Christian Mahogany will return at left guard for the Lions on Sunday, a week after being benched for violating team rules.
Mahogany apologized to the team Wednesday morning and returned with the first-team offense in the afternoon.
Coach Dan Campbell has said only that Mahogany broke a team rule “multiple times,” but did not elaborate. Mahogany didn’t even want to when he spoke on Wednesday.
“I’m not going to (say what the rule was). “It’s bad what happened, but I have to grow upand I have to stop breaking team rules. It is what it is. I let my teammates down. I left my organization and it will never happen again.”
Campbell’s four team rules are: Don’t be late; keep your weight under control; disrespect your teammates and disrespect the game. Mahogany first ran into trouble in training camp when he was briefly placed on the non-football injury list.
His absence in Sunday’s win over the Dolphins was notable as his replacement, Miles Frazier, had a rough afternoon.
“You just have to eat it on the chin,” Mahogany said of his bench. “That’s who I am. I’m not a person who’s going to be upset. It was bad not to be there because I let my teammates down. I don’t want to do that. I did it, and that’s on me.”
