The Detroit Lions are not expecting to activate two players from injured reserve quite yet. Coach Dan Campbell told media on Friday that cornerback D.J. Reed and defensive end Marcus Davenport aren\u2019t likely play this week after both returned to practice Wednesday from extended absences. Both will remain on injured reserve this week, meaning they won\u2019t count against the 53-man roster.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t see D.J. yet. I love where he\u2019s at, he\u2019s getting better,\u201d Campbell said. \u201cHe and Davenport both. They look good. They\u2019ve just gotten back out there, working them back in.\u201d<\/p>\n
Detroit could have used Reed this week, as it appears they\u2019ll be shorthanded at cornerback for Sunday\u2019s game against the Philadelphia Eagles. Terrion Arnold has not practiced all week after suffering a concussion during last week\u2019s game against the Commanders. Additionally, Amik Robertson is dealing with a hamstring injury, although he did practice on Friday. If Robertson can go, he\u2019ll like be the team\u2019s top cornerback, with Rock Ya-Sin and Nick Whiteside serving as the next men up.<\/p>\n
Reed suffered a hamstring injury during the team\u2019s Week 4 game against the Cleveland Browns. Initially believed to a longer-term injury, Reed was relieved to find out it wasn\u2019t a season-ender. This week, he talked about being physically ready to play, but knew that the team was going to be mindful of his return to the field on game day.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m a gamer, so I\u2019m ready,\u201d Reed said Wednesday. \u201cBut that\u2019s not my call. Obviously, they\u2019re going to be smart about it. But if you ask me, I\u2019m ready to play. That\u2019s my mindset.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s no surprise Davenport will not be activated, either. He, too, has just been practicing for a few days after suffering a chest\/pectoral injury in Week 2. The Lions defensive line is otherwise as healthy as it\u2019s been all season, so surviving another week without Davenport should not be as big of an issue.<\/p>\n
There are a few players who could be activated from an injury list this week, though. Linebacker Malcolm Rodriguez has had three full weeks of practice, including all \u201cfull\u201d practices this week. He\u2019ll likely be activated from PUP and see his first action since tearing his ACL last Thanksgiving. It\u2019s less clear for defensive end Josh Paschal, who started practicing last week, but missed all of Detroit\u2019s offseason program with a back injury. The same goes for rookie guard Miles Frazier, but his return seems likely weeks away as a first-year player.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Detroit Lions are not expecting to activate two players from injured reserve quite yet. Coach Dan Campbell…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293227,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[16516,4992,349,99],"class_list":["post-293226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-detroit-lions-injury-report","tag-detroit-lions-news","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}