The action at Detroit Lions practice in Allen Park was a lot more subdued than usual on Wednesday. Instead of the crack of pads and full-speed reps, the Lions were forced into a walkthrough session due to an outbreak.
Starting quarterback Jared Goff was among those who were unable to participate in the practice session while dealing with the flu-like illness. Detroit head coach Dan Campbell spoke about the unwelcome bug biting the Lions over the last few days.
“This mess is going around right now,” Campbell said in his press conference. “It’s just kind of spreading through and I think we’re on the back half of it, I really do. I think we’re on the downward slope of this, but we’re just trying, if we can buy ourselves a day to try to flush this out, we just felt like we needed to do it. It was a little bit rough. Look, everybody’s dealing with sickness. This goes around. But yeah, so I just felt like we needed to adjust.”
Campbell made it clear it is not COVID-19, though he did acknowledge center Evan Brown’s presence on the reserve/COVID-19 list after the starting lineman tested positive on Monday.
“No, (the illness is) not COVID. We do have one that’s had COVID, which – it was Evan Brown. He was on the list, but it’s not COVID. This is more flu-related if you will.”
Wednesday’s official injury report from the Lions, which is estimated participation due to the walkthrough:
