Lions DB C.J. Gardner-Johnson carted off at practice with non-contact injury

Detroit Lions defensive back C.J. Gardner-Johnson went down with a leg injury during practice, according to team insider Tim Twentyman.

“Veteran Lions DB C.J. Gardner-Johnson went down with a right leg injury Monday & was carted off the field,” Twentyman wrote on Twitter. “He was visibly upset and team captains Buggs and Goff made it a point to go comfort him. Hoping for better news than it looked.”

NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero added a report of a non-contact injury, a brutal sign for Gardner-Johnson and the Lions.

“A source described it as a non-contact knee injury for C.J. Gardner-Johnson, one of the big free-agent additions for Detroit,” Pelissero wrote on Twitter.

Gardner-Johnson signed with the Lions on a one-year deal worth $8 million this offseason in what was described as a prove-it deal.

He reportedly turned down a multi-year offer to return to the Philadelphia Eagles, whom he helped reach Super Bowl LVII last season.

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