WEBVTT 1 00:00:12.480 --> 00:00:16.679 Get some facts and come back and Seebee. Get some facts and come back 2 00:00:16.719 --> 00:00:20.960 and Seebee. Don't fill out salaries or other things. Get some facts and 3 00:00:21.039 --> 00:00:25.280 come back and Seebee. You can't handle the true I told our players you 4 00:00:25.359 --> 00:00:28.039 need a bit more like a dog. We don't need a bunch of cats 5 00:00:28.079 --> 00:00:31.679 in here looking in the mirror. But I look good. I got my 6 00:00:31.760 --> 00:00:35.600 extra bands on, I got my other shoes. Be a doll. We 7 00:00:35.640 --> 00:00:39.200 don't need no meals. We don't need no cats. We need more dogs. 8 00:00:39.560 --> 00:00:44.399 Were not at the time. Why you're not? That day we weren't 9 00:00:44.439 --> 00:00:46.920 good. There's no sense of asking me things about the game. I'm telling 10 00:00:46.960 --> 00:00:49.359 you we laid an egg. So I'm not gonna break it down for you. 11 00:00:49.679 --> 00:00:54.320 He sucks. He sucked. He laid an egg. That's all I 12 00:00:54.399 --> 00:00:56.560 have to say. Guys, I'm sorry. I'm not gonna break it down 13 00:00:56.600 --> 00:00:59.560 for you. Nothing went well for us. It's on us. We have 14 00:00:59.640 --> 00:01:03.120 to figure it out. And we went eight. It is showtime, eight 15 00:01:03.159 --> 00:01:07.159 o'clock hour. Welcome back, Exus and bro throughout the great state of Michigan. 16 00:01:07.200 --> 00:01:11.120 The Meyer Hotline eighty sixty six eight three eight forty eight forty three, 17 00:01:11.319 --> 00:01:15.000 The text Line Sports Radio to twenty one thousand. I Matt Shepherd. Trent 18 00:01:15.079 --> 00:01:19.640 Bally is our producer. Wherever it is you may be listening to us. 19 00:01:19.920 --> 00:01:25.560 Maybe it's in Grand Rapids or Grayling or gay Lord or Pataski or Charlavoy or 20 00:01:25.599 --> 00:01:27.680 Traverse City. We're glad you're with us. It's an honor to be with 21 00:01:27.840 --> 00:01:33.280 us because I know that you've got a lot of choices out there, so 22 00:01:33.840 --> 00:01:38.000 we really appreciate it. If you missed it last night or yesterday, Tigers 23 00:01:38.239 --> 00:01:42.079 complete the sweep of the Reds. We set it in the six o'clock hour. 24 00:01:42.439 --> 00:01:47.040 We have ripped on the Tigers when they have lost and repeatedly fallen short 25 00:01:47.079 --> 00:01:51.640 of our expectations. They deserve some credit, a proverbial tip of the cap, 26 00:01:51.760 --> 00:01:56.040 if you will, because they complete their first sweep since late May. 27 00:01:57.560 --> 00:02:00.879 That's when they swept the Royals. They have their first three game winning streak 28 00:02:01.040 --> 00:02:04.280 since early June. I'm not trying to be a smart ass here. I'm 29 00:02:04.319 --> 00:02:07.199 just telling you flat out. A team wins, a team puts together a 30 00:02:07.240 --> 00:02:09.639 good series. I don't even expect them, you know, I don't expect 31 00:02:09.639 --> 00:02:14.759 sweeps. I expect series wins. They got it. Good for them. 32 00:02:15.439 --> 00:02:17.439 Now you got to do it again. And the reason you got to do 33 00:02:17.479 --> 00:02:21.080 it again and again and again is because if you want to win the division, 34 00:02:21.080 --> 00:02:23.479 if you want to come back into anything, then you've got to win 35 00:02:23.599 --> 00:02:27.120 series. I'm not looking at you winning every single game out there. That's 36 00:02:27.199 --> 00:02:30.080 not realistic. I expect you to win series. But because you are now 37 00:02:30.159 --> 00:02:36.479 forty two up and forty eight down, it almost forces you with a mindset 38 00:02:36.520 --> 00:02:39.080 you got to win every single game. You'll take on a Cleveland team tonight 39 00:02:39.680 --> 00:02:44.080 that has fifty six wins, second mostly in the American League and tied for 40 00:02:44.199 --> 00:02:52.520 second most in Major League Baseball. You do have two All Stars, kerk 41 00:02:52.560 --> 00:02:57.280 scouobl and Riley Green. It's the first time detroited his head two All Stars 42 00:02:58.400 --> 00:03:00.719 on a team since two thousand and seven and teen, when Michael Former and 43 00:03:00.919 --> 00:03:06.000 Justin Upton were on the American League All Star Team. Now you may say 44 00:03:06.080 --> 00:03:09.039 twenty twenty two with Miguel Cabrera and Greg Risotto, but the difference there was 45 00:03:09.479 --> 00:03:14.039 Cabrera was appointed by the commissioner. I suppose I shouldn't take it away, 46 00:03:14.080 --> 00:03:17.599 but he was appointed by the commissioner as part of you know, kind of 47 00:03:17.719 --> 00:03:23.919 like it was a celebration then off formality, exactly right, Yeah, him 48 00:03:23.960 --> 00:03:27.080 and Elbert Pools. I thought it was a great idea, I really did. 49 00:03:27.400 --> 00:03:30.319 Yeah. The NBA did it with Dirk Nefitzki and Dwayne Wade a few 50 00:03:30.360 --> 00:03:31.759 years back too. Oh did they? I don't remember that. Yeah, 51 00:03:31.879 --> 00:03:35.360 NBA All Star Game. They put those guys on for the East and West 52 00:03:35.400 --> 00:03:38.280 respectively. Send them off. Cool? All right, So there you go. 53 00:03:39.960 --> 00:03:44.159 So it's good enough. But I'm happy. I'm happy that Riley Green 54 00:03:44.319 --> 00:03:49.360 is there. It's a it's a good looking All Star team. It's the 55 00:03:49.479 --> 00:03:52.319 best All Star team we've ever seen a symbol. No, I'm just kidding, 56 00:03:52.759 --> 00:03:57.840 And I'm happy for Terrek Schoovil. Obviously, would he start for the 57 00:03:57.879 --> 00:04:03.039 American League, he would be on three I believe three days rest as it's 58 00:04:03.400 --> 00:04:11.199 being projected. I believe it'd be on three days rest. Would he be 59 00:04:11.400 --> 00:04:15.240 considered the starter? Look, here's the thing about this this stuff. These 60 00:04:15.279 --> 00:04:19.879 guys only pitch usually one inning anyway, So what difference would it make. 61 00:04:21.000 --> 00:04:27.199 That's a hell of an honor. If it's not him, who would it 62 00:04:27.240 --> 00:04:32.120 be? Seth Lugo? Are you selling the public? With all due respect 63 00:04:32.160 --> 00:04:38.720 to Seth Lugo. Are you selling the public on that? Because he's got 64 00:04:38.759 --> 00:04:42.720 eleven wins? Got to give him credit, right seriously? I mean, 65 00:04:43.120 --> 00:04:45.920 look, if I said to you, if I gave you these numbers, 66 00:04:46.720 --> 00:04:53.480 dude's eleven and three two point two to one er. He's got a better 67 00:04:53.519 --> 00:05:02.720 era than Derek Schouoble. He's pitched more innings than Trek Scooble, doesn't have 68 00:05:02.759 --> 00:05:09.120 as many strikeouts, has walked a few more, has a higher war, 69 00:05:10.319 --> 00:05:14.120 has an equal war. Excuse me. I mean, if you're Kansas City, 70 00:05:14.319 --> 00:05:18.600 put yourself in Kansas City's shoes, you would expect your guid to be 71 00:05:18.680 --> 00:05:20.680 the starter in the All Star Game, right. I mean, if they're 72 00:05:20.720 --> 00:05:26.839 having that conversation right now on Kansas City airwaves with the equivalent to the Michigan 73 00:05:26.879 --> 00:05:30.839 Sports Network is in Kansas City, they're promoting Seth Lugo, and for good 74 00:05:30.879 --> 00:05:34.879 reason, and I get it. Anyway, he's an All Star with Riley 75 00:05:34.920 --> 00:05:40.279 Green. That's good stuff. And then Davis Thompson wins the John Deere Classic, 76 00:05:40.720 --> 00:05:46.079 sets the record twenty eight under par pretty awesome. Or here's our poll 77 00:05:46.199 --> 00:05:50.240 question for you. You can vote as often as you want on x follow 78 00:05:50.360 --> 00:05:57.000 us on Twitter, Ex's embrose, the most Underrated Lion, Gibbs, ragnow 79 00:05:57.240 --> 00:06:00.800 golf, an Sloni or other as often as you want. We'll give you 80 00:06:00.839 --> 00:06:06.120 the results tomorrow right around this time, like we will right now. From 81 00:06:06.199 --> 00:06:12.040 our poll question on Friday, here's what we asked you. What did you 82 00:06:12.199 --> 00:06:16.319 grill on the fourth of July? Were you a burgers person? Were you 83 00:06:16.399 --> 00:06:21.839 a hot dog guy? Did you grill chicken or other? I don't know 84 00:06:21.879 --> 00:06:27.560 how many how many people voted, but we hope you'll vote as often as 85 00:06:27.600 --> 00:06:30.839 you want. What were the results, Trent Bally of that poll question from 86 00:06:30.920 --> 00:06:34.879 Friday? Quite a few votes here. Forty four percent of you grilled burgers, 87 00:06:35.000 --> 00:06:39.240 almost half of you, twenty five percent, hot dogs, thirteen percent, 88 00:06:39.360 --> 00:06:45.480 chicken, eighteen percent other. So more people grilled something else other than 89 00:06:45.639 --> 00:06:50.079 chicken. When I write other, or when you and I put other on 90 00:06:50.199 --> 00:06:54.800 the poll question, what do you what do you envision other to be? 91 00:06:55.399 --> 00:06:58.920 Maybe kebabs of some sort steaks? But I'm with you. I mean you 92 00:06:59.040 --> 00:07:03.399 mentioned last Friday steaks don't really resonate with the fourth I'm not sure why that 93 00:07:03.600 --> 00:07:11.120 is. Yeah, I don't mean yeah. The tradition is obviously burgers and 94 00:07:11.199 --> 00:07:15.560 hot dogs. Could other be sprats? Yeah, sure, the handheld is 95 00:07:15.600 --> 00:07:17.920 the key, I think because you're you're probably playing cornhole. You got a 96 00:07:17.959 --> 00:07:24.160 beer on the other hand, right, it just goes Yeah, because chicken 97 00:07:24.199 --> 00:07:28.240 you can always do like the chicken sandwich if you want. Sure, So 98 00:07:28.480 --> 00:07:30.680 yeah, the handheld is key. So I would say Bronx is probably in 99 00:07:30.759 --> 00:07:36.040 there. You mentioned kebabs, which is a good one. I suppose some 100 00:07:36.079 --> 00:07:41.439 people will be grilling shrimp. That's possibility. It's a good poll question. 101 00:07:41.879 --> 00:07:45.959 Thanks to the results. Thanks for voting. We'll do the same again tomorrow 102 00:07:46.000 --> 00:07:50.120 with the pold question today, most Underrated Lion, Gibbs rag now golf a 103 00:07:50.279 --> 00:07:58.920 Seloni or other? Now, speaking of football, biggest red flags for NFL 104 00:07:59.079 --> 00:08:03.800 contenders. This is only for contenders. There are twenty of them listed by 105 00:08:03.959 --> 00:08:09.600 NFL dot Com. What are the biggest concerns for these teams? So, 106 00:08:09.800 --> 00:08:18.800 for example, for the Bengals, it's Joe Burrows health fair absolutely for the 107 00:08:18.879 --> 00:08:24.639 Browns they are a contender. But I think the biggest issue is Deshaun Watson. 