The Lions have signed Davis, the Detroit News reports.

Analysis:

Davis will give the Lions' some much-needed tight end depth in advance of Week 8, with Brandon Pettigrew, Eric Ebron (hamstring), and Joseph Fauria (ankle) all banged up at this stage.

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