ALLEN PARK, Mich. — After injuring his hamstring throughout a observe final week, Detroit Lions Professional Bowl working again Jahmyr Gibbs is “trending the fitting manner” to play in Week 1, coach Dan Campbell stated.
Campbell expects the second-year star to return to observe subsequent week following Detroit’s closing preseason sport towards the Pittsburgh Steelers on Aug. 24.
“He is trending the fitting manner,” Campbell stated forward of Tuesday’s observe. “Want we had extra observe with him, however so far as the well being of it, he’s therapeutic and he is on schedule to be again and get his legs again beneath him and we’ll see the place he is at.”
Gibbs, 22, exited the Aug. 12 evening observe early to be evaluated for a leg damage, though it was unclear what occurred on the play.
As a rookie in 2023, he performed a pivotal position within the offense whereas speeding for 945 yards and 10 touchdowns to go together with 316 receiving yards and a receiving landing.
Detroit has been bitten by the damage bug just lately as Professional Bowl tight finish Sam LaPorta (hamstring), OT Dan Skipper (ankle), OG Kevin Zeitler (shoulder), LB Malcolm Rodriguez, and rookie DBs Terrion Arnold (pectoral) and Ennis Rakestraw Jr. (ankle) have all been injured.
Nevertheless, Campbell anticipates them being prepared forward of the season opener versus the Los Angeles Rams on Sept. 8.
“Our plan is to get him going subsequent week,” Campbell stated of Gibbs. “He is trending the fitting manner, and we’re hoping the day after the Pittsburgh sport, I feel we’ll get loads of guys again, hopefully Sunday, and hopefully they’re going to get in subsequent week’s observe earlier than Rams after which we’ll do Rams observe.”
