Former Pro Bowl guard was ruled out of the Detroit Lions’ Thanksgiving game against Green Bay on Wednesday. Jackson has missed four of the last five games, the first due to an ankle ailment and the second due to a wrist injury.
As a result, Sorsdal, a fifth-round pick out of William & Mary, was forced to make an emergency start in the weekend win over Chicago. There were some early difficulties, but the kid came on strong, allowing only four pressures and no sacks on 40 pass blocks.
“Yeah, look, some good and then some that wasn’t as good as you would like,” head coach Dan Campbell said. “But that was his first time to start over there at left guard, and I say this again, it’s not too big for him. I thought he fought in there. I know this — at the end of that game, he played well, as really all those guys on offense did. I mean, that was some of our best football we’ve played all year in the last four minutes of the game.
They just executed at a high level, and (Sorsdal) really did, he stepped up and that’s a lot of pressure for a rookie to go in there first time at left guard and game’s on the line and thought he played pretty good. So, look, it’s something to build off of on that side. We believe he’ll get better with more reps. We believe he’ll continue to grow. So, it’s good.”
From the practice squad, the Lions promoted defensive tackle Quinton Bohanna and offensive lineman Michael Schofield. However, as far as the injury report is concerned, that’s it for them.
