The Detroit Lions are sorting through availability again as they turn their attention to the Miami Dolphins on the road, and Kerby Joseph appears headed for a limited week of work rather than a return to game action.
Joseph, who got back on the practice field last week in a limited capacity, is expected to do a little more this week. During his weekly radio appearance on 97.1 The Ticket, Dan Campbell said the staff plans to get Joseph some scout-team reps, but he will not be available against the Dolphins.
Joseph said being back around the team has been a lift.
"Man, it's amazing," Joseph said. "I'm trying to contain myself, but every time I go out there (on the football field), I feel like I'm out there in the game in spirit, especially being on the sideline, hyping them guys up. It's always a great feeling to be out there."
Campbell also said D.J. Reed is unlikey to practice this Wednesday because of a hip injury.
Up front, Juice Scruggs is set to get a heavy workload in practice on Wednesday and likely Thursday, while Campbell noted Mays not be able to practice on Thursday this week because of an ankle injury.
Even with the injury issues piling up, Detroit managed to escape Ford Field with a narrow win over the Vikings. Campbell pointed to that kind of game as the sort of test a team has to survive.
“Look, anytime you can win a game like that, those are the wins," said Campbell. "You need to find some of those wins.
You need to have some of those wins because those are - to learn how to hang in there when things are a little bit muddy and it's just kind of back and forth and the ebbs and flows and to just trust what you're doing, trust your training, trust your other teammates, the other units and know that, the dam will burst. It will burst.
"You've just got to hang in there and don't do anything that's going to put us at risk. Just play the next play.
I just thought they did it to a tee. It was awesome.
That was a great win.”
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