Lions CB Terrion Arnold (hamstring) exits practice
Arnold, 22, limped off the field and worked with a trainer on the sidelines, according to reports.
Detroit selected Arnold with the 24th overall pick of the 2024 NFL Draft out of Alabama.
He started 15 of 16 regular-season games as a rookie, made 60 tackles and defended 10 passes. He also started the Lions' lone playoff game and made six tackles.
Head coach Dan Campbell said Tuesday that safety Kerby Joseph is dealing with "knee irritation" which has kept him out of the last few practices in Allen Park, Mich. Campbell expects Joseph to return to practice after the Lions play the Los Angeles Chargers on Thursday in the Hall of Fame Game in Canton, Ohio.
Joseph, 24, was selected first-team All-Pro in 2024, when he made 83 tackles, defended 12 passes and made a league-leading nine interceptions -- returning one for a touchdown -- in starting all 17 regular-season games.
The Lions picked him in the third round of the 2022 draft out of Illinois. He has 247 career tackles with 31 passes defended and 17 interceptions in 49 games (46 starts).
Also on Tuesday, the Lions signed running back Jacob Saylors and waived tight end Luke Deal with an injury designation.
--Field Level Media
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The best tour game the Lions played was the last non-Test match, against a combined First Nations & Pasifika (FNP) team in Melbourne, when finally they ran full force into a scratch side unified by their culture and history. The quality may not have been that high but it was physical and competitive; it was a test. The Lions want more of that. New Zealand's provincial scene is stronger than Australia's, plus the Maori All Blacks will provide determined opposition. Maybe bring back the FNP XV, too. Games against Fiji or Japan are also on the agenda as part of a ten-match schedule, for both performance and commercial reasons. 'Would we be interested in bringing in, for example, a Fiji or a Japan? And you can think of other countries as well. Yes we would. That is a conversation we will have with New Zealand Rugby to see if that is possible. We would be interested in something like that,' Calveley said. 'We've had a wonderful tour here in Australia and it is a hundred per cent our ambition to return. We would want the next one to be bigger and better than this one. 'If we're looking at bringing in new components into the tour, it's because we're interested in building relationships with those markets. There's an opportunity to grow even further. That's what that will be.' The thorny issue of midweek games before Test matches must be addressed. For the FNP XV game, the Lions drafted in additional players in order to protect the Test squad, which suggests it is an inconvenience. Those temporary call-ups can lead to consternation in the squad and accusations of the jersey, and the whole Lions concept, being devalued. So scrap that game? Well, four players — Owen Farrell, Blair Kinghorn, Jac Morgan and James Ryan — played themselves into the squad for the second Test. So it is a tricky balance. 'We need to have a look at that,' Calveley said. 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