00:01all right we're calling an audible nothing better you've got the whole show planned
00:07and then the lion sign a player you're not overly excited about but it commands the attention of
00:12the show so here we are 68 and sunny what is this savor it like six inches of snow
00:20so what do you want to do with cade mays because here's the problem you're going to bring up some
00:27some data and you're gonna you're gonna have the ultimate case of both things can be true
00:33i'm happy they did something right it beats nothing but for people who like the data stuff
00:40look take this for what it's worth he was one of the four worst panthers offensive players
00:46you like pff it's them who says he's he's not even by measure a starting center in run blocking
00:5633rd there's 32 teams now his pass block he was damn near elite which is great because i think
01:03the lines are always going to throw the ball i'm glad they did something and if the going rate to
01:10get tyler linderbaum was essentially sam darnold money you can't do that i'm not going to yell
01:17about that that's not the lions not trying that's not the lions playing it safe that's the lions not
01:24being you know hey joe rogan i like rocks well you can't pay a center three years and 81 million
01:32dollars as a contending team i was about to say but dovetail dovetail that with tyler linderbaum
01:38going to the raiders minutes later and that's the guy everybody wanted here and you find out like oh
01:44wow that's a hefty price to pay for your center they bribed him they bribed him because they have
01:49immense cap space and they're gonna have a rookie quarterback no salary there but 27 a year no i
01:54can't yell about that but cade mays no i mean is he one of the the five best available centers
02:01when
02:01free agency started probably not but is he better than graham glasgow probably yeah and probably then
02:08tate ratlidge at center so you know what you can move him back to guard like that okay and he
02:14may
02:14not be the greatest thing but he he's done the job before so he's not learning if they could sign
02:20brayden smith and i i know this is not what i get to do right this isn't burger king we
02:25don't get to
02:25have it our way if if we got news during the show today they signed brayden smith as well
02:30i'd feel better about this signing i've said to you now for damn near two months i'd love to put
02:36brayden smith at right tackle move sewell to left you grabbed your your set now again maize has only
02:41started one year in this league and you're paying him off of that where again elite at pass pro not
02:48a
02:48good run blocker and one of the four lowest graded offensive players for carolina okay fine he's better
02:54than glasgow if you can have the veteran added tackle i'd feel better about this but we have to
02:59let it play out i don't know what i am supposed to sell the listener because again the the least
03:08sexy
03:08thing you can say is is and it's the accurate part he's better than glasgow he's not that great
03:16and things like okay cool we did something two four eight no i mean just that it's the truth
03:23that it's still an upgrade from where you were last year at center you now have a guy that you
03:29drafted as a guard you can move back to the guard who was going to be auditioning for center but
03:35you
03:35really weren't that confident it was going to work with him you're going to get better at two spots
03:39yeah yeah maybe that's what we could say but is is it exciting no is it high level not really
03:46and i do
03:47think it's a window into exactly the type of offseason they're going to present you and it's right there
03:53because you're seeing all of these different people going to teams and you know what david i may need
04:00to go change my baseball cap why to the valini was right well no no don't do that wandale robinson
04:06titan yeah that that's a day ball thing day ball kind of launched his career was right uh but don't
04:12don't you dare oh that hat gets people upset oh you ain't lying um got triggered no and you see
04:17a lot
04:17of that though in free agency is familiarity time with player day ball was one of the guys on gary
04:22to
04:23the cowboys same thing the cowboys knew dc was a packer coach he was there with kenny clark
04:28and gary his first two years yes hey look i'm fine with what the lions did but i can't i'm
04:35not
04:35gonna dance the old soft shoe like sammy davis here it's fine question mark it's fine but i do think
04:44that lions fans are waiting to see that splash guy when you're seeing hey here's canine off to the
04:51chiefs and here's this guy going here and here's this trade and we got a center yeah but but hold
04:57on
04:57centers needed the problem is it wasn't one of the highest level center now again i can't change
05:04that conor mcgovern went back to buffalo and i can't change what the raiders did and i am surely
05:10not going to criticize the lions for for not doing what well we'll make it 28 no you won't stop
05:16it
