The Detroit Lions will be without their biggest free agent acquisition for Sunday's season opener against the Chicago Bears, and likely without their best wide receiver, too.
The Lions ruled right tackle Halapoulivaati Vaitai out for Sunday because of a foot injury, and listed wide receiver Kenny Golladay as doubtful on their official injury report.
Lions coach Matt Patricia said both players are dealing with day-to-day-type injuries, though the team is wary of pushing them now and having them linger into the fall.
"The one thing that we’re trying to do, and really why you’ll see (hamstring injuries) on the injury report a lot, is we’re trying to prevent them from being long-term type of soft-tissue injuries," Patricia said.