The Detroit Lions lost two more players to injured reserve this week, as WR Quintez Cephus broke his collarbone and CB/KR Corey Ballentine suffered a hamstring injury. The Lions did sign CB Mark Gilbert off the Pittsburgh Steelers practice squad, but with less than a week to learn the playbook and acclimate to the team, it would be surprising if he was active for this Sunday’s game with the Cincinnati Bengals.
Therefore, the Lions turned to the practice squad to fill the vacated roles and have used standard elevations to promote wide receiver Geronimo Allison and nickelback Nickell Robey-Coleman to the active roster for Sunday’s game.