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Sad News: Major Setback for Lions as 2 Linemen Get Injured and Star Player Faces Serious Illness
ALLEN PARK — Football is a violent game. And while that makes it a beautiful game, injuries are inevitable for every team. On Tuesday, the Detroit Lions lost defensive lineman John Cominsky and offensive lineman Netane Muti to injuries, while another offensive lineman, Christian Mahogany, remained out with an illness for an eighth straight practice.
Cominsky, a key backup now in his third year with the team, suffered a right knee injury when he appeared to get rolled up on by a teammate early in team drills. He initially tried to walk off the pain before returning to the ground. He was eventually carted to the locker room and did not return.
Muti also left practice with a left shoulder injury, according to the team. The interior offensive lineman signed with Detroit this offseason after spending last season in Las Vegas. He’s played in 22 games in his four-year career, and is fighting for a backup job in that loaded offensive line room.
The Lions also remain without Mahogany, a rookie guard who was taken in the sixth round of this year’s draft. He’s missed all eight eight practices in training camp, dealing a serious blow to his chances of making the team.
“It’s a real thing, you know, this illness,” head coach Dan Campbell said. “It really is a day by day (thing). We have virtually checked him in, so he’s virtually in meetings and things of that nature, but man, when we know he’s ready to get here and be a part of what we’re doing, believe us, we’ll get him here as fast as possible. But as of right now, we have to assume we don’t have him.”
Receiver Jalon Calhoun and running back Zonovan Knight didn’t practice at all on Tuesday, while nose tackle DJ Reader remains on the physically unable to perform list while recovering from a torn quad. Reader told MLive recently he’s unsure whether he’ll be ready for the start of the season, but his rehab is progressing well and he’s trying to rebuild strength in the leg.
