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It’s now time for hermani and Edwards with MZ live on the Woodward Sports Network every day 2 to 4: p.m. starring Ryan Armani Michigan great and former NFL baller brillan Edwards and of course Tom maway let’s talk some sports hey let’s go Wednesday show January 31st 2024 Armani wward with mass
Woodward Sports Network Woodward sports.com Fox to detroit.com or the fox Local app if you are watching live if you’re watching on YouTube part of the 62,000 subscribers on this platform we say hello hit that subscribe button join the show hit the like button as well Tom
Mway will be along in just a little bit brillan Edwards good afternoon to you my friend my apologies man I was over here sending this in the link so people know they can just click on the story and follow the show Ryan M how you doing I
Haven’t seen you since you’ve been back from the game that was Sunday how you feeling man do I look any older today you you don’t look older but you look you look wiser oh another year older another year wi man thank you bran Edwards Edwards always comes in bearing
Gifts got me a beautiful card with a little something in it you know what time it is you know what time it is what up for your pocket come come cof you’re a great birthday guy yeah you love birthdays you’re a great birthday guy you take care of everybody on their
Birthday that’s that’s a great trait to have I appreciate man everybody should be celebrate on your birthday man you know you don’t necessarily you know have to make it to this following this next year that was it’s going to be an amazing year for you and I just love you
Know showing people that hey man I appreciate you another lap around the Sun you deserve a little a little something quick non-sports topic before we get into it here this’s the last day of the month here today anybody out there in the chat taking part in this
Dry J January situation has anybody done this dry January I did a little bit of a damp January as I call it just you know a little bit just a couple just a little damp uh you know a couple times throughout the month you know I’ll put
Him back on maybe a weekend or something like you go to dinner you have a glass of wine whatever but I would think if you’re doing a a dry January that you now are either like oh hell yes about tomorrow being February or keep going
You’re like you know what I kind of like this I’m going to keep going all right so I’ll start with myself no it wasn’t that way in January although I did eat better in January did work out a lot in January including this morning you know
You see the guns is up but uh no I think this month ryanman especially the state of Michigan I think it’s been tough I just look at from this standpoint you got New Year’s Eve then on January 1st Michigan beat Alabama seriously then my girlfriend’s birthday is January 8th
Michigan won a national championship January 8th the Lions win two playoffs off games like January my brother’s birthday is January 19th shout out to Bailey so it it’s just been one thing after another from basically the 31st of December to this very moment so it’s
Been tough to kind of do the Tom DJ Tom T who always watches shout out to DJ Tom T he does that every year he goes from January 1st to Super Bowl I think is what he does but even him this year it was so much going on in the state of
Michigan I think that might roll over into February I think that’s what a couple of people the chat are saying as well Tim says yes one day to go I think broer likes my hash damp January uh my buddy Xavier shout out to you Xavier
Good to see you in the chat buddy I tried it but then the Lions playoffs had to drink and I think that was the hardest part about this I think Xavier hit the nail in the head the the Lions essentially have gotten us through the month of January you look up Michigan
Started early and the Lions finished exactly uh with the Lions playoff games three playf play off games there were three opportunities to really get together with your friends and maybe even more than that because with the lions in the playoffs you were so engaged at least you know sports fans
And many non-sports fans really you were so engaged in what was happening in every playoff game right who would the Lions play would they play at home would they play on the road what’s happening in the AFC there was a lot of football to watch this month and it’s hard to
Believe too there is one game to go in the football season there’s something very sad about that to me as we were coming to the show today I think about the show all the time from the time I go to bed to the time I wake up like what
Are we going to talk about today and the shows have pretty much written themselves you know you have’t not written but there’s a general outline of what you want to do and every day the sheet is filled up because there is so much football to talk about and now
We’re getting to to that part of the Year where you got to work a little harder right you got to work a little harder you got to dig a Little Deeper you got to find some interesting things that people want to hear about and uh
And so yeah just as as we end the month of January today I thought that was was pretty interesting yeah 100% uh DJ Tom corrected me he said he’s still held true this January shouts out to you kudos to you uh oh Me Maybe not Kudos
Cuz you went to Michigan State so there was no reason to drink early on in January but Kudos you you know he didn’t drink he’s downtown he’s right in uh right by Eastern Market so that would is a tough thing to do but you’re absolutely correct now these shows have
Been writing themselves like each week we find ourselves still in the playoffs still with a shot one more game to the Super Bowl and here you are the Super Bowl we came up just a bit short Ryan that’s why you sit in that chair and
That’s why I sit in this chair so so let me know if you need some help but I’m good very good good stuff guys coming up uh we’ve got Dan Miller coming up in hour number two of the program essentially a season finale with Dan Miller today just a little bit of a
Season recap uh he has joined us every Wednesday throughout the football season football season is now over we’ll of course have him back when things happen uh with the Detroit Lions but Dan will join us for a final time in the 2023 2024 football season today we’ll talk to
In Alex as well about all things Michigan there was a basketball game last night I didn’t even didn’t even watch it for one second woke up this morning saw the score Michigan State over Michigan so sad what’s happened to these two programs really because I don’t think Michigan state is anything
Write home about either yeah I don’t even know if they were playing for the Rival in that game it just doesn’t seem like anything is left in it Ryan quick question obviously yesterday you guys got a chance to talk about Ben Johnson standing as great news for the city of
Detroit we’ll get maybe into a little of that but what’s your just quick synopsis about the season like just in in quick quick back run what’s your what’s your take on this season and everything incred season very few times there are very few seasons that pick up where they
Left off the year before the Lions season absolutely did that and more they picked up right where they left off 8-2 season uh 8-2 to finish 22 come back win 12 games I say 13 uh thanks to the Dallas game in 2023 and I do think again
Very few times throughout uh um NFL teams do teams pick up where they left off and I think the Detroit Lions will do that very same thing next year this is a team to be reckoned with I think there’s certainly a top five team in the
Entire NFL and a top two two team in the NFC I agree with you know you look at how the season ended I think when people look at how the season ended they kind of forget about how the season was look it was an upsetting loss on Sunday let’s
Remove ourselves from that and just kind of look at the overall picture like Ryan you hit the nail on the head man to to come back with the same momentum as the last season last 10 games of the 2022 or 2020 uh2 season yes correct to bring
That into the 2023 season on prime time that was a big thing for me too they won on prime time they won on Thursday night they won on Monday nights they won on Sunday nights they won on the road this is something that they’ve now become accustomed to doing they got two playoff
Games at home they won both of those playoff games in great fashion and then they lose a close one to the 49ers in the road so it was a tremendous season I think we got to pay some people so it get interesting the one thing I need
Them to do and I’m going to get this out the way this is our first conversation together with the Lions no longer in the hunt I need them to stand on things that they need in the offseason I need them to make sure that they get a quarterback
They have to make sure that they secure a quarterback they have to make sure they secure some linebackers that can run lateral because those are things that have been the issue here for a little time now and they’re still the issue so I need them to focus on getting
The linebackers that can move lateral getting a defensive back and then everything else will fall in place those are the two things going into the off season but just looking at that season the city of Detroit’s never seen a c like a season like this and we talked
About it when they won their first playoff game when they won those playoff games in 91 they were in Pontiac yeah they won downtown Detroit twice so a hell of a season the best I think the Lions have ever had especially in the modern era and I think this division is
Quickly moving towards one of the best divisions in all of football I think obviously the Lions have staying power what they’re about to do with both their coordinators coming back and we assume Aaron Glenn is coming back uh there is one open coaching job available Seattle
Made a hire today we’ll talk about that in a couple of minutes but um I think the lions are upper echelon team in the NFL like top five team I think Green Bay is on a path to be a top 10 team in the NFL for sure I think Chicago with with
Their draft picks and all that draft capital and all that free agent money I think they’re a team they could be reckoned with for a lot of years and depending upon what Minnesota does with Kirk Cousins he wants two years guaranteed $90 million 45 million a year if Kirk Cousins returns with Justin
Jefferson uh and Jordan Addison that is a very formidable team in the league as well so I think the NFC North is a is a division Bray that so much could put into the lions could win 12 games next year and not get a home playoff game
That is why I always say each year is so unique to its own year um you know I hope that’s not the case but um you can’t take anything for granted yeah you’re absolutely correct I mean you look what M Flores is able to do with that Green Bay team this season it
Seemed like they piic well once the season kind of rolled on and they found themselves those young guys play really well on defense and offense you know shout out to M of Florida now you see what he wanted Aaron Rogers to maybe listen to in that playoff game but
You’re right the division will get better uh speaking of the division speaking of the Lions speaking of Ben Johnson Aaron Glenn how funny was it that the Washington commanders interviewed both of them the same day in in the same city I wonder where that interview was at so yesterday they were
In town interviewing Aaron Glenn and Ben Johnson at the same time well according to they were supposed to be yeah I I still to be honest with you I don’t even know if they came to town to interview Aaron Glenn okay I don’t know how that worked because apparently according to
Shefer the Washington contingent learned while in route to Detroit oh wow that Ben Johnson has pulled his name from head coaching consideration so I don’t know if they just tell the pilot to change course I don’t know if they continued on here to Detroit to uh interview Aaron Glenn I have not heard
