The Washington Commanders ended the Detroit Lions’ season 10 months ago. Today, the Lions have a chance for payback — and an opportunity to bounce back from last week’s loss. This edition of Lions Gameday Live features: three things to watch during the matchup in the nation’s capital; head coach Dan Campbell on what to expect from Washington and the team’s decision to stand pat at the trade deadline; conversations with defensive lineman Alim McNeill and wide receivers Jameson Williams and Isaac TeSlaa; and Jennifer Hammond spends some time this week with Amon-Ra St. Brown.
TEN MONTHS AGO. THE COMMANDERS ENDED THE LIONS SEASON TODAY, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME PAYBACK AND TO BOUNCE BACK FROM LAST WEEK’S LOSS COMING UP ON LIONS GAME DAY LIVE. WE ARE GETTING YOU READY FOR THIS BATTLE IN THE NATION’S CAPITAL. WE’LL GIVE YOU THREE THINGS TO WATCH FOR. PLUS, DAN CAMPBELL TELLS US WHAT TO EXPECT FROM WASHINGTON IN THE COACHES SCOUTING REPORT. THE HEAD COACH ALSO SPOKE ABOUT THE TEAM’S DECISION TO STAND PAT AT THE TRADE DEADLINE. DANNY ROGERS SPENT SOME TIME WITH DEFENSIVE LINEMAN ALAN MCNEIL. WE SAT DOWN WITH WIDE RECEIVER JAMISON WILLIAMS TO TALK ABOUT HIS WORK NOT ONLY ON THE FIELD, BUT OFF THE FIELD AS WELL. JENNIFER HAMMOND WAS WITH AMON-RA SAINT BROWN THIS WEEK, AS HE DID SOME WORK IN THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT HE WONDERED ABOUT ISAAC TESLA’S HIDDEN TALENTS. >> FANS HAVE HEARD RUMORS OF YOUR ELMO IMPERSONATION. CAN YOU DO THAT FOR US? >> I DON’T EVEN KNOW HOW HE BROUGHT THAT UP. >> IT’S THE LIONS AND THE COMMANDERS FROM D.C. AND WE HAVE IT FOR YOU. STARTING WITH LIONS GAME DAY LIVE RIGHT NOW. [MUSIC] NORTHWEST STADIUM IN LANDOVER, MARYLAND, JUST OUTSIDE THE NATION’S CAPITAL, WHERE GAME DAY TRAFFIC MEANS IT’S ABOUT A THREE HOUR DRIVE. JUST KIDDING. A LITTLE BIT LATER TODAY, IT WILL BE PACKED. LIONS COMMANDERS COMING UP HERE. WEEK TEN IN THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. IT’S GAME DAY. READY TO GO. >> SUNDAY MORNING. SOMETHING’S MISSING. >> SOMETHING IS MISSING. >> I LIKE IT. WE GOT A LITTLE MORE SPACE. [LAUGHTER] WE GOT SO MUCH ACTIVITY AND DISH. SO I SADLY IS NOT WITH US. I DON’T KNOW WHAT GAME IT IS TODAY. I DON’T KNOW. THOUGHT ABOUT REPLACING. >> HIM FOR A FOURTH ROUND PICK. >> WELL, WE’LL SEE HOW THIS SHOW GOES. YEAH, HE MIGHT BE A SUBSTITUTE. YEAH. >> SO HERE WE GO. I MEAN, LOOK, WE’RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT THROUGHOUT THIS SHOW, BUT THIS IS A TEAM THAT’S COMING OFF A PERFORMANCE THAT WAS ONE OF THE WORST THAT WE’VE SEEN FROM A DAN CAMPBELL TEAM SINCE DAN CAMPBELL’S TEAM BECAME GOOD. >> FAIR. VERY FAIR. I THINK THAT IT WAS IN THE MOMENT CONCERNING DISTURBING, KIND OF GROSS. AS WE WERE WATCHING IT LIVE IN THE BOOTH, MILLER AND EVEN GOING BACK AND REWATCHING IT 2 OR 3 TIMES WAS JUST LIKE, JUST SO FRUSTRATING. AND YOU COULD GO BOTH WAYS. YOU’RE LIKE LOOKING AT IT LIKE MAYBE, MAYBE 1 OR 2 PLAYS AWAY FROM WINNING THAT GAME. ALSO, 1 OR 2 PLAYS AWAY FROM GETTING BLOWN OUT AGAINST THAT MINNESOTA GAME. THAT’S JUST HOW IT WAS. IT WAS JUST OFF SYNC. EVERYTHING WAS OFF SYNC. DAN CAMPBELL TOOK SOME OR SOME OF THE PRESSURE OFF THE PLAYERS AFTER THE GAME. HE SAID, LOOK, THAT’S ON ME. I DIDN’T HAVE THE GUYS READY TO GO OUT OF THE BYE WEEK. WHATEVER. HE SAID, MAYBE PREPARATION PROBABLY WISHED HE COULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING DIFFERENT. BUT YEAH, THAT WAS THAT WAS A CONCERNING GAME. BUT I THINK THAT THESE GUYS HAVE OBVIOUSLY EARNED THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT WHEN IT COMES TO RESPONDING AND FINDING A WAY TO TO DIG DEEP AND GET BACK ON THE ON THE, ON THE, ON THE RIGHT PAGE. >> I WANT YOU TO JUMP IN IN A SEC, WILL. BUT WHEN YOU’RE IN A LOCKER ROOM AND YOU’RE COMING OFF A LOSS LIKE THAT AND THE COACH SAYS IT’S ON ME AS A PLAYER, YOU’RE SITTING THERE GOING, NO, MAN, THAT’S ON US, RIGHT? >> YEAH, YOU DO. BUT I THINK THAT THAT’S DAN CAMPBELL’S WAY OF SAYING I’M NOT PUTTING IT ALL ON YOU GUYS, RIGHT? WE COULD HAVE CALLED A BETTER GAME. WE COULD HAVE GAME PLANNED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. AND THAT’S ULTIMATELY, I THINK WHEN YOU HAVE THE LEADER DAN CAMPBELL, AT THE TOP, TAKING THE ULTIMATE ACCOUNTABILITY THAT’S CONTAGIOUS TO THE REST OF THE GROUP. RIGHT. BECAUSE THEN OTHER GUYS AROUND THAT LOCKER ROOM ARE GOING TO SAY, NAH, IT’S NOT A COACH. WE COULD HAVE PLAYED BETTER. I COULD HAVE DONE THIS A LITTLE BETTER. BUT I THINK THAT’S REALLY OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP FROM DAN CAMPBELL, AND IT BLEEDS DOWN TO THE REST OF THAT LOCKER ROOM. >> WELL, IN ALL THREE PHASES PLAYED POORLY AND COMING OFF THE BYE. I THINK THAT’S WHY HE TOOK THE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY WHEN DEFENSE, OFFENSE AND. SPECIAL TEAMS AND THE PENALTIES WHEN IT ALL CRUMBLES LIKE THAT, A HEAD COACH IS GOING TO FEEL LIKE THAT’S ON HIM. BUT LET’S JUST LET’S JUST GET INTO IT. >> WE’RE JUST GOING RIGHT. >> INTO IT. >> INTO IT. HOLD ON. I MISSED. >> THE BIG GAME. WHERE’S THE BIG GAME? QUESTION. [LAUGHTER] WE’VE GOT A HOLE ON THE INTERIOR, BUT DAN’S HERE TO STEER. AND I’VE GOT QUESTIONS FOR HEMINGWAY OVER HERE. IS THIS WOUNDED OFFENSIVE LINE STILL FIXABLE? AND WILL THESE RHYMES TODAY BE LESS PREDICTABLE? THE LIONS HAVE A HOLE TO FILL WITHOUT MAHOGANY. HAVE THEY CULTIVATED DEPTH ENOUGH LIKE AGRONOMY. WILL THE STARS ALIGN UP FRONT LIKE ASTRONOMY, OR WILL THEY RUE STANDING PAT AT THE DEADLINE? WILL THEY WISH THEY HAD CALLED SOMEONE OTHER THAN DEADLINE? WILL MISSED OPPORTUNITY SERVE AS THE HEADLINE? THE NEXT NINE GAMES WILL GIVE US THE ANSWERS. WILL WE SEE MAX AND PRESSURES OR TOUCHDOWN DANCERS STARTING TODAY AGAINST THE COMMANDERS? WE’LL SEE HOW THE REST OF THE SEASON MEANDERS. DAN MILLER, TAKE IT AWAY. >> WE’VE GOT ANSWERS. >> WE’VE GOT TIME TO KILL. MAYBE WE’VE GOT TIME. TO STOP. YOU KNOW WHAT AGRONOMY IS? >> AGRONOMY. [LAUGHTER] >> AGRONOMY WAS THE