Lions linebacker Julian Peterson was benched for the final regular season game, Lions GM Martin Mayhew said: "I will address that. I met with Julian on Monday and we had a great meeting. I thanked him for his two years of service to the organization. Anytime you have 31 straight starts for a team, you've given a lot of blood, sweat and tears to make that happen, but I thanked him and told him we're not going to bring him back. We shook hands and parted ways. I think it's time to move on.'' Source: Michigan Live
