00:09good morning thanks for getting up with us jim costa john jansen heather park
00:13gov and greg behind the glass today is the trade deadline in the nfl 4 p.m he got until
00:194 p.m to
00:19swing a move lions did make a trade yesterday andre cisco for a future sixth round pick comes
00:25over from the jets campbell spoke yesterday about how there's some familiarity because aaron glenn's
00:30defense kelvin shepard's defense some of the terminology uh they like him as a guy that can
00:34come in and and provide some depth not a headliner right we're all wondering is there more um but we
00:42got till four o'clock tick tock tick tock greg will take us on campus coming up at 8 35
00:48some college
00:49football storylines including uh are always popular who's on upset alert we just throw darts
00:56and there's some great options this week with some some really good sneaky good college football games
01:03but so with that let's talk to the lions head coach dan campbell
01:14dan good morning thanks for getting up with us
01:19morning dan you guys in the second quarter of the season 4-0 how would you describe the second
01:25quarter of the season and what needs to be better as you approach not just this trip to germany against
01:30the patriots but the third quarter of this season uh well i mean we're we're playing more consistent
01:37football you know we're um are consistently better i guess winning football you'd say and i think we're
01:44learning new ways to win um you know and so like to me we we've really improved uh as a
01:53team in totality
01:54um you know these these last four weeks that's important you know so um but we have to continue
02:03to to improve i mean that that's the bottom line if we stay the same right now with the way
02:08we're
02:09playing we're going to get surpassed we have to continue to improve and so that's it we got to
02:13level up now we got to uh we got to raise our game here and um and become more consistent
02:19and uh
02:20we do that we'll be all right one guy that looks like he's found another gear is a lee mcneil
02:25looks
02:26like he's playing even better than before he he tore the acl how does he change things for this
02:30defense when he's playing like this well he's a factor you know you you uh you got a hutch on
02:38the
02:38edge and um and really that whole d-line group man it's a good unit now they play they play
02:43hard
02:44man they play together um but you know hutch requires a lot of resources as i mentioned
02:50before and so um you know somebody's gonna get a one-on-one and and if you're not going to
02:57turn
02:57the slide that way and nudge and all that then max max gonna max gonna be the one who who
03:02gets the
03:03one-on-one and that's that creates a lot of havoc man you get to push in a quarterback's uh
03:08lap and
03:09push them one way or another to to uh hutch or want them or or more you know um you
03:16know that that's
03:17huge right now so to have to have mac playing at the level he's playing out i mean he's he's
03:23an
03:23impact player for us right now and i've mentioned this before i'm going to keep saying it he plays
03:27the run too he does all the dirty work man he's a factor he doesn't take those plays off he
03:33doesn't
03:33backdoor things he does what he's supposed to do just like that whole unit does up front and then
03:38they earn the right to get after the passer man i'm proud of those guys their effort is out uh
03:43you know off the gauge man it's outstanding i think we were all surprised to on on sunday to
03:50see miles frazier in there at left guard you explained uh a little bit of what that process
03:56was mahogany um you know was was not starting because he broke team rules don't expect you to
04:02tell us what he did but where does he stand with you now and what does this offensive line look
04:06like
04:07when you take the field in germany yeah look you know frazier earned that opportunity and uh
04:14and i thought he got better as the game went on you know and really you could say about that
04:18whole
04:18unit you know we we were a little bit shaky there early and as we got in the second half
04:24we settled
04:24in a little bit and uh and got going you know and we're able to close it out and finish
04:29with the
04:29football which that's always going to be important offensively that's that is uh that is what it's all
04:35about when you got the lead um you know and then look praise that that's really between us and it's
04:41it's something that you know we that's why i have team rules that's why we have team rules and we
04:46all
04:46gotta abide by them and if if it's broken multiple times and you do something about it we're on good
04:51standing and like i said the ball's in his court it'll be good how did he handle the news when
04:56he found
04:56out he wasn't going to start and and and since then how has he responded yeah listen we're good he
05:03knows
05:03we're all good he'll be fine and then you already alluded to it but the culture of this football team
05:08how important is it because people would say hey mahogany's a good player you guys aren't as good when
05:13he's not there but making that decision is a big picture decision right
05:18look if you say you're going to do something you better hold up to it or otherwise you're going to
05:22lose respect to people around you you know because if i'm sitting in that seat and i say one thing
05:27and then i don't do it i would immediately lose respect for that person so uh we stick by what
05:33we say we're going to do here looking forward to the the game in germany what does how does the
05:40the
05:40travel impact this game uh you know what it's not going to because we're not going to let it
