WEBVTT 1 00:00:33.719 --> 00:00:37.799 That's right. It is Exis and Bros. I'm Dennis fifteen in for our 2 00:00:37.880 --> 00:00:41.799 Matt Shepherd. It's great to be with you here. I'm a Michigan sports 3 00:00:41.920 --> 00:00:47.079 networking. We're going to talk about the Detroit Lions coming up here right out 4 00:00:47.079 --> 00:00:50.759 of the gate, and I'm asking you the question, how much did a 5 00:00:50.759 --> 00:00:57.039 Green Bay Packers scare you? That's the question for you to jump right in 6 00:00:57.200 --> 00:01:00.280 and I'm going to give you my thoughts. Also, heading into this Father's 7 00:01:00.359 --> 00:01:07.879 Day weekend, I'm looking for that saying that your dad had that has stayed 8 00:01:07.920 --> 00:01:11.640 with you. It could be something very poignant, it could be something very 9 00:01:11.640 --> 00:01:17.879 funny. It could be about sports or otherwise. Whenever I played golf with 10 00:01:17.920 --> 00:01:21.840 my dad and I would hit a bad shot, you know, I wouldn't 11 00:01:21.840 --> 00:01:25.959 throw my club. But even if I was like darn, you know whatever, 12 00:01:26.159 --> 00:01:27.959 he would say, Dennis, you're not good enough to get mad. 13 00:01:29.719 --> 00:01:33.120 You don't play enough golf to get mad. What did I say about getting 14 00:01:33.159 --> 00:01:36.519 mad? You're not good enough to get mad at golf? That was his 15 00:01:36.640 --> 00:01:38.719 saying. It stayed with me. If you got another one. If you 16 00:01:38.799 --> 00:01:45.920 got one, go ahead and give us a call. It's perfect to use 17 00:01:45.959 --> 00:01:49.920 the text call us at eight sixty six eight three eight forty eight forty three. 18 00:01:49.959 --> 00:01:56.000 That is the Meyer hotline eight six six eight three eight forty eight forty 19 00:01:56.000 --> 00:01:57.920 three. I always like hearing from people over on the west side of the 20 00:01:57.959 --> 00:02:05.400 state on WMAX ninety six point one. Let's go, I know the game 21 00:02:05.480 --> 00:02:07.159 is booming out there on the west side of the state. Let's hear from 22 00:02:07.199 --> 00:02:15.159 you. Perfect to use the dad sayings texting in to twenty one thousand sports 23 00:02:15.240 --> 00:02:22.400 Radio all one word Sports Radio twenty one thousand, give us that dad saying 24 00:02:22.960 --> 00:02:30.479 on this Father's Day weekend. My dad also and this I think falls right 25 00:02:30.479 --> 00:02:35.159 into the same category. You know, golf is a funny game, and 26 00:02:35.280 --> 00:02:40.400 you watch the pros and you watch them te off and they swing as hard 27 00:02:40.439 --> 00:02:45.960 as they can. And I think about Scheffler, who's you know, it's 28 00:02:46.000 --> 00:02:49.479 got his legs look like they're twisted up and it looks like he's gonna fall 29 00:02:49.520 --> 00:02:52.759 over, and you know the torque that he hits with. And then you 30 00:02:52.759 --> 00:02:55.719 know, you go out yourself and you try something like that and you hook 31 00:02:55.719 --> 00:03:00.120 at one hundred yards of the right. And my dad, he was so 32 00:03:00.520 --> 00:03:07.599 into letting the club do the work so much so you know that, you 33 00:03:07.599 --> 00:03:10.400 know, I can hear him still in my head to this day. When 34 00:03:10.439 --> 00:03:14.240 I take a swing, it's like, you know, you're swinging it like 35 00:03:14.280 --> 00:03:16.639 a baseball bat. You got to just hit down on the ball and you 36 00:03:16.759 --> 00:03:21.199 gotta let the club do the work. And it's always like nice and I'm 37 00:03:21.240 --> 00:03:23.680 always thinking nice and easy, don't over just let the club do it. 38 00:03:23.800 --> 00:03:28.560 Just let the club do the work. And you know the thing about it 39 00:03:28.639 --> 00:03:32.400 is, he's right many times as I've stood over a ball and I've actually 40 00:03:32.759 --> 00:03:37.879 hit a good shot and it's just exploded off the club face and it's zipped 41 00:03:37.919 --> 00:03:40.879 right down the fairway, it's headed right to the green and lands up there. 