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Lions rookie Delmas out with infected tooth, jaw
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MINNEAPOLIS - Detroit Lions starting free safety Louis Delmas was held out of the lineup due to an infected tooth and jaw, and right guard Stephen Peterman was taken to the locker room on a cart with a leg injury in the third quarter against Minnesota.
Delmas felt increasing discomfort during warmups before Sunday's game and was replaced by Marquand Manuel, who left in the third quarter with a shoulder injury. Peterman was injured later in the period when he was tangled up in a pile during a blitz.
Kalvin Pearson replaced Manuel, whose return was announced as questionable. Cornerback Jack Williams hurt his knee on the same play that Manuel did, and his return was also listed as questionable.
"I don't think there's anything that's definite right now, but we're going to look really hard," coach Jim Schwartz said. "There's a lot of guys getting tests as we get home. There are a lot of guys that may end up being significant."
The Lions said Delmas was available to play, but questionable to participate. Delmas started the first eight games for Detroit after being drafted in the second round out of Western Michigan.
"We thought that he'd be able to go. He thought that he'd be able to go," Schwartz said, adding: "He was never able to get over the pain."
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| Date/Opponent | Time | W | L | Score |
| Sep 13 - at Cleveland | 12:00 PM | 1 | 0 | 34-20 |
| Sep 20 - at Detroit | 12:00 PM | 2 | 0 | 27-13 |
| Sep 27 - vs. San Francisco | 12:00 PM | 3 | 0 | 27-24 |
| Oct 5 - vs. Green Bay | 7:30 PM | 4 | 0 | 30-23 |
| Oct 11 - at St. Louis | 12:00 PM | 5 | 0 | 38-10 |
| Oct 18 - vs. Baltimore | 12:00 PM | 6 | 0 | 33-31 |
| Oct 25 - at Pittsburgh | 12:00 PM | 6 | 1 | 17-27 |
| Nov 1 - at Green Bay | 3:15 PM | 7 | 1 | 38-26 |
| Open | ||||
| Nov 15 - vs. Detroit | 12:00 PM | 8 | 1 | 27-10 |
| Nov 22 - vs. Seattle | 12:00 PM | 9 | 1 | 35-9 |
| Nov 29 - vs. Chicago | 3:15 PM | |||
| Dec 6 - at Arizona | 7:20 PM | |||
| Dec 13 - vs. Cincinnati | 12:00 PM | |||
| Dec 20 - at Carolina | 7:20 PM | |||
| Dec 28 - at Chicago | 7:30 PM | |||
| Jan 3 - vs. NY Giants | 12:00 PM |
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