00:03hello um boy we got a lot of stuff also i brought up the wrong set of drops
00:09i didn't realize there was a whole like b-sides to the album i there's like a second page david
00:16we have all the b-sides yeah i think you put up my page okay that was there was some
00:22stuff on there
00:23yeah afternoon so yeah i could say that about a few people today all right so why don't we just
00:32get
00:32down to it uh i have to get over the fact that i i watched a broadcast with the team
00:40down by 100
00:41runs pathway playoffs i i honestly just cue up saying just cue up the billy jean kazoo cover at
00:49that point do you want to do you want to
00:57i'm sorry you're you're currently down by two touchdowns to the twins you've lost like 14 to
01:0317 ah man i'm not asking to make fun of anybody but can we save playoff talk please yeah coming
01:09after the game before that just fade the screen to black commercial progress commercial break in
01:18progress and cue up a kazoo song if we just win the next 20 games we'll be okay i'll get
01:24over it
01:25just like i'll get over we're going on two months almost without the wings having a gm
01:30just like i'll just dylan larkin showing up to camp hi hey guys hey good seeing you
01:38i'm the captain don't forget he's gonna show up like roger dorn in major league
01:42everybody hates him but he's pulls up at a rolls royce like a studebaker right um
01:50yeah here
01:52this is all i hear in my mind when someone tries to pathway
01:56tigers making the playoffs while down like 17 to 2 to the twins
02:09well you see no i please stop everything you're saying oh to hell with a david crank it
02:25you've lost 14 to 17 may want to reserve that take
02:33you're closer okay i think that's i think that's efficient thank you realize you're closer to last
02:38place than making the playoffs how dare you it's true it's facts are mean but i i i start to
02:46believe
02:46that's what people want i i don't know so look we i left you alone that that was going to
02:51be just
02:51too easy i just i know yeah i'm not gonna bother mike he's having a good evening i i honestly
02:57i didn't
02:57think you heard it because my phone didn't blow up no i i much like you i just decided the
03:04juice
03:04wasn't worth the squeeze and i didn't want to interrupt you staring at the moon or whatever the
03:09hell you're doing at night when they're in eclipse the other day i just left you alone but then when
03:14you realized that i knew and and you i knew that you knew well and it was magic because then
03:21it was
03:21like make you believe these ms oh my all right let's let's focus yeah all right so here we go
03:31well let's let's get into smartest guy in the room syndrome so it's been a weird 24 hours i thought
03:37we
03:37had a reasonable take about pacheco which is it's pretty brutal i mean you had limited depth now you
03:43have no depth uh i've spent the the body of today listening to a radio station just like that doesn't
03:50matter no effect no impact well then why'd you bring the guy in but brad holmes talked so all
03:55right we're gonna play some sound now dave burkett dave's one of the last of mohicans dave will just
04:01ask questions and nobody else really was interested in doing that but dave got into it about terry
04:06and arnold and i think it's a fair question regarding you stayed with terry and for a long
04:12time here even had your coach say he was a good dude you had your coach publicly say we don't
04:16think
04:17anything's going to come of it or whatever paraphrasing but basically no i think he's going
04:20to be good oh eight felonies and facing life in prison later okay well you let him go and part
04:26of
04:26the conversation has been did you do enough to add to the room did you do enough to replace terry
04:33i didn't think it was a bad question well you're not allowed to do that in detroit because our gms
04:39have so many championships as in zero uh they are in fact the smartest people in the universe so
04:46brad holmes i'll let you listen to it i'm really just kind of taken aback by it so here's brad
04:52holmes responding to dave burkett take a listen
04:59you
05:00you
05:10you
05:14you
05:16you
06:00Yes, that's, yes, yeah, kind of, I don't know.
06:03I'll tell you one thing, Brad Holmes should thank God he's here.
06:06He would never make it in a real market like a New York or a Boston or a Philly or
06:11Chicago.
06:12He'd get eaten alive.
06:13I'm just in disbelief that you take umbrage with that question.
06:19Yeah, we like the guys in the room.
