WEBVTT 1 00:00:18.960 --> 00:00:28.039 Oh that music is rolling. That means the Chicago Bears are on the clock. 2 00:00:30.399 --> 00:00:38.640 That means on this Thursday, April the twenty fifth, the Detroit City 3 00:00:39.399 --> 00:00:46.600 is on the clock. Hi there, Happy NFL Draft Day. I'm Dennis 4 00:00:46.600 --> 00:00:53.920 Fithian in Formatt Shepherd Day two on Access and Brows on the Michigan Sports Network. 5 00:00:54.240 --> 00:01:00.439 It's my pleasure to be here. Fenzos is on all the ones and 6 00:01:00.520 --> 00:01:04.799 twos and answering your calls and looking at your text and we're fired up. 7 00:01:04.959 --> 00:01:10.920 This is one of those days that you wait for annually all year long, 8 00:01:11.239 --> 00:01:18.040 and here it is. Happy NFL Draft Day. Hopefully I'm the first one. 9 00:01:18.120 --> 00:01:23.280 Yeah, maybe you never know. Hopefully I'm the first one to welcome 10 00:01:23.319 --> 00:01:29.319 you in to NFL Draft Day. That's the big news as we get this 11 00:01:29.439 --> 00:01:36.079 show underway. Not only is at the NFL Draft, but it is taking 12 00:01:36.120 --> 00:01:42.519 place right here in the state at Michigan, in Detroit City and everyone seemingly 13 00:01:44.159 --> 00:01:49.400 has converged on the Motor City and is doing a show down there. And 14 00:01:49.959 --> 00:01:56.400 it is great. And that's great to have a teeming city with the bright 15 00:01:56.480 --> 00:02:02.480 lights and everybody looking at Detroit and talking of it with the NFL Draft going 16 00:02:02.519 --> 00:02:10.360 on the Lions sitting with the number twenty nine pick. But I I'm gonna 17 00:02:10.360 --> 00:02:15.840 say it at the beginning here, just like you know, all of the 18 00:02:16.000 --> 00:02:30.080 years that we have spent watching and talking about the Detroit Lions. Today around 19 00:02:30.120 --> 00:02:38.800 these parts was always deemed dubbed the Lions super Bowl, and it was not 20 00:02:39.039 --> 00:02:47.639 said and enduring terms. It was said because when the regular season started there 21 00:02:47.719 --> 00:02:53.680 was no chance for the Detroit Lions. And sure, you know every season, 22 00:02:53.800 --> 00:03:00.960 you know, you have optimism, and then it would happen. However 23 00:03:00.960 --> 00:03:06.120 it would happen, it would happen with the Detroit Lions. You'd come crashing 24 00:03:06.159 --> 00:03:09.560 down to earth. Sometimes in the very first game, you think about, 25 00:03:09.759 --> 00:03:15.120 what was it the DeAndre Swift the Lions are right there. They threw a 26 00:03:15.159 --> 00:03:17.080 touchdown to him in the corner and he dropped it. I mean there's been 27 00:03:17.520 --> 00:03:21.599 I could sit here for the next three hours and talking about that. But 28 00:03:21.879 --> 00:03:30.240 no, that is just a setup for today. We knew that the Lions 29 00:03:30.319 --> 00:03:38.680 draft was or the NFL Draft was happening in the city, and like, 30 00:03:38.759 --> 00:03:42.479 oh, well, this will be the Lions super Bowl. The Lions had 31 00:03:42.520 --> 00:03:46.360 a super Bowl. They've had two super Bowls in Detroit, but no, 32 00:03:46.639 --> 00:03:53.360 their super Bowl was happening with the draft, and it just so happens that 33 00:03:53.400 --> 00:03:55.199 they have turned this thing around. No, they're not going to be one 34 00:03:55.240 --> 00:04:00.919 of the first teams picking. We don't think they're gonna be one of the 35 00:04:01.000 --> 00:04:05.800 last teams picking, because they were one of the last four teams standing. 36 00:04:06.159 --> 00:04:11.400 Now the idea is to get there, into that big game and then ultimately 37 00:04:11.520 --> 00:04:16.639 win it. And for years, even saying that, I still feel it 38 00:04:16.759 --> 00:04:23.319 feels a little weird. I'm getting more used to it. But if I 39 00:04:23.480 --> 00:04:27.399 was sitting here in this seat two, three, five, ten, fifteen, 40 00:04:27.600 --> 00:04:33.000 twenty years ago and was talking about Super Bowl, I would say it 41 00:04:33.120 --> 00:04:41.199 like you Jim Morrow would say, practice or playoffs? Allen iverson practice, 42 00:04:42.000 --> 00:04:46.519 we're talking about Lions the super Bowl. Then, in fact, Lions would 43 00:04:46.560 --> 00:04:51.000 draft a rookie and inevitably he'd go down there and one of them would say, 44 00:04:51.160 --> 00:04:54.759 well, we're gonna We're going to the super Bowl. You know you'd 45 00:04:54.759 --> 00:04:58.120 stand there and say, all right, you know a young kid, great 46 00:04:58.120 --> 00:05:00.680 optimist, you don't know you know anybody. You just looked at him and 47 00:05:00.720 --> 00:05:03.720 said you'll find out pretty soon. But guys that had been around and then 48 00:05:03.720 --> 00:05:05.920 they would say it, you'd have to say, come on, now, 49 00:05:06.720 --> 00:05:18.120 let's let's talk about winning the NFC Central the North before you start talking about 50 00:05:18.199 --> 00:05:24.319 how about winning a playoff game, playoff game? And then they went out 51 00:05:24.360 --> 00:05:30.480 there and what night playoff game last year in the greatest game of my lifetime, 52 00:05:30.480 --> 00:05:34.279 beating the Rams, most entertaining game, and best game, most exciting 53 00:05:34.319 --> 00:05:39.439 game, most energizing game. It was everything beating the Rams. I say 54 00:05:39.480 --> 00:05:43.000 everything it was, you know, with the Super Bowl it felt like it 55 00:05:43.240 --> 00:05:45.199 and then it was validated and say, yeah, well, what about the 56 00:05:45.240 --> 00:05:47.399 Cowboys when that was just as big? Well it was, but then you 57 00:05:47.399 --> 00:05:51.160 know they lost the next week. This time around, they actually went out 58 00:05:51.240 --> 00:05:56.519 validated a little bit more by beating the Box. And then I don't know 59 00:05:56.519 --> 00:05:59.959 if the think they validated it by having the big lead in the first half 60 00:06:00.040 --> 00:06:04.720 against the forty nine ers. That's another story. So that's the headline with 61 00:06:05.759 --> 00:06:12.480 this morning. As you make your way and get ready for the draft tonight, 62 00:06:12.839 --> 00:06:16.480 let's take a look at what else is happening in the world of sports. 