Get some facts and come back and Seebee. Get some facts and come back
and Seebee. Don't fill out salaries or other things. Get some facts and
come back and Seebee. You can't handle the true I told our players you
need a bit more like a dog. We don't need a bunch of cats
in here looking in the mirror. But I look good. I got my
extra bands on, I got my other shoes. Be a doll. We
don't need no meals. We don't need no cats. We need more dogs.
Were not at the time. Why you're not? That day we weren't
good. There's no sense of asking me things about the game. I'm telling
you we laid an egg. So I'm not gonna break it down for you.
He sucks. He sucked. He laid an egg. That's all I
have to say. Guys, I'm sorry. I'm not gonna break it down
for you. Nothing went well for us. It's on us. We have
to figure it out. And we went eight. It is showtime, eight
o'clock hour. Welcome back, Exus and bro throughout the great state of Michigan.
The Meyer Hotline eighty sixty six eight three eight forty eight forty three,
The text Line Sports Radio to twenty one thousand. I Matt Shepherd. Trent
Bally is our producer. Wherever it is you may be listening to us.
Maybe it's in Grand Rapids or Grayling or gay Lord or Pataski or Charlavoy or
Traverse City. We're glad you're with us. It's an honor to be with
us because I know that you've got a lot of choices out there, so
we really appreciate it. If you missed it last night or yesterday, Tigers
complete the sweep of the Reds. We set it in the six o'clock hour.
We have ripped on the Tigers when they have lost and repeatedly fallen short
of our expectations. They deserve some credit, a proverbial tip of the cap,
if you will, because they complete their first sweep since late May.
That's when they swept the Royals. They have their first three game winning streak
since early June. I'm not trying to be a smart ass here. I'm
just telling you flat out. A team wins, a team puts together a
good series. I don't even expect them, you know, I don't expect
sweeps. I expect series wins. They got it. Good for them.
Now you got to do it again. And the reason you got to do
it again and again and again is because if you want to win the division,
if you want to come back into anything, then you've got to win
series. I'm not looking at you winning every single game out there. That's
not realistic. I expect you to win series. But because you are now
forty two up and forty eight down, it almost forces you with a mindset
you got to win every single game. You'll take on a Cleveland team tonight
that has fifty six wins, second mostly in the American League and tied for
second most in Major League Baseball. You do have two All Stars, kerk
scouobl and Riley Green. It's the first time detroited his head two All Stars
on a team since two thousand and seven and teen, when Michael Former and
Justin Upton were on the American League All Star Team. Now you may say
twenty twenty two with Miguel Cabrera and Greg Risotto, but the difference there was
Cabrera was appointed by the commissioner. I suppose I shouldn't take it away,
but he was appointed by the commissioner as part of you know, kind of
like it was a celebration then off formality, exactly right, Yeah, him
and Elbert Pools. I thought it was a great idea, I really did.
Yeah. The NBA did it with Dirk Nefitzki and Dwayne Wade a few
years back too. Oh did they? I don't remember that. Yeah,
NBA All Star Game. They put those guys on for the East and West
respectively. Send them off. Cool? All right, So there you go.
So it's good enough. But I'm happy. I'm happy that Riley Green
is there. It's a it's a good looking All Star team. It's the
best All Star team we've ever seen a symbol. No, I'm just kidding,
And I'm happy for Terrek Schoovil. Obviously, would he start for the
American League, he would be on three I believe three days rest as it's
being projected. I believe it'd be on three days rest. Would he be
considered the starter? Look, here's the thing about this this stuff. These
guys only pitch usually one inning anyway, So what difference would it make.
