The Lions have lost a day of practice for breaking the NFL rules on offseason workouts.
The organization announced Friday evening that because of a violation of "player work rules pertaining to on-field physical contact" that occurred in practice during OTA's the week of May 27, it has forfeited its OTA practice scheduled for next Monday, June 10.
"We take very seriously the rules set forth within the NFL's Offseason Program and have worked to conduct our practices accordingly," the Lions said in a statement. "We will continue to be vigilant with our practices moving forward."
On Thursday, a rep from the NFL Players Association attended the Lions' final practice of mandatory minicamp. Linebacker Jalen Reeves-Maybin, who was elected NFLPA president this offseason, then backed out of his expected meeting with reporters after practice.
The full statement from the Lions is below:
"On Friday evening the organization was made aware by the NFL and NFLPA that Organized Team Activities (OTA) practices held the week of May 27 violated player work rules pertaining to on-field physical contact pursuant to the Collective Bargaining Agreement. As a result, the team's OTA practice scheduled for Monday, June 10 has been forfeited. We take very seriously the rules set forth within the NFL's Offseason Program and have worked to conduct our practices accordingly. We will continue to be vigilant with our practices moving forward."
