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Detroit Lions · 2026
Jacob Saylors injury: status and who’s next up
Week 9 injury report
QuestionableNeck· Limited practice
Jacob Saylors is listed as questionable (neck) for Week 9. That designation means the team expects he is uncertain to play.
Next game: DET at MIA, Sun, Nov 8, 1:00 PM EST. Game-day inactives are posted about 90 minutes before kickoff and are the final word.
Week 9 report. Status last changed ; feed checked .
Where Jacob Saylors fits in the Detroit Lions backfield
Jacob Saylors is our published handcuff behind Jahmyr Gibbs. With Jacob Saylors carrying a designation, the insurance behind Jahmyr Gibbs is weaker than usual; Sione Vaki is the next candidate in the room.
See the Jahmyr Gibbs handcuff page
The rest of the room
Sione Vaki
change of pace · score 54/100
Injury history
No reported injury absences before now, and he has played too little for an absence of injury reports to demonstrate durability. New: a neck injury, limited on Detroit's Oct. 28 report before Week 8 vs Minnesota and corroborated on Minnesota's own report, then a full participant on the Oct. 29 report. No diagnosis detail, no game designation, no game missed, no timetable.
A scouting summary of past injuries, not a prediction. How history ratings work.
Backfield analysis published .
Jacob Saylors on the 2026 injury report
| Week | Game status | Injury | Practice |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 9 | Questionable | Neck | Limited practice |
| Week 8 | None | Neck | Full practice |
Each row is the last status the team reported for that week. Weeks without a row mean he was not on the report. Source: official NFL weekly injury reports, as published in the nflverse data release.
The production behind the names
2026 regular season. Recorded production, not a projection. A missing stat line is not a zero.
| Player | Games with stats | Carries | Receptions | Total yards | PPR / game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 7 | 27 | 5 | 178 | 3.3 |
Carries + receptions, last 6 recorded games in 2026
Carries + receptions, last 6 recorded games in 2026
Totals include all teams played for that season. Per-game averages use games with recorded stats. Source: nflverse player statistics.
See every running back on this week’s injury report, or compare handcuffs for every starter. Statuses come from team reports and do not establish game-day availability.
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