That's a hell of an honor. If it's not him, who would it
be? Seth Lugo? Are you selling the public? With all due respect
to Seth Lugo. Are you selling the public on that? Because he's got
eleven wins? Got to give him credit, right seriously? I mean,
look, if I said to you, if I gave you these numbers,
dude's eleven and three two point two to one er. He's got a better
era than Derek Schouoble. He's pitched more innings than Trek Scooble, doesn't have
as many strikeouts, has walked a few more, has a higher war,
has an equal war. Excuse me. I mean, if you're Kansas City,
put yourself in Kansas City's shoes, you would expect your guid to be
the starter in the All Star Game, right. I mean, if they're
having that conversation right now on Kansas City airwaves with the equivalent to the Michigan
Sports Network is in Kansas City, they're promoting Seth Lugo, and for good
reason, and I get it. Anyway, he's an All Star with Riley
Green. That's good stuff. And then Davis Thompson wins the John Deere Classic,
sets the record twenty eight under par pretty awesome. Or here's our poll
question for you. You can vote as often as you want on x follow
us on Twitter, Ex's embrose, the most Underrated Lion, Gibbs, ragnow
golf, an Sloni or other as often as you want. We'll give you
the results tomorrow right around this time, like we will right now. From
our poll question on Friday, here's what we asked you. What did you
grill on the fourth of July? Were you a burgers person? Were you
a hot dog guy? Did you grill chicken or other? I don't know
how many how many people voted, but we hope you'll vote as often as
you want. What were the results, Trent Bally of that poll question from
Friday? Quite a few votes here. Forty four percent of you grilled burgers,
almost half of you, twenty five percent, hot dogs, thirteen percent,
chicken, eighteen percent other. So more people grilled something else other than
chicken. When I write other, or when you and I put other on
the poll question, what do you what do you envision other to be?
Maybe kebabs of some sort steaks? But I'm with you. I mean you
mentioned last Friday steaks don't really resonate with the fourth I'm not sure why that
is. Yeah, I don't mean yeah. The tradition is obviously burgers and
hot dogs. Could other be sprats? Yeah, sure, the handheld is
the key, I think because you're you're probably playing cornhole. You got a
beer on the other hand, right, it just goes Yeah, because chicken
you can always do like the chicken sandwich if you want. Sure, So
yeah, the handheld is key. So I would say Bronx is probably in
there. You mentioned kebabs, which is a good one. I suppose some
people will be grilling shrimp. That's possibility. It's a good poll question.
Thanks to the results. Thanks for voting. We'll do the same again tomorrow
with the pold question today, most Underrated Lion, Gibbs rag now golf a
Seloni or other? Now, speaking of football, biggest red flags for NFL
contenders. This is only for contenders. There are twenty of them listed by
NFL dot Com. What are the biggest concerns for these teams? So,
for example, for the Bengals, it's Joe Burrows health fair absolutely for the
Browns they are a contender. But I think the biggest issue is Deshaun Watson.
Now they write Deshaun Watson's availability. If you look at Deshaun Watson overall,
he hasn't played very well period. One of the highest paid quarterbacks in
the league. He's played twelve games the last three seasons, but even when
he's played, he hasn't been all that great. So obviously, anytime you
see this, you gravitate towards your favorite team. So I look to the
Lions. What is your biggest concern for the Lions? Now, remember this
is only those teams they feel like they can compete. The Lions are going
to definitely be there. What's your biggest concern? Here's what they write,
youthful secondary. The offense is in good hands with Jared Goffin. I'm on
Ross Saint Brown locked up alongside a solid line, in dynamic backfield, and
while the defensive backfield got some splashy new faces in Terry On Arnold and Anus
Rakestraw, it's still a gamble for a contender to rely on so many unproven
starters. I think it's a fair assessment. Mine is health of the offensive
line, specifically Frank Ragnow lost him a year ago, a little bit.
Graham Glasgow is thrown into certain things. Kevin Zeitler is a year older and
on a one year deal. You worry it's the durability of that offensive line
is vital for this team to have success. When we come back, we'll
stick with the NFL theme. This is Exs and Bros. Across the Great
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talking the other day and we were talking baseball. I was doing most of
the talking. He kind of looked at me and says, honestly, Shell,
I don't care. And I said, what what do you mean?
