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Alex Anzalone injury update: Detroit Lions LB out 6-to-8 weeks with broken forearm
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The Detroit Lions lost defensive captain and middle linebacker Alex Anzalone to a broken forearm on Sunday in the 52-6 victory against the Jacksonville Jaguars .
Lions coach Dan Campbell said postgame that Anzalone will be out 6-to-8 weeks . The Lions have seven games remaining in the regular season.
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Anzalone stayed on the ground after making the tackle on the first play of the Jaguars' final drive before halftime. Jacksonville ran a speed option toward the Lions sideline and Anzalone was in on the tackle of Travis Etienne but got his arm caught between safety Brian Branch 's helmet and Etienne's body.
He stayed on the ground in front of his coaches and eventually got up holding his left wrist, and walked straight to the locker room.
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The team quickly ruled Anzalone out with a forearm injury.
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On the TV broadcast, Anzalone walks off and appeared to tell someone, "It's broke," before the cameras cut away.
Anzalone, a team captain since he joined Detroit as a free agent in 2021, has been one of the key leaders of Detroit's resurgent defense, which came into Week 11 ranked fifth in the NFL in scoring defense. Anzalone ranked second on the team with 51 tackles, including six tackles for loss, and had four defended passes. He is one of the veteran Lions leaders. Last year, he led the team with a career-high 129 tackles.
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The Lions are already shorthanded, especially on defense. The Lions are without both starting defensive ends — Aidan Hutchinson (leg) and Marcus Davenport (pectoral) — and the backup options behind them. This week, tight end Sam LaPorta was ruled out after leaving last week's win early with a shoulder injury he described as "nothing major."
The Lions were healthy outside of LaPorta's absence entering the Jacksonville matchup and had players such as linebacker Malcolm Rodriguez , who was out the past two weeks with an ankle injury, back in the lineup.
Jared Ramsey is a sports reporter for the Detroit Free Press . Follow Jared on X @jared_ramsey22 , and email him at jramsey@freepress.com.
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