00:03hello hello hello hello very excited to be here i don't know where rico is i don't know he'll be
00:12back at some point is he back tomorrow wednesday when is he back i think tomorrow okay maybe there
00:19some is there a comic book convention in town what the hell's going on somehow i just envisioned him
00:24like is he running around town dressed as the hulk or how does it work on day oh no no
00:28no it's
00:28spider-man my bad um all right so look we have a lot to a talk about b catch up
00:35on um david look i i think
00:39the lions thing is where we begin i just don't see a way around it and i've i've had a
00:45chance to listen
00:46today and i don't want to disappoint people i i'm not going to minimize it what was the the missing
00:54you know the the what did you lack last year what was the the missing link to that o-line
01:00it was
01:00frank ragna the center position with glasgow was atrocious he was terrible so you go out and you
01:06pay cade mays and while i wasn't as hyped about it as some i certainly was not down right he
01:15fine
01:15enough you sign one of the better centers available elite pass blocker he was a pretty bad run blocker
01:21in carolina but okay fine we'll clean slate it he's a solid player when you're starting center
01:28breaks his wrist and he's going to be gone eight to ten weeks the the thing that is never accounted
01:36for and i haven't heard it talked about a lot on the station you're not accounting for the thousands
01:42of missed reps with your teammates under live fire real practices not otas where everybody's in shorts
01:52and t-shirts camp practices it matters early season development look if tj were sitting to my right
02:01i know he would agree with this offensive lines grow together and the center position specifically
02:10it is about developing and growing with the the man who plays to your left and the man who plays
02:17to
02:17your right there's a there's a you got to be a bit of a mind reader you're gonna know
02:26hey the guy to my left footwork is better than the guy to my right or this is a guy
02:30who needs more help
02:31with this type of player the center position you are the point guard you facilitate everything you not
02:39only do all the checks but you're facilitating all the assignments up front and you are the helper
02:47so to speak very rarely is a center going to be asked to one-on-one block one of these
02:54new nfl monsters
02:55in the middle that's a losing proposition that's why a guy like tyler linderbaum got paid 20 million a
03:02year he can man up somebody so i i say all that to say this we all i think can
03:10can be arm in arm
03:12lions gonna be a solid football team gonna be a good football team now i don't know if that wins
03:16the
03:16north i don't know that well i'm not doing what mornings does oh they're on 13 and four save it
03:22i had
03:23that conversation with shabath when i walked in today he was doing this whole hope cast thing well you
03:29know while he's gonna be out it is arizona and tennessee and i go shabath are we doing this again
03:35we're gonna do this whole easy team thing shout out the steelers shout out frank brasmer shout out
03:41the giants almost tapping that ass we're not doing that you you have not earned the right to take anyone
03:48lightly okay i'm gonna playoff game two years you didn't make the playoffs last year so why don't we
03:54not do that the maze thing just adds another layer to what is now a really interesting first six weeks
04:03of the year right you got to get to that bye week kirby joseph's mystery brian branch will not be
04:08back
04:09you've already got pacheco who has leg injuries with more leg injuries and now you take in my mind it
04:17was
04:17the most important addition to this team and you are going to be without him at full tilt just to
04:24get
04:24on the field until mid-october at best and then once you do i don't expect to get the best
04:34out of him
04:34because the best out of cade mays is only going to happen through four six eight weeks of real
04:44development live bullets and and you're out there with your brothers in arms it's just i can't
04:51minimize that and i i do think it limits this team a little bit now the idea of well well
04:58it'll be next
04:59man up no it won't no it won't didn't you didn't you learn from last year there is no next
05:06man up for a
05:07rag now just like there's no next man up for a high price free agent center you paid what seth
05:13mclaughlin the kid who couldn't snap the ball at ohio state and alabama that kid stop and mind you
05:20you're already moving pieces around you're already starting a rookie at right tackle i have confidence
05:29panay sewell will be just fine at left tackle he's a first ballot hall of famer he gets carte blanche
05:36you could tell me you're lining up sewell at center i'd buy it not that you ever would i'm just
05:42making a
05:42point but i would love to know your concern level i have a high degree of concern with it because
05:48the
05:48o-line and the running game and the pass pro it all works together but the teams that generally go
05:55on