He said, I don't care. Were you talking baseball? Were you talking
Detroit Sigers? Well, yeah, one and the same Yeah, okay,
yeah, he said, I don't care. And then he said I'm just
biding time until football season. And it didn't really strike me at the time,
but because I was so involved in the baseball aspect of what I thought
was going to be a good conversation turned out to be a pretty short conversation.
But then I got thinking, I wonder how many people feel the exact
same way now. Obviously, people in Philadelphia, New York and Baltimore and
Los Angeles for the Dodgers. Anyway, in Milwaukee, they don't feel that
way, right, They're not considering that at all. As much as they
may love and I probably shouldn't even bring in Los Angeles, but as much
as they may love football, and people in Baltimore, no doubt, are
looking forward to the Ravens season. I would think so, right. People
in New York, no matter what, they look forward to the Jets and
the Giants. People in Cleveland love their Browns. You can't deny that.
People in Seattle love the Seahawks, Philadelphia, the Eagles. They expect some
type of you know, comeback season four them. Milwaukee is still considered green
Bay. You know, a Green Bay FanFest there, all right, all
that stuff, but they're not thinking that they love their football, but they're
able to combine the two. My buddy's telling me that he doesn't care.
All he's doing is biding time until he gets to football season. And we
know training camp isn't far away, and it's within a couple of months of
opening day kickoff, right. How many of you feel that way on a
night tonight basis? Are you truly looking forward to watching the Tigers? Or
maybe if you can't watch the Tigers because of a whole Exfinity ballet fiasco,
perhaps you're watching something else. You know, like maybe yesterday you couldn't be
watching the Tigers and Reds because your cable system doesn't provided you don't have a
non working app and you were shoved down your throat yet again another Yankees Red
Sox matchup in which the Red Sox won three zip. Perhaps that's the case,
but how many of you are going this does not matter to or even
if you do, even if you're able to watch the Tigers. How many
of you are like my friend who says, I just don't care. I
want college football and Lions football, And if so, if that's how you
feel, I'll respect that. That's okay. I'm not saying you're wrong here.
I don't feel that way yet, and I probably won't until the season
is over, or at least until September. I wonder when it changed for
you, Like when did it shift from you really enjoying watching some games too?
Undone? It's over for me. This team's not coming back. This
team is not enjoyable to watch. And I can't wait for what we hope
will be a Super Bowl campaign for the Lions, or what Michigan State's going
to look like under a new head coach, or what Michigan is going to
look like as a defending national champion. I think you just nailed at shep
this area, this fan base, this market in particular, it makes sense
why people would be looking forward to football so much. And I mean it
is force multiplied by the fact that the Tigers are what are they eight under?
Now? You have to see that they're in light. Theyre's part of
their six under. Believe they're in lie's part of the problem. I mean,
you're a sports freak. You're not like most. You're watching following sports
every single day. You and I talk to people, whether it's the Meyer
Hotline or our texts or via Twitter. Friend of mine, an old roommate
of mine, texted me not too long ago, he said, you know
what, the ninety two dream team will never be equaled. You've got it
right. So, however, they're communicating with you and I. We're watching
sports all the time. People are renting movies, You and I are watching
sports. People are reading books. You and I are reading sports articles right,
People are following politics on Twitter. You and I are following sports.
And you didn't know how many games under five hundred they were kind of gone
on to it. Yeah, it's not a knock on you. It's just
exactly right. It's almost as if you're numb to it. When you reach
apathy, it's the death of a franchise or a season. In this case,
when people just go I just have it on for background noise. I
just don't care. I'm bridging one sport to the next. That's when you've
lost people. I'm just going down to the ballpark because it's a good time.
I want to be outdoors. You lose people. There has to be
a sense of purpose. You hope that the Tigers can do that with two
All stars. You want to parlay that into something right, Absolutely take advantage
of it. Promote those two individuals. But I think more and more people
even though they just beat Cincinnati in three straight. Hey, if they go
out and beat Cleveland and four in a row, then we're talking about something.
Suddenly you're closer to five hundred. You're not a whole lot closer.
You're still double digits back in the division. But you've shown us that you
know and it's a it's a lofty expectation, but you've shown us that you
know what. This team actually can compete with some of the better teams in
baseball. Yeah, if they did that, they'd suck everyone right back in.
