00:12so yes john
00:15and just keep playing his drop we don't need to do the one you got for me earlier
00:19uh well no not
00:24as soon as i said it it's one of those you know anyway uh-huh last night was kind of
00:28a crazy
00:29sports night there's a lot going on there's no way you could possibly keep up with everything
00:32the biggest thing i was watching was the world baseball classic and we've been talking about it
00:36the pistons played no surprise they beat the wizards cade though early injury back spasms
00:43no timeline and not really a big deal but you want to make sure you get the one seed so
00:48that it's not
00:48you know a long-term injury i was getting notifications though john i wasn't going to
00:53watch all these hockey games but i put notifications on for all the teams that you know we had to
00:59consider as red wing fans sure disaster you get ot in boston montreal everybody gets a point
01:08columbus scores five against carolina and wins that game and the islanders who could fall into the
01:14wild card beat toronto and picked up an extra two points the wings didn't play but it was
01:17an awful night for the red wings hey it does and no don't expect anybody to do you any favors
01:22right
01:22you gotta have to win games montreal and boston coming up the next two games both at home part
01:26of this homestand oh and by the way the lions added an edge yes they did a dj a one
01:34of them so
01:34who the hell is this guy most people don't know him it's a one-year deal up to six million
01:38i
01:39interpret that as oh this is a depth piece that this can't be their starter opposite hutch right
01:45i wouldn't think so so they went into last year so the contract is a one-for-one swap with
01:52basically what akwadi muhammad got out in tampa but i don't think that's the replacement as you
01:57mentioned can you address that because a lot of people today are going to see double digit sacks
02:01from muhammad for six million three sacks from one of them why why did why didn't they just pay
02:07akwadi muhammad so he's a different player clearly um but style too he's a three down guy he's not a
02:18guy
02:18that's just going to come in and be a third down specialist he's had two seasons um and if you
02:22if
02:23the name rings a bell maybe you don't know him but you're like i've heard that name before his first
02:28four seasons he played with the minnesota vikings his second season and his fourth season had eight
02:33sacks in each of those years so he has some good production in his past when he went down to
02:39carolina
02:40he only played eight games his first year down there last year he played 16 of the 17 games
02:45but didn't have the sack production that he had when he was with the vikings but he's not a guy
02:52that
02:52just goes in on third and long passing situations he's a guy that's going to play all three down so
02:57without making the comparison in terms of availability you you said this earlier he is a replacement for
03:04what they intended davenport to be last year yeah bigger longer edge setter can play beyond just
03:12passing down right yeah he'll be he'll be playing against a run as well so um but i to your
03:18point
03:19is he a i don't even want to say like he's not a marquee signing he's not a marquee player
03:27that
03:27that you're going to even know when you when you show up on sundays in the fall all right wait
03:32a second
03:32who is this guy opposite 800 that's that's the take on won him it's not a sexy move he also
03:40wasn't
03:41overly productive last year like specifically yeah he played a lot of snaps he graded out 113th of
03:47115 pass rushing edges he's fine enough against the run he's fine enough if he's replacing davenport
03:54or paschal who hardly played at all last season but i mean this just kind of feels like another
04:01underwhelming move and it's fine if it's depth it's going to be a problem if they're counting on
04:05him to be more than that well it's underwhelming because most people looked at it and said who's
04:10this guy yeah but i don't want to judge things by like do we recognize the name i mean even
04:15if
04:15you think a little similar to them signing a safety izian uh from tampa like okay it's it's not that
04:21the price tag is a little bit different but it's who are we actually going to have started safety
04:26i don't think izian was brought in as a starter i think he was brought in to back up whoever
04:30they're
04:30going to have there but i don't even know who that's going to be you got to have 53 guys
04:33yeah so look you have to address these positions izian can play some of the nickels some of the
04:39safeties spots special teamer although he thinks he can be a starter on defense okay fine well good
04:45you want that mindset yeah you want that mindset want them can play can come in can contribute but
04:52i don't feel like when the season ended john our goal was could they get a couple better backups
04:57right the goal was hey this defense needs to get a hell of a lot better right and the moves
05:01to get
05:01better needed to take place in free agency rather than leaning on rookies and there are still are
05:06guys out there that they can sign a free agency the three guys that we keep talking about and it's
05:12uh cam jordan it's joey bosa and it's aj epineza now i said those in the specific order cam jordan
05:21would be the best of that bunch and he's only a one-year guy same with bosa he's probably just
05:26a
05:26one-year guy um cam jordan has been more reliable he's been productive doesn't miss snaps doesn't
05:33miss games joey bosa you do have the risk of injury because he's got that in his history but
05:38had a pretty decent year last year aj epineza is another step down but i in my opinion is better
05:45than dj wonham yeah i don't think zooming out any of the deals they've signed are like
05:51bad deals for players who can't contribute but they're all one-year deals right they're all
05:58band-aids and i think that's the frustration is this offseason feels like they're running it like
06:04the last several offseasons where yeah we just look for depth and free agency we're going to keep
06:09doing it our way well your way was last place your way hasn't won a playoff game in two years
06:13your way needs a little more urgency and it's and stoney has used this term it's a gap year
06:20when you sign all of these you know low profile one-year deals it feeds that narrative of well
06:28it's really 27 that we're going for it not 26 it kills me because this next season they're going to
06:36have a softer schedule they could be a similar team and win a few more games just on the schedule
06:40alone yeah what i'd like to do is capitalize on that softer schedule because if you feel like you'll
06:45be a playoff team be the new england patriots yeah and and actually have yourself home playoff games
06:51win playoff games capitalize on it because john you could always say we're two years away when is this
06:58year the year right no i know that that's that's a great question i don't know yeah we also have
07:04a
07:05mel kiper mock and we are still more than a month away but mel's got a name that everybody flocks
07:09to
07:09and he puts out a mock we always take a glance and a peek to see if there's anything worthwhile
07:13and
07:13john got not only one mel we got two mel's because there was a trade and it doesn't affect where
07:20the
07:20lions pick or anybody that's going in front of him but he put out the new mock yesterday at about
07:25you know noon yeah another one out after the jets trade so let me just set this up and then
07:29we'll get
07:30to what the lions do at 17 but the number one pick no surprise the raiders take fernando mendoza
07:34two and three are pass rushers david bailey to the jets arvel reese to the cardinals jeremiah
07:40loves a running back that goes for caleb downs another ohio state defender fifth to valenny's
07:45giants monroe freeling john's favorite tackle goes in the top 10 he goes sixth overall to the browns
07:51say it ain't so uh speaking of tackles because that's kind of where we're we're fixating there's
07:57a couple more tackles that go before the lions pick maui noah out of miami the big mauling right
08:03tackle goes 13 to the rams and spencer fanu tackle out of utah goes 14 to the baltimore ravens
08:11the picks immediately leading up to detroit are kenyan sadiq tight end tampa bay buccaneers
08:18and new york jets select a quarterback ty simpson out of alabama so what do the lions do at 17
08:26with
08:26three premier tackles off the board and should they trade up if this is going to be how it goes
08:31it's 97 one
08:32you
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