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The Detroit Lions reportedly waived wide receiver Denzel Mims with an injury designation Friday, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. He reportedly sustained knee and calf injuries more than two weeks ago and hasn’t been on the practice field since.
Mims, 25, joined the Lions a month ago after Detroit traded a conditional 2025 sixth-round pick to the New York Jets for him and a 2025 seventh-round pick. The Lions will get that sixth-round pick back, though, because the compensation sent to the Jets was conditional on Mims making the 53-man roster.
Now, the 2020 second-round pick will rehab his injuries without a team. Mims has been incredibly underwhelming since he entered the league as the No. 59 pick out of Baylor. He has only 42 receptions for 676 yards and no touchdowns in 30 games over the past three seasons. Mims failed to rise up the depth chart during his time with New York and became expendable after the Jets added Allen Lazard and Mecole Hardman in free agency.
The Lions will now be down another receiver after Jameson Williams suffered a hamstring injury.
Thursday, Aug. 17
Lions WR Jameson Williams out with hamstring injury
Detroit Lions second-year wideout Jameson Williams will likely miss the rest of the preseason with a hamstring injury he suffered during practice Wednesday, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
Lions head coach Dan Campbell later confirmed “there’s a good chance” Williams’ injury will last for the entire preseason. He also joked that he doesn’t expect to have Williams for the first six games of the regular season as well, although that stems from a six-game suspension Williams received after the NFL found he and others participated in sports betting. Williams reportedly gambled on college games at team facilities, which is against the league’s sports betting policy.
Williams reportedly pulled up limping on a deep passing drill Wednesday and clutched his right hamstring. He missed a few practices earlier this summer with a left hamstring ailment.
It’s another setback for Williams, who the Lions drafted No. 12 overall in 2022. He missed the first 11 games of this past season while he recovered from an ACL injury he suffered in college. Williams played 78 snaps in six games in 2022 and only caught one of night targets — a 41-yard touchdown in a Week 17 win over the NFC North rival Chicago Bears. Williams caught two passes for 18 yards on 51 offensive snaps in his first preseason action against the New York Giants this past week.
The first game Williams will be eligible to play in 2023 — if he’s healthy — is Week 7 against the Baltimore Ravens. For now, he’ll have to sit, watch and recover from his injury.
Wednesday, Aug. 16
Treylon Burks’ knee injury isn’t as serious as it initially seemed.
The Tennessee Titans wide receiver, who was carted off the field during a joint practice with the Minnesota Vikings on Wednesday, sprained his LCL, according to the NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.
While the injury was initially concerning, Burks is now expected to miss only a few weeks.
Burks caught a deep pass from Ryan Tannehill during the joint practice on Wednesday and stumbled his way into the end zone before falling down. As he stood back up, Burks started limping instantly.
He was eventually helped off the field and attended to by trainers before being carted off the field.
“You hate seeing that,” Tannehill said, via ESPN’s Turron Davenport. “We’ll find out more information and see what’s really going on, but hopefully he’s going to be all right. He seemed obviously upset, and understandably so. Our thoughts and prayers are with him right now, and hopefully it’s not too bad.”
According to Rapoport, Burks is now expected to be sidelined for just a few weeks. The Titans open their season on Sept. 10 against the New Orleans Saints, which is a little more than three weeks away. It’s unclear if he’ll be ready to go by Week 1.
Burks, 23, recorded 444 receiving yards and scored one touchdown in 11 games last season. The Titans selected him with the No. 18 overall pick in last year’s draft out of Arkansas.
The Titans and Vikings will square off in their preseason game on Saturday.
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