63 00:06:16.560 --> 00:06:21.759 Most of the air is about the oxygen being taken up, is no 64 00:06:21.800 --> 00:06:26.519 doubt going to be about the draft. But the Tigers, they were in 65 00:06:26.680 --> 00:06:30.199 action last night, and they had taken the first two games on the road. 66 00:06:30.439 --> 00:06:33.720 They were finishing up their six game road trip down in Tampa at the 67 00:06:33.879 --> 00:06:45.279 trop and the Tigers play an entertaining game and a seesaw affair with the race, 68 00:06:45.920 --> 00:06:56.600 only to fall to Tampa seven to five. Now, sweeps are difficult 69 00:06:57.360 --> 00:07:00.399 in Major League Baseball. The hard to come by, even if you're a 70 00:07:00.399 --> 00:07:01.879 really bad team. I don't know, maybe the White Sox, that's pretty 71 00:07:01.920 --> 00:07:04.600 easy. It's pretty easy to say, hey, we're gonna we expect to 72 00:07:04.639 --> 00:07:09.920 broom of the White Sox. You expect to take two out of three or 73 00:07:09.959 --> 00:07:13.959 three out of four against the White Sox or you'll be disappointed. But sweeps 74 00:07:14.000 --> 00:07:16.759 are difficult, and the Rays are generally a pretty good team, even though 75 00:07:16.759 --> 00:07:23.639 they're payroll is in the basement annually in Major League Baseball, they still find 76 00:07:23.639 --> 00:07:30.120 a way. But the Tigers overall now is they're off today. They have 77 00:07:30.160 --> 00:07:33.759 a successful road trip. They go four and two on the trip. That 78 00:07:34.000 --> 00:07:39.759 is a very positive for this team and this Tigers team, and it has 79 00:07:39.879 --> 00:07:47.079 happened since opening day against in their first series. They are playing very close 80 00:07:47.160 --> 00:07:53.120 games. They are playing one run games, two run games. Last night, 81 00:07:53.160 --> 00:07:56.800 a two run game. I counted it up at the conclusion of last 82 00:07:56.879 --> 00:08:01.560 night's game. The Tigers have now played twenty five games. They are fourteen 83 00:08:01.759 --> 00:08:09.720 and eleven, and fifteen of those twenty five games the margin has been two 84 00:08:09.800 --> 00:08:13.639 runs or less. Like last night they lost by two runs. Fifteen twenty 85 00:08:13.720 --> 00:08:22.199 five. That's something that stands out early on in the season. And we 86 00:08:22.319 --> 00:08:28.439 are just in the beginning of this season as the Tigers now come home tomorrow 87 00:08:28.959 --> 00:08:33.519 for a six game homestand when they will take on the Royals and the Cards, 88 00:08:35.360 --> 00:08:41.720 So they will be entertaining the state of Missouri for the next six games 89 00:08:41.720 --> 00:08:46.679 with the Cardinals and then the Royals, and the Royals actually in front of 90 00:08:46.679 --> 00:08:50.679 the Tigers in the standings, which is pretty interesting. You think that about 91 00:08:50.720 --> 00:08:56.360 KC. But again it is early. No you get that around here. 92 00:08:56.440 --> 00:09:00.039 If you're a Tigers fan, if you're old enough, you know about that 93 00:09:00.519 --> 00:09:05.039 forty game mark that Sparky always talked about. Hey wouldn't have any how's Sparky, 94 00:09:05.039 --> 00:09:09.320 how you doing it? Let's wait to forty games. But in nineteen 95 00:09:09.360 --> 00:09:13.360 eighty four the Tigers got out to a thirty five and five start, so 96 00:09:13.440 --> 00:09:18.799 that forty game mark resonates with people. And also for Sparky, let's tip 97 00:09:18.840 --> 00:09:26.159 our cap to him. It's been forty years nineteen eighty four since the Tigers 98 00:09:26.879 --> 00:09:28.879 won the World Series. So the forty game mark, that's the first time 99 00:09:28.919 --> 00:09:31.679 you really judge him. According to Sparky, you had that thirty five and 100 00:09:31.759 --> 00:09:35.960 five start at eighty four and it's been forty years. All right, we'll 101 00:09:35.960 --> 00:09:39.519 get jump to date on the NHL and NBA playoffs. We're talking a lot 102 00:09:39.519 --> 00:09:45.279 about the draft and oh yeah, the big news last night happened even though 103 00:09:45.279 --> 00:09:48.840 the draft was going on, that the Lions ink two of their best to 104 00:09:48.120 --> 00:09:54.720 gigantic deals. 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And the Michigan Sports Network. I'm Dennis 131 00:12:15.799 --> 00:12:20.919 fifthe in here Day two, happy NFL Draft. We are going to talk 132 00:12:20.000 --> 00:12:26.279 about the Lions inking their two best players to gigantic deals coming up here in 133 00:12:26.799 --> 00:12:31.360 one minute. I do want to put a question out there for you. 134 00:12:31.679 --> 00:12:37.240 What do you think the Lions championship window is? How long will it last? 135 00:12:37.320 --> 00:12:43.159 That plays right into Sewel and the Sun God getting their big deals. 