108 00:08:24.680 --> 00:08:28.920 Now they write Deshaun Watson's availability. If you look at Deshaun Watson overall, 109 00:08:30.040 --> 00:08:33.879 he hasn't played very well period. One of the highest paid quarterbacks in 110 00:08:33.960 --> 00:08:37.879 the league. He's played twelve games the last three seasons, but even when 111 00:08:37.919 --> 00:08:41.360 he's played, he hasn't been all that great. So obviously, anytime you 112 00:08:41.480 --> 00:08:46.919 see this, you gravitate towards your favorite team. So I look to the 113 00:08:46.039 --> 00:08:52.840 Lions. What is your biggest concern for the Lions? Now, remember this 114 00:08:54.039 --> 00:08:58.639 is only those teams they feel like they can compete. The Lions are going 115 00:08:58.679 --> 00:09:03.519 to definitely be there. What's your biggest concern? Here's what they write, 116 00:09:03.360 --> 00:09:07.919 youthful secondary. The offense is in good hands with Jared Goffin. I'm on 117 00:09:09.039 --> 00:09:13.200 Ross Saint Brown locked up alongside a solid line, in dynamic backfield, and 118 00:09:13.240 --> 00:09:18.519 while the defensive backfield got some splashy new faces in Terry On Arnold and Anus 119 00:09:18.600 --> 00:09:22.240 Rakestraw, it's still a gamble for a contender to rely on so many unproven 120 00:09:22.320 --> 00:09:28.919 starters. I think it's a fair assessment. Mine is health of the offensive 121 00:09:28.960 --> 00:09:33.240 line, specifically Frank Ragnow lost him a year ago, a little bit. 122 00:09:33.320 --> 00:09:37.879 Graham Glasgow is thrown into certain things. Kevin Zeitler is a year older and 123 00:09:37.960 --> 00:09:41.639 on a one year deal. You worry it's the durability of that offensive line 124 00:09:41.840 --> 00:09:46.960 is vital for this team to have success. When we come back, we'll 125 00:09:46.000 --> 00:09:50.799 stick with the NFL theme. This is Exs and Bros. 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Well, yeah, one and the same Yeah, okay, 158 00:12:37.080 --> 00:12:41.919 yeah, he said, I don't care. And then he said I'm just 159 00:12:41.120 --> 00:12:48.039 biding time until football season. And it didn't really strike me at the time, 160 00:12:48.159 --> 00:12:56.399 but because I was so involved in the baseball aspect of what I thought 161 00:12:56.519 --> 00:12:58.679 was going to be a good conversation turned out to be a pretty short conversation. 162 00:13:01.320 --> 00:13:05.600 But then I got thinking, I wonder how many people feel the exact 163 00:13:05.639 --> 00:13:07.639 same way now. Obviously, people in Philadelphia, New York and Baltimore and 164 00:13:07.720 --> 00:13:11.200 Los Angeles for the Dodgers. Anyway, in Milwaukee, they don't feel that 165 00:13:11.320 --> 00:13:16.519 way, right, They're not considering that at all. As much as they 166 00:13:16.600 --> 00:13:22.519 may love and I probably shouldn't even bring in Los Angeles, but as much 167 00:13:22.600 --> 00:13:28.840 as they may love football, and people in Baltimore, no doubt, are 168 00:13:28.879 --> 00:13:31.039 looking forward to the Ravens season. I would think so, right. People 169 00:13:31.120 --> 00:13:35.320 in New York, no matter what, they look forward to the Jets and 170 00:13:35.360 --> 00:13:39.000 the Giants. People in Cleveland love their Browns. You can't deny that. 171 00:13:39.799 --> 00:13:45.159 People in Seattle love the Seahawks, Philadelphia, the Eagles. They expect some 172 00:13:45.320 --> 00:13:50.480 type of you know, comeback season four them. Milwaukee is still considered green 173 00:13:50.559 --> 00:13:56.679 Bay. You know, a Green Bay FanFest there, all right, all 174 00:13:56.759 --> 00:14:01.840 that stuff, but they're not thinking that they love their football, but they're 175 00:14:01.879 --> 00:14:11.279 able to combine the two. My buddy's telling me that he doesn't care. 176 00:14:13.879 --> 00:14:20.200 All he's doing is biding time until he gets to football season. And we 177 00:14:20.440 --> 00:14:28.399 know training camp isn't far away, and it's within a couple of months of 178 00:14:28.120 --> 00:14:35.639 opening day kickoff, right. How many of you feel that way on a 179 00:14:35.759 --> 00:14:43.039 night tonight basis? Are you truly looking forward to watching the Tigers? Or 180 00:14:43.080 --> 00:14:48.799 maybe if you can't watch the Tigers because of a whole Exfinity ballet fiasco, 181 00:14:50.799 --> 00:14:56.480 perhaps you're watching something else. You know, like maybe yesterday you couldn't be 182 00:14:56.519 --> 00:15:01.559 watching the Tigers and Reds because your cable system doesn't provided you don't have a 183 00:15:01.720 --> 00:15:07.639 non working app and you were shoved down your throat yet again another Yankees Red 184 00:15:07.720 --> 00:15:13.200 Sox matchup in which the Red Sox won three zip. Perhaps that's the case, 185 00:15:15.440 --> 00:15:18.440 but how many of you are going this does not matter to or even 186 00:15:18.480 --> 00:15:22.759 if you do, even if you're able to watch the Tigers. How many 187 00:15:22.879 --> 00:15:28.279 of you are like my friend who says, I