Second hour of the program. Laight here with us across the great state of
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Friday from three until six. I'll be off the next couple of days.
I'll be heading up Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort. Got a couple other conflicts
and my good friend Dennis Fithian will fill in for me tomorrow morning and then
again on Thursday morning. Then I'll be back with you Friday morning from Soaring
Eagle Casino and Resort. The day after the Draft, if you're going to
the Draft, try and stop by the Caucus Club say hello to Huge.
Bill Simonson will be at the Caucus Club in downtown Detroit. And speaking of
that, I'm looking forward to draft conversations. That's what we're gonna be doing
with Jeremy Riseman, the editor and chief of Pride of Detroit. He will
join us at seven thirty five. Tiger is a winner yesterday. That was
good stuff. Good offense by Detroit in a seven to one win over Tampa.
Kent to my Ada gets the call tonight. Good start by Trek Scoobel
again it can be a dominating pitcher in the league. Nine strikeouts and six
innings. Canna was good, Metalways had a homer. Biaz was two for
four. Carpenter seventh straight game of an RBI. If somebody had tweeted at
me yesterday they were a little disappointed Ben that we were talking about the contract
of Anthony Rendon. Oh really Well, they were saying they're not a big
fan of yours truly, which is fine, that doesn't hurt my feelings.
But he was saying, you're sitting here talking about Anthony Rendona and we've got
Javier Biaz. Well, the two contracts are very different. I mean,
one's a lot more money Anthony Rendon. It's not like I enjoyed the con.
I didn't like the contract of Biez never never liked it. In fact,
I believe I was doing a show and or I was a guest on
Huge show and they were talking about the free agent short style. At the
time, it was Seeger Simeon, Who's you know, more of a second
basement, but he did play some some short at in Oakland Bias. Who
else was in that class? Trevor story was in that class, and oh
in Carlos Korea. And my first choice is Marcus Simeon, even though I
knew he wasn't necessarily a shortstop. He could play short for you. He
doesn't have the range that Biaz has, but he could play short for you.
He's supposedly a very good clubhouse leader, So that was my first choice.
Trevor's story would not have turned out to be a very good one because
of his injuries. Was my second choice then Carlos Correa. So in full
disclosure, that's where I was coming from. I didn't like the Bias contract,
but Bias is available, and that's what our discussion was. We were
focused on the fact that Anthony Rendon and I told you yesterday how good his
years were leading or especially his last year in Washington leading up to free agency
and the signing there in Los Angeles for the Angels. But how it's been
a bust of a contract because he hasn't played more than fifty eight games in
a season. Javier Bias has played what one hundred and forty two games one
year, one hundred and thirty eight games. At least he's available. That
was the whole point of the conversation. But the person who tweeted at me
and again it's okay, you don't like me, so you lose the message.
I don't like that guy, So you know what, anything he says
I'm going to disagree with. If you were listening, truly listening, not
hearing, but listening to the conversation, it was about availability. But you
can't get past it anyway. That's the situation there. Bios did have a
couple of hits, doesn't make up for anything. Doesn't make up for his
swinging his sliders outside the zone, doesn't make up for striking out, doesn't
making up for the amount of money that he makes over the last couple of
years, and underperforming for the Tigers doesn't make up anything. I'm just giving
you a number that he went to for four. That's all, okay.
I'm not going to go through the entire box score. I'm just telling you
he was one of the offensive guys who made a difference last night, only
last night. I love the emotion of sports, I really do. I
think it's what keeps us sane, sometimes keeps us healthy. But sometimes it's
okay to say the guy you don't like, the player that upsets you and
frustrates you the most, had a good game. It doesn't mean that you
are now a fan of his or hers. It doesn't now mean that you
justify the contract he or she's signed, and it sure doesn't mean that you
believe he's turned the corner. It just means the guy had a good game.
