuzurike (hamstring) and DL DJ Reader (shoulder).

Reader picked up the shoulder injury last week and appears iffy for Thursday night’s game against the Packers. He’s one of several Detroit defensive starters in doubt for Week 14. DL Josh Pascal (knee) missed Tuesday’s practice, as did DL Levi Onwuzurike (hamstring). The Lions’ defensive injuries could be a boon for Jordan Love and the Green Bay offense on a short week.

Rapoport adds, “Paschal’s knee injury is considered minor.” The Lions should get their rotational DE back soon but it would be unsurprising to see them sign a rotational veteran player from another team’s practice squad.

This will be the second-straight missed game for Rodriguez, who suffered an ankle injury in Week 7. There’s a chance he could return for Week 10 against the Texans, but the Lions will be short two key players with Rodriguez and Paschal both out. The Lions’ defense could have its work cut out for them against a mostly-healthy Packers offense.

That’s not exactly glowing news for Decker, who has missed four-straight practices leading up to Sunday’s game. If he’s unable to play, the Lions would likely designate Matt Nelson, who is listed behind Decker on the depth chart, as the team’s Week 2 starter. The Lions also ruled out DE Josh Paschal (knee) for Sunday’s contest after he suffered an injury on Thursday.

Paschal was ruled out of the team’s mandatory minicamp with a “lower extremity injury” in June, but Campbell revealed ahead of camp that he’s dealing with a “version” of a sports hernia. Outside of saying that he’s “progressing” with his recovery, Campbell didn’t offer a timetable for Paschal’s return but alluded to him being out for “a little bit”.

Okwara is recovering from a torn Achilles suffered in October and hadn’t been participating in mini-camp, no real surprise there. Paschal was dealing with a vague “lower extremity” injury that limited him early in the offseason. Jacobs is recovering from an ACL tear in December.

Paschal is currently dealing with a “lower extremity injury.” He was held out of OTAs and minicamp, so his status during training camp will be something to look out for. In his final season at Kentucky, Paschal tallied 15.5 TFLs and 5.5 sacks while being named second-team All-American.