Joseph Fauria Injury: Updates on Lions TE's Ankle and Return

Updates from Sunday, Nov. 16

Tim Twentyman of DetroitLions.com confirms Joseph Fauria is active for Week 11.

Updates from Thursday, Nov. 13 

MLive Lions provides an update on Joseph Fauria's status: 

Updates from Sunday, Nov. 9

Joseph Fauria is inactive for Week 10, Tim Twentyman of DetroitLions.com confirmed.

Updates from Wednesday, Nov. 5

Michael David Smith of Pro Football Talk provides an update on Lions tight end Joseph Fauria's status:

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Joseph Fauria, who has missed five straight games after hurting his ankle during a dog urination incident, was back at practice today.

The Lions’ other injured tight ends, Brandon Pettigrew and Eric Ebron, are both still out of practice. The Lions added veteran tight end Kellen Davis to the roster for some depth while the other tight ends are down.

 

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Updates from Sunday, Oct. 26

Tim Twentyman of DetroitLions.com confirms Joseph Fauria will not play in Week 8:

Updates from Monday, Oct. 20

Paula Pasche of the Oakland Press has the latest update on Joseph Fauria and his ankle injury:

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Fauria tested it on Monday by running. 'Did a little run, a little cutting stuff, nothing too crazy but that was my first time starting to run,’ said Fauria who has missed four games.

He was told it was a two- to four-week injury and it will be four weeks on Wednesday since he injured it chasing his puppy down the steps.

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Updates from Sunday, Oct. 19

Tim Twentyman of DetroitLions.com confirms Joseph Fauria will not play in Week 7.

Updates from Sunday, Oct. 12

Tim Twentyman of DetroitLions.com confirms Joseph Fauria is inactive for Week 6.

Updates from Friday, Oct. 10

Tim Twentyman of Lions.com reports on Fauria's status for Friday's practice:

Updates from Wednesday, Oct. 8

Tim Twentyman of Lions.com has an update on Fauria's status:

Updates from Monday, Oct. 6

Michael Rothstein of ESPN reported the latest on Joseph Fauria's injured ankle:

Updates from Sunday, Oct. 5

Tim Twentyman of DetroitLions.com confirms Joseph Fauria will not play in Week 5:

Original Text

Detroit Lions tight end Joseph Fauria missed Week 4 after suffering a mysterious ankle injury last week, and the story surrounding the nature of the injury has come to surface.     

According to the team's Twitter feed, Fauria was hurt dealing with a not-so-house-trained puppy:

The assailant has been confirmed as Lil' Rufio:

Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press offered a further update concerning Fauria's status:

Fortunately for the Lions, Matthew Stafford still has an array of weapons in the passing game, including first-round draft pick Eric Ebron, who looked good against the Jets in an expanded role with Fauria on the bench in Week 4.

Ebron and Brandon Pettigrew should see increased snaps in Fauria's absence should he continue to miss time.