How that thing worked out at all yeah I’ll be interest I mean but luckily that’s when you when you fly private you you have that option hey excuse me tell him to turn his baby around yeah I wonder what happened with that you know Ben Johnson made the shocking decision
To come back and I think it’s good for the city it it’s but it is interesting because I heard Adam Sher as you guys said say that the Washington commanders were surprised you know they’re a team that was you know they’re one of the most expensive teams in the NFL the
Washington brand they have three Super Bowl titles if you will as the Washington Redskins the prime new owners like they got the number two pick in the draft there’s a couple quarterbacks coming out so that’s a that’s a very shy move by Ben Johnson man this this grit
If this is it this grit and this identity and this belief and this buying into to what Dan Campo is what the city of Detroit could be this is a real thing man you got to take your hat off to Dan Campbell for building something so uh
Able to something so strong to be able to believed in like this that’s I was I was shocked and I mentioned this um yesterday and I I’ll you’ll probably get sick of me mentioning it but I really do believe that Detroit Lions will win the Super Bowl next year I think these guys
Coming back together for now a fourth year essentially um I think everything is in place for them to win the Super bowl next year and if they win the Super bowl next year Ben Johnson will again have the pick of the litter he will absolutely be able to name his price he
Will be able to name his job and I think for so many coaches and Mike McDonald uh the Baltimore Ravens uh defensive coordinator former defensive coordinator for Jim Harbaugh Michigan he got the head coaching job in Seattle today he’s the youngest head coach in the NFL 36 years old which is interesting because
They fired Pete Carrol who was a defensive minded coach Mike MCD is a defensive minded coach oldest coach in the NFL uh in Pete Caroll now he’s the they have the youngest coach in the NFL show what they care about exactly but now Mike McDonald absolutely great
Congratulations to you now I’ll say this and demo Ryan had had a lot of success in uh Houston defensive-minded coach goes to Houston the only difference is this who is the quarterback I don’t care who you are if you don’t have a quarterback you’re not going to win in
This league and what’s going to happen is two years from now maybe you’re lucky if it’s two years you’re not guaranteed that F go ask um Robert Salah well Robert Salah but uh somebody just got fired Midway through the year this year uh Frank W Frank Frank Wright just got fired Midway
Through the first year he had a number one overall pick in quarterback in Bryce young and they didn’t even give him the full year that’s two R that’s two years in a row he got fired before the season’s over last year too Colts sots what I’m saying is
Uh great who’s your quarterback yeah nobody wins in this league without a quarterback not bill Bill bich not Bill Walsh not Bill Parcels nobody named Bill or any other name wins without a quarterback bill yeah you said it you’re absolutely correct you if you have a quarterback because nowadays all you
Have to do is Tak an offensive coordinator with some variation of Kyle Shanahan system we’ve seen it whether it’s slow with the Houston Texans like all these guys are using Kyle Shanahan Matt lefl Kevin St or kensy some version of it all you got to do is get one of
Those coordinators and then get yourself a quarterback though but that’s the hard part Ryan cuz the Detro lions were trying to do that for a very long time more coaching news as well we’ll get into the Seattle Seahawk situation we’ll get into the Washington Commander situation as well um also a little bit
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Anytime lady James it’s wicked awesome hey welcome back Woodward Sports Network rman bran Edwards Tom asway will be along in just a little bit Pete [ __ ] and the great Jeremy Bryant JB in the house as well brillan wanted to ask you about um uh so Mike McDonald gets the
Head coaching job in Seattle so they go from the oldest coach in Pete Carroll to the youngest coach in Mike McDonald um hey held Kansas City that defense did their job did against the Kansas City Chiefs over the weekend uh it was offense that really hurt them offense
Turnovers penalties uh that hurt them but um again this leaves one job remaining I am surprised that the Washington commanders have not filled this job yet because as you say this is new owner ship in Josh Harris and Magic Johnson by the way Magic Johnson everything this guy touches turns to
Gold that’s number one okay the guy does not know how to fail in movies in restaurants in business Sports it doesn’t matter so that leads me to believe it’s an attractive job in and of itself just the fact that Magic Johnson is on the ownership team with Josh
Harris there in Washington I am surprised that this job has not been filled um and there’s some pretty highlevel coaches out there you you were right about Bill Jet bellich it does not appear that he’s going to get the get any job uh this year I’m surprised that
Uh Mike Vel is still out there he’s always had his teams ready to play um and then every team has a coordinator on it that feels snub and it does feel a little bit like Aaron Glenn again will get snubbed this time around yeah you’re right man there’s a lot of
Coordinators out there I mean you even look at the guys are still playing in the Super Bowl you look at the 49ers you look at Steve wils remember when we saw him with the Carolina Panthers you myself and M we thought he was a guy that could have kept his job with the
Carolina Panthers like he had that team going maybe he’s someone that they’re waiting to interview after the season goes on so we don’t know necessarily who they’re waiting on but has been a very interesting process throughout and you know maybe it is Aaron Glenn maybe they’re doing the third checking but I
Think we just wait and see what what goes on with the two the four coordinators that are going to be in the Super Bowl cuz like you said everybody when you win they’re plucking they’re plucking off the winners and also I think for magic you got to look at the
Two owners that now own this team Josh Harris and then Magic Johnson smart businessmen they understand where the Washington commanders have been they’ve been the laughing stock of the NFL at least from the front office position for a minute now so it’s like look no no
Let’s take our time let’s make sure we get it right cuz magic is also seen rushing some things when he was still with the Lakers and LeBron came and how the coaching situation so he does doesn’t want to get it right get it wrong cuz as you always say Ryan if you
Get the coach and you get the quarterback you can make some things happen so for a long time this could be a year they have talent on their team already so this could be a situation where and look at that division the NFC East like NFC East you got the Cowboys
Who are the Cowboys the Giants were a mess last year you look at the uh excuse me Eagles you look at the Eagles what are they going to do Nick Serano was not the same coach so I think they’re looking at it from that standpoint if we
Strike right we could be in this thing from you anticipate nobody’s won that division back toback years and I think it’s like 18 or 19 years now something like that so um there will be a new division winner next year be it Washington the Giants or Philadelphia I
Want to thank everybody in the chat because the minute I open up my mouth I knew this was going to happen I said Magic Johnson has not failed at anything and what is everybody bringing up the magic hour the late night talk show failure that magic had but you couldn’t
Let that one slide could you glad you don’t let anything slide around here I’m glad they did cuz that’s what that’s what led to my uh my my conspiracy theory about magic and and other things he got a TV show he couldn’t even talk that’s neither here no there we can talk
About the side know I watched the rumble on uh Saturday I got to see your boy La night oh yeah la night yeah he’s actually impressive like he’s actually pretty he’s pretty athletic he’s he good on the microphone he was impressive the show sucked I’m glad I don’t Ro wrested
Anymore but he was impressive that’s awesome impressive that’s great hey Washington you know they went an entire season without having a nickname do you think they can go an entire season without having a head coach oh you know the Washington football team with no head coach you have an interim there’s a
Bunch of assistant coaches it would be no different than Michigan State in the president situation oh God moving on hey Bray what’s going on with your former former team the Jets man there are some really exposive things coming out uh in a report from the athletic um there are
People within the organization leaking like crazy pause and um Robert Salah looks like he has created a disaster over there and Aaron Rogers is holding everybody hostage um that situation for the Jets looks to be an absolute joke today they let go Alex Hogan they parted ways with him
He’s the assistant general manager for the last four years 5 years he’s been the right-hand man for Joe Douglas the general manager there Robert Salah according to reports apparently has wanted to go through the phones of the assistant coaches on the staff to see who is leaking all of this
Information uh to the press number one if you want to go through people’s phones that means the information they’re giving you is true that’s number one number two when you want that stuff to happen you are also paranoid and number three only poor organizations have leaking there’s never a good quality
Culture organization that has leaks only a poor one yeah uh it’s funny you talk about uh leaks and informant I was just watching Griselda you guys got to check out on Netflix G Gela by Gela Blanco the Godmother like listen man uh I can’t think of her name right now Sophia varar
Does an amazing job she but she lost her mind thinking about an informing and it gets me to your point you’re absolutely correct when you have people leaking information it’s your own people it’s people that you hired it’s people that no longer think that this thing has a
Chance you just look at last year Ryan andman listen we understand that Woody Johnson Joe judge they did not necessarily talk to Robert Sal about every decision they made especially as it relates to the quarterbacks Zack Wilson isn’t the guy that he wanted Etc Aaron Aaron Rogers they don’t
Communicate everything what do we always talk about here with Detroit why is Detroit so so so good why have they moved up and why are they one of the best run teams organizations now the honesty that they have between them the trust from Sheila ham down to Brad
Holmes down to Dan Campbell down to the assistant coaches down to the players it’s trust it’s honesty they don’t have that look their defense is what they do best s Gardner was all pro first team as a rookie last last year that defense wasn’t the same defense this year they
Had a couple games for the most part wasn’t the same defense as last year s Gard like he took a major step back this season that sophomore slump they weren’t good and in on offense abysmal they bought in who they bought in old boy the head coach from uh Denver Broncos
Nathaniel hack they bringing Nathaniel hacket because Here Comes Aaron Rogers so we got to have his guy in place Nathaniel hacket was terrible he was the same that he was with Denver and you saw it and then Aaron Rogers when you give somebody like that the r which you know
Hey we get it Aaron Rogers you got to put all your eggs in one basket you you got the defense this could be the year so you bring in everybody he wants they’re on the hook for Alan Lazar Alan Lazar is expensive as hell and can’t
