Detroit Lions Breakdown

A quiet week in Lions land, but there was still a lot for Erik and Joe to talk about...

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The Lions are already making cuts and keeping the roster under 90

Unsurprising Matthew Stafford contract extension talk

A sasquatch-like sighting of LaGarrette Blount at Metro Airport

Blount was May 9th tendered by the Pats, whatever that means

Jarrad Davis makes a way too early All-Rookie team

Gambling spreads and early season win-loss predictions

Are the Lions the team to supplant the Packers in the NFC North

Erik takes a look at the current roster vs. the one that took the field in Seattle and if the Lions are better or worse than they were 4 months ago

We wrap the show with some ancient personal history talk and thoughts on how to structure a Madden roster

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The draft starts this Thursday 4/28/17. There is a lot to cover in this episode with the back seven on defense to be evaluated...

Reactions to the new uniforms

A quick look at the 2017 schedule

Matthew Stafford contract extension talk

Joe vs. the Mini-Taco Charltons (the Mini-Ditkas would beat us both)

The top QIB qualifiers at LB, Erik's LB article

The top QIB qualifiers at CB, Erik's CB article

The top QIB qualifiers at S, Erik's S article will drop early this week

Up Next:Reactions to the Draft

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The draft is now only 3episodes (14 days) away. The USDA busy so Erik will do the evaluating of Defensive Line prospects in this episode...

Titus Young is headed to prison

Erik quizzes Joe on the Final 4 of the Lions Combine of Sorrow

Four former college WRs visit Allen Park

More David Njoku talk

The Lions will unveil their new uniforms

Top QIB qualifiers at DT (Erik will have an article up 4/14/17)

Will the Lions favor a bigger closed DE or will they go for someone more svelte

Up Next: Linebackers and the Secondary

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The draft is now only 4 episodes (22 days) away. Erik and Joe will spout out their thoughts and feelings about...

Richard Shermans availability

A new Lion via Mt. Pleasant

The surprising exit of Gunther Cunningham

Reactions to Daniel Jeremiah's latest Mock Draft

Potential Lions at TE (hopefully not David Njoku) and their QIB

WR fits (likely no targets in the first round)

Tony Romo's retirement plans (They don't include Phil Simms)

Next week our focus will switch to the defense

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The draft is only 5 episodes (29 days) away. In this episode Erik rolls out the QIB (Quinn Influenced Benchmark) system.

What are the Quinn Influenced Benchmarks for Running Backs

Who fits those benchmarks in the early and late rounds

There are fewer QIB qualifying scoresfor Offensive Linemen, who fits currently on Lions?

What Offensive Linemen might the Lions target late in the draft?

We look at SI's latest Mock Draft Version 9.0

We once again travel to the Rod Wood-shed and listen to the requests he made at the owners meetings.

We will be covering all of the other position groups in the ensuing weeks leading up to the draft.

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Its only episode 5 and we're already doing a mailbag episode. A special thanks goes out to everyone that submitted us a question.

What are the Lions draft needs?

What does the Lions Draft Board look like?

Who does Erik like besides Haason Reddick?

Obi Melifonwu? (not a typo)

What are the chances of seeing the Lions make a trade in the first round?

When might the Lions take a running back?

Why do the Lions even consider taking a player with perceived "motor" issues?

Who do we see starting right away after drafting them?

Why not draft a DE? (Especially when they are so expensive in FA)

It was great getting all the questions and we will definitely do this again. If anything ever pops into your mind that you might want to hear us talk about, send us a tweet anytime.

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Due to a natural disaster we have missed 2 weeks of free agency. We catch up this week chatting about these additions...

Keshawn Martin (the man whose punt return never counted)

Former journeyman pro basketball player Darren Fells

Direct benefactor of Martin's nullified punt return Rick Wagner

Hippo Hot Dogs Hall of Famer T.J. Lang

Potential Ngata successor Akeem Spence

Rotational DE Cornelius Washington

Future starter Paul Worrilow

Not Logan Ryan

We wrote this twoweeks ago and we nailed it, "We expect the Lions to spend heavily on the Offensive Line, Blocking TE, Linebacker and Corner and mostly address the other needs in the draft."

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The cap is up to $167,000,000! We can only imagine how mad Jim Thorpe and Red Grange are. All free agency talk this week as we look forward to the combine results. In thisepisode wediscuss...

The league calendar

No options at QB

RBs that may have been on your fantasy team last year

High priced WR options

More sensibly priced TEs

High end targets on the OL

Pass rush and rush stuffing on the DL

Dont'a Hightower and other LBs

Plenty of CBs and SS John Cyprien

We expect the Lions to spend heavily on the Offensive Line, Blocking TE, Linebacker and Corner and mostly address the other needs in the draft.

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Podcast #2

Moving to the other side of the ball...

A look at the Lions available free agents on Defense and Special Teams

DT- Khryi Thornton, Tyrunn Walker and Stefan Charles

DE - Kerry Hyder and Devin Taylor

LB - Josh Bynes, Jon Bostic

SS - Rafael Bush (and how Miles Killebrew will take his role)

CB - Where they need to look for new Lions

Does Erik think Jabril Peppers fits with these Lions?

LS - Don Mulbach

Salary cap talk, the Lions have a hole burning in their pocket of spending cash.

Note: The names Tavon Austin and Travis Wilson are both really supposed to be Tavon Wilson.

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Our First Podcast!

Thanks for listening. In this episode wediscuss...

A look at the Lions available free agents on Offense

OL - Riley Rieff and Larry Warford

QB - Dan Orlovsky

RB - A goodbye to Joique Bell

WR - Anquan Boldin

TE - A surprisingly large cast of characters

Finish with a short discussion on the $100 million investment at Ford Field, which you can watch the video we mentioned: Here.

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