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Lions O-Line Struggles with Injury Bug

The Lions acquired several veteran offensive linemen in the off-season who have checkered injury history’s. Rex Tucker, Ross Verba, and Barry Stokes all have had a high frequency of injury in the past. Tucker has struggled to get onto the field this season and Verba started against Green Bay, but had to be replaced by Rick DeMulling early in the game. Tucker and Verba are listed as being week-to-week with their injuries and Stokes is day-to-day in the team’s evaluation.

If there is a bright side to all of this, rookie Tackle Jonathan Scott looked pretty good in his first start. The negative aspect of the injury situation is that the Lions have only green rookie Guard Frank Davis for depth with the injuries to Tucker and Verba. Apparently, according to Coach Marinelli’s press conference, the Lions will be looking to add more help on the O-Line from elsewhere.