And in baseball, when you play one hundred and sixty two of those
and a lot of players, healthy players, yes, players who are teams
are obligated too because of contracts. They're gonna play one hundred and fifty plus
of those games. You're gonna have to watch them. You can grade them
on their season. But it's okay once in a while to say, all
right, did something tonight. I don't think I'm a whole lot different than
you went in that regard. Sometimes we look when it's a player or a
coach. We look for the negative to justify our beliefs, fair or unfair.
But that's what happens NBA last night, Nick's winners, Calves winners,
Nuggets winners, NHL made be Leefs, Hurricanes, Oilers and defending champion Vegas
Knights. That's the story. Bottom of the hour, we will talk NFL
draft, really looking forward to that for sure, and we will do that
with Jeremy Riseman, his thoughts on where the Lions go, what's the incentive
to get over the top. Speaking of incentive, by the way, did
you hear did you read the Tom Brady incentive Leyden push to a lot of
his players, his teammates. If you've read that, it's it's pretty classic.
It's there's a part of me that thinks that's kind of unfortunate. So
I'll name marpet who was an offensive lineman with Brady in Tampa. Played a
couple of years there with Sam. Brady would get frustrated sometimes, especially at
screenplays, so they were getting blown up. So he would say to the
offensive lineman, I'll tell you what if any screenplay that goes for fifteen yards
or greater, I'll give you each one thousand dollars cash. That's the even
for guys who signed million dollar deals. Just that that extra juice was there
for it. And Marpett on a on a podcast said, yeah, that
got us, That got us pretty fired up. Happy to take that payment.
Five offensive linemen. Brady's got to pay out five grand every time the
Buccaneers ran a screen of at least fifteen yards, and mar pet said,
little extra juice those kinds of things, Sure, it makes it different.
There was definitely a multiple of fifteen, so they made a little extra coin
and it worked. Brady had that little extra incentive. There's a part of
you that also goes, that's really too bad. It takes you one thousand
dollars for you to do your job. We all need a little incentive once
in a while, I guess, including millionaires who play the game of football.
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make a difference. I'm excited to talk with Jeremy Riseman at the prout of
Detroit. NFL Draft coming up, and you can follow him on x at
Detroit on Lion at Detroit on Lion he is where you follow him. So
we'll be talking a little bit about what's coming up Thursday. The NFL Draft.
It's a little different field. Don't you think it's different for me anyway,
because I just in the past. Look, it's such an Oakley Shane
Detroit. But it's so true that April was our quote unquote super Bowl.
It's just not the way it is right now, and we hope it's not
that way for now. We know what other teams feel like. Seriously,
other teams feel like the April Draft is just an not another day, but
it's it's just part of your calendar, your NFL calendar, where with us,
it was unbelievable for us to get a top five pick and see who
the new shiny toy is, The new shiny car in the in the garage
is not anymore? Who's the guy who's going to help us climb over the
top. So looking forward to that discussion coming up. Among the things that
I had forgotten to tell you in our sports headlines was that Lindy Ruff is
the new coach of the Buffalo Sabers, so they are going back to the
well if you will, it's a a retread? Is that fair to say
that? Would people? This is what we use. These are the words
we use, right, and it's it's probably fair because he is he is
a retread. There's a ton of them though football. We saw it.
Would you consider Dan Quinn a retret? Sure? Raheem Morris, sure,
Jim Harbaugh, Yeah, same thing happens in the NBA. Monti Williams Is
he a retread? Yep? Nick Nurse retread? Yes, Quinn Snyder absolutely,
Tom Thibodeau, sure, those guys are all those guys are retreads.
In other words, guys who were coaches and then went somewhere else and they
were hired. That's sports, and that happens all the time. Dwayne Casey
was fired in Toronto, Pistons hired him. I'm glad they did. Would
you call it a retread, Mike McCarthy retread in Dallas? You could go
down the list. You're not gonna get guys who are just brand new to
the job all the time. It's not the way it works in sports anyway.
