Alex Anzalone update: Lions LB dealing with hamstring injury

Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell cleared up any confusion about why linebacker Alex Anzalone is not practicing as training camp opened on Sunday. While Anzalone “crushed” the conditioning test earlier in the week, Campbell revealed the veteran defender is currently dealing with a hamstring injury.

“I don’t see him practicing today (Monday), I don’t,” Campbell said. “It’s a hamstring (injury), so we’ll see where it goes.”

This, more or less, confirms that Anzalone is not voluntarily missing practice as a “sit-in” protest for not having a new contract. It’s no secret that Anzalone would like a new deal entering the final year of his three-year, $18.75 million contract signed in 2023. But on…