136 00:12:43.240 --> 00:12:48.960 You can get in on that at eight six six eight three eight four eight 137 00:12:50.279 --> 00:12:56.399 four to three on the Meyer Hotline. You can text sports Radio to twenty 138 00:12:56.440 --> 00:13:01.679 one thousand on that topic or anything. It's open for you. If something 139 00:13:01.679 --> 00:13:05.600 else with the NFL Draft, let's hit on the other playoff games just to 140 00:13:05.600 --> 00:13:09.440 get job to speed, just a case they're like, hey, what else 141 00:13:09.559 --> 00:13:11.879 is going on there? There's some good games last night in the playoffs, 142 00:13:11.879 --> 00:13:18.159 the defending Stanley Cup champions v g K, the Vegas Golden Knights. They 143 00:13:18.240 --> 00:13:22.759 just go down the Big d and they beat Dallas. They're up two to 144 00:13:22.759 --> 00:13:26.320 oh in the series. They won three to one last night. And then 145 00:13:26.440 --> 00:13:31.559 the Boston Bruins they double up the Toronto Maple Leafs to take a two to 146 00:13:31.559 --> 00:13:37.679 one series lead for to two the final there for the Bruins. Brad Marshan 147 00:13:37.879 --> 00:13:39.759 with the winner for the Bruins. And I say it like that because he's 148 00:13:39.759 --> 00:13:46.960 my least favorite NHL player currently, Brad Marshan. I'm not a violent person. 149 00:13:48.080 --> 00:13:52.159 I don't condone fighting, but and I don't even know how if I 150 00:13:52.200 --> 00:13:54.919 could stand up on skates right now, but I'd like to take a run 151 00:13:56.639 --> 00:14:01.559 at Brad Marshan. Meanwhile, in the NBA playoffs, the shocker of the 152 00:14:01.679 --> 00:14:07.000 night took place in Beantown as the Celtics. Everyone's like, the Celtics are 153 00:14:07.039 --> 00:14:11.360 gonna breeze right through the Eastern Conference. No problems especially with the Heat, 154 00:14:11.919 --> 00:14:24.799 the Zombie Heat without their leader, and no problem as the Miami Heat beat 155 00:14:24.919 --> 00:14:31.080 the Boston Celtics one to eleven, one oh one, no, Jimmy Butler, 156 00:14:31.559 --> 00:14:33.000 I know, you know that. It's just you gotta say it. 157 00:14:35.440 --> 00:14:39.399 So that series is tied at one. That's already a dub for the Miami 158 00:14:39.440 --> 00:14:43.840 Heat, Sands Butler in that series. And then the Thunder the number one 159 00:14:43.840 --> 00:14:48.879 seed out West. No close game this time with the Pelicans. They pound 160 00:14:48.879 --> 00:14:54.720 the Pels one ninety two, take a two to zero series lead. There 161 00:14:54.360 --> 00:14:58.840 games tonight. We know that the NFL Draft. You probably know that it's 162 00:14:58.840 --> 00:15:03.000 starting at eight with the Bears on the clock. What do they They mess 163 00:15:03.080 --> 00:15:07.399 around for about five to ten minutes and everyone's like, let's get it going. 164 00:15:07.480 --> 00:15:09.320 We waited all year, you know, and then they're like, yeah, 165 00:15:09.320 --> 00:15:11.960 they're gonna milk it a little bit. And then they'll put the Bears 166 00:15:11.960 --> 00:15:16.320 on the clock at like eight point fifteen. Their pick probably comes in at 167 00:15:16.360 --> 00:15:20.159 eight thirty. When is the Lions pick gonna take place at midnight? But 168 00:15:20.440 --> 00:15:26.120 there's some basketball to watch it the meantime. Tonight is definitely a two to 169 00:15:26.240 --> 00:15:33.519 three TV type setup. You've got the Cabs and the Magic with the Cleveland 170 00:15:33.600 --> 00:15:37.480 Cavaliers up two oh in that series, and then the Knicks and seventy six 171 00:15:37.559 --> 00:15:46.679 ers in that memorable second game with the furious comeback by the Nicks and New 172 00:15:46.759 --> 00:15:50.960 York leads it too. Oh. Now they'll be in Philly tonight seven thirty 173 00:15:50.039 --> 00:15:58.080 jump and then late tonight ten o'clock you've got the Nuggets, the NBA defending 174 00:15:58.240 --> 00:16:03.480 champs. That was a member game too that they won with Jamal Murray hitting 175 00:16:03.519 --> 00:16:12.120 that jumper overround the right wing and falling into the stands with the camera. 176 00:16:12.200 --> 00:16:18.519 It was great highlight of the NBA playoffs so far. They'll play the Lakers 177 00:16:18.679 --> 00:16:23.879 in La tonight at ten o'clock, so some late night action there. Meanwhile, 178 00:16:23.919 --> 00:16:33.360 in the NHL there's also a pair of games Florida and Tampa, the 179 00:16:33.399 --> 00:16:38.279 series shifting there to Tampa Bay, with Florida up to oh and then Carolina 180 00:16:38.639 --> 00:16:45.919 heading into New York up to OH. And of all those games, I've 181 00:16:45.000 --> 00:16:52.759 been watching Carolina and the New York Islanders all right, So not a huge 182 00:16:52.799 --> 00:16:57.360 surprise. There's been a lot of talk if you follow the Lions that they 183 00:16:57.360 --> 00:17:04.759 were looking to extend and get big time contracts to Amna Saint Brown, Pina 184 00:17:04.880 --> 00:17:10.599 Sual, and Jared Goff. Well they get two of those three done. 185 00:17:11.440 --> 00:17:15.599 First up was the sun God four year deal more than one hundred and twenty 186 00:17:15.640 --> 00:17:22.119 million seventy seven guaranteed for the Sun Gods. That makes them the highest paid 187 00:17:23.240 --> 00:17:29.160 wide receiver in the NFL. And my thoughts on that is that this is 188 00:17:29.240 --> 00:17:33.680 good timing by the Lions. You knew you had to pay a monoras A 189 00:17:33.799 --> 00:17:37.279 Brown, you knew you had to get them an extension. You've got Justin 190 00:17:37.400 --> 00:17:45.279 Jefferson out there, and you got