Joseph (hip) -- who won't take part in practices this spring -- expects to be fully healthy by the start of training camp, Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press reports. Joseph underwent an offseason procedure to address a hip injury that originally occurred in Week 2 of the 2023 campaign. Though he returned to play after missing two contests, en route to logging 82 tackles and four picks in 15 regular-season outings overall, the issue evidently lingered to the point that it required attention following the postseason. Once he's back to 100 percent, Joseph will reprise his starting free safety role with the Lions.
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Lions schedule 2023
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Lions post season schedule
Week Date Opponent Result Record 1 1/14 W 24-23 1-0 2 1/21 W 31-23 2-0 3 1/28 L 31-34 2-1 -
Lions regular season schedule
Week Date Opponent Result Record 1 9/7 W 21-20 1-0 2 9/17 L 31-37 1-1 3 9/24 W 20-6 2-1 4 9/28 W 34-20 3-1 5 10/8 W 42-24 4-1 6 10/15 W 20-6 5-1 7 10/22 L 6-38 5-2 8 10/30 W 26-14 6-2 9 BYE 10 11/12 W 41-38 7-2 11 11/19 W 31-26 8-2 12 11/23 L 22-29 8-3 13 12/3 W 33-28 9-3 14 12/10 L 13-28 9-4 15 12/16 W 42-17 10-4 16 12/24 W 30-24 11-4 17 12/30 L 19-20 11-5 18 1/7 W 30-20 12-5
Lions team stats 2023
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passing yards
Jared Goff QB4575rushing yards
1015receiving yards
1515tackles
85interceptions
Kerby Joseph SAF4Passing
name GP CMP ATT CMP% YDS YDS/G TD INT SACK SYL RTG A. St. Brown,WR16000.0%00.000180.0J. Reeves-Maybin,LB1711100.0%311.80000118.8J. Goff,QB1740760567.3%4,575269.130123019797.9Rushing
name GP CAR YDS AVG LNG YDS/G TD FUM LST FD C. Reynolds,RB17411794.41910.512411D. Montgomery,RB142191,0154.67572.51323059D. Ozigbo,RB3351.741.70031A. St. Brown,WR164246.0111.50102S. LaPorta,TE17144.040.20000Z. Knight,RB23134.386.50000J. Williams,WR123299.7192.41101J. Reeves-Maybin,LB17231.530.20001J. Goff,QB1732210.7111.22605T. Bridgewater,QB12-2-1.01-2.00000J. Cabinda,FB4100.000.00000K. Raymond,WR1777510.7404.40122J. Gibbs,RB151829455.23663.01023942Receiving
name GP REC TGTS YDS AVG TD LNG YDS/G YAC FD C. Reynolds,RB17554790282.859.02M. Jones Jr.,WR65103570165.89.02D. Montgomery,RB14162411770198.4149.07D. Ozigbo,RB31188082.75.00A. St. Brown,WR161191641,51513107094.7668.075S. LaPorta,TE178612088910104852.3358.048Z. Knight,RB21188084.013.00J. Williams,WR1224423541526329.5105.014M. Rodriguez,LB171166060.40.01J. Reynolds,WR1740646081553335.8173.032D. Skipper,T111144040.45.00B. Wright,TE1413149171256.549.02D. Peoples-Jones,WR85758120207.313.03K. Raymond,WR1735444891414128.8214.020K. Dorsey,CB131131310312.49.01A. Green,WR91222020.21.00J. Mitchell,TE152228140241.912.01J. Gibbs,RB155271316612421.1314.020Defense
TacklesSacksInterceptionsFumblesname GP SOLO AST TOTAL SACK SCKYDS TFL PD INT TD FF FR FTD A. Anzalone, LB16 85 44 129 3 32 7 6 0 0 0 1 0 J. Campbell, LB17 49 40 89 2 14 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 K. Joseph, SAF15 68 13 81 0 0 1 11 4 0 0 0 0 D. Barnes, LB16 41 37 78 1 12 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 B. Branch, DB15 50 24 74 1 6 7 13 3 0 0 0 0 C. Sutton, CB17 50 15 65 0 0 4 6 1 0 0 0 0 T. Walker III, SAF17 41 16 57 1 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 J. Jacobs, CB15 49 6 55 0 0 2 8 3 0 0 0 0 A. Hutchinson, DL17 36 15 51 11.5 98.5 14 7 1 0 0 2 0 J. Cominsky, DL16 14 22 36 2 16 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 A. McNeill, DL13 17 15 32 5 43 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 I. Melifonwu, SAF17 23 8 31 3 30 4 8 2 0 0 0 0 B. Jones, DL17 13 13 26 1 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 J. Paschal, DL12 17 8 25 1 9 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 16 1 17 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 W. Harris, CB17 12 5 17 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 M. Rodriguez, LB17 9 6 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 C. Harris, DL13 10 3 13 1.5 12.5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 I. Buggs, DT10 7 5 12 1 6 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 K. Vildor, CB5 9 1 10 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 R. Okwara, DL16 3 6 9 2 20 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 J. Reeves-Maybin, LB17 4 3 7 1 13 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 Q. Bohanna, DL3 3 3 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 J. Okwara, LB9 5 1 6 2 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 L. Onwuzurike, DL10 4 1 5 1 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 T. Alualu, DL2 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 K. Dorsey, CB13 3 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 B. Martin, DL3 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J. Houston, LB2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B. Irvin, LB2 1 0 1 1 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 C. Reynolds, RB17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D. Montgomery, RB14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A. Pittman, LB17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A. St. Brown, WR16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 S. LaPorta, TE17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J. McQuaide, LS9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 C. Lucas, CB12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J. Fox, P17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D. Daniels, TE3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B. Wright, TE14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J. Goff, QB17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 T. Nowaske, LB2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J. Cabinda, FB4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 K. Raymond, WR17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
passing yards
Jared Goff QB837rushing yards
183receiving yards
274tackles
19interceptions
1Passing
name GP CMP ATT CMP% YDS YDS/G TD INT SACK SYL RTG J. Goff,QB37711169.4%837279.040745103.3Rushing
name GP CAR YDS AVG LNG YDS/G TD FUM LST FD C. Reynolds,RB3111.010.31001D. Montgomery,RB3391834.71661.020411A. St. Brown,WR3122.020.70000J. Williams,WR314242.04214.01001J. Goff,QB3930.371.00101J. Gibbs,RB3291445.03148.031138Receiving
name GP REC TGTS YDS AVG TD LNG YDS/G YAC FD D. Montgomery,RB36745801415.035.04A. St. Brown,WR322342741213091.3123.018S. LaPorta,TE32127176811658.795.011J. Williams,WR369791312426.34.05J. Reynolds,WR38141321713344.036.07B. Wright,TE211292902914.527.01A. Firkser,TE31188082.74.00J. Cabinda,FB31100000.03.00J. Gibbs,RB3111494902031.3113.04Defense
TacklesSacksInterceptionsFumblesname GP SOLO AST TOTAL SACK SCKYDS TFL PD INT TD FF FR FTD A. Anzalone, LB3 19 4 23 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 B. Branch, DB3 14 6 20 1 9 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 J. Campbell, LB3 8 7 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I. Melifonwu, SAF3 10 5 15 2 13.5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 7 12 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 K. Vildor, CB3 8 4 12 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 K. Joseph, SAF3 8 2 10 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 A. Hutchinson, DL3 8 2 10 3 19 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 C. Sutton, CB3 7 1 8 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 J. Cominsky, DL3 1 6 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 D. Barnes, LB3 4 2 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 T. Alualu, DL3 3 3 6 0.5 3.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M. Rodriguez, LB3 5 1 6 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 J. Reeves-Maybin, LB3 2 3 5 0.5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J. Paschal, DL3 2 2 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 A. McNeill, DL3 1 3 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 L. Onwuzurike, DL3 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 R. Okwara, DL3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B. Jones, DL3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A. Pittman, LB3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J. Reynolds, WR3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 W. Harris, CB3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 K. Dorsey, CB3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lions Depth Chart