I had to make that correction for you. If you follow hockey at
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Bros. And we will talk with Jeremy Riseman at the bottom of the hour
as we find our way toward that discussion. We had mentioned the Tigers seven
to one win, not that we care too much about the Chicago White Sox,
but they did lose again last night. They lost seven nothing to Minnesota
you know what that means. They've been shut out eight times already this year,
They've lost ten of eleven. They are three and nineteen worst in the
majors. They averaged two runs per game. They had a eight hitch yesterday,
but a couple of days ago they only had four hits, the eighth
time in twenty one games they've had six hits or fewer. Their run differential
is now at a minus seventy eight. Think about that for a moment.
That's how bad it is there. I'll reiterate what I said last week.
We think there's a window of opportunity for certain teams. It's either wide open
or it's closing. Before the year began in the NFL last year, people
thought the window of opportunity for Kansas City was closing, and all they did
was win another Super Bowl. Before the beginning of last season, people thought
the window of opportunity for the Chicago White Sox was still wide open. This
year, there three and nineteen. Last year, that same Chicago squad finished
second to last and twenty six games back at sixty one up and one hundred
and one down. It's tough to know teams change so drastically injuries can happen,
other teams get better. You just never know, man, You just
don't. So when you think the window of opportunity is there for the Lions,
and perhaps you think it's starting to be there for the Detroit Tigers two,
it really makes you appreciate, you know that that twenty five year playoffs
straight that the Red Wings had, their window really didn't close. Prety impressive.
I say this a lot, and I think it's worth repeating because I
truly believe it. Staying consistent or being consistent in sports is so damn hard.
That's why, whether you like a team or not. You may not
like the Dodgers. You may think that they go out and buy their teams.
Yeah, okay, I mean I think there's a point to be made
there. They are consistent, though they're consistently good. Sure, money helps,
doesn't solve everything. Otherwise, Glenn Sailor would have won Cups with the
Rangers because they spent a lot of money. Otherwise, the Mets would have
won things a year ago because they spend a lot of money. It doesn't
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thousand, so jacked for the entire city of Detroit. I hope it's going
to be Look, I'm not a I'm not a weathercaster, all right.
I am not a somebody who projects what's going to happen. We know it's
going to be cold. I just hope it's a decent day on Thursday,
so people can get out there and enjoy themselves. Here's what I do wonder
though, with the Lions picking at twenty nine, where they're at, where
are they going to move it all? Are they going to pull something where
they're going to move back and disappoint fans there? Not that it should matter.
That's not how Brad Holmes does his job, nor should he or are
they going to make some type of trade in that regard. That'll be an
interesting follow Speaking of trades, the Jets traded Zach Wilson to the Broncos.
You saw that. That means one player, one quarterback. I should say,
one of the five quarterbacks selected in the first round remains with their team.
Trevor Lawrence He was the number one overall pick in that draft to Jacksonville.
He remains there. In twenty twenty one, Lawrence went first, Wilson
was the number two pick. He's now in Denver. Trey Lance was the
number three pick, Justin Fields was the number eleven pick, and Mac Jones
was the number fifteen pick. Fields now in Pittsburgh along with Russell Wilson.
So, Zach Wilson goes to Denver. When somebody said the other day,
do you think the Lions trade Hooker? This is part of the reason.
I said he was a third round pick. You think you're gonna get a
third round pick or better. Zach Wilson was the number two overall pick.
They trade him to Denver and they split his salary. What does Denver get
back, or I should say, what do the Jets get back? A
six round draft pick? That's the value. That's pretty sad. It's actually
a good risk if you're the Denver Broncos. I think, because Wilson's got
some talent, this will be his last shot, primarily before he's relegated to
back up duty for the rest of his career. If he doesn't take advantage
of it. Speaking of taking advantage. What will the Lions do to take
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Let's be twenty years older, Michigan player. Big day for the City
of Detroit, Big day for the Pistons or for the Lions. As always
with the NFL Draft coming up, It'll take place on Thursday downtown to try.