just don't care. I 188 00:15:28.559 --> 00:15:37.120 want college football and Lions football, And if so, if that's how you 189 00:15:37.240 --> 00:15:41.799 feel, I'll respect that. That's okay. I'm not saying you're wrong here. 190 00:15:43.360 --> 00:15:48.279 I don't feel that way yet, and I probably won't until the season 191 00:15:48.399 --> 00:15:54.960 is over, or at least until September. I wonder when it changed for 192 00:15:54.080 --> 00:16:03.799 you, Like when did it shift from you really enjoying watching some games too? 193 00:16:06.759 --> 00:16:15.080 Undone? It's over for me. This team's not coming back. This 194 00:16:15.240 --> 00:16:21.840 team is not enjoyable to watch. And I can't wait for what we hope 195 00:16:21.879 --> 00:16:29.080 will be a Super Bowl campaign for the Lions, or what Michigan State's going 196 00:16:29.159 --> 00:16:32.399 to look like under a new head coach, or what Michigan is going to 197 00:16:32.480 --> 00:16:36.080 look like as a defending national champion. I think you just nailed at shep 198 00:16:36.840 --> 00:16:41.360 this area, this fan base, this market in particular, it makes sense 199 00:16:41.440 --> 00:16:45.799 why people would be looking forward to football so much. And I mean it 200 00:16:45.919 --> 00:16:48.960 is force multiplied by the fact that the Tigers are what are they eight under? 201 00:16:49.000 --> 00:16:53.919 Now? You have to see that they're in light. Theyre's part of 202 00:16:53.960 --> 00:16:59.360 their six under. Believe they're in lie's part of the problem. I mean, 203 00:16:59.480 --> 00:17:07.720 you're a sports freak. You're not like most. You're watching following sports 204 00:17:07.079 --> 00:17:14.240 every single day. You and I talk to people, whether it's the Meyer 205 00:17:14.319 --> 00:17:19.720 Hotline or our texts or via Twitter. Friend of mine, an old roommate 206 00:17:19.759 --> 00:17:22.720 of mine, texted me not too long ago, he said, you know 207 00:17:22.799 --> 00:17:26.279 what, the ninety two dream team will never be equaled. You've got it 208 00:17:26.400 --> 00:17:33.079 right. So, however, they're communicating with you and I. We're watching 209 00:17:33.160 --> 00:17:40.920 sports all the time. People are renting movies, You and I are watching 210 00:17:41.000 --> 00:17:45.920 sports. People are reading books. You and I are reading sports articles right, 211 00:17:47.680 --> 00:17:51.559 People are following politics on Twitter. You and I are following sports. 212 00:17:52.759 --> 00:17:59.279 And you didn't know how many games under five hundred they were kind of gone 213 00:17:59.319 --> 00:18:00.759 on to it. Yeah, it's not a knock on you. It's just 214 00:18:00.920 --> 00:18:07.319 exactly right. It's almost as if you're numb to it. When you reach 215 00:18:08.559 --> 00:18:15.519 apathy, it's the death of a franchise or a season. In this case, 216 00:18:17.960 --> 00:18:22.759 when people just go I just have it on for background noise. I 217 00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:29.160 just don't care. I'm bridging one sport to the next. That's when you've 218 00:18:29.240 --> 00:18:33.640 lost people. I'm just going down to the ballpark because it's a good time. 219 00:18:33.680 --> 00:18:38.519 I want to be outdoors. You lose people. There has to be 220 00:18:40.440 --> 00:18:47.680 a sense of purpose. You hope that the Tigers can do that with two 221 00:18:47.759 --> 00:18:53.279 All stars. You want to parlay that into something right, Absolutely take advantage 222 00:18:53.319 --> 00:19:02.119 of it. Promote those two individuals. But I think more and more people 223 00:19:03.200 --> 00:19:06.000 even though they just beat Cincinnati in three straight. Hey, if they go 224 00:19:06.119 --> 00:19:08.400 out and beat Cleveland and four in a row, then we're talking about something. 225 00:19:10.079 --> 00:19:12.240 Suddenly you're closer to five hundred. You're not a whole lot closer. 226 00:19:12.240 --> 00:19:18.559 You're still double digits back in the division. But you've shown us that you 227 00:19:18.599 --> 00:19:22.119 know and it's a it's a lofty expectation, but you've shown us that you 228 00:19:22.200 --> 00:19:27.000 know what. This team actually can compete with some of the better teams in 229 00:19:27.039 --> 00:19:30.799 baseball. Yeah, if they did that, they'd suck everyone right back in. 230 00:19:30.920 --> 00:19:33.240 Because we talk about these power rankings. Cleveland's been top five all season. 231 00:19:33.640 --> 00:19:38.680 Absolutely, and rightfully, so weekend and week out. Fine, like 232 00:19:38.799 --> 00:19:45.720 you said, absolutely, I'm not going to take me I'm not going to 233 00:19:45.759 --> 00:19:48.920 be little victories. That's unfair because it's as I've said time and time again, 234 00:19:48.960 --> 00:19:52.799 it's really hard to win Cincinnatis. You have the same record you do. 235 00:19:53.160 --> 00:19:59.000 So if you think beating Cincinnati, sweeping Cincinnati as a hell of accomplishment, 236 00:19:59.319 --> 00:20:03.279 you're basically he's saying that you think that the Tigers are a pretty good 237 00:20:03.319 --> 00:20:08.119 team, and they're not not to this point, they're not. But winning 238 00:20:08.200 --> 00:20:12.519 games is hard, especially at the professional level, especially in Major League Baseball. 