Allen Park — Detroit Lions guard Halapoulivaati Vaitai took a hit to the back earlier this week, costing him a day of practice, but he avoided serious injury to the area he had surgically addressed last year.
"He actually took a shot in the back, more than, ‘Ah, I get torqued,’ whatever," Lions coach Dan Campbell said. "So he was just a little sore. He’ll be back out there today (Friday). We’ll see what he does. He’ll have some limited reps but he’s back."
In his fourth season with the Lions, Vaitai missed the entire 2022 campaign after suffering the back injury during the preseason.