The Detroit Lions have failed to muster any semblance of a deep passing game in the season's first five weeks, and now they could be without their top vertical threat for the rest of the season.
Quintez Cephus suffered a broken collar bone in Sunday's 19-17 loss to the Minnesota Vikings, NFL Network reported, and will require surgery that will keep him out at least three months.
A fifth-round pick out of Wisconsin last spring, Cephus was injured with 59 seconds left in Sunday's first half, when he was driven hard to the ground by two Vikings defenders on the Lions sideline.