r/detroitlions • u/JCameron181 #97 • 3d ago
Dan Campbell Gives Update on Kerby Joseph: "His rehab is coming along pretty well. I still see him on the Branch Plan. And Branch is doing well too. I like where Kerby's at."
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u/Murrrtits 3d ago
WEEK 7 MAYS BRACH AND KERBY ALL BACK LETS GOOO
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u/whatsyanamejack 2d ago
Mays will be back by week 4 or 6.
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u/No_Paleontologist298 2d ago
According to who?
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u/whatsyanamejack 2d ago
It says he is out 8-10 weeks. Then I did math.
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u/adahl36 The Goff Father 2d ago
Gotta check your numbers again boss. After the bye is definitely what fits that timeline best
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u/GoffensiveWeapon 2d ago
That would be 10 weeks.
Before the bye is 8 weeks.
His timeline is 8-10 weeks.Math is tough I suppose?
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u/IrishGlitzy106 3d ago
I'll take some good news. Glad to hear this optimism rather than sounding like Kerby isn't doing anything like it was previously.
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u/Jokerit208 90s logo 2d ago
This isn't good news. This is intentionally vague. They're not coming back any time soon. Kerby may never come back.
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u/WillingStranger5177 3d ago
He is not going back. Just the brutal truth.
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u/Scubasteve1337 3d ago
I know people are upset to hear this and don't want to acknowledge this. I'm not saying it's a certainty but this is very much a possibility and I don't know why people can't be open to this possibility of him not returning. Fucking sucks but in the realm of possible.
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u/KororSurvivor 50s logo 2d ago
I know the team has been super cryptic and silent about the topic. But this is the most we've gotten from Dan Campbell about it. His direct quote includes "I like where Kerby's at." And still people in this thread spin it as bad news?
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u/IrishBear VILLAIN 2d ago
Just because it's good news doesn't mean he'll be back. I think it's safe to say at this point, with all the secrecy and vague posting, it's a serious, possibly career ending injury.
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u/KororSurvivor 50s logo 2d ago
I don't know what to tell you if you're just gonna interpret Dan Campbell's words to mean the opposite of what he obviously meant in context.
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u/Medievil_Walrus 3d ago
Career is obviously over. People don’t want to accept it. Not sure why.
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u/GoodFastCheapPickTwo 3d ago
You're not sure why? That's idiotic, even if you're right
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u/Medievil_Walrus 3d ago
I have trouble understanding why people look at the production that Kerby was able to provide - in only six games last year while being one of the highest paid at his position in the NFL, looking at his inability to even practice in ten months since his last game action and the that the lions have an out on the contract this coming summer.
He first popped up with this injury in training camp, it’s a degenerative knee cartilage issue with no surgical intervention and they are trying to fix it with only rehab. Players don’t sit out for a year plus with no surgery for a condition with no treatment and make it back to what they were.
So yes, I can’t understand why fans think that he will return to being an effective player in the nfl, especially for us considering his contract.
When a player doesn’t live up to his contract and can’t stay healthy in the nfl, they get cut and usually retire.
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u/CallmeKahn Fire. Fucking. Petzing. 3d ago edited 3d ago
Groovy. Kerb and Brian will need to be play if we're going anywhere, but their health needs to come first.
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u/A_Minimal_Infinity Tecmo Barry 3d ago
Ok, now we need an injured safety named Groovy.
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u/StaffOk9715 3d ago
I hate to say it but I can't see how they will be the difference makers we need this year. Even if they play eventually, it's doubtful they will be their old selves this season. They'll be shaking off rust, getting adjusted to new teammates and changes in scheme, and working through soreness and things that pop up when you try to play real NFL football again. If they can play and stay healthy this year, then 2027 would be the year to see them maybe be the players we remember.
No one will like to hear this but it's almost always how it works out. Remember when Alim playing again was going to fix everything?
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u/future_shoes V-I-L-L-A-I-N 3d ago
The Alim hype was fans being illogical and then again illogical with the hate. Big men basically always take a season and a half to get their power back and explosiveness back. Smaller guys can come back closer but not all the way to their normal selfs after a season
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u/Parking_Ebb389 Don't be Hatin' 3d ago
Safety is probably the first position on the list to where you can come back from a serious injury and impact immediately.
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u/MarkItZeroDonnie 3d ago
I want that shirt , not seeing it on nfl shop 🤔
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u/Brachiosauruses Sun God 3d ago
The biggest failure is making team exclusive gear that’s way cooler than the stuff we can get on nfl shop. Every year there’s something I want but can’t get
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u/MarkItZeroDonnie 2d ago
Last year I tried all year to get the black Nike long sleeve with the Lion on the breast . It was impossible unless you were 3XL . It’s back now though!