42 00:03:42.039 --> 00:03:45.159 You know what happens. It's always it's never mean, like you know, 43 00:03:46.080 --> 00:03:50.159 muscling it. It's always just nice and nice and easy and it just 44 00:03:50.319 --> 00:03:55.400 boom. He was right about that, let the club do the work, 45 00:03:57.919 --> 00:04:03.319 all right. So when it comes to the Lions last year, at this 46 00:04:03.479 --> 00:04:11.199 time, people were very bullish on the Lions. I think everyone was predicting 47 00:04:11.280 --> 00:04:15.120 the Lions to win the NFC North. They were the heavy favorite. The 48 00:04:15.920 --> 00:04:20.920 Bears, they didn't have anything going for them. Well, I guess they 49 00:04:21.000 --> 00:04:27.920 had fields the Packers had a first time starter in Love. We didn't know, 50 00:04:28.720 --> 00:04:32.000 not even I was gonna say completely. We just didn't have that good 51 00:04:32.000 --> 00:04:35.319 of an idea on what he was going to do. It looked like the 52 00:04:35.319 --> 00:04:41.399 biggest threat was going to be the Vikings, and then Cousins are halfway through 53 00:04:41.399 --> 00:04:46.480 the season, got hurt, and the Lions they ran away with the NFC 54 00:04:46.519 --> 00:04:50.240 North and won twelve games. And now we sit here in this offseason. 55 00:04:50.360 --> 00:04:55.120 The Lions are favored again, but the Packers are right there in their rear 56 00:04:55.199 --> 00:05:01.079 view mirror and Jordan Love and I think it was the game that the I 57 00:05:01.160 --> 00:05:05.639 think it was on Thanksgiving, now the week before of the Packers won, 58 00:05:05.759 --> 00:05:10.519 but he threw three touchdowns against the Lions, and then it was at his 59 00:05:10.600 --> 00:05:14.199 coming out party. I'll leave that for Packer fans. Maybe one will say, 60 00:05:14.240 --> 00:05:16.160 no, no, it was this game. It felt to me like 61 00:05:16.240 --> 00:05:20.959 it was the Lions game on Thanksgiving. And then after that with the Packers, 62 00:05:21.000 --> 00:05:27.959 you know, they close strong. Love started playing well, and and 63 00:05:28.279 --> 00:05:34.120 now you listen to the I don't know, the NFL experts and when they 64 00:05:34.160 --> 00:05:36.879 look at Love, and I gotta admit, when I look at it myself, 65 00:05:38.120 --> 00:05:42.040 he looks a lot like he plays a lot looks a lot like Aaron 66 00:05:42.160 --> 00:05:44.360 Rodgers, the way he throws the ball, the way he moves around, 67 00:05:44.399 --> 00:05:50.279 the way he operates the offense, A young, healthy and engaged Aaron Rodgers. 68 00:05:50.720 --> 00:05:57.839 Engage like not showing up to the training camps and OTA's and not doing 69 00:05:57.879 --> 00:06:01.560 whatever Aarons is doing right now, which I'm not really even sure. He's 70 00:06:01.600 --> 00:06:10.839 in South America or something out in the rainforest. Whatever, that's that's his 71 00:06:10.959 --> 00:06:15.519 business. But I'm talking about the Packers. Do they scare you? How 72 00:06:15.600 --> 00:06:18.560 much would they scare you if you're a Lions fan. I want to hear 73 00:06:18.680 --> 00:06:24.879 from a Lions fan or a Packers fan. You know, previous to this 74 00:06:25.040 --> 00:06:30.680 year, I always I didn't find it amazing, but it was interesting. 75 00:06:30.800 --> 00:06:38.079 Lion fans really didn't know how to act in terms of having a good football 76 00:06:38.120 --> 00:06:43.600 team. It. You know, we know about the history, but what 77 00:06:43.800 --> 00:06:48.800 happened in the off seasons for the Lions previous to this year was that Lion 78 00:06:48.879 --> 00:06:55.160 fans were really cocky in the offseason without having any reason to be cocky. 79 00:06:55.800 --> 00:06:58.759 And in fact, you know, like you know, they were the worst, 80 00:06:59.120 --> 00:07:03.759 the worst franchise, and yet the fans the off season and for many 81 00:07:03.800 --> 00:07:06.920 of the fans were like, yeah, I mean, it all goes out 82 00:07:06.959 --> 00:07:10.680 the window when you actually have to play and then you lose, and then 83 00:07:10.720 --> 00:07:14.160 it's you know, damn it. And then you just wait to the next 84 00:07:14.160 --> 00:07:16.480 off season. You you wait to the draft. That's your super Bowl. 85 00:07:16.759 --> 00:07:21.079 And it was rinse and repeat for my entire life. And I would watch 86 00:07:21.120 --> 00:07:25.720 and listen to the Lion fans and they all were kind of the same. 87 00:07:26.120 --> 00:07:30.040 That was it. They didn't have anything to brag about during the season. 