05:47right we're going to practice our tails off tomorrow and thursday we're going to take a shower we're going
05:53to jump on this freaking plane we're going to take take a nap and then we're going to wake up
05:57we're
05:57going to meet and we're going to walk through red zone practice they're going to stay up for another
06:02call it four or five hours later than normal we're going to wake up go full speed for about 45
06:07minutes
06:07day before the game uh they're going to walk around a little bit enjoy the sights get a good sleep
06:12we're
06:13going to wake up and be ready to play and then we're going to jump on the plane we're going
06:17to come
06:17back get ready for tampa and be ready for that game too then we're going to be ready for the
06:20short
06:21week against chicago bears thanksgiving at our place we're going to be ready to go the opponent
06:27the patriots they got to fly and deal with all this stuff too they've been up and down what's got
06:31your attention with uh new england they play hard they play very hard um you know and what happened
06:38the other night you know it was one of those games like uh green bay could do no wrong i
06:43mean love
06:43was uh love was on one he was on a heater and and he was not going to get off
06:48of it and receivers
06:50made big plays and you know the the run game for them really didn't show up till late in fourth
06:54quarter i'm talking about green bay's offense but i mean the the explosives and the unbelievable
07:00throws and catches i don't know if i've seen that many in one game in a long time um so
07:05that's that's
07:07not a that's not a good snapshot of what new england is i mean they were applying pressure they were
07:13playing sticky coverage they were making plays um so this this team plays hard man it's a talented
07:19unit um this defense is uh aggressive you know it they keep everything edge man they're good against
07:27the run like i said they got good corners out there they'll put those guys out there and let
07:32them go one-on-one and and then roll safeties down or you know if they feel like they need
07:37to
07:37they can stay high over one of them um you know and they they man they go after the football
07:42they
07:42punch after the football and then offensively they're they're going to try to establish the
07:45run you know and they do it in multiple ways but they love gap schemes and you know they got
07:50uh
07:51they got the boots off of it they got the play pass they've got screens they you know he's always
07:56done a good job with that stuff but the most dangerous is these these uh like dash you know he
08:03gets
08:03it man uh it's dropped back they pin the perimeter and then he dashes out and these are bombs man
08:09these
08:10are you know you're talking about six seven six seven second plays to where they're buying time
08:16and may's a good athlete and man he can get out there and i mean they are they're going long
08:20they're
08:21looking for the 50 yarders so that's dangerous very dangerous because it because he is athletic he is
08:27mobile and and they got some receivers to make plays 18 can run now um you know
08:33they got hollis back so he was kind of their workhorse man he does a little bit of everything
08:37for him but um and this team man that look i i just know if that was us and you
08:44know you're going
08:45to be ready to go this week so we know this opponent's a good good opponent uh they were in
08:50the super bowl last year i know what variable's about but more importantly man you that that's a
08:55tough loss they just had so we know we're getting ready to face here i mean that that hornet hornet's
09:01nest has been kicked um speaking of going long uh you'd you'd love to have another all pro safety
09:09back there what's the status of kirby joseph we might will we see him this weekend
09:15yeah i'm with you i'll i'll cut it out i don't see him playing okay okay so like this week
09:23or
09:25yeah i don't see him playing that uh in germany okay okay uh dan today's the trade
09:31deadline and uh a couple years ago the zadarius news was breaking while we had you on the phone
09:37is there anything close right now for for you and brad and no we're not we're not going to trade
09:42for
09:42zadarius um and and as of right now there's nothing uh that i've heard in the last 10 minutes okay
09:51um
09:52just to follow up on the deadline how competitive this division is does it motivate you guys more
09:57to get over the hump to get something done today and add a piece that could make you guys even
10:01a
10:01little bit better what do you think this division looks like jim oh it's a god you think it's
10:07competitive yeah i think too yeah it's highly competitive it's some of the best football in
10:14the nfl right now and that's exciting so we we're ready for this battle man and it's going to start
10:21with our little journey out here to germany against new england yeah i just wondered if that made it
10:29like hey we gotta maybe push a deal over the table over the hump because we know we're we're gonna
10:34get
10:35ready to go we're gonna have our best game plan in all three phases and we're gonna be ready to
10:39get
10:39after new england's ass i cannot wait so then i won't even ask you if you're gonna get to enjoy
10:44germany because this is probably going to be more of a business trip no uh no fancy german beers just
10:48put
10:48your head down and get it done huh i'm bringing an extra pair of underwear and socks and that's it
10:55dan love it appreciate it thanks for joining us have a good one guys all right thanks see ya
11:02lions head coach dan campbell 97 one
