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Lions' DeAndre Levy blasts Jim Irsay over head-trauma comments

Jim Irsay's recent comments questioning the link between playing football and degenerative brain disease isn't sitting well with one prominent player.

Lions linebacker DeAndre Levy, who missed last season with a hip injury, took a not-so-subtle jab at the Colts owner on Instagram.

"Frequent trips to the pharmacy makes you a medical expert on CTE?" Levy wrote (via Detroit Free Press).

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The reference is to Irsay's battle with painkillers. In 2014, Irsay was arrested for illegal possession of prescription drugs.