88 00:07:30.839 --> 00:07:34.920 The off season was that was their time. As soon as they and it 89 00:07:34.920 --> 00:07:39.519 certainly wasn't the super Bowl. As soon as the Super Bowl ended, that's 90 00:07:39.560 --> 00:07:46.680 when Lion season for fans started. They could, you know, start talking 91 00:07:46.680 --> 00:07:48.959 about, oh, we can move the money to land a top free agent. 92 00:07:49.199 --> 00:07:55.120 They just got you going, oh Trey Flowers, and it just pump 93 00:07:55.160 --> 00:07:59.839 you up. And then obviously the draft, anytime you're armed with one of 94 00:07:59.839 --> 00:08:03.920 the top picks, that is your super Bowl. So now, you know, 95 00:08:05.000 --> 00:08:07.519 it's interesting. I don't even know how Lion fans, you know, 96 00:08:07.759 --> 00:08:13.920 they were cocky before now I think just confident, confident in the team and 97 00:08:15.120 --> 00:08:20.920 just looking forward to the upcoming season. But the Packers are there, and 98 00:08:20.959 --> 00:08:31.959 we know that the Vikings and Bears have their rookie quarterbacks and it's going to 99 00:08:31.039 --> 00:08:37.240 be the Packers that the Lions are going to have to beat as their biggest 100 00:08:37.240 --> 00:08:41.399 contender if they're going to win the NFC North again. I think everybody believes 101 00:08:41.440 --> 00:08:46.720 that. How much are you scared though, of the Packers? I don't 102 00:08:46.720 --> 00:08:50.399 know if that's a good word for you. I am I'm a little bit 103 00:08:50.480 --> 00:08:56.240 scared of the Packers because of what they have been able to do over the 104 00:08:56.360 --> 00:09:03.840 years with the quarterback position, with Farvan Rogers and now Love. It's not 105 00:09:05.159 --> 00:09:07.799 hard to look at the Packers and say, this is an organization that just 106 00:09:09.039 --> 00:09:13.159 you know, this is one of the premier organizations. And then they're sitting 107 00:09:13.200 --> 00:09:18.240 here. The Lions had their year. They're in the rear view mirror for 108 00:09:18.320 --> 00:09:22.759 me, so that is that is scary. That is a little bit scary. 109 00:09:24.320 --> 00:09:26.559 But what about for you. I want to hear from you on that 110 00:09:28.759 --> 00:09:33.879 With the Lions. We've talked about the possibility of sweeps in the NHL and 111 00:09:33.000 --> 00:09:39.399 the NBA coming up at seven thirty five, a chance for you to be 112 00:09:39.519 --> 00:09:46.240 a czar in the world of sports. I'll let you make a change or 113 00:09:46.279 --> 00:09:50.799 two across any sport, big or small. That's coming up at seven thirty 114 00:09:50.799 --> 00:09:54.679 five. 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Yes, 138 00:12:01.240 --> 00:12:05.759 Sir, seven thirty five on axes and Bros. Dennis Fifthy in with you 139 00:12:05.840 --> 00:12:11.200 here. It's great to be able to talk at you this morning on the 140 00:12:11.200 --> 00:12:16.080 Michigan Sports Network. We're talking about the alliance right now and asking you how 141 00:12:16.159 --> 00:12:20.440 much the Green Bay Packers scare you. You get the phone number on the 142 00:12:20.440 --> 00:12:24.799 Meyer hotline eight six six eight three eight forty eight forty three. We've got 143 00:12:24.840 --> 00:12:31.960 texts coming in sports radio to twenty one thousand. You can tweet at us. 144 00:12:33.840 --> 00:12:37.639 I'm at Dennis Fifthy in at XB mornings. How much do the Green 145 00:12:37.679 --> 00:12:45.360 Bay Packers scare you? Also looking for the dad sayings on this Father's Day 146 00:12:45.360 --> 00:12:48.639 weekend. Yeah, we got a couple of little text Oh, let's hear 147 00:12:48.679 --> 00:12:52.200 them, Ben, Let's hear a couple. Yeah. One is from from 148 00:12:52.399 --> 00:12:56.519 Peteford, Rockford. It says patients virtue virtue here. Yeah, there you 149 00:12:56.559 --> 00:13:01.480 go. That's a that's a good dad saying. And then this one's from 150 00:13:01.480 --> 00:13:05.799 Freddy. It says it says, my father would always say, if you're 151 00:13:05.840 --> 00:13:09.240 healthy and your bills are paid, you're the richest person in the world. 