"Look, I've got to keep telling myself too, Mahogany for example, he's a young player, he didn't go through preseason last year," Lions head coach Dan Campbell said. "He got two games, that's good, but it's not like he's going on Year 5.
"He's a young player that just needs reps and with every rep he gets better and better and better. And there's also going to be some things that happen, there's growing pains that comes with that, so the more reps we can get and we reach those standards, the better off we're going to be. It all starts at the front for us, everything does."
Mahogany is part of a brand new starting trio in the middle of Detroit's offensive line with Graham Glasgow taking over at center for the retired Frank Ragnow and rookie Tate Ratledge stepping in at right guard.