00:00Good morning, 97.1. Talking Lions, talking draft day.
00:05Take a chance day.
00:09We both don't want them to take a chance and trade up for Caden Proctor.
00:12No, and on Twitch it says Proctor at 13 would be a turn the TV off move.
00:18If we trade up, it's for Monroe Freeling.
00:21I agree.
00:21Yeah.
00:22Text says Proctor's the next Aaron Gibson. If they draft him, I'm done.
00:25Oh, wow. Who are you passing on? Jansen?
00:29Caden Proctor has Mekhi Becton written all over him.
00:33Huge, hulking player. Initially a tackle, then a guard. He's bounced around.
00:41I mean, it is taking a chance, is it not?
00:43It is taking a chance.
00:44I just, the idea that he's not a self-starter from Nick Saban tells me Dan Campbell would not want
00:50a Caden Proctor.
00:51And there's a bunch of tackles that are supposed to go tonight.
00:55It's taking a chance moving up and getting the guy you want as opposed to being stuck with who's left.
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01:06Now, when we say take a chance, do you have something in mind, John?
01:09Well, when I think about taking a chance, it's more like they took a chance last year on Isaac Tesla.
01:19So, it's more kind of late round guys, in my opinion.
01:24And again, I'll couch it with every draft pick you take, you're taking a chance.
01:30Because they don't all work out.
01:32And so, hey, Roderick Martin, that was a chance.
01:36Hendon Hooker.
01:37Hendon Hooker.
01:38Giovanni Manu.
01:39We could talk about all of these guys.
01:40I think a guy that I would like to see them take a chance on is a position of tremendous
01:48need.
01:49Linebacker.
01:49Okay.
01:50And I think I talked about him here earlier.
01:52Maybe I talked about him on a different show.
01:55Jimmy Rolder from Michigan.
01:56Yeah, you brought him up.
01:56Yeah.
01:57I think he is, his football IQ, his, and here's the issue where you're taking a chance.
02:04He had one productive year at Michigan, and he was extremely good last year, but it's
02:11only one year.
02:12And I've seen him mocked, if you're looking at these eight, you know, seven round mocks
02:16and all that stuff, as high as fourth round, as low as the sixth round.
02:22And a reminder, Lions have two fourths, two fifths, and two sixths.
02:25I would love to see them take a chance on him.
02:27I think he is 100% would fit into the culture of this Lions team, would fit into that room,
02:32would compliment Rodrigo, Jack Campbell, Derek Barnes.
02:37I think he would, it's special teams guy.
02:40I think he would be very productive for this team.
02:44In terms of what I want to see happen tonight, it does feel like the optimal outcome is you
02:49draft an offensive tackle.
02:51And Monroe Freeling, Blake Miller, those are a couple names that we've really fixated on.
02:55I've really talked myself into the guard out of Penn State too, though.
02:58Like if the tackle they love isn't there, you solidify the middle three.
03:04You paid a center in free agency.
03:06You drafted Tate Ratlidge last year.
03:07You could take Vega Ioni and play him at left guard.
03:09Mauler, physical, mean streak.
03:12The Petsing blueprint of running gap schemes.
03:15I could see keeping the interior, the fastest way to the quarterback secure.
03:20That helps Jared Goff.
03:23I wouldn't be mad at that.
03:24Now, if all the offensive linemen they love are gone at 17 because they choose to stay
03:28and there's a run in front of them, then I guess it's take the best impactful defensive
03:31player.
03:31That's the way I would judge the optimal outcome of tonight.
03:36Are you on board with that?
03:38Get your tackle.
03:39If not, you take your guard.
03:41If not, you take the best impactful defensive player, preferably on the D line.
03:44Yes, I would agree with that.
03:45Yeah, so we'll see if they follow that.
03:47But I think that's a pretty simple and broad formula.
03:51Yeah.
03:52But yeah, I mean, I want to see them secure the lines of scrimmage and pass that.
04:00Who needs the most help?
04:02The defense.
04:03Can I give you a player who I think they may like on defense if the offensive lineman
04:08we want aren't there?
04:10Sure.
04:11Keldrick Falk.
04:12Oh, from Auburn.
04:15Young player.
04:16Long.
04:176'6".
04:19280.
04:20Plays the run.
04:21They love, you know, all three down guys at that position.
04:24By all accounts, a high character guy.
04:26Good work ethic.
04:27Production dipped last year was much better two years ago.
04:31I think he profiles as the type of player they play at edge.
04:34I'm not telling you I am in love with his game.
04:37I'm telling you that feels like a Detroit Lion if they can't get one of their offensive guys.
04:43He is.
04:46Maybe 17 is too high to take him.
04:48So maybe if.
04:51Oh, 17 for 17.
04:53Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
04:55This would be a world where you're moving back or he's falling.
04:57Yes.
04:58I don't think he any.
04:59There's no world where I take him at 17.
05:01I don't think he is is anywhere near the player that you should be able to get at 17.
05:07Who's the defensive player you're taking if there's a run on offensive lineman?