152 00:13:09.320 --> 00:13:16.159 World. Now, I love it. I love hearing ones like that. 153 00:13:16.159 --> 00:13:22.320 That's better than go get me the belt, or go get me the something 154 00:13:22.360 --> 00:13:30.480 about mowing the loan or you know those kind of ones. Now. Mark 155 00:13:30.919 --> 00:13:39.120 on Twitter said that Jordan Love is overrated, and he says that he took 156 00:13:39.200 --> 00:13:45.519 teams by surprise last year. There was really no game film of him to 157 00:13:45.559 --> 00:13:52.840 be studied by opposing defenses. He will not sneak up on anyone this year. 158 00:13:52.480 --> 00:14:00.200 Now that's a that's a decent opinion. At first, Mark just said 159 00:14:00.200 --> 00:14:03.600 he's overrated, and I felt like, you know, that's what a Lions 160 00:14:03.600 --> 00:14:07.919 fan would say, and you know that he's overrated. And there is a 161 00:14:07.960 --> 00:14:13.879 point you have the game film. Normally, when I'm thinking about you have 162 00:14:13.919 --> 00:14:18.360 the game film, I think about a scheme overall on one side of the 163 00:14:18.399 --> 00:14:22.000 ball, and then you know you're you're gonna make those adjustments. And you 164 00:14:22.039 --> 00:14:26.840 know the other teams, teams that have success, other teams are studying. 165 00:14:26.879 --> 00:14:30.519 You're studying every team, but then you're you're studying the team, certainly in 166 00:14:30.559 --> 00:14:33.440 your division, on anything that you can do. And yet part of that 167 00:14:35.600 --> 00:14:43.159 what Love does well, you know, the counter is is that he was 168 00:14:43.200 --> 00:14:46.399 in there for the entire season, and then he improved as he went and 169 00:14:46.480 --> 00:14:52.240 he played well in the postseason. But there's no doubt that being able to 170 00:14:52.840 --> 00:15:03.120 get the entire offseason and then trying to find something You're not gonna just do 171 00:15:03.240 --> 00:15:07.639 the same things with him, you know, you're always making those adjustments. 172 00:15:07.799 --> 00:15:11.679 And the part about him not sneaking up on anyone, Now, could you 173 00:15:11.679 --> 00:15:15.200 say the same thing about the Lions. You know you could say that about 174 00:15:15.399 --> 00:15:20.720 anyone. But that's why if you're a Lions fan, you feel good about 175 00:15:20.039 --> 00:15:26.159 where you're at right now heading into this season. You know that it wasn't 176 00:15:26.159 --> 00:15:33.279 an aberration. You don't fall into twelve wins, you don't get lucky to 177 00:15:33.440 --> 00:15:35.519 win two playoff games. You know there could be a call and we can 178 00:15:35.600 --> 00:15:39.399 go back and look at things and and everything else. You know, you 179 00:15:39.399 --> 00:15:48.279 you end up being where you're at. But if you lost a substantial amount 180 00:15:48.320 --> 00:15:54.759 of your team and you looked at it and or there was let's say like 181 00:15:54.799 --> 00:15:58.639 the you know, the Lions, you know the offense was was ranked really 182 00:15:58.679 --> 00:16:03.159 high last year. If it wasn't and then it just you know, perked 183 00:16:03.240 --> 00:16:06.240 up for two games, you could say, wow, you know they only 184 00:16:06.279 --> 00:16:11.919 did it for two games, But you have the entire season to look at 185 00:16:11.919 --> 00:16:17.399 with the offense being the a top three offense, with you know, the 186 00:16:17.440 --> 00:16:22.320 passing game ranked number two, and then you have those pieces coming back you 187 00:16:22.360 --> 00:16:25.360 know. The thing to me, if you are, if I am just 188 00:16:26.240 --> 00:16:27.960 and I do just like you do, you know, I look and say, 189 00:16:27.960 --> 00:16:30.960 well, well it was a fluke and what wasn't and all of that. 190 00:16:33.399 --> 00:16:37.120 The thing that is surprising to me about the Lions with their success last 191 00:16:37.200 --> 00:16:41.399 year is that I've been asked, you know, what was the key? 192 00:16:41.399 --> 00:16:45.480 People like to say what was the superpower for the Lions? Well, their 193 00:16:45.519 --> 00:16:53.200 offense was the engine. And they've got an enormous amount of talent when you 194 00:16:53.240 --> 00:17:02.519 look at at what they have on offense and what they're bringing to the table. 