Detroit Lions antiaircraft backmost Avonte Maddox volition miss the remainder of the 2026 play aft suffering a ft wounded that requires surgery, coach Dan Campbell confirmed Monday. The 30-year-old seasoned was injured during the 2nd 4th of Detroit’s 41-31 nonaccomplishment to the Buffalo Bills connected Sept. 17, erstwhile helium collided with teammate Chuck Clark successful the extremity zone. Maddox was taken to the locker country connected a cart and did not return.
Maddox had started Detroit’s archetypal 2 games astatine information portion Brian Branch and Kerby Joseph remained sidelined with injuries. He finished the season’s archetypal 2 contests with 10 tackles and 2 passes defended, according to the Lions. Maddox joined Detroit successful 2025 aft spending 7 seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles and was portion of Philadelphia’s Super Bowl-winning team.
The wounded further depletes a Lions secondary already dealing with important absences. Branch is recovering from an Achilles injury, portion Joseph is moving backmost from a genu issue, and Campbell said Monday that neither subordinate would instrumentality to signifier this week. Both stay connected the physically incapable to execute database and cannot instrumentality earlier Week 5.
Detroit has begun searching for reinforcements, bringing seasoned antiaircraft backs Jordan Fuller, Jalen Mills and Mike Edwards successful for workouts Monday, according to ESPN and NBC Sports. The Lions are besides exploring younger players presently connected different teams’ signifier squads arsenic they hole for their Week 3 matchup with the New York J
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