With Tabor banged up, Lions add another cornerback

Allen Park — The Detroit Lions announced a couple transactions Sunday morning, signing cornerback Tarvarus McFadden, waiving wide receiver Deontez Alexander and activating defensive tackle Darius Kilgo off the non-football injury list.

The McFadden addition comes on the heels of Teez Tabor missing the team's most recent practice, a scrimmage at Ford Field on Friday night.

Teez Tabor (Photo: Paul Sancya, AP)"It will be day-to-day with him as he battles back," Lions coach Matt Patricia said. "He works really hard. You just don't know. We'll see where it goes, but he's a tough guy. Tabor is a tough guy and he really wants to be out there."

McFadden is a big cornerback, listed at 6-foot-2, 204…