ALLEN PARK -- For the second straight week, the Detroit Lions’ joint practices at team headquarters featured the return of a once-promising former player.

Quintez Cephus, now with the Houston Texans after spending his first three NFL seasons in Detroit, practiced on the Lions’ fields Thursday for the first time since his 2023 departure. Cephus was suspended indefinitely by the NFL last year for violating the league’s gambling policy after betting on NFL games.

“It felt amazing being here,” Cephus told MLive about his return. “Just getting off the plane, even the drive in this morning, it felt great, man. Especially seeing all my friends and stuff, it felt amazing.

“It was great just seeing the familiar faces and the energy. It felt like we were still all just here playing together the o

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