Dave Birkett

Detroit Free Press

Eric Ebron has practiced without restrictions the last three days. Golden Tate has taken every rep in practice the last two days.

Yet the Detroit Lions still listed both players as questionable on their injury report for Sunday's season opener against the Indianapolis Colts (4:25 p.m., Fox).

Both Ebron and Tate are expected to play. Their "questionable" designation comes as a surprise, given changes to the NFL's injury report. This year, the league got rid of the "probable" designation and redefined "questionable" to mean a player who's uncertain to play in that week's game.

Ebron stopped short of guaranteeing that he'd play Sunday when asked about his status after practice, but he took his usual reps as the Lions' top tight end in the portion of practice open to the media and said that he didn't feel the least bit rusty.

"The only time I was rusty is when I was born," he said.

Tate, who was limited in practice Wednesday with an ankle injury, hasn't missed a game in his two seasons with the Lions.

Backup offensive linemen Corey Robinson and Graham Glasgow also are listed as questionable, though both were full participants in practice all week.

For the Colts, starting cornerback Vontae Davis, nickel cornerback Darius Butler, free safety Clayton Geathers and backup defensive tackle Henry Anderson have been ruled out for Sunday's game.

Lions injuries: QUESTIONABLE: TE Eric Ebron (ankle), C Graham Glasgow (toe), T Corey Robinson (ankle), WR Golden Tate (ankle).

Colts injuries: OUT: DT Henry Anderson (knee), CB Darius Butler (ankle), CB Vontae Davis (ankle), S Clayton Geathers (foot); QUESTIONABLE: T Joe Haeg (ankle), G Jack Mewhort (knee), LB Sio Moore (hamstring).

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