3:55pm: Head coach Dan Campbell confirmed Davenport is indeed out for the year. His Lions tenure (barring a new deal in the offseason) will thus end after 89 defensive snaps. Davenport’s market will no doubt take a hit in the spring after back-to-back campaigns severely shortened by injury.
1:48pm: Marcus Davenport‘s first Lions campaign has been interrupted by the latest major injury of his career. The veteran edge rusher exited Sunday’s game with an elbow ailment which he was unable to play through. 
NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reports Davenport’s injury is “serious and significant.” Further testing will be needed to arrive at a firm diagnosis, but a long-term absence could very well be in store. Rapoport notes the 28-year-old could miss the remainder of the season as result of the injury.
Davenport entered the league with high expectations as a first-round pick. He was unable to suit up for a full campaign during any of his five years in New Orleans, however, and he took a one-year deal in free agency last year. That $13MM Vikings accord did not pan out with an ankle sprain requiring surgery and limiting him to only four contests.
To no surprise, the UTSA product’s free agent stock took a hit as a result. Davenport again inked a one-year contract on the open market, this time with the Lions. That $6MM pact contained $3MM guaranteed, a sign of the risk Detroit incurred by adding him. Davenport missed Week 2 due to a groin issue, but his 65% snap share when on the field this season demonstrates how large of a role the Lions had planned for him as a complement to Aidan Hutchinson.
The former No. 2 pick currently leads the league with 6.5 sacks, so Detroit’s pass rush will be expected to remain potent even if Davenport is shut down for the rest of the year. The likes of Josh Paschal and James Houston will be counted on to fill his spot in the starting lineup moving forward. Ahead of another trip to free agency, meanwhile, Davenport’s status will be worth watching closely.
Color me shocked
Hope Raiders go 1-5 & trade Crosby 2 for 1st round picks
That would be ideal
Great use of salary cap. Lots of once injured, often injured players around
Lions are getting hit hard with injuries. Davenport gone for the season, Anzalone is in concussion protocol, Branch is in concussion protocol, McNeil has a shoulder injury and Barnes has a knee injury. LaPorta got rolled up on Sunday but was able to keep playing.
It makes you wonder about the conditioning and preparedness through camp and pre-season.
Brad Holmes has done great things with the Lions roster, but the free pass on signing free agents and drafting guys coming off of season ending injuries is not really panning out well. This was fine when expectations were low, but it’s time to get guys who might have a statistically higher chance to play a full season.