Catch like he didn’t play at the end of last year Rand cob how old is Rand cob so now you got a guy think he’s 167 exactly he’s just two years younger than me like he so Aaron Rogers held your organization hostage then he gets injured and now you’re doubling down on
Him you’re doubling down on the support you’re doubling down now you got players this is how it goes when people get paid and they don’t show up Ryan and people get dismissed and Friends get dismissed remember how mad the D tackle was for the Seattle Seahawks when he had to play
Against the Denver Broncos cuz they got rid of him and his boy for Russell Wilson same thing you’re seeing with the the Jets now now that there’s no success now guys can speak their mind like we should have did this anyway why you give all him all the power he hasn’t played
It down for the Jets but he’s the one that you making decisions they’re running decisions through Aaron Rogers and he’s played three plays Four including the injury he’s played four plays with the New York Jets so I mean it’s just one of the things where players are pissed the fan base is
Pissed and rightfully so because Joe Juds didn’t do a good job of making sure you had a safety net and you just gave into everything that Aaron wanted and it it’s great if Aaron plays but he didn’t play now you’re reaping you reap what you saw yeah and then you know Aaron
Gets hurt and the coach is incapable of adapting to the quarterback that they have in there and that’s how you ruin players careers um then he’s not short the microphone Zach Wilson uh his career I think is ruined yeah I don’t know if he can ever be you know uh
Like a Reclamation project I don’t even know if he can be a backup quarterback do you see how bad he is yeah he was now is that bad because he’s playing in Aaron Rodgers uh Aaron roders offense that is only suited to Aaron Rodgers and and is not adapted adaptable to anybody
Else I mean I don’t know but that is coaching Malin yeah 100% And The Jets are good for that you saw what they did to Sam darnold like I’ll never forget it man I was at that game the New England Patriots versus the Jets Monday Night
Football and the man said I think I see Ghost out there he threw six five or six interceptions he was sacked six times and he left them in there this seems to be a reoccurring pattern for the New York Jets I hate to say it because
That’s my squad but this is what I see my eyes aren’t lying to me they do not do a good job look that offense was atrocious offense was horrible last year so anybody playing an offense is going to be bad but I mean you you know I did
See my man out there uh the Big Stiff from the Cleveland Cleveland Browns he found 400 yards early in the season that’s right I mean Joe Douglas the general manager of that team has a mess on his hands um and if you look back at how these two organizations the New York
Jets and the Detroit Lions kind of mirror each other uh my goodness I mean Sheila and Rod and Chris fielman interviewed Robert Salah and Dan Campbell and I believe if memory serves correct and please feel free to correct me on this if I have this wrong it was
Down to those two men Dan Campbell and Robert Salah as finalists for the head coaching job in Detroit and I think I can’t remember if I if I’m getting this right or not but I think Salah took his name out of the mix because I do believe
They wanted to hire Dan Campbell he knew that that he was not their first choice so um man I’ll tell tell you thank God the Detroit Lions did not hire Robert Salah some guys and it’s okay some guys are not head coach material it it it it’s let’s talk about
This in just a little it’s okay not everybody is a top dog it’s okay to be great at what you do and being a coordinator ain’t too shabby he was a real really really good defensive coordinator with great players in San Francisco maybe that doesn’t translate
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Afterthought uh want to see what he thinks about Chiron Moore getting that job at um at Michigan as well the football program what happens next uh Ben Herbert leaves Jesse Minter leaves Jay Harbaugh leaves Jim Harbaugh leaves where does that football program go under the leadership and the direction
Of Chiron Moore we’ll talk about that coming up but we were just talking about coordinators and you know Robert ala to me is proving that he is a better coordinator than a head coach and not every great coordinator can take it up that next level to be a a head coach and that’s
Okay now that doesn’t mean you’re you’re uh not going to take the job I think Ben Johnson maybe is still trying 37 years old is awfully young you know 37 years old is a young man 36 years old if Mike McDonald is a young man but just because
You’re a great coordinator doesn’t mean I think that you have what it takes to be a great leader of men um you could do all the x’s and O stuff but sometimes you got to take it up a notch and uh maybe Robert Salah isn’t that guy maybe
Ben Johnson who says I want to remain as the head coach uh or excuse me uh the offensive coordinator of the Detroit Lion says you know what at 3 7 years old I need another year of seasoning myself I need to work on myself so that when I
Get that job I’ll be ready to take it um your thoughts brayan Edwards on a Robert Salah and B just there are some guys that are better coordinators than head coaching material maybe Eric manini was one of those guys here you go I like how you said that like how you said whenit
Didn’t Eric man gen I’ll get to uh to Dan Campbell or uh Robert Salah I’ll get to Rober a second let me start with uh Ben Johnson you know what Ryan money if you’re Ben Johnson you’re the hottest G I mean you’re the hottest offensive cordinator in the game pretty much right
Now see what you were able to do you led the league in touchdowns 64 touchdowns Lions had to the 49er 63 that’s a stat look it up he had this amazing year and everybody’s talking about you you’re shooting for the job with the Washington commanders but he seems like an intelligent
Guy you just went through a game in which you guys were leading leading the 49ers in San Fran sorry to bring that back up to you guys out there Ladies as well and now all of a sudden Dan Campbell at the end of the game because
Of decisions he made and how he coached the game a lot of people who just a day ago would have ran through a wall for Dan Campbell now they have questions about Dan Campbell now they may not want him as a head coach now I know this is
The small majority I mean small minority but at same time if you’re Ben Johnson you’re like hey man I’m about to be on that that’s going to be me I’m going to have to make decisions like this I’m going to be in spots like this am I
Equipped to handle that am I equipped to mentally you know make the wrong call and have to deal with it or make the right call but people say it’s the wrong call or deal with players so one of those things is exactly what you said is
You know maybe I need to take a up maybe I don’t want the Seattle job maybe I don’t want the Washington job maybe I need another year build under Dan Campbell build myself like maybe this year was about him building offensive coordinator and then he was going to
Become a head coach but he wasn’t thinking about being a head coach during that last season maybe this year he’s both maybe this year he’s offensive coordinating but at the same time he’s watching Dan more he’s starting to what would I do in this situation exactly now he’s paying
Attention now he’s micromanaging the decisions that Dan Campbell is making so maybe this is a year for him to kind of maybe another study year if you will like he could have came out after a junior but he de haded to study one more year so he can be ready after his senior
Year so I think it could be elements of that as well like look I’ve had until your point not getting Robert Salah you said you got to have a quarterback he hasn’t had a quarterback the quarterback’s been terrible but not everybody is meant to be a coordinator
Romeo Corell is one of the best defensive Minds the NFL has ever seen he was on the defensive staff for the Giants when they were winning in the 80s he was with Bill bich as the defensive coordinator when they won their first three Super Bowls he was the defensive
Coordinator with Charlie Weiss as the offensive coordinator that’s another great example 100% goes to Notre Dame and he can’t win on his own so Romeo canel he didn’t know how to be a head coach he was whatever the offensive coordinator said whatever the defensive coordinator said hell during the week I
Didn’t see Romeo cuz I played offense I didn’t even see him so not everybody is equipped because you have success Matt Patricia who you then realize wasn’t that good as the defensive coordinator either but he comes from New England Super Bowl he comes here and he’s just a
Whole piece of work not everybody is meant cuz in those moments you got to balance coaches you got to balance players egos you got to make the decisions you can’t get emotional when media says things about you there is a lot that comes with being a leader
There’s a lot with being the leader of men and that’s the head coaching position I’ll name you another name Josh McDaniels boom Josh McDaniels pretty darn good offensive coord really good especially when he has Tom Brady can’t be a a head coach yeah um you know I think of all those Cleveland Charlie
Weiss maybe I’m nameing a lot of guys there but um but it’s the real deal what about Salah for you do you think Sal because I I think if you’re forget about the ex’s and O part of this stuff forget about that I just think if you’re a
Great leader there are no leaks because people are loyal to you Dan Campbell will never have leaks in his organization just won’t happen too many people respect him if people are leaking in your organization that means one thing they do not respect you also I think people are no that’s true but also
I think people choose signs and I think and life is unfair so for me to sit up here and say look it’s unfair situation that Robert Sol is in it’s the truth when when you have one hand behind your back and you’re asked to do a task it’s
Not fair like it’s going to be tough things are going to fall through the cracks and I think that’s what you’re seeing in New York one arm tied behind his backs he doesn’t know Joe judge’s moves doesn’t know exactly what Woody Johnson wants to do he finds out at the
Last minute when he’s already at the podium they’re asking him questions and he’s looking dumbfounded when they’re asking him questions he’s finding out things in real time that talks about that transparency that the Lions have talking about the transparency that the Chiefs have you name a winning team you’ll see transparency between the
Different levels whether it’s the top to the uh the the front office and to the coach you don’t see that in New York so one hand time behind your back I don’t like how he kept doubling back on like like the quarterback like how he came to
The podium and just was erratic and wasn’t in formed even if I know that they’re not going to talk to me even if I know I’m not getting all the information I’m still going to come up there and have some confidence about myself and I think in those moments you
Saw that non-confidence it was a struggle for him you know I think that Salah and Dan Campbell have so many similarities and are kind of linked together because they both got a head coaching job the same year um you know I know Salo was interviewed here in Detroit and Dan Campbell ultimately got
The job but you know for Salah and Campbell when you look at those two guys look we could disagree with Dan Campbell all we want about the fourth down and I can’t even go down that road again the fourth down and the kicking all that