Because we talk about these power rankings. Cleveland's been top five all season.
Absolutely, and rightfully, so weekend and week out. Fine, like
you said, absolutely, I'm not going to take me I'm not going to
be little victories. That's unfair because it's as I've said time and time again,
it's really hard to win Cincinnatis. You have the same record you do.
So if you think beating Cincinnati, sweeping Cincinnati as a hell of accomplishment,
you're basically he's saying that you think that the Tigers are a pretty good
team, and they're not not to this point, they're not. But winning
games is hard, especially at the professional level, especially in Major League Baseball.
I'm going to give them their flowers because they deserve it. I just
wonder at what point did they go I'm out. I'm out because I can't
wait for Lions season now. It's kind of unique what we've got, what
we're about to experience in the fall. It's unique because for the first time,
I think there are three solid storylines with all three of the football teams.
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a national championship with a new coat as well with a hell of a schedule.
Those are all reasons in addition to the lot the Tiger struggles on why
people that think are looking forward instead of looking at the present. Speaking of
the Lions super Bowl contender or Super Bowl favorite. We'll discuss on the other
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six until nine. We believe, I think many people. I'm gonna use
us in general. I think that's fair in this discussion. We believe that
the Lions are for real. That's hard to say. It used to be
really difficult to say, but I truly believe this. We in general think
they're for real. Oftentimes in sports, you want your belief validated. In
other words, am I rooting with my heart and instead of my head?
Am I voting with my emotion instead of my logic when it comes to the
Lions. Because we have been I don't know if we've been burned so oftentimes
before, but we have been let down so frequently. You and I look
for some type of validation from a national scope. It's not always right.
Because I was burned in the nineties. Lions beat the Cowboys, Emmitt Smith,
Steve Berlin and company lose to the Redskins, get embarrassed in the NFC
championship game. It's okay. It's the start of something big. This will
be a team to be reckoned with throughout the nineteen nineties. Instead it was
the Cowboys and the Lions fell off. So we look for some type of
validation that our belief, what we're seeing, what we're believing, is true.
We don't want to be let down. So what do we do?
We look for the national writers. You guys see a lot of football.
You're in every NFL camp. You talked to the insiders, and you talk
to the general managers and head coaches and assistant coaches and maybe team presidents throughout
the NFL. Who do you like? Sside dot Com did just that and
they came out with a lot of their writers contributing to this one hundred bold
predictions for the twenty twenty four NFL season. The number one prediction the Detroit
Lions will defeat the Cincinnati Bengals in the Super I had to read it twice.
Doesn't mean it's going to happen. I just I just wanted to make
sure I read it correctly. How they feel about my team and what I
think is going to happen or could happen, is actually being thought about,
being discussed, being written by a nationally syndicated and respectable website. Yeah,
I'll sign up for that to happen for sure, like all of our listeners
would too. Now, you could easily discredit me by going to their number
six prediction and immediately saying, who gives a rat's tale? Because their number
six prediction is Taylor Swift and Travis Kelsey will not get engaged. I do
not care. So what. He's a Hall of Fame tight end. She
must be a Hall of Fame singer. She's overrated. In my opinion,
My daughter would probably walk out of the room if I said that when she
was in the room. But whatever, that's neither here nor there. Who
cares that? That's the number six prediction. The number one prediction is the
Detroit Lions will defeat the Bengals in the Super Bowl. Here's what they write.
My most recent set of predictions, one bold one for all thirty two
teams the day after the Super Bowl had the Bengals edging the Lions. But
I am slightly altering my pick based on a Lions team that is absolutely his
words now stacked and powered by the best vibes. Vibes don't win you football
games. Vibes don't win you championships. But vibes are a contributing factor to
a success of a team, and by vibes we mean a togetherness, a
feel, a confidence, a belief. All that stuff. Right? Is
that fair? I hope so it continues. I have seen firsthand as a
Rex Ryan era New York Jets beat writer what making it to a conference title
game can do for a team. And there is a difference between an accidental
tightening disguised as confidence and real, true confidence. The Lions team could not
only claw its way to the super Bowl, but romp in the process.
