00:00We said we'd talk some Tigers.
00:02They lose 12-4 last night.
00:05Look, Cater Montero was pretty good.
00:07He is JV's replacement.
00:08Well, he is getting healthy, and who knows?
00:11Maybe he sticks around.
00:12JV is expected to throw today,
00:15and at which time they'll get another update on how he's doing.
00:19But this is a game that got a little bit out of hand,
00:21and we can start identifying things that aren't working.
00:27I still like the bullpen.
00:29The back end of the bullpen.
00:32I like the starting pitchers.
00:34When you need to come up with the bridge between the starter
00:37and the back end of the bullpen, there are issues, Scott Anderson.
00:41There are issues.
00:42There are major issues.
00:43Anderson has not been very good.
00:46DeJesus, I mean, what happened yesterday?
00:51The rundown?
00:52You got the rundown that does not go their way.
00:54It leads to two runs, and then he comes in the next inning,
00:58and there's back-to-back triples.
01:00I can't remember ever seeing back-to-back triples,
01:02although I'm sure it's happened in games I've watched.
01:04I just don't remember it.
01:05But he went one of the third innings, gave up seven hits, two walks,
01:09seven runs during that time.
01:12It just got way out of hand, out of control.
01:15But DeJesus, Anderson, I'm not sold on Seabold,
01:18and he didn't have a great outing last night.
01:21Those are three guys I don't like.
01:22The three guys at the back end I love.
01:25And when it comes to Vest and Jansen and Finnegan, that's good.
01:29And the other guys I'm fine with.
01:31The two other pitchers, Holton and Herter, those guys are fine.
01:36They're going to have a rough outing here and there,
01:38but by and large they're going to get the job done.
01:40But they've got to find better solutions in the bullpen quickly
01:45if these guys are going to continue to be below average.
01:49And I don't think it was unexpected, frankly,
01:52with taking a chance on DeJesus, taking a chance on Anderson.
01:56That doesn't surprise me that this didn't work out.
02:00Well, look, a lot of teams, it's hard to put together a good bullpen.
02:04You see a lot of teams take a lot of chances on.
02:07A lot of players, the ones that they took chances on,
02:10aren't really working out.
02:11And there's a reason why literally every trade deadline,
02:14every contending team is looking for bullpen arms.
02:17248-539-9797.
02:19Are you going to eat that 1235?
02:21Let's get back to your phone calls.
02:22DJ is next on 97.1.
02:24Hello, DJ.
02:26Hey, how's it going, guys?
02:27Good afternoon.
02:28Hey, how are you?
02:30Good, good.
02:31Yeah, I just wanted to say I think we should take a key method
02:34or the tackles Monroe Freeling, Max Yonichor.
02:39These guys are developmental.
02:41And the Lions need to win now.
02:43So, Akeem Mezador, I think, had 13 sacks at Miami in a high production room.
02:49So, I think that Akeem can walk in, be a starting defensive end,
02:54and really have an impact on the team.
02:56We need to win now.
02:57We need a Super Bowl now before these big contracts come up.
03:01So, I really think we need to take a defensive end to Akeem Mezador.
03:05He's ready to go.
03:07I mean, I know a lot of people, the funny thing that gets used against him all the time
03:10is his age.
03:11He's a little bit older.
03:12I think it just means he's more physically mature and ready to step into an NFL lineup.
03:17Definitely.
03:18And, I mean, put him next to Aiden Hutchinson.
03:20Those guys are going to be extremely disruptive.
03:23Right.
03:23Maybe across from Aiden.
03:24But, yes, 248-39-9797, point taken.
03:28We go to Keith next on 97.1.
03:30Hello, Keith.
03:32Yes.
03:33I want to put in my vote for Caden Proctor.
03:38What I'm hearing about Caden Proctor is the same thing we heard about Jalen Carter.
03:43And we didn't want him.
03:45We didn't want him because, oh, his combat workout was horrible.
03:48He quit.
03:49He's this.
03:50We don't want him.
03:51He's an all pro.
03:51He's a monster.
03:53Caden Proctor is going to be the same thing.
03:56Why would I invest in a guy like Monroe Freeland, who is totally raw?