Chase for the Bengals, and those two 191 00:17:45.480 --> 00:17:49.160 are seeing who's gonna blink they want to. You know, they're looking for 192 00:17:49.559 --> 00:17:56.000 not only the they'll get. They'll they'll easily go past Amnora Saint Brown, 193 00:17:56.039 --> 00:18:00.079 but they're looking to go past each other. And you know they agents of 194 00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:04.799 those two are just going to rock out these gigantic deals and then soon Amano 195 00:18:04.920 --> 00:18:08.400 Saint Brown will be sitting there looking up at those two and then you know 196 00:18:08.440 --> 00:18:12.960 that's how it works. But this was something that we knew was going to 197 00:18:14.039 --> 00:18:18.680 happen, It was inevitable, and the Lions signed Brown. They should have 198 00:18:18.720 --> 00:18:22.799 signed him, and there's no argument the other way. The same thing goes 199 00:18:22.839 --> 00:18:30.559 with All Pro offensive tackle today. Sewell, you get a tackle that is 200 00:18:30.599 --> 00:18:36.640 an All Pro that you drafted, that is worth its weight in gold. 201 00:18:37.440 --> 00:18:41.079 So yeah, you are going to pay him if you're going to pay anyone 202 00:18:41.119 --> 00:18:45.960 four years, one twelve on his extension, and he is the highest paid 203 00:18:47.799 --> 00:18:53.400 offensive lineman in the NFL, and he gets eighty five million dollars guaranteed. 204 00:18:56.079 --> 00:18:59.759 And this was inevitable. It's a little bit you like, get that new 205 00:18:59.799 --> 00:19:03.440 car. Are you get in that new car? Your friends are checking it 206 00:19:03.480 --> 00:19:04.960 out every time you get in. You're like, oh man, this smells 207 00:19:06.160 --> 00:19:10.759 nice, drives nice. You're driving around, and then at the end of 208 00:19:10.759 --> 00:19:14.599 the month that payment hits, and that's yours answer. You're like, now 209 00:19:14.680 --> 00:19:17.799 you're like ooh, You're like, you know what, you know that it's 210 00:19:17.799 --> 00:19:19.799 gonna happen. You know you gotta do it. But that does bring up 211 00:19:19.799 --> 00:19:27.319 the question of the Lions championship window and how long it will last, because 212 00:19:27.359 --> 00:19:30.200 at some point you know you're paying. You got the highest paid tackle, 213 00:19:30.240 --> 00:19:36.480 you get the highest paid wide receiver. And now Jared Goff Adam Schefter. 214 00:19:36.599 --> 00:19:38.640 Yesterday, when all of this was going on with the Lions getting their wide 215 00:19:38.680 --> 00:19:45.359 receiver and their right tackle too extensions, Schefter comes out and there says there's 216 00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:52.440 no deal imminent for Jared Goff. Everybody's like, hey, stop here, 217 00:19:52.880 --> 00:19:59.720 full stop. What do you mean, It's just a guy that we chant 218 00:19:59.759 --> 00:20:04.960 has name everywhere at the grocery store. They'll be chanting Jared Goff's name all 219 00:20:06.119 --> 00:20:11.559 night tonight. A, you're telling me that there's no deal imminent for Jared 220 00:20:11.599 --> 00:20:15.319 Goff despite the fact that Amana Saint Brown and Penay Sewell now have landed new 221 00:20:17.240 --> 00:20:22.279 record breaking deals. What's going on there? Schefter says, the Lions and 222 00:20:22.319 --> 00:20:26.279 Golf have spoken about a new deal this offseason, but no deal is close 223 00:20:26.319 --> 00:20:30.759 at this time. That means nothing to me. I mean, it could 224 00:20:30.799 --> 00:20:36.960 mean something to you, and it's nice for a schefter to, you know, 225 00:20:37.039 --> 00:20:41.279 get a bunch of retweets and everything else. 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I'm 252 00:23:03.359 --> 00:23:10.240 Dennis Fithian in for Matt Shepherd ben Zos back in the control room. You 253 00:23:10.359 --> 00:23:17.720 could join us on the Meyer Hotline at eight six six eight three eight forty 254 00:23:17.880 --> 00:23:22.200 eight forty three. We're asking you, what's the Lions championship window? How 255 00:23:22.359 --> 00:23:32.880 long will it last? In your opinion? Get goes techs into Sports Radio, 256 00:23:33.680 --> 00:23:37.880 Text that to twenty one thousand, Sports Radio to twenty one thousand, 257 00:23:37.359 --> 00:23:45.440 or you dial up that hotline at eight six six eight three eight four eight 258 00:23:45.359 --> 00:23:51.279 four three. I'm also going to talk about why this is the goat of 259 00:23:51.400 --> 00:24:00.599 all NFL drafts this segment, but the Lions Championship window. If you immediately 260 00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:04.359 just said ten years, that's it, I think that's gonna be. That's 261 00:24:04.359 --> 00:24:11.519 a big window. That as a big window. And last year I did 262 00:24:11.599 --> 00:24:17.400 not expect the Lions to get to the precipice of the Super Bowl. I 263 00:24:17.519 --> 00:24:21.160 did not expect them to get to the NFC Championship game and be up on 264 00:24:21.279 --> 00:24:23.680 the forty nine ers and look super and then melt out on the second half 265 00:24:23.720 --> 00:24:27.720 and not get there. So they took this. It was a gigantic step. 266 00:24:30.200 --> 00:24:33.039 Didn't think that they were gonna win the Central like most other people, 267 00:24:33.119 --> 00:24:37.440 but I didn't win. If you have a home playoff game, win it. 268 00:24:37.599 --> 00:24:41.200 They had to play Matt Stafford and they got it done. And then 269 00:24:41.359 --> 00:24:45.599 whether it was a break or not, you know, I wanted the Cowboys. 