Lions' Week 11 Thursday Injury Report: Swift Misses Practice with Concussion

According to a pool report, Matthew Stafford made a return to practice on Thursday, but the team continues to take a cautious approach with the 12th-year veteran quarterback.

Stafford reportedly wore a supportive device over his injured thumb and lightly threw passes to teammates during the portion of practice that was open to the media.

In regards to how much Stafford has thrown the football the past couple of days, head coach Matt Patricia declined to get into specifics.

“I’m not going to get into specifics of what he’s done and what he hasn’t done. He’s definitely -- obviously the quarterback position is such a huge, mental preparation game. I’m pretty confident in his skillset throwing the ball," he said. It’s about being able to see the picture. I think Carolina, honestly, they do some things defensively that are just different. They play some field and boundary looks, and they’ve got some three-down looks and some four-down looks and they mix in a lot of sub groupings. They play a lot of different -- what we call -- dime and nickel packages. From that aspect of it, that’s really the biggest part right now for us, is we don’t really know this team very well, so we’re studying very hard to learn the team.”

Wide receiver Marvin Jones and defensive end Austin Bryant returned to practice.

Rookie running back D'Andre Swift and receiver Danny Amendola were not at practice.

With Swift in concussion protocol, it puts his availability for Sunday in question, as it would be difficult to clear the league's requirements in time to play.

Detroit Lions' Thursday Injury Report

WR Danny Amendola - Hip (NP)
WR Kenny Golladay - Hip (NP)
RB D’Andre Swift - Concussion (NP)
QB Matthew Stafford - Right thumb (LP)
LB Jarrad Davis - Knee (LP)
TE T.J. Hockenson - Toe (LP)
LB Christian Jones - Knee (LP)
S Jaryon Kearse - Ankle (LP)
OL Halapoulivaati Vaitai - Foot (LP)
DL Da'Shawn Hand - Groin (LP)
DE Austin Bryant - Thigh (LP)
WR Marvin Jones Jr. - Knee (LP)
DL Nick Williams - Shoulder (FP)
RB/WR Jamal Agnew - Ribs (FP)

Lions Thursday practice report: No Golladay and Swift is dealing with a concussion pic.twitter.com/Zx7UC7EnBR
— Tim Twentyman (@ttwentyman) November 19, 2020

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