Detroit (4-3) travels to Houston (4-3) in Week 8 to face the Texans for only the fourth time in the teams’ series history
The Lions look to extend a three-game winning streak following a 20-17 win over Washington last week, while the Texans fell to the Denver Broncos 27-9 on Monday Night Football in Week 8. Houston leads the all-time series 2-1-0 and won the teams’ most recent meeting 34-31 in overtime on Thanksgiving Day in 2012 (11/22).
PRACTICE REPORT
- The following players have been listed on the Detroit Lions’ Practice Report today: LB DeAndre Levy (knee/quad), T Riley Reiff (illness), T Corey Robinson (ankle) and CB Darius Slay (hamstring) did not practice. CB Nevin Lawson (foot) and DT Haloti Ngata (shoulder) were limited in practice. OL Joe Dahl (illness), TE Eric Ebron (ankle/knee), WR Marvin Jones Jr. (not injury related), RB Theo Riddick (ankle) and RB Dwayne Washington(ankle) participated in full practice.
- The following players have been listed on the Houston Texans’ Practice Report today: S Corey Moore (concussion), and LB Brian Peters (quad) did not practice. DE Jadeveon Clowney (elbow), S Quintin Demps (calf), RBJonathan Grimes (ankle) and RB Lamar Miller (shoulder) were limited in practice. G Oday Aboushi (shoulder), S Lonnie Ballentine (knee/oblique), RB Tyler Ervin (knee), C Greg Mancz (knee) and QB Brock Osweiler(foot) participated in full practice.
CALDWELL IS A CUBS FAN
When asked if he was a Cubs fan or a White Sox fan Lions Head Coach Jim Caldwell said: “Cubs, they used to have the parks and recreations programs, you remember those. They had them across your city. They had all these different groups that would run certain playgrounds at different schools, so we all had things to do. We all competed against each other in different sports during the summer, but then they’d take you on field trips and so they always took (you) on a field trip where you could go. Take a bunch of kids in a bus and we would go to watch the Cubs. We’d go and watch the Brewers. You’d be fairly high up, but nevertheless you’d be in the stadium and it was a lot of fun. I was during the days of Billy Williams and Ernie Banks, you know that whole group and I’ve been following them for quite some time. It was a lot of fun back in those days, so glad to see them doing well.”
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