Stuff but at least exed at least he has conviction in why he makes these calls guys like Robert Salah they have no conviction about anything it was like I’m gonna start Zack Wilson I’m not going to start Zack Wilson Aaron Rodgers is with the team Aaron roders is not
With the team this he he has no conviction about anything it seemed like and and that’s when you have a bunch of people 30 people in the organization yeah you know feeding all of this uh Intel to the athletic for a major report on organization I don’t know how Robert
Salah keeps his job after that yeah you’re you’re 100% right Ryan and as you were talking I was just looking at it something that Dan Campbell said after the game they interview Dan Campbell Pete JB they interview him and what does he do what does he do he double down on
The decision to go for it all three times he doubles down what do you say I don’t regret it now behind closed doors he may regret it you know and that’s his prerogative you know when he’s talking to Sheila Hamp he’s in the meeting like uh
Maybe I should have took the points cuz she’s the owner and you want to tell those things but in that microphone with is with with the team watching with the country watching he stood up there and say look I don’t regret it this is what
We do I stand on it I stand on business if that would have been Robert Salah at that Podium that wouldn’t have been the same rhetoric you got you would have got you would have been able to convince him that he was wrong for going for it he
Would have started off saying hey you know what uh and this is what got us here and this is typically what’s worked for us by the end of that press conference he might say you know what maybe we should have gone for it I mean maybe we shouldn’t have gone for it
Maybe I should have kicked the field goal you I just don’t know that’s not a guy that I want leading my team right I mean look there’s there’s one guy on this desk that played NFL football and you’re not looking at him right now um
But but you know uh I I would think and whether you play football or whether you you you know you work television or work anywhere you want to trust your leader right you want to trust your manager you want to trust your head coach you want
To trust your boss and I think if you look around at that Jets team compared to the Lions roster how many guys on the Lions roster trust their head coach give me a percentage 100% how many guys on the New York Jets roster trust their head coach give me a percentage 23 maybe
Yeah I agree I me yeah you know I mean a great number so right that’s a great number but but it’s just like that’s part of the leadership aspect that I I don’t think can be unders scored in a professional organization and that’s why when you look at the Detroit Lions and
This culture that word gets thrown around in sports like you wouldn’t believe culture but show you a bad culture I’ll show you a good culture the New York Jets and the Detroit Lions two organizations that were on the same that were on the identical tracks one is
Playing for Super Bowls and the other is trying to to ward off uh newspaper articles about them yeah just trying one is just trying to make sure that people know that they double down on their decision to bring Aaron Rogers in I just it’s it and to be honest Ryan it’s not
Over for the Jets this they have another Bad season coming they just have they have a you can you can see the writing now they got another Bad season coming well what’s not over too I mean if you if you think of the consistency with the Detroit Lions coaching staff okay just
Looking at these two organizations what we’re talking about with the Jets today is almost what we were talking about with the Lions for a long time with you know Matt Patricia Bob Quinn nobody trusting anybody I mean I can’t even imagine Dan Campbell walking up to his
Coaches and saying let me look at your phone I want to see if you’re the leaker that would never happen to this organization because Dan Campbell trusts his coaches and his coaches trust and Dan Campbell and everybody in that organization trusts their owner and trust their general manager and Trust the advisers
In New York you’ve got the head coach again if you believe the reports that are being out there today going around to his assistant coaches saying let me see your phone to see if they’re the leak what what are we five and and for all the people out there that don’t know
This part which I know most of you are intelligent enough to realize is Robert Salah hired everybody on that staff like as a head coach the one the one thing you definitely get to do is pick staff which means if you keep people that are already there you still have to
Interview those people if you want to keep them on your staff so the fact that this is someone on his coaching sta he hired these people so 100% right they don’t trust him they don’t trust the system and they want him out all right RS man that’s it rats freaking rats uh
Hey coming up next we’re going to talk about a couple of proo selections who’s going who’s not headed to the Pro Bowl games Edwards played in a pro bowl game uh we’ll get his take on that take a look at the Super Bowl and of course Dan
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By the way Frank ragd now not going to parti participate in the Pro Bowl games as they are called uh this year due due to his multiple injuries uh Eric McCoy of the Saints will be in his stad uh Jared Goff has decided not to participate either uh but Aman Ross
Brown and Jamir Gibbs are headed to the Pro Bowl so those two will uh display their talents in the Pro Bowl games uh proo is a lot of fun man I it’s something that if you have dreams and aspirations of making it to the league then you also have dreams aspirations
Making a pro bowl making a Super Bowl Etc so getting a chance to do it was fun pton Manning uh Dereck Anderson Ben uh rothenburger were the quarterbacks was me uh Chad Johnson Chad Chingo excuse me uh Reggie Wayne Etc it’s a lot of fun
You go out there you hang out and send Honolulu uh it’s not really practice like you go to practice you look at the plays for 20 minutes you drinking by the pool by 10:45 a.m. man and doing it all day and it was fun you go surfing but it
It’s just fun to be around your peers and I think that’s the thing Ryan most of all is getting to be around the other guys in NFL that you call Elite that you look at when you’re on the same team as Ray Lewis and pton Manning you know
You’re looking across from you and you got Charles Woodson and you got Champ Bailey and things like that so it was it’s a lot of fun but now how how did it happen like this how did it work out like I mean you you know what it is it’s
Money it and but I understand it to a certain extent these guys like you got receivers making 30 million yeah you you got quarterbacks making 60 million in a year or two uh I think this season so with that being said I can’t really justify having my $60 million
Quarterback right you know playing in the exhibition game I can’t justify having my $30 million wide receiver who he gave away three first rounders for his job is to get me to the Super Bowl I could care less about this exped Expedition which you always talk about
Exhibition I should say so it sucks but it is understood because if you’re a fan base and because I want to say what was it uh the uh the New England Patriots Robert Edwards was a running back what’s up big guy the New England Patriots Robert
Edwards was a running back this is back in like maybe 99 2000 they were doing some beach volleyball game at the Pro Bowl or at this uh Pro Bowl and he tore his ACL I remember that it was never the same running back he was never he never
Got PA cuz then they had to go get Kevin faul from LSU but that’s one of the risk you run in playing these games so I think I I get it and it’s cool but it just sucks because Mass who just is about to sit down will’ll tell you I’m
Pretty sure about all the the pro bowls that he used to watch especially the fastest man was my event Willie go Hera Walker R Woodson shant yeah that was really the that was really the the image that I think a lot of people uh think
About when they think of the Pro Bowl is Shawn Taylor and I don’t know who he blew up but sha tayor blew somebody up yeah right was a wow was he was from the was he with Dallas bills bills there you go yeah he knocked his Sean Taylor was a
Different type of player man rest in peace he was going to be definitely one of the great arguably he could have been one of the greatest ones of all time bril I haven’t had a chance to talk to you about the Super Bowl yet it is set
And I I um I had a buddy text me yesterday and say he’s not even going to be able he can’t I mean he’s gonna watch I mean he’s he’s gonna watch but he can’t even watch the Super Bowl this year he’s like I just can’t do it um we
Could have beat the Chiefs we should have beat the 49ers um what is your early read on the Super Bowl San Francisco is a two-point favorite over under 47 A2 I just don’t understand how people the odds makers can continue to make Patrick Mahomes the underdog San Francisco did not look good
Against Detroit I think Detroit gave him that game uh they did not look good against Green Bay they hadn’t played a good game start to finish in six weeks um well five weeks I think what do you make of this Super Bowl early 10,000 foot view of it can’t see
Chiefs like what are we talking about like what are we absolutely talking about the Baltimore Ravens did something to the 49ers the San Francisco 49ers have not been the same team since the Baltimore Ravens game now they do what they need to at the end Brock pie he had
The drive at the end of the Green Bay Packers game which is a game Green Bay had in the bag as well you see fast forward to the next week the Detroit Lions are winning 24 to7 and halftime it’s 24 to7 in halftime Detroit Lions versus the 49ers for some reason they
Can’t get out the blocks lately and they’re becoming the second half team Ryan and Mane I make you this promise you do not want to turn into a second half team against Patrick Mahomes you see what he is doing he is answering the bell every freaking time they’re scoring
On the first drive like what he did in Baltimore he took Lamar out of it he made Lamar focus more on being better than him and how good he was playing then actually wanting to win the game and actually doing the things that he knows he can do running the ball
Extending some plays he tried to beat Patrick Mahomes straight up two drives in a row they scored touchdowns that game was over even though they were in it they were never in it cuz Lamar was never in the game that’s what Kansas City is doing that defense they’re now a
Defensive team like their defense is one of the best defenses in NFL their secondaries one of the best secondaries in the NFL that’s how they’re beating you and Patrick Mahomes has turned into an elite he’s still the best player in the league but now he’s a elag game
Manager people hear that term and all Mahomes last week had 241 he was 30 and 39 he had one touchdown pass one touchdown pass 30 39 241 those aren’t those aren’t mindblowing and jaw-dropping numbers but guess what no turnovers and that defense played outstanding they’re the team to beat I
Think the 49ers right now something about that first half that isn’t sitting right with me Tom mwe good afternoon to you my friend how you doing buddy sorry I’m late no you’re fine dude you’re taking care of business out there hey first of all uh BR are you working out
For the Senior Bowl you look fantastic appreciate that man so the guns I appreciate that man you know what I’m saying rocked up right now man look at this guy got the camera stuck that’s all good want see me Pete show show brilin again not
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Second of all you were talking about Patrick mcoles and how he against him how he paid attention to Lamar Jackson I mean Lamar Jackson paid attention to him you and I talked about it the other day yes we did he stood up when Ryan was uh
