Training camp has been going well in Detroit for coach Dan Campbell and his staff. But a rash of minor injuries over the first two days of padded practices this week made Campbell decide to ease off the throttle and slow things down a bit.
Thursday’s practice session was rescheduled to be just a walkthrough, lower intensity and non-contact. It comes on the heels of at least six players leaving Wednesday’s practice session with various injuries. The Lions changed course later that evening and announced the practice on Thursday would be shorter and just a walkthrough.
Campbell acknowledged that he told the team on Monday he would “red-line you for two days, full pads (Tuesday and Wednesday)” but “I also said we’d back way off (on Thursday) but you’ve got to put in the work. And they did.”
The scheduled practice on Friday will remain full intensity and padded, per Campbell.
