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If you ran the Lions would you make this trade?
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00:00We're off and running on a Thursday.
00:03Rico, I have to tell you something.
00:06Yes, sir.
00:10Kenny already has attacked me.
00:12He made a joke about something that I wasn't planning on joking about,
00:18but he was just like beating me to the punch.
00:20It was like eight mile when Eminem takes away Papa Doc's ammunition.
00:25You know, we have a couple of ads where they play songs and we're like,
00:28oh, they definitely played that at Kenny's wedding.
00:30Yeah.
00:31Didn't say anything.
00:32I asked a question about something unrelated.
00:34He goes, oh, Kenny's wedding.
00:37F you.
00:38I'm like, all right.
00:40It doesn't hurt to get ahead of the joke before it's made.
00:43That's my I see the rake in front of me.
00:45Great start.
00:46Oh, my God.
00:47Here, let me just step on it first.
00:49There you go.
00:50Let me do the hard work about this.
00:52At three o'clock, we'll get to the wings because I'm going to be a messenger of hope today.
00:58I am.
01:00I can offer you hope.
01:03What you choose to do with the hope is your prerogative.
01:11Yeah.
01:12Eddie Martone tonight.
01:14Hat trick for the Flyers.
01:16The kid was playing for state 10 minutes ago.
01:18No, I'll offer you something.
01:21And it comes by way of Mr. 305 Pulsar.
01:23You know, maybe I should put money on that.
01:26We will discuss, but I wanted to start with something completely stupid.
01:30Okay.
01:31Not the best sales pitch.
01:32Let me rephrase that.
01:33I want to start with something.
01:35It's a fruitless exercise because it's a mock trade.
01:39Okay.
01:39But it's a mock trade that I didn't like.
01:46I loved.
01:47And I thought for both teams, it made an incredible amount of sense.
01:54I'm going to play this game, but you know what that means.
01:57It'll never happen.
01:59Because it makes too much sense.
02:00And because I don't think the Lions have the balls.
02:04Lions related.
02:05Yeah.
02:05You remember we were talking the other day when Rod the Bod was cutting it loose at the league meetings?
02:11And he was talking about, wow.
02:13What if we'd gotten you, Max Crosby?
02:15We'd have to get rid of somebody.
02:17And we had talked about, you know, this core four.
02:20The guys that they are so obsessed with signing.
02:23And I had made my selection of, no, this would be real easy for me.
02:26I'd just use up Sam Laporte and tell him to hit the bricks.
02:30I want to propose from NFL.com.
02:33And I understand it won't happen.
02:36But this is a rare deal where I looked at this and I went, this makes total sense for both
02:44teams.
02:45Okay.
02:46Complete sense at every level.
02:48Okay.
02:48May I present this to you?
02:50Please.
02:51I know you're hopped up about the Artemis launch.
02:52I know you've been tracking the pod.
02:55God, well, Godspeed to those poor people.
02:58Listen, only part of the toilet's broken.
03:01It's only a 10-day voyage.
03:02That's what you want to hear.
03:04Think about it.
03:05Think about a three-hour flight.
03:06One of the toilets don't work.
03:08You're not happy.
03:11Rico wins.
03:12So let's present this.
03:13He's right, you know.
03:14I want to present this.
03:15Because I think this is brilliant.
03:17I just don't know if any Lions fan would do this.
03:19So the Lions would trade with the Washington Commanders.
03:24Okay.
03:26The Lions give up pick number 17 and pick number 205 and Sam Laporta.
03:38The Commanders give you a quarterback, the seventh overall pick, a 2027 third-round pick,
03:46so some future cachet, and you could use that third to get back into this draft,
03:51and tight end Ben Sinnott.
03:53Remember the H-back from K-State?
03:55Yeah.
03:56Fine.
03:56He had 12 catches last year, but he's depth.
03:59But I want you to think about this.
04:00We've talked about the Lions needing a legit tackle or a legit edge.
04:09You're probably not going to get that at 17.
04:13The other thing is you're probably not paying Sam Laporta a Travis Kelsey nearly $20 million a year contract.
04:24The Commanders move down.
04:27What does it matter for them?
04:28They will pay Sam Laporta.
04:31They will get a guy to replace Zach Ertz and help their young quarterback, and they will pay.
04:37They go to pick 17.
04:39You get picked seven.
04:40You get picked seven.
04:41That could get you David Bailey.
04:43That could get you Desmond.
04:45It could get you Reuben Bain.
04:48That could get you your number one tackle on the board, like a guy you covet, the guy that's the
04:55guy.
04:55Not the fourth best tackle or the fifth best tackle.
04:59The third round pick in the future, I'm not underselling it because future capital is good.
05:04And if in this draft you decide you want to, let's say you wanted to move up in this draft
05:10and you want to move up from your second round pick.
05:14You attach the third round pick next year's draft, you move up 10 spots.
05:18Maybe you get two first round picks.
05:19I'm just saying.
05:20Or trade deadline.
05:22Correct.
05:23That's where that, I think that comes more valuable.
05:26Look, I know that this isn't happening, but it's a thought exercise.
05:30And I'm basing it off of what Rod Wood was saying.
05:33Guys, would you entertain this?
05:36I absolutely would.
05:37I like Sam Laporta, but I'm never paying him.
05:40And I can move up to pick seven and unleash Brad Holmes to take a player he truly covets.
05:47Because, guys, I got to tell you, you know, if you talk to some people who cover the league, if
05:54you do enough of the reading,
05:55there are a lot of people who don't believe there are more than 15 players in this draft with a
06:00true first-round grade.
06:01By going to seven, you're getting one.
