Detroit placed four players on the active/non-football injury list ahead of the first day of training camp.
Before the Detroit Lions got to work at their first day of training camp, the team added four more players to the “Active/Non-Football Injury” list : cornerbacks Carlton Davis and Amik Robertson, as well as wide receivers Donovan Peoples-Jones and Tre’Quan Smith.
While these players will start camp on the injury list, they are eligible to return from the designation at any time. Oftentimes, players only spend a few days or a couple weeks on the list before joining the team on the practice field. Now that training camp is officially underway, the Lions are not permitted to add any new players to the PUP or NFI lists, hence why these four names were added before the start of camp.
The addition of Davis and Robertson to the list will create opportunities in the immediate for the other cornerbacks in the room to see even more of the field, namely the rookies in Terrion Arnold and Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
As for Peoples-Jones and Smith hitting the NFI, they’ll start camp a leg behind in the race for Detroit’s seemingly wide-open competition for WR3.
Players on the active/NFI list still count towards the 90-man roster limits prior to the start of the regular season. If a player remains on the PUP or NFI list when the regular season begins, teams have three options: activate them, trade/release them, or place them on the reserve/PUP or NFI list. If the team chooses that final option, the player will miss a minimum of four games.