Report: Kerby Joseph will open season on reserve/PUP list

Lions Announce Fates Of Injured Kerby Joseph, Brian Branch

Throughout training camp and the preseason, the Detroit Lions have been without safeties Kerby Joseph (knee) and Brian Branch (Achilles), who both remained on the PUP list.Now, with the regular season approaching, the Lions have provided a clearer outlook on the status of both players.According to the Lions, Joseph and Branch will begin the season […] The post Lions Announce Fates Of Injured Kerby Joseph, Brian Branch appeared first on HEAVY.

Report: Kerby Joseph will open season on reserve/PUP list

The Lions will not have one of their key defenders early on in the 2026 season.

Lions Cut 34 Players To Trim Down Roster To 53, Starting Both Kerby Joseph & Brian Branch On PUP List

The Detroit Lions announced their initial 53-man roster which included 34 cuts. The full list includes: DL Myles Adams LB Joe Bachie TE Tyler Conklin WR Greg Dortch WR Tom Kennedy LB Amen Ogbongbemiga LB Troy Reeder DL Ben Stille RB Trayveon Williams QB Luke Altmyer WR Tarik Black CB Ekow Boye-Doe DB Aamaris Brown OL Devin Cochran CB Bump Cooper Jr. WR Malik Cunningham TE Thomas Gordon OL Gus Hartwig TE Zach Horton LB Erick Hunter S Dan Jackson …

Lions Place Brian Branch, Kerby Joseph On PUP List; Team Down To 53

The Lions continue to see Brian Branch and Kerby Joseph‘s return timelines stalled. We heard recently both safeties would begin the season on the reserve/PUP list, and Detroit made those moves and more injury-related transactions in moving to 53 today. Released: DL Myles Adams LB Joe Bachie TE Tyler Conklin WR Greg Dortch WR Tom […]

Lions place Branch, Joseph on reserve/PUP, both to miss 4 games

As part of their roster cutdowns on Sunday, the Detroit Lions placed both starting safeties Kerby Joseph and Brian Branch on the reserve/Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list per several reports. That means both players won’t count against the 53-man roster, but both are now ineligible to play in Detroit’s first four games of the […]

Detroit Lions Make Unfortunate Decision on Kerby Joseph

The Detroit Lions will officially begin the 2026 season without one of the best players in their secondary. According to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, Detroit plans to move safety Kerby Joseph to the Reserve/PUP list, which means Joseph will be required to miss at least the first four games of the regular season. The decision is disappointing, but it is hardly shocking. Joseph has been dealing with a knee injury throughout the offseason and began traini…