{"id":343934,"date":"2026-06-01T08:11:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T02:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=343934"},"modified":"2026-06-01T08:11:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T02:41:08","slug":"latest-on-lions-injuries-branch-laporta-arnold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/latest-on-lions-injuries-branch-laporta-arnold\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest On Lions’ Injuries: Branch, LaPorta, Arnold"},"content":{"rendered":"

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During Organized Team Activities this week, Lions head coach Dan Campbell<\/strong> addressed the newest<\/a> on the recovery efforts of a number of players who suffered season-ending injuries last yr, per Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press. The secret for Detroit this offseason appears to be \u201cpatience\u201d as Campbell was in no hurry to see any of his injured players rushed back for OTAs and mandatory minicamp.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Starting safety Brian Branch<\/strong> may require essentially the most patience. After tearing the Achilles tendon in his right leg late last yr, Branch is reportedly \u201cnot expected to be ready for the beginning of coaching camp in late July.\u201d Fellow starting safety Kerby Joseph<\/strong> missed the last 11 games of the yr \u201cattributable to a degenerative condition in his knee.\u201d The 2 had turn into a reliable duo within the Lions\u2019 defensive outfield, and their prolonged absences forced Detroit to take a position in some insurance in free agency this offseason.<\/p>\n

Lions tight end Sam LaPorta<\/strong> is working his way back from a herniated disc in his back and \u201chas taken part in \u2018some walk-through (and) jog-through\u2019 portions of practice this spring.\u201d Though he’s back on the sector early, Detroit will proceed to practice patience as LaPorta \u201cjust isn’t expected to be a full participant in practice until training camp.\u201d The identical was true for cornerback Terrion Arnold<\/strong>, who’s being slow-played as he works his way back from season-ending shoulder surgery within the hope that he\u2019ll be healthy when the team opens the season.<\/p>\n

Though Campbell didn’t provide an update on Joseph\u2019s recovery timeline, he relayed that none of Branch, Joseph, or LaPorta were expected to participate this past week. \u201cCrucial thing is proceed to allow them to improve, rehab, all that,\u201d<\/em> Campbell told reporters.\u00a0\u201cThat\u2019ll take precedence immediately. So, they\u2019re in meetings, they\u2019re getting the mental side of this. Just take it day after day.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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During Organized Team Activities this week, Lions head coach Dan Campbell addressed the newest on the recovery efforts of a number of players who suffered season-ending injuries last yr, per Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press. The secret for Detroit this offseason appears to be \u201cpatience\u201d as Campbell was in no hurry to see […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":343935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[338],"tags":[5326,21652,11480,52100,577,13255],"class_list":["post-343934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-arnold","tag-branch","tag-injuries","tag-laporta","tag-latest","tag-lions"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343934"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":343937,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343934\/revisions\/343937"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/343935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}