Dan Campbell and the Detroit Lions are off to a rocky start in the NFL preseason. They lost to the New York Giants and were unable to reach the end zone for the entire game. Understandably, they did not field their starting offense just yet, but terrible news struck anyway. Hendon Hooker suffered an injury despite playing only a few minutes.
Hendon Hooker has been revealed to have sustained a concussion during the Giants-Lions NFL preseason game. According to Tim Twentyman of Twentyman in the Huddle, the news was delivered by Dan Campbell. He collapsed in the second series and had to be transported to the medical tent. Eventually, the Lions coaching and medical staff made the difficult decision to return him to the locker room for further evaluation.
There is no timetable for the Lions quarterback’s return from injury. All hopes are high that he will be able to play in the other NFL Preseason games besides this Giants game, or at least be present to give depth to their season opener. This is not the first time the Lions fans have had to hold their breath due of Hooker. By the end of the 2023 season, he was still rehabbing from an ACL injury. Then, during the Lions’ spring practice, he dislocated the ring finger on his throwing hand.
Lions head honcho gives honest Hendon Hooker evaluation
Coach Campbell outlined what he liked about Hooker’s style of play before the injury happened.
He was moving the football, and made some solid decisions before that. A lot of those were the runs, so he made it happen with his legs. But to the point, where we were at, we didn’t convert on the fourth down there but it was good to get him in there. We were excited for the next series and then we found out what happened. It was good,” the Lions’ head honcho said.
