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Detroit Lions DT DJ Reader trying to stay off PUP during season

Relatively speaking, the Detroit Lions have dealt with relatively few injuries during the early days of training camp, and that’s the hope for every team around the league this time of year. A healthy team is a happy team with all the promise in tact for the upcoming season.

Lions fans are hoping the team’s biggest free agent acquisition is going to be ready come September 8, the Week 1 opener against the Los Angeles Rams, but there’s some cause for pausing those hopes.

“I don’t know about that,” Reader told MLive’s Kyle Meinke on Monday.