HANG ON. THE SCIENCE OF SOIL. >> MANAGEMENT AND CROP PRODUCTION, FOCUSING ON HOW TO GROW CROPS EFFICIENTLY FOR FOOD, FUEL. >> AND FIBER. >> ONE MIGHT. CULTIVATE DEPTH LIKE AGRONOMY. NOW, TJ, YOU’VE LEARNED SOMETHING. YOU LEARNED. >> SOMETHING ABOUT SEVEN QUESTIONS. >> IN THAT POEM. >> I DON’T KNOW WHICH ONE. [LAUGHTER] >> TO WRITE DOWN THE LIST. [LAUGHTER] >> I DON’T KNOW WHICH ONE TO ADDRESS. >> ALL RIGHT. LET US GET TO THE. >> FIEGER LAW INJURY REPORT. IT STARTED OFF THIS WEEK WITH THE CHRISTIAN MAHOGANY NEWS. THAT WAS THE TOUGH ONE FOR THE LIONS. RIGHT. THEY’RE LOSING THE SECOND YEAR, GUARD DAN CAMPBELL SAYS IN DAN CAMPBELL SPEAK. GOING TO BE GONE A LONG TIME LONG TIME. AND THEY’RE HOPING MAYBE BY THE END OF THE YEAR THAT HE WILL BE BACK. BUT AT THIS POINT, AS WE SAID, THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE TO SHAKE UP THAT OFFENSIVE LINE, PUT A NEW GUARD IN THERE. WE ANTICIPATE SEEING CODY AWOSIKA. HE HAS STARTED GAMES FOR THEM BEFORE. THEY DO HAVE SOME CONFIDENCE IN HIM. SO WE WILL SEE WHERE THIS GOES FROM HERE. NOW THE OTHER BIG STORY THIS WEEK WAS THE TRADE DEADLINE, WHICH YOU GUYS WILL JUMP IN ON A SECOND. LIONS THOUGHT MAYBE THEY’D GO FOR AN OFFENSIVE LINEMAN. THERE WAS ONE OFFENSIVE LINEMAN TRADED AT THE TRADE DEADLINE. THAT WAS IT. DAN CAMPBELL WAS ASKED ABOUT IT. BIG PICTURE BROUGHT TO YOU BY MACOMB COUNTY VETERAN SERVICES. AND AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT, DAN CAMPBELL SAID, BASICALLY, I’M WORRIED ABOUT WHAT’S RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. >> WHEN WE MAKE A MOVE, IT’S GOT TO YOU GOT TO CHECK ALL THE BOXES, RIGHT? SO I CAN SIT THERE AND SAY, YEAH, I LIKE HIM. HE’S A SOLID PLAYER. BUT I TOLD HIM, I DON’T EVEN WANT THAT GETTING TO ME. IF IT DOESN’T MAKE SENSE FROM A, FROM A FINANCIAL, FROM A VALUE STANDPOINT, FROM WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR, THEN I DON’T EVEN WANT TO. SO THAT THING GETS FILTERED, WHICH I APPRECIATE. I DON’T WANT TO DEAL WITH ALL THAT UNTIL WE KNOW WE’RE SERIOUS ABOUT IT AND THE REST, THEN WE MAN IT. HE CHECKS ALL THE BOXES, RIGHT? HE CHECKS THAT BOX, AND THEN WE START WATCHING. WE LOOK THE TYPE OF PERSON WE FIT IN THIS LOCKER ROOM TYPE OF PLAYER, YOU KNOW? WHAT DOES HE LOOK LIKE NEXT TO THIS PLAYER? DOES HE ELEVATE THIS PLAYER. IS IT OR IS IT REALLY NOT. YEAH HE’S A LITTLE BETTER. BUT IS IT REALLY WORTH THAT FOR WHAT YOU’RE GIVING UP VERSUS THE NEXT GUY WE HAVE READY TO GO IS THE BACKUP THAT’S COMING OFF OF THAT SQUAD. THOSE ARE THOSE MOST OF THE TIME ARE THE ONES THAT WE ARE LIKE, WELL, NO, I DON’T THINK SO. AND WE’VE BEEN PRETTY GOOD SO FAR. IT DOESN’T MEAN IT’S PERFECT, BUT THAT’S JUST HOW WE FEEL. >> LOOK, I KNOW WHEN IT COMES TO TRADES AND WE SAW WITH THE TIGERS AS WELL THAT FANS GET EXCITED. THEY WANT SOMETHING NEW, SOMETHING TO GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT OF HOPE. >> AND THE RED WINGS. >> AND RED WINGS, THERE YOU GO AS WELL. YEAH, THAT WAS THE DISCUSSION TOO, WASN’T IT? BUT WE KIND OF KNOW HOW THOSE GUYS. >> STAND FOR THIS, FOR THIS TO BE UNACCEPTABLE. >> WE KNOW HOW THESE GUYS OPERATE AND THEY’RE NOT ONES THAT TAKE BIG SWINGS AND HONESTLY WEREN’T A LOT OF OFFENSIVE LINEMEN. IT APPEARS THAT WERE OUT THERE FOR THE TAKING. AND THAT WAS THE ONE THAT YOU THOUGHT MAYBE THEY TRY TO SHORE UP. >> YEAH. AND I THINK THAT DAN CAMPBELL NAILED IT IN A COUPLE OF INTERVIEWS THAT HE DID THIS WEEK IS LIKE, WELL, WE’RE GOING TO GIVE UP ALL THESE PICKS FOR GUYS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE FOR TEN GAMES. NOW. WE HAVE SEEN THEM MAKE A BUNCH OF TRADES, MOSTLY WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO DRAFT DAY, RIGHT? HEY, WE’LL MOVE A COUPLE THREES. WE WANT TO MOVE UP AND GET OUR GUY. BUT THOSE ARE GUYS THAT YOU’RE GOING OUT TO GET FOR 3 OR 4 YEARS TO HAVE CONTRACTUAL RIGHTS TO FOR A LONG TIME. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE ONE THING THAT THEY HAVE AND DAN SAID IT AND BRAD I THINK IS ON THE SAME PAGE, THEY HAVE A PLAN LAID OUT FOR THE NEXT TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE YEARS ABOUT GUYS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON THIS ROSTER, HOW YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE IN THEIR SALARY, WHO YOU WANT TO RESIGN. CERTAINLY. I KNOW A LOT OF FANS WANTED TO GO OUT THERE AND GET SOME HELP, BUT YOU COULD ALSO LOOK AT THE FACT THAT AT SOME POINT, I KNOW THEY SAID MAYBE LATE DECEMBER, EARLY NOVEMBER, D.J. REED WILL BE COMING BACK. YOU COULD LOOK AT THAT AS MAYBE AN IN-SEASON ACQUISITION. SAME WITH MALCOLM RODRIGUEZ, WHO I THINK IS GOING TO BE BACK AT SOME POINT. AND SAME SAME THING COULD BE SAID ABOUT MYLES FRAZIER, WHO WHO’S PRACTICE CLOCK GOT STARTED THIS WEEK AS WELL. >> YEAH. LOOK, I’LL BE HONEST I THOUGHT THE THE OPPORTUNITY AND TIME WAS RIGHT FOR THEM TO POTENTIALLY ADD AN INTERIOR OFFENSIVE LINEMAN JUST TO PLUG THAT HOLE THAT MAHOGANY HAS LEFT. BUT AS YOU REFERENCED, DAN, WE RARELY SEE MIDSEASON TRADES INVOLVING OFFENSIVE LINEMEN. SINCE 2002, JUST EIGHT OFFENSIVE LINEMEN NOW HAVE BEEN TRADED IN OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER. IT’S EXCEEDINGLY RARE TO SEE THOSE GUYS MOVE BECAUSE TEAMS HAVE SUCH A HARD TIME FINDING THEM, IT’S EVEN HARDER TO PRY THEM AWAY FROM TEAMS, SO THE NEED WAS THERE. I’M NOT SURE THE MARKET WAS. >> THREE THINGS TO WATCH. UP NEXT, THREE THINGS WE’RE KEEPING AN EYE ON IN THIS GAME AGAINST THE COMMANDERS. YOU MIGHT WANT TO WATCH AS WELL. THAT WILL GIVE YOU AN INDICATION OF HOW IT’S GOING. BROUGHT TO YOU BY MICHIGAN FIRST CREDIT UNION. NUMBER ONE. SHUT THE DOOR. >> YEAH, WELL, THE LIONS OPENED THE DOOR LAST WEEK AND LET THE VIKINGS RUSH FOR 142 YARDS, ALMOST FIVE PER CARRY. VERY UNLIKE THIS DEFENSE, WHICH HAS BEEN ONE OF THE BEST AGAINST THE RUN FOR THREE YEARS RUNNING. IN FACT, THE LIONS HAVE ALLOWED THE FEWEST RUSHING YARDS IN THE NFL SINCE 2023. THAT’S WHERE IT STARTS FOR THEM ON DEFENSE. IT’S WHERE IT’S ALWAYS STARTED