Lions camp observations: Texans come to town and put up fight Dolphins didn't in back-and-forth joint practice
Allen Park — Here are some notes and observations from the Detroit Lions’ Thursday morning training camp practice, a joint session with the Houston Texans.
● Let’s start with a participation report. It’s pretty clean, all things considered.
Safety Kerby Joseph (knee) and defensive tackle Brodric Martin returned to practice. More on a Joseph in a bit, but it didn’t look like there was any rust as he was worked back in.
The only three not practicing for the Lions — not including guys on the physically unable to perform or non-football injury lists — were safety Morice Norris (concussion), center Trystan Colon (elbow) and rookie defensive end Ahmed Hassanein (pec).
Norris and Colon were running off to the side, suggesting both are making good progress toward a return. Hassanein was in attendance. I caught up with him briefly, walking off the field, and he confirmed his MRI results were good and he’ll avoid surgery, but it’s too early to say how long he might be out of action.
In terms of practice injuries, running back Sione Vaki left with a trainer about halfway through the day and didn’t return, adding to his frustrating offseason.
More concerning, center Graham Glasgow suffered a lower leg injury in the late stages of practice. After being helped off the field, he eventually left the sideline and went into the facility under his own power. He was replaced in the lineup by Kingsley Eguakun.
● As with the joint practices with the Dolphins, I split fields with podcast partner Will Burchfield. I observed the Lions’ offense, while Burchfield scoped out Detroit’s defense. That means most of the defensive observations, outside of the end-of-game situational segment at the end of practice, are courtesy of Burchie.
Red zone 7-on-7
Lions offense
All three quarterbacks got an opportunity to work. Starter Jared Goff took six snaps, with the two backups drawing three each. The reps started at the 20-yard line and moved closer each play.