Camp Notes: Offense bounces back on Day 2 of joint practices

Emmanuel Moseley simply can’t catch a break.

After tearing his ACL early in the 2022 season in San Francisco, Moseley rehabbed and signed in the offseason in Detroit ahead of the 2023 season, but just two plays into his Lions’ tenure he tore the ACL in his other knee. Again he rehabbed to get back, and was taking first-team reps at slot cornerback the last two weeks in training camp, only to suffer another significant injury Monday, this time to his pectoral muscle.

“Yeah, it’s tough. That’s tough,” Campbell said before practice Tuesday. “He’s the one that has put so much work into coming back from two ACLs and it’s frustrating, but he knows. Look, you’ve got two decisions, you rally one more time or you say, ‘You know what, enough’s enough.’

“And my gut’s going to tell me that he’s going to rally again, and nothing says that he may not be ready by the end of the year. I mean, we’re still trying to figure all those things out, so you never know.”

Don’t forget just last year C.J. Gardner-Johnson suffered a severe pectoral injury Week 2 against Seattle and was able to rejoin the team at the end of the regular season and into the playoffs.

“Everything happens for a reason, and you don’t always see it in the moment, but this could be one of those to get the legs where he needs them to get to, by the end of the year it was part of the process,” Campbell said. “I don’t know but we’re going to work through that, and we all love E-man, respect the amount of work he puts into it, the type of teammate he is, and he’ll come back from this.”