Apparently, the Lions bit too many kneecaps during organized team activities.
The team violated player work rules regarding physical contact on the field, the Lions announced Friday night. As punishment, the Lions will miss the OTA practice scheduled for Monday.
“On Friday night, the NFL and NFLPA informed the organization that organized team activities (OTA) practices held the week of May 27 violated player work rules related to physical contact on the field. in accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement,” the team said. he said in a statement. “As a result, the team’s OTA practice scheduled for Monday, June 10 has been lost. We take the rules established within the NFL Offseason Program very seriously and have worked to conduct our practices accordingly. We will continue to be pay attention to our practices moving forward.”
The CBA prohibits live contact.
The Lions are the first team this offseason to be penalized, but several teams in recent years have had practices deemed too physical.
The Lions had OTA practices from May 21-23 and May 29-31. They had a mandatory minicamp this week and were scheduled to have their final three OTAs next week, but after Friday’s announcement, the Lions are scheduled for practices only on Tuesday and Wednesday to wrap up their offseason program.
In his introductory press conference in 2021, coach Dan Campbell famously said, “We’re going to kick you in the teeth, and when you hit us back we’re going to smile at you, and when you knock us down, we’re going to hit you.” Get up and along the way we’re going to bite your kneecap off.
