The Detroit Lions returned to practice on Friday, and it was mostly good news on the injury front for the team. Two players who missed practice on Wednesday—rookie defensive back Brian Branch and guard Halapoulivaati Vaitai—return to the field. While a few players who remain out appear to be nearing returns to practice.
Let’s break it all down player-by-player.
Halapoulivaati Vaitai
As said above, Vaitai returned to practice after sitting a day out. Coach Dan Campbell said Vaitai took a blow to the back, but it was just a surface-level injury, not something that aggravated that back injury that had caused him to miss all of 2022.