James Houston might make his practice comeback this week. A gifted pass rusher is extremely close to starting practice again with the Detroit Lions.
Dan Campbell stated there was a “good chance” James Houston would begin his 21-day practice window this week during his weekly radio appearance on 97.1 The Ticket.
Houston, 25, broke his fibula during the Seattle Seahawks‘ Week 2 loss at Ford Field. A few weeks ago Houston said , “I’m probably on the last quarter of the rehab and so yeah, it’s probably a really important quarter for me just to kind of make sure everything is right, mentally, physically, and I get the checks and clears from everybody,” “There’s nothing really I can’t do, it’s just the process of how these things mature.”
Veteran safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson is also getting close to playing again, according to Detroit’s third-year head coach. He might possibly play this week on the road against the Dallas Cowboys. Campbell said ,
“I would tell you they’re all improving,” “It’s really about — like today’s a walkthrough. They’re going to get some work this morning. Move around. We’ll see where they’re at. Look, C.J.’s close. He is close, but we got to decide what we’re going to do there and just how close is close. “Other guys are improving. There’s a good chance we start Houston’s clock. And there again, Mack (Alim McNeill) continues to get better. But, this is going to be one of those that it’s going to take a few days here to decide exactly where we’re at.”