Running behind on on Monday he stuck at the airport we talked about that game and I noticed Lamar Jackson usually sits like Jaylen Herz does sits on the bench cap on tow chilling out you know what he was doing during that game standing on the sidelines watching Patrick Mahomes
With his mouth open like oh my my God I got to go do this and he moved the team they just could not stop making mistakes you got to Fumble into the End Zone by the rookie and you got that bad interception on the other end zone it
100% look Z flowers he’s going to take a lot of BL blame for that a young guy young rookie he was Dynamic this year but yes he had two big plays the taunting penalty took him out of an easy touchdown and then they didn’t even score on that drive and then the next
Time he fumbles trying to go in as opposed to just taking the tackle understand that but Lamar Jackson definitely contribute to that as well like he was overthrowing guys on every pass every pass was three to four yards too far not even giving his wide
Receivers uh a chance to make a play and a lot of times he second guess himself he’s set in the pocket for too long Ryan that strip sack fumble that’s a play he St in the pocket for just a little bit too long so it it’s it’s it’s one thing
In the regular season man we talk it’s one thing in the regular season it’s one thing when it’s a Monday night football game or Thursday night football game or you’re in Baltimore and nobody cares it’s another thing when it’s the playoffs and the next game gets you to
The Super Bowl and you’re playing against a guy that’s already been there three times and won two of them it’s another thing and I think in that moment it was too big for him I’ll tell you I think John Harbor called a bad game I’m
I’m going to blame it a little on him you don’t use Isaiah likeley I mean the guy’s a stud you don’t use Mark Andrews I know he came back first game and then Odell Beckham started going in the fourth quarter what the hell took so
Long to get him the ball what took him so long he’s look at his flowers every single play they just they blew that game they had Kansas City on the ropes they let him off the hook you know it’s funny because in in just about there’s so many
Sports that you know you just play in somebody’s era and you never win you know Michael Jordan is playing he keeps all those guys from winning championships Curry LeBron Derek Jeter Derek Jeter you know you know winning championships and keeping Alex Rodriguez you know Alex Rodriguez had to join
Derek cheeter to get his championship um and it just feels like Lakers Celtics Patrick momes is that guy Tom Brady for so long oh yeah and it just feels like Patrick Mahomes is that guy in this era that you know Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson and all these great
Quarterbacks and they are great quarterbacks are just in an era where Patrick momes is clearly the guy that will win every single time you might pop for one but it’s momes league and it’s such a shame because Josh Allen is a great quarterback and Lamar Jackson is a great
Quarterback but they may never win and the people of Buffalo are going to suffer for the rest of their lives knowing that the bills traded to Kansas City that pick that they took with Patrick Mahomes yeah you got Josh Allen but you could have had Patrick Mahomes a
Lot of teams could have had Patrick Mahomes a lot of teams whiffed on that can’t just blame them no you’re absolutely correct about that but the problem with the uh the Chiefs thing it goes back to what the Lions I mean they don’t have a Patrick Mahomes but you got
The coach Andy Reid is a genius and has been but he never had a Patrick Mahomes Patrick Mahomes has allowed them to do something different look at what Brad V has done as a GM they were this is the second this is a different this is the
Third version of the Kansas City Chiefs team if you’re being honest they won the first Super Bowl they were a high powerered offense man right leading the league and scoring Patrick Mahomes 50 touchdowns etc etc the next time they won a Super Bowl which was last year uh
Offense had to come through late in games the defense started to become a better version now this year they’re a defensive team Brad V like this is how you they say hey look well we can’t bring Tyreek in all the time oh we can’t bring all these expensive players in so
We had to find another way to win and it’s having that young defense that they do is playing so well you got that’s an organizational deal you know what helps too when you have a seventh round draft pick and you get a running back like they got number 10 Isaiah Pacho yep
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Speaking of March Madness we’re going to have the Midwest Regional here little season who that sweet 16 take we take the team right to the final four maybe a little uh Michigan Michigan State we got eight we got Elite 8 to one or S yep no
I’m saying he’s D there okay he’s there all right he’s there yes he’s there yes thank you P we send the team to the final four I’m pretty sure Le yeah very good all right guys let’s bring him in uh season finale of sorts for Dan Miller I mean he’s joined
Us every Wednesday nobody could be happier than Dan Mill man what are you doing next Wednesday how you doing D oh next Wednesday I plan on being in a haze somewhere what’s happening man hey um what’s up guys so uh first and foremost news yesterday Ben Johnson comes back uh
Just your initial reaction to that it’s great I mean look number one if this is what Ben wants to do I’m happy for Ben I was all for him getting a job if one came his way and that’s what he wanted to do I’m a big fan of
His obviously he’s done great things for this organization and getting to sit down with him you know many times over the last couple of years has been great uh he’s a top-notch guy he’s a top-notch coach and uh if he doesn’t feel like this is the time that’s a win win for
Detroit because uh that offense is humming it has been humming for two years and you just don’t know exactly what you’re going to get when you switch offensive coordinators if they’ll have the same you know Vibe with Jared gof and feel for this team like he does so
Um look if it’s first and foremost for him great do what you want but for the Lions man I think that was uh took some of the sting out of Sunday because I think people could then say okay that’s a good thing let’s start moving towards getting better next year doesn’t mean
You don’t hurt anymore but I think it was kind of therapeutic for people to say all right there’s some good news here you know for the Lions organization it feels like honesty is such uh an appropriate word for that organization because that’s a big part of their culture they’re honest with each other
They’re honest with the players they’re honest with the coaches and they’re honest with themselves and and maybe Ben Johnson just said hey I could use use another year to get to the right situation do you think that’s possible it’s possible Ryan I don’t know look he’s 37 years old he’s been a
Coordinator for two years um he’s at a very fast rise I know he likes it here his family likes it here it’s a comfortable situation he’s working for a guy that he loves like these coaches love working for Dam Campbell uh he’s got a lot of leeway to do things the way
He wants to do it I’m sure he is well paid and while Adam shter reported yesterday they didn’t sweeten anything my my guess is they probably will um so you know there’s a lot of things to like about this but I would say that just reading the tea leaves from last year
And this year both of which he pulled himself out it’s family it’s current situation and it’s probably just he re realizes that things are really good here and there is some value in sticking around for another year seeing how far you can take this and continuing to gain experience hey Dan uh
Happy belated birthday man I got a chance to quote tweet Ryan last week on your birthday man so definitely send you a shout out apprciate deserved my guy uh I’ll spare you from talking about Sunday I think everybody’s talked about Sunday to their blue in face should you should
You have not what happened blah blah blah I’ll get into the off season looking at this Detroit Lions roster a lot of moves are going to have to be made a lot of people are going to have to be paid what do you think is the first three moves the Detroit line
Should be thinking about not make but necessarily be thinking about well you do have to work out contracts here obviously you got to start looking at Amon R you got to start looking at G you got to start looking at Pan um the the contracts for the guys
That you know are cornerstones for the team you have to start looking at them I don’t know what the situation with jono Jackson is I don’t know if they’re going to be able to afford to pay four guys on that offensive line which is in essence
What they’d be doing um so look what Jonah’s a stud man and and one of my favorite guys in there whatever happens I hope it works out well for him I just there there’s dollars and there’s dollars that make sense and they may think on a cap it doesn’t doesn’t make
You better football team to let Jonah Jackson walk out the door but sometimes those are the tough decisions you have to make I would love to wake up and see a headline that says he’s coming back we’ll have to wait and see what happens there but contracts aside guys look you
Got to fix that defense first thing you got to do is figure out the offensive line figure out okay who’d you lose that’s the strength of your team get that thing make sure it’s right got to fix that defense you got to find somebody else that can rush the passer I
Think both from The Edge and another guy that can rush the passer from the interior it’s easier said than done but if you’re asking me what you need to do I think that’s it then you got to St start looking at that cornerback position um it is thin and it need
They’re going to need multiple guys at corner to come in here and I think you’re going to need to to probably spend money to get a veteran at one of those pots and then maybe some young guys after after that and look it didn’t work out the way that they thought it
Would in the secondary this year they thought they’d have CJ for the whole year they thought they’d have Mosley those two things didn’t work out obviously so uh the positives Bon wo came on you know he’s a piece to the puzzle Kirby’s going to be back uh so
There there’s some pieces there that you can see but you have to tighten up that pass defense that’s UPF front and that’s in the secondary I do believe in some ways they lived a bit of a Charmed Life here with the number of Chunk plays they
Were given up and that they were able to survive it I don’t know if that’s sustainable really over a long haul and going to next year now you got the opportunity to go out there and fix some things during the season you’re trying to hide things trying to make up for
Things so uh look Brad Holmes Dan Campbell they they know what they’re doing and I think that’s probably one thing that gives fans a lot of faith in what’s going on is these guys have been good at reading the situation and improving the team D I agree with you
100% you know that bend but don’t break it can only go so far I believe in that San Francisco 49ers game at then it did break uh you bought up a player you bought up Jared G how interesting and hard is this conversation going to be with golf and Detroit Lions because
There’s a lot of there’s a lot of there’s a lot to to unpack if you will in terms of the extension I’m thinking something along the lines of Gino Smith but I could be wrong in terms of how Seattle paid him well I I think G has
More of a track record than Gino Smith golf has led a team in LA to a Super Bowl One playoff games there came here found his game found a comfort level won two playoff games was a whisker away from going back I I I think there’s more