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Glossary
Lions Injury Report
Saturday, April 20, 2024
Player |
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LB
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Groin - Not Specified
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QUES: Out for season
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TE
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Hand - Not Specified
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QUES: Out for season
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WR
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Knee - Not Specified
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QUES: Out for season
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RB
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Shoulder - Not Specified
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QUES: Out for season
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RB
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Undisclosed - Not Specified
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QUES: Out for season
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LB
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Knee - Not Specified
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QUES: Out for season
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QB
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Knee - ACL - Not Specified
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QUES: Out for season
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CB
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Knee - ACL - Surgery
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QUES: Out for season
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S
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Hip - Not Specified
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QUES: Out for season
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Monday, April 8, 2024
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Injury Status |
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RB
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Undisclosed - Not Specified
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QUES: Out for season
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S
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Arm - Not Specified
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QUES: Out for season
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OG
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Knee - Meniscus - Surgery
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QUES: Out for season
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QB
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Mouth - Not Specified
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QUES: Out for season
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WR
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Knee - Not Specified
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QUES: Out for season
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LB
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Knee - Not Specified
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QUES: Out for season
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LB
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QUES: Out for season
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OT
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Ankle - Not Specified
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IR: Out for season
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C
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Knee - Surgery
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IR: Out for season
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RB
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Shoulder - Not Specified
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IR: Out for season
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CB
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Hamstring - Not Specified
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IR: Out for season
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TE
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Knee - Not Specified
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IR: Out for season
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TE
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Hand - Not Specified
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IR: Out for season
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OG
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Back - Not Specified
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IR: Out for season
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TE
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Forearm - Fracture
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IR: Out for season
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QB
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Knee - ACL - Not Specified
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IR: Out for season
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CB
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Knee - ACL - Surgery
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IR: Out for season
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Monday, April 1, 2024
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CB
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Illness - Not Specified
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QB
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Mouth
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QUES: Out for season
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WR
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Knee - Not Specified
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OUT: Out for season
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OG
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Knee - Meniscus - Surgery
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OUT: Out for season
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OG
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Back - Not Specified
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IR: Out for season
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OT
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Ankle - Not Specified
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IR: Out for season
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C
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Knee - Surgery
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IR: Out for season
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TE
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Knee - Not Specified
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IR: Out for season