239 00:20:14.359 --> 00:20:17.559 I'm going to give them their flowers because they deserve it. I just 240 00:20:17.680 --> 00:20:23.279 wonder at what point did they go I'm out. I'm out because I can't 241 00:20:23.319 --> 00:20:30.039 wait for Lions season now. It's kind of unique what we've got, what 242 00:20:30.119 --> 00:20:34.359 we're about to experience in the fall. It's unique because for the first time, 243 00:20:36.640 --> 00:20:41.160 I think there are three solid storylines with all three of the football teams. 244 00:20:41.200 --> 00:20:47.759 We follow nothing against Farris State, nothing against Grand Valley State, nothing 245 00:20:47.799 --> 00:20:49.839 against any of the MAX schools. Love them all, root for them, 246 00:20:49.839 --> 00:20:56.839 all, follow them all. Lions are a Super Bowl contender. Michigan State 247 00:20:56.880 --> 00:21:00.839 has a new look under a new head coach, and Michigan is coming off 248 00:21:00.839 --> 00:21:06.839 a national championship with a new coat as well with a hell of a schedule. 249 00:21:07.799 --> 00:21:12.279 Those are all reasons in addition to the lot the Tiger struggles on why 250 00:21:12.359 --> 00:21:18.400 people that think are looking forward instead of looking at the present. Speaking of 251 00:21:18.480 --> 00:21:25.880 the Lions super Bowl contender or Super Bowl favorite. We'll discuss on the other 252 00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:30.720 side on Exis and Bros. After this. Find savings to celebrate this Fourth 253 00:21:30.759 --> 00:21:33.880 of July with one stop at Meyer. Pick up brush from Meyer eighty percent 254 00:21:34.039 --> 00:21:37.720 lean ground b family pack for just two ninety nine per pounds and family packed 255 00:21:37.759 --> 00:21:41.680 chicken drumsticks for ninety nine cents per pound. 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Because we have been I don't know if we've been burned so oftentimes 301 00:25:49.119 --> 00:25:55.680 before, but we have been let down so frequently. You and I look 302 00:25:55.799 --> 00:26:00.279 for some type of validation from a national scope. It's not always right. 303 00:26:00.559 --> 00:26:07.960 Because I was burned in the nineties. Lions beat the Cowboys, Emmitt Smith, 304 00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:11.599 Steve Berlin and company lose to the Redskins, get embarrassed in the NFC 305 00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:19.039 championship game. It's okay. It's the start of something big. This will 306 00:26:19.119 --> 00:26:25.240 be a team to be reckoned with throughout the nineteen nineties. Instead it was 307 00:26:25.279 --> 00:26:32.839 the Cowboys and the Lions fell off. So we look for some type of 308 00:26:33.119 --> 00:26:38.799 validation that our belief, what we're seeing, what we're believing, is true. 309 00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:42.200 We don't want to be let down. So what do we do? 310 00:26:44.279 --> 00:26:48.680 We look for the national writers. You guys see a lot of football. 311 00:26:49.039 --> 00:26:55.960 You're in every NFL camp. You talked to the insiders, and you talk 312 00:26:56.079 --> 00:27:03.279 to the general managers and head coaches and assistant coaches and maybe team presidents throughout 313 00:27:03.319 --> 00:27:11.720 the NFL. Who do you like? Sside dot Com did just that and 314 00:27:11.839 --> 00:27:15.720 they came out with a lot of their writers contributing to this one hundred bold 315 00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:26.519 predictions for the twenty twenty four NFL season. The number one prediction the Detroit 316 00:27:26.680 --> 00:27:34.759 Lions will defeat the Cincinnati Bengals in the Super I had to read it twice. 317 00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:41.519 Doesn't mean it's going to happen. I just I just wanted to make 318 00:27:41.599 --> 00:27:48.759 sure I read it correctly. How they feel about my team and what I 319 00:27:48.880 --> 00:27:55.240 think is going to happen or could happen, is actually being thought about, 320 00:27:56.400 --> 00:28:04.319 being discussed, being written by a nationally syndicated and respectable website. Yeah, 321 00:28:04.359 --> 00:28:08.000 I'll sign up for that to happen for sure, like all of our listeners 322 00:28:08.039 --> 00:28:15.119 would too. Now, you could easily discredit me by going to their number 323 00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:22.559 six prediction and immediately saying, who gives a rat's tale? Because their number 324 00:28:22.559 --> 00:28:26.359 six prediction is Taylor Swift and Travis Kelsey will not get engaged. I do 325 00:28:26.559 --> 00:28:33.519 not care. So what. He's a Hall of Fame tight end. She 326 00:28:33.680 --> 00:28:38.680 must be a Hall of Fame singer. She's overrated. In my opinion, 327 00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:45.079 My daughter would probably walk out of the room if I said that when she 328 00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:48.480 was in the room. But whatever, that's neither here nor there. Who 329 00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:52.079 cares that? That's the number six prediction. The number one prediction is the 330 00:28:52.119 --> 00:28:55.720 Detroit Lions will defeat the Bengals in the Super Bowl. Here's what they write. 