270 00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:49.240 We saw the Lions beat the Cowboys and then get robbed by the officials, 271 00:24:51.119 --> 00:24:55.279 and that would have been nice payback for the Lions going down and beating 272 00:24:55.319 --> 00:25:03.599 the Cowboys. For a lot of reasons. That the shenanigans that happened with 273 00:25:03.759 --> 00:25:10.160 the two point conversion the last time, what was that twenty fourteen were the 274 00:25:10.359 --> 00:25:15.759 referees. And I'm not generally speaking someone who points to the referees and said, 275 00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:22.960 oh, they screwed us, but us being Detroit in that playoff game 276 00:25:23.039 --> 00:25:30.680 down in Dallas. If you just were casually you met me, I like 277 00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:33.519 say, down at the draft tonight and you came home and said, hey, 278 00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:41.720 Dennis, what are the three worst screw jobs by the officials and the 279 00:25:41.839 --> 00:25:47.240 history of sports? I'd say the Lions at twenty fourteen down there in Dallas 280 00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:51.680 where they had the new rule with a face guarding and it was like the 281 00:25:52.519 --> 00:25:59.240 definition of it. And then also you had what was his name, Dez 282 00:25:59.400 --> 00:26:03.720 Bryant with his helmet off out of the hash marks, screaming in the officials. 283 00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:08.920 It's also an automatic flag. Neither of those things were called. Oh 284 00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:11.720 yeah, the Lions had the ball with under two minutes to go on a 285 00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:15.880 time out their pocket, they weren't able to win. They put it out 286 00:26:15.880 --> 00:26:18.359 a fourth and one, which I agreed with because the defense was playing so 287 00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:22.480 well. But nobody else did, especially after the fact that they didn't make 288 00:26:22.519 --> 00:26:25.359 it. So all of those things, but yeah, that was the screwjob. 289 00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:27.839 What else goes in there? It was before my time, but the 290 00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:37.319 seventy two Olympics, there's a number of boxing gold medals that I could go 291 00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:45.200 to and talk about. But the USA basketball team against Russia has to be 292 00:26:45.359 --> 00:26:48.440 there. You watch the replays of that or if it whatever, out of 293 00:26:48.559 --> 00:26:52.920 the actual replay of the game, but you just see that it's front and 294 00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:56.119 center. They just kept giving the ball back. How many times did they 295 00:26:56.160 --> 00:26:59.480 do it? Four or five times? They just kept giving it back. 296 00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:03.400 Dug Collins I believe, was on that team, the former Pistons coach. 297 00:27:04.160 --> 00:27:10.519 His son now the head basketball coach at Northwestern. But yeah, the USA 298 00:27:10.640 --> 00:27:21.240 got screwed in that game, all right. So no, not ten years, 299 00:27:21.920 --> 00:27:27.400 but it opened up last year and now it is wide open. I 300 00:27:27.640 --> 00:27:33.119 like, this thing is wide open. But you got to look at the 301 00:27:33.200 --> 00:27:41.200 Lions, and then you also have to look at their conference, and then 302 00:27:41.240 --> 00:27:45.160 I also think you need to look at the North, the NFC North, 303 00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:51.759 and all of those things play into it. I would put the forty nine 304 00:27:51.839 --> 00:28:00.799 ers number one in the in the NFC, but I'm gonna put the Detroit 305 00:28:00.920 --> 00:28:07.440 Lions right there on their tail, along with the Eagles, Packers, and 306 00:28:07.559 --> 00:28:10.200 Cowboys. However you want to mix it, you want to try to throw 307 00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:11.799 the Rams in there, all right, you can go ahead and do that. 308 00:28:12.039 --> 00:28:15.839 I know Lions only beat them by a point last year, but they 309 00:28:15.880 --> 00:28:22.400 did beat them, and the Lions did split with the Packers. They should 310 00:28:22.440 --> 00:28:30.000 have beat the Cowboys and the Eagles. They look like they're they were having 311 00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:33.720 this conversation about their championship window two years ago and they're like, Oh, 312 00:28:33.880 --> 00:28:38.119 you kidding, Jalen Hurts. Look at all this offensive and defensive line we're 313 00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:42.880 in business for. We're gonna be in business for ten years. There's that 314 00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:45.839 ten year window again. And last year it looked like that window. Who 315 00:28:47.079 --> 00:28:51.559 that window. There's your lesson. That window could look like it's going to 316 00:28:51.599 --> 00:28:56.119 be open for ten years and then he can slam on your fingers quickly. 