The Detroit Lions will be without starting right guard Halapoulivaati Vaitai for at least the remainder of Sunday’s game against the Cleveland Browns. Vaitai has been ruled out for the rest of the game with a concussion.
The big right guard suffered the concussion in the first half of the matchup in Cleveland. He was replaced in the lineup by undrafted rookie Tommy Kraemer, who was among several Lions linemen pushed back on a short-yardage conversion attempt immediately after Vaitai departed.
Because of the short work week in advance of Thursday’s game against the Chicago Bears, it will take a very fortunate set of circumstances to get Vaitai back from the NFL’s concussion protocol.