Detroit Lions Breakdown

The Lions closed out a middling preseason with a 27-17 loss to the Buffalo Bills and a 2-2 record. On Saturday the Lions trimmed the roster to 53 men, Erik and Joe break it down...

Position by position breakdown

A short chat about the players still in Lions orbit on injured or suspendedlists

Ofthe 22 players leaving without full-time employment with the Lions which 10 could Erik see coming back, albeit on the practice squad

Finishing with adiscussion of Erik's final preseason Studs and Duds article

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The Lions had a mixed bag in the 16-6 win over the Jets 16-6 this past Saturday night. Erik and Joe talk about the game, the roster, Rod Wood and more...

As always a look at the injury report

Latest transactions, nothing earth shattering this week

Steven Tulloch visited with the team this week

Still no progress on the Stafford contract front

Erik and Joe visit the Rod Wood shed and talk about his meeting with Roger Goodell this week (No Hard Knocks for the Lions)

The mailbag had a lot of questions about how this Lions roster is taking shape

Eriks studs from the game

Quandre Diggs

Matthew Stafford

Akeem Spence

Eriks duds from the game

The RBs not named Abdullah

Joe Dahl (as a Guard)

Brad Kaaya

Some more notes on the Jets game with A'Shawn, Hayden, Davis and Agnew standing out on defense

Joe tries to guess how the pollsters voted in Erik's article covering the Lions roster battles

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The Lions trounced the Colts 24-10 on Sunday and Erik and Joe have some takeaways from the game...

Eriks studs from the game

Kenny Golladay

A'Shawn Robinson

Anthony Zettel

Eriks duds from the game

Michael Roberts

Matt Asiata

Laken Tomlinson

Kerry Hyder and Brandon Copeland hit IR, how will they be replaced?

Will the guard play improve?

Is this where the Golladay hype train stops?

Does Dwayne Washington have the RB4 spot locked up?

Will Erik's duds rebound vs the Jets?

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Erik has been posting articles after every day of practice he attends, you can read themhere, or here

On this show, Erik and Joe break down the first few days of camp...

Update on the injury report

The boys go through the mailbag as they break down each positional group

Stafford looks solid, the kids look like kids

Does Abdullah look 100% recovered?

Eriks' thoughts on Dontez Ford

Joe once again sounds off on Staffords contract extension

Golladay looks strong unless the defense brings the muscle

Darrin Fells is a bright spot in Eric Ebrons absence

The battle at Left Tackle isn't exactly heating up

Position flexibility is not what Erik has seen from Laken Tomlinson

Anthony Zettel looks good at DE

Pat O'Connor may have shown some twinkling

Worrilow has looked surprisingly good

DJ Hayden has looked fast, but not much else

Jalen Tabor looks very comfortable off the ball

Erik and Joe talk about Glover Quin's contract extension

Erik expounds on his latest football crush Miles Killebrew

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Brett Whitefield of Pro Football Focus joins Erik and Joe as their first ever guest!...

Armonty Bryant was suspended for 4 games for violating the league substance abuse policy the Lions may need to look for an addition to the DL

Brett has an article on the prototypical Defensive Linemen in every technique

Erik just released one looking at 5 options the Lions have to bolster their pass rush

The boys visit the Rod Wood-shed early and talk about the latest stadium, uniform and Calvin updates

Erik and Brett play "take a side" while evaluating the Lions skill players projected offensive stats according to the latest series of articles by Dave Birkett

Brett looks at Eric Ebron and if he'll see more Red Zone action in 2017

Another peek at the Matthew Stafford contract situation

Are the Lions overlooked? Would anyone make a bold prediction about the Lions nationally?

Brett and Erik are optimistic about the Lions Defensive Backs. The PFF group currently has the Lions ranked 17th in the NFL

Two quick mailbag questions

Thanks again for Brett for joining us, check out his Twitter at @BrettWhitefield

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Not so quiet on the football front this week as Calvin Johnson generated some Lions related content...

