Allen Park — The Detroit Lions will be decidedly short-handed when they travel to Denver to play the Broncos on Sunday.
After navigating a flu outbreak throughout the week, the team was abruptly forced to place starting safety Tracy Walker and running back Jamaal Williams on the COVID-19 reserve list Friday afternoon. It was the third and fourth cases of COVID this week, following center Evan Brown on Monday and cornerback Bobby Price on Thursday.
On the plus side, as of Friday, no player had been definitely ruled out due to the flu, which affected several players throughout the week and significantly altered the team's practice routine.