Sadly, the long list of injuries sustained by the Detroit Lions during their game against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday was not all-inclusive. One additional injury occurred, which might be the most serious of all. Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports that defensive end Marcus Davenport may be out for the remainder of the 2024 campaign due to an elbow ailment.
Rapoport tweeted on Monday, “#Lions pass-rusher Marcus Davenport appears to have suffered a serious and significant elbow injury in Sunday’s game, sources say.” “Davenport might be out for the season after trying to play again while wearing a sleeve. More testing is currently being done on him.
Detroit is strengthened defensive line would suffer a severe blow from this. Conversely, Davenport has a 0.5 and just two tackles.
He has played a crucial role in reducing the quarterback’s pocket size and opening doors for other players to get to the quarterback.
On Sunday, Detroit is starting five-man defensive front lost two more players. Although coach Dan Campbell thought neither of the two SAM linebackers, Derrick Barnes and Alim McNeill, would be lost for the season on Sunday night, it appears like both will lose time.
“It is not like we are worried about the season ending, but I can not say they will not be long-term,” Campbell remarked. “But when we can go home and investigate it, we will know a lot more about those things tomorrow.”
It is yet another severe setback for Davenport’s career. The previous first-round selection has
Although the previous first-round choice has displayed glimpses of being a starting-level player, if these claims are true, he will miss the majority of the season due to injury for the second straight season. In fact, in his whole career, he has just once participated in more than 13 games in a season.
The Lions signed Davenport to a one-year, $6.5 million contract this summer, however a portion of that amount was earmarked for in-game bonuses.
