The Detroit Lions benched Christian Mahogany for disciplinary reasons in Sunday’s win over the Miami Dolphins, and it’s unclear where the team will go at left guard going forward.
“That was team rules,” Lions coach Dan Campbell said after the game. “It was really that simple. Miles [Frazier] deserved his opportunity, and he got it. And it doesn’t mean it stays that way, but that was the way it was going to be today.”
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Campbell did not expand on what rules Mahogany violated, and Mahogany, who still played on the Lions’ field goal protection unit, did not talk to reporters after the game.
The NFL trade deadline is Tuesday, Nov. 10.
Second-year lineman Miles Frazier started at left guard Sunday, one of two fill-in starters on the Lions’ offensive line.
Juice Scruggs made his sixth start of the season at center in place of an injured Cade Mays and could be a candidate to replace Mahogany in the starting lineup when Mays returns potentially next week.
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Frazier said he took first-team reps for the first time last week in practice Friday and learned “one or two days ago” he would be in the starting lineup.
He gave up a pressure to Zach Seiler that led to a sack by Josh Uche on the opening drive, was called for a holding penalty on the Lions’ third offensive series and got beat for a second-and-13 run stuff by Seiler.
He said after the game he felt he played “decent.”
“There’s a lot to clean up,” he said. “I’m not really looking at the good right now, I’m just looking at the bad, just the stuff to clean up. And I’ll definitely improve.”
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Dave Birkett covers the Lions for the Detroit Free Press. Contact him at dbirkett@freepress.com. Follow him on Bluesky, X and Instagram at @davebirkett.
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