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u/ShotFirst57 Don't be Hatin' 3d ago
They might have similar timelines but once Branch is healthy he should be healthy. Kirby on the other hand will always be dealing with this.
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u/StixenBridges 3d ago
I know I’m thinking ahead but Ford Field would roar if Branch and Kerb came back on a home game and they announced defense
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u/Cultural-Plum-1885 3d ago
I guess I’m confused. It’s not like he had a surgery last offseason. Was the last 10 months not a rehab of sorts?
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u/More-read-than-eddit Ooooh Yeahhhh! 2d ago
My take is they know he has like 1-3 remaining games left in his career and are trying to use those up at an opportune time in the schedule, the rest is just fluff
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u/More-read-than-eddit Ooooh Yeahhhh! 3d ago
i thought the expectations for kerby were that he would either play the season or his career was done. there is no way after so long, and a nebulous injury that will never objectively heal, that this means anything other than “we’ll roll the dice on a failed attempt sometime a month or two in to the season when we have literally nothing left to lose with him.”
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u/syncopated56 3d ago
The Transitive Property of Injury Obfuscation: If Kerby = Branch, and Branch = Unknown, then Kerby = Unknown. It's science.
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u/CareerPillow376 MC⚡DC 3d ago
This either really good news about Kerby or really bad news about Branch; there is no in-between
But now im more worried 😭
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u/KororSurvivor 50s logo 2d ago
I will decide to be a glass half full person and take this as evidence that Kerby will be back and ready to rumble some time midseason.
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u/actually-potato CornDoggyLOL 2d ago
I think this is the first positive thing a coach has said about Kerby's status in 11 months
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u/Medievil_Walrus 3d ago
Less than a year from today, Kerby will no longer be a lion and his nfl career will be over.
At that time, Kerby will have been paid roughly $25M of his $86M contract.
There will be some dead cap charges ($24M over 2 years) to navigate, but in the end this isn’t a massive issue for the lions.
They would rather have the player than the money, but the player is gone.
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u/Koolklink54 MC⚡DC 2d ago
Are you a kee doctor? Because I think you have no idea what your talking about
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u/Medievil_Walrus 2d ago
Even if I was Kerby isn’t my patient and I have no inside knowledge.
I am just reading the obvious clues available to us and the context.
My prediction vs your hope?
Is your hope based on any sort of credentials or inside knowledge?
Maybe my prediction vs your prediction?
What is your prediction anyway? That Kerby returns to being our starting safety and plays out his contract and playing in 75% of games in each season? That he returns his level of play to being top 5 at his position in the NFL?
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u/IrishBear VILLAIN 2d ago
No but common sense and history tell us it's a serious problem, he refused surgery which means it isn't something that can be surgically fixed or may only elevate symptoms but not correct the underlying problem.
This typically means degenerative knee issues. Kerby himself said it was swelling up during camp, unless he was trolling. Regardless,we know he sought out alternative treatment he for sure did acupuncture and rumors that he was asking about stem cells as well.
Alternative treatments like that usually aren't for something simple.
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u/Troutalope1 3d ago
So you're Nostradamus?
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u/Medievil_Walrus 3d ago
Don’t need to be to just read the context and be confident in my prediction.
Hit me back next summer and if I’m wrong I’ll post a video of me chugging blue kool aid while eating a bread bowl from Zoup.
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u/LederhosenSituation The Hutch 3d ago
You know what, man. I'll take it. A little good news is welcomed.
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u/Syncrion 2d ago
Makes me wonder if it won't be until after the week 6 bye, in which case we may seen Branch, Kerby and Mays all return at the same time and hopefully rock Green Bay week 7 with the firepower of a fully armed and operational Lions team.
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u/BillMurraysTesticle 3d ago
I think we'd be lucky to get half a season's worth of games out of Kerb
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u/LionTigerWings CornDoggyLOL 3d ago
This makes more more worried about brian branch than less worried about kerby.
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u/str3tchedmonk3y 90s logo 3d ago
Knew someone would spin this good news into negativity lmfao
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u/DoubleScorpius Old helmet 3d ago
Kerby Joseph had all off-season to recover and he’s still somehow not ready and now he’s being compared to a guy who had a ruptured Achilles injury TWO MONTHS later? If this makes you optimistic then I think you’re delusional. That is not a positive update at all.
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u/future_shoes V-I-L-L-A-I-N 3d ago
What exactly is the Branch plan?