Two players on the Detroit Lions’ defensive line who are expected to miss regular season time both gave optimistic updates to local reporters on Thursday.

Rookie Ahmed Hassanein, who suffered a pectoral injury during the team’s third preseason game, is expected to be out for “a while,” per coach Dan Campbell. The Lions coach also wouldn’t count out it being a season-ending injury. But on social media, Hassanein said he avoided the need for surgery. Then, after Thursday’s practice, in which Hassanein was standing on the sidelines, he told Detroit Football Network’s Justin Rogers that his latest MRI revealed good news.

From Rogers:

I caught up with him briefly, walking off the field, and he confirmed his MRI results were good and he’ll avoid surgery, but it’s too early to say how long he

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