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Calvin Johnson was in street clothes for Sunday's game against the Green Bay Packers. (Associated Press)

ALLEN PARK -- Will he, or won't he?

That'll be the question all week regarding Calvin Johnson and his status for Sunday's game against the Cleveland Browns, after sitting out last weekend's game against the Green Bay with a knee injury.

Coach Jim Schwartz offered precious few details about Johnson's road to recovery.

"We'll see where he gets this week," Schwartz said Monday. "He's improving every day, and if we can get him back, that'd be a big bonus for us for sure."

Johnson's loss was catastrophic against Green Bay. The Lions were held to a season-worst 286 yards, and managed only a single field goal until a garbage-time touchdown catch by Kris Durham.

Matthew Stafford was sacked a career-high five times, and Reggie Bush was held to 44 yards rushing.

Detroit needs Johnson on the field.

But Schwartz said he never considered using Johnson as a decoy to suck coverages away from the other weapons.

"If he's not healthy enough to play, we're certainly not going to put a player out there to decoy because he still has to run routes," Schwartz said. "What's he going to do, just line up and put his hand up in the air? I mean, he still has to run routes and still be an option for the quarterback and still potentially take hits and things like that. So that wasn't an option at all."

Johnson worked out before the game said afterward he was "really close" to playing, but erred on the side of caution. He's optimistic he'll play against Cleveland.

Ryan Broyles and Patrick Edwards started, with Johnson and Nate Burleson (forearm) out, and combined for just four catches and 43 yards. No receiver had more than three catches, none had more than 30 yards.

If Johnson misses more time, Schwartz said that shouldn't affect the offense. He says players just need to execute better.

"It's all about execution," Schwartz insisted. "We took a lot of negative plays and when we've played well on offense, we haven't taken those negative plays. Obviously the five sacks, but also a couple loss yardage runs and a few more penalties than we've had on offense.

"Offense has really done a good job of eliminating penalties and I think all of those put us in some tough situations."

As for other injuries, Schwartz said Theo Riddick's CT scan was normal. He sustained a concussion against Green Bay, but flew back to Michigan with the team.

Jason Fox's condition is less certain. Schwartz said it was too soon to know whether the right tackle will miss practice time after injuring a knee against the Packers.