195 00:17:03.879 --> 00:17:08.079 But the thing that I would say that is the key to all of 196 00:17:08.119 --> 00:17:17.119 it was their offensive line play led by Piney Sewell of course. But the 197 00:17:17.160 --> 00:17:26.480 thing that is strange is that the offensive line they weren't all together healthy last 198 00:17:26.519 --> 00:17:30.680 year. It wasn't a unit. If that was a unit that was together 199 00:17:30.720 --> 00:17:34.279 for almost the entire season, and you'd say they did not miss any game 200 00:17:34.359 --> 00:17:38.119 injuries and they did not have any big injuries, and you know that was 201 00:17:38.160 --> 00:17:41.519 the key. Well, that would be the key, and the offensive line 202 00:17:41.559 --> 00:17:47.400 was the key, But they weren't together for the majority of the season. 203 00:17:47.440 --> 00:17:52.319 In fact, they had nine different combinations, you know, They went Decker, 204 00:17:52.440 --> 00:17:56.240 Jonah Jackson, rag Now, Glasgow, and Sewell from left to right. 205 00:17:56.839 --> 00:18:00.480 But they had nine different combos with guys being out at different times, 206 00:18:00.240 --> 00:18:04.440 rag Now with the toe, you know, Decker being out a few times. 207 00:18:04.480 --> 00:18:08.880 And they do replace Jackson, who was good in a former third round 208 00:18:08.960 --> 00:18:14.720 pick, with Kevin Ziegler. But Ziegler, you know, when you look 209 00:18:14.759 --> 00:18:18.160 at him, is thirty four old for an offensive lineman. You could say 210 00:18:18.160 --> 00:18:19.640 that. You could also say, well, the Ravens, you know, 211 00:18:19.759 --> 00:18:25.200 moved on and they're one of the better organizations. But he was just a 212 00:18:25.279 --> 00:18:30.000 name to his first Pro Bowl. That's not nothing last year, and he 213 00:18:30.039 --> 00:18:36.000 did have the second best passing blocking grade for guards and all the NFL the 214 00:18:36.160 --> 00:18:42.359 second best this you know, you could make a case he's an upgrade in 215 00:18:42.400 --> 00:18:48.319 there. So that, to me, that's the strange part for the Lions. 216 00:18:48.400 --> 00:18:52.519 Not a fluky part, but that the number one thing that you would 217 00:18:52.519 --> 00:18:57.880 say about him is that they have this excellent offensive line and you're going to 218 00:18:57.960 --> 00:19:04.880 need that for Jared Goff. And yet they had nine different combinations over there, 219 00:19:04.960 --> 00:19:11.920 so they were able to overcome that and still perform. I just like 220 00:19:11.960 --> 00:19:15.519 you know, you go through you want to say, there's questions and they'll 221 00:19:15.519 --> 00:19:18.119 have to prove it, certainly in the passing game and being able to get 222 00:19:18.160 --> 00:19:22.039 to the quarterback, no doubt. And they drafted that way at free agency, 223 00:19:22.079 --> 00:19:25.799 they went that way. I mean, you could see what they have 224 00:19:25.920 --> 00:19:29.400 tried to do there. But man on offense, it's a lot of fun. 225 00:19:29.519 --> 00:19:37.559 Goff has a tremendous tandem of running backs that he's got a thunder and 226 00:19:37.680 --> 00:19:41.519 lightning, you know, Gibbs, the sky's the limit, Jamiir Gibbs. 227 00:19:41.920 --> 00:19:51.160 After watching him as a rookie last year, Montgomery is everything that you thought. 