Chris Kelsay is missed practice and won't play against the Lions. He's been excused to be with a family member. Dick Jauron said, "He's with his daughter, his wife and his family over in Chicago as his youngest daughter is having a little surgery." Pat Thomas was missing from the field. Jauron said he's been released. Lee Evans is back to work. Others not paticipating were James Hardy, Demetrius Bell, Derek Fine, Felton Huggins and Drayton Florence. WGR550