The Detroit Lions (5-1) and Tennessee Titans (1-5) are set to face off Sunday afternoon for Detroit’s first contest of the year against an AFC opponent. The Lions have lived up to their Super Bowl contender status through the first two months of the season, but they’re experiencing their first real turbulence of the season. They’re down their top four edge defenders, with Aidan Hutchinson, Marcus Davenport, and Derrick Barnes on injured reserve and Josh Paschal out this week with an illness.
Additionally, 2022 first-round pick Jameson Williams is out, serving a two-game suspension for violating the league’s Performance Enhancing Substances policy.