You could not wipe this smile off my face after I read. That doesn't
mean that it's gospel. I'm not suggesting that because what this experienced writer and
this website has said about my team helps validate what I believe is automatic.
I just like to know that I'm not the only one seeing it. There
are times you and I say, I want to be that guy who tells
everybody something that nobody else thought was going to happen. Right, I'm stunning
you. Right now, I'm going to give you a bold prediction. A
bold ass prediction is coming your way here. It is boom, Wow,
You're the only one I don't care if I'm the only one. I care
that it happens, and that this thing could possibly happen is real. I
tweeted this out not too long ago when I was watching. I talked about
it last Friday, I believe watching America's game the NFL network, Right,
So I watched a bunch of them. I watched the early seventies of the
Steelers, and I taped a few more. I'll admit I tape some Patriot
ones. I taped the Colts one with Tony Dungee at the helmet in two
thousand and six, right. I taped the Peyton manning one with the Broncos.
I taped the Stafford one with the Rams. I watched all these,
right, and I tweeted out, I can't help but wonder if this could
be the Lions perhaps in twenty twenty four. The thing that I recognized about
all those teams is that they all faced adversity at some point. There was
a slip up at some point during the season. As great as it may
have been heading in a certain direction, it either plateaued or dipped. Maybe
it was two weeks in a row, maybe it was three weeks in a
row. John Elway, Terrell Davis and the Broncos flying high to start,
and then a bit of a struggle, had to find themselves a little bit.
Colt's defense given up too many running touchdowns and running yards on a regular
basis. And then suddenly they get solidified, they come together. That confidence
is evident. Okay, there's going to be slip ups. You and I
when we talk in the fall, we will, There's no doubt we will
have a conversation or two about not that your confidence is waning, but what
is wrong for that particular week that needs to be corrected. It's gonna happen.
I don't care what team, how many trent, how many teams,
how many writers, how many fans, how many ex players, how many
current players were doubting Kansas City, Yes, last year on Christmas when they
lost to the Raiders with Aiden O'Connell under center. I mean, it happens.
It happens even in an off year for the Chiefs. You know,
they they turn it around and go win the freaking Super Bowl, right the
Lions last year even remember getting pounced on by the Ravens. Ronald and Baltimore
and a lot of people at that point midpoint of the season, were saying,
is this a lot of smoking mirrors because the Ravens are pretty good and
you just got trounced. They figured it out. Yeah, they're not going
undefeated, right right, You're not. And some of these look one hundred
predictions. Not all of them are going to be logical. Some of them
are bold, like for example, they say Jim Harball is going to win
Coach of the Year award, the Beajohn Robinson will top two thousand total yards
of offense. Okay, there are certain things that you're going to reach for
when the number one prediction. When the number one prediction is that the Lines
are going to beat the Bengals in the Super Bowl. You know what's funny
When I read that, I thought to myself, Well, the Bengals people
can see it wasn't long ago where the Bengals were in the Super Bowl behind
Joe Burrow last year under five or just barely above five hundred. I think
right in the season after going to the Super Bowl, they flirted with it
again. Did it take overtime in that game against the Chiefs AFC Championship game?
I think so, Yeah, And it came down to that one penalty
where the old lineman or the d lineman excuse me, push the player out
of bounds flag. I mean it comes down to little things like that,
right yep. So I think that's a great example. You bring out the
Cincinnati fans, writers media, why can't the Lions do what the Cincinnati Bengals
did? And the Bengals but I'm saying the Bengals, we believe that that
is not quote unquote far fetched to us because of what Burrow, if he's
healthy, and the fact that we've seen them in the Super Bowl recently,
right recent proof and yeah, they were above five hundred last year. Every
team in that division. That's why I always say the NFC North is I
think the hardest division. Not always, but I've recently said that every one
of those teams who are above five hundred Baltimore thirteen wins, Cleveland eleven,
Pittsburgh ten sins, c nine really impressive anyway, So we believe that because
we've seen it. That doesn't necessarily need validation because Cincinnati is validated themselves by
going as far as they have. But the Lions, that's a new team
to the party. That's a new team to discuss and to fawn over and
to try and win people over, and they got a chance for doing it.