228 00:19:51.200 --> 00:19:56.599 Remember, you know, you wanted the Lions. Jamal Williams scored for 229 00:19:56.839 --> 00:20:00.440 the eighteen touchdowns and you thought, well keep him going. He loved Detroit 230 00:20:00.519 --> 00:20:04.200 so much. But they upgraded. You know, Montgomery catch the ball. 231 00:20:04.240 --> 00:20:11.359 He runs as hard, physical runner in between the tackles a manra Uh. 232 00:20:11.799 --> 00:20:17.960 Yeah, they lose, they lose something in depth and wide receiver. But 233 00:20:18.079 --> 00:20:22.599 I mean, how much Reynolds are they gonna Is that something? I don't 234 00:20:22.640 --> 00:20:27.599 think so that they're gonna mess because I think Jamison Williams, he's You're expecting 235 00:20:27.920 --> 00:20:33.240 quite a bit more from him this year, and you know, Laporta was 236 00:20:33.240 --> 00:20:37.200 a surprise man. Laporta even if he's got even be surprised at the Lion's 237 00:20:37.240 --> 00:20:41.720 front office. They liked him, they picked him, they drafted him high, 238 00:20:41.920 --> 00:20:45.759 they thought maybe he could play early. Did they really think, hey, 239 00:20:47.279 --> 00:20:48.240 you need to be the best tight in the NFL. I mean, 240 00:20:49.160 --> 00:20:53.680 that's the idea, that's the hope. But that's got to even surprise them 241 00:20:55.039 --> 00:20:59.799 as you're sitting there right now. But the Packers, I think a lot 242 00:20:59.799 --> 00:21:06.079 of it has to do with the uh, the history, the current organization 243 00:21:06.400 --> 00:21:08.279 that the head coach and then yeah, the quarterback. I mean all of 244 00:21:08.279 --> 00:21:11.279 that. If you are able to as a Lion fan, just be like, 245 00:21:11.319 --> 00:21:17.039 no, there's there's nothing scary at all about the Packers. It's more 246 00:21:17.160 --> 00:21:22.119 of a confidence in the Lions and what they have. I get that. 247 00:21:22.480 --> 00:21:30.079 I think that's I think that's the way to go. And it's not up 248 00:21:30.119 --> 00:21:32.440 to a fan to say, well this, you know, the Packers have 249 00:21:32.519 --> 00:21:36.759 been one of the model organizations and just look at how they have been able 250 00:21:36.799 --> 00:21:41.400 to, you know, find a quarterback and now look at how they were 251 00:21:41.440 --> 00:21:47.960 able to put it together last year. I think if you tried to it's 252 00:21:48.000 --> 00:21:49.759 a little bit surprising, just like I was talking about with the Lions and 253 00:21:49.799 --> 00:21:56.000 the different offensive line combinations that they had. When I look at the Packers 254 00:21:56.039 --> 00:22:00.880 and their wide receivers, it's not like they look you looked out there. 255 00:22:00.880 --> 00:22:03.400 Aaron Jones was out for a lot of last year. He was great against 256 00:22:03.440 --> 00:22:07.279 the Cowboys in the playoffs, and we know that they have moved on and 257 00:22:07.319 --> 00:22:14.519 they have replaced him with Josh Jacobs, the former Raider. But Christian Watson, 258 00:22:14.559 --> 00:22:19.039 how many games did he play? A couple he came back finally, 259 00:22:19.480 --> 00:22:22.160 and then he had a really good game and then he got hurt again. 260 00:22:23.519 --> 00:22:26.440 I think for the majority of the season, I don't have the numbers in 261 00:22:26.440 --> 00:22:30.440 front of me. Ninety percent of the season he wasn't even if he was 262 00:22:30.920 --> 00:22:41.240 available, wasn't affected effective, and was bothered by I believe a calf am. 263 00:22:41.279 --> 00:22:45.160 I looking at Romeo Dobbs or Jaden Reid from Michigan State and thinking, 264 00:22:45.200 --> 00:22:49.720 oh man, these guys you got a really account for them. I mean 265 00:22:49.759 --> 00:22:57.839 they seem like real, legit number two wide receivers, just like Luke Musgrave. 