FOR THEM ON DEFENSE UNDER AG AND NOW UNDER SHEPP. THEY HAVE TO SHUT THE DOOR TODAY. THIS COMMANDER’S OFFENSE DOES RANK THIRD IN THE NFL IN RUSHING. AND IT WASN’T ALL JAYDEN DANIELS, RUNNING BACK GYAKORI KESELOWSKI MERIT THE ROOKIE WHO SOMEHOW IS KNOWN AS BILL, IS AVERAGING 4.7 YARDS PER CARRY AND LEADS THE NFL IN RUSHING SUCCESS RATE. AND MARIOTA OBVIOUSLY HAS SOME ABILITY WITH HIS LEGS AS WELL. FOR THE LIONS, IT COMES DOWN TO THREE THINGS VIOLENCE, DISCIPLINE AND ALL 11 PLAYERS DOING THEIR JOB. WHEN THE VIKINGS BROKE THROUGH LAST WEEK, THEY WERE BREAKDOWNS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THIS DEFENSE. SO EVERYONE TODAY HAS TO BE ASSIGNMENT AND GAP SOUND. >> ALL RIGHT LET’S GET TO NUMBER TWO FROM SHUT THE DOOR TO OPEN THE DOOR TJ. YEAH A MORE POSITIVE. >> SPIN ON THIS ONE. AND IT JUST THE OPPOSITE. YOU GOT TO BE ABLE TO RUN THE BALL LAST WEEK 20 CARRIES 65 YARDS. YOU DID HAVE THE ONE TOUCHDOWN THERE ON THE FOURTH AND GOAL RUN FROM MONTGOMERY. BUT JUST NOT GOOD ENOUGH ACROSS. >> THE. >> BOARD I DIDN’T LIKE YOU KNOW WHAT LAST WEEK THERE WAS JUST WAY TOO MUCH, I THINK HESITATION IN THE BACKFIELD FROM THE RUNNING BACKS. IT WAS KIND OF LIKE GET THE BALL. LET ME TAKE A COUPLE CUTS AND GO LIKE JUST GET THE BALL AND GO. THAT’S WHY THIS TERRY WE SEE HERE FROM JAHMYR GIBBS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, IT’S JUST STRAIGHT DOWNHILL WITH SPEED. AND YOU MAKE THE DEFENSE REACT TO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. I THOUGHT, LOOK, YOU HAVE TO DO A MUCH BETTER JOB OF BLOCKING AT THE SECOND LEVEL. THAT WAS A BIG ISSUE LAST WEEK AGAINST MINNESOTA AS BLAKE CASHMAN I THINK JUST MADE ANOTHER TACKLE. DAN, HOW MANY TIMES DID WE CALL HIS NAME? AND THE TIGHT ENDS I THINK HAVE TO BE A LOT BETTER. THERE WAS A LOT OF PLAYS LAST WEEK AGAINST MINNESOTA, WHERE YOU LOOK AT AND YOU SAY, MAN, IF WE COULD HAVE SEALED THE BACKSIDE OR IF YOU KNOW LA PORTA BROCK, RIGHT. THAT COMBINATION THAT YOU GET ON THE FRONT SIDE, YOU COULD HAVE HELD ON A LITTLE BIT TIGHTER, FINISH THOSE BLOCKS. THERE’S A LOT OF ROOM UP THERE. WASHINGTON THE 22ND RANKED RUSH DEFENSE. THEY GOT SOME GUYS TOO. AND NOW BOBBY WAGNER 90 TACKLES ON THE YEAR. WE KNOW WHAT TYPE OF. >> 90 YEARS OLD. >> AVERAGING TEN A YEAR. >> BUT IF YOU CAN COVER THOSE GUYS UP THERE’S GOING TO BE A LOT OF SPACE IN THAT WASHINGTON SECONDARY TO GET SOME OF THOSE BIG RUNS GOING AGAIN. >> NUMBER THREE THREE THINGS TO WATCH PLAY LIONS FOOTBALL. IT IS A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HERE. IT DOES MEAN RUN THE BALL. IT DOES MEAN STOP THE RUN. AND IT ALSO MEANS DON’T MAKE IT EASY ON THE OPPONENTS. THE ONE THING THE LIONS DID NOT WANT TO DO LAST WEEK WAS MAKE IT EASY ON J.J. MCCARTHY. WHEN MINNESOTA CAN RUN THE BALL, IT’S EASY ON J.J. MCCARTHY. WHEN YOU RETURN THE FIRST KICKOFF THAT MINNESOTA RECEIVED 61 YARDS AND HE TAKES OVER AT THE 36. MAKES IT EASY ON J.J. MCCARTHY WHEN HE GETS THREE POSSESSIONS IN PLUS TERRITORY WHERE YOU’RE GUARANTEED POINTS ALREADY, AND IT TURNS INTO 17 OF THEIR 27, YOU’RE MAKING IT EASIER ON THE OPPOSITION. YOU CAN’T DO THAT. THE LIONS USUALLY PLAY SOUND FOOTBALL. THAT’S HOW THEY WIN. AND ONE OF THEIR THREE, IF IT’S THE OFFENSE DEFENSE, SPECIAL TEAMS PICKS THEM UP THIS WEEK. SOMEBODY HAS GOT TO PICK THEM UP. MAYBE IT WILL BE ALL THREE. BUT GET BACK TO PLAYING THE WAY THAT YOU KNOW DAN CAMPBELL TEAMS PLAY. TAKE A BREAK. COME RIGHT BACK. MUCH MORE COMING UP. WE’RE GLAD YOU’RE WITH US. IT IS >> AMON-RA SAINT BROWN. AND YOU’RE WATCHING LIONS GAME DAY LIVE ON FOX TWO DETROIT. [MUSIC] >> AMON-RA PART OF AN OFFENSE THAT WAS NOT HAPPY WITH THE WAY THINGS WENT LAST WEEK. AND HONESTLY, OVER THE LAST THREE WEEKS, THEY’RE GOING TO TELL YOU THAT THEY LEFT SOME THINGS OUT ON THE FIELD, BUT IT’S BEEN UP AND DOWN BECAUSE IF YOU GO BACK BEYOND THAT, IT LED THE NFL IN SCORING. SO YOU GO FROM LEADING THE LEAGUE IN SCORING TO HEY, WHAT’S WRONG WITH YOU GUYS? JARED GOFF TALKED ABOUT THAT ROLLER COASTER RIDE. >> EVERY ONE OF US HAS OUR HAND IN IT AND GETTING A LITTLE BIT BETTER EVERY WEEK TRYING TO SOLVE THOSE ISSUES. AND I THINK A SEASON THERE’S EBBS AND FLOWS. IT COMES AND GOES. YOU FIGHT ADVERSITY. YOU GET OVER ADVERSITY. A FEW WEEKS AGO, WE WERE THE GREATEST THING SINCE SLICED BREAD. AND NOW, YOU KNOW, NOW WE ARE HORRIBLE OFFENSE APPARENTLY. SO IT’S, YOU KNOW, JUST IT COMES AND GOES AND WE AND WE TRY TO GET BETTER. WE TRY TO FIX IT. CERTAINLY WE HAVE OUR THINGS TO FIX. AND IN THIS GAME AND EVEN, YOU KNOW, I CAN GO BACK A FEW WEEKS WHERE THERE’S, THERE’S BEEN THINGS THAT WE NEED TO GET BETTER AT. SO YEAH, IT’S NOT IT’S NOT MISSING US THAT WE KNOW THAT WE’RE NOT NAIVE TO IT. AND PLANNING TO GET THINGS FIXED. >> ALL RIGHT. THAT BRINGS US TO OUR QUARTERBACK COMPARISON. BROUGHT TO YOU BY WALLSIDE WINDOWS. BURCHETT GOFF MARIOTA. GO. >> OH MY GOD THE PRESSURE. WHOA. >> CAREFUL. >> WATCH WATCH AND LEARN. FULL TIME JOB. AND SPEAKING OF PRESSURE THE LIONS HAVE TO LESSEN THE PRESSURE ON GOFF TODAY. SACKED FIVE TIMES LAST WEEK. TIED FOR A CAREER HIGH IN HIS LIONS TENURE. PRESSURED A SEASON HIGH 18 TIMES MOST OF THIS SEASON STILL PRODUCED FOR THE WELL ALMOST 300 YARDS, TWO TOUCHDOWNS, NO PICKS. BUT IT WASN’T PRETTY AGAINST THAT VIKINGS AGGRESSIVE EXOTIC DEFENSE. AND HIS LAST GAME AGAINST THIS COMMANDERS TEAM IS OBVIOUSLY ONE HE’D RATHER FORGET. THREE INTERCEPTIONS AND FOUR TURNOVERS IN THAT TRAGIC PLAYOFF LOSS. BUT THIS WASHINGTON DEFENSE CAN BE HAD MISSING MARSHON LATTIMORE. THEY’RE ALLOWING THE THIRD HIGHEST PASSER RATING IN THE NFL AND THE MOST YARDS PER PASS IN THE NFL. I’D BE REMISS NOT TO MENTION WITHOUT WOJO HERE THAT MICHIGAN MAN MIKEY SAINRISTIL IS STILL AN ASSET FOR THEM IN THE BACK END, BUT IF GOFF HAS TIME TODAY, HE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SLICE AND DICE AGAINST THE SECONDARY. AND TJ JUST WANTS TO TALK ABOUT MARCUS MARIOTA. HE’S BEEN DYING TO DO IT ALL GAME LONG I WILL SAY THIS. DO I BEFORE YOU JUMP IN THE GENERAL