WEBVTT 00:00:06.519 --> 00:00:11.919 This is the Litterbox, a Detroit Lions podcast 00:00:11.919 --> 00:00:15.500 with your hosts, Chad West and Bill Patterson. 00:00:19.640 --> 00:00:24.059 Welcome to the Detroit Lions Litterbox. And wow, 00:00:24.219 --> 00:00:26.800 is all I can say for our Honolulu Blue and Silver 00:00:26.800 --> 00:00:32.159 Warriors winners. 52 to 21 over the Chicago Bears. 00:00:32.780 --> 00:00:34.659 And Chet, I have to say that's as much fun as 00:00:34.659 --> 00:00:37.060 I've had on a Sunday afternoon in a long time. 00:00:37.280 --> 00:00:39.179 It's as good as he gets. As good as he gets, 00:00:39.460 --> 00:00:42.539 Bill. It really was. It was a riot. Jared Goff 00:00:42.539 --> 00:00:45.539 threw for five touchdowns. So right off the bat, 00:00:45.820 --> 00:00:50.100 he had a career day and I believe he was only 00:00:50.350 --> 00:00:55.829 0 .02 away from having a perfect QBR. So not 00:00:55.829 --> 00:00:59.109 only did the Lions get the win, but Jared Goff 00:00:59.109 --> 00:01:02.689 was outstanding, as was the rest of the team. 00:01:02.929 --> 00:01:07.150 And with that, I'd like to ask you, we had three 00:01:07.150 --> 00:01:09.989 keys to the game. How did you and I do with our 00:01:09.989 --> 00:01:11.950 crystal ball on that? So I think we did pretty 00:01:11.950 --> 00:01:14.450 good with this. We brought up the very first 00:01:14.450 --> 00:01:16.329 key of the game we brought up was Amon Rassein 00:01:16.329 --> 00:01:18.370 Brown versus like, who is going to cover the 00:01:18.370 --> 00:01:21.439 guy? And it didn't really matter. They all failed. 00:01:22.439 --> 00:01:25.700 He did an incredible job. We'll talk about our 00:01:25.700 --> 00:01:27.879 PFF grades here in a little bit. But he was he 00:01:27.879 --> 00:01:31.219 was top dog this past week. The second one and 00:01:31.219 --> 00:01:33.980 probably an even bigger key to the game would 00:01:33.980 --> 00:01:36.379 have been the interior line versus Chicago's 00:01:36.379 --> 00:01:40.019 interior D line. So our interior much maligned 00:01:40.019 --> 00:01:43.760 interior line from week one performed much better 00:01:43.760 --> 00:01:47.280 in week two. On the run block side of things. 00:01:47.680 --> 00:01:50.420 They didn't blow it out of the water, but they 00:01:50.420 --> 00:01:53.359 still were about 20 beats higher than they were 00:01:53.359 --> 00:01:55.260 in week one, which tells you how bad they were 00:01:55.260 --> 00:01:57.780 in week one. In week two, they were acceptable, 00:01:57.780 --> 00:02:02.140 at least. In the pass block, everybody did quite 00:02:02.140 --> 00:02:06.019 well across the line for pass blocking. So that 00:02:06.019 --> 00:02:09.759 O -line pretty much dominated Chicago's D -line 00:02:09.759 --> 00:02:11.500 for most of the game. The only guy that gave 00:02:11.500 --> 00:02:14.139 him any real heart failure would have been Sweatt, 00:02:14.240 --> 00:02:16.740 and he's... going to do that to everybody because 00:02:16.740 --> 00:02:20.120 he's an elite pass rusher. So we had a good game 00:02:20.120 --> 00:02:23.039 on that key and won that one. And then the last 00:02:23.039 --> 00:02:25.240 one was Lyons, D .C., Kelvin Sheppard versus 00:02:25.240 --> 00:02:28.819 the Bears head coach Ben Johnson. I'm not going 00:02:28.819 --> 00:02:31.319 to sit here and say that Sheppard out game plan 00:02:31.319 --> 00:02:34.439 him or out. I just don't think Ben Johnson has 00:02:34.439 --> 00:02:38.539 the horses on that Bears offense to keep up with 00:02:38.539 --> 00:02:42.310 with