{"id":266415,"date":"2025-08-06T13:15:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T13:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/266415\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T13:15:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T13:15:16","slug":"lions-injury-updates-dan-campbell-offers-return-timeline-on-3-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/266415\/","title":{"rendered":"Lions injury updates: Dan Campbell offers return timeline on 3 players"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Detroit Lions<\/a> continue to work their way through the bumps and bruises that occur during the physical part of training camp. On Monday, the Lions added another three players to their injury collective, and on Wednesday morning, coach Dan Campbell provided updates on their timelines for returning to practice.<\/p>\n

During Day 10 of training camp<\/a>, Dominic Lovett (abdominal injury), Pat O\u2019Connor (leg injury), and Jamarco Jones (ankle) all suffered injuries during practice. While all three players needed to leave practice early, Campbell suggested that each player was able to avoid a long-term injury.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019ll be a week on (those) guys,\u201d Campbell told the media. \u201c(Dominic) Lovett may be (out) 10 days. But they\u2019re good, it\u2019s just going to take a minute.\u201d<\/p>\n

With that timeline, that likely means that Lovett, O\u2019Connor, and Jones will all not only miss the Lions\u2019 upcoming game against the Atlanta Falcons, but they also could next week\u2019s joint practices with the Miami Dolphins, and potentially that preseason game as well.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a big blow for the rookie wide receiver Lovett, who is actively competing for a WR6 role on the roster. Fortunately, he was heavily used in the Lions\u2019 first preseason game against the Chargers, has done well to establish himself in the rotation, and could return for the Lions\u2019 final preseason game against the Houston Texans, assuming the timeline holds true.<\/p>\n

The timing of the injury for O\u2019Connor isn\u2019t overly significant, as a veteran with an inside track for a spot on the 53-man roster, but it is bad news for Jones, as he was firmly on the roster bubble. With Dan Skipper nursing an injury and Giovanni Manu still working through his developmental curve, Jones had an opportunity to put his name in the mix for a spot on the regular season roster. Unfortunately, he\u2019s now fighting rehabilitation time as well as competition for a depth role.<\/p>\n

While Campbell didn\u2019t offer any other injury updates, here\u2019s what we know about the other players dealing with return-to-play injuries:<\/p>\n

The following players are still on the Lions\u2019 injury lists:<\/p>\n

Additionally, rookie running back Kye Robichaux (shoulder), who was released with an injury designation on Monday, has officially cleared waivers and reverted to the Lions\u2019 injured reserve. For now, he\u2019ll join rookie safety Dan Jackson (leg – IR)<\/a> and Levi Onwuzurike (ACL – PUP) on the Lions\u2019 season-ending injury lists, but he could be a candidate for an injury settlement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Detroit Lions continue to work their way through the bumps and bruises that occur during the physical…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":266416,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2071],"tags":[146,113,449,13944,23618,7452,2506,7,147,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-266415","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-detroit-lions","8":"tag-detroit","9":"tag-detroit-lions","10":"tag-detroit-lions-analysis","11":"tag-detroit-lions-injury-report","12":"tag-detroit-lions-preseason","13":"tag-detroit-lions-training-camp","14":"tag-detroitlions","15":"tag-football","16":"tag-lions","17":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114982009382434826","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}