The Detroit Lions defense has incurred a ton of injuries this season, but no position has been hurt more than the linebacker room. This is what the depth chart looked like in Week 1:
SLB: Derrick Barnes
MLB: Jack Campbell
WLB: Alex Anzalone
Reserve: Malcolm Rodriguez
Reserve: Jalen Reeves-Maybin
Reserve: Ben Niemann
Reserve: Trevor Nowaske
Four out of those top five players are now on injured reserve: Barnes, Anzalone, Rodriguez, and Reeves-Maybin. As a result, when the Lions faced the Packers last week, they had to play four different linebackers who were added to the roster in the month of November (or later): Ezekiel Turner (17 defensive snaps vs.