NFL agent Molly McManimie joins the podcast to break down a weekend she calls "hell," otherwise known as cuts weekend in the league (8:37). We discuss the process of cuts and how they try to find teams for players suddenly out of work. Then we delve how she goes about recruiting players, including Detroit Lions' OL Tyrell Crosby (17:10), the draft and free agency process (22:00), and her path from Chapman Law to representing NFL players (35:50).

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The Voice of the Detroit Lions, Dan Miller, joins the Michael Rothstein Show to discuss the upcoming roster decisions the team must make (10:00), the Lions and social justice (17:35), Miller's own career path to his job (28:00), some Tony Kornheiser stories he and I share (38:08), some Lions calls and how he preps for games (43:30). It was a fun conversation a couple days before cuts happen.

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It's cut-down week across the NFL, which means it's time to take a look at who might be in and who might be out with the Detroit Lions come Saturday. There will be some tough decisions for the LIons as they figure out who to keep and who to cut, although many could end up with the team on the practice squad. But what do they do at tight end, on the offensive line and at every spot on the defense are among the questions we get into on this episode.

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Former Detroit Lions and Cleveland Browns defensive end Armonty Bryant and his wife, Kim, join the show to chat about life since his forced retirement due to renal failure that put him on dialysis. They talk about the struggles of kidney disease and what life has been like for them in a surprisingly positive 2020, even with the coronavirus. The reasoning? Well, you'll just have to listen to the podcast.

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We watched two weeks of Detroit Lions practice and wrap up so much of what we saw over the last two weeks -- and what it could mean for the franchise -- in this podcast. Plus a couple of big news nuggets, including Cory Undlin potentially calling the defensive plays and what the Lions could end up having to do at running back early on due to injuries. We cover that and more in this episode sponsored by DoorDash, NFL Sunday Ticket and BetOnline.

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The Detroit Lions closed out training camp -- at least the portion open to the media -- Saturday with a scrimmage and situational workout. We cover everything that happened, virtually by the play, and try to make sense of it all as the Lions are less than a week from the 53-man cutdown. So who made impressions? We get into that, too, on this episode of the podcast.

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Throughout most of camp, Matthew Stafford has been looking like the pre-injury 2019 version of himself. He's making the right reads, hitting his big-play receivers in stride and over and over again looking like a player possibly taking another step in his continued development. We dive into that and a lot more on this episode of the podcast.

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It's not clear who is going to win the punting battle for the Detroit Lions but there is, for the first time in a long time, a real battle. And maybe even one at long-snapper for first time in at least 15 years. It wasn't a great day for the offense, a couple of defensive players continued to stand out and more in another day at Lions training camp.

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The Detroit Lions returned to practice Wednesday and on a wet, soggy training camp day it was safety Tracy Walker that stood out. What could that mean for him? What's going on with the kick return battle? And also a little bit more on the Lions' protest over the shooting of Jacob Blake on Tuesday and what they are hoping their message brought.

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Players on the Detroit Lions have spoken out about police brutality and social injustice for months. On Tuesday, days after the shooting of Jacob Blake, the Lions had an hours-long conversation and decided football was not important on Tuesday -- instead, they wanted to address the shooting of Blake and the issues of police brutality and social injustice in America led by a 10-minute speech by Duron Harmon, Trey Flowers and Taylor Decker outside the team's practice facility.

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