{"id":922761,"date":"2026-06-19T03:30:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T03:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/922761\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T03:30:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T03:30:23","slug":"detroit-lions-get-encouraging-brian-branch-injury-update-ahead-of-training-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/922761\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit Lions Get Encouraging Brian Branch Injury Update Ahead of Training Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Payton breaks down the latest on <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nfl\/teams\/detroit\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Detroit Lions;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Detroit Lions&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Detroit Lions<\/a> safety <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nfl\/players\/40067\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Brian Branch;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Brian Branch&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brian Branch<\/a> and whether he could be ready for training camp and Week 1 against the <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nfl\/teams\/new-orleans\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:New Orleans Saints;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;New Orleans Saints&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Orleans Saints<\/a>. Dan Campbell recently addressed Branch&#8217;s recovery timeline, leaving the door open for a return sooner than many expected. Mike examines what Campbell said, the possible recovery scenarios, and why both Branch and Kerby Joseph could be on the field when the Lions open the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mike Payton breaks down the latest on Detroit Lions safety Brian Branch and whether he could be ready&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":922762,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2071],"tags":[1524,6214,146,113,2506,7,3220,147,55,6,8896],"class_list":["post-922761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-detroit-lions","tag-brian-branch","tag-dan-campbell","tag-detroit","tag-detroit-lions","tag-detroitlions","tag-football","tag-kerby-joseph","tag-lions","tag-new-orleans-saints","tag-nfl","tag-training-camp"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116774661241066301","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/922761","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=922761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/922761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/922762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=922761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=922761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=922761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}