331 00:28:56.559 --> 00:29:00.839 My most recent set of predictions, one bold one for all thirty two 332 00:29:00.880 --> 00:29:06.039 teams the day after the Super Bowl had the Bengals edging the Lions. But 333 00:29:06.119 --> 00:29:11.920 I am slightly altering my pick based on a Lions team that is absolutely his 334 00:29:11.079 --> 00:29:18.119 words now stacked and powered by the best vibes. Vibes don't win you football 335 00:29:18.200 --> 00:29:23.359 games. Vibes don't win you championships. But vibes are a contributing factor to 336 00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:30.720 a success of a team, and by vibes we mean a togetherness, a 337 00:29:30.960 --> 00:29:37.559 feel, a confidence, a belief. All that stuff. Right? Is 338 00:29:37.599 --> 00:29:42.480 that fair? I hope so it continues. I have seen firsthand as a 339 00:29:42.640 --> 00:29:48.119 Rex Ryan era New York Jets beat writer what making it to a conference title 340 00:29:48.200 --> 00:29:52.960 game can do for a team. And there is a difference between an accidental 341 00:29:53.079 --> 00:30:03.599 tightening disguised as confidence and real, true confidence. The Lions team could not 342 00:30:03.720 --> 00:30:07.880 only claw its way to the super Bowl, but romp in the process. 343 00:30:11.920 --> 00:30:17.400 You could not wipe this smile off my face after I read. That doesn't 344 00:30:17.400 --> 00:30:22.839 mean that it's gospel. I'm not suggesting that because what this experienced writer and 345 00:30:23.039 --> 00:30:33.200 this website has said about my team helps validate what I believe is automatic. 346 00:30:34.680 --> 00:30:38.599 I just like to know that I'm not the only one seeing it. There 347 00:30:38.680 --> 00:30:44.200 are times you and I say, I want to be that guy who tells 348 00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:49.000 everybody something that nobody else thought was going to happen. Right, I'm stunning 349 00:30:49.079 --> 00:30:52.559 you. Right now, I'm going to give you a bold prediction. A 350 00:30:52.680 --> 00:30:57.200 bold ass prediction is coming your way here. It is boom, Wow, 351 00:30:57.920 --> 00:31:03.480 You're the only one I don't care if I'm the only one. I care 352 00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:14.079 that it happens, and that this thing could possibly happen is real. I 353 00:31:14.160 --> 00:31:19.799 tweeted this out not too long ago when I was watching. I talked about 354 00:31:19.799 --> 00:31:26.680 it last Friday, I believe watching America's game the NFL network, Right, 355 00:31:26.440 --> 00:31:29.920 So I watched a bunch of them. I watched the early seventies of the 356 00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:33.519 Steelers, and I taped a few more. I'll admit I tape some Patriot 357 00:31:33.599 --> 00:31:37.759 ones. I taped the Colts one with Tony Dungee at the helmet in two 358 00:31:37.759 --> 00:31:41.519 thousand and six, right. I taped the Peyton manning one with the Broncos. 359 00:31:41.599 --> 00:31:45.200 I taped the Stafford one with the Rams. I watched all these, 360 00:31:45.440 --> 00:31:51.240 right, and I tweeted out, I can't help but wonder if this could 361 00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:57.880 be the Lions perhaps in twenty twenty four. The thing that I recognized about 362 00:31:57.920 --> 00:32:05.680 all those teams is that they all faced adversity at some point. There was 363 00:32:05.759 --> 00:32:09.920 a slip up at some point during the season. As great as it may 364 00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:20.079 have been heading in a certain direction, it either plateaued or dipped. Maybe 365 00:32:20.119 --> 00:32:22.440 it was two weeks in a row, maybe it was three weeks in a 366 00:32:22.559 --> 00:32:28.440 row. John Elway, Terrell Davis and the Broncos flying high to start, 367 00:32:28.519 --> 00:32:32.200 and then a bit of a struggle, had to find themselves a little bit. 368 00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:38.799 Colt's defense given up too many running touchdowns and running yards on a regular 369 00:32:38.880 --> 00:32:45.400 basis. And then suddenly they get solidified, they come together. That confidence 370 00:32:45.519 --> 00:32:51.279 is evident. Okay, there's going to be slip ups. You and I 371 00:32:52.000 --> 00:32:58.039 when we talk in the fall, we will, There's no doubt we will 372 00:32:58.200 --> 00:33:05.279 have a conversation or two about not that your confidence is waning, but what 373 00:33:05.559 --> 00:33:12.519 is wrong for that particular week that needs to be corrected. It's gonna happen. 374 00:33:13.839 --> 00:33:16.359 I don't care what team, how many trent, how many teams, 375 00:33:16.640 --> 00:33:22.200 how many writers, how many fans, how many ex players, how many 376 00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:28.240 current players were doubting Kansas City, Yes, last year on Christmas when they 377 00:33:28.319 --> 00:33:36.200 lost to the Raiders with Aiden O'Connell under center. I mean, it happens. 