The Detroit Lions held their first official practice of the 2020 regular season on Wednesday as they prepare to take on the Chicago Bears for a Week 1 matchup at Ford Field in downtown Detroit.
The Lions have nine players listed on the injury report this week and we finally got answers to why a few players missed time in training camp.
Injured reserve
- CB Mike Ford was placed on injured reserve on Sunday night
- RB Bo Scarbrough was placed on injured reserve on Monday
No practice on Thursday
- TE Hunter Bryant, hamstring
- S C.J. Moore, hamstring
This matches an earlier report from coach Matt Patricia’s press conference when he acknowledged Bryant and Moore “will probably not doing much in practice here today. Everybody else will be working through.”
Bryant has been nursing his hamstring for over two weeks now but the fact that he hasn’t been placed on injured reserve — where he would have to miss at least three weeks — indicates the Lions believe he will be healthy and ready to contribute sooner than later.
Limited participants
- RB D’Andre Swift, hip
- WR Kenny Golladay, hamstring
- WR Danny Amendola, hamstring
- RT Hal Vaitai, foot
- DL Da’Shawn Hand, groin
- DE Julian Okwara, knee
- CB Darryl Roberts, groin
Like Bryant, Swift has been dealing with a two-week camp injury — we now know is a hip injury — but he appears to be on a quicker path to recovery that his rookie teammate.
Another discovery from this injury report is that Hand is dealing with a groin injury. Thankfully that is not an ailment he had in last year’s injury-riddled season, and it is something he should be able to recover from quickly, rather than dealing with a lingering issue.
Full participants
There were no injured players who fully participated on Wednesday, and the remaining 44 players were healthy.