{"id":21666,"date":"2026-07-30T05:00:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T00:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=21666"},"modified":"2026-07-30T05:00:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T00:00:47","slug":"lions-dan-campbell-breaks-silence-on-terrion-arnold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=21666","title":{"rendered":"Lions&#8217; Dan Campbell Breaks Silence On Terrion Arnold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"has-video wp-caption \">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 780 \/ 439;\"><img width=\"780\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2244647478-2.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"Dan Campbell Mike Kafka\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2244647478-2.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2244647478-2.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2244647478-2.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"caption-credit\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGetty\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>ESPN&#8217;s Jeremy Fowler reported Dan Campbell&#8217;s new passing game coordinator, Mike Kafka, will be part of the NFL&#8217;s accelerator program this offseason.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Things already were not trending in a good direction for now-former<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/detroit-lions\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"\"> Detroit Lions<\/a> cornerback Terrion Arnold, who had been put on notice by the club to improve his performance in 2026 or risk losing his roster spot.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Arnold is no longer with the Lions after being released by the club following his latest legal turmoils. How things ultimately transpired with Arnold and the Lions isn\u2019t how head coach Dan Campbell envisioned when he spoke about the issues facing the former 1st round pick out of Alabama earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>But now, Campbell has broken his silence on how things ended with Arnold.<\/p>\n<h2>Detroit Lions Head Coach Dan Campbell Breaks Silence On Now-Former Cornerback Terrion Arnold<\/h2>\n<p>Arnold was eventually released by the Lions after being arrested in late June; he was charged with four counts of kidnapping and armed robbery after voluntarily turning himself in to police.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI addressed the team last night over that,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7477354\/2026\/07\/29\/terrion-arnold-arrest-dan-campbell-lions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Campbell said during Wednesday\u2019s training camp session<\/a>. \u201cYou know, it stinks. You never want to let go of a player, especially somebody that you\u2019ve been around for a while here and you drafted and all that. It\u2019s unfortunate, but we made the move we thought was best for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, earlier this year in March, Campbell indicated that he didn\u2019t foresee any issues with Arnold.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like we\u2019re going to be good here,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/terrion-arnold-lions-68c131f51c17259b55369c5d0a73bb58\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Campbell told reporters at the NFL\u2019s annual league meeting<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m going to trust what the kid said.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Arnold still has support from his former teammate D.J. Reed, who is on the verge of his ninth <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/\" title=\"NFL\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"363104\">NFL<\/a> season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a great human being, one of the better men, better teammates that I\u2019ve met in the league,\u201d said Reed. \u201cIt\u2019s an unfortunate situation, but he\u2019s a great dude. A great human being. His energy is always positive. I reached out to him. He\u2019s doing good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Not long before Arnold\u2019s legal issues came to a head, Lions defensive coordinator Kelvin Sheppard directly called him out, essentially telling him to just be quiet and play.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI need him to be quiet and just play,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/sidelionreport.com\/kelvin-sheppard-didn-t-mince-words-about-terrion-arnold-s-room-for-improvement-01kjdkt13k87\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/sidelionreport.com\/kelvin-sheppard-didn-t-mince-words-about-terrion-arnold-s-room-for-improvement-01kjdkt13k87\">Sheppard said<\/a>. \u201cYou guys know. I don\u2019t know if the media would like that, because I\u2019m sure T.A. gives you guys a lot of things to write on. But no, I talked to, he calls me too much. But that kid has a great heart. Man, he wants to be great. But I told him it\u2019s a difference in talking about being great and actually being great. And he\u2019s starting to understand that.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>The Lions Are Moving On Without Terrion Arnold<\/h2>\n<p>Meanwhile, Campbell expressed confidence in the cornerbacks that the Lions do have at their disposal entering the upcoming campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re fired up,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prideofdetroit.com\/detroit-lions-news\/167905\/terrion-arnold-dan-campbell-comments-detroit-lions-release-cornerback-room\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Campbell said<\/a>. \u201cLook, it\u2019s why we got Rock back. We went and got McCreary. We knew we\u2019d get Rake back off injury. We drafted Abney. Certainly, Dorse is back. So, (Nick Whiteside) Ironsides is back. We feel pretty good in that room with the competition and those guys between veterans, young guys and ability.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/author\/mwhitak2130318\/\"><strong>Michael Whitaker<\/strong><\/a> Michael Whitaker is a sports journalist based in metro Detroit with nearly a full decade of experience with publications like Clutch Points and The Hockey News. He holds a Bachelor&#8217;s Degree in Journalism from Eastern Michigan University. <a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/author\/mwhitak2130318\/\">More about Michael Whitaker<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty ESPN&#8217;s Jeremy Fowler reported Dan Campbell&#8217;s new passing game coordinator, Mike Kafka, will be part of the NFL&#8217;s accelerator program this offseason. 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