{"id":81106,"date":"2025-07-21T16:58:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T16:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/81106\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T16:58:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T16:58:10","slug":"lions-training-camp-injury-report-d-j-reed-sits-malcolm-rodriguez-progressing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/81106\/","title":{"rendered":"Lions training camp injury report: D.J. Reed sits, Malcolm Rodriguez progressing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"D6w5qQ\">While the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prideofdetroit.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Detroit Lions<\/a> entered training camp with nine players on an injury list, we\u2019re already starting to see signs that the list could shrink in the coming days. <\/p>\n<p id=\"5ntasK\">Let\u2019s take a closer look at the Lions\u2019 injury situation with Day 2 updates both from practice and the press conferences. <\/p>\n<p id=\"fxbwYX\"><strong>(Bolded players are a change in status from Sunday) <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Not participating<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"PPobQi\">G Miles Frazier (PUP)<\/li>\n<li id=\"OtyuP7\">LT Taylor Decker (PUP)<\/li>\n<li id=\"gpQBik\">DT Levi Onwuzurike (out for season) <\/li>\n<li id=\"4erDRl\">DT Mekhi Wingo (PUP)<\/li>\n<li id=\"A1tfpQ\">DT Alim McNeill (PUP)<\/li>\n<li id=\"yoWbam\">EDGE Josh Paschal (NFI)<\/li>\n<li id=\"EbTVTL\">EDGE Al-Quadin Muhammad<\/li>\n<li id=\"AVfC3f\">LB Malcolm Rodriguez (PUP)<\/li>\n<li id=\"G3wVsH\">LB Alex Anzalone<\/li>\n<li id=\"HLB0B8\">CB Khalil Dorsey (PUP)<\/li>\n<li id=\"ByldZa\">CB Stantley Thomas-Oliver (NFI)<\/li>\n<li id=\"zsn0F7\"><strong>CB D.J. Reed<\/strong><\/li>\n<li id=\"VYULAm\"><strong>CB Ennis Rakestraw<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"QSr3gP\"><strong>Several players\u2014including Malcolm Rodriguez\u2014working with trainers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"eouNGr\">For almost the entirety of practice, three players were working with trainers, signifying notable progress in their rehab: cornerback Khalil Dorsey, defensive tackle Mekhi Wingo, and\u2014surprisingly\u2014Malcolm Rodriguez. All three were seen moving at a pretty good pace. I don\u2019t want to jump to conclusions with Rodriguez, particularly because Dan Campbell last \u201cconservatively\u201d estimated his return in November, but this certainly suggests he could be ahead of schedule&#8230; maybe significantly so. <\/p>\n<p id=\"9XcgXv\">Later in practice, both Josh Paschal and Stantley Thomas-Oliver also got some work with trainers in, but it was slower paced than that of the previously mentioned trio. On Sunday, Campbell estimated Paschal return could come around Labor Day (Sept. 1). <\/p>\n<p id=\"ngxIzN\"><strong>Lions seriously shorthanded at cornerback<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"wjgY0V\">The good news is that Rakestraw did avoid serious injury. <\/p>\n<p id=\"PDKO5N\">\u201cShould be okay, everything came back negative,\u201d Campbell said. \u201cCertainly, he\u2019s sore. He\u2019ll be out a few days here, just to let him recover. Structurally, everything looks pretty good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"u1CeAr\">Unfortunately, it\u2019s unclear what\u2019s going on with starting cornerback D.J. Reed. He was not seen at practice, nor was he seen working on the sideline. At this point, it may or may not be injury related. Something to keep in mind: his wife is pregnant. We\u2019ll know more Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p id=\"FR3npZ\">With the Lions down four cornerbacks, the Lions had to rely on some of their safeties\u2014mainly, Erick Hallett\u2014to help fill out their room during Monday\u2019s practice. This also afforded more opportunities for recently added Dicaprio Bootle and Tyson Russell. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Injured during practice<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"STyaOL\">RB Sione Vaki<\/li>\n<li id=\"yhBsv7\">DT Roy Lopez<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"LUtF2f\">While working on route running with the receivers, Vaki came up a little gimpy during a rep. After a lot of time stretching and working with trainers, they eventually opted to shut him down for practice. He is being evaluated for a leg injury, per the Lions. <\/p>\n<p id=\"6pt0bj\">During 11-on-11 work, Lopez pulled himself out of the play. Similar to Vaki, a trainer worked on his lower body for several minutes. After about 20-30 minutes of roaming around the sidelines, he, too, eventually left the field. The Lions did not provide an update on Lopez after practice. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Returned to practice<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"XnIjie\">As Pittman told Pride of Detroit on Sunday, he returned to play on Monday, and did not appear limited in any way. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While the Detroit Lions entered training camp with nine players on an injury list, we\u2019re already starting to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":81107,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[11067,51694,1449,49994,27705,41715,204,19176,30584,9321,22309,1232,37529,1539,3009,55582,31961,1630,22310,55581,62,10576,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-81106","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-camp","9":"tag-d","10":"tag-detroit","11":"tag-detroit-lions-injury-report","12":"tag-detroit-lions-news","13":"tag-detroit-lions-training-camp","14":"tag-front-page","15":"tag-injury","16":"tag-j","17":"tag-lions","18":"tag-malcolm","19":"tag-nfl","20":"tag-nfl-training-camp","21":"tag-of","22":"tag-pride","23":"tag-progressing","24":"tag-reed","25":"tag-report","26":"tag-rodriguez","27":"tag-sits","28":"tag-sports","29":"tag-training","30":"tag-united-states","31":"tag-unitedstates","32":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114892289464784731","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}