As we get ready for the Detroit Lions’ 2026 Week 1 final injury report, you may be wondering (like me) what the likelihood is that a player designated “Questionable” will actually play. I went back and reviewed the Lions’ 2025 injury report data for some answers.
The determination of which “Questionables” played can be a bit tricky as players can have their official status changed AFTER the final injury report of the week. In 2025, the Lions, on many occasions the day before the game, downgraded players from “Questionable” to “Out”, or from “No Designation” to “Questionable”. To keep things clear, it’s the final injury report that is the focus here.
I reviewed all the final injury reports for the 2025 season and counted up the number of “Questionables”. That is the first number shown after the game number. The number after the colon represents how many of those “Questionables” actually played in the game.
(Games played data via pro-football-reference.com)
2025 Game - Questionables : Played
Game 1 - 0 : 0
Game 2 - 2 : 2
Game 3 - 4 : 4
Game 4 - 2 : 2
Game 5 - 2 : 1
Game 6 - 6 : 3
Game 7 - 3 : 3
Game 8 - 4 : 3
Game 9 - 6 : 5
Game 10 - 10 : 7
Game 11 - 8 : 8
Game 12 - 8 : 7
Game 13 - 7 : 6
Game 14 - 7 : 4
Game 15 - 5 : 3
Game 16 - 11 : 9
Game 17 - 5 : 3
TOTAL 90 Questionables : 70 Played = 78%
CONCLUSIONS
In 2025, 78% of Detroit Lions “Questionables” on the final injury report played in the game.
If you’re wondering about the “Doubtful” designation, the Lions only used it a single time in 2025. Sione Vaki got that distinction in Game 2, and he did not play.
You might get a much better picture of this trend by accumulating 10 years of data. I don't think much can be inferred from only 2025. But maybe there is only a 10% variance and the range might be 70-80% of questionable players play in any given year.