STRUCTURE OF THIS WASHINGTON DEFENSE. MIGHT OR OFFENSE MIGHT NOT CHANGE MUCH WITH MARIOTA. BUT THE FUNCTION WILL. WE’LL SEE A LOT MORE READ OPTION TODAY WITH MARIOTA IN THERE. AND HE HAS THE PHYSICALITY AND THE PRESENCE AND THE POWER TO RUN THROUGH YOU DAN LIKE HE’S NOT LOOKING TO SLIDE. HE WANTS TO TAKE DEFENDERS ON. SO THIS LIONS RUN DEFENSE IS GOING TO HAVE TO KIND OF BOW THEIR NECKS TODAY AND AND GET BACK TO WHO THEY ARE. BUT IF YOU CAN FORCE HIM TO BEAT YOU WITH HIS ARM, HE WON’T MAKE MANY THROWS LIKE THAT. MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, HE’LL GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO MAKE PLAYS ON THE BALL. SO I LIKE THIS LIONS SECONDARY TO TO TO REALLY FEAST TODAY, ASSUMING THAT HUTCHINSON, MUHAMMAD AND MCNEIL CAN GET AFTER THIS OFFENSIVE LINE UP FRONT. >> GOT A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WON PLAYOFF GAMES. I MEAN, THIS ISN’T A GUY THAT JUST KIND OF FELL OFF THE TRUCK. GOOD PLAYER. WE’LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. AND HE’S. >> GOING TO BE A BACKUP AND A BACKUP FOR A REASON. AND AS YOU SAID, THIS IS A NO NONSENSE BUSINESS TRIP GAME. GO DOWN THERE AND BEAT A VULNERABLE, BEATABLE QUARTERBACK ON THE ROAD. >> DO WHAT DAN CAMPBELL TEAMS DO, WHICH IS HANDLE YOUR BUSINESS MUCH MORE COMING UP. WE’RE HANDLING OUR BUSINESS RIGHT NOW. IT IS THE LIONS AND COMMANDERS COMING UP LATER ON FOX TWO WEEK TEN LIONS LOOKING FOR A BOUNCE BACK V [MUSIC] ALL RIGHT. TIME NOW FOR THE COACH’S SCOUTING REPORT TJ BROUGHT TO YOU BY. >> EASTERN THE EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY. >> SO TAKE IT AWAY. [MUSIC] [MUSIC] ALL RIGHT COACH LOOKING FOR A BOUNCE BACK HERE. AND I GUESS THE GOOD THING IS YOU KNOW WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR TEAM AND THEY LOOK AT THEMSELVES, THEY’VE GOT THE ABILITY TO DO IT THEMSELVES. THEY DON’T NEED THE HELP. THEY KNOW THEY CAN GET IT DONE. >> YEAH FOR SURE MAN. WE GOT THE RIGHT GUYS. HERE WE GO BACK TO WORK. WE CLEAN UP WHAT WE NEED TO CLEAN UP, AND WE GO ON THE ROAD AND FIND A WAY TO GET A WIN. >> ALL RIGHT. LET’S TALK ABOUT WASHINGTON. THEY’RE GOING TO MAKE A CHANGE AT QUARTERBACK. OBVIOUSLY WITH THE INJURY SITUATION MARCUS MARIOTA TAKES OVER. WE SEE HIM GOING TO DEEBO SAMUEL HERE. YOU KNOW SAMUEL WELL AS WELL. BUT MARIOTA IS A GUY THAT’S PLAYED A LOT OF GAMES AND A LOT OF SNAPS IN THIS LEAGUE. >> HE HAS HE’S BANKED A LOT OF HOURS. HE’S SEEN A LOT OF DIFFERENT SCHEMES PRESSURES COVERAGES ALL OF IT YOU KNOW. SO HERE THEY GO A LITTLE CHANGE PRESSURE DROPPING. BUT THIS IS DEEBO. THIS IS VERY DOUBLE MOVE. IT’S KIND OF LOOKS LIKE YOU’RE RUNNING A CHOICE ROUTE. TAKE OFF. AND LOOK THIS GUY CAN THROW. HE’S A GOOD ATHLETE. HE CAN RUN. AND WE KNOW WHAT DEEBO CAN DO THERE ON THE PERIMETER. >> YOU MENTIONED HIS ABILITY TO RUN I FEEL LIKE WE’VE SEEN THIS A LOT THIS YEAR. AND WE’RE GOING TO SEE IT AGAIN THIS WEEK. HE WILL TUCK IT AND GO. IF YOU’RE NOT CAREFUL. >> HE WILL TUCK IT AND RUN. THEY DO A LOT OF READ RUN STUFF WITH HIM TOO. YOU GOT THE BACK IN THERE. HE’LL READ IT. IF THE END CLOSES HE TAKES OFF. HE’S A DYNAMIC ATHLETE. BUT HERE YOU GO. THEY’RE JUST BRINGING FOR EVERYBODY MAN COVERAGE. THIS IS WHERE YOU GOT TO BE. YOU GOT TO BE CAREFUL MAN. EVERYBODY’S BACK’S TURNED TO THE QUARTERBACK AND HE FILLS THE LANE. HE TAKES OFF. AND THAT’S WHAT HE DOES HERE. >> I GUESS THE GOOD THING IS YOU’VE SEEN THIS A LOT THIS YEAR. >> YOU SHOULD. >> BE READY. >> FOR THIS. >> WEEKLY ALMOST. >> WE HAVE WE’VE SEEN A LOT OF IT. AND WE’RE GOING TO GET GOOD WORK THIS WEEK. YOU KNOW IT LOOKS DOING JUST LIKE THIS WITH MARIOTA. >> I KNOW YOU’VE TALKED THIS WEEK ABOUT GETTING THE GROUND GAME GOING. AND DA’RON PAYNE IS THE GUY YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH IN THAT REGARD. IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT LINE. BIG DUDE WELL OVER 300 POUNDS. >> YEP THIS IS HIM 94 IN HERE MAN. HE IS STRONG. HE’S POWERFUL PLAYS WITH LEVERAGE. AND WHEN HE DOES IT RIGHT IT’S AS GOOD AS ANYBODY HERE. AND WE’RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE RUN GAME. HE CAN GET AN EDGE IN THE PASS GAME TOO. HE’S A HE’S A GOOD INTERIOR D LINEMAN. >> SAW BOBBY WAGNER COMING UP AND HELPING OUT IN THAT PLAY AS WELL. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT HIM 35 YEARS OLD. HE’S AVERAGING TEN TACKLES A GAME. HE’S GOT 90 SO FAR. >> THIS YEAR. YEAH HE’S YOU KNOW HE’S A BLOODHOUND I MEAN HE FINDS THE FOOTBALL ALWAYS HAS. HE’S SMART. HE’S INSTINCTIVE. YOU KNOW HE DOESN’T RUN LIKE HE USED TO. BUT HE’S HE’S ALWAYS ONE STEP AHEAD BECAUSE HE CAN ANTICIPATE AND HE’S GOT TO. SO HE DOES THAT. BUT HE HE CAN HE CAN SNIFF IT OUT AND FIND IT. AND HE KIND OF REALLY IS THE BELLCOW FOR THIS DEFENSE. HE GETS EVERYTHING SET UP AND AND GETS THOSE GUYS ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. >> HEY COACH, JUST BIG PICTURE. CLEAN FOOTBALL, ALWAYS IMPORTANT ON THE ROAD. AND IN PARTICULAR IN A GAME LIKE THIS WHERE YOU GOT A TEAM THAT’S STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT, YOUR MISTAKES CAN GIVE THEM CONFIDENCE. YOU DON’T WANT TO. >> DO THAT. THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT. WE GOT TO PLAY CLEAN FOOTBALL, MAN. WE GOT TO CLEAN OUR STUFF UP, TAKE CARE OF IT. WE GOT TO FIND A WAY TO GET TAKEAWAYS. YOU CAN’T GIVE THEM ANY CONFIDENCE. AND BY THE WAY WE JUST CAME OFF A LOSS. SO WE GOT TO CLEAN OUR OWN STUFF UP AND GET OUR CONFIDENCE BACK. AND IT’S THE BEST WAY TO DO IT IS GO ON THE ROAD AND GET A WIN. >> ALL RIGHT. ONE OF THE WAYS TO GET A WIN IS TO KEEP THE PRESSURE ON THAT QUARTERBACK. ONE OF THE WAYS TO KEEP THE PRESSURE ON THAT QUARTERBACK. UNLEASH ALIM MCNEILL. LET HIM DO WHAT HE DOES IN THE MIDDLE. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. DANNY ROGERS HAD A CHANCE TO CATCH UP WITH HIM. >> MCNEILL, YOU MADE YOUR SEASON DEBUT OFF OF AN ACL REHAB JOURNEY FOR THE LAST YEAR AGAINST THE TAMPA BAY BUCS, AND MONDAY NIGHT, ONE OF THE BEST DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCES WE’VE SEEN, MAYBE OUT OF THE DAN CAMPBELL ERA HERE IN DETROIT. AND THEN THE FOLLOWING GAME, MINNESOTA PUTS UP 27 POINTS. HOW DO YOU RECONCILE TWO VERY DIFFERENT PERFORMANCES FROM YOUR SIDE OF THE BALL? >> I KNOW IT’S CLICHE, BUT EVERYTHING IS ALWAYS IN THE DETAILS AND INDIVIDUALLY I HAVE TO BE MORE DETAILED, MORE ON MY GAME AND AS A TEAM, AS A DEFENSE, WE JUST GOT TO BE A LITTLE MORE LOCKED IN THAN WHAT WE WERE. I’M NOT SAYING THAT WE WEREN’T LOCKED IN. IT’S JUST YOU GOT TO BE EXTRA LOCKED IN THAT MUCH MORE LOCKED IN FOR A DIVISION RIVAL LIKE THAT FOR ONE. >> LAST TIME. YOU GOT TO A QUARTERBACK ALMOST A YEAR AGO, NOVEMBER 10TH TO THE DAY. IT’S BEEN A LONG JOURNEY. YOU’RE ABOUT DUE, BUT TAKING A LOOK AT THE LAST YEAR, YOU’VE BEEN SO POSITIVE ABOUT GETTING BACK TO THE FOOTBALL FIELD, HOW DO YOU POSSIBLY KEEP THAT MINDSET GOING OVER WHAT YOU HAD TO ENDURE? >> COMPLAINING IS NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING. AND I LEARNED THAT LATER IN LIKE THROUGHOUT COLLEGE, I LEARNED THAT BECAUSE I USED TO COMPLAIN, I HAD MY FIRST COMPLAINT. I STILL DO, BUT IT JUST DOESN’T CHANGE ANYTHING. AND I KNEW I HAD TO COME BACK FOR MY OWN MENTAL SAKE AND FOR AND TO PROVE EVERYBODY WRONG. THAT THOUGHT I WASN’T GOING TO COME BACK OR MAY NOT HAVE COME BACK THE SAME AND STUFF LIKE THAT. >> WHEN YOU GOT BACK, IT’S NOT LIKE YOU COULD HAVE GONE D-LINE ROOM AND SAID, HEY GUYS, THANKS FOR HOLDING DOWN THE FORT BECAUSE A LOT OF THE GUYS WENT WITH YOU TO IR. D.J. READER WAS THE ONE STANDING. BUT NOW YOU’VE GOT YOU, D.J. AND THE YOUNG BUCK TYLER WILLIAMS IN THAT ROOM. THAT’S A PRETTY GOOD CORE. WHAT IS THAT GROUP CAPABLE OF? >> A LOT, A LOT. AND IT’S NOT JUST HIM. IT’S NOT JUST US EITHER. WE HAVE A LOT. LEVI’S STILL ON HIS WAY BACK. AND OBVIOUSLY YOU GOT DAVENPORT ON HIS WAY BACK. SO PASCAL IS STARTING WAY BACK IN SO THAT THAT ROOM HAS A LOT OF POTENTIAL. AND WE’RE GOING TO WE’RE GOING TO LIVE UP TO IT, THAT’S FOR SURE. EVERYBODY IN THERE HAS A CORRECT MINDSET. >> SO I DON’T KNOW IF THIS IS A GOOD THING. BUT YOU DIDN’T EXPERIENCE THE PLAYOFF LOSS ON THE FIELD DIRECTLY FROM THE COMMANDERS LAST YEAR, RIGHT? DO YOU DO YOU STILL HAVE SOME KIND OF REVENGE ON YOUR MIND THOUGH GOING INTO THIS WEEKEND? >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN THERE, BUT I’M STILL ON THE TEAM. SO I FELT THAT JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE DID. AND YEAH, I MEAN 1,000%, WE’RE GOING TO GO OUT THERE AND PLAY OUR BRAND OF FOOTBALL. BUT YEAH, YEAH, WE’RE THINKING ABOUT THAT. ABSOLUTELY. >> WE TALK ABOUT A MIDSEASON ACQUISITION. THAT’S ONE RIGHT THERE. >> THAT’S THE BIGGEST ONE YOU COULD POSSIBLY MAKE. AND HE WAS OBVIOUSLY DOMINANT AS A PASS RUSHER IN HIS RETURN. BUT WE’VE YET TO REALLY FEEL HIS IMPACT AGAINST THE RUN AS A RUN STUFFER. AND THAT’S WHAT HE CONSIDERS HIMSELF FIRST AND FOREMOST. YOU KNOW, HE TOLD ME THIS PAST WEEK THAT THE SACKS GET YOU PAID, BUT THE RUN GAME GETS YOU. IT DOESN’T RHYME. DON’T WORRY. THE RUN THE RUN THE RUN. >> GAME. >> RUN GAME GETS YOU RESPECT. TAKING ON THOSE DOUBLE TEAMS ON THE INSIDE, NOT COMPLAINING ABOUT IT AND STILL MAKING PLAYS. DIRTY PLAYS IN THE TRENCHES AGAINST THE RUN. THAT’S WHAT GETS YOU RESPECT IN THE NFL AS A D-TACKLE. AND ALIM IS READY TO GET BACK INTO THAT RUN GAME. HE CONSIDERS THAT HIS BREAD AND. >> BUTTER AND HE’S STILL GETTING HIS FEET UNDER HIM A LITTLE BIT. LET’S NOT FORGET IT’S BEEN A LONG TIME. HE HAD 30 SOMETHING SNAPS AGAINST TAMPA. YOU KNOW RUN GAME AGAINST MINNESOTA. HE’S GOING TO KEEP YOU LIVE BETTER. >> RUNNING THE BALL LET YOU PUFF YOUR CHEST OUT. TAKING AWAY THEIR ABILITY TO RUN. TAKES THE WIND OUT. >> OF THEIR CELL. >> AND KELVIN SHEPPARD SAID IT TOO, LIKE A LOT OF THESE D-TACKLES IN THIS SCHEME, YOU’RE NOT GOING TO GET THE STATS, BUT YOUR TEAMMATES ARE GOING TO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO. >> NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. WE’LL TAKE A BREAK. WE’LL COME RIGHT BACK. MUCH MORE COMING UP. I HAD A CHANCE TO SIT DOWN WITH JAIMOE. THAT’S ON THE OTHER SIDE. >> STICK AROUND FOR THAT. ABSOLUTELY. >> ALWAYS FUN TO TALK WITH HIM. IT’S COMING UP NEXT. [MUSIC] TIME NOW FOR THE BIG CAT OF THE WEEK, BROUGHT TO YOU BY PET SUPPLIES. PLUS, IN LAST WEEK’S LOSS TO MINNESOTA, TIGHT END SAM LAPORTA CAUGHT SIX PASSES FOR 97 YARDS AND A PRETTY IMPRESSIVE 40 YARD CATCH AND RUN ON THE LIONS OPENING DRIVE OF THE GAME. LAPORTA NOW HAS THREE TOUCHDOWNS ON THE YEAR, AND HIS PERFORMANCE AGAINST >> I’M BRIAN BRANCH. YOU ARE WATCHING LIONS GAME DAY LIVE ON FOX TWO. >> DETROIT REALLY GOOD AGAINST MINNESOTA TO SEE JOE GETTING THE FOOTBALL IN HIS HANDS AND HAVING A CHANCE TO GET BACK OUT THERE AND MAKE SOME PLAYS. YEAH, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AND TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT THESE COACHES CAME BACK FROM THE BYE AND SAID THEY NEEDED TO GET HIM THE BALL MORE. AND I ASKED HIM HOW MUCH THAT MEANT TO HIM. AND THAT WAS OUR SUNDAY SIT DOWN AS I HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO HIM. BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE DTE FOUNDATION. >> IT MEANS A LOT FROM THE COACHING STAFF TO SEE THAT AND SEE THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE. WHEN THE BALL GETS IN MY HANDS AND THE OPPORTUNITY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE, YOU KNOW, ON THE TEAM WHEN THE WHOLE OFFENSE IS INVOLVED. SO, YOU KNOW, IT MEANS A LOT TO ME SEEING THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, FROM THAT WEEK I GOT MORE TARGETS AND EVERYTHING IS INCREASED. WE JUST GOT TO KEEP IT GOING. >> WHAT I THINK STOOD OUT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE WAS THE WAY YOU HANDLED IT WHEN YOU WEREN’T GETTING THE BALL FOR THOSE WEEKS, TOOK A TON OF MATURITY FOR YOU TO JUST KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN, KEEP DOING WHAT THEY WERE ASKING YOU TO DO. HOW TOUGH WAS THAT