The beauty of what the Lions have going for them, among other things,
is a the foundational piece. It takes me back to and it's a
different time. I understand that. But in seventy four, when Chuck Nole
was building his team and won a championship in seventy four, the first for
the Steelers, the first of many, he was able to do it with
a lot of young players, and he was able to do it through the
draft. Like you always say, the drafting and developing. Let's not get
caught up in too many free agents. That's not how you're gonna win.
It may be a final piece. And we've seen that before in this town.
We've seen, Okay, you bring in Brendan Shanahan was a trade.
But in basketball, okay, you bring in and Rashid Wallace, again,
that was a trade. You bring in certain pieces as the final touch eighty
four Tigers, Darrel Evans, Dave Bergman, chet Lemon. But the core
was drafted and developed. That's what the Lions have. Sam Laporta, Jimior
Gibbs, Aiden Hutchinson, Jack Campbell, Brian Branch. This goes on Sell,
Frank Ragnow, Taylor Decker right, and Sewell the very first pick that
Brad Holmes made with the Lions, all of them drafted developed. You could
sprinkle in a guy like azelone, right, Carlton Davis, you hope he's
a factor in this, sure, But everybody else but the main pieces,
the main cogs, the middle of that wheel. Everything else is spoke right
the middle. The hub of that wheel is the drafted, developed players.
That's the beauty of it, because it's got a chance to be more than
one. After that seventy five feature, Andy Russell, drafted developed by the
Steelers, all pro linebacker gets lost because of Lambert and hamp But what did
he say? Mike Wagner said the same thing with the Steelers. What did
they say? We immediately looked toward the next one. We weren't going to
get satisfied with one. We're not getting satisfied with one championship when we know
what we have the ability to do, We see what's in front of us,
we see the talent around us, and we know that we're the best
and we're going to continue to be the best. I watched that whole I
give I strongly incur NFL Films does a wonderful job. They really do.
It's great stuff. I don't know why every other network doesn't try to emulate
what the NFL network does in that regard. It's a little easier, right,
I mean, the access and the off time to be able to do
it. But this is this is during the season, sitting three guys down
telling the story of a championship run. What was most important? Give me
a story here or there? Why did Peyton Manning get so mad at Jeff
Saturday? That was their relationship. Saturday felt like we had to run the
ball down there, and Manning lost his proverbial you know what and went after
him and they got into a heated discussion line. The beauty of what he
said is he's like, you know what. Peyton Manning said this during the
documentary. He said, once it's done, once it's over, it's over,
and we moved on. It's great stuff, but you're going to have
that later on. One of the other top one hundred predictions at sixty one
was the Lion's first round pick, Tarryan Arnold will lead rookie cornerbacks in interceptions
he writes he'll nab four for the amobic Detroit secondary, which will have fun,
fast and loose a look. In twenty twenty four, Dan Campbell says
this unit is no longer reading off a teleprompter Ron Burgundy style. They're going
to be difference makers, and if they are, that's a year to year
improvement from your biggest weakness a season ago in which you had a halftime lead
in the NFC Championship game. So if that's the case, this number one
prediction in this article might not be so far fetched. I don't know.
I can't speak on the Bengals part, but on the Lion's part, they
absolutely should be in the mix one, two or three as a favorite in
the NFC. I think I speak for you when I say I don't care
about the Bengals part. I care about the first part. That would be
awesome. Lastly, another prediction involving Detroit was this Detroit will become a barbecue
destination. I view Texas, Kansas City, Memphis as barbecue destinations with all
due respect to Detroit. Don't you don't view Detroit as a barbecue destination,
But I don't care. You can serve whatever you want as long as you're
serving up a super Bowl when all things are said and done, Hey,
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