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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Detroit Lions defensive tackle Nick Fairley&amp;nbsp;practiced on Thursday for the first time since injuring his knee in October, Kyle Meinke of MLive.com reports.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Fairley, 26, has not played since injuring a pair of ligaments in his knee in Week 8. Meinke reports that Fairley&amp;nbsp;wore a knee brace and appeared to be moving well during Thursday's practice.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Earlier this week, Lions coach Jim Caldwell said \"it'd be a miracle\" if Fairley is able to play in Sunday's NFC Wild Card game against the Dallas Cowboys.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022&amp;nbsp;Bills head coach Marrone opts out of contract\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In eight games this season, Fairley had 14 tackles, one sack and one forced fumble. He will be a free agent after the season.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong&amp;nbsp;Suh&amp;nbsp;had his one-game suspension for stepping on Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers overturned earlier this week. Suh reportedly claimed his foot was numb and he couldn't differentiate between the ground and Rodgers' leg.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Lions (11-5) play at the Cowboys (12-4) on Sunday at 4:40 p.m. ET.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;Report: Rex Ryan interviewing with 49ers on Sunday&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n&lt;em &gt;-&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em &gt;Paul Palladino&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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