06:20I mean, that's the default for everything, by the way.
06:23The Detroit Lions love the guys they have.
06:25That's going to be the default to everything.
06:27You may as well get one of those staples easy buttons.
06:30Anytime you want to ask a question of why you didn't do anything, just hit the button.
06:33We like the guys in the room.
06:35But again, no one said you needed to get a young corner off another team.
06:40You have trades.
06:41You have free agency.
06:42You have the draft.
06:43You largely chose nothing.
06:44You swapped out Amik Robertson for McCreary.
06:47You brought in a guy who was so bad in Tampa.
06:50They wanted nothing to do with him in Izian.
06:52And Rocky Sin was already here.
06:55Okay, you kept him.
06:57I don't know.
06:57I don't think it's an unfair question.
06:59But in this town, I laugh.
07:02Between Scott Harris, Brad Holmes, Darkman, or whoever the hell is going to be the GM,
07:07it was Iserman, and then Trajan Langdon.
07:12There's no people who have accomplished less who think more of themselves than what we have in this.
07:16It's remarkable to me.
07:17Well, and then he's like, should we go and get somebody from another team?
07:20Well, Rams did it, and everybody's saying that they're the odds-on favorite to win this whole thing.
07:26Why?
07:27Because they didn't mess around.
07:29We got carved up by Seattle.
07:32Can't let this happen again.
07:33How can we get better?
07:34Well, let's go take Kansas City.
07:36Which one?
07:37Both of them.
07:37Okay.
07:38Deal.
07:39Go make it happen.
07:40Well, we like the guys in our room.
07:42Really?
07:43You really are happy with this room?
07:45This is the room that you feel like you can win a title with?
07:48Because I don't see Super Bowl title with these players.
07:51You may like them personally.
07:53I don't see how you win a title with the room that you have right now.
07:57The idea is, there's nothing wrong with the question.
08:01Why is that the response?
08:03Like, why be defensive about it unless it's striking too close to home?
08:06You know, kudos to Burkett.
08:08He's the only one who was interested in asking a question.
08:10For not backing down.
08:11Because a lot of people would have just, he would have got angry.
08:14You know, I didn't mean it.
08:15You know, never mind.
08:16Don't worry.
08:16Hey, answer the question.
08:19No, he went and he clarified it again.
08:22This is what I'm asking you.
08:24And he didn't want to answer.
08:26And it's like, then why have the press conference?
08:28If you don't want to answer questions, just stick Dan Campbell back up there
08:32and let him take the bullets for you.
08:33Well, and that's why you arrive at the press conference being worthless.
08:38In effect, this, it's all performative in 2026.
08:42Because, again, now, you know, Dave asked the question, and I thought it was totally fine.
08:47Like, Brad, if you like the guys in the room, just say it.
08:50We didn't feel the need to do anything.
08:51We like who we have.
08:53Okay, you got to live and die with that.
08:55But that's the problem.
08:56There's no accountability here.
08:57If this season goes sideways and it ends badly, Brad Holmes doesn't have to pay a price.
09:04Just like Scott Harris won't pay a price this year.
09:06A.J. Hinch won't pay a price.
09:08Eisenman got a promotion, allegedly.
09:10You know, Trajan Langdon.
09:11This is a disastrous offseason, including a negotiation where it looks like he's getting owned
09:15the way Dern got owned by Wendell Carter.
09:19So, like, I just, there's no accountability.
09:21None of it matters.
09:22So, I would ask the people.
09:24Like, do we have a serious problem with the GM of this team thinking he's the smartest guy in the
09:29universe?
09:30Mind you, he hasn't won a playoff game in two years.
09:32Did not make the playoffs last year.
09:34Like, what was there to get upset about there?
09:38Unless you just believe you are so above it all that you shouldn't even be asked this question.
09:43Now, mind you, you knew T.A. was going minimum on the reserve list.
09:50That there was really no way he wasn't going to be wrapped up in court or facing life in prison.
09:56You didn't do anything to fix that.
09:58You're being asked, could you have done more?
10:01And your response is, what would you want us to do?
