A serious flu outbreak continues to wreck havoc on the Detroit Lions' practice schedule ahead of Sunday's game against the Denver Broncos.
The Lions held an abbreviated practice Thursday, bringing healthy skill position players together for work against their back seven while sending most of their offensive and defensive linemen home early.
Twenty-two players in all were held out of Thursday's practice, and 10 players were listed on the Lions' daily injury report with an illness that took root in the team facility last week.
Of those 10, four — offensive lineman Halapoulivaati Vaitai, running back Jermar Jefferson and defensive linemen Alim McNeill and Levi Onwuzurike — were deemed too sick to practice.