317 00:28:57.480 --> 00:29:02.279 Or you could be like Dallas Cowboy fans who always think their championship window is 318 00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:07.880 open and actually it's painted shut. They get over there, they're like, 319 00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:10.720 oh, this window and they're actually, oh wait, that window is actually 320 00:29:10.799 --> 00:29:14.240 shut and it's stuck shut. We just looked at it and thought it was 321 00:29:14.319 --> 00:29:30.559 open. But as long as the Lions have this current setup of Golf and 322 00:29:32.720 --> 00:29:37.440 Sewell and Brown, who they just took care of, and the biggest thing 323 00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:45.079 that they have going for them, the Detroit Lions, if you say they're 324 00:29:45.160 --> 00:29:53.400 superpower. It is their offensive line. As long as they continue to have 325 00:29:55.839 --> 00:30:03.400 whether it's the best certainly one of the best offensive lines in all of football, 326 00:30:04.160 --> 00:30:11.119 they're gonna be there. They're gonna be in with a chance. Now 327 00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:15.240 it's a lot easier. This is the discussion that happens every day, non 328 00:30:15.359 --> 00:30:22.200 draft day, talking about how to win. And what does everyone say, 329 00:30:22.680 --> 00:30:26.960 Well, they say it's all about the quarterbacks. And I agree with that. 330 00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:30.720 And that's why when you get to the draft and you look towards tonight 331 00:30:30.880 --> 00:30:34.279 and how they will be overdrafted, and I do think that there's going to 332 00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:40.200 be six quarterbacks drafted, and these gms will sit around and they'll look at 333 00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:45.519 these windows and they'll say, well, we want Patrick Mahomes, we want 334 00:30:45.559 --> 00:30:53.039 our Josh Allen, we want our Lamar Jackson. This is what we want 335 00:30:53.160 --> 00:30:56.440 about our CJ. Stroud. I mean, that's what they're looking for. 336 00:30:56.680 --> 00:31:03.960 You get one of those guys Joe Burrow. Oh, when you get a 337 00:31:03.240 --> 00:31:08.039 difference maker quarterback, your super Bowl window seemingly is open for as long as 338 00:31:08.119 --> 00:31:12.079 those guys are in their prime. Nobody's going to argue that the Chief's super 339 00:31:12.119 --> 00:31:15.640 Bowl window is going to be as long as Patrick Mahomes is playing. I 340 00:31:15.720 --> 00:31:18.880 think the same thing with the Bills, Bengals, Ravens and Texans. Now 341 00:31:19.240 --> 00:31:22.319 I know it's only been one year, but you know Stroud was that good. 342 00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:27.359 The weird one is the forty nine ers. They were going for Trey 343 00:31:27.480 --> 00:31:33.119 Lance at number three for their difference maker and they ended up getting mister Irrelevant 344 00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:37.039 over there. But it's working for them, So how about that? Different 345 00:31:37.079 --> 00:31:47.680 ways to find your quarterback? All right? What's the Lions championship window? 346 00:31:47.839 --> 00:31:52.839 How long will it last? X'es and bros? Michigan Sports Network eight six 347 00:31:52.039 --> 00:31:57.960 six eight three eight forty eight forty three. That is the Meyer hotline. 348 00:31:59.000 --> 00:32:04.640 Let's go to is it? Kegan in Kalamazoo? What's up? Hey? 349 00:32:04.759 --> 00:32:07.960 A going? Hey? How's it going? Thanks for having men? Yeah? 350 00:32:07.079 --> 00:32:12.440 What's going on out there at Kazu? Hey? Not much. I 351 00:32:12.559 --> 00:32:14.880 was supposed to be at the draft. I've overhead to work right now. 352 00:32:15.319 --> 00:32:19.720 But no, I think the I think the Lions window realistically is as long 353 00:32:19.799 --> 00:32:22.319 as they have Jared Goff there. I think they'll do a great job putting 354 00:32:22.400 --> 00:32:24.720 talent around him. Kind of like you stated, as long as you have 355 00:32:24.920 --> 00:32:28.960 your guy like a C. J. Strau A josh Alamar Jackson. Your 356 00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:32.880 windows open as long as they're there. It's just interesting to see how long 357 00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:37.200 this contract will be for him or how long to lock him up. Yeah, 358 00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:40.839 you know, I know this sounds like I'm on the Internet or I'm 359 00:32:40.880 --> 00:32:45.519 on Twitter, But as long as Holmes keeps cooking in the draft, I 360 00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:47.759 would also think that that's going to be part of this window. If he 361 00:32:47.880 --> 00:32:52.440 can go out there and he can continue to pull in the kind of players 362 00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:57.200 that he has, liking a Modera Saint Brown in the fourth row, you 363 00:32:57.279 --> 00:33:01.119 know, get the best tight end of the second round. The pick a 364 00:33:02.200 --> 00:33:06.119 an all pro tackle. When you get the chance, when you when you 365 00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:08.599 have your pick, make it count. As long as Holmes continues to do 366 00:33:08.680 --> 00:33:14.160 this, I would say that that championship that's almost obvious, but sometimes we 367 00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:15.519 need to state the obvious. If he continues to do what he's doing. 