Lions return to practice

Detroit Lions returned to practice field at Allen Park Performance Center for first time since Week 6 bye.

Full roster present

All active roster and practice squad players accounted for during observation period.

Rock Ya-Sin returns

Veteran cornerback Rock Ya-Sin returned after hamstring injury.

Coach Campbell's self-scout

Campbell said they took out some things from self-scout during bye week.

“Well there's some things that we took out of that. I think in all three areas, some things that we feel like we can do more of. Some things that we need to pull out. I'm not going to tell you what those are, because those don't bode well because then our opponent's sitting here listening to some of those things”

Key players back

Brian Branch and Cade Mays return after bye week.

Campbell on improvement

Campbell said they're beginning to figure out who they are and improving incrementally.

“I do think we're beginning to figure out who we are a little bit here, and we're getting some help. We're getting a little bit of help back in some areas. So, we've just got to continue to improve. That's this league, man. You're not trying to make this big jump every week. You just have to try to incrementally improve and find a way to win that game”

Tuesday practice schedule

Team has routine tough practice on Tuesday afternoon with Wednesday off day.

Excited for division game

Campbell said opening division game against strong opponent is exciting.

“It's pretty exciting, because it does, it feels like it's been a while. I know that we finished with Chicago last year, but it has. You feel like everybody else has played each other and we haven't had a chance to play anybody in our division yet”