Of a track record there look I think he’s gonna get paid I think he’s GNA be one of the top paid quarterbacks in the NFL he’s gonna make 45 to 50 million bucks somewhere in there and then over the next couple of years other guys going to get paid and he’ll go from
Whatever top four or five to eight nine or 10 that’s just how it works but I just what he’s done he’s earned it I mean this is is a top offense he is statistically a top quarterback this is a team that went deep into the playoffs
This is a team that won a Division I mean at the most important position he has helped lead this team to something guys that we’ve only dreamed about for 30 years winning a division something we only dreamed about for 32 years winning a playoff game something we hadn’t done
Since 1957 winning two games in a postseason so man I understand that people would love him to be able to run a 445 and run away from Defenders you can’t do that but there’s a whole lot of things he does do well and I I’m I’m just kind of perplexed by people that
Say oh you can’t pay him and you can do better elsewhere where where you’re right let me clarify myself to the people out there I didn’t mean necessarily how Gino got paid and you know he only got paid this and you’re absolutely correct did way more I meant
How he got a front loaded contract for three years and then now you got some wiggle room in year two with you that’s kind of more so so my apologies I need to clear that question up yeah no no no and and I I understand what you’re
Saying there brillan and and look that’s up to dner and goff’s agent and look they’ve got some guys that are going to need to get paid here they’re going to need to get creative with this cap in the next couple of years that’s that’s the byproduct of drafting well and
Developing good players but Ain ra is GNA get top dollar pan is going to get top dollar yeah when these guys get paid so you’re gonna need to figure out a way to do that um with these guys that are coming up and down the line there are
Others but um those are big time guys that are going to get paid and golf is too so however you do it frontload backload middle load however you do it that’s above my pay grade but you got to figure out a way to do it and still leave yourself some flexibility agreed
Hey Dan I was uh the first one of the first guys that say I wanted to get CJ Gardner Johnson here and they and they brought him in he went down in week two they didn’t get like you said they didn’t get everything out of them comes
Back week 18 just getting in football shape basically but he had a bad game on on Sunday and got that 15 yard penalty he was waving goodby to to the crowd as well does that sit well with this team do you think he’s back next year good
Question and I don’t know the answer to that I I I don’t know what they saw from him this year I think probably the emergence of branch and melaan Wu makes it less of an urgent situation for them because they need to look other places to spend their money in that secondary
Um I I just think depends on what the market holds for him as well last year obviously the market didn’t work out to the to the degree that he wanted uh and he ended up here on a one-year deal um he’s still a young guy uh he obviously came back off
The injury he’ll have a whole off season to get right um I MZ I don’t know the answer to that question I don’t know where he fits in their plans I do know that nickel and safety where you would normally think about him I think they feel better about those positions now
Than they did when they signed him now depth is great numbers are great being able to roll different guys out there is great different formations have him on the field with other people this is not me talking CJ down at all it’s just saying I think that the the landscape
Has changed a little bit from when they signed him I agree but you know he brings that he brings that Swagger to this team and I I haven’t heard him speak ill of anybody on this team he basically speaks ill about the other teams but the guy’s been on three teams
In three years so you know maybe there’s something out there that that doesn’t attract it when Dan spoke yesterday and he’s like doesn’t matter how you how much a player is going to get paid how Superstar he is he’s got a fit on this team and I thought he fit do you think
He fit I look I think they knew exactly what they were getting with CJ I mean look they they were with him in New Orleans Aaron Glenn knows exactly what they were getting in him I don’t think anything that happened to what you’re referring is a surprise he is a guy that
You know is going to tell you what he thinks he’s not a guy that’s going to hold back uh I think in some regards that’s good I do think he gave this team some Swagger in particular during the off season when these guys you know were
Coming off a good finish but still could use somebody to tell them how great they are I think there was some positive things certainly that he did we don’t have a whole body of work to go off of it it’s it’s difficult to look at you
Know a game and a half and then and him coming back at the end where he probably I’m guessing didn’t feel 100% like himself like you normally would going into a late game where you’d played all year so um I don’t I don’t know if any of the ancillary stuff that you’re
Talking about is a surprise to this coaching staff because they knew exactly who he is and what he brought because they brought him here let me tell you something they were excited when they got him I mean if you heard Brad Holmes screaming and waking everybody in his
House up according to him they were excited about getting getting him and bringing him in here so I I don’t know that that I would look at at anything that happened or or you know him chirping or anything as a negative I think they understand that’s who he is
And that’s kind of swagger that he brings to a team yeah I hope he stays uh he’s one of my faves but uh on the other hand come on man M Maz Ma how are you not asking me why Zack Herz wasn’t active I I’m waiting for that that was
His next questiony listen I’m waiting for that I know they needed the extra offensive lineman and they love Jason cabinda okay God forbid Jason cinda’s got to be active anyway you know Hutchinson got shut out I don’t know what the hell happened to him but can
You get me a effing kicker Dan please get me a kicker I was waiting for it I think that’s probably something they got to look at obviously in the off season is is trying to find somebody that can nail that thing down and feel good regardless of what happened in the NFC
Championship game uh you’ve been through several kickers now in the past couple years I don’t know that they have one at this point that they’re necessarily comfortable with um they don’t I I I don’t know that Dan Campbell I don’t know that he likes field goals very much
Obviously but I look I do think that’s something that you look at in the off season and and if something makes sense it’s a move that you make where you can feel a little more stable there if he had the Cowboys kicker he liked field goals I promise you that man it’s over
He’s something else is he he yes hey Dan last thing um one of the things that Dan keville was talking about uh too after the game in a little bit yesterday is that you know each year is a new year and what you did last year doesn’t
Matter just because you’re in the NFC championship game in 24 doesn’t mean you’re going to be in the NFC championship game in 25 hell the Dallas Cowboys last played in the NFC championship game back in 1995 he also said you learn a lot about players that go you know 313 and one you
Learn a lot a lot about players who go 14 and six as well what do you think this franchise what can you leave the fans with uh just moving forward here the direction of of this thing uh how like I think they’re going to win the
Super bowl next year I’ve said a lot of crazier things but I just think this team with everybody coming back is going to win the Super Bowl uh next year that that’s that’s my floor for this team next year uh what what are you positive about uh
This off season and and this franchise moving forward well I’m I’m G give you a long answer here so you guys get comfortable um look I I think that you know we were talking about it last night um we’ve seen Detroit teams that have had to go through pain before they got
What they wanted I I was actually talking to Fred human on his show this morning and he brought up something that that I had been blessed to talk to Al Kine about how 1967 fueled 1968 because they just barely lost out in 19 67 and they knew that they should have won it
And that fueled 68 if you talk to Dan Petri he will tell you the fact that they lost it in 83 and felt like they should have won it fueled them in 1984 we know what the wings went through getting swept in the Stanley Cup finals
Azie as as a young player you know in that game seven emotional in the locker room because they had lost they went through their tough times before they finally broke through Pistons Isaiah throwing the ball away the Phantom foul all those things before they ultimately broke through sometimes it goes like
That sometimes you need to be battl tested and hardened and calloused before you can get to the point that you want to get to look I think there’s another side to what Dan Campbell talked about too those 49ers had lost two consecutive NFC championship games they were in the
NFC championship game for the fourth time in five years so you can get back what’s Kansas City six times in a row in the AFC Championship game you can get back but you know what it it takes that same mindset that they had this year
What you can’t do is figure okay you got this thing you got to roll the ball out there and you’re good enough to win you got to understand you’re good enough to lose too and and you have to have that hunger and I think Dan Campbell is a
Master at setting the tone for his team so I have no doubt that he will have them ready to play um you know what excites me is they having a a chance now to attack their weaknesses you know as I said during the season you have to hide
Them and do the best you can to to not have them help lose you a game on a Sunday um now they have a chance to go out there and fix them but look I love the character of this team I love the way this team fights uh and and I think
The core of this team is a group of guys that will come back ready to go they should be hacked off right now because they had the Super Bowl right there and they didn’t get it and credit to the 49ers they made plays Lions didn’t learn
From that come back be that team next year and and based on what I’ve seen from this team this coaching staff this general manager and the people he has under him they have nothing in their mind other than taking this thing further than what it went this year he’s
Right though you’ll know what injuries are going to happen you don’t know what you know UPS or Downs you’re going to have but I’m not concerned about this team being comfortable I’m not concerned about this team having a hangover or anything like that I I feel like I know
This team they just need to come back with that same fire and I believe that they will and now we need to let Brad Holmes and Dan Campbell do their things and improve that roster and come back better those great stories Dan I I know Bill Parcels is going to call Dan
Campbell and remind him that the 85 Bears shut out his Giants 21 nothing to go win the Super Bowl 20 and the Giants came back the following year and beat everyone’s ass and won Super Bowl 21 I really believe the Lions will win Super Bowl 59 uh wherever the hell it is in
New World there’s so there’s so many stories like that that you know I mean look at Michigan guys Michigan you know got their teeth kicked in two years in a row in the playoffs and what did they do they just kept fighting and came back