many. I don't think Caleb Williams. is a 00:02:42.310 --> 00:02:45.150 top -tier single caller. I think Roman Zay is 00:02:45.150 --> 00:02:47.509 a pretty good wide receiver. He did a great job 00:02:47.509 --> 00:02:49.830 in that game, and he definitely made Terry and 00:02:49.830 --> 00:02:52.370 Arnold look a little silly once in a while. Outside 00:02:52.370 --> 00:02:54.530 of that, and DJ Reed for that matter, outside 00:02:54.530 --> 00:02:57.650 of that, I think that maybe they were just outmatched 00:02:57.650 --> 00:02:59.469 talent -wise personally, but we'll give this 00:02:59.469 --> 00:03:02.250 to Kelvin Sheppard, did his job, had the defense 00:03:02.250 --> 00:03:05.870 ready, put the Bears in their place. So those 00:03:05.870 --> 00:03:08.490 three keys of the game, we won them all. And 00:03:08.490 --> 00:03:11.830 we go... winning the game running away. Benedict 00:03:11.830 --> 00:03:15.330 Johnson does not have the horses. No, which is 00:03:15.330 --> 00:03:19.129 a clear indictment or indictment on Ryan Poles 00:03:19.129 --> 00:03:22.270 and just how lousy he's drafted. And here's the 00:03:22.270 --> 00:03:25.969 weird thing. When we talk about how many weapons 00:03:25.969 --> 00:03:30.030 he has at his disposal, Luther Bolden, the third 00:03:30.030 --> 00:03:35.289 was a second round pick. He had one. Catch they 00:03:35.289 --> 00:03:38.289 drafted. I believe tenth overall a guy named 00:03:38.289 --> 00:03:40.729 Colston Loveland from the University of Michigan 00:03:40.729 --> 00:03:44.590 is a tight end He had one target zero catches. 00:03:44.849 --> 00:03:49.189 So the Bears are investing resources, but in 00:03:49.189 --> 00:03:53.229 high draft picks in positions that should yield 00:03:53.229 --> 00:03:57.800 fruit if the lines, both O and D are set. And 00:03:57.800 --> 00:04:00.060 the problem is the bears went the route you don't 00:04:00.060 --> 00:04:03.520 want to go, which is free agency for both lines. 00:04:03.539 --> 00:04:07.780 And they're clearly overpaying a guy that we 00:04:07.780 --> 00:04:10.960 used to know well, Jonah Jackson, who I can't 00:04:10.960 --> 00:04:12.400 wait for your PFF grades. He didn't score that 00:04:12.400 --> 00:04:13.960 bad. He didn't score that bad. I'll give you 00:04:13.960 --> 00:04:16.120 a little preamble. He didn't. The right side 00:04:16.120 --> 00:04:18.339 of the Bears offensive line was abused all day 00:04:18.339 --> 00:04:20.600 and maligned and he is part of that right side. 00:04:20.860 --> 00:04:22.639 So I'm a little surprised to hear that, which 00:04:22.639 --> 00:04:25.000 again, I don't totally trust these PFF grades. 00:04:25.360 --> 00:04:30.000 They have flaws. So, let's dive into your PFF 00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:31.259 grades. Alright, here we go. Let's talk about 00:04:31.259 --> 00:04:33.459 the Lions. I'm gonna give you the Lions number 00:04:33.459 --> 00:04:37.360 one guy on the field, PFF -wise. 91 .6 for Amon 00:04:37.360 --> 00:04:40.160 Ross St. Brown. He was the top offensive performer. 00:04:40.360 --> 00:04:43.379 No surprise there, right? He had a 91 .4 pass 00:04:43.379 --> 00:04:46.779 grade, so he did quite well. Jared Goff was number 00:04:46.779 --> 00:04:50.800 two at 85 .1 on the offense. And right behind 00:04:50.800 --> 00:04:56.339 him was only 17 snaps. Isaac Tesla, co -slaught. 