00:00Lions victory Monday. Good morning. 97 one Jim Costa, John Jansen, Heather Park, Gov and Greg behind the glass work
00:07in Michigan, Michigan State juggle everything today because the Lions there's not much to be said there. You go on
00:15the road and handle your business. This texter says, John, you know how it could be on the NFL schedule
00:19going on the road. It's tough, especially with the week they had with Jack. A win's a win. Yeah, I
00:24mean, I'll take a win any day of the week. Miami is a 14th ranked defense.
00:28They've lost since they've lost in week three. It's only by one score. This is a good win. Wasn't pretty,
00:37but the Lions get it done. And how about a couple people breaking some news to us? Just double checking
00:42this. We got breaking news, John. Oh, okay. Dylan on NFL trade deadline Eve. Oh, oh, edge of my seat.
00:54Jesse Bates has been traded to the Jacksonville.
00:58Jacksonville Jaguars for a 2027 second round pick and a 2028 fifth round pick. Oh, second and fifth. Bates is
01:09in the final year of his contract set to be an unrestricted free agent in March. That's a lot of
01:14capital to give up for an expiring contract. Cowboy similar with Porter. Yeah, that's the price. Brad.
01:22A rental costs you a second and a day three pick. How about the prices or your team suffers? You
01:29don't get the upgrade. What a little advantage here. I just noticed with the Jags making this deal. You play
01:33on Thursday night. You get to sit back, watch the league, watch your AFC and see kind of calculate. Okay.
01:40Can we stack up with these teams? You go get a safety. Looks like you're preparing to play Josh Allen
01:46and Joe Burrow.
01:47Well, and it's remember, this is a team that has been good in the red zone, but in between the
01:54twenties, they've given up a lot of yardage and they, they, they, they recognize, Hey, we're not good enough defensively.
02:00We've got to go get better. And they addressed it.
02:03You've discussed they could chase down the one seed. Jacksonville's played very well this season. They got a lot of
02:09their hard games out of the way. So if you can start to line up, Hey, home field, upgrade our
02:15secondary, put yourself in a position to actually do this. Got a balanced offense. Yeah. Probably the most unknown good
02:22player in the league this year. Tootin. It just sets the backdrop for tomorrow.
02:31It does. And, and, and, and it's, we saw it, was it two years ago with Zedaria Smith? That was
02:40like a, you know, up against it. It was a Tuesday deal. It was pulling teeth and they only gave
02:47up a fifth, right? Right. Can I be honest? I'm not looking forward to tomorrow.
02:53Of sitting there looking at your phone, wondering, is he going to do it?
02:56This has become a exercise for all of our teams that I no longer look forward to.
03:03The excitement of, of adding to your team is no longer there.
03:06It used to be exciting.
03:07And then I get kicked in the pants and punched in the gut every time.
03:12Is it day of or day after?
03:14Cause the show after, if they don't do anything, it's the one that really sucks.
03:17Yeah. It's, it's kind of a twofer with this shift.
03:20Start talking about diners and bands with all our GMs.
03:22Well, you get excited the morning of, then nothing happens later in the day.
03:27Then you get frustrated and come on the next day and you do the show you've done a dozen times.
03:31So I'm not really looking forward to that as messed up as it is.
03:35We got a good football team.
03:36The opportunity is there.
03:38I would love to be wrong and pleasantly surprised.
03:40So here we sit Monday morning.
03:44What's your sense of Brad Holmes?
03:46Cause we've seen him do it before and you could, you could argue the level at which he's done it.
03:52At the times, Darius Smith was the number one edge defender that to, to be moved.
03:58So the texters like to call him bargain bin Brad.
04:01Yeah.
04:01So I predict a bandaid from Brad, not a guy that's a bonafide starter necessarily a depth
04:11piece, but a depth piece, you know, again, I'll go back to you pulling teeth, giving up
04:17a day three pick to get Zedarius.
04:18Does he have what it takes to give up day two picks second round picks for rentals?
04:26Amen.
04:26I, I, I, I believe, and it's more, I'm, I'm hanging my hat on what Dan Campbell had to
04:34say, because normally he doesn't even address the trade deadline.
04:39And obviously the Joey Porter jr.
04:41Trade happened what a month ago.
04:44And he was asked and he said, yeah, we were in on that.
04:48So I, I, I gotta believe that there is still there.
04:54There, there's still going to be something that happens to improve this defense.
04:58But the Pistons were in on Austin reefs and the Tigers were in on Alex Bregman and the
05:03Red Wings were in on nevermind.
05:04Yeah.
05:05But those are all off season.
05:07No, I know being in on doesn't, hasn't translated into the fall through.
05:13Well, again, I'll just sit there and okay.
05:17They didn't ultimately win the Superbowl with Zedaria Smith, but they did go and add him
05:24at the trade deadline.
05:25It was a good move.
05:26Yeah.
05:26So it's not like he hasn't done anything.
05:30No, he hasn't gone out there and sold a first round pick for a game changing player at, at
05:35any position.
05:36Yeah.
05:36And I want to be clear.
05:37I'm not saying the only way I'm as a fan going to be happy is if we trade two firsts
05:41and get our own Jeffrey Simmons, right?
05:45But if it's, Hey, we had a six round pick.
05:48We're dangling.
05:50Will anybody do business with us?