For a third year and won it all I mean it’s sometimes it happens like that it’s not fun but it’s how you handle it that ultimately dictates where you go from there and I you know look at the character that that that Michigan showed and coming back and some of the guys
That decided to come back just to finish that job and that tells you something about them I think we have a lot of guys on the Lions are cut from that same cloth and they will be hungry to come back just to finish it cuz when you’re
That close and you don’t get it there’s two ways you can go you can either let it get you down or you can let it piss you off and come back ready to go Dan you’re absolutely correct I remember being on the 2012 Seahawks team that uh
We got close we got to semi loss to the Falcons and the very next year I wasn’t on that team but they won the Super Bowl so you’re absolutely close this isn’t a question it’s just to remind you that your team went 12 and five they won
North they won two home playoff games this season it was a hell of a freaking ride then and I can’t wait to see what 24 2024 has in store am man I’m looking forward to this offseason guys I’m I I just you know look that’s stung it’s it
Was not good it hurt uh but still I’m the the here’s the thing we love about these games that we watch and we invest in is that you always have hope well we’ve gone from hoping that a six and 10 team or six and 11 team can just get
Good now we’re hoping that a 12 and five team that won two playoff games and got to the NFC Championship can get that much better and that’s what it’s all about is is just improving getting better improving from within improving from the outside I’m excited about this
Off season now I’m excited about guys that I trust going out and improving this roster and and and attacking their weaknesses they’ve earned that from me and I think they should have earned that from a lot of people around here who have watched them work and the way that
They do things and let them go to work now let’s get this thing done let’s come back better not not as good not but better knowing that you need to be better the Great Dan Miller uh Dan thanks for joining us throughout the season and uh we’ll see you next week
Then we going talk about that talk about the Pistons and the wings and talk aboutness next week all right buddy all right thanks Dan again appreciate you guys this was fun man I appreciate you guys love buddy absolutely the absolute best and again uh download the fox Local
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Final time this year final time uh we’re going to have a Baldi segment after time uh for the season anyway baly uh chopping up the videos and showing us some of the things that we are not trained to see the way that our eyes are not trained to watch the game as he
Points out so perfectly so we’re going to go um we’re going to start with Alex anzalone this is Baldi breaking down how great of a day Alex anzalone had on Sunday the Lions had nothing to be ashamed about about how they played this game or this season but this guy Alex
Anzalone what a season he had best season out of the seven so far in the NFL and he just keeps getting better and better here is recognition right here of the wine back is spotless like square up and take mcaffrey down all of his tackles are physical tackles like
There’s an old saying right here in this outside Zone like slow to you know he’s just waiting for mcaffrey to pop in and Bam the play ends when it gets to enzel the play ends that’s just the way he was this year 129 tackles 47 more more than
Anybody else in the Lions now watch him he calls the signals right down the goal line you protect the goal line here comes Debo in motion he sees it and recognizes it immediately sideline to sideline all right flow flow and then tackle and keep Debo out of the end zone
Then get up get up and get back to the Huddle and go defend your goal line again get ready for the next play and this all the way to the final play really of the season right here final minute right here like here comes Elijah Mitchell same way square up
Bam like just have some fun making tackles he had a great season leader of this defense like all the way to the very end of the season start to finish week in week out that was a great season in a great player in a in a championship Sunday of
A lot of good middle linebackers we don’t talk about him enough you know one of the one of the funny things about anzalone is a couple of years ago two years ago he was worried about making the team and I think you’ve got to give the player that
Was hard knock that was hard knock you’ve got to give the player and delone tons of credit and you’ve got to give the coaching staff tons of credit what do the coaches do with the guys they got do they make them better do they improve them do they put them in positions to
Succeed to succeed up and down the Lions coing roster they put their players in a position to succeed perhaps nobody is more proof of that than linebacker Alex analon yeah you know you watched his maturation from the first time he got to this team and you talk about 2021 you
Talk about 22 you saw him get better every year he was out of position a lot in 21 uh you put him in space and those flat routes he used to get destroyed last season early on some of the same things when line start off 0 and 16 0
And six some of the same things but you saw him always physical you saw him not necessarily make the same mistake twice you see he’s always on point as it relates to knowing the defense being able to call the defense he’s gotten better he’s gotten more anticipative
Like when you watch that film he saw Debo coming he immediately went to what that was when you’re not necessarily as fast lateral M it’s just it’s no different than being a quarterback that can’t get the ball down the field Ryan when you anticipate when you know where
The play should be you don’t have to have the biggest arm cuz you’re putting it where the ball’s going to be you’re putting it where the player is going to be and I think that’s what you saw at that run he knows the plays cuz he’s studying he’s watching hours upon hours
Upon hours of extra film each week he is a leader and he’s physical I love the Bal you said that he’s meeting guys at the point of attack standing them up and he’s not going backwards I mean Christian mccy got slung like a ragd doll and we all know how strong CMC is
CMC is as strong as they come or as physical as they come so Alex soney man the Detroit lons they stuck with him Calvin Shepard Dan Campbell their guys are their guys and Alex zalone is no greater uh proof or example of that you don’t need another Mike linebacker you
Got him now you got Jack Campbell on one side you got Malcolm Rodriguez coming in and filling in as well you got Derek Barnes who got hurt in this game early we don’t know how this game would have went but you know what Malcolm Rodriguez stood right up the linebackers have been
Got they got better as the year went on and we had a guy on Friday uh from San Francisco Dante Whitner Dante Whitner and he’s like oh we’re going to kill your we’re going to kill your linebackers your linebackers are statues it really didn’t happen I mean it really
Did not happen now I know you said they got to go out and they got to get someone that’s a little bit quicker right a looser type of a linebacker to help that team maybe they draft that maybe he’s out there on the free agent
Market BR you know more than me or maybe Jack Campbell improves too just like anzalone I mean we don’t know I me he’s a rookie some guys they take a lot longer to develop it this at this game he got a lot of snaps too Jack Campbell
I would if there’s anything I won’t I’m not counting one player on this roster this roster with this coaching staff I wouldn’t count one player out and that’s why I like being the fan that comes from the objective point of view of just becoming a Detroit Lions fan because I
Still see what I see they struggle with the linebacker situation this year Alex anzalone is gotten better and better and better and yes he’s your will linebacker he’s the lead the caveat for the team he’s the captain I give you that but you still got to have linebackers in this
League that can get Lal that can get side to side sideline to sideline run guys down before you get plays going in the mix I know you love this team love Derek Burns as a person love the interception that he made against the Bucks game he sealed the deal Malcolm
Rodriguez he gets in there he gets an interception and filling the shoes for Derek Brown love to see that guys but at the end of the day they’re slow as hell Jack Campbell I will stand on it until I see it Jack Campbell was 65 255 lbs that
Is not the average size anymore for that position these guys can run down the field hell these Mike linebackers are checking wide receivers at the point of attack they’re damn sure checking the tight ends at the point of attack so it’s not a knock on these guys and maybe
They do get better I’m hoping so Jack Campbell uh got a lot of snaps this year that will translate to some experience when he comes in next season but at the end of the day you want to make this team better right you want to look at
This team and be honest I think us as fans us as analysts and them as coaches GMS you got to look at that team and really be honest to what you can add and what you don’t need to and in my estimation think there could
Be something there but I’m not a GM ass I’m just using my two eyes and I could be wrong two more Baldi cuts to get to one on Sam leor who I think would be the offensive Rookie of the Year had it not been for CJ stad in the year that he has
And then we’ll do another one on Jameson Williams who also a guy that really played his rookie year he’s a secondy year guy but this was really truly his rookie season those two guys uh will get Baldi to break those two guys down next but first a message from Big Boy all
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Posts that uh I teas don’t want to pay that off right now Baldi on Sam laort my opinion as I said guys uh one of the greatest rookie seasons of any player in the history of the NFL here’s what he had to say about the Lions tight end
These Iowa tight ends are something else Sam leapor coming in motion right here like you don’t get on the field in Iowa City unless you can do this hit the hip move the body waist Chase young then go up and look for number two domador Lenor like lorta excellent Blocker of course KD
Been doing it now for long long time like these guys are just roach killers man they just enjoy blocking blocking is fun blocking is next level blocking is entertainment like who doesn’t love doing it you come out of Iowa you ain’t getting on the field unless you can
Sheesh who who doesn’t like listen Baldi talk football besides who was that that goty Aiden Hutchinson he got pancakes by George K that was like one1 too oh my God first play of that game pan around the end pancake block and I was like oh here we go it is on those
Plays are scripted the first I don’t know how many but that was a hell of a Fourplay script yeah what second 15 I think it’s first 15 that’s some some some coaches do 12 some coaches do 15 I think Ben Johns is a 15 guy he mixed it
Up a little remember we were talking about hey you got to start you said it yeah he’s got to start mixing this stuff and and it does that play to J Mo 100% for a touchdown and everyone that a couple times this year you know variations of it I think that’s the one
Thing they don’t do they don’t run that play the same way every time you know he’s run a couple times where he’s the second time he’s the second uh running back to get it or he’s a second handoff if you will sometimes he’s a third handoff so uh it’s interesting hey right
Sam leapor was our Premier Pet Supply player of the game on Monday this guy is playing with an injured knee wait till next year guys wait just wait till you what what you see from Sam Le next year he is going he is top five now he could
