00:19yep sure it feels like there's still work to be done and we'll talk with hutch about it today at
00:2311 38 and hutchinson joins us every monday 248-539-9797 let's go to rob in sparta you're
00:31next on 97.1 hello rob hey guys what's up so i champion jump and then wanted to say uh
00:37something
00:37about the lions okay um my champ is christian isian i mean he the plays and intensity that he
00:45brought was just it you could just feel it you could see it it just i loved it it made
00:52me feel
00:53of like yeah what's really interesting about this is that when dan camp or when kelvin shepherd
00:59addressed the media excuse me on thursday he kept talking about using izzy as an as an example he
01:06kept saying izzy what do you see here izzy what do you like here and we just thought okay he's
01:10using
01:10him for an example apparently he was foreshadowing that christian isian was going to be a big part
01:16of their defensive game plan christian isian was inactive in week one yeah and and yesterday
01:23he was all over the field for them and um he's a fart like this might not be a solution
01:28to turn
01:29the defense around but it didn't hurt the safety is combined but with chuck clark the safety is
01:36combined for 18 tackles four tackles for loss is he had a pass defended chuck clark had the sack and
01:43the forced fumble at the end of the game i mean the safeties they came to play yesterday uh for
01:48sure
01:50and it makes me feel real excited to see maybe christian isian and branch play together just the
01:56energy that they're going to bring is just going to be mind-blowing um then my chump is uh it
02:02was
02:02i changed it it's just going to be jd after hearing the update i just i'm so sick of him
02:08this is the wrong
02:09city to be playing these games about being upset about getting a 40 million dollar contract just
02:14to be clear just to be clear you're saying jaylen duran is your job not jv yeah jv oh my
02:21god no jv
02:22i was in tears this weekend no well maybe because he made me look like a wimp in front of
02:27my wife and
02:27kids but other than that you know love him um and then i wanted to say about did you cry
02:32rob
02:33oh dude i was everybody crying my hands and knees you're the one rob it was it was only you
02:43what a sap i know very cool loving loving drew petting like loving his offense seeing gill howard
02:53like running as fullback on that one touchdown uh that was just just the the wildcat that he ran
03:01with bachy on the field and bachy also i could oh my gosh i just love the the offense right
03:07now i
03:07feel like it's once we start getting uh paid mazen and maybe scruggs moving to guard or something it
03:14just i i it feels like they're scratching the surface i don't know i don't think this thing is
03:19anywhere near fully operational yet i think this death star has a long ways to go and they're they're
03:25averaging 31 points a game because they've literally scored 31 in three straight games this offense
03:30can be better a lot better they're leaving points on the field they've they've made mistakes out
03:37there and they're correctable um i'm i'm impressed with with where they're going to be and i like where
03:43they're at right now but where they're going to be could be special let's go to david next on 971
03:49hello david hey david oh hey guys hey guys what's up uh so i i'm noticing after the fills
04:00loss terrible loss um people were talking crap about the line's defense you know and they were
04:06saying oh this and this and that i don't think people realize i it was either ennis rake straw or
04:13it was chuck i forgot uh who got injured during that game we had our third string safety out in
04:19the
04:20game i now i'm no football coach but i i don't think having our third string safety out against
04:27former mvp josh allen is really the the blueprint to success so i don't really know or understand
04:34what people were really expecting because thomas harper i mean because thomas harper was out
04:39was thomas harper to start the game yeah he was out i'm sorry yeah okay it's just it's it's kind
04:47of
04:48ridiculous about what these fans are expecting from this defense whenever almost our entire cornerback
04:53rooms out we only have what we only have like two three safeties who are on the ir or injured
04:59right
05:00now i i think i think i think it's fair to question you know did they do enough i think
05:09it's totally
05:10fair to do it i think what is the reality of the situation is if you are a free agent
05:16safety and you
05:18are good and the lions who have a bunch of money wrapped up at safety already come calling
05:24is the lions opportunity going to be the best for you or is another team going to be the best
05:30for you
05:30because other teams probably want you more and will offer more because they don't have a ready-made guy
05:36coming back one in branch and another that they i mean who knows when free agency was around and what
05:42they thought about kirby joseph's possible possible return and if you are a good free agent safety you go
05:47do i want to go there when those guys come back what's my role going to be so it's a
05:52little bit
05:52probably a little bit harder to address than people give it credit for however brad holmes needed
05:59christian isian and chuck clark to make some plays for his to give him a little bit of boost of
06:06credibility back because those were the guys he brought in and those guys made some plays for him
06:11it's it's not it's not a victory lap by any stretch of the imagination it's just a good bounce back
06:17for a couple of free agents that they needed to play now the defense i don't want this to be
06:22misconstrued the defense is not great like it's not great but they got the stop when they needed
06:28to get the stop and they should feel good about that and kelvin shepherd made a call that he should
06:33feel good about because that blitz worked and they also brought up two other safeties last week one of
06:37them played in the game yesterday and jalen mills the other one bishop fitzgerald was uh was was scratched
06:42but these are two guys they added to the team last week to try to bolster that but their guys
06:47brought off the street are brought up a practice squad so it's you know it is what it is you
06:53can
06:53be i i it was there improvement in the defense i think there was some improvement in the defense
06:57yesterday um but they still have a ways to go and and if people are going to be upset with
07:02brad
07:03holmes for the construction of this team going into the season i can still understand it
07:07248-539-9797 more your phone calls and feedback your champ and chump votes additionally uh the
07:14predictions for verlander from friday's show yeah uh we will tell you who came the closest today at
07:211102 as we got we had a lot of people uh that were interested to see how he pitched and
07:26let's just say
07:26the people that were chesty bravo the people who weren't well time to take some medicine champ and
07:34chump coming up at 10 35 it's carson anderson 97 one
