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Posted on: Thursday, November 27, 2008

Good or bad, Lions are a tradition

Associated Press

DETROIT — The Tennessee Titans blew the symmetry of an 11-0, 0-11 matchup with the Detroit Lions on Thanksgiving.

The once-beaten Titans (10-1), though, will get a chance to show coast-to-coast viewers they're still a dominant team against the winless Lions.

"We also have to remember it's a national stage for them to show that although they have an 0-11 record, that they still have a pretty good team," Jevon Kearse said. "We have to not let them show the world against us."

Detroit has been playing on Thanksgiving since 1934, but the franchise has gotten so bad Hall of Famer Mike Ditka is among those calling for the NFL to rotate the game away from the Motor City.

"It's a lack of a respect," said kicker Jason Hanson, in his 17th season with the Lions. "But we haven't been good for some years and who don't give a rip about the Lions at the bottom of the barrel. But to take a spell that's been terrible and act like it defines the game and what it's been, the point doesn't stand.

"The tradition of the day is far bigger than what we've done at Ford Field the last few years."

NFL INJURY REPORT

The NFL injury report, as provided by the league (OUT - Definitely will not play; DNP - Did not practice; LIMITED - Limited participation in practice; FULL - Full participation in practice):

TODAY

TENNESSEE TITANS at DETROIT LIONS — TITANS: QUESTIONABLE: CB Nicholas Harper (ankle), DT Jason Jones (foot). PROBABLE: LB Colin Allred (concussion), LB Keith Bulluck (chest), CB Chris Carr (shoulder), T Michael Roos (foot). LIONS: OUT: WR Mike Furrey (concussion), LB Alex Lewis (pectoral), QB Dan Orlovsky (right hand), C Dominic Raiola (hand), CB Keith Smith (groin), QB Drew Stanton (concussion), DE Dewayne White (calf). QUESTIONABLE: DT Chuck Darby (calf), G Edwin Mulitalo (knee). PROBABLE: DT Shaun Cody (elbow), TE John Owens (toe), DT Cory Redding (knee), LB Ernie Sims (knee), RB Kevin Smith (shoulder).

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS at DALLAS COWBOYS — SEAHAWKS: OUT: G Mike Wahle (shoulder). DOUBTFUL: S C.J. Wallace (hamstring). QUESTIONABLE: DT Red Bryant (ankle), C Chris Spencer (back). PROBABLE: QB Matt Hasselbeck (back), WR Koren Robinson (knee). COWBOYS: OUT: WR Miles Austin (knee), CB Mike Jenkins (hamstring), RB Felix Jones (toe), G Kyle Kosier (foot). QUESTIONABLE: TE Martellus Bennett (ankle), LB Justin Rogers (back), S Pat Watkins (neck). PROBABLE: CB Terence Newman (groin), QB Tony Romo (right finger), WR Isaiah Stanback (shoulder), TE Jason Witten (ribs).

ARIZONA CARDINALS at PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — CARDINALS: OUT: S Matt Ware (head). QUESTIONABLE: T Mike Gandy (ankle), LB Clark Haggans (foot), CB Roderick Hood (ribs), DE Travis LaBoy (ankle), S Adrian Wilson (shoulder). PROBABLE: DT Darnell Dockett (hamstring). EAGLES: OUT: G Shawn Andrews (back). DOUBTFUL: RB Correll Buckhalter (knee), CB Asante Samuel (neck). QUESTIONABLE: RB Brian Westbrook (knee, ankle). PROBABLE: DT Brodrick Bunkley (knee), DE Trent Cole (ankle), S Brian Dawkins (groin), G Todd Herremans (knee), DE Darren Howard (neck), T Jon Runyan (knee), T Tra Thomas (knee).

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