04:0117 starts.
04:03And you're going to tell me he's going to walk in, we're going to win a Super Bowl in
04:07the next year?
04:08Why do you think it's 18 starts?
04:10Why do you think 18 starts is totally raw?
04:13It is.
04:14It's against guys that have started four years.
04:18And he was there for three years and didn't start.
04:22Well, I mean, Georgia is one of the top programs in the country.
04:25And to his point, Monroe Freeling's point, he got to go against those guys that you talk
04:31about every single day in practice.
04:34And everyone else did, too.
04:34Yeah.
04:34And it makes you better.
04:36They have depth.
04:37But Proctor did, too.
04:40So, but Proctor went against them for four years.
04:43This guy went against them for one whole year.
04:46I'm not killing you on your opinion, Keith.
04:48If you like Caden Proctor better than Monroe Freeling, that's fine.
04:51And you're not alone with that.
04:52Are you at all concerned with Caden Proctor being able to keep his weight under control?
04:59About as much concern as it was for us, Jalen Carter, being under control and not running
05:07over anybody else with a carb or something.
05:10Yeah.
05:10I mean, look, Keith.
05:11No.
05:11Not at all.
05:12Aaron Gibson couldn't keep his weight of control either.
05:15So, I mean, I don't think that just because Aaron Gibson couldn't means that Caden Proctor
05:20can't either.
05:21And just because Jalen Carter has been a productive player doesn't mean that Caden Proctor is going
05:25to be.
05:25And you called it impossible.
05:26New England just went to the Super Bowl with a rookie tackle.
05:29And the concerns about Jalen Carter were more off the field than they were on.
05:33It wasn't.
05:33He didn't have a weight problem.
05:35Jordan Davis may have had an issue with the weight that the people concerned about, but not
05:39Jalen Carter.
05:39Jalen Carter had this ridiculous combine.
05:42Proctor might be fine.
05:44Your point of saying you can love Proctor all you want, but the case for any rookie tackle
05:51getting there.
05:53I mean, New England just did it.
05:55They just did it.
05:56I have the major concern I have with Caden Proctor is the weight.
06:02I mean, here's a guy that's going to tip the scales at over 350 pounds, played at 370 at
06:09Alabama.
06:11Some say at times played higher than that, weighed in around 352 at the combine or whatever.
06:17But what everybody says is that if you look back at the history, guys that weigh 350 plus, they don't
06:24do well.
06:25And it's a little bit of a concern.
06:27I've been more in Caden Proctor's corner during the course of the year.
06:29It should be something easy to control relative to being too slow or too short or short arms or not
06:36talented enough.
06:37All the things that you can't control if the weight is something you should be able to.
06:45I'm not saying it's easy, but it's easier than growing longer arms.
06:50Yes, no, right.
06:52You can't do that.
06:53I was reading about one of the defensive tackles is very heralded last night.
06:59And then there was concern because, oh, he's got a foot injury and had a foot injury going into the
07:03combine.
07:04Well, as a defensive tackle and you're a big guy, you're around 300 pounds, you got a foot problem.
07:10And then the foot problem crops up again.
07:12That's a red flag for me.
07:14That's like when I look at Zion Williamson and I saw him blow out the shoe the first game he
07:17played.
07:18I'm like, you know what, I would stay away from Zion Williamson.
07:21He's just too big for his body and too big for the sport.
07:24I worry about that with when you have defensive tackles that have problems with their feet or their back.
07:29It's a concern.
07:31And it would be the same thing with an offensive lineman, too, to a different extent.
07:36But Caden Proctor, it's just about the weight.
07:38If it's a false tag, if he's not lazy, bust his butt, can totally handle the weight thing.
07:44It was just the deep, rich, fried food of the South Plain in Alabama that caught up to him and
07:52he learned his lesson.
07:53Then Caden Proctor could be a great NFL player.
07:54He could be a great player.
07:55And I'm not ruling him out.
07:57He's certainly in my list of players.
07:59But he's not as high as Monroe Freeling for me.
08:02Carson Anderson, 97-1.
08:04So, let's move on.
08:05So, let's walk right in front of it.
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