When Ezekiel Ansah was first placed on the Physically Unable to Perform list just before the beginning of the Detroit Lions 2018 training camp, it was unclear what exactly was ailing the star defensive end. Ansah had dealt with a myriad of injuries throughout his career, including ankle, back, and most recently a knee injury. This offseason, Ansah had a minor surgery on that knee, so it was presumed that may have been the cause of his absence.
Ansah has since been taken off the PUP list and is now back at Lions practice, but it turns out the knee injury probably wasn’t what kept him out for over a week.