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Jarrad Davis is traveling to Arizona for the Detroit Lions' season opener Sunday and the linebacker is officially questionable to play.

Davis declined an interview request as he limped through the locker room Friday, saying he had to shower and catch the team's afternoon flight to Phoenix.

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Davis injured his right ankle in the Lions' third preseason game against the Buffalo Bills and had to be carted to the locker room. He was listed as a limited participant on Friday's practice report, though he again only watched during individual drills open to the media.

The Lions will use a combination of Jahlani Tavai and Jalen Reeves-Maybin to fill in at linebacker if Davis can't play.

"We have some time left before the game and we’ll see," Lions coach Matt Patricia said. "Whoever’s ready to go for the game, they’ll be active and if they’re not, they’re not. We’ll kind of wait and see how that goes."

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The Lions listed three other players as questionable on Friday's injury report.

Cornerback Rashaan Melvin took part in his most extensive practice since injuring his knee in the Bills game, and Da'Shawn Hand did some individual drills for the first time since injuring his elbow in the first week of training camp. Frank Ragnow, who sprained his ankle against the Bills, also was listed as questionable.

Davis and Hand seem to be most in jeopardy of sitting out Sunday's opener.

Hand suffered a season-ending knee injury in the win over the Cardinals in December.

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