
After dropping a Thanksgiving Day contest to the Packers at Ford Field, the Lions’ playoff hopes are growing increasingly dim. At 7–5 they'll probably need to go no worse than 4–1 down the stretch in order to snatch up a ticket to the postseason and any path to doing that includes a healthy Amon-Ra St. Brown.
So the team got some good news on Friday with NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero reporting that the standout wide receiver, who was forced out of Thursday’s game with an injury, is believed to have suffered a low-ankle sprain.