A minor toe laceration might be a major pain for the Detroit Lions.

Daunte Culpepper injured a toe on his foot at home, missing Monday's practice after doctors placed eight stitches to "make sure it's secure," according to head coach Jim Schwartz.

"He sort of stubbed it and it wasn’t cut; it stretched his foot and sort of tore up by the top of where his toe is," explained Schwartz. "They put a lot of stitches in, but mainly to secure it.

"It’s probably one of those ones that if you or me had gone to the emergency room they might have put two or three stitches in. With him I think they put eight in just to make sure it’s secure."

Culpepper hasn't been ruled out of Thursday's final preseason tilt against Buffalo.