C.J. Gardner-Johnson didn’t exactly leave the New Orleans Saints on good terms, but you still never want to see a player suffer an injury. The former Saints safety signed with the Detroit Lions this offseason after an impressive year with the Philadelphia Eagles following last summer’s trade, but he left the Lions practice field on a medical cart after suffering a non-contact injury to his right knee.
Detroit beat writer Tim Twentyman reported from the scene that Gardner-Johnson was consoled by teammates Isaiah Buggs and Jared Goff while in obvious pain, and he was expected to be a big part of Aaron Glenn’s defense this year as one of the Lions’ prized free agent acquisitions.
