Campbell: Lions All-Pro not practicing; why Penei Sewell stayed at right tackle vs. Texans

ALLEN PARK — The Detroit Lions are looking like they'll have left tackle Taylor Decker for Sunday's home game against the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Lions head coach Dan Campbell on Wednesday said he feels "better" about the prospect of Decker, who missed last Sunday's win over the Houston Texans with a shoulder injury, playing this week.

"As of right now, I do feel better about having Decker this week," Campbell said. "He's out there at walkthrough going through. I feel like he's questionable, but I'm starting to feel pretty good about him. I think he's going to be able to make it.

"Tomorrow will tell a lot, certainly. That'll be a full-speed practice for us."

On the flip side, it does sound like there's still some concern over the availability of tight end Sam LaPorta, who suffered an AC joint sprain during the Texans game and did not return.

He didn't practice Wednesday, according to Campbell.

"Everybody else is trending the right way, but LaPorta is the one guy who's not practicing today, didn't go through walkthrough, anything like that," Campbell said. "Like I said, he's day-to-day.

In Decker's absence, the Lions started Dan Skipper at left tackle (typically viewed as the more important tackle spot) and kept All-Pro Penei Sewell at right tackle. Campbell said with a little more advance notice about Decker missing the game — he didn't pop up on the injury report until Thursday — he might've considered switching Sewell to left tackle for the contest.

"Yeah, I think if (we knew) that was the case and we were not going to have Decker, I think that was probably where we would go," Campbell said.