Lions get 4 stars back at practice ahead of Packers game

The Detroit Lions got some good news on Monday. One day after the Lions beat the Falcons to go to 2-1, the Lions were able to get back a big chunk of their injured players back. Taylor Decker, Emmanuel Moseley, David Montgomery and Kerby Joseph all came back to practice for the Lions on Monday.  […]

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The Detroit Lions got some good news on Monday. One day after the Lions beat the Falcons to go to 2-1, the Lions were able to get back a big chunk of their injured players back. Taylor Decker, Emmanuel Moseley, David Montgomery and Kerby Joseph all came back to practice for the Lions on Monday. 

It makes a lot of sense after last week when Lions Head Coach Dan Campbell alluded to the idea that the Lions would not push some these guys to play on Sunday with the short week coming up around the corner. Now that the Falcons game is out of the way, the Lions can try to bring these guys back for a divisional game on Thursday. 

It should be noted that Monday's practice was more of walk through then anything else. This is an estimated report. Like if the Lions were to practice, this is how it would look. That'll be how it's like all week. We won't know if these guys are going to go until the designations come out and even then, we won't really know who's playing until inactives are out on Thursday night. Still, this is very good news for the Lions.

Here's the full report from Monday:

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