00:04:56.339 --> 00:04:59.540 And then he had JMo with a 74 .8. Brock Wright 00:04:59.540 --> 00:05:02.879 checking in with a 74 .6. Thank you. Played a 00:05:02.879 --> 00:05:05.860 good deal of snaps. His passing grade was an 00:05:05.860 --> 00:05:11.540 89 .3. His pass block. Don't sleep on this. Tight 00:05:11.540 --> 00:05:15.600 -end pass blocking was a 74 .4. That's pretty 00:05:15.600 --> 00:05:18.420 decent. I like that a lot. His run blocking, 00:05:18.639 --> 00:05:22.620 not so great. 53 .1. Penne Sewell was the top 00:05:22.620 --> 00:05:25.420 rated lineman outside of Brock Wright being the 00:05:25.420 --> 00:05:28.800 tight end. He had a 74 .2 overall. Pass block 00:05:28.800 --> 00:05:33.560 was a 66 .8. We had a 75 .7 for run blocking 00:05:33.560 --> 00:05:39.819 for him. So... pretty good as far as our metrics 00:05:39.819 --> 00:05:43.220 go because the next couple guys, if we talk about 00:05:43.220 --> 00:05:46.040 pass blocking, just pass blocking right now, 00:05:46.300 --> 00:05:51.180 Graham Glasgow was the second rated, second rated 00:05:51.180 --> 00:05:55.680 pass blocker on our line with a 77 .2. Number 00:05:55.680 --> 00:05:58.120 one rated pass blocker on our line was Christian 00:05:58.120 --> 00:06:03.339 Mahogany with an 81 .1. Taylor Decker, 76 .1. 00:06:03.339 --> 00:06:06.680 The entire left side of the line, did their job 00:06:06.680 --> 00:06:08.639 pass blocking. Granted, they didn't have to deal 00:06:08.639 --> 00:06:11.339 with Montez Sweat. Sweat rush is usually from 00:06:11.339 --> 00:06:14.680 the left side. Who had to deal with him? Well, 00:06:14.759 --> 00:06:17.360 Tate Ratledge had a 66 .8, and Panay Soul had 00:06:17.360 --> 00:06:21.339 a 66 .8 in the pass block. So those two guys 00:06:21.339 --> 00:06:23.660 had to deal with Sweat over there, and their 00:06:23.660 --> 00:06:25.500 grade was a little bit lower, but still very 00:06:25.500 --> 00:06:29.980 respectable. Above the 60 line, which is just 00:06:29.980 --> 00:06:32.560 doing your job. So they were getting up there. 00:06:32.740 --> 00:06:36.180 Run block. We still got some grades around run 00:06:36.180 --> 00:06:38.399 block that are disappointing. Graham Glasgow, 00:06:38.779 --> 00:06:42.120 overall, Graham Glasgow and Tate Ratledge brought 00:06:42.120 --> 00:06:46.399 up the bottom. Ratledge was a 56 .2, Glasgow 00:06:46.399 --> 00:06:51.120 a 56 .7. They were the bottom two offense grades 00:06:51.120 --> 00:06:57.339 for regulars. They had a 52 .7 and a 51 .6 run 00:06:57.339 --> 00:07:01.060 block for each of them. I think we've identified 00:07:01.060 --> 00:07:03.800 probably where our weakness resides right now 00:07:03.800 --> 00:07:07.639 in this offense is the middle of the O line and 00:07:07.639 --> 00:07:10.920 probably on that right side with those pass or 00:07:10.920 --> 00:07:13.259 those run block grades are not going to get you 00:07:13.259 --> 00:07:17.279 a whole lot. Okay. It worries me. I have to disagree 00:07:17.279 --> 00:07:21.720 with you on this because here's the deal. They 00:07:21.720 --> 00:07:24.899 rushed 30 times for 177 yards yesterday. That's 00:07:24.899 --> 00:07:29.139 a 5 .9 yard average and You have to take out 00:07:29.139 --> 00:07:31.319 three of those runs because they were Craig Reynolds 00:07:31.319 --> 00:07:33.660 and Garbage Time for four yards for an average 00:07:33.660 --> 00:07:38.459 of 1 .3. So you take that out, the 27 runs at 00:07:38.459 --> 00:07:43.439 173 yards puts you over six yards a carry. They 00:07:43.439 --> 00:07:46.139 did their job. Well, here's where my concern 00:07:46.139 --> 00:07:49.420 lies. If we play a team with a better interior 00:07:49.420 --> 00:07:53.139 D line, Those guys go right back down into the 00:07:53.139 --> 00:07:55.259 