Excited for the city of Detroit, excited for the Lions. The Lions
will have the twenty ninth overall pick, the sixty first overall pick, number
seventy three in round three. Then they've got to pick in round five,
two in round six, one of those from Tampa, and one in round
seven. Jeremy Riseman is the man in charge of Pride of Detroit and you
can follow him on X Detroit on Lion. He as the editor in chief
and he joins us here on Exes and Bros. On this Tuesday morning as
he preps for the draft that will take place on Thursday. Jeremy, appreciate
the time, really enjoy the work as well. What excites you most about
Thursday first and foremost? Well, I think to me, honestly, just
having Detroit on the main stage and having the city on display for a whole
bunch of fans that are going to be coming in from everywhere, to me
is really exciting because it almost feels like some of the excitement of the draft
has been sucked out a little bit for the Lions. There's been so much
trust in Brad Holmes and what he has done, and the fact that they
don't have a top ten pick, and the fact that you know they only
have three picks in the top one hundred and fifty, it seems like people
aren't as excited for the Lions actual draft more so than just the event being
here in Detroit. So I think I'm with them there. I think I'm
just excited for the city to be on display. I'm with you on that.
Why do you think so many Lions fans trust Brad Holmes? I mean,
the results speaks to themselves, right. I was just kind of writing
up something today on how I think the first major decision he made has resulted
in all the dominoes following the way they have, and that is them deciding
to stick with Jared Goff in twenty twenty one. You know, they had
a lot of draft capital back then. You look at that twenty twenty one
draft class. You know the quarterbacks go one, two, three, and
two. Out of those three guys are now no longer on their original team,
and so the Lion's got to keep all of their draft capital. They
stayed patient to their board. They got Pina sul who was one of the
best offensive tackles in football, is not the best, and everything falls into
place. They get to keep all those first round picks that they had,
which have turned into some big playmakers. I think last year is really the
kind of tipping point for fans where I think they realize, you know,
Okay, Bradholmes is doing something a little bit unconventional. Maybe we don't like
him drafting a running backer linebacker in the first round, but again, there's
all feats for themselves. Those guys turned out to be big players for the
lines down the stretch, and they made an NFC championship for just a second
time in franchise history. He is Jeremy Riseman. He's the editor chief produc
of Detroit. You can follow him on ex Detroit on Lieon. When you
mentioned Jared Goff, what do you envision his future is like here in Detroit?
Because he's got another year left on the contract, and of course we
haven't heard that a new one is forthcoming anytime soon. Can you give us
an idea of what you think his future looks like with the Detroit Lions.
I'm still lonto the impression that that's going to be one of the biggest priorities
of the safseason. I know, talks haven't really moved too much, you
know, leaks that none of the leaks have really come out that that they're
close or anything like that. But I think that's just kind of how Brad
Holmes operates. He doesn't operate with urgency when it comes to contract negotiations.
Sometimes they get done in May, sometimes they get done in August. But
everything this coaching staff has said, really from the minute that Jared Goff stepped
in the in the door, is that he's our guy. We believe he
can win, and he proved them right pretty much every step of the way.
After, you know, they improve the roster around him. So I
think that's kind of their philosophy is Jared Goff is a quarterback that when we
get the right pieces around him, he's going to succeed. He's going to
win, and he's going to give us the best chance at a super Bowl.
So I think that's kind of the plan going forward. I would very
much expect a you know, mid to longish term deal getting done sometime this
offseason that'll probably have Jared Goff around until pretty much the end of his career.
I'm not saying, you know, once he hits thirty three, thirty
four, that's it for him. But you know, the people that might
think, you know, head and Hooker is waiting in their wings and might
over the starting job in a couple of years. I just I don't see
that happening. I think this team really likes Jared Goff, and I think
they think he gives them the best chance to win. I would argue that
with Brad Holmes and Chris Bielman and all the people in the front office,
along with Dan Campbell, I don't know if I've ever seen from Afar an
organization that is so finely tuned in on the same page. The symmetry that
they have with one another is a big reason on why this franchise has had
a success. How has that transpired? Do you think? How quickly did
that take place? Yeah, it's a really really good question, because yeah,
I'm with you. I think that has been a key to what they've
done. And it almost feels a little bit by accident, right because they
hired these guys separately. They have Brad Holmes and Dan Campbell separately, and
Brad Holmes didn't really have much of a say and and Dan Campbell being hired,
but it almost you know, the way they tell the story is they
they clicked immediately, they saw things, you know, the same way,
And I think part of that is the hiring process. They really looked I
think hiring Matt Patricia kind of taught them a lesson in terms of ego,
and that seemed to be one of the main things that they were looking for
in the power structure of this team is guys that don't have that ego,
that are willing to listen to other people, that are collaborators, that are
transparent with each other, And so having people with those kind of qualities as
a person in the front office that allows them to get along. Right.