378 00:33:36.359 --> 00:33:37.680 It happens even in an off year for the Chiefs. You know, 379 00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:43.200 they they turn it around and go win the freaking Super Bowl, right the 380 00:33:43.319 --> 00:33:49.000 Lions last year even remember getting pounced on by the Ravens. Ronald and Baltimore 381 00:33:49.319 --> 00:33:51.920 and a lot of people at that point midpoint of the season, were saying, 382 00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:54.440 is this a lot of smoking mirrors because the Ravens are pretty good and 383 00:33:54.519 --> 00:34:00.480 you just got trounced. They figured it out. Yeah, they're not going 384 00:34:00.559 --> 00:34:06.920 undefeated, right right, You're not. And some of these look one hundred 385 00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:10.000 predictions. Not all of them are going to be logical. Some of them 386 00:34:10.960 --> 00:34:15.760 are bold, like for example, they say Jim Harball is going to win 387 00:34:15.800 --> 00:34:20.360 Coach of the Year award, the Beajohn Robinson will top two thousand total yards 388 00:34:20.920 --> 00:34:25.719 of offense. Okay, there are certain things that you're going to reach for 389 00:34:27.599 --> 00:34:34.360 when the number one prediction. When the number one prediction is that the Lines 390 00:34:34.360 --> 00:34:36.599 are going to beat the Bengals in the Super Bowl. You know what's funny 391 00:34:36.639 --> 00:34:40.159 When I read that, I thought to myself, Well, the Bengals people 392 00:34:40.199 --> 00:34:47.840 can see it wasn't long ago where the Bengals were in the Super Bowl behind 393 00:34:47.920 --> 00:34:54.559 Joe Burrow last year under five or just barely above five hundred. I think 394 00:34:55.559 --> 00:34:59.199 right in the season after going to the Super Bowl, they flirted with it 395 00:34:59.280 --> 00:35:02.880 again. Did it take overtime in that game against the Chiefs AFC Championship game? 396 00:35:02.920 --> 00:35:06.840 I think so, Yeah, And it came down to that one penalty 397 00:35:06.880 --> 00:35:09.320 where the old lineman or the d lineman excuse me, push the player out 398 00:35:09.360 --> 00:35:15.039 of bounds flag. I mean it comes down to little things like that, 399 00:35:15.280 --> 00:35:19.000 right yep. So I think that's a great example. You bring out the 400 00:35:19.079 --> 00:35:22.679 Cincinnati fans, writers media, why can't the Lions do what the Cincinnati Bengals 401 00:35:22.719 --> 00:35:28.960 did? And the Bengals but I'm saying the Bengals, we believe that that 402 00:35:29.199 --> 00:35:36.320 is not quote unquote far fetched to us because of what Burrow, if he's 403 00:35:36.360 --> 00:35:39.800 healthy, and the fact that we've seen them in the Super Bowl recently, 404 00:35:40.039 --> 00:35:45.840 right recent proof and yeah, they were above five hundred last year. Every 405 00:35:45.880 --> 00:35:47.760 team in that division. That's why I always say the NFC North is I 406 00:35:47.840 --> 00:35:52.960 think the hardest division. Not always, but I've recently said that every one 407 00:35:52.960 --> 00:35:57.400 of those teams who are above five hundred Baltimore thirteen wins, Cleveland eleven, 408 00:35:57.639 --> 00:36:04.280 Pittsburgh ten sins, c nine really impressive anyway, So we believe that because 409 00:36:04.320 --> 00:36:12.159 we've seen it. That doesn't necessarily need validation because Cincinnati is validated themselves by 410 00:36:12.239 --> 00:36:15.719 going as far as they have. But the Lions, that's a new team 411 00:36:15.800 --> 00:36:22.320 to the party. That's a new team to discuss and to fawn over and 412 00:36:22.440 --> 00:36:27.519 to try and win people over, and they got a chance for doing it. 413 00:36:28.599 --> 00:36:32.360 The beauty of what the Lions have going for them, among other things, 414 00:36:34.760 --> 00:36:39.559 is a the foundational piece. It takes me back to and it's a 415 00:36:39.599 --> 00:36:44.480 different time. I understand that. But in seventy four, when Chuck Nole 416 00:36:44.599 --> 00:36:49.760 was building his team and won a championship in seventy four, the first for 417 00:36:49.880 --> 00:36:53.199 the Steelers, the first of many, he was able to do it with 418 00:36:53.480 --> 00:36:59.280 a lot of young players, and he was able to do it through the 419 00:36:59.400 --> 00:37:04.159 draft. Like you always say, the drafting and developing. Let's not get 420 00:37:04.239 --> 00:37:06.559 caught up in too many free agents. That's not how you're gonna win. 421 00:37:07.519 --> 00:37:12.400 It may be a final piece. And we've seen that before in this town. 422 00:37:12.599 --> 00:37:15.920 We've seen, Okay, you bring in Brendan Shanahan was a trade. 