Detroit Lions Breakdown

Joe and Erik explore fans reactions to Game 1 against the Oakland Raiders and set expectations for Game 2 against the New York Giants as well as address what has happened so far in Training Camp.

Examination of Erik's latest Roster Stack: 2018 Post-Preseason Game 1

Rookie's playing big roles already

Snap counts from the Raiders game

Kerryon Johnson's emergence

Player of the Gamehonors

PFF's highest graded RB

PFF 1st team week 1

Frank Ragnow's communication is improving

Graham Glasgow's injuryand return to practice

The defense seems to be a bit soft up front

The secondary still looks like strong suit of the defense

Erik's 5 takeaways from the Raiders game

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No big news in the player personnel department this week, but a big move was made in the broadcast booth as Jim Brandstatter learned that he is not in the Lions future plans. He will be replaced by Lomas Brown this upcoming season. Erik and Joe talk about that and a myriad of other topics.

The Lions did not make any selections in the Supplemental Draft on Wednesday

Marvin Lewis and Teo Redding are training together

The Flag Football League on the NFL Network

Kris Durham has surfaced in Italy

Daryl Rogers has passed away

What are the consequences of an improved running game?

What if the Lions never picked up Ebronsoption?

Are there future big stars on this team?

Will the Lions sign veteran free agents cut by other teams during camp?

Who were the best Lions duos?

Check out Erik's articles from the past week

Special thanks to J M Lewis 5213 for the 5-star review!

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The Lions tried not to expend too much energy this week, likely due to the heat and didn't make much noise when it came to player movement or announcements. Even without a lot of news, there were still a lot of topics for Erik and Joe to discuss.

Reuben Foster and Julian Edelman will both be suspended for their games against the Lions, how does it affect the Lions chances?

Jim Bob Cooter to be on the hot seat

There is a fascination with how the DL will handle the steep learning curve

What's with the negative talk about Jarrad Davis?

Quandre Diggs is betting on himself

Who wore it better? Barry or Billy?

Revisiting the 2014 draft

Fredi the Pizzaman is raising money for charity

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Mini-camp has started and with 3 days in the books the Lions have had enough for the week. Matt Patricia has spoken to the media before every practice and, unsurprisingly, did not say much. Erik and Joe spend theirtime this week discussing mini-camp.

The bottom of the Lions roster remains in flux with the addition of TE Wes Saxton and the subtraction of CB Bryan Pringle

An early visit to the Rod Wood-Shed this week where the PR department, of all things, is discussed

Darius Slay (#49) and Matt Stafford (#31) both appear in this season of the NFL Top-100 miniseries

The NFL Network was live in Allen Park this Thursday as the Lions finished up week 1 of mini-camp.

FB Nick Bawden has a torn ACL

Joe and Erik break down the first few days and discuss what the beat writers have noticed

Erik and Joe continue examining the offseason moves of the Lions rivals in the NFC North. This week they break down the Lions perennial thorn in their side, Green Bay Packers

A lot of fullback, wide receiver and defensive back-centric mailbag questions

The discussion portion of the show centers around whether the Lions will have success picking from the Belicheck coaching and front office trees

The final discussion question comes from a Colton Wesley article wondering what would have happened if the Oakland Raiders took Calvin Johnson 1st overall in the 2007 NFL Draft

A special thanks to 5-star reviewers Kuehn Observations, Malachi's Lions Blood and Kevin Washington (updated)

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The draft is only 15 days away and all is quiet on the Lions front. The team has hunkered down and is preparing for the draft...

The Lion began offseason workouts this week (Ziggy is the only Lion not in attendance)

Emmit Cleary has retired

TJ Jones has signed his RFA tender

Joe learns about The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald Trophy and has his mind blown

Erik and Joe take a look at mock drafts by Mel Kiper and the combo of Josh Norris and Evan Silva and Erik hates both drafts

The QIB of all draftable players is investigatedfor all positions on offense

A breakdown of the QIB system can be found here

The mailbag is sifted through for only offense related questions

Thanks to Saint Stafford and StevieO for their5-star reviews!

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The NFL is deep into Phase 2 and the Lions have been fully involved. Erik and Joe have been keeping tabs on all the additions...

RB LeGarrette Blount signed a 1-year $2.5 million deal

How will Blount's signing affect the Lions draft plans?

