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The NFL has handed down a two-game suspension to Lions running back Mikel Leshoure today for violating the NFL Policy and Program for Substances of Abuse. He will also be docked two additional game checks.
Leshoure will be eligible to return to the Lions’ active roster on Monday, Sept. 17 following the team’s September 16 game against the 49ers.
The second-year running back was cited twice this offseason for marijuana possession just weeks apart.
In a radio interview with 97.1 The Ticket on Tuesday, Lions president Tom Lewand said he was expecting a suspension.
“Obviously that discipline falls under the commissioner’s purview,” he said. “And suspensions are certainly something that could be a possibility and I would say are likely if you look at similar types of incidences on other teams. “
Leshoure pleaded guilty to possession of marijuana in March, paid a $575 fine and said he was ready to put the matter behind him.
Unfortunately, he won’t be able to do that now until at least Week 3 of the regular season. Leshoure will miss the Lions’ Week 1 opener against the Rams at home and a Sunday Night prime time matchup against the 49ers in Week 2. Leshoure won’t be eligible to return until Week 3 when the Lions face the Titans in Nashville.
Leshoure will be allowed to participate in training camp and the preseason.
Leshoure missed all of his rookie season after tearing his Achilles tendon early in training camp last year. He expects to be 100-percent by the start of the regular season and will now have an extra two weeks to get ready.
Defensive tackle Nick Fairley also faces suspension after he was arrested for marijuana possession and DUI this offseason. Fairley’s DUI case is still working its way through the legal system, which is why the NFL has made no announcements on his possible suspension.
“Everybody makes mistakes — not everybody makes two mistakes in a row,” Lions head coach Jim Schwartz said Wednesday when asked if offseason instances like this can be a wake-up call for players. “But if they learn their lesson and that’s the wake-up call and if that changes the way they conduct themselves and they’re able to have a successful career because of it, at least you turned something positive out of it.”
The NFL has handed down a two-game suspension to Lions running back Mikel Leshoure today for violating the NFL Policy and Program for Substances of Abuse. He will also be docked two additional game checks.
Leshoure will be eligible to return to the Lions’ active roster on Monday, Sept. 17 following the team’s September 16 game against the 49ers.
The second-year running back was cited twice this offseason for marijuana possession just weeks apart.
In a radio interview with 97.1 The Ticket on Tuesday, Lions president Tom Lewand said he was expecting a suspension.
“Obviously that discipline falls under the commissioner’s purview,” he said. “And suspensions are certainly something that could be a possibility and I would say are likely if you look at similar types of incidences on other teams. “
Leshoure pleaded guilty to possession of marijuana in March, paid a $575 fine and said he was ready to put the matter behind him.
Unfortunately, he won’t be able to do that now until at least Week 3 of the regular season. Leshoure will miss the Lions’ Week 1 opener against the Rams at home and a Sunday Night prime time matchup against the 49ers in Week 2. Leshoure won’t be eligible to return until Week 3 when the Lions face the Titans in Nashville.
Leshoure will be allowed to participate in training camp and the preseason.
Leshoure missed all of his rookie season after tearing his Achilles tendon early in training camp last year. He expects to be 100-percent by the start of the regular season and will now have an extra two weeks to get ready.
Defensive tackle Nick Fairley also faces suspension after he was arrested for marijuana possession and DUI this offseason. Fairley’s DUI case is still working its way through the legal system, which is why the NFL has made no announcements on his possible suspension.
“Everybody makes mistakes — not everybody makes two mistakes in a row,” Lions head coach Jim Schwartz said Wednesday when asked if offseason instances like this can be a wake-up call for players. “But if they learn their lesson and that’s the wake-up call and if that changes the way they conduct themselves and they’re able to have a successful career because of it, at least you turned something positive out of it.”
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