30s and 40s on run blocks and everything gets 00:07:55.259 --> 00:07:58.199 blown up The Bears have a really bad interior 00:07:58.199 --> 00:08:01.300 D line. They're just not that good So they did 00:08:01.300 --> 00:08:04.699 their job against a team that wasn't very good. 00:08:05.019 --> 00:08:07.300 Let's see what happens against the Ravens next 00:08:07.300 --> 00:08:09.660 week I'll be real curious to see what happens 00:08:09.660 --> 00:08:11.240 there. We'll talk about that in a little bit 00:08:11.240 --> 00:08:13.360 I'm gonna go through a couple more and then wrap 00:08:13.360 --> 00:08:17.459 this up outside of those Scores there that you 00:08:17.459 --> 00:08:20.399 get on the offense that the usual performers 00:08:20.399 --> 00:08:24.079 were all up there We gave you that on Chicago's 00:08:24.079 --> 00:08:26.379 offense. It was pretty bad. I mean they had a 00:08:26.379 --> 00:08:30.899 guy they had They had a really bad performance 00:08:30.899 --> 00:08:34.820 From Braxton Jones. He had a 46 overall. He's 00:08:34.820 --> 00:08:38.279 their left tackle Okay, he's awful. His pass 00:08:38.279 --> 00:08:40.320 block was a forty six point nine his run block 00:08:40.320 --> 00:08:43.960 was a fifty two point four That is not gonna 00:08:43.960 --> 00:08:48.019 win the day Right there. Okay. So we got a couple 00:08:48.019 --> 00:08:52.600 of question marks there. Can you go through the 00:08:52.600 --> 00:08:54.679 rest of their offensive line? Yeah. Yeah. Just 00:08:54.679 --> 00:08:56.679 the offensive line. We'll give you the rest of 00:08:56.679 --> 00:09:00.519 them here. Joe Thune, left guard, graded in at 00:09:00.519 --> 00:09:06.120 60 .8. Theo Benedict and Darnell Wright, both 00:09:06.120 --> 00:09:09.820 graded in at 64 .5 and 65 .8. Theo Benedict's 00:09:09.820 --> 00:09:12.320 a backup. Writes the guy I wanted to highlight. 00:09:12.419 --> 00:09:15.259 Okay. Did you see the play where he leg whipped 00:09:15.259 --> 00:09:18.899 Hutchinson? No into the bad leg. No, it was so 00:09:18.899 --> 00:09:22.820 bush league and It's all anybody can talk about 00:09:22.820 --> 00:09:25.259 today is like even bears fans are like he is 00:09:25.259 --> 00:09:28.460 the worst He got abused by hot shot a day and 00:09:28.460 --> 00:09:31.279 he tried to leg whip him which NFL guys don't 00:09:31.279 --> 00:09:33.360 go for that Like now it's competitive, but you 00:09:33.360 --> 00:09:35.159 don't try to win yet. That's not gonna win you 00:09:35.159 --> 00:09:37.620 the day You don't try to end another man's career 00:09:37.799 --> 00:09:40.320 So I'll talk about the other two. Your favorite 00:09:40.320 --> 00:09:44.720 Jonah Jackson, right guard, 68 .2 overall. So 00:09:44.720 --> 00:09:48.240 he's 80 .2 pass block and a 60 run block. He's 00:09:48.240 --> 00:09:53.080 good on a bad line, which that should tell you 00:09:53.080 --> 00:09:55.360 something. So maybe he's not as bad as we get. 00:09:55.419 --> 00:09:57.399 Maybe he's doing better or maybe he just had 00:09:57.399 --> 00:09:59.639 a good day against us. You never know. I mean, 00:09:59.639 --> 00:10:02.639 this is just one game, right? So that's basically 00:10:02.639 --> 00:10:04.559 the line right there. Braxton Jones bringing 00:10:04.559 --> 00:10:08.340 up the rear. And then next to that is probably 00:10:08.340 --> 00:10:12.320 Drew Dalman, the center, at a 58 .9. He did fine. 00:10:12.340 --> 00:10:14.580 He's like a 60 across the board. What are we 00:10:14.580 --> 00:10:17.480 going to get? Fans here are really harsh on him. 00:10:17.740 --> 00:10:20.620 It doesn't sound like maybe that's just. I think 00:10:20.620 --> 00:10:23.879 Braxton Jones was the problem today. He caught 00:10:23.879 --> 00:10:26.120 heat and he couldn't handle it. That's the bottom 00:10:26.120 --> 00:10:29.659 line. What was Tyreek Stevenson's grade? Tyreek. 