05:55these runs have the same starting five teams that need a ton of different combinations up front
06:02or teams that lose people for long stretches up front very rarely get home very rarely and i'm not
06:13comping this to what la you know the chargers dealt with last year i mean that was rashaun slater
06:17pro bowl tackle dead before the season even started then in season they lose joe alt for the rest of
06:23the
06:23season but in that in that sense it's not a vis-a-vis comparison you lose your center for what
06:31could be
06:31two months of regular season football month and a half six seven games like yeah guys i'm sorry but
06:39i'm not playing that game i'm not going to sit here and act like it's not a big deal i
06:43can't it's
06:45terrible and i don't know who the replacement will be nor do i care they're not going to be as
06:50good as
06:50cade mays just like cade mays was never going to be frank ragno so you got a rookie on the
06:57right
06:57side you got basically a street free agent at center and no quarterback in football almost if
07:05you want to leave some space in that remark and say almost no quarterback in football
07:09needs to have his o-line playing at an elite level more than jared got well guys come on we
07:16know the
07:16score he has to be insulated the weapons are there no one argues it but having a relationship
07:24having that familiarity with your center it's vital you're not going to have it and it's going
07:31to be a challenge to development live you know i i kind of comp this to you know you you
07:38get a big
07:38transfer in college and they miss summer camp and then they have to in real time assimilate to what
07:46the team does there's no replacing that in the regular seat like there's you just can't fake that
07:53so i i'd like to know where you guys are at with it i mean i don't not sitting here
07:58saying it's going
07:58to end your season that'd be ridiculous but if if if i thought they were a 10 win team i
08:05probably make
08:06it nine an 11 win team i make it 10 you're not going to lose expensive players and by the
08:14way guys
08:15i'm just of the belief in the aggregate you're down maze you're down branch i i don't see a way
08:24kirby joseph is kirby joseph and look the the bumps and bruises i mean pacheco this is live fire he's
08:31going to play a big role on this team he's missing all the camp and you know what missing all
08:36the camp
08:36does to you soft tissue injuries buckle up and that's a guy who's had trouble staying healthy anyways
08:42he really hadn't been any damn good since he broke his leg so i'll throw the number out i want
08:46to hear
08:46from paul david as well two four eight five three nine 97 97 but yeah i want to start with
08:51the lines
08:51the cade maze broken bone in his wrist going to miss substantial time rapaport says eight to ten weeks
08:58when i see things like that i usually just add a couple to get assimilated get back get full strength
09:04and go 60 snaps i'll say three months he's gone and for me yeah that's a problem david go ahead
09:11buddy
09:11what's up yeah it's a it's a major problem here because it's just to keep it in simple terms for
09:16people it is someone they targeted in free agency someone they wanted to go and get in free agency
09:22and now that gift now that christmas gift that you received is now broken quickly and not only you
09:30talking about the relationship between the quarterback and the center but the center and the rest of the
09:34o line correct making the calls protections things like that and now you're going to insert someone
09:42possibly in the middle of the season and then that changes the dynamic again with the offensive line
09:47it does that's important the other thing and it's not case cade may's fault i'm just saying a byproduct
09:53of the injury is you now have two major i think three major question marks i need to see who's
09:58playing
09:58left guard for this team well see that's another thing because scruggs who they said
10:02may get some attempts at center and training he's already he's hurt right now right so he's banged
10:08up which you may see him at guard as well i don't know what it's going to look like right
10:13now you got
10:14a rookie who's going to start a tackle you have larry boreham who's a swing and he's a player tj
10:19does
10:19not like i mean tj was nerding out on film the day they they signed him and he sends me
10:24a hundred
10:24different clips i'm going okay understood you don't like larry boreham thank you for your service
10:30it's it's just i don't understand why people in this town need to try to minimize things
10:37why can't a dog be a dog a cat be a cat why can't losing your expensive jewel of your
10:45free agent class
10:46center be a big deal i'm not going to try to explain it away i can't i don't want to
10:51and we
10:51already saw what that looks like for the lions last year we lived it up the middle last year was
10:57the
10:58problem for the offensive line yes and now you're basically taking someone off the street i mean
11:05gator might be at center for this team okay two four eight five three nine ninety seven ninety seven
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