Rookie quarterback Hendon Hooker is still a ways away from playing — if he even does this year — but April's third-round pick has made some very noticeable strides in his recovery from a torn ACL in what have essentially been public rehab workouts over the past week.
Hooker took the field with a Detroit Lions trainer and three members of the support staff after practice Sunday, as he has after almost every practice of training camp.
He went through a quick warmup, throwing passes from progressively further distances, then began a scripted throwing session that had him throwing passes for simulated routes on short dropbacks in the red zone.