00:10:29.720 --> 00:10:31.879 Let's look at Tyreek here. Because the Lions 00:10:31.879 --> 00:10:35.139 picked on him all day long. The key to the game 00:10:35.139 --> 00:10:38.740 is when the Bears shut down corner. So he was 00:10:38.740 --> 00:10:40.940 bad. So I was going to get to the defense here 00:10:40.940 --> 00:10:43.159 in a minute. Yeah. And the highlights for defense 00:10:43.159 --> 00:10:46.539 are all on the Bears side. So you had three guys 00:10:46.539 --> 00:10:49.179 that played pretty much most of the game. Tyreek 00:10:49.179 --> 00:10:52.639 Stevenson, Naishon Wright, and Kevin Byard. That's 00:10:52.639 --> 00:10:54.980 a strong safety in two corners. So Stevenson 00:10:54.980 --> 00:10:57.960 and Wright are the corners. Their overall grades. 00:10:58.899 --> 00:11:03.519 Stevenson was a 29 .8. Ishaan Wright was a 29 00:11:03.519 --> 00:11:09.419 .4. Oof. And Kevin Viard was a 26 .1. Oof. So 00:11:09.419 --> 00:11:12.559 those guys just got torched all day long and 00:11:12.559 --> 00:11:14.559 their coverage grades were the reason for it. 00:11:14.620 --> 00:11:19.200 37, 35, and 26. They were awful. Nick McLeod 00:11:19.200 --> 00:11:22.620 wasn't much better. He had a 41 .8 at the other 00:11:22.620 --> 00:11:26.059 corner and a 35 .4 for coverage. So they just 00:11:26.059 --> 00:11:28.039 don't cover the pass very well in that group. 00:11:28.200 --> 00:11:32.720 So they all got absolutely... Jalen Johnson was, 00:11:32.720 --> 00:11:35.500 is there better of the corners? He only played 00:11:35.500 --> 00:11:39.940 20 snaps. He had a 70 .9, he had a 71 .9 cover 00:11:39.940 --> 00:11:42.360 rate. And I still think in the, in the place 00:11:42.360 --> 00:11:44.139 he was in, he got beat every once in a while. 00:11:44.480 --> 00:11:46.919 So. He's out indefinitely too. He tore his groin. 00:11:47.000 --> 00:11:49.500 He had a groin injury going into it and he's 00:11:49.500 --> 00:11:53.480 out indefinitely. So a 71 or 70 point whatever, 00:11:54.000 --> 00:11:56.379 given how hurt he was, isn't probably that bad. 00:11:56.399 --> 00:11:59.700 And he is their best player, which is. not good 00:11:59.700 --> 00:12:02.679 for the Bears. Can I end the Bears really quick 00:12:02.679 --> 00:12:05.379 as we look forward to the Ravens? I'm going to 00:12:05.379 --> 00:12:07.840 summarize it like this, and I'm going to ask 00:12:07.840 --> 00:12:09.779 you the question, and this is the difference 00:12:09.779 --> 00:12:12.340 between these two franchises. They played at 00:12:12.340 --> 00:12:14.539 the same college one year apart. They play the 00:12:14.539 --> 00:12:17.779 same position. One was a second round pick. The 00:12:17.779 --> 00:12:20.159 other was an undrafted free agent. Who would 00:12:20.159 --> 00:12:22.059 you rather have, Cole Comet or Brock Wright? 00:12:22.120 --> 00:12:24.340 Because in my mind, they're the exact same player. 00:12:24.919 --> 00:12:26.860 They are the same player. Comet gets a little 00:12:26.860 --> 00:12:29.809 more play. from the Bears, just due to options. 