Week 5 Injury Update

Yesterday, the Lions and Bears released their full injury reports for the week.  Here they are:

Detroit Lions Week 5 Injury Report
POS.	NAME	INJURY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY	SATURDAY	STATUS
S	Erik Coleman	Ankle	DNP	DNP	DNP	Out
WR	Rashied Davis	Foot	DNP	DNP	DNP	Out
LB	Justin Durant	Concussion	DNP	LP	FP	Probable
T	Jason Fox	Foot	DNP	LP	LP	Out
S	Amari Spievey	Hamstring	DNP	LP	LP	Questionable
CB	Aaron Berry	Groin	LP	LP	LP	Questionable
S	Louis Delmas	Abdomen	LP	LP	LP	Probable
DT	Nick Fairley	Foot	LP	LP	FP	Questionable
DE	Lawrence Jackson	Hamstring	LP	LP	LP	Questionable
WR	Calvin Johnson	Ankle	FP	FP	FP	Probable
LB	DeAndre Levy	Knee	FP	FP	FP	Probable
WR	Maurice Stovall	Hand	FP	FP	FP	Probable
CB	Eric Wright	Groin	FP	FP	FP	Probable

Chicago Bears Week 5 Injury Report
POS.	NAME	INJURY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY	SATURDAY	STATUS
WR	Earl Bennett	Chest	DNP	DNP	DNP	Out
T	Gabe Carimi	Knee	DNP	DNP	DNP	Out
S	Chris Harris	Hamstring	LP	LP	FP	Probable
TE	Matt Spaeth	Calf	LP	LP	FP	Probable
G/C	Chris Spencer	Hand	LP	LP	FP	Probable
CB	Charles Tillman	Hip	LP	LP	FP	Probable
DE	Corey Wootton	Hand	Not Listed	DNP	FP	Probable

Well, looking back at my statements regarding the earlier injury reports, it is now clear that the Lions will be without Erik Coleman, Rashied Davis, and Jason Fox.  Davis had hoped to play this week, and I also thought he would, but alas he could not practice and will not play on MNF.  The Bears will be without Earl Bennett and Gabe Carimi, as suggested earlier, however they will have the services of Corey Wootton after all.  In all honesty, the injury report is clearly in favor of the Bears this week, as Amari Spievey, Aaron Berry, Nick Fairley, and Lawrence Jackson are all listed as questionable, whereas the players on the Bear's injury report are all probable with the exception of Bennett and Carimi.  My hope is that all of the guys, not listed as out on the Lion's injury list, will play on Monday.  Spievey would seem to be the most important of the players listed as questionable, but he was also listed as questionable last week and he managed to play.  I expect more of the same this week.