If you're transparent, if you're honest with each other, if you don't mind
disagreeing with someone and listening to someone else's argument, then you're suddenly going to
get along a lot better. And so I think just highlighting those personality traits
where leadership positions led them to being able to have a harmonious front office,
which is, like you said, a key to success. Jeremy Riseman's our
guest, who's the edited a chief of Pride of Detroit. You can fall
them on x at Detroit online getting ready for the NFL Draft on Thursday.
What do you think Detroit's biggest needs are. Yeah, it's tough because there's
not a lot of them. In terms of starting roles. I'm not sure
there's one available for a rookie right away, particularly one that you might draft
as low as twenty nine. But in terms of depth, in terms of
future needs, that's to me, I think the key of what the lines
might do here it's not so much needs in twenty twenty three, but needs
in the long term. You know, you have a couple offensive linemen on
expiring deals this year, so maybe you go offensive line. You have cornerbacks
on one year deals. So I think those are two areas that I could
see the lines going early. Wide receiver is another one where maybe there's an
opening for a starting spot, depending on what you think of a guy like
Dotivan People's jones. And then in terms of depth, I think safety is
probably the biggest need where they really only have three bodies there right now.
And you know Ifatu Melifond is a guy who's only started a few games at
the safety position, so I don't know how much you can trust him right
away, but I would I would highlight maybe those three or four positions,
wide receiver, offensive line, corner, and safety. Do you think what
has made Brad Holmes so successful is that he drafts based on his board and
the best player available and doesn't necessarily draft for need or do you think it's
a different philosophy there. No. I think that's been absolutely key to what
he's done. He's set it over and over again. But if you start
reaching for need, you're not going to get the player you want. And
so I think that, combined with their very strict policy in terms of getting
football players, guys who love ball, guys who are committed to the game,
and having that be a non negotiable, has led them to have a
culture that where I think it's not just you surround yourself with good players,
but surround yourselves with good practicers, guys who are going to motivate each other
and kind of be a forced multiplier in a way that you know, a
guy like I'm on Ross Saint Brown isn't just worth what he does on the
field and all the balls he catches, but he's worth it in developing a
culture in that wide receiver room. He's going to make his receivers better,
He's going to make you know his his running backs better, He's gonna make
everybody better with the way he puts in the work. So kind of surrounding
yourself with that kind of guy while also making sure, yeah, we're a
team that just needs talent. That should be the primary focus. And that's
easy when you know you have so many needs because a lot of the times
you get these talented players that match up with the need because you have so
many It'll be interesting to see how he sticks with that, and he says
he will stick with that kind of that philosophy even though the line's needs have
have gotten smaller and smaller and smaller, and maybe maybe just having no needs,
no immediate needs, makes it easier to kind of follow that philosophy.
