{"id":337967,"date":"2022-10-19T18:29:54","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T22:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/detroitsportsnation.com\/?p=337967"},"modified":"2022-10-19T18:29:59","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T22:29:59","slug":"dan-campbell-gives-optimistic-update-on-db-saivion-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/detroitsportsnation.com\/dan-campbell-gives-optimistic-update-on-db-saivion-smith\/wgbrady\/nfl-lions\/detroit-lions-news\/10\/19\/2022\/337967\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Campbell gives optimistic update on DB Saivion Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In Week 5, the <a href=\"https:\/\/detroitsportsnation.com\/nfl\/detroit-lions-news\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/detroitsportsnation.com\/nfl\/detroit-lions-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Detroit Lions<\/a> were absolutely dominated by the <a href=\"http:\/\/Patriots.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New England Patriots<\/a> by a score of 29-0, but losing the game took a backseat to what happened to DB, <a href=\"https:\/\/detroitsportsnation.com\/detroit-lions-sign-wr-stanley-berryhill-make-decision-on-db-saivion-smith\/wgbrady\/nfl\/detroit-lions-news\/10\/19\/2022\/337935\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"337935\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Saivion Smith<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the game, Smith suffered a scary injury, resulting in him having to be taken from the field via an ambulance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thankfully, it was reported that Smith had movement in his extremities, which was great news for everyone concerned about his well-being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"Psi_cIjGrFY\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fantasy football: Five Frustrating players this year from DSN&#039;s Fantasy Factory:\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Psi_cIjGrFY?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What did Dan Campbell say about Saivion Smith?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>On Wednesday, Detroit Lions head coach <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/detroitsportsnation.com\/will-jameson-williams-play-in-2022-dan-campbell-gives-update\/wgbrady\/nfl\/detroit-lions-news\/10\/19\/2022\/337941\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"337941\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dan Campbell<\/a><\/strong> spoke to the media and he gave an optimistic update about Saivion Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cHe\u2019s doing good. All right, he\u2019s doing good,\u201d Campbell\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/patriots\/2022\/10\/coach-gives-update-on-lions-player-taken-off-in-ambulance-vs-patriots.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told reporters of Smith<\/a>, per MassLive\u2019s Nick O\u2019Malley. \u201cHowever, we\u2019re getting some things looked at with him. Actually, we\u2019re sending him to the doctor (Thursday). But we don\u2019t see residual head effects, things of that nature.<\/p><p>\u201cHe\u2019s clear. He\u2019s in good spirits, other than being frustrated that he\u2019s not gonna be able to play,\u201d Campbell said. \u201cSo, from that regard, he\u2019s good. He has his feeling, all that stuff. But there\u2019s some other things we\u2019re looking at with him.\u201d<\/p><cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/patriots\/2022\/10\/coach-gives-update-on-lions-player-taken-off-in-ambulance-vs-patriots.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/patriots\/2022\/10\/coach-gives-update-on-lions-player-taken-off-in-ambulance-vs-patriots.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Via Nick O&#8217;Malley &#8211; Mass Live<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Detroit Lions make decision on DB Saivion Smith<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1546\" height=\"818\" src=\"https:\/\/detroitsportsnation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-09-at-1.21.16-PM.png\" alt=\"Saivion Smith Detroit Lions\" class=\"wp-image-336718\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/detroitsportsnation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-09-at-1.21.16-PM.png 1546w, https:\/\/detroitsportsnation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-09-at-1.21.16-PM-1536x813.png 1536w, https:\/\/detroitsportsnation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-09-at-1.21.16-PM-150x79.png 150w, https:\/\/detroitsportsnation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-09-at-1.21.16-PM-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/detroitsportsnation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-09-at-1.21.16-PM-696x368.png 696w, https:\/\/detroitsportsnation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-09-at-1.21.16-PM-1068x565.png 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1546px) 100vw, 1546px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Thankfully, Smith only suffered a concussion, but the severity of it was enough that the Lions have made the decision to place in on the Practice Squad\/Injured list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Smith likely won&#8217;t be playing football for a while, but to hear that he is ok is great news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell spoke to the media and he gave an optimistic update about Saivion Smith.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4053,"featured_media":337969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2239,67554],"nelio_content":{"isAutoShareEnabled":false,"autoShareEndMode":"never","automationSources":{"useCustomSentences":false,"customSentences":[]},"followers":[],"suggestedReferences":[],"efiUrl":"","efiAlt":"","highlights":[],"permalinkQueryArgs":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/detroitsportsnation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337967"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/detroitsportsnation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/detroitsportsnation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitsportsnation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4053"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitsportsnation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=337967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/detroitsportsnation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitsportsnation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/337969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/detroitsportsnation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitsportsnation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitsportsnation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}