{"id":1432,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/1432","headline":"Lions start 21-day clock on Kerby Joseph's return","dek":"The All-Pro safety has been cleared to practice, but Detroit still has to decide whether to activate him or shut him down for the year.","body":"The Detroit Lions cleared safety Kerby Joseph to practice on Wednesday, opening a 21-day window for the team to decide whether he goes on the active roster or lands on season-ending injured reserve.\n\nCoach Dan Campbell called it \"a step in the right direction\" for Joseph, whose 2025 season has been a mess of setbacks. The 2024 All-Pro last played on Oct. 12, 2025, appearing in just six games before an injured left knee failed to respond to treatment. He then spent a long stretch away from team activities while working out on his own.\n\nThis isn't new territory for Joseph. He also tried to come back from injury last year, only for the Lions to place him on injured reserve late in that season. This time around, he started the year on the reserve/physically unable to perform list.\n\nThe clock is now running. If Joseph isn't activated within the next three weeks, he's done for the season. Detroit's defense, which could use the reinforcement, will be watching closely to see which way this goes.","published_at":"2026-10-28T22:35:19.308693+00:00","source_count":3,"written_from":[{"outlet":"Fox Sports","publisher":"Fox Sports","title":"Lions Clear Kerby Joseph To Practice, But Activation Or IR Decision Looms","url":"https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/detroit-lions-kerby-joseph-injury-injured-reserve"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Lions open Kerby Joseph's 21-day practice window","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/lions-open-kerby-josephs-21-174534291.html"},{"outlet":"Pro Football Talk","publisher":"NBC Sports","title":"Lions open Kerby Joseph's 21-day practice window","url":"https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/lions-open-kerby-josephs-21-day-practice-window"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Detroit Lions Announce Huge Kerby Joseph Development","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/detroit-lions-announce-huge-kerby-171037139.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Detroit Lions return Kerby Joseph to practice","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/detroit-lions-return-kerby-joseph-173009926.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Lions reveal key injury update ahead of crucial divisional matchup in Week 8","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/lions-reveal-key-injury-ahead-175156414.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Kerby Joseph (knee) returns to practice for Detroit Lions","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/kerby-joseph-knee-returns-practice-180541708.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Kerby Joseph (knee) returns to practice for Detroit Lions","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/kerby-joseph-knee-returns-practice-180541909.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"What Dan Campbell said about Kerby Joseph’s Lions return","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/dan-campbell-said-kerby-joseph-184351891.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Lions fans, media react to Kerby Joseph's practice return","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/lions-fans-media-react-kerby-193012381.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Kerby Joseph Twitter: Lions star shares message upon practice return","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/kerby-joseph-twitter-lions-star-203516488.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Lions injury report: Jahmyr Gibbs on Detroit's initial Vikings release","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/lions-injury-report-jahmyr-gibbs-215528724.html"}],"image":{"url":"https://nbcsports.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/54b1453/2147483647/strip/false/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/1920x1080!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhdliveextra-a.akamaihd.net%2FHD%2Fimage_sports%2FNBCU_Sports_Group_-_nbcsports%2F861%2F207%2Fnbc_pft_detoffvsmindef_261028.jpg","credit":"Pro Football Talk","width":1920},"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}