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Are you at all worried the Lions will have an underwhelming offseason?
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00:06three o'clock good to have you with us talk to a little red wings deadline in hour one
00:10odyssey.com rewind if you want that we want to spend a little time on the lions today
00:15but you know in a little different way because it's i want to juxtapose two things
00:19and i'm going to say this up front this is not a vis-a-vis comparison right i understand free
00:25agency hasn't started for a vast majority of players if you're a veteran you get released
00:30early you can shop your services you've seen it with biadish you've seen it with a player i'm about
00:35to mention but i i just when you're sitting as a fan and you're driving to or from work or
00:41you're
00:42at the office listening to us and you juxtapose the two things i'm about to say you're living in real
00:48time so understand this isn't like a a smear campaign and i'm not saying the lions aren't
00:54going to do anything but when you look at what chicago did today it's it's really nothing to do
01:02with dj more it's everything to do with they are very clearly laying the groundwork for a big off
01:11season that looks like or as rico and i like to say seems like sounds like feels like uh will
01:18include
01:18max crosby but remember this deal triggers a ton of cap savings they are going to move on from
01:26tremaine edmonds maybe they're in the linder bomb sweepstakes maybe they're in the jalen phillips
01:32sweepstakes maybe they get both the point i'm trying to make is the bears oh by the way i already
01:38had
01:38biadish at their facility who graded out as a number 11 center in football last year same day their
01:44center retired correct cut scene the lions are going to have jedrick wills here on a visit
01:54and you go geez mike why why do you hate that guy so much well well because honestly i need
02:01a dna
02:02test he may be related to marcus davenport he didn't play last year but wait there's more he
02:08only played eight games in 2024 but wait there's more he only played five games in 23 so the brad
02:15home special this yeah let's bring in a tackle who's dead for three plus years so here's my question
02:25and i know this is tough to say and one move could change it all but as we sit here
02:32right now
02:35you a little bit jealous of the bears are the bears secretly who you want to be
02:41because i gotta tell you dave burkett's piece that we'll get to a little today the five point plan it's
02:47almost like i wrote it for dave and filed it he doesn't want to sign gibbs right now oh okay
02:53he'd
02:54restructure tell me if you've heard this before he'd restructure goff asb and panay sewell weird i swear i
03:00said that and he lists people like linderbaum jalen phillips you know getting insurance for
03:08terry and arnold and that murky situation we'll get to it as we sit here today the only thing we've
03:14heard from the lions again with with time comes different information we are here today rico here's
03:22what we've had from the lions from dave burkett reporting they're not going to be aggressive in free
03:27agency and tate ratledge is your center cut scene the bears just traded dj more because they have an
03:33abundance of elite offensive talent they're the betting favorites to go land max crosby
03:39they've already had a very good center in their building maybe to replace drew dolman
03:45and we're bringing in jedrick wills in a wheelchair
03:50now i'm not gonna lie to my audience i'm jealous of what the bears got going on i am because
03:57it feels
03:57like the bears hey they may fall short but it feels like they're going for it we know the rams
04:04are going
04:05for it with the deal they made yesterday when do we get to feel like we're going for it we
04:11sit and wait
04:12and and hope that they make some moves that we get to be excited about i just want to hear
04:16from the
04:17people on it because to me the bears are clearing the decks for the the off season you wish you
04:23were
04:24having that's what it seems like and the bad part about it is mike i could be in the minority
04:31here i i don't
04:32think that the bears window has opened up yet i think they're preparing i think that they're getting
04:37ready i think that this year could be the first year where you could actually consider them maybe a super
04:42bowl contender but a low-end super bowl contender because i still think that a lot of their players
04:47are young they're building up the reserves that in two years yeah they're going to be that team that
04:54you're going to mention amongst like three or four other teams and you include the chicago bears
04:58they're rising they're making moves right now and yeah the fact that you know one center leaves and
05:05another one's already in the building like they probably waved at each other in the parking lot
05:09as they crossed paths i'll say it again it's march 5th league year official march 11th
05:17where are the lions restructurings where is golf's deal everyone's known for months you have to
05:23restructure that deal where is it asb sewell where is it i guess i mean you know how they do
05:30things it'll
05:30all be in one day that's right at noon on golf and then here's uh saint brown and then here's
05:36sewell
05:36and they all restructured their deals all in one day that for that friday before yeah it's supposed
05:42to happen and i want you to be right man maybe it'll happen tomorrow i just i want to get
05:46what
05:46the bears are doing and yes you should be and take away from the fact that ben johnson is there
05:51and
05:51he's running your old offense they are just getting better and they're being very aggressive and you're
05:58not and that should concern you if you're a lions fan 248-539-9797 i know it's not a great
06:04strategy
06:05to ask you to say nice nice stuff about a rival but look we can we can say we hate