423 00:37:15.119 --> 00:37:19.559 But in basketball, okay, you bring in and Rashid Wallace, again, 424 00:37:19.639 --> 00:37:24.679 that was a trade. You bring in certain pieces as the final touch eighty 425 00:37:24.760 --> 00:37:30.599 four Tigers, Darrel Evans, Dave Bergman, chet Lemon. But the core 426 00:37:31.000 --> 00:37:36.559 was drafted and developed. That's what the Lions have. Sam Laporta, Jimior 427 00:37:36.599 --> 00:37:43.280 Gibbs, Aiden Hutchinson, Jack Campbell, Brian Branch. This goes on Sell, 428 00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:47.000 Frank Ragnow, Taylor Decker right, and Sewell the very first pick that 429 00:37:47.039 --> 00:37:53.679 Brad Holmes made with the Lions, all of them drafted developed. You could 430 00:37:53.719 --> 00:38:00.840 sprinkle in a guy like azelone, right, Carlton Davis, you hope he's 431 00:38:00.920 --> 00:38:07.199 a factor in this, sure, But everybody else but the main pieces, 432 00:38:07.239 --> 00:38:13.360 the main cogs, the middle of that wheel. Everything else is spoke right 433 00:38:13.639 --> 00:38:17.400 the middle. The hub of that wheel is the drafted, developed players. 434 00:38:21.559 --> 00:38:24.679 That's the beauty of it, because it's got a chance to be more than 435 00:38:24.800 --> 00:38:32.320 one. After that seventy five feature, Andy Russell, drafted developed by the 436 00:38:32.360 --> 00:38:37.159 Steelers, all pro linebacker gets lost because of Lambert and hamp But what did 437 00:38:37.239 --> 00:38:43.360 he say? Mike Wagner said the same thing with the Steelers. What did 438 00:38:43.400 --> 00:38:49.239 they say? We immediately looked toward the next one. We weren't going to 439 00:38:49.280 --> 00:38:54.280 get satisfied with one. We're not getting satisfied with one championship when we know 440 00:38:54.440 --> 00:38:59.920 what we have the ability to do, We see what's in front of us, 441 00:39:00.280 --> 00:39:04.559 we see the talent around us, and we know that we're the best 442 00:39:04.800 --> 00:39:09.719 and we're going to continue to be the best. I watched that whole I 443 00:39:09.840 --> 00:39:15.840 give I strongly incur NFL Films does a wonderful job. They really do. 444 00:39:15.000 --> 00:39:22.599 It's great stuff. I don't know why every other network doesn't try to emulate 445 00:39:22.920 --> 00:39:25.920 what the NFL network does in that regard. It's a little easier, right, 446 00:39:27.280 --> 00:39:30.760 I mean, the access and the off time to be able to do 447 00:39:30.840 --> 00:39:32.840 it. But this is this is during the season, sitting three guys down 448 00:39:32.920 --> 00:39:37.480 telling the story of a championship run. What was most important? Give me 449 00:39:37.559 --> 00:39:44.039 a story here or there? Why did Peyton Manning get so mad at Jeff 450 00:39:44.119 --> 00:39:50.639 Saturday? That was their relationship. Saturday felt like we had to run the 451 00:39:50.679 --> 00:39:55.559 ball down there, and Manning lost his proverbial you know what and went after 452 00:39:55.679 --> 00:40:00.960 him and they got into a heated discussion line. The beauty of what he 453 00:40:01.079 --> 00:40:05.760 said is he's like, you know what. Peyton Manning said this during the 454 00:40:05.840 --> 00:40:09.039 documentary. He said, once it's done, once it's over, it's over, 455 00:40:09.199 --> 00:40:15.679 and we moved on. It's great stuff, but you're going to have 456 00:40:15.880 --> 00:40:22.480 that later on. One of the other top one hundred predictions at sixty one 457 00:40:22.679 --> 00:40:28.280 was the Lion's first round pick, Tarryan Arnold will lead rookie cornerbacks in interceptions 458 00:40:30.239 --> 00:40:36.159 he writes he'll nab four for the amobic Detroit secondary, which will have fun, 459 00:40:36.559 --> 00:40:40.920 fast and loose a look. In twenty twenty four, Dan Campbell says 460 00:40:40.960 --> 00:40:49.360 this unit is no longer reading off a teleprompter Ron Burgundy style. They're going 461 00:40:49.519 --> 00:40:54.400 to be difference makers, and if they are, that's a year to year 462 00:40:54.440 --> 00:41:00.360 improvement from your biggest weakness a season ago in which you had a halftime lead 463 00:41:00.400 --> 00:41:04.639 in the NFC Championship game. So if that's the case, this number one 464 00:41:04.719 --> 00:41:07.559 prediction in this article might not be so far fetched. I don't know. 465 00:41:07.599 --> 00:41:09.639 I can't speak on the Bengals part, but on the Lion's part, they 466 00:41:09.719 --> 00:41:14.920 absolutely should be in the mix one, two or three as a favorite in 467 00:41:14.960 --> 00:41:17.760 the NFC. I think I speak for you when I say I don't care 468 00:41:19.519 --> 00:41:27.079 about the Bengals part. I care about the first part. That would be 469 00:41:27.159 --> 00:41:36.519 awesome. Lastly, another prediction involving Detroit was this Detroit will become a barbecue 470 00:41:36.639 --> 00:41:47.920 destination. I view Texas, Kansas City, Memphis as barbecue destinations with all 471 00:41:49.000 --> 00:41:53.480 due respect to Detroit. Don't you don't view Detroit as a barbecue destination, 472 00:41:54.079 --> 00:41:58.599 But I don't care. You can serve whatever you want as long as you're 473 00:41:58.599 --> 00:42:01.360 serving up a super Bowl when all things are said and done, Hey, 474 00:42:01.400 --> 00:42:06.320 thanks for listening. We appreciate it. Thanks for the texts, and thanks 475 00:42:06.400 --> 00:42:08.800 to Trent Bally, our producer. We'll have our poll question in the eight 476 00:42:08.800 --> 00:42:13.719 o'clock hour tomorrow. We'll have another one for you to contemplate tomorrow, and 477 00:42:13.800 --> 00:42:15.880 we'll be back with it at six o'clock here on Exus and bros. 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