05:16somebody log out like get out of the online auction well i remember you're out well you said
05:21and whoever i'm gonna go one million more but not this like if so there was a little there there
05:27was
05:27like if you told me linder bomb got 21 from the raiders maybe you go 22 because you were just
05:33more
05:34more but you can't no team who's remotely ready to win can can pay a center that so my whole
05:42point is
05:42yeah i wish they could have got a better center but who when we really look at it so okay
05:49best available
05:50you could make a case of the non-linder bombs and okay i couldn't get mcgovern be otis signed
05:59somewhere else is he the best of the rest okay my point to you is and the point to the
06:06listener is
06:07this city and media has a real habit of pimping things that really don't warrant pimpage
06:17you can just say better than glasgow so's a dead body better at pass pro than run blocking kind of
06:25a weird choice but i'll live with it and again pff is not the end-all be-all but if
06:32you use it as a
06:32reference yeah i mean it's just telling you he wasn't one of the top 20 or even top what was
06:39he
06:3929th 29th 29th yeah 29th overall as a center if i told you that you signed a slight upgrade because
06:49glasgow was like 113th out of out of centers including 38 retired players he ranked below jake bates
07:00that's my whole point is it doesn't mean i'm mad about it or bleeping it i i just
07:07i don't i don't feel like this is some kind of silver bullet the old lines but i can't do
07:13that
07:13no what you hope that this is just the first of many people that they're going to bring in this
07:17week you hope that this just isn't it here's what it feels like maybe you and i can start the
07:23week
07:23agreeing maybe it's just got to be the collective this offseason they're telling you what it's going
07:30to be and it's going to be the collection of pieces together and in the aggregate did they get
07:35better because i think if we're waiting for a a whiz bang pow it doesn't feel like that's happening
07:43no we talked about a pre-show they haven't even restructured deals yet so we don't know how much
07:48money they have to go with and this kind of leads to what burkett and a lot of the other
07:53gms were saying
07:54doug karsh is back you looking for more of the 80 degree weather you have in the studio here there
07:59you go
08:00there it is continue continue please no you're fine but i think it goes to to what uh burkett and
08:09some
08:09of the other gms are saying that don't expect these monumental moves this offseason no and again
08:15some of the other moves of the day uh whether the lions would even need to be in these or
08:19not
08:20that's not the point but like okay canine goes to the chiefs that's not a move for you
08:24now the jalen phillips to the panthers here's the key if cade mays were so sweet they would have kept
08:30him why they have money because they just handed jalen phillips for 120 that i always look at things
08:38like that if a guy is so good why is he a free agent so you just keep your eye
08:44on that minka
08:44fitzpatrick to the jets i wouldn't expect the lions to be in that do they need a safety yes
08:49can they afford to do that probably not crosby ravens this weekend i mean that's a what is the
08:55little murder a song as old as time it's beauty and the beast the lions weren't going to do two
09:00first round picks why because they don't do things like that i don't know what else to say
09:05they just don't it's just not what they're going to do but yeah as these things go on i mean
09:09alec
09:10pierce that has nothing to do with the lions where are you guys though i mean 248-539-9797 and
09:17yeah
09:17i want to get to michigan michigan state and we got to talk about his oaks i thought it was
09:21bad
09:21look after the game i want to talk about the pistons you hate to see it uh it was just
09:27just
09:27reality check time and we can get to tarik scoobel being a drama queen that'll be exciting as well oh
09:35my
09:35heart is torn about the wbc really i wish your heart was torn about throwing another pitch game five in
09:40seattle oh oh but by all means board another flight and go and go pitch in a stupid exhibition
09:50hey but when i used to say that you gotta let that go that's seattle listen it's just it was
09:56an
09:56emotional flashpoint there i'll get over it thank you i have let it go until he did stuff like this
10:01and
10:02it forces me to re not let it go things 248-539-9797 david congratulations on your overpaid wide
10:11receiver big day for you kenny i want your thoughts on this as a honolulu blue truther as well do
10:17you
10:17want to do that now or after a message from the pontiff uh let's have a message from the pontiff
10:23first okay my thoughts i'm rico my basement all right here's rico we'll get to you guys and i want
10:29to hear from kenny on the kade mays thing and is it foreshadowing of the type of offseason we're headed
10:35for rico floor is yours sir
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