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Lions lose rookie CB for Week 12 with late-week injury

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There was a surprising and unfortunate addition to the Detroit Lions injury list for Week 12. After being a full participant all week until Friday, rookie cornerback Ennis Rakestraw was ruled out of Sunday’s game against the Indianapolis Colts with a hamstring injury.

It’s a new occurrence of an old injury bug that has bitten Rakestraw since before he joined the Lions as a second-round pick in April. He missed time over the summer with a hamstring injury and dealt with several injury issues throughout his college career at Missouri.

Rakestraw plays more on special teams than on Detroit’s defense, so it’s not a significant loss for the Lions against the Colts. However, with starter Carlton Davis already dealing with a broken thumb, it’s still concerning. Davis, like Rakestraw this week and Taylor Decker in Week 10, suffered his injury in practice during the week heading into Detroit’s Week 11 matchup with the Jacksonville Jaguars.

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