00:12:30.330 --> 00:12:32.669 He seems to catch more balls, but a second round 00:12:32.669 --> 00:12:35.269 pick versus an undrafted for agent. I get where 00:12:35.269 --> 00:12:37.269 I get, I see where you're going. Brock Wright 00:12:37.269 --> 00:12:39.889 took, you know, when, when Colton was drafted 00:12:39.889 --> 00:12:42.830 by the Bears, Brock Wright took his job at Notre 00:12:42.830 --> 00:12:45.970 Dame. I just find the comparison just stunning 00:12:45.970 --> 00:12:49.409 when you think about the launch angle in where 00:12:49.409 --> 00:12:53.519 the two franchises are. So. Ryan Poles needs 00:12:53.519 --> 00:12:55.779 to go. He is not drafting Difference Makers. 00:12:55.879 --> 00:12:58.779 The Bears also had three second or third round 00:12:58.779 --> 00:13:02.279 picks that were healthy scratches. I mean, that's 00:13:02.279 --> 00:13:04.700 never happened for the Lions. Healthy scratches. 00:13:04.919 --> 00:13:08.659 I mean, Levi Onsorike was unhealthy a lot, but 00:13:08.659 --> 00:13:12.379 that's totally different. Support drafting. So 00:13:12.379 --> 00:13:14.360 I want to just shoot you a couple defensive grades 00:13:14.360 --> 00:13:15.679 for Detroit, then we can jump off. Yeah, please. 00:13:16.299 --> 00:13:20.200 Okay. Brian Ranch, 91 .4. Guy's a stud. Got the 00:13:20.200 --> 00:13:22.679 game ball we saw in the game video there. They 00:13:22.679 --> 00:13:25.639 need to lock him up to an extension Yeah, I'm 00:13:25.639 --> 00:13:27.840 gonna say that's probably true your buddy hutch 00:13:27.840 --> 00:13:32.200 improved. He was in an 80 80 .8 for his overall 00:13:32.200 --> 00:13:36.419 score and Grant Stewart in his six total plays 00:13:36.419 --> 00:13:39.620 got an 84 .6 I usually don't look at the guys 00:13:39.620 --> 00:13:42.179 that just get a couple of snaps, but he's thought 00:13:42.179 --> 00:13:44.279 that was kind of funny Do you know he's the special 00:13:44.279 --> 00:13:46.440 teams captain for the audience as well? Oh, yeah 00:13:46.519 --> 00:13:49.679 So Al -Qaeda Muhammad played 36 snaps and got 00:13:49.679 --> 00:13:52.740 a 76 .4 at that nose tackle position. I liked 00:13:52.740 --> 00:13:55.019 seeing that. That's some pressure up the gut. 00:13:55.679 --> 00:13:59.279 Actually, I think he is going to take somebody's 00:13:59.279 --> 00:14:01.980 job. Well, you know who I think? Well, Roy Lopez 00:14:01.980 --> 00:14:04.960 was our lowest rated regular defensive player 00:14:04.960 --> 00:14:09.000 at a 45 .8. He's doing very little with that 00:14:09.000 --> 00:14:11.399 defensive tackle position and probably why he 00:14:11.399 --> 00:14:13.639 was available in free agency, let's be honest. 00:14:14.480 --> 00:14:17.580 He's... He's a guy. He's a depth piece. My bigger 00:14:17.580 --> 00:14:21.059 surprise was Terrien Arnold. Came in at a 48 00:14:21.059 --> 00:14:24.740 .6. Terrien just doesn't seem to be picking up 00:14:24.740 --> 00:14:27.899 pass coverage very well. He actually scores higher 00:14:27.899 --> 00:14:30.379 in run defense and tackling. In coverage he's 00:14:30.379 --> 00:14:34.080 like a 46 .1. This is two weeks in a row now 00:14:34.080 --> 00:14:37.200 that he hasn't performed that well. And another 00:14:37.200 --> 00:14:39.360 guy that really isn't turning in great grades 00:14:39.360 --> 00:14:44.370 is Alexian Zaloni. 54 .7 and On run defense, 00:14:44.470 --> 00:14:48.250 he's a 40 .6. He's not good. He's not long for 00:14:48.250 --> 00:14:50.570 it, and it's not good. I think that's probably 00:14:50.570 --> 00:14:52.950 why we didn't give him the big deal that he was 00:14:52.950 --> 00:14:55.289 hoping for there. So let's jump off it. Everybody 00:14:55.289 --> 00:14:57.509 else did a good job. Yeah, the one thing I was 00:14:57.509 --> 00:15:01.009 going to say, medium or above. The thing to look 00:15:01.009 --> 00:15:04.820 forward to, Lions fans, Davenport got hurt. on 00:15:04.820 --> 00:15:07.799 three separate occasions. He didn't have an awful 00:15:07.799 --> 00:15:11.379 game, but I fully expect Mohammed to possibly 00:15:11.379 --> 00:15:14.360 push for his position at some point going forward. 