NT Sylvester Williams left the Titans for a 1-year deal

TE Luke Willson signed a Godfather-like 1-year $2.5 million deal

How does the Willson signing affect Michael Roberts role?

G/T Kenny Wiggins got 1-year and $1.875 million

The team has lost TE Eric Ebron (Indianapolis), LB Tahir Whitehead (Oakland), LB Brandon Copeland (NYJets)

One of Erik's latest articles shows the current state of the roster

Erik and Joe break down Dave Birkett's latest mock draft

The mailbagends with a discussionof who Joe and Erik would draft if each of them were Bob Quinn

Special thanks to Sweta Patel for the 5-star review!

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The free agency signing period kicks off on March 14th. So tampering may officially begin on Monday. In this episode, Joe and Erik will break down, position by position, who the Lions may be targeting in free agency and the draft...

Former Patriot LB Roman Phifer has signed on as an area scout

"Butt fumble" returner Steve Gregory was hired as a defensive assistant

Dylan Thompson has been hired as a "character coach"

The 2018 salary cap is set at $177.2 million, meaning the Lions have roughly $27.5 million in cap room

Running Backs - will the Lions target a RB at pick #20

Wide Receivers - TJ Jones will not be extended an RFA offer

Tight End - Will Ebron be traded? Is Graham an option?

Offensive Line - Signing Norwell is unlikely, but the draft is loaded with interior options

Defensive Line - Could Suh come back? Would the Lions prefer a DE or DT at pick #20?

Linebacker - Whitehead not likely to return, the Lions are not likely to sign an impact name in free agency

Defensive Backs - The team will likely use later round picks on DBs, and might pick up a known player in free agency

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From February 27th through March 5th the NFL Combine will take place in Indianapolis. In this episodeErik and Joe will talk about what the Lions will be focused on when watching the defensive players compete, but first, they will talk about the teams first major move this offseason...

Ziggy Ansah is the proud new recipient of the franchise tag

Was the franchise tag the right move for the team?

Erik talks about the Bob Quinn/Matt Patricia news conference on Wednesday

Day 3 of the combine will feature the defensive tackles, edge players, and linebackers

Day 4 will feature cornerbacks and safeties

The latest installment of reviewing the mock drafts include Chad Reuters from NFL.com, Mel Kiper, Dane Brugler and CBS.com

Erik and Joe finish it off with the mailbag

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The Lions attention has turned toward the combine which is only twoFridays away. This week Erik and Joe take a look at players the Lions might be focusing on...

Hank Fraley and Brian Picucci have been added to the offensive coaching staff

Day 1 of the combine will feature the running backs and the offensive line

Day 2 will feature the quarterbacks, wide receivers and tight ends

The last 8 pre-combine Mel Kiper Mock Drafts are studied, as far as Lion picks in the first round go

It is also worth noting that Ziggy Ansah is now eligible for a franchise tag

The mailbag is very running back heavy this week

As well as concern over left guard

Erik and Joe finish the show with a discussion over what we would do with our free agent money and what the magic 8 ball sees for Quinn and Patricia'sfuture

Thanks to Jon Aubry for the wonderful review

Although we don't talk about any of the articles in this episode (due to most of them concerning defense) it is notable that Erik continued his offseason outlook series on ... IOL, IDL,EDGE,LB, CB

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Super Bowl week has arrived and Erik and Joe begin to talk about what theLions need to do to get there someday...

Even though the team does not have a headcoach three new position coaches were added (QBs George Godsey, OL Jeff Davidson and DBs Brian Stewart)

Erik talks about an unconfirmed rumor of Chris White potentially becoming the TE coach (thus moving Al Golden somewhere else)

Scott Bischoff penned a Lions only mock draftfor NDT scouting and Erik wrote an article breaking it down

Lance Zierlein posted a full first round mock draftfor NFL.com and Joe and Erik look at the highlights and lowlights

The Lions publicly met with 13 players at the Senior Bowl

The questions on the top of the mailbag concerned the new "unknown head coach"

The second set of questions concerns the scheme. Erik mentions an article he wrote a while back talking about the role of the Money Linebacker

The third set of questions is about the offseason

Finally, Erik and Joe discuss many topics of the serious football type and the not-so-serious type

Thanks to Go Dutch and Hamza for the great reviews

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