10:05Get a young corner off another team?
10:07Didn't say that.
10:08You have multiple ways to acquire people.
10:11Why are you reacting this way?
10:13But if you saw another corner on another team, yes, by all means, feel free, make an offer, go get
10:19him.
10:19I couldn't understand because he reacted as if Terry on Arnold got popped for doing 60 in a 40 mile
10:29an hour zone.
10:29Like, it was going to be some minor infraction.
10:32Why are you making a big deal of this?
10:35No.
10:35When I saw the charges, I'm like, oh, boy, let's hope he's not a part of this.
10:41But if he is, he's going to be in trouble.
10:44And at that point, he could come to you and say, hey, guys, this wasn't me.
10:48It was whatever.
10:49You still, as the general manager, have to come up with the plan B.
10:54Hey, just in case this goes that way, we're going to have to have a replacement for him.
10:59And if it doesn't work out, we're going to have some great depth in the cornerback room.
11:04Because let's face it, he wasn't that great when he was on the field.
11:08So it may have been time to upgrade him anyway.
11:11And I know it would not get answered.
11:14And let me be upfront.
11:15I don't even know if there's an effective way to ask the question in that forum.
11:19I would love, Brad, to say, listen, Brad, routinely you tell us we have bills come and do.
11:24Yet, teams around the league, including what your old boss does, it seems like they're limitless.
11:33Like, let's go out and get a, who's the guy that's retired, our former defensive tackle?
11:39That'd be Aaron Donald.
11:40Let's go get Aaron Donald.
11:41After acquiring Miles Garrett.
11:42How much we got?
11:43Just give him $20 million.
11:44After acquiring Trent McDuffie.
11:46I just, that would be the question I'd love.
11:49I know it's probably not a great forum to ask that.
11:51And it would be, oh, you're trying to get clicks.
11:55No, I'm actually just trying to understand why we're operating in a different universe.
11:58Bro, it's a big difference between getting clicks and gathering information.
12:02Yeah, you're not going to get it.
12:04This guy really thinks he's the cat's meow.
12:06I mean, it doesn't matter at the end of the day.
12:08If we're having a parade down Woodward, I don't care.
12:11He'll have receipts or not.
12:13Or he'll have something to say.
12:14I don't care.
12:15Let me just, I do not care about Brad Holmes.
12:18I don't care if he's here or not.
12:19I'm not friends with him.
12:20I don't need to be.
12:22He's meaningless to me.
12:23He's a nothing.
12:24Just like these players.
12:25They're all nothings.
12:26I root for the logo.
12:27It's just, I don't understand the attitude.
12:31Who are you?
12:33Like, seriously.
12:35Are you the GM of the Kansas City Chiefs?
12:39Or are you the architect of the Brady Patriots?
12:42It's like, I'll listen to it if you've got so many rings, you refer to it as rangs.
12:48But you haven't won a playoff game in two years.
12:51You didn't even make it last year.
12:53That wasn't Howie Roseman talking?
12:55No, but that's my point.
12:56It's like, why is it this way?
12:58Hey, I'd like to know from the customer.
13:02I'd like to know from Lions fans.
13:04248-539-9797.
13:07Was Dave out of line there?
13:10What do you make of Brad's response?
13:13And we can just kind of go down the line.
13:15And I don't even need to play the audio.
13:17Oh, yeah, I want to bring back Branch and Laporta.
13:20Of course I do.
13:21Of course I do.
13:23But, like, how much further are we going to go down the line with that strategy when we're basically not
13:28participating in a big level in the trade market and free agency market?
13:31Well, there it is.
13:32What do you do with all the money that you save?
13:34I don't know.
13:35Like, by getting all these players early and you're saving the money, it's like, okay, so what are we going
13:40to do with it?
13:41I actually have his answer for that.
13:48I don't know.
13:49I don't know.
13:50So, anytime you ask that question, this is what Detroit GMs think.
13:53Right here.
13:57Okay, that's...
13:58Hey, Paul Reed got a guaranteed year.
14:03Okay, that's enough.