00:15:14.820 --> 00:15:17.519 Last thing, let's talk about this week's opponent, 00:15:18.179 --> 00:15:20.460 Monday Night Football, which is awesome. It's 00:15:20.460 --> 00:15:23.019 just so fun having the Lions relevant in these. 00:15:23.230 --> 00:15:25.649 You know, they were the game of the week against 00:15:25.649 --> 00:15:27.590 the Packers, week one, and now they're on Monday 00:15:27.590 --> 00:15:29.710 Night Football. The bad news is they have to 00:15:29.710 --> 00:15:32.049 face Lamar Jackson and the Ravens. And since 00:15:32.049 --> 00:15:34.809 Lamar Jackson has become a starter for the Baltimore 00:15:34.809 --> 00:15:38.090 Ravens, he is 24 and 2 against the NFC. And that 00:15:38.090 --> 00:15:40.549 is all I have to say about this. Well, and he's 00:15:40.549 --> 00:15:44.009 gonna, he gives us fits. He gives the Lions absolute 00:15:44.009 --> 00:15:46.529 fits and if you go back and look at a couple 00:15:46.529 --> 00:15:48.830 of the games so far, he grades out as one of 00:15:48.830 --> 00:15:51.070 the highest players on their offense. He and 00:15:51.070 --> 00:15:54.389 Zay Flowers might be a problem for us on Monday 00:15:54.389 --> 00:15:56.370 night. Especially if Arnold can't step it up. 00:15:56.610 --> 00:15:58.860 Especially if Arnold can't step it up. So we'll 00:15:58.860 --> 00:16:01.139 have another pod for you all later this week 00:16:01.139 --> 00:16:03.919 to preview that in more depth, but that's just 00:16:03.919 --> 00:16:07.159 the overview and why I'm not feeling super strong 00:16:07.159 --> 00:16:09.299 about the Lions. I never feel good about the 00:16:09.299 --> 00:16:12.120 Ravens. I can always be is I don't know what 00:16:12.120 --> 00:16:14.139 it is, but we just it's just one of those teams. 00:16:14.139 --> 00:16:16.080 It's like them and the commanders. We struggle. 00:16:16.320 --> 00:16:18.019 I'm just happy it's on the neck of the woods. 00:16:18.039 --> 00:16:20.879 It's a road game, so it's not a. You know, it's 00:16:20.879 --> 00:16:23.320 a road loss, not a home loss. It is a road loss. 00:16:23.460 --> 00:16:25.440 It's a Monday night, which stinks because we're 00:16:25.440 --> 00:16:28.179 going to play some prime time TV. But let's see. 00:16:28.279 --> 00:16:30.220 Let's see. We'll pull it out. Let's see if our 00:16:30.220 --> 00:16:32.440 offense can be there. If I had to give a game 00:16:32.440 --> 00:16:34.720 ball, though, to coaching staff, it's got to 00:16:34.720 --> 00:16:37.279 be Johnny Morton. The offense was clicking all 00:16:37.279 --> 00:16:39.940 the way around and good for him to kind of, you 00:16:39.940 --> 00:16:42.320 know, shove it in Benedict's face. So he proved 00:16:42.320 --> 00:16:44.799 in a big game, he proved that he can beat a beatable 00:16:44.799 --> 00:16:47.580 defense. Yeah, he did. He crushed him. So that's 00:16:47.580 --> 00:16:50.509 great. All right, Lions fans, please listen to 00:16:50.509 --> 00:16:53.649 our sister pod, the Detroit Tigers litter box. 00:16:54.070 --> 00:16:56.509 And that is all we have for you until we give 00:16:56.509 --> 00:16:59.490 you the Ravens preview. Great win. Enjoy it. 00:16:59.629 --> 00:17:01.350 Celebrate. And we'll talk to you all soon.