00:00Jeff, you're saying it the exact same way that I am when I saw the Max Clark news combined with
00:06what happened yesterday, even though it was the debacle, the fact that you put him back out there in the
00:10seventh inning.
00:11It was all about him.
00:13It was his day.
00:14This leads me to believe they are going to try to get that last wildcard spot, whether we like it
00:21or not.
00:21And I don't think he gets dealt.
00:25Nope.
00:26All right.
00:27Appreciate the phone call, Jeff.
00:28All right.
00:29So we've been really kind of Tigers heavy for the last, geez, seems like the last month, ever since Eisenman
00:37got fired.
00:37Well, are you fired if you got bumped up?
00:40That's a different story for a different day.
00:42But I do have a question for Lions fans.
00:46And, you know, we often call for the hockey elite.
00:49I'm going to call for the Lions elite.
00:52I need you to give us a call.
00:55248-539-9797.
00:58Lions training camp opened up and it wasn't without some hiccups.
01:03There were a couple.
01:04There were three things that I pretty much noticed right off the rip.
01:10One was the whole Brian Brandt situation.
01:14He's going to be back.
01:15He won't be ready.
01:16He started off on the pup list.
01:18The other.
01:21And I got to give him credit.
01:24Look, John Jansen from the morning show.
01:27He called this before anybody else did.
01:30And he said that Jameer Gibbs is going to have a hold in for some more money for his contract.
01:34And I don't blame Gibbs because you've seen the Lions take care of everybody else.
01:39And you're arguably one of the best three running backs in the league.
01:45You want to get paid.
01:46You want your money.
01:47And the Lions haven't made that move right now.
01:50So he's a hold in.
01:53Man, the final one, man, I need the Lions fans to help explain this one to me because I know
02:03where I want to go, but maybe I'm seeing things different.
02:06But the Kirby Joseph situation, he goes from, you know, basically don't bet against me.
02:14I won't be on the pup list to surprise.
02:18Lions say you're on the pup list.
02:19Okay.
02:20And then he kind of goes to social media and attacks some folks because he's on the pup list.
02:28And then Dan Campbell spoke about it.
02:32And here's what Dan had to say about Kirby Joseph.
03:00That's him talking about Kirby Joseph saying, hey, if he's back game one, it's going to be like, whoa, where'd
03:05he come from?
03:06That tells me nobody's expecting him back.
03:12I listened and then Kirby spoke and, and I'm, you know what?
03:16I'm not going to poison the jury, David.
03:18Let's just play what Kirby had to say.
03:21Okay.
03:32Okay.
03:39Okay.
04:40And then you, but when you say, well, it's up to God, that's now you put it to a whole
04:46different stratosphere of, okay, what are you trying to really tell us, Kirby?
04:51Should we expect you back mid-season?
04:55Are you never coming back?
04:58You're like, you just woke up and it was swollen one day and you got the MRI and the results
05:04and now you just got to kind of wait and see.
05:07Hey, I'm asking the Lions fans, the Lions elites, what concerns you the most out of what's
05:16happened in that training camp so far?
05:19Is it the Gibbs hold in?
05:21Is it Kirby Joseph and the unknown status?
05:26Because for Gibbs, I would say this.
05:30If you're the Lions, I don't even know where to drop it.
05:35Just pay the man his money.
05:36Don't mess around.
05:38If you're going to, if you're signing Gibbs, don't do the fake bravado.
05:44We're going to try to squeeze money.
05:46If you know you're going to sign this man, just sign this man so he can get into training
05:51camp because the longer this goes, the better the chance that Gibbs end up with some soft
05:57tissue injury that lingers all throughout the season.
06:01It happens when players hold out for a long time and they miss all of training camp because
06:06you can run as many hills as you want.
06:08You can lift as many weights as you want.
06:10You can't duplicate.
06:11You can't replicate what training camp is all about.
06:15That's where the soft tissue injuries come in.
06:18If you're the Lions, don't mess around with this.
06:21Now, if you're going to make a hard stance, if Brad is willing to play the villain role
06:25and say, we're not going to give you an extension, we'll use our option next year and we'll franchise
06:34you and we'll have control over you for the next three seasons.
06:37Let the man know that and let the cards fall where they may.
06:41But if you're going to eventually cave and pay this man, pay this man.
06:45Don't let this linger.
06:46Don't let this drag out.
06:48You're going to need him to win.
06:51Period.
06:52He knows that he's got all the leverage.
06:55You could go.
06:57As I said, you could go villain.
06:58But I don't think that's in Brad's DNA to go that route.
07:02I don't think Brad is ready to be the real villain.
07:08He only likes wearing the T-shirts.
07:10The Kirby Joseph thing, to me, if I'm a Lions fan, would scare me.
07:15I've said it before.
07:17Your secondary is not your strongest position coming into this season.
07:26Branch, he may be back sooner than we think, but I think he'll start the year off on the pup
07:31list,
07:31so maybe he's back around week five or week six.
07:35Terry on Arnold, he may never play again, at least not for a long time,
07:39and not for the Lions because they let him go.
07:44Kirby Joseph was your ball hawk in safety.
07:47I don't know what his status is, and he's just coming out doing some weird stuff on social media as
07:55well.
07:56I don't know when he's coming back.
07:58The Lions are saying they don't know, and if he comes back early, it's going to be a shocking surprise.
08:04We don't know who Enix Raichstraw is because nobody's seen him play.
08:10I'm more concerned about the secondary because you didn't really address it in the offseason.
08:15You didn't address it in the draft, and you knew all of these problems were on the horizon.
08:21You believed Terry on Arnold when he told you, nah, I'm good.
08:26Okay, we're going to take his word for it until you found out you probably shouldn't have,
08:30and you knew your safeties were injured, and you really didn't attack that in the draft.
08:34You didn't attack that in the free agency.
08:37If I'm a Lions fan, I'm more concerned about the secondary because, to me, that's not even controllable.
08:44You can control Jameer Gibbs.
08:46Just pay the man.
08:47If that's your guy, don't be stupid about this thing.
08:51Just give him his money.
08:52Let him get into training camp.
08:54Let him get prepared.
08:56Because your defense is going to be lacking, you're going to have to outscore people,
09:00and you're only going to do that with Gibbs in your backfield.
09:04You got rid of David Montgomery.
09:07Pacheco, I don't think, is going to be a David Montgomery.
09:09I think he's just going to be somebody to spell Gibbs.
09:12But when I look at this, to me, it's the secondary.
09:16I don't think that this team prepared themselves properly for this upcoming season.
09:23But what say you?
09:24248-539-9797.
09:26We'll get your calls.
09:27We'll get your texts next.
09:2997-1.
09:30Let's pray.
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