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TE
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Hand - Not Specified
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IR: Out for season
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RB
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Shoulder - Not Specified
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IR: Out for season
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CB
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Hamstring - Not Specified
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IR: Out for season
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TE
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Forearm - Fracture
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IR: Out for season
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QB
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Knee - ACL - Not Specified
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IR: Out for season
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CB
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Knee - ACL - Surgery
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IR: Out for season
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Monday, March 25, 2024
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TE
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Knee - Bruise
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LB
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Ankle - Not Specified
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QUES: Out for season
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WR
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Knee - Not Specified
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OUT: Out for season
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OG
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Back - Not Specified
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IR: Out for season
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OT
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Ankle - Not Specified
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IR: Out for season
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C
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Knee - Surgery
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IR: Out for season
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TE
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Knee - Not Specified
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IR: Out for season
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QB
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Knee - ACL - Not Specified
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IR: Out for season
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CB
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Knee - ACL - Surgery
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IR: Out for season
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TE
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Hand - Not Specified
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IR: Out for season
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RB
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Shoulder - Not Specified
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IR: Out for season
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CB
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Hamstring - Not Specified
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IR: Out for season
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Latest Lions News
Kerby Joseph : Should be 100 percent for camp
Joseph (hip) -- who won't take part in practices this spring -- expects to be fully healthy by the start of training camp, Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press reports. Joseph underwent an offseason procedure to address a hip injury that originally occurred in Week 2 of the 2023 campaign. Though he returned to play after missing two contests, en route to logging 82 tackles and four picks in 15 regular-season outings overall, the issue evidently lingered to the point that it required attention following the postseason. Once he's back to 100 percent, Joseph will reprise his starting free safety role with the Lions.
Kerby Joseph : Out until training camp
Joseph (arm) will not be cleared to practice until training camp, Kyle Meinke of MLive.com reports. Joseph suffered the injury during the NFC Championship Game against the 49ers, though the nature and seriousness of the issue had not been previously disclosed. Assuming he returns to health in time to begin the 2024 campaign, Joseph figures to serve as Detroit's starting free safety and is likely to rack up tackles and pass breakups.
Taylor Decker : Recovered from offseason surgery
Decker said Tuesday he underwent foot/ankle surgery this offseason and resumed working out mid-February, Justin Rogers of The Detroit News reports. Decker appears already recovered from his offseason procedure. The 30-year-old left tackle missed only two regular-season games last season while suiting up for all three of Detroit's postseason contests. Now heading into the final year of his contract, Decker is still playing at a high level.
James Houston : Signs as ERFA
The Lions re-signed Houston as an exclusive rights free agent Monday. Houston is coming off a mostly lost 2023 campaign, as a fractured ankle suffered Week 2 kept him sidelined until Detroit's loss to the 49ers in the NFC Championship Game. He impressed as a rookie back in 2022, racking up 8.0 sacks despite suiting up for just seven games, so it makes sense for the Lions to retain Houston and work to continue his development.
Craig Reynolds : Back to Detroit
The Lions re-signed Reynolds as an exclusive rights free agent Monday. Reynolds appeared in 16 regular-season games last year, rushing 41 times for 179 yards and one touchdown. He also secured all five of his targets for 47 yards. Now having re-upped with Detroit, he figures to reprise a depth role behind Jahmyr Gibbs and David Montgomery.
Kindle Vildor : Returns on one-year deal
The Lions re-signed Vildor to a one-year contract Wednesday. Vildor split time with the Titans, Eagles and Lions last season, appearing in seven total regular-season games. He took over as a starting cornerback for Detroit in Week 17 and held the job throughout the Lions' playoff run.
Brock Wright : Retained by Detroit
The Lions matched the three-year, $12 million offer sheet extended to Wright by the 49ers on Wednesday, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports. Wright signed an offer sheet that reportedly included $6 million guaranteed as a restricted free agent with San Francisco, but Detroit has opted to match it and retain the tight end, who plays a key role as a blocker in the run game. The 49ers will now have to look elsewhere for an additional backup to George Kittle, while Wright gets an improved contract and the opportunity to remain in a scheme he's already succeeded in. Across 14 regular-season appearances in 2023, Wright piled up 13 receptions for 91 yards and a touchdown.
Brock Wright : Could back up Kittle
The offer sheet Wright signed with the 49ers as a restricted free agent Friday is reportedly for three years and $12 million, according to Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press. Per Birkett, the Lions have five days to match the offer and since Wright was an undrafted free agent, they wouldn't receive draft pick compensation if he departs. If the 25-year-old ends up with the 49ers, he'd be in line to help fill the blocking tight end void behind starter George Kittle created by the free-agent departure of Charlie Woerner.