Lions Place Safety on Injured Reserve, Activate Needed Tight End Depth

NFL season ends early for former Alabama defensive back

Detroit Lions safety Brian Branch’s third season officially ended on Saturday when the NFL team placed him on injured reserve.

Lions place safety on injured reserve, activate needed tight end depth

Branch was placed on injured reserve, with the Lions activating a tight end, and elevating another and some safety depth.

Lions Announce Four Moves, Place S Brian Branch On IR

The Detroit Lions announced Saturday that they’ve made four roster moves for their Week 15 game. The full list includes: Lions placed S Brian Branch on injured reserve Lions activated TE Shane Zylstra from injured reserve Lions elevated TE Giovanni Ricci and S Erick Hallett to their active roster Tests from a few weeks ago confirmed that Branch did, in fact, have a season-ending torn Achilles. Branch missed a game earlier in the season due to a …

Lions place Brian Branch on IR, activate Shane Zylstra, add 2 from PS

As expected, the Detroit Lions have placed Brian Branch on injured reserve after the safety suffered a torn Achilles in last week’s game against the Dallas Cowboys. For now, it appears fellow safety Kerby Joseph has avoided IR. However, on Friday, Lions coach Dan Campbell said it was a possibility that Joseph could eventually land on IR after suffering a setback in practice this week, and he has already been ruled out of this Sunday’s game again…