{"id":40133,"date":"2025-12-20T23:47:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T23:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=40133"},"modified":"2025-12-20T23:47:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T23:47:47","slug":"lions-place-star-safety-kerby-joseph-on-injured-reserve-ending-his-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=40133","title":{"rendered":"Lions place star safety Kerby Joseph on injured reserve, ending his season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled-design-2025-12-20T181800.813-768x432.jpg\" alt=\"Detroit Lions safety Kerby Joseph is injured against the Cleveland Browns during an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo\/Paul Sancya, File)\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"components_paragraph__b8N_5\">\n<p>DETROIT \u2014 The\u00a0Detroit Lions\u00a0put All-Pro safety Kerby Joseph on injured reserve Saturday, ending hope he could come back from a knee injury that limited him to six games this season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"components_paragraph__b8N_5\">\n<p>The Lions (8-6) made the move a day before hosting the AFC North-leading Pittsburgh Steelers (8-6).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"components_paragraph__b8N_5\">\n<p>Detroit also activated guard Christian Mahogany from the injured list and elevated offensive lineman Kingsley Eguakun and tight end Giovanni Ricci from the practice squad to potentially play against Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"components_paragraph__b8N_5\">\n<p>Mahogany is one of four offensive linemen the Lions listed as questionable with injuries, along with Graham Glasgow, Taylor Decker and Trystan Colon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"components_paragraph__b8N_5\">\n<p>The Lions gave Joseph a four-year contract worth $86 million in April that makes him one of the NFL\u2019s highest-paid safeties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"components_paragraph__b8N_5\">\n<p>Joseph was rewarded with the deal after leading the league with nine interceptions last season, helping Detroit win a franchise-record 15 games and a second straight NFC North title. He finished sixth in voting for AP Defensive Player of the Year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"components_paragraph__b8N_5\">\n<p>He had four interceptions in 2023, tied for seventh in the NFL, and four picks as a rookie after Detroit drafted him in the third round, No. 97 overall, out of Illinois in 2022.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"components_paragraph__b8N_5\">\n<p>Joseph had three interceptions in six games this season to increase his career total to 20.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Detroit Lions\u00a0put All-Pro safety Kerby Joseph on injured reserve Saturday, ending hope he could come back from a knee injury that limited him to six games this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-detroit-lions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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