Detroit Lions beginning defensive sort out Alim McNeill suffered a torn ACL in Sunday’s 48-42 loss to the Buffalo Bills, ending his season, sources advised ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Monday.
In addition, beginning cornerback Carlton Davis III suffered a fractured jaw within the loss, sources advised Schefter. Davis will bear surgical procedure and be sidelined indefinitely, the sources mentioned.
Lions coach Dan Campbell had mentioned Sunday that he each McNeill and Davis would probably miss the remainder of the season. The Lions additionally misplaced cornerback Khalil Dorsey to a season-ending ankle harm in Sunday’s recreation, Campbell mentioned.
The accidents are the newest setbacks to a Lions protection that had 13 defensive gamers on the injured reserve checklist getting into Sunday’s recreation. That consists of star defensive finish Aidan Hutchinson, who suffered a fractured tibia and fibula in Week 6.
McNeill signed a four-year, $97 million extension earlier this season and had helped stabilize Detroit’s defensive position after Hutchinson’s harm. He finishes the season with 25 tackles and three.5 sacks.
Davis, acquired in an offseason commerce with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, has two interceptions, 11 passes defensed and 56 tackles this season. He will probably be an unrestricted free agent after the season.
The loss to the Bills snapped the Lions’ 11-game successful streak. The Lions (12-2) nonetheless are within the prime spot within the NFC playoff bracket, holding the tiebreaker over the Philadelphia Eagles (12-2) primarily based on successful share in convention video games, with three video games to go.
ESPN’s Eric Woodyard contributed to this report.