FOR YOU DURING THAT TIME? >> I DON’T REALLY LOOK AT THINGS LIKE THAT AND LET THINGS LIKE THAT GET ME DOWN. YOU KNOW, IT’S PEOPLE LIVING WAY HARDER THAN ME. AND, YOU KNOW, I CAN’T LET ME NOT GETTING THE BALL OR TARGETS BRING MY JOY DOWN. YOU KNOW, I’M A HAPPY PERSON. I LIVE HAPPY, YOU KNOW, I GOT PEOPLE THAT MAKE ME HAPPY IN MY LIFE. SO, YOU KNOW, THE GAME IS SOMETHING I LOVE, BUT I CAN’T BE SELFISH AND TAKE AWAY OTHER PEOPLE’S JOY BY, YOU KNOW, PUTTING THE PUTTING THE CENTER OF ATTENTION ON ME BY POUTING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW, IT’S A TEAM SPORT, AND I LOVE THE TEAM I PLAY FOR, AND I LOVE MY BROTHERS. I GO OUT THERE AND GO TO WAR FOR. AND, YOU KNOW, IT’S JUST SOMETHING I JUST HAVE TO STAY LEVEL HEADED WITH AND, YOU KNOW, KEEP GRINDING. MY DAD, HE ALWAYS TOLD ME TO OUTWORK EVERYBODY. YOU KNOW, I JUST KEPT WORKING AND I KNEW IT WOULD COME TO ME SOONER OR LATER. >> SO HERE’S ONE THING THAT JUMPS OUT AT ME IS, I DON’T KNOW IF THAT’S THE SAME GUY THAT WALKED IN THE DOOR WHEN YOU GOT DRAFTED. AND I KNOW YOU TALK ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT TEDDY HAD ON YOU, AND YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR DAD AS WELL. ARE THOSE LESSONS LEARNED IN LIFE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO HANDLE SITUATIONS LIKE THAT? >> YEAH. FOR SURE. YOU KNOW, YOU COME ACROSS A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU SAID, TEDDY, WE MET ABOUT 2 OR 3 YEARS AGO, AND WE’VE BEEN CLOSE EVER SINCE. MY DAD, HE’S BEEN A MENTOR FOR ME MY WHOLE LIFE AND BEEN EVERY SITUATION. I CAN GO TO HIM AND TALK TO HIM ABOUT ANYTHING AND WHATEVER, AND HE’S GOING TO GIVE ME GOOD INPUT BACK. AND, YOU KNOW, WE’RE GOING TO HANDLE THE THINGS MOVING FORWARD BY, YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATING. TEDDY, HE JUST HE HELPED ME ON A WHOLE NOTHER LEVEL. I CAN’T EVEN EXPLAIN EVERYTHING HE’S DONE FOR ME. AND JUST INSIDE OF THIS BUILDING, YOU KNOW, IT WORKED FOR ME A LOT. AND HE JUST. MAN, I JUST LOOK AT HIM. I FEEL LIKE I OWE TEDDY BY HOW MUCH HE HELPED ME, YOU KNOW? BUT I JUST LOOK AT HIM AS A BIG BROTHER AND WITH ME SAYING I OWE HIM. HE FEEL LIKE I DON’T OWE HIM NOTHING. IT’S JUST WHAT HE DO. SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST HAD TO GROW UP AND MATURE AND, YOU KNOW, THINGS. THINGS. LIFE MOVES ON EVERY DAY, YOU KNOW, GET OLDER AND OLDER AND, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST MATURE AS DAYS GO ON. >> SO I SEE YOU OUT HALLOWEEN EVENT RECENTLY THAT YOU HELD WITH KIDS. I SEE YOU GETTING INVOLVED WITH KIDS ALL THE TIME. AND IT KIND OF DAWNS ON ME YOU CAN BE THEIR TEDDY BRIDGEWATER. >> YEAH, FOR SURE. >> BECAUSE THE INTERACTIONS YOU HAVE WITH THEM, THEY WILL NEVER FORGET THAT THE REST OF THEIR LIFE. DO YOU SEE IT THAT WAY? >> YEAH, THAT’S HOW I LOOK AT IT. YOU KNOW, ME, GROWING UP IN SAINT LOUIS, I DIDN’T REALLY HAVE THAT PERSON IN THE NFL OR IN ANY TYPE OF LANE COMING BACK AND SHOWING US HOPE. YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAD OUR HOPE WAS OUR DREAMS GROWING UP AND PEOPLE MY AGE, WE REALLY JUST HAD DREAMS, A LOT OF DREAMS AND, YOU KNOW, JUST HAD TO WORK TO ACHIEVE YOUR DREAMS. SO I JUST TAKE ME GOING INTO THE COMMUNITY AS A BIG THING, BECAUSE JUST PEOPLE SEEING MY FACE OR JUST SEEING ME DOING CERTAIN STUFF IS LIKE IT COULD BE LIFE CHANGING TO THEM, BECAUSE I KNOW CERTAIN PEOPLE DON’T HAVE THE BEST LIFESTYLE GROWING UP. CERTAIN PEOPLE DON’T LIVE THE BEST WAY. SOME PEOPLE CAN’T EAT, SOME PEOPLE HAVE TO FIND THE NEXT MEAL, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO BE MOTIVATION TO WHOEVER NEEDS IT. I KNOW I NEED A MOTIVATION, BUT I HAD A MOTIVATOR IN MY DAD. YOU KNOW, HE ALWAYS HAD ME MOTIVATED AND I JUST WANT TO SHOW THEM I’M JUST LIKE THEM AND I COULD BE A MOTIVATOR. I DON’T WANT TO. I DON’T WANT YOU TO LOOK AT IT LIKE YOU GOT TO LIVE THIS WAY, BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT YOU SEE. OR, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD JUST YOU COULD BE AN INSPIRATION JUST HOW I AM. AND YOU KNOW, IT DON’T TAKE THAT MUCH. YOU JUST TAKE HARD WORK. >> AND A LOT OF THAT IS JUST THE GROWTH OF WAYMO AS A PERSON. >> NO DOUBT. AND HE CAME TO LIFE LAST WEEK, WHICH WAS GREAT TO SEE. WHEN HE CAUGHT THAT PASS IN THE THIRD QUARTER, THERE WAS A ROAR FROM THE CROWD THAT SOUNDED MORE LIKE RELIEF. I THINK HE’S GOING TO HAVE A BIG DAY TODAY. THIS COMMANDER’S DEFENSE HAS ALLOWED THE MOST 20 PLUS YARD PASSING PLAYS AND THE MOST 40 PLUS YARD PASSING PLAYS IN THE NFL. I THINK WAYMO GOES OFF TODAY SEVEN SECONDS LONG. >> YEAH, THAT WAS ABOUT EIGHT SECONDS LONG. >> I GAVE HIM TEN. >> SORRY. >> GIVE ME 17, BUDDY. >> HEY, WOODY WONDERS THIS WEEK IS WITH ISAAC TESLA. >> BROUGHT TO YOU BY BILL BROWN. FORD, WHERE IS THIS GOING TO GO? >> YEAH. WHO KNOWS. >> WHO KNOWS? [LAUGHTER] [MUSIC] THANKS A LOT, DAN. THIS WEEK I’M WONDERING ABOUT TALENT. AND HERE I HAVE HILLSDALE’S OWN ISAAC TESLA. HOW YOU DOING, ISAAC? GOOD. HOW ARE YOU? I AM FANTASTIC, DO ME A FAVOR. FANS HAVE HEARD RUMORS OF YOUR ELMO IMPERSONATION. CAN YOU DO THAT FOR US? >> HOW DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THAT? I DON’T EVEN KNOW HOW TO LIKE. WHO BROUGHT THAT UP. THAT’S CRAZY. >> THAT IS CRAZY, ISN’T IT? YOU CAN ALSO WHISTLE WITH YOUR HANDS. HOW DO YOU FIGURE IT OUT TO DO THAT? >> I DON’T KNOW, I HAVE A LOT OF STRANGE THINGS I CAN DO. >> SO THAT’S MY NEXT QUESTION. WHAT OTHER KIND OF HIDDEN SKILLS DO YOU HAVE? >> I MEAN, I CAN DO A DOG WHISTLE, BUT THAT WOULDN’T THAT WOULDN’T BE PICKED UP ON THE ON THE MIC HERE. OH I MEAN I CAN. OKAY WITH ALL MY FINGERS IF THEY DO LIKE A LITTLE LIKE A WATER DROP. >> IF THE LIONS HAD A TALENT SHOW, WHAT WOULD YOUR ACT BE? >> THAT’S TOUGH. I GOT A LOT OF LIKE, LITTLE THINGS, BUT I DON’T KNOW HOW I COULD, LIKE, PUT TOGETHER A WHOLE PRODUCTION. >> I SEE. OKAY, YOU’RE FULL OF SURPRISES. WHAT’S THE ONE THING ABOUT DETROIT THAT HAS SURPRISED YOU? IN A GOOD WAY. >> I’D SAY JUST. I