368 00:33:15.839 --> 00:33:20.319 Yeah, quarterback, it's a hendon hooker. We don't know what they think 369 00:33:20.400 --> 00:33:22.920 of him, but it's not like they're going to go and say, well, 370 00:33:22.079 --> 00:33:27.160 let's just play hardball with golf and we're just going to look for another 371 00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:30.440 quarterback. Because they they do have a championship window. To your point, 372 00:33:30.440 --> 00:33:35.519 you know, oh yeah, definitely, and I mean looking for another quarterback 373 00:33:35.519 --> 00:33:37.319 should be possibility. But I think they're definitely have a lot of faith in 374 00:33:37.359 --> 00:33:39.839 Hendon Hooker. But I have faith to lock him up for at least four 375 00:33:39.880 --> 00:33:44.640 to five years and we'll keep this thing open for a few. Yeah, 376 00:33:44.680 --> 00:33:47.400 he's twenty nine years old golf, so and you know you can get those 377 00:33:47.559 --> 00:33:52.039 you sign him to a five year deal, but then you look at it 378 00:33:52.400 --> 00:34:00.279 and in two or three years you can get out of it where it's until 379 00:34:00.799 --> 00:34:04.240 you can get another QB in there. So sign him to the five year 380 00:34:04.319 --> 00:34:07.440 do you get yourself where Yeah, it's gonna be pretty bad, but not 381 00:34:07.639 --> 00:34:10.719 super bad after two years and then more palatable if you need to get out 382 00:34:10.719 --> 00:34:15.559 of it after three. That looks like it's the direction, higin. How 383 00:34:15.760 --> 00:34:17.599 could you you You said you were supposed to go to the draft, but 384 00:34:17.719 --> 00:34:21.880 now you're heading to work. I mean that sounds like the ultimate and then 385 00:34:21.960 --> 00:34:28.119 kind of a Debbie downer. Yeah, you know, just priority and just 386 00:34:28.559 --> 00:34:30.360 I'll be able to say the home comfort and watch the draft. I had 387 00:34:30.360 --> 00:34:34.159 a bunch of guy who's going out there for a bachelor party, so they'll 388 00:34:34.199 --> 00:34:36.559 be enjoying it to nails, be enjoying it from the comper of my own 389 00:34:36.639 --> 00:34:40.320 home. Wow, now you come over the top with a bachelor Not only 390 00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:45.360 not only were you going now you're going to work, but you were going 391 00:34:45.440 --> 00:34:50.679 with a bachelor party. Wow, that's nice. Yeah, yeah, just 392 00:34:50.760 --> 00:34:52.280 a friends of a friend. Basically I wasn't a part of their bachelor party. 393 00:34:52.360 --> 00:34:55.920 They graciously invited me, but unfortunately this wasn't able to make it. 394 00:34:58.239 --> 00:35:00.880 Yeah, I hear you. And now you know life sometimes intersection there we 395 00:35:00.960 --> 00:35:05.280 all can't just you know, I jumping a limo drive across the state with 396 00:35:05.440 --> 00:35:09.239 a million fans at a bachelor party while the NFL drafts going on. Wow, 397 00:35:10.320 --> 00:35:15.199 all right, man, have a great morning, Thanks for dialing in. 398 00:35:15.400 --> 00:35:17.880 That's how it's done. As we talk about the Lions championship window and 399 00:35:19.000 --> 00:35:22.519 how long it'll last, that's right, Golf, you're gonna get him to 400 00:35:22.599 --> 00:35:28.400 that five year deal, but really a two three years where then you can 401 00:35:29.559 --> 00:35:32.199 look to another QB if you could find one, and then he gets all 402 00:35:32.280 --> 00:35:36.920 of that money. There's a spot whatever it ends up being. You wanna 403 00:35:36.920 --> 00:35:38.719 say, you're gonna be forty five million a year, it's closer to fifty. 404 00:35:38.960 --> 00:35:42.679 I'm not gonna argue with you there. Whatever it ends up being, 405 00:35:44.159 --> 00:35:47.199 he's got to be. I wouldn't. I don't think he's gonna they can 406 00:35:47.320 --> 00:35:51.599 ask. I don't think his agent is gonna be say, okay, here's 407 00:35:51.639 --> 00:35:55.039 my home steal. We want more than him. There's a nice number to 408 00:35:55.159 --> 00:36:00.760 be had for golf. But he knows this is the spot for him. 409 00:36:01.559 --> 00:36:06.199 He knows that the Lions will give him those those two three years of that 410 00:36:06.360 --> 00:36:08.639 guaranteed money once again, to get one hundred and fifty million guaranteed. I 411 00:36:08.760 --> 00:36:15.280 know it's always sounds really like, what's the difference between one fifty and one 412 00:36:15.400 --> 00:36:21.920 sixty out of ten million? That's the difference that ability to get in via 413 00:36:22.000 --> 00:36:27.480 the text? Is you Tech Sports Radio to twenty one thousand. I like 414 00:36:27.639 --> 00:36:35.559 taking your text on the draft open topics as we talk about what's transpiring tonight 415 00:36:35.760 --> 00:36:43.679 in Detroit. How about a bachelor party and the NFL Draft. Wow, 416 00:36:45.119 --> 00:36:47.519 I can just imagine said if it's if it's taking off from Grand Rapis And 417 00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:51.920 I said it might not be, but you know, you get the party 418 00:36:52.000 --> 00:36:58.960 boss across the state staying people that were looking to the hotels. You know, 419 00:36:59.039 --> 00:37:02.880 they get the casinos there walking distance to the draft, and then you're 420 00:37:02.920 --> 00:37:06.679 not just doing it today, but you're doing it for the entire weekend. 