Detroit Lions LB DeAndre Levy (hip) remains out Friday, Sept. 18, and hasn’t practiced for a month, but the team has remained mum on his injury. Asked about an unsourced report from a Detroit sports website that suggested Levy contracted a parasite during the offseason, head coach Jim Caldwell said, ‘I don’t address rumors and innuendo.’ Joe Panos, Levy’s agent, told NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport that the report is ‘100 percent false.’ Panos did not immediately return messages from ESPN. The team opted against placing Levy on short-term Injured Reserve.

Detroit Lions LB DeAndre Levy (hip) remains out Friday, Sept. 18, and hasn’t practiced for a month, but the team has remained mum on his injury. Asked about an unsourced report from a Detroit sports website that suggested Levy contracted a parasite during the offseason, head coach Jim Caldwell said, ‘I don’t address rumors and innuendo.’ Joe Panos, Levy’s agent, told NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport that the report is ‘100 percent false.’ Panos did not immediately return messages from ESPN. The team opted against placing Levy on short-term Injured Reserve.