266 00:22:57.920 --> 00:23:02.200 He was a rookie tight end. Well, he showed some promise, 267 00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:10.240 but then he was banged up a lot. So for the it's a little 268 00:23:10.240 --> 00:23:12.359 bit of a surprise that when you look at that that really didn't have a 269 00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:18.680 number one wide receiver with Watson being hur the tight end that they were counting 270 00:23:18.680 --> 00:23:22.599 on pass catching tight end, he was banged up the majority of the time, 271 00:23:22.640 --> 00:23:26.799 so it was Jones, and yet they were still able to, you 272 00:23:26.839 --> 00:23:30.720 know, get within striking distance and almost play the Lions in the NFC Championship 273 00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:37.880 game the way they got hot and the way they were playing, So you 274 00:23:37.920 --> 00:23:41.359 know, they're really counting on Christian Watson to come back. You know, 275 00:23:41.440 --> 00:23:45.480 I pound his name so much. He was on my fantasy team, so 276 00:23:45.000 --> 00:23:52.279 I know, weekend and week out I had him. And then what did 277 00:23:52.319 --> 00:23:56.240 did he get hurt? Like he wasn't. It didn't seem like he was 278 00:23:56.319 --> 00:24:02.519 hurt for the entire preseason, but then it was like the practice week. 279 00:24:02.640 --> 00:24:04.359 Next thing, you know, they're like, oh, he's out with a 280 00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:08.880 calf, And then he was out for the first six weeks and then he 281 00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:12.559 came back and they were ramping him up for a game or two and then 282 00:24:12.599 --> 00:24:17.039 he just exploded in a game. But then he got hurt the next game 283 00:24:17.240 --> 00:24:18.400 and I don't know did he even come back. Like I said, ninety 284 00:24:18.400 --> 00:24:22.319 percent of the season he seemed like he was out or you couldn't trust him, 285 00:24:22.400 --> 00:24:33.119 or he wasn't in there. So the scary part for the Packers where 286 00:24:33.119 --> 00:24:41.000 are you at with that? So the rest of the North in terms of 287 00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:48.039 being scared, I look at I'm not going to be scared of the Vikings 288 00:24:48.359 --> 00:24:56.519 or the Bears. Yet. I do think that the Bears have you know, 289 00:24:56.559 --> 00:25:02.680 they had a seven win season last year. Rookie quarterback Caleb Williams, 290 00:25:02.680 --> 00:25:04.960 I'm not expecting him to just be like Stroud. I do think over McCarthy 291 00:25:06.079 --> 00:25:10.920 probably. I mean, there's both of those teams. There's lots to like 292 00:25:11.880 --> 00:25:14.759 with their rookie qbs and what they've been able to put around them. But 293 00:25:15.400 --> 00:25:19.880 I still think rookie qbs, you know you're feeling pretty good. If you're 294 00:25:19.880 --> 00:25:22.839 sitting up at the top, you know one of those will be okay. 295 00:25:22.880 --> 00:25:29.160 I would I would guess the Bears more with Williams being the number one overall 296 00:25:29.200 --> 00:25:33.319 pick and then the talent that they do have that they're sitting there with, 297 00:25:33.440 --> 00:25:41.920 but still feeling pretty good about the Lions and what they will be able to 298 00:25:41.960 --> 00:25:47.480 do, and it's bearing out when you look at anybody that talks about them, 299 00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:51.559 they start talking about the NFC North, I'm sorry that you start about 300 00:25:51.559 --> 00:25:55.160 the NFC overall, And yeah, the first name that's coming out of your 301 00:25:55.160 --> 00:26:00.799 mouth is the forty nine ers. They're the favorite they've got. You know 302 00:26:00.839 --> 00:26:04.240 what, if we're going to talk about turmoil with Brandon Aiyuk, maybe I 303 00:26:04.279 --> 00:26:08.240 had I don't know, that's turmoil. Got a contract situation right there, 304 00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:18.240 but that's about it. But after that, it's the Lions and we've never 305 00:26:18.279 --> 00:26:22.640 been able to say that, and now we can. So this is a 306 00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:27.480 unique off season and how Lion fans are handling it, I don't know. 307 00:26:27.880 --> 00:26:36.200 I would imagine that they've just kicked it up from one of of off seasons 308 00:26:36.359 --> 00:26:44.200 of being able to