Two Lions players listed as questionable against Packers
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ALLEN PARK — The Detroit Lions have a relatively clean bill of health entering Sunday, Oct. 25's game against the Green Bay Packers, with just two players listed as questionable on the week's final injury report.
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And both of those players are expected to play.
Center Cade Mays (wrist) and safety Brian Branch (Achilles) are both primed to make their season debut against Green Bay at Ford Field.
Lions coach Dan Campbell said earlier this week that he plans to start Mays in place of Juice Scruggs, who has been holding down the fort to begin the season. While removing Scruggs from the lineup may have been a tough decision, Campbell said, "We went and got Cade for a reason."
Mays signed a three-year, $25 million deal with the Lions in free agency this past offseason and suffered a wrist injury during training camp.
"There are things that we know he brings to us mentally and physically," Campbell said of Mays. "And he's a little different player than Juice and Juice has done a really good job. But this gets us starting to trend to who are our best five. And maybe it is this lineup here, but Juice will certainly be involved in all that as we move forward.”
Campbell said the team wants to be smart with Branch but that the Pro Bowl safety is "ready to play." The return of Branch brings a much-needed boost to a struggling Lions secondary.
"We're going to let him go here and we'll be smart, but he's ready to play," Campbell said.
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This article originally appeared on The Detroit News: Two Lions players listed as questionable against Packers