421 00:37:07.920 --> 00:37:15.400 That's nice, you know, it's underscore nice there. But right here, 422 00:37:15.599 --> 00:37:25.079 right now, this is the greatest NFL draft of all time. And over 423 00:37:25.239 --> 00:37:30.039 forty years ago it started the reason that this one is. And there's no 424 00:37:30.239 --> 00:37:37.280 argument about locally this not being the greatest draft. It's in Detroit, first 425 00:37:37.320 --> 00:37:42.199 time ever. The Lions, who every year looked at this day as their 426 00:37:42.280 --> 00:37:45.320 super Bowl, and then now they went to the NFC Championship game and here 427 00:37:45.440 --> 00:37:51.440 they are their best season almost ever. They've completely flipped things around and have 428 00:37:51.519 --> 00:37:54.320 everybody with a big smile on their face, and now they're hosting this event. 429 00:37:54.440 --> 00:37:59.360 The weather looks like it's going to be just fine for tonight. Everything 430 00:37:59.440 --> 00:38:05.519 has set up where this is the greatest NFL Draft all time locally for sure, 431 00:38:06.119 --> 00:38:09.840 but nationally. You have six quarterbacks that I believe will be taken in 432 00:38:09.960 --> 00:38:15.760 the first round. You can argue that, but my argument nobody is going 433 00:38:15.880 --> 00:38:21.000 to argue with the fact that there is going to be three taken right out 434 00:38:21.039 --> 00:38:23.719 of the gate, and maybe four with McCarthy, and then there's going to 435 00:38:23.760 --> 00:38:30.960 be another two taken in the teens. When you think about Michael Pennix and 436 00:38:31.119 --> 00:38:36.119 now maybe in the mix for Nicks, maybe he falls to the twenties, 437 00:38:36.840 --> 00:38:38.960 just like maybe McCarthy falls to the teens. But those are the six qbs 438 00:38:39.679 --> 00:38:47.840 and these gms. If they were listening today and we're talking about championship draft 439 00:38:47.920 --> 00:38:54.599 windows, all of these teams have the qbs in place. The Chiefs, 440 00:38:54.880 --> 00:39:00.440 the Bills will go over them again, Bengals, Ravens, who else Dixon's 441 00:39:00.280 --> 00:39:06.840 over in the AFC. If we wanted to talk who else there and extend 442 00:39:06.920 --> 00:39:14.360 it, you might talk about Trevor Lawrence and the Jags, or Tua in 443 00:39:14.480 --> 00:39:16.280 the Dolphins, although you know, I'm not putting them in the conversation of 444 00:39:16.360 --> 00:39:23.360 a championship window right now. But with the Lions and their very division, 445 00:39:24.039 --> 00:39:29.800 as we look at it, what we saw with unfortunately, I say unfortunately, 446 00:39:29.920 --> 00:39:34.760 because they are there, Nemesis, the Green Bay Packers with Jordan Love, 447 00:39:36.440 --> 00:39:38.159 they look like they may I don't know. Am I ready to say 448 00:39:38.239 --> 00:39:46.920 he is a bona fide star quarterback. I'm very close to that. He 449 00:39:47.199 --> 00:39:52.239 really in the second half of the season came out. They have to see 450 00:39:52.239 --> 00:39:53.360 it one more year. But yeah, I mean he's right there. I'm 451 00:39:53.360 --> 00:39:59.360 putting him. If I'm a Packer fan, I'm giddy. And they they 452 00:39:59.440 --> 00:40:02.000 put it together. They get a very young team and then you know, 453 00:40:02.159 --> 00:40:05.719 Love looked the part and then they wanted the playoffs. I mean, what 454 00:40:05.840 --> 00:40:07.880 else do you do want to say except let's wait for one more year. 455 00:40:08.000 --> 00:40:13.880 That is the only thing you can say. But the Eagles with Hurts have 456 00:40:14.000 --> 00:40:17.400 their cute quarterback. The forty nine ers are the interesting one because, uh, 457 00:40:19.920 --> 00:40:22.440 you know, Purty's a little bit of a lightning rod. And that 458 00:40:22.800 --> 00:40:29.639 is why you might talk about the Rams being in that championship window because of 459 00:40:29.760 --> 00:40:36.599 one Matt Stafford who's sitting there, and we saw what he was able to 460 00:40:36.639 --> 00:40:42.360 do last year. And they got one of the top coaches as well. 461 00:40:43.519 --> 00:40:49.119 So you know, I put the Rams just a little bit on the outside 462 00:40:49.440 --> 00:40:53.960 of the forty nine Ers, Lions, Eagles, and Backers. I put 463 00:40:54.039 --> 00:41:00.599 them there at the Cowboys, even though I was just racking on the Cowboys. 464 00:41:00.599 --> 00:41:07.559 All right, I'm gonna I've got more on this draft and just why 465 00:41:07.679 --> 00:41:10.239 this first round and just why tonight I think is you know when I said 466 00:41:10.280 --> 00:41:15.599 the greatest, most entertaining NFL Draft as we lead up to it, and 467 00:41:16.360 --> 00:41:22.039 we'll get an idea on what the Lions will do. So all of that 468 00:41:22.320 --> 00:41:24.239 at pick number twenty nine if that's where they stay. I'm Dennis Fifthian. 469 00:41:24.599 --> 00:41:29.639 Thanks for listening, Exes and brose Michigan Sports Network. We're teaming off our 470 00:41:29.719 --> 00:41:36.199 tenth year at the Meyer LPGA Classic for simply gives. Get ready for the 471 00:41:36.280 --> 00:41:39.079 best who are yet to help neighbors in need while enjoying golf, food and 472 00:41:39.320 --> 00:41:45.239 family fun. Join us June thirteenth through the sixteenth at Blakefield Country Club for 473 00:41:45.440 --> 00:41:49.880 fabulous food, discoveryland for kids, and of course, elite women golfers from 474 00:41:49.920 --> 00:41:53.159 around the world competing to help feed our neighbors. Get your tickets now, 475 00:41:53.360 --> 00:42:01.079 admire LPGA Classic dot com. Huge here for my good friends from Flying Ace 476 00:42:01.079 --> 00:42:07.719 Whiskey. 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