Overview

• Dan Campbell confirmed that linebacker Derrick Barnes and cornerback Terrion Arnold will participate in Friday’s padded practice despite Barnes’ finger injury and Arnold’s calf strain.
• The coaching staff has paused back-to-back sessions to manage growing physicality and reduce the risk of on-field altercations.
• Barnes is working through a hand ailment as he continues his return from a season-ending knee injury sustained last year.
• Arnold exited Thursday’s practice with a calf strain but showed enough recovery to rejoin the field and continues to build on his offseason gains in strength and game processing.
• Team leaders view the move into pads as the pivotal phase for evaluating individual readiness and determining roster depth ahead of preseason games.