MEAN, THE LOVE FROM THE FANS. I KNEW, OBVIOUSLY BEING A FAN, THAT WE GOT A LOT OF LOVE FOR THE TEAM. BUT EVEN OUT AND ABOUT, JUST SO MANY PEOPLE COMING UP TO ME AND JUST THE AMOUNT OF LOVE. >> THAT IS COOL. YOU KNOW WHAT? I ALSO HEARD YOU HAVE A BOTTLE CAP COLLECTION, OR YOU USED TO HAVE ONE OF CAPS AND HOW MANY? >> I STOPPED DOING THAT A WHILE AGO, BUT WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, FOR SOME REASON I JUST STARTED COLLECTING THEM. I HAD LIKE A WHOLE BIN FULL OF JUST BOTTLE CAPS, AND I WOULD JUST FIND THEM. AND FOR SOME REASON I JUST THOUGHT I WANTED TO KEEP THEM. SO I HAD A WHOLE COLLECTION, JUST LIKE BEER AND POP AND A BUNCH OF OTHER STUFF. >> I KNOW WHAT YOU’RE THINKING. HOW DOES HE KNOW ALL THAT? IT’S MY JOB TO KNOW THAT. >> THAT’S RIGHT. >> IT’S MY JOB. ANYWAY, LET’S TRY AND BOTTLE UP WASHINGTON THIS WEEK. I’LL THROW IT BACK TO YOU. [MUSIC] DAN. >> HEY TJ, QUICK THOUGHT UNLIKE SOME PEOPLE. LET ME SHOW YOU HOW TO DO SO MANY FOOTBALLS. BUT THEY DID SAY THEY WANT TO GET HIM MORE INVOLVED. >> YEAH I KNOW AND THIS IS A WEEK AFTER THEY SAID THAT THEY WANT TO GET JAMISON BACK INVOLVED MORE. SO I DON’T THINK THIS OFFENSE IS RUNNING EFFICIENT ENOUGH WHEN YOU’RE TRYING TO FOCUS ON ONE GUY. OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU’RE TRYING TO BUILD AN OFFENSE, YOU’RE GOING TO TRY TO GET ON THE BALL AS MUCH AS YOU CAN. BUT YEAH, ISAAC HAS SHOWN A BUNCH OF TALENT. I MEAN, HE’S A RUN BLOCKER, WHICH WE KNOW IS A REQUIREMENT TO PLAY WIDE RECEIVER UNDER DAN CAMPBELL OFFENSE. HE HAS PROVEN THAT HE CAN DO THAT. BUT YEAH, I WOULDN’T MIND TO SEE THEM TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HIS LENGTH AND HIS SPEED AND SIZE. PREFERABLY DOWN IN THE RED ZONE. YOU GET DOWN INSIDE THAT 20 YARD LINE, MAN. YOU GET A ONE ON ONE WITH ISAAC TESLA. WOULDN’T MIND TO SEE SOME OF THOSE 5050 BALLS THROWN HIS WAY, BECAUSE HE HAS SHOWN IN THE LIMITED TARGETS THAT HE’S HAD. HE CAN MAKE HE CAN MAKE SOME GREAT CATCHES. >> HEY >> OH SOMETIMES IT’S MORE ENJOYABLE THAN OTHERS WHEN YOU HAVE TO GO BACK AND RELIVE THAT PREVIOUS GAME. WE HAVE TO DO THAT NOW. >> YOU GOT TO DO IT AGAIN. >> IT IS THE VIKINGS GAME AND THIS IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY YOUR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN FORD DEALERS. >> THERE WAS A COUPLE GOOD ONES IN THERE. YEAH YEAH. >> A COUPLE. >> BE ABOUT TO COME OUT HERE AND SHOOT IT. >> ROWAN GOT THE MAN. TOUCHDOWN DETROIT. >> LIONS CLOSE IT OUT. [LAUGHTER] CAN YOU SMELL IT SMELLS GOOD JOB UP FRONT MAN. HOLY ####. 123. >> SO HERE COME THE LIONS. BACK OFF THEIR BYE. THERE ARE TEN GAMES LEFT IN THIS SEASON. ALL OF THEIR HOPES, ALL OF THEIR DREAMS ARE WITHIN VIEW AND RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM. JARED’S GOT IT. WANTS TO THROW ON FOURTH DOWN. DOES MIDDLE. GOT A COMPLETE LA. >> PORTA DE LA PORTA 15. SPINNING AT THE TEN. FIGHTING AT THE FIVE. STILL GOING AT THE THREE. TO THE TWO TO THE ONE TO THE END ZONE. TOUCHDOWN DETROIT LIONS. SAM LAPORTA GIVING OUT RIDES FOR FREE. MCCARTHY TAKES. >> ROLLS TO HIS. >> RIGHT. LOOKING DOWNFIELD TO. THE END ZONE AND THROWS WIDE OPEN. T.J. HOCKENSON TOUCHDOWN ON THIRD DOWN. MCCARTHY STEPS INTO A THROW. IT IS IN AND OUT OF THE HANDS OF HIS INTENDED RECEIVER. LIONS ARE CLAIMING THEY CAME UP WITH IT. TERRION ARNOLD HAD SIMULTANEOUS POSSESSION. RULING ON THE FIELD IS AN INTERCEPTION BY DETROIT. THERE IT IS. INTERCEPTION DETROIT LIONS FOOTBALL THE FIRST CAREER INTERCEPTION FOR TERRION ARNOLD. THEY TOSS IT TO MONTGOMERY WHO BOBBLES IT. IT’S GOT A BLOCKER OUT TO THE TEN TO THE 15. HE LOST THE FOOTBALL. IT’S FREE ON THE GROUND. AND THE VIKINGS PICK IT UP MCCARTHY BACK LOOKING FLUSHED OUT TO HIS RIGHT. ROLLING STILL LOOKING. HE’S GOT ROOM TO THE END ZONE. TOUCHDOWN VIKINGS J.J. MCCARTHY MADE IT HAPPEN WITH HIS LEGS THAT TIME. GOFF BACK. GOFF LOFTING LEFT SIDE ONCE INSIDE THE TEN MAKES THE GRAB INTO THE END ZONE. DID HE SCORE. [MUSIC] >> THE RULING HAS BEEN CHANGED TO A TOUCHDOWN. >> YES THERE IT IS. SO IT IS A TOUCHDOWN. MCCARTHY LEANS IN ON THIRD DOWN. HE’S GOT IT. HE WANTS TO THROW MCCARTHY BACK THROWS RIGHT SIDE. IT IS FOR NAILOR. IT IS CAUGHT. IT’S A FIRST DOWN AT THE 45 YARD LINE. AND THE LIONS NOW ARE GOING TO WATCH THAT CLOCK RUN. AND. >> THERE’S NOTHING THEY CAN DO ABOUT IT. WITH ONLY ONE TIMEOUT LEFT. >> WE DID EVERYTHING WE NEEDED TO DO TO TO TO LOSE THAT GAME. WE MADE EVERY CRITICAL ERROR YOU NEEDED TO AT THE RIGHT TIME TO LOSE IT. PERFECT STORM. >> ALL RIGHT. THERE IT IS. GOING BACK TO LAST WEEK. WE’LL HOPE IT’S A MORE UPBEAT EDITION. >> I THINK IT WILL BE. >> THEY DON’T LOSE BACK TO BACK. >> THEY DON’T. >> DO THAT. 52 NOT ALLOWED. >> NOT SINCE OCTOBER 30TH, 2022. MY FAVORITE STAT. >> LONGEST STREAK IN FRANCHISE HISTORY. >> IT IS. I MEAN, NO OTHER TEAM IN THE LEAGUE IS. >> CLOSE HERE ON GAME DAY. >> TIS THE SEASON WHERE GUYS. >> ARE IN. >> THE COMMUNITY GETTING INVOLVED. WE SAW JAMAL EARLIER. AMON-RA WAS OUT THIS WEEK AS WELL. HAMMER’S GOT THAT STORY WHEN WE COME BACK. [MUSIC] TIME NOW FOR LIONS TRIVIA BROUGHT TO YOU BY SAAD MEATS. DETROIT HAS WON SIX OF THE LAST EIGHT MEETINGS WITH WASHINGTON, BUT THEY HAVE HAD TROUBLE BEATING THEM ON THE ROAD. HOW MANY TIMES HAVE THE LIONS DEFEATED WASHINGTON AWAY FROM HOME IN [MUSIC] HERE’S THE ANSWER TO THE LIONS TRIVIA QUESTION, BROUGHT TO YOU BY SAAD MEATS. DETROIT HAS HAD RECENT SUCCESS AGAINST WASHINGTON, WINNING SIX OF THEIR LAST EIGHT MEETINGS AND 16 TIMES OVERALL. THEY HAVE BEATEN THEM ONLY ONCE OUTSIDE OF DETROIT. THAT WAS DURING THE 2013 SEASON. ALL RIGHT. >> SO THAT WAS MY OTHER GUESS. >> THERE YOU GO. AMON-RA BROWN OUT IN THE COMMUNITY DOING WORK THIS WEEK. HAMMER WAS OUT THERE AS WELL. TAKE A LOOK. >> YOU KNOW GUYS IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT AMON-RA SAINT BROWN YOU KNOW HIS STORY. THE 112TH OVERALL PICK IN THE FOURTH ROUND BY THE LIONS IN 2021. HE’S NOW WORKED HIS WAY UP TO BE ONE OF THE TOP RECEIVERS IN THE