Last year around this time, Christian Mahogany wasn't on the practice field or even in the building as he was dealing with mononucleosis. The mono kept the then rookie out all of training camp and landed him on the NFI (non-football injury) list to start the season. His practice window didn't open until October 8 (Week 5) and his first appearance in a game wasn't until November 24 (Week 12).

But Mahogany was counted on to step in Dec. 22 vs. Chicago and start due to injury and his play was pretty impressive. He allowed just one pressure, had a 82.5 blocking grade from Pro Football Focus and was graded the ninth best guard in the league by PFF that week. He made another start in the playoffs and played equally as well despite Detroit's loss to Washington.

The two performances gave the L

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