D.J. Reader confident Lions can bring 'special' Lombardi Trophy to Detroit

D.J. Reader believes that this Detroit Lions roster is the best he's ever been a part of in his whole career.

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00:00I said the same thing last year.

00:01It was one of the best rosters I've ever been on.

00:03And, you know, we replaced the few people that we lost with some great people.

00:07And everybody's coming back healthy with a little bit more of a hunger in their stomach.

00:12You know, I felt like it was tough for a lot of the guys who got hurt last year

00:15and just being able to – we did amazing.

00:18And they still just got to watch from the sideline,

00:21the guys who really could help us, you know.

00:22So you get those guys back this year.

00:24Some of those guys trickle in during the season.

00:26And I think it's going to be really, really special.

00:28I think we got an opportunity.

00:30And I think everybody knows that we were in a group chat yesterday just as a defense

00:33and we were just talking through some things.

00:35So I think that's the coolest part is that we're all aware.

00:39We're not – like there's no pressure, but we're all aware of what opportunity we have.

00:44What would that mean to the city of Detroit to bring a Lombardi trophy back?

00:49Man, that city is – man, it's going to be like how Philly was, man.

00:54Like that city just – it's – they love it.

00:59The sports of that town, they love it.

01:01How much – how they cheer for us on game day is so special.

01:05But it's not just us.

01:06It's every team in that city gets that kind of love.

01:10Like you go to Red Wings games.

01:11You go to Pistons games.

01:13You go to the Tigers.

01:14Like when they're hot, the city loves it because the city has something to cheer for.

01:19It gets cold and rigged in the Midwest, man.

01:23If we can bring that Lambo back, it'll be like it's summertime.

01:26We might as well be summertime the whole winter, man.

01:28It's going to be great.

01:29So we're going to really try to get that done.