Calvin now says the Lions losing ways were the cause of his retirement

Erik and Joe discuss a Mike Payton article from Pride of Detroit about the Lions Secret Weapon (Joe and Erik call it "Superstar" for some reason)

Kent Platte of Pride of Detroit delves into whether the Lions receivers will be better in 2017, Joe and Erik aren't so sure

A round of Ebron quotes

An MLive poll asks which Lions reclamation project will have the most success in 2017

Erik and Joe take another look at the roster stack

Another peek at the mailbag

Erik has another round of questions for Joe, this time on the ages of the Lions

Who were the greatest players Joe and Erik saw in college

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Happy Belated 4th of July, most of the other Lions podcasts took the week off, so Erik and Joe are doing their best to shoulder the load...

A poll on Draft Wire asked who was the Lions best draft pick from 2017, Erik breaks it down

Joe and Erik compare their lists of the 5 under the radar Lions who could make an impact in 2017 (also comparing to Tim Twentyman's list)

A few news stories surfaced with the Lions getting some national love (Rick Gosslin's power rankings)

The boys answer a bunch of questions from the mailbag

Joe tries to guess between Founding Fathers and Ex-Lions

NOTE: Take a look at Erik's latest column

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Lions news has continued to grind to a halt here in late June, still Erik and Joe find a way to squeeze blood out of the proverbial rock...

Tavon Wilson is facing a lawsuit in civil court

Former Lion Nick Fairley's heart condition might end his career

LB Zach Orr looking to unretire, visited the Lions on Thursday, Erik even wrote an article about it

The boys answer a couple of questions from Nathan and Sean

Which Barry Sanders run was the greatest and most memorable

Erik talks about the Lions and their utilization of analytics

Kent Platte from Pride of Detroit gathered a bunch of data from the 50 mock drafts already for 2018, Erik and Joe glance at the list

Joe tries to guess statistics on the NFL Top 100 list

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Another slow week in Allen Park, but that gives Erik and Joe time to talk contract extensions and top 10 lists...

Congratulations to listener Andy Dombrowski and his triumph on the F-Word

Kenny Golladay finally signs his rookie deal

Eric Decker will not find his way to Detroit

Contract details for Greg Robinson and Cyrus Kouandijo

Evaluating Khyri Thornton's suspension

The team and Glover Quin begin extension talks

Yet another Matthew Stafford contract update (another domino falls in the saga with Derek Carr's extension)

Rookie recap

Jarrad Davis seeing all the time at the MIKE

Jalen Tabor has been making plays

Jalen Reeves-Maybin has been showing off athletic ability

Jamal Agnew is trying to utilize his versatility

Jeremiah Ledbetter has a better chance of making the squad with Thornton's suspension

Pat O'Connor looks quick

Kenny Golladay does not drop passes

Michael Roberts is delivering what Erik thought he'd deliver

Brad Kaaya seems miles behind Jake Rudock

The Lions have one player (Stafford at #31) on the NFL Top 100 list, could there eventually be more?

Erik and Joe evaluate who they think are the Lions top 10 most important non-QBs after SI and MMQB released their lists

Joe answers a few, "Who's Got More?"

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OTAs were in full swing this week, Erik and Joe talk about all that, say goodbye to another Lions great and dip back into the mailbag...

Happy retirement to Detroit Lions Radio

Sad to hear news of Wayne Walkers passing

Disgruntled Calvin Johnson

The rules changes for 2017, Joe Fauria must be displeased he's no longer in the league

In OTAs...

Ameer Abdullah is now participating with contact

A battle is raging for the last 3 WR spots

Eric Ebron is showing Michael Roberts the ropes

Graham Glasgow is taking all snaps at LG

Jarrad Davis is hogging all the snaps in the middle

Jalen Tabor just wants for us to see him play

Alex Carter is moving to safety

Interesting nerdy information about draft retention rates

A few questions from the mailbag

A trip down memory lane to 2006

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