The Detroit Lions will be without Rashean Mathis and several other players on Thursday night.
Several projected starters will not play for the Detroit Lions on Thursday night against the New York Jets. We already knew that running back Joique Bell, offensive tackle LaAdrian Waddle, defensive end Jason Jones and defensive tackle Haloti Ngata were going to be absent given their presence on either the PUP or NFI list, but the Lions have also ruled out cornerback Rashean Mathis. Fellow cornerback Alex Carter is out as well after missing all of training camp so far.