Ennis Rakestraw chest injury gets positive initial reported diagnosis
Lions fans traumatized by last season's calamitous number of defensive injuries were unceremoniously thrown into the wringer on Day 1 of training camp.
After Levi Onwuzurike was confirmed to be out for the season with an ACL, Ennis Rakestraw left practice with a chest injury.
The 2024 calendar year was a rough one for Ennis Rakestraw medically. At the end of 2023 or early 2024, he had core muscle surgery. During last season, he missed ten games with two separate hamstring injuries.
This offseason appeared to be a healthy one for Rakestraw, but the good feelings were immediately put in jeopardy today.
The possibilities for a chest injury include a pec rupture which Lions fans have seen too frequently in the past couple years. Last season, Emmanuel Moseley ruptured his pec in early August, and Kyle Peko did the same in Week 6. The year prior saw CJ Gardner-Johnson rupture his pec in Week 2.
Fortunately, the early news is excellent for Rakestraw as the initial diagnosis as reported by Ian Rapaport is a simple chest contusion (bruise). If the diagnosis holds true, it's an excellent outcome, and he should be back soon without any long-term effects.
This scenario is déjà vu of last season when Terrion Arnold had a pec injury during preseason that may have also been a simple contusion.
#Lions first-round CB Terrion Arnold, who left practice yesterday with a pec injury, is not expected to miss time in the regular season, sources say. Some good news.
There will likely be many more injury scares over the course of training camp and preseason, and hopefully they all turn out as benign as Rakestraw's.
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