{"id":275401,"date":"2025-10-03T20:11:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T20:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/275401\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T20:11:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T20:11:10","slug":"lions-bengals-injury-designations-alim-mcneill-wont-play-in-week-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/275401\/","title":{"rendered":"Lions, Bengals injury designations: Alim McNeill won\u2019t play in Week 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Detroit Lions (3-1) and Cincinnati Bengals (2-2) have declared their injury designations ahead of their Week 5 matchup this Sunday afternoon. Let\u2019s take a look at the latest injury reports and get you up to date with what we know. Note: Any changes from the last injury report will be bolded<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Despite coach Dan Campbell saying that Alim McNeill had a 50\/50 chance of playing this Sunday<\/a>, the Lions have decided to be cautious with his recovery, and he will remain on the PUP list. McNeill still has 18 days remaining in his evaluation period, and based on how coaches have publicly discussed his potential playing time this week, a return for next week\u2019s game against the Chiefs seems very realistic.<\/p>\n

Vaki has now missed six straight practices with his groin injury, so it\u2019s no surprise he was ruled out for this Sunday. There\u2019s hope he will be able to return in the next two weeks, which would give the Lions\u2019 special teams a boost.<\/p>\n

Cunningham has now missed four practices since injuring his hamstring and won\u2019t play in the Lions game against the Bengals. The writing was on the wall here after the Lions signed fellow linebacker Ty Summers to the active roster earlier this week.<\/p>\n

Dorsey had been working his way through the NFL\u2019s concussion protocols this week. He was able to practice on Thursday, but it appears he also suffered a wrist injury at that time, which may also be limiting him.<\/p>\n

Decker missed another full week of practices, and despite the questionable designation, is still expected to start at left tackle this weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not easy. There\u2019s very few players that can get away with that,\u201d Campbell said of Decker playing despite missing practices. \u201cAnd normally, if you\u2019ve got a lot of ability, you\u2019ve played a lot of snaps, you understand your own body pretty good, and you can find a way. So, what he\u2019s done has been pretty impressive. It really is. Like I say, he\u2019s been pushing through it, and I know it\u2019s not up to his standards. What I\u2019ve told him is that you\u2019re helping us win these games. [\u2026] Went through the same thing with Frank (Ragnow). Frank never thought he was playing up to his standards even though it was winning football, sometimes when you deal with these physical issues that you have. So, is it just about trying to calm this shoulder down and get him to where he feels like man, I\u2019m at least 80 percent, 85 percent of what I am.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joseph returned to practice on Friday, as expected, and like Decker, he\u2019s likely to start despite the missed practice time. Campbell also confirmed that Joseph has been dealing with two separate knee injuries, one suffered in training camp and another from last week\u2019s game.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wouldn\u2019t say it\u2019s something out of the norm, but there have been some things he has been dealing with physically. This one\u2019s a little different from what he got in the game, but I think we\u2019re on the uptick with him,\u201d Campbell explained.<\/p>\n

Not listed with an injury designation<\/p>\n

Arnold wasn\u2019t able to finish last week\u2019s game against the Browns, but he\u2019s been practicing all week, and with no injury designation, should be ready to start on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Bengals\u2019 injury <\/strong>designations<\/p>\n

Note: Starters are bolded<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Not listed with an injury designation<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Detroit Lions (3-1) and Cincinnati Bengals (2-2) have declared their injury designations ahead of their Week 5…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":275402,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[49994,27705,1232,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-275401","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-detroit-lions-injury-report","9":"tag-detroit-lions-news","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115312059335358975","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}