brag and be cocky when there was nothing to brag about 309 00:26:44.279 --> 00:26:48.599 or be cocky about, to now that you can that they've been able to 310 00:26:48.640 --> 00:26:55.440 take it to that level, it's different. You really have to ask yourself 311 00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:57.359 because all of the years you say, when people say, well, how 312 00:26:57.359 --> 00:27:02.599 do you handle yourself? Lion fans don't know. I mean they've never had 313 00:27:02.960 --> 00:27:06.480 they've never been in a situation like this, so you know, they handle 314 00:27:06.519 --> 00:27:10.720 it like sitting Max saying, I don't know. It feels pretty good. 315 00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:17.839 You can actually say things and point to things that you know that just happened. 316 00:27:18.880 --> 00:27:22.480 It's not about this is what you expect or you know, false hope 317 00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:27.680 and the different things that you might say. So that part it's feeling pretty 318 00:27:27.680 --> 00:27:37.440 good. Now. Coming up in the eight o'clock hour, whatever sport is 319 00:27:37.480 --> 00:27:47.599 your favorite, I am going to have you be a sports czar. You're 320 00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:52.599 the sports are. You make a change in your favorite sport. It could 321 00:27:52.599 --> 00:27:56.680 be a big change, it could be a small change. It could be 322 00:27:56.759 --> 00:28:00.640 something that you really think can and will happen. It could be a long 323 00:28:00.680 --> 00:28:07.559 shot, but that's the idea how to tweak sports. You're the commissioner in 324 00:28:07.599 --> 00:28:11.119 this case, you're the sports are and you make that change. And for 325 00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:15.559 years you just do something like this, and you would say things, and 326 00:28:15.720 --> 00:28:21.480 you'd take of calls on sports shows and you would hear some really wild suggestions. 327 00:28:22.839 --> 00:28:27.799 The way things have changed in the last five years, it doesn't feel 328 00:28:27.920 --> 00:28:33.920 like that. There's many like there's crazy things to say, especially when it 329 00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:40.680 came to college football and say let's have of sixteen team playoff, let's get 330 00:28:40.799 --> 00:28:42.519 rid of and you'd say, you know, let's kind of try to be 331 00:28:42.599 --> 00:28:48.400 realistic. Let's play game on you know, play an NFL game on a 332 00:28:48.440 --> 00:28:53.200 Tuesday and on a Friday. And you know, if there was one thing, 333 00:28:53.880 --> 00:29:00.759 and maybe that was the only thing about the pandemic, that it took 334 00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:07.400 sports and they had to break the molds and so many different things. Play 335 00:29:07.440 --> 00:29:10.440 a game here, play it out there, play it on a different day, 336 00:29:10.839 --> 00:29:15.839 try this rule, adjust that. And you've looked at it and it's 337 00:29:15.960 --> 00:29:18.680 changed. It's changed the landscape where you say, why not be able to 338 00:29:18.680 --> 00:29:27.400 do something like this. It's funny, not funny, but interesting how it 339 00:29:27.480 --> 00:29:33.920 took something like the pandemic. But then the other times that you had some 340 00:29:33.079 --> 00:29:37.279 changes in sports were like the strikes or the lockouts, and you're like, 341 00:29:37.319 --> 00:29:41.880 hey, those well really well, I really like how they did that. 342 00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:45.160 Instead they're just sitting back with status quo and saying, no, that's unrealistic. 343 00:29:45.440 --> 00:29:49.640 We're not doing anything like that. So sports are. We'll get to 344 00:29:49.680 --> 00:29:53.960 that. We'll continue to read some of your texts. We're asking you your 345 00:29:55.599 --> 00:30:02.519 favorite dad sayings on this Father's Day weekend. 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