LEAGUE, CURRENTLY RANKING SIXTH IN RECEIVING YARDS AT 635 AND SECOND IN TOUCHDOWNS WITH SEVEN. NOW THE LIONS RELIABLE PASS CATCHERS, EXTENDING HIS SKILL SET TO STUDENTS IN DETROIT WITH HIS NEWLY CREATED SAINT BROWN FOUNDATION. >> TO BE ABLE TO GIVE BACK TO THE CITY THAT HAS GIVEN ME SO MUCH. IT MEANS A LOT BECAUSE I’M FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, BUT I’VE BEEN HERE FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS NOW, AND THIS IS LIKE MY SECOND HOME. AND SO TO GIVE BACK TO THE KIDS OF DETROIT, IT MEANS A LOT. AND I CAN’T WAIT TO GET THIS WHOLE THING GOING. >> EARLIER THIS WEEK, THE SAINT BROWN FOUNDATION HOSTED ITS FIRST STRIKE FOR LITERACY EVENT, A NIGHT OF BOWLING AND GOLF IN DOWNTOWN DETROIT TO HELP RAISE MONEY TO BUY BOOKS AND SUPPLIES FOR STUDENTS IN THE MOTOR CITY AND HELP CULTIVATE THEIR LOVE FOR READING. >> AS A KID GROWING UP FOR ME, I UNDERSTOOD, YOU KNOW, MY PARENTS WERE SUPER, SUPER TOUGH ON ME IN THE CLASSROOM. SO OBVIOUSLY FOOTBALL IS A BIG, BIG PART OF MY LIFE. BUT AS A KID GROWING UP, IT WASN’T JUST SPORTS, IT WAS SPORTS AND ACADEMICS. NOT EVERYONE IS GOING TO BE AN NFL. NOT EVERYONE’S GOING TO PLAY SPORTS. SO WHETHER YOU WANT TO BE A PILOT, A DOCTOR, A TEACHER, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO BE, THE FOUNDATION STARTS WITH SCHOOL. THIS FOUNDATION IS REALLY JUST TO HELP THE KIDS AND AND GIVE THEM WHATEVER THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL. >> ATHLETICALLY GIFTED FROM A YOUNG AGE, SAINT BROWN ADMITS HIS PASSION FOR READING CAME LATER IN LIFE AND CREDITS HIS GERMAN BORN MOTHER, MIRIAM, FOR GIVING HE AND HIS BROTHERS THE PUSH THEY NEEDED. >> MY MOM WAS FROM GERMANY, SO SHE ONLY SPEAKS GERMAN TO ME. I’M ONLY, YOU KNOW, GROWING UP, GERMAN WAS LIKE MY FIRST LANGUAGE. GOING TO SCHOOL EVERY MORNING, SHE WOULD MAKE US READ TEN MINUTES OF A GERMAN BOOK. AND SO IT WAS ME AND MY TWO BROTHERS, AND I WAS THE FIRST ONE TO GET DROPPED OFF. SO I GRABBED THE BOOK. FIRST I’D START READING BOOM OUT LOUD SO SHE CAN HEAR IT. >> WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU TO SEE THEM WANT TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY? >> IT MAKES ME HAPPY, YOU KNOW. I MEAN TO HEAR HOW THEY LOVE KIDS. I MEAN, THEY DO FOOTBALL CAMPS NOW THEY HAVE THE FOUNDATION. IT’S IT’S VERY IT MAKES ME PROUD. >> AMON-RA SAID HE’S GRATEFUL FOR THE PATH HE’S TAKEN AND THE PLATFORM HE’S BEEN GIVEN TO SHARE THE IMPORTANCE OF LITERACY. AND MUCH LIKE HE IS ON THE FIELD, HE PLANS TO SHOW UP AND BE HANDS ON WITH HIS NEW FOUNDATION. >> ALREADY PARTNERED WITH WITH RHYMES, WITH REASONS. AND SO I PLAN ON SHOWING UP TO SCHOOL, BEING WITH KIDS, JUST SPENDING TIME WITH THEM, TALKING TO THEM. AND OBVIOUSLY WE’RE GONNA HAVE OTHER, YOU KNOW, SURPRISE EVENTS PLANNED. >> AND SAINT BROWN IS THE TYPE OF PLAYER WHO DOESN’T JUST TALK THE TALK. HE IS NOTORIOUSLY HARD ON HIMSELF, AND YOU CAN BET THAT HE’S GOING TO BE HUNGRIER THAN EVER TO PUT ON A BETTER PERFORMANCE. AFTER LAST WEEK’S LOSS TO THE VIKINGS, WHEN HE CAUGHT JUST NINE OF HIS 13 TARGETS FOR 97 YARDS. GUYS. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE THOSE GUYS OUT THERE. AND SO MANY OF THESE PLAYERS GET INVOLVED. AND THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS ON YOUNG PEOPLE IS ONE THEY WILL REMEMBER FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. >> YOU KNOW HOW I KNOW THAT AMON-RA IS A PILLAR IN THIS COMMUNITY? BECAUSE MY TWO YEAR OLD SON WAS DRESSED FOR HIM AS HALLOWEEN, AND EVERY HOUSE WE WENT TO, THERE WAS NO LIMIT ON THE CANDY HANDOUTS. THEY WERE LIKE, I’M ON RAW, TAKE AS MUCH AS YOU. >> WANT, YOU CAN TAKE IT ALL 202 PIECES. TAKE IT ALL. GO LONG. >> HERE’S A FULL SIZE SNICKERS. ALL RIGHT, WE’LL TAKE A BREAK. COME RIGHT BACK. PICS ARE NEXT. OH, YEAH. [MUSIC] [MUSIC] ALL RIGHT. >> TIME NOW FOR THE PICTURES. >> HEY, IT WAS A STRIKE, BY THE WAY. IT WAS A STRIKE. >> YOU THROW OUT A FIRST PITCH. >> MATTHEW BOYD WAS THE CATCHER ON THAT. AND HE TOLD ME IT WAS RIGHT OVER THE EDGE OF THE PLATE. >> SO YOU BUY BIG COFFEE? I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT. >> I WANT. >> TO TALK TO YOU BY BIGGBY. >> COFFEE. >> BREAKING BALL. ALL RIGHT. TODAY’S GAME. >> NO HATERS. >> I DON’T HAVE ANY HEATERS. LIONS. >> BOTH WASHINGTON LIONS FAVORED BY SEVEN AND A HALF. THE CURRENT LINE. THERE’S A BIG NUMBER LAST WEEK AGAINST THE VIKINGS. AND THAT DIDN’T WORK OUT TOO WELL. FIRST PITCHES ARE HARD MAN. WAS YOUR HEART BEATING? >> YEAH, BUT I WAS MORE UPSET THAT THEY TOLD ME I COULDN’T STAND ON THE MOUND BECAUSE I COULDN’T MESS IT UP FOR THE ACTUAL PITCHER, SO I HAD TO THROW IT FROM ABOUT 56FT. >> AND YOU’RE TUNED TO. >> YEAH, YOU’RE MORE 66, 66. >> I PLAYED BASEBALL THROUGHOUT. >> HIGH SCHOOL. WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THERE DIGGING HIS STUDS INTO HIS. >> IT WAS IT PROBABLY CLOCKED AT ABOUT 43 MILES AN HOUR. >> NICE. I WAS JUST PICKING THE LINES. >> JEN IS PICKING THE LIONS. WHAT ARE YOU DOING? SEVEN AND A HALF, BOY. BIG BOY. >> YOU KNOW WHAT? I GOT TO GO WITH WASHINGTON HERE, I DON’T THINK. I THINK THE LIONS STILL WIN THE GAME, BUT I THINK IT’S GOING TO BE A BATTLE GOING ON THE ROAD. WASHINGTON’S A DESPERATE TEAM. MARIOTA CAN CAUSE SOME ISSUES WITH HIS RUNNING ABILITY. AND UNTIL I SEE SOME ADJUSTMENTS THAT THIS OFFENSE CAN MAKE NOT ONLY IN THE RUN GAME BUT IN THE PROTECTION GAME AS WELL, AND PICKING UP SOME OF THE PRESSURES, I THINK IT’S GOING TO BE PROBABLY. >> YOU HAVE 10S. I’LL SAY THIS, I’LL SAY MORE, YOU’LL SAY MORE. YOU HAVE FIVE SECONDS. 31, 27 I THINK. >> THE LIONS WIN. I THINK THEY FEEL THE EFFECT OF NO MAHOGANY. I THINK THE COMMANDERS COVER, THAT’S. >> HOW THAT’S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SAY. THAT’S MUCH MORE EFFICIENT. HEY, ENJOY. >> YOUR SUNDAY. THANKS FOR MAKING US A PART OF IT. >> RAVENS VIKINGS ONE. LIONS. COMMANDERS FOR 25 FULL HOURS AMIRI. HOW TO HOLD A FOUR-SEAMER. >> DO YOU GUYS EVER. >> SHUT UP JUST LIKE THAT? THAT IS
