Michael Rothstein talks for a bit about the Lost Letters of Barry Sanders -- a story that published on ESPN.com on Wednesday -- both the behind the scenes of the piece and a short chat with Barry Sanders about fan mail lost and recovered over a decade later. Also, college football has started to postpone and cancel its fall season. What does that mean for the Detroit Lions and how could it affect 2020 and beyond? Plus could the Lions go from worst-to-first in the NFC North?

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Jeff Okudah, Frank Ragnow, D'Andre Swift. They are three of the potential younger centerpiece players for the Detroit Lions to build on. We talk about that, their potential for improvement as a franchise this year and Travis Fulgham's next stop in this episode of the show.

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ESPN's Mina Kimes chats about the Detroit Lions and the NFC North

The fantastic Mina Kimes from ESPN stops by the show to chat about why she believes the Detroit Lions can potentially make a push in the NFC North this year, maybe even to the NFL playoffs, what the Lions might see out of Year 2 of a Darrell Bevell offense and our combined confusion at positions teams around the division seemingly ignored during the National Football League offseason.

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Veteran defensive lineman Akeem Spence joins the show to chat about his decision not to play this year -- he had opportunities to play -- and why he's been so outspoken about how the NFL and NFLPA have been handling the league's return to play and particularly the opt-out option. We also get into his career and some funny moments from his 2017 season with the Lions, including what really happened during a late-game kerfuffle with Pittsburgh.

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Matthew Stafford is back on the active roster for the Detroit Lions after he had a false positive test for COVID-19. He was on COVID reserve for a few days before being moved back. And both the Lions and Stafford's wife, Kelly, released statements about the false positive with varying levels of frustration. We look at that, what it could mean for the future and more.

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The annual Madden ratings came out last month and the Detroit Lions were not necessarily rated all that high. Having played the game for years and written about Madden extensively, Michael Rothstein breaks down some of the Lions' Madden '21 ratings -- what he likes and what doesn't necessarily make as much sense.

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It was a busy weekend for the Detroit Lions, with quarterback Matthew Stafford heading to COVID-19 reserve, Geronimo Allison opting out and players ending up on the PUP and NFI lists. Plus, Matt Patricia talked for the first time in months late Friday and had some pretty intriguing things to say about the roster. Michael Rothstein covers all that and more in this episode of the podcast.

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A busy day for the Detroit Lions as Bob Quinn walks the media through their facility changes due to COVID, five players appear on the COVID reserve report and one player, John Atkins, decides to opt out for the 2020 season. Michael Rothstein explains what all of that means and more in this episode of the show.

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The Lions showed up for Day 1 of training camp -- kind of -- on Tuesday and the good news is there were no immediate transactions or players opting out. Michael Rothstein breaks down what the rest of the week could look like for Detroit and then digs into what the Detroit Lions defense might look like in 2020.

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It's report day -- kind of -- for the Detroit Lions as the team comes to the facility to take COVID-19 tests. Then they go home. But to start off camp, we preview the Detroit Lions offense, position-by-position, for what to expect during the month of August, starting with quarterback Matthew Stafford.

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