Although they didn’t address Johnson’s specific claims, only giving the canned answer about player’s health and safety, they seem to be disputing his claims.

Via MLive:

“We respect the privacy of individual players’ medical situations and take great pride in the extensive work done by our medical staff and executive team to ensure we follow appropriate protocols with respect to player health and safety,” the Lions said in a written statement. “The well-being of our players will continue to be an organizational priority.”

I’m sure all that is true.  As long as the team is picking up wins.  If it’s a close game I think those lines are still getting blurred.

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