There is "optimism" that the knee injury suffered by Detroit Lions safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson during Monday's practice isn't serious, according to Tom Pelissero of NFL Network.
Tom PelisseroThere is optimism that <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Lions?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Lions</a> DB C.J. Gardner-Johnson's knee injury is not serious, per sources. <br><br>More tests to come after CJGJ went down in practice today, but as one source put it: "He's fine."
Pelissero reported Gardner-Johnson was carted off the field and went down with a non-contact injury.
Gardner-Johnson, 25, signed a one-year, $8 million contract with the Lions this offseason. The move represented a bet on himself after Gardner-Johnson did not receive the type of long-term contract offers he hoped for following a strong one-year stint with the Philadelphia Eagles.