Vault into the Mark Andrews category he’s top top one there’s not a Mark Andrews Travis Kelce there’s not a tight end I’d rather have than than Sam leapa I get you today we’ll see before you go before you go to number one you got to do it consistent that’s always my thing
Whether it’s been wide receivers quarterbacks I’ve always told you got to see consistency because this year teams aren’t just surprised by you teams aren’t coming into the game like oh we got to focus on armar R Brown guys are looking for S the porter they’re going
To be eying him up double team and I I get you the season that he had he’s top five tight in for sure in terms of the season but I want to see the consistency but you know what’s going to be there cuz he’s only going to get better he’s
Going to mature into that grown man like that grown man strength the grow man size the speed he’ll come into his uh his prime but he’s nowhere near that yet he’s only going to get better Baldi onjo who is also only going to get better in my opinion this Ben Johnson is just
Creative this fourth play of the game this is Brock Wright the second tight end out here in short motion but watch what he does like you ever watch this these teams that have no creativity in design he reverses motion now you get Brock Wright leading out here along with
Ragn now and Decker and now you get the mtown comet just hitting the gas pedal bam in the end zone of four plays like that stuff you get an extra blocker out there from Brock Wright freeze up the mtown comment I love it I love what they
Do like you watch it here they seal the front side all right with pen Su they pull right here like it’s a power play and then they slip out ragnell and Decker this stuff is next level I’m telling you this little stuff these little nuances are why Ben Johnson’s
Going to get himself a head coaching job because it shows up every week in the stuff that he designs how about that how about that hey how about uh first gr t was name Anthony fer he called him Brock Wright but it’s fer cuz Brock Wright got
Injured but it’s fer he did and that’s why Zack Herz was on the team but didn’t dress that still is an interesting thing to me why even make all the hoop and hyp about it maybe to have them think about something else but if he gets in the end
Zone cuz that that’s the one he gets out the two yard line get knocked out at the two and they and they decide to kick the field goal and hesitantly he kicked that field goal to go up 24 to7 at the half he wanted to score that touch just run
In like just try to just just just use your momentum it’s kind of the same thing as Z flowers Z flowers gets the reaching as oppos use your moment the best thing you have in moments like that where it’s first down where it’s first down already like now if it’s a moment
Where it’s you it’s third and you you reaching and you’re going or you’re trying to get the extra but in moments like that just use your body as a shield he would have got the touchdown I believe but hey look I wasn’t there if they scored a touchdown there Ryan
Instead of kicking the field goal that game is over well it was third and goal at the six golf pass to Gibbs for three yards oh no this is in the second half that play happened okay this play happened in the second half my uh yeah
Get down to the two yeah anyway if they score that touchdown wait wa at the three yard line fourth and goal at the three yeah that’s where Gibbs got to yeah I was begging I was begging go is that Gib slipped oh yeah he had I don’t
Know I was uh he did I was begging for the field goal I know you were I know you were see how hesitant three scores is three scores I oh he waited and waited and waited really yep I think he even called the timeout oh he did he call
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End of this segment because that is completely opposite than uh our friends at skinny butcher here uh guys the this is part of our Wolverine Wednesday talk with our friends from skinny butcher intern Alex is with us now intern ai ai uh IA I guess we should say I intern
Alex right Alex the intern yeah Alex the intern that’s what that’s what I like better graduated how you doing man I’m doing great first off I want to wish you a happy blade birthday Ryan hope you enjoyed your special day thank you I did buddy thank you yeah no but other than
That doing oh God go ahead no you go you go oh I was about to say you know doing great big we could change since last time we talked about Michigan football new head coach wearing the headset but I’m excited about the future and that’s a I guess the question
I was going to ask you shiron Moore gave his press conference this past Saturday or was it it was Saturday it was Saturday 11 or so what were your initial thoughts on not him being named after you watched the press conference what sense did you get as a fan like are you
Comfortable with Shone Moore taking over for Jim Harbaugh and kind of what he built a little bit last year in uh Jim Jim’s absence yeah I feel great about trr both as a cultural leader and in-game Coach leading Michigan one thing that I think is super telling about him so far is in
The last week we have lost three big guaranteed leaders in Harbaugh Herber and Minter but so far we’ve only seen one scholarship player transfer out of the program which is Big when you look at what happened at Alabama and Washington when they lost their coach this offseason and then the endg game we
Know he’s not afraid to take risks and maybe go against what would be the common um course of action like he did against Penn State running it 32 times or going for un fourth down so much against Ohio State so I have complete confidence in sh I’m going more uh yeah
Quick quick question thinking oh you’re absolutely right and Herbert’s going to be a big one people need to keep an eye on that because before he got there Michigan struggled a little bit with the physicality at the point of attack on the offensive line and defensive line
After he got there the players got faster and they did get more physical but what do you make and this may be asking you too much this maybe something you have heard of what do you make of Mike Hart and the situations going on with him he wasn’t at Chiron Mo’s
Meeting he scrubbed all the social of all Michigan things I mean you’re talking about a guy that leads Michigan all the time and rushing rushing well rushing yards at least what do you make of that or anything or am I just reaching um who knows you know it’s something where it couldn’t certainly
Could be a sign feature things to come he has been someone who has had some great you know interest from other schools in being a coach or something like that or maybe shiron Moore is looking to build a staff and you know there there sometimes is interpersonal conflicts between people but it’s really
Hard to know if you’re outside of shen Beckler Hall what’s going on there so let me ask you about Jim Harbaugh too because there’s some controversy I don’t know if it’s controversy that’s the right word are you disappointed with Harbaugh that he ended up taking some of these guys like Herbert and
M I mean you know on the personal level it hurts a little when you lose these assistant coaches who help build the big program but ultimately he did so much for us where I don’t any Michigan fan should be feeling with him for trying to go win a
Super Bowl and bring the guys with him who he thinks he can do best you know we have promoted from within a lot especially with Herbert we’ve kept our nutritionist Abigail OK Conor so we have a lot of these key pieces here who can helped build us before and help us get
Back to the mountain top so I think it’s okay I fully believe in Chiron Moore Alex are you happy uh with Chiron Moore’s hire or would you have rather them went out and got a big name guy no I think mois completely the right higher like I said given by lack of
Transfers we’ve seen so far clearly the players and team like it he knows this Michigan culture he got here in 2018 so he’s seen the build in the low point he knows what to do but I also think a big thing about Shan Moore that none of
People are talking about is how big having a young coach will be in this evolving college football landscape because it is going to be harder and harder on coaches and we know shiron Moore is an ace recruiter who loves it and I think that’ll be massive for Michigan going forward uh IIA last
Question for me full scale quick view look at the line I mean the uh the Michigan season coming up 2024 a lot of big games on that uh schedule what is the game that you are most anticipating watching I mean the answer every year is Ohio State so outside of that it’s going
To be Texas week two game luckily in Michigan Stadium not at Daryl K Royal but I think if more can come out against a team that is probably going to be the favorite or second favorite team to win the national championship next year if
He can come out and pull a big win with a pretty much brand new offense that’d be a huge statement win for the program going forward I’m saying something that I’ve never said to you Alex I disagree I think this Texas game will be bigger than the Ohio State game just my
Thoughts look at that just my thoughts wow hey Alex let me ask you there was a basketball game last night that I couldn’t care L about I didn’t watch one second of it forgot to even check the score last night before I went to bed it was on peock Michigan and Michigan State
My goodness what was the chatter like on campus did anybody say anything or care anything about this game yeah so I watched it with me and my friends and you know we were up in the first half then just completely fell apart in the second half and usual our
General yeah our general consensus is you know um we’re a football school let’s be real here like our basketball arena is named after a football coach so we won the National Championship four weeks ago like if we’re bad at basketball that’s unfortunate but you know let let’s go with football where it
Really matters long term oh for God’s sake we were a basketball school not too long ago remember that Al come on man I’ve never said we’re a basketball school oh my God no even in 2020 I was firmly on the world football school first and foremost trained so I’ll stick
By my guns with that would you get rid of Jan the end of this year um yeah I guess if the record isn’t good and we’re showing clear signs to clients of program you have to move on I mean that’s just how it goes for any
Coach no matter if they went to Michigan or not oh all right now I’m uh I’m bouncing around here a lot who is the make him the uh the G the ad there you go who is the starting quarterback for Michigan at the start of Camp next
Year uh start a camp next year it’s going to be like the way it’s looking currently denal orgy battle I think org is just going to have so much physical upside that if we can really bring him out as a passer he will be such a weapon like Anthony Richardson was with the
Colts this year they’re going to get those player comps all the way based on how good he is at all the combine stuff and in the wait room so I’ll go with orgy I think he’s too much upside to ignore good call there good call Alex
When are you get to see us in studio again Alex that’s a good call uh soon hopefully we’ll find try to find a way you know make it down or up there from Manara sometimes so Amen brother hey what’s that grade point average right now good enough good
Enough great that’s a greatever that’s a great answer we love you man thanks Alex we appreciate it buddy all right thank you great talking to you guys got it intern Alex and Wolverine West Wednesday brought to you by our friends skinny butcher pretty good stuff there huh no
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Too man happy belated birthday we’ll see you appreciate you tuning in we’ll talk tomorrow tomorrow’s Thursday how about we do a top 10 Thursday oh how about it see you guys tomorrow we appreciate you we out see you guys he
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