06:05You know, I was ready to mock you, but actually, this is really good.
06:10So you approached me the way I approached this article.
06:13Yeah.
06:14Because it was like, oh, great, let me click on this.
06:16And then I'm like, no, I love this.
06:20Because you have Tesla, right?
06:22Mm-hmm.
06:23Laporta out, Tesla in.
06:25They don't have to play the same position.
06:26It's about target share.
06:28Yeah.
06:29And if you gave up what you gave up for Tesla, you know what J-Mo brings, you know what
06:34Amon Ra brings, you know what Gibbs brings.
06:37Rico, getting a Sam Laporta gone and having a more diversified approach at tight end,
06:42and then handing Brad Holmes another top-ten pick, I dig it.
06:48See, I dig it too, Mike, because, you know, I like drafting the defensive players because, let's face it,
06:55let's just say Monroe Freeling is taken by the Browns, and he goes to pick right before you.
07:00You'll have your choice of maybe Reuben Baines, Sonny Style, Caleb Downs.
07:06If one of those guys are there, you add that to that defense, now you're cooking.
07:13I'm just, I'm, you know what, why did you do this?
07:16I know, and I know, because it's, I know it's stupid.
07:20It's not going to happen, but I would do that, yes, in a heartbeat.
07:23It's 40 and raining, and NFL.com put it out, and I'm like, it's actually quite sensible.
07:28But I don't know if Lion fan even wants to engage about their team.
07:33There's a lot of frustration.
07:36And you know what?
07:37Commanders are taking the risk that is Laporta coming back off of an injury.
07:41But they can pay him.
07:42Right.
07:43And they can go down the road and do things their way.
07:46For them, they're just moving down to 17.
07:49For you, you're really giving up the asset and taking on Ben Sinnott, who's a third-year
07:56player who just hasn't, didn't get integrated there.
07:59But overall, yeah, I thought this was super interesting.
08:02I'm like, damn, we just talked about getting rid of Laporta.
08:05But people, would you even consider this?
08:08Like, isn't this the type of move they probably need to do anyways?
08:13Because you're going to keep Gibbs.
08:15You're going to keep Jack Campbell.
08:17You're going to keep Brian Brant.
08:19Like, isn't this really the move that you can't pay?
08:24Think of it this way.
08:25Jared Goff, move him to the side.
08:28You'll have the highest paid running back in the sport.
08:30You'll have a top five paid receiver.
08:32You'll have a top 12 paid receiver.
08:33You'll have the number one tight end.
08:35You'll have the number one tackle or number two tackle.
08:37Like, at a certain point, you can't have all of those things.
08:42And Laporta, to me, is by far and away the least valuable.
08:46Not that he's not good.
08:48But you lessened his need when you gave up three third-round picks to take a third-wide receiver.
08:58And that number seven pick, what if that's your starting right tackle?
09:02And it might be the top tackle in this draft.
09:05Or to Rico's point, what if it's David Bailey?
09:08What if it's Bain?
09:09What if it's Caleb Downs?
09:11What if it was Sonny Stiles?
09:14Hey, what if it was Mansoor Delane?
09:17What if it was McCoy from Tennessee?
09:21What if you drafted another corner?
09:22Think about it.
09:23Okay, you got Downs, and now you got a safety because your two safeties may not be there to start
09:29the beginning of the season.
09:29You bring in Sonny Stiles?
09:32You got an extra linebacker that you can bring in off the rush.
09:36What it does is it empowers Brad Holmes to do what he's best at.
09:39Look, I think it's interesting.
09:41I wanted to start with something totally off the board.
09:44I can't start the show with Red Wings.
09:46No, guys.
09:47I understand you filled the lines for Duggan Scott and for Rieger last night.
09:51I'm not going to do Tiger baseball bats panic.
09:55It's six games.
09:56You got to step away from the TV.
09:59Am I happy?
10:00Was I enjoying 1-0 yesterday?
10:03No.
10:04Is it fun to watch Cary Carpenter right now?
10:06No.
10:07Guys, it's six games.
10:08Can the team at least come home first?
10:11Can I get 15 games, 20 games in?
10:15Yeah.
10:15Please?
10:16Yeah, you got 156 more of these.
10:19And again, if this is a cold stretch by the offense in late June, you don't notice.
10:24They opened up on the West Coast against two pretty good teams, right?
10:29Please, just let it breathe.
10:30All right?
10:31But yeah, I like this trade.
10:35Just resist the temptation to go get Sadiq from Oregon.
10:40248-539-9797.
10:43Yes, we're starting out with something light, fun.
10:47NFL.com had a win-win trade scenario for the Lions.
10:50I'm just asking, would you consider it?
10:52Because you know on this show, yeah, we're not paying everybody.
10:56Two to six doesn't pay everybody.
10:57And if I can get value for Sam Laporta and empower Brad Holmes to have the No.
11:027 overall pick, and it's really No.
11:056 overall, it's really No.
11:075 overall, when you think about we're not taking a quarterback and we're not taking a
11:12running back.
11:12Yet Love and Mendoza will go in the top seven.
11:16You're getting one of the five best football players in the draft.
11:20When we've empowered Brad to do that, he's done pretty, pretty good.
11:24That's a really good way of putting it.
11:26Yeah.
11:26Like I said, don't go up there and say, uh, Makai Lemon.
11:30Oh, dear God.
11:312, 4, 8, 5, 3, 9, 97.
11:33Oh, dear God.
11:34Oh, dear God.
11:34Oh, dear God.
11:34Oh, dear God.
11:34Oh, dear God.
11:34I'll see you next time.
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