Best of Lions on 97.1 The Ticket: Recapping the 