But yes, that has been an absolute key, I think to what the
Lines have built here, perfect world, but realistic world. Because when I
say perfect world, so many people immediately go, well, I'll tell you
what I want. I want Marvin Harrison Junior or whoever could be. Okay,
that's not going to happen. You're not getting the Leak neighbors. He's
not going to be available. And if you're an in the trenches guy like
me, you're not getting Joe Alt. But perfect but realistic world. How
does Detroit address that need in the first round? In your mind? Man,
it's tough, I think to me, it's maybe one of the offensive
linemen falling to Detroit. There's there's so many offensive line linemen that could go
in the top twenty, that go in the top thirty. It's just one
of them. And you know, maybe maybe a team scares off, you
know, because there's two or three interior offensive linemen that are are off the
board. They don't want to settle for the third or fourth best. But
someone like Graham Barton out at Duke, I think is a perfect fit in
terms of character, in terms of toughness and grit. He's a guy that
can play maybe all five offensive line positions. He's a guy that's right on
the border there of whether he will or won't be there. Jackson Powers Johnson's
is another offensive linean that I think a lot of people here in Detroit really
really like. I'm a little bit lower on him, you know, even
even some of the offensive taxes. And I know, you know, there's
been talks about bringing back Decker. You're obviously going to hand pinasa will Monster
contract, but if the Lions want to, you know, have a little
bit of an insurance pall or get a guy that could play both tackle and
guard. A guy like Tyler Geydon is another one that I really like,
and I know people are probably screaming, like, naw, let's get defense,
Let's get defense. I'm a little bit scared about a lot of these
prospects. Like Chop Robinson is a guy that could have a very, very
high ceiling, and to get someone with those athletic traits all the way down
at twenty nine is rare. But he's got a lot of boom bus potential
as well, so I'm not sure I'm very high on him. That said,
I would say, like Cooper john the corner some people view him as
a safety out of Iowa. If he falls to Detroit, I think that
would be a nice marriage of maybe a little bit of a bigger need within
a you know, more competition needed at that cornerback position, combined with who
I would think would be one of the best players available at twenty nine.
Yeah, I would agree, Or on Nate Wiggins, a cornerback out of
Clemson, That's possible, So there's a I think there's going to be a
good player for him. In case people don't know who we were just referring
to Jackson Powers Johnson as the kid out of right and Tyler Gidon played at
Oklahoma, I believe. Yeah, So I think those are the Yeah,
those are the guys that you were referring to. It's interesting that the options
Detroit might have. Jeremy Riseman is the editor chief Pride of Detroit, and
you can foll him on ex at Detroit on Lion. There has been speculation,
and I stress that word, it's just speculation that Brad Holmes could actually
trade out. We have seen him do both trade out and trade up.
What would be the benefit there and what you think Detroit could get if they
chose. I know, it depends on where they go. It depends on
the team. But it seems to me the offset that they've got plenty of
draft picks trying to address some of the things that they need to address.
How do you see that as a as a major benefit for Detroit. Yeah,
I think it kind of depends on your view of this overall class.
I think there is kind of a common perception that maybe this first round is
maybe twenty twenty five players deep. So if all those twenty five players are
gone, I think it's a fair assessment of this draft class to say the
guys from like twenty six to forty five are all kind of on that same
level, that same plane of you know, talent, and if that's the
case, you know, trading back would would make a lot of sense.
Again, you look at kind of the draft capital that this team has.
They only have three picks in the top one fifty. After that whatever seventy
second pick in the third round, they're not picking until after one fifty.
So I think that's the that's exactly the value right there, is to make
sure that there isn't that huge gap of where you're not picking anybody and you
know, eighty ninety players go by without you making a selection. But again,
like that's only valuable if you believe there are talented players in that draft
class, Because you look at what they did last year. They basically used
all their draft capital to get all their picks in the first three rounds and
then they had you know, one or two picks late in the draft.
And Brad Holmes said, like that was we wanted to get in and out
of that trast We wanted to get all of our picks done early because we
didn't think it was a deep class. So if you don't think it's a
deep class, a trade out isn't going to make a ton of sense.
But if you do, kind of think everyone on that you know, late
first, second, early second are all kind of the same level of talent,
and you want some extra maybe third round picks, maybe a fourth round
pick that they don't currently have, and then I think it would make sense.
Okay, I could talk to you for an hour, but I only
got a couple more minutes. I want to get your quick thoughts on this.