05:10No, because Mestador is damn near five years older than Falk.
05:13Okay.
05:13Well, then I'm taking Mestador.
05:15I don't care about his age.
05:16I want to know what he can do for us in his in his rookie contract.
05:23Because as we've seen guys get hurt guys don't produce some guys do and I'm I'm fine with
05:32the fact that he is one of the older players in this draft.
05:35He is much more developed and maybe ready to play than anyone else.
05:42I feel like if they stay at 17, the worst case scenario is you take Blake Miller.
05:47I would have no issue with Blake Miller.
05:49Like you go.
05:50Hey, we love Ioni.
05:51He's gone the guard.
05:52Hey, we really loved Monroe Freeling.
05:54He's gone.
05:55Proctor is not a self starter.
05:58I'll take Blake Miller who's a guy that doesn't even like to miss practices, right?
06:02I mean, there's a world where I I just don't think Caden Proctor is a guy that goes higher
06:14than 25.
06:17Okay, I think he's on the board and and I and if he's on the board, I pray to God
06:23that
06:23they don't take him at 17.
06:25You guys say take a chance.
06:27Caleb Downs is the most solid player in this draft.
06:29He would solidify the back end regardless of Kirby Joseph and Brian Branch's situation.
06:33Take a chance.
06:34Go get Caleb Downs.
06:35Yeah, but what do you got to give up to get into Caleb Downs range?
06:38Well, it depends on what the Giants do at five.
06:41Do they take Caleb Downs or they go Sonny Styles or do they go offensive lineman?
06:45If there's a run on offensive linemen say there's I don't know five offensive linemen that are
06:51off the board.
06:53That is because I think loves off the board the way that I watch the draft is okay.
06:58How who's what's the run on the position?
07:02There's gonna be a couple of receivers taken.
07:03We know, you know the quarterbacks going one love a couple of edge defenders.
07:09It starts bumping good players down and if there is a run on tackles in no way shape
07:15or form is even Monroe freely as good of a player as Caleb Downs Caleb Downs to me is
07:22the best player in this draft, so if he falls to 12 because there's a run on tackles, maybe
07:29there's a run on receivers, maybe there's a run on on corners like there's going to be
07:33a couple of guys that that are taken off the corner position.
07:37Is there a chance where he's available at 12 because I've kind of nailed 12 as the highest
07:44the Lions could really go without sacrificing the rest of their draft a few more texts by
07:52the way to Grand Slam coming up at 725 a chance to win $2,000 if you can get all
07:5710 questions,
07:57right?
07:58We've got dear John at 735 and of course back into the Pistons before the hour ends got a
08:04playoff win last night even up the series 1-1 with the magic.
08:07Let me ask a question.
08:08Yes, where you get to those texts.
08:09Yeah, who was it?
08:11What genius Bach draft had the Lions trading up to get Caden Proctor?
08:19Peter Schrager.
08:20Peter Schrager.
08:21Yeah.
08:22All right.
08:22Mental note.
08:23Isn't he tight with Sean McVay?
08:25He has him trading up with the Rams.
08:27Yeah.
08:28Schrager comes across a pretty solid media person just because he did this one thing.
08:33Don't hold it against him.
08:34Well, it's okay.
08:35Like we do with Scott Harris.
08:37That's a strike.
08:38Clearly a strike.
08:39Damn, Peter Schrager in an 0-1 count.
08:41Uh-huh.
08:44Yeah.
08:45I mean, people have issues with Proctor.
08:46I mean, they're echoing some of what we've said.
08:48If you have to convince a guy to come into work and make millions of dollars to play a
08:50game, I'll pass on Proctor.
08:52Yeah.
08:52Or just to push away from the table.
08:57Yeah.
09:00Why would any GM in their right mind draft someone who isn't a self-starter?
09:04Not in the first round.
09:06Nope.
09:07I think they have their eye on Arizona State's tackle.
09:09Max, eye on anchor.
09:11Outstanding senior bowl.
09:14Yeah.
09:14I mean, maybe he's the pick.
09:16I wouldn't hate it.
09:17I would, if Monroe Freeling's there, take Monroe Freeling.
09:21If Blake Miller's there, take Blake Miller.
09:23If both of those guys are up the board, eye on anchor, I would be okay with.
09:28He can anchor your offensive line.
09:30You can.
09:30Yeah.
09:31Yeah.
09:31He could be a great anchor.
09:32I am anchor.
09:34Right there in the name.
09:36Vega's my pick.
09:37He says the Lions do a better job.
09:39Golf specifically with pressure off the edge.
09:41He can move up in the pocket to avoid a rush.
09:43Pressure up the middle is the biggest problem.
09:45I think we're okay enough at the tackles.
09:48That's Jim in Cedar Springs.
09:51I would agree with that.
09:52I do think that Jared Goff does a nice job of awareness and pocket presence to be able
10:00to step up in the pocket.
10:01And I think the biggest concern last year was the pocket.
10:05There was no depth of the pocket.
10:06And that's the job of your interior three.
10:09Secure the depth of the pocket.
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