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Detroit Lions defensive end Ezekiel Ansah has been officially downgraded to out for the Lions’ Week 7 match up against the Miami Dolphins. The team announced the status change on their twitter account Saturday afternoon.The defensive end has only played in one game this season. He recorded a sack and four total tackles against the New York Jets in Week 1 but left the game with an injury in the second quarter. He has not returned to the lineup since but many were hopeful that he would be ready to play after the teams Week 6 bye. Ansah has been a staple of the Lions injury report since the Week 1 injury. The shoulder injury he suffered in Week 1 has forced him to be either limited or absent from practice for over a month now. He was the Lions first-round pick in 2013. The BYU product recorded 8.0 sacks in his rookie season and set a career high with 14.5 in 2015. He recorded 12 in his contract year last season but inconsistent play and constant injuries led to him being franchise tagged this offseason. This will be the 10th game that the defender has missed in the past three years. Ansah has recorded 45 sacks in his 74 career games as a Lion. Fellow defensive ends Kerry Hyder and Romeo Okwara will once again be tasked with filling the role of the former Pro Bowler. They have done a great job in doing so thus far Detroit Lions Womens Hoodie , including a two-sack performance from Okwara in Week 5 against the Green Bay Packers. While many remain puzzled as to why the Detroit Lions traded away such a valuable asset in Golden Tate while just a one game out of the NFC North lead, it’s becoming clear why the Lions front office made the move.The prevailing theory was that the Lions had no interest in extending Tate’s expiring contract, so may as well get a third-round pick for the shifty wide receiver while you can. A compensatory pick is far from guaranteed Womens Customized Detroit Lions Jerseys , so the Lions locked up a second-day pick by trading him away at the deadline.A recent report for Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer suggests that’s not quite true. In Breer’s “Sunday Rundown,” he dropped this little nugget toward the end of his column. We already knew the Lions were driving a hard bargain after NFL Network reports said the Lions were looking to be “blown away” by offers before they’d consider trading Tate, but the news that Detroit offered him a contract extension changes everything. Of course www.lionscheapshop.com , Breer doesn’t provide details as to when the Lions offered him a contract or if the terms of the deal were realistic, but news suggests two things: The Lions were interested in keeping TateThe team wasn’t confident in contract negotiations ending with a dealPrior to the trade, Tate did tell the Detroit Free Press that he felt the two sides had made progress on a new deal Detroit Lions T-Shirt , but it’s pretty clear now that the Lions were never going to concede to Tate’s desired contract terms.The Tate trade will continue to be debated among fans, especially if the team falters down the final two months of the season. But we won’t know the full context of the trade until we see the kind of deal that Tate gets in 2019 after his contract expires.