06:10it but when you
06:12look at what's going on right now it it it feels like it's trending towards max crosby coming to this
06:17division in the same way that micah parsons came to this division and as we sit here today the news
06:24we're getting from the lions is not ideal basically offensive tackle marcus davenport
06:30ratledge is going to be your center and they're not going to be bold and free agency oh oh and
06:35every
06:36time we hear anyone report about the lions quote they have some contracts in house they want to take
06:42care of no one with a brain can argue the gibbs thing with me no one's tried and i'm actually
06:51very
06:51pleased dave burkett agrees because you'll probably appreciate dave versus you'll yell at me you feel
06:57like you're not on an island and no i feel like someone who's smart plugged in logical and not
07:01emotional like myself comes to the same conclusion it is stupid to sign jameer gibbs this offseason you
07:09gain stupid no no you gain the only person who's happy about that are his gives and his agent and
07:15his
07:15family other than that he would still be under contract he would still have to do the same things
07:21i think the problem is mike i think fans will get angry once they see gibbs new price tag and
07:28see
07:28that his productivity goes down not because he's not as good but because you're auditioning four of
07:34the five people on your offensive line that's a problem and now if crosby comes to the division
07:40to go along with micah parsons and the other people here and your o-line is still in construction stage
07:48that's not a good combination so i think that yeah he signs that big deal and his numbers actually
07:54like slips and goes down they're gonna be like well why did we sign gibbs and it's like we tried
07:59to tell
08:00you yeah and again you could structure it and tell me the deal doesn't trigger for another couple of
08:04years the whole point i'm making is you're saying the in-house deals are holding you up from doing
08:11outhouse business i don't want to hear it i don't want to hear it so i look i'm interested okay
08:18i am
08:19interested to see where you guys are at i'm not asking for any yelling and screaming you don't hear
08:23me doing it but does it bother me if max crosby ends up a bear yeah i think it's patently
08:28absurd
08:29it's ridiculous we will have sat here for two straight years having two of the five best edges in the
08:34sport show up in your division all the while the lions are a team who absolutely should be taking
08:41a swing to get into that super bowl and they do nothing and if the reporting's accurate so far
08:49we're all going to be pretty disappointed with this offseason if the reporting is accurate
08:55and all we can do is today opinions changes information changes i hope we're doing a very
09:00different show and soon but seeing the bears trade dj more get a second form clear up 20 million in
09:08cap
09:08space it's clearing the runway to do the crosby deal it's just blatant and even if the bears don't end
09:18up with crosby but they end up with beadish and jalen phillips i mean wouldn't you be happy with those
09:25two players don't you have the same needs that's the problem 248539 97 97 david thoughts kenny thoughts
09:35please feel free yeah so um jealous of the bears i'm you know what i'm jealous of more than just
09:43a team named the bears i know they're in division obviously and and that and that sucks to hear us
09:48talking about them in such a way i'm jealous of the attitude the idea that this is how we get
09:55better
09:55these are our plans and if we have to adjust those plans we were fine to do that the lions
10:01seem very
10:02rigid very strict in there we're going to do this we're going to bring in another injured guy like
10:06i'm tired of the rigid game plan of offseason after offseason it's it feels like i'm talking about
10:12the red wings again yeah i'm a little bit jealous of the bears here's here's the thing and i want
10:20to
10:21talk directly to those lions fans that are texting or calling in and talking about
10:28talking about how the bears in the worst cap situation in the lion so how can i be jealous
10:32let me just tell you what are the bears playing in contracts right now think about their offense
10:38the offensive line sure you went out and spent some money last offseason your receivers are cheap
10:43rookie deals because you just traded dj moore who had the most money in your receiver room
10:47your quarterback doesn't have his deal yet rookie deal your running back does not have a deal yet
10:53rookie deal so everything is cheap and so tight end they're gonna go out because they have that space
10:59and get crosby they're gonna go out and get defense and you're gonna sit there and say
11:05well we got jedrick wheels no and i want to be i do want to be fair what the lions
11:12offseason
11:13clearly they'll sign people let's get that straight sure i'm making a point the only way
11:19they can get in the deep end of the pool gotta go all in well dave burkett put that in
11:24his piece
11:24i gave it to you guys six weeks ago the restructuring of your big three gives you in the range
11:31of 80
11:31million in cap space correct now we're sitting here and we haven't seen it yet it doesn't mean it's not
11:38happening but again we're living in now right here and dave burkett i think maybe i don't know if dave
11:46was foreshadowing but he said i personally would restructure all three of these guys for the sake of
11:52this exercise we will only restructure golf makes you wonder i don't know what maybe this is the other
12:00thing what are the lions afraid of because i know what what i think it is i'll tell you about
12:05it next
12:06doesn't mean i'm right but i got it it's just a theory i know i wasn't even at cali and
12:11last
12:11night and i'm sharp as a tack that msu journalism tease right there yes very proud
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