Detroit Lions cornerback Terrion Arnold is optimistic that he’ll be able to play through the groin injury he sustained in Sunday’s 27-13 season-opening loss at Green Bay.

Arnold, who sustained the injury early in the game, remained in the game in the first half before he was labeled as questionable to return and quickly downgraded to out in the third quarter.

“Early in the game, I was kind of coming out my break and I kind of bothered it a little bit and then it was just something I kept trying to play through,” he told the Detroit Free Press. “And then like that post ball (a 48-yard pass to Romeo Doubs), I wasn’t able to open up. … Talking to (the trainers) they said it was something we feel like we caught before it could be any worse.”

Arnold, 22, said after the game that he’ll get an MRI on Monday to confirm the severity of the injury.

“One of those things where I think it’s tolerable and I can play through,” he said.

Arnold, the 24th overall pick in the 2024 draft, is coming off a rookie season where he recorded 60 tackles, 10 passes defensed and one fumble recovery in 16 games (15 starts).

Lions coach Dan Campbell did not have much of a postgame update as to Arnold’s status going into Sunday’s home opener against Chicago.

“Don’t know how (severe). It was enough to not come back (into the game), so we’ll see,” Campbell said.

–Field Level Media