Are you of the belief that the top four quarterbacks go in the top
ten picks? And if so, why, Oh man, that's a tough
one. I do think they do, and it's mostly about need. To
me, I think there are just so many quarterback needy teams right now that
you know, I very much do believe that the first three picks are going
to be quarterbacks. Obviously, the Patriots are kind of the wild card since
they have so many needs and Bill Pelichick isn't there, so it's hard to
know what direction they go in. But Craft has been pretty open about wanting
a quarterback, so I think they get it. And with Minnesota, I
think lining up, you know, two first round picks, now it seems
like a foregone conclusion that they're going to trade up into the top ten and
get one dip to make it four in the top ten. To me,
almost the more interesting question is, like Bo Nix and Michael Pennix, Do
those guys make it in the first round? Are we going to see six
in the first round? Five in the first round? That one is a
much tougher question, but I would say, yeah, I would expect four
quarterbacks to go in the top ten this week. Yeah, it's a great
question. Lastly, biggest surprise so far in the off season. After Zach
Wilson gets traded to Denver, Andy Reid extended by Kansas City, that's not
a surprise. But what's been the biggest surprise to you in the NFL offseason
so far? Man? To me, kind of the saga of Kenny Pickett
has been fascinating, And again it goes back to this quarterback carousel of guys
that the Lions all passed on in the past. But you know, it
seems like seemed like the Steelers were going to be perfectly fine having Russell Wilson
there and Kenny Pickett kind of learning from him and maybe even being the quarterback
of the future once you learn behind Russell Wilson. But Thickett had no interest
in that obviously, and now he's probably going to be a backup somewhere.
So that I mean, all the quarterbacks kind of shuffling around, and really
this has kind of been a pretty common trait, right, We saw it
with Aaron Rodgers the year before. It just seems like there's a lot more
quarterback carousel than there has been in the past. To me, Matthew Stafford,
Jared Goff, it's kind of shocking to me that the teams are being
a little less patient with their quarterbacks. But it is such a tough position
to figure out, and some teams will take as many swings at the bat
as it takes. I guess okay, I lied. I got one more
for you because I told you I could talk to you for an hour.
What's the strongest position in this draft? Do you think so many people have
talked about the quarterbacks, right, I think the top three wide receivers are
pretty special. There's a lot of people like, as you mentioned, the
offensive lineman. Where would you say this draft's biggest strength is? Yeah,
well, if I could say more broadly, it's clearly offense. Right,
you got the question, you got the wide receivers, you got the offensive
lineman. I think, you know, if you're an offensive team or a
team that needs offense, I should say this is a very good draft for
you, which I would say also kind of benefits the lines. Right,
They're not a team that has a lot of offensive needs. And so back
down at twenty nine, maybe you see a ton of offensive player goes and
one of those top tier defensive players slide to you. But if I had
to zero in on one position, I think it's wide receiver. And again,
I think this is a part of a bigger trend where you know,
the the NFL style offense is starting more starting to be a lot more like
college style offense. This whole idea of a pro style offense where you're running
the ball and you know, you got two running backs in the game and
three tight ends. There are some teams that still play like that, but
not a lot. And so I think you're seeing a lot of these,
you know, eleven personnel three wide receivers out there kind of mimic the college
game. And you know, I think you can find good talented wide receivers
on Day two that could become like Pro Bowl type players. We've seen that
in the past, you know, we saw what I'm on rad we saw
with Pooka and Nakool last year. That is just something that has really been
a forward moving trend, and I think this year's draft class is no exception.
Well, that's really good news for the Lions if they want to do
that. The record for most offensive players selected in the first round in a
draft is nineteen. That has happened three separate times. And if you look
at Cazar's sportsbook, the over under for total offensive players this year is twenty
one and a half. Jeremy, Jeremy, great, great stuff, man.
I really enjoyed it. Really enjoy your stuff. Keep up the great
work, and I hope we get a chance to talk to you down the
road. Very insightful stuff. You can fall him on X Detroit on Lyon.
He is Jeremy Riseman. He's the editor Chief Pride of Detroit. Great
stuff. Thanks for your time this morning. Enjoy the draft on Thursday.
You deserve it, man. Thanks, I appreciate it, you bet,
great stuff. Really appreciate it. And a really good guest, what great
insight. Really enjoyed that I hope you did too. Any thoughts that you
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