05:52I just think you're going to get laughed out of the room with, with the prices we're
05:55seeing.
05:56Right.
05:56And I, I am curious the injuries that we've seen happen.
06:00Like Joey Porter jr.
06:02Has it played a lot, you know, and they gave up a lot of capital for him.
06:06Quentin Nelson, it was reported that he's got to have to go, you know, get an e-scoped.
06:10He's going to do, they've been rumored to get Jones and Taylor, right?
06:15Having a, just a competent offense with that defense.
06:18Yeah.
06:18I mean, Brad, let's, if those teams, I'm convinced that those teams will make moves.
06:24I'm kind of thinking the bears might make another ad.
06:27Well, that there's been talk.
06:28They could go for a corner, which again, okay.
06:31Let me just say this.
06:32That's, that's where we're looking.
06:33Throw everything else out.
06:35If he adds reek woolen, is it good enough?
06:37Brad?
06:38Yeah.
06:38For me.
06:39Yeah.
06:40I think it's the Darius all over again.
06:41Yeah.
06:41No, I think it's, it's a, it'd be a bandaid move.
06:43It's certainly better than nothing.
06:44I think it addresses one of the weaknesses of this football team.
06:48Okay.
06:48It's not a, would he come in here and start?
06:50Yeah.
06:50I think he would.
06:51Right.
06:53Is he good enough?
06:54If it's kind of ends up being a lukewarm deadline that maybe this thing's getting oversold.
06:58The division rivals don't do anything else much either.
07:02Then you hear about the cost out there and a lot of teams back off the cost.
07:06It wasn't just the lions.
07:07And I think he could buy that lukewarm is a good word.
07:09Cause I wouldn't come in and kill them.
07:11Right.
07:11For adding this player that I've talked about for weeks.
07:13I think it would be a good addition.
07:17Two, four, eight, five, three, nine, 97, 97.
07:20If you're in a world where you got reek woolen and the Eagles also either moved Mitchell or Dejean to
07:25the bears.
07:27Yeah.
07:27Or bond somewhere.
07:28Yeah.
07:29Let's go to the phones.
07:30Edward in Detroit.
07:31Edward, good morning.
07:33Guys, as far as I'm concerned, this is a classic keeping up with the Joneses situation.
07:38You know, as your neighbor adds, you know, riding lawnmowers and, you know, hot tubs off the deck, you know,
07:45we're going to see, you know, what Brad Holmes wants to do.
07:48And I think it's a very, it's going to be a clarifying moment for fans of all types.
07:52Like skeptics like me or, you know, guys painting their faces every Sunday, you know, the Lions are going to
07:58show us between now and tomorrow, whether or not they are a team actively pursuing the Super Bowl, like their
08:04competitors are, or are they something else?
08:07And when you mentioned that you're going to, that you're, you're bracing yourself for heartbreak.
08:11Like imagine how you're going to feel when Brad Holmes gets behind the podium and says that the addition of
08:19the Kirby Joseph into practice is the equivalent of adding an all pro at the trade deadline.
08:27So you brace yourself for that because it's, it's, it's unfortunate that that is a legitimate possibility.
08:34I can't even be mad at you, Edward, but why did you have to say it today?
08:40Hey, they've, they've, they've, they've, they've prepared us.
08:42It's been, we're in year six of this.
08:44And I think this team, you know, it's, I'm 57 years old.
08:48I've seen what I've seen and they prioritize something other than winning because they're not used to winning.
08:53This is a relative new thing.
08:55And so they like grit and culture and locker room fit and stuff that we saw yesterday with mahogany and,
09:01you know, get ready for it because it's coming.
09:03Edward, I can't even be mad at you because we opened this, this door talking about the trade.
09:09I wanted to bask in the victory Monday and do the rivalry stuff and we'll let the deadline speak for
09:15itself tomorrow and Wednesday.
09:17And we will get a chance to talk to Dan Campbell tomorrow.
09:19Yeah.
09:19Maybe he'll break a trade with us.
09:21Remember the awkwardness is a Darius a couple of years ago.
09:24We're like, can you confirm this?
09:26Yeah.
09:28You know, Edward made the comparison about the neighbor and you're keeping up with the Joneses.
09:33I mean, you don't want to make a bad move.
09:36No.
09:37I mean, that's like getting a catio because your neighbor did.
09:41You don't want to be financing three different purchases that you can't afford just because your neighbor did.
09:47Right.
09:47Right.
09:48I understand you don't want Brad to make a move for the sake of making a move.
09:51Make a move because you can make the team better.
09:53Right.
09:54Okay.
09:55We got callers who want to talk Michigan, Michigan State.
09:56We should reset the rivalry stuff.
09:58If you're a state fan, is this the signature win?
10:02I'm asking because, you know, I had said they're going to get one in November.
10:06I want to know, do I get to count this?
10:08And do you count this as a fan or is it?
10:10And Michigan's not even a bowl team.
10:12Do we get to count this as our signature program victory?
10:15Spartans to the victory goes to the spoils.
10:17Call in and talk about the significance of the win.
10:18And if you're a Michigan fan, well, there's no shortage of things to discuss.
10:23And John, I really want to get inside your head with what Saturday night was.
10:27I don't think you want to.
10:27You don't want to go there.
10:28It's 97 one.
