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Jeff Risdon

Lions Week 16 injury update: Matt Nelson joins those sitting out

There was not much change on the Detroit Lions injury status report from Tuesday to Wednesday as the team gets ready to face the Panthers on Saturday. Unfortunately, the only change was a new addition.

Backup offensive tackle Matt Nelson joined the list of players sitting out. Nelson’s absence was not injury-related and no further details were provided by the team. He was not designated with an illness.

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Frank Ragnow sat out once again with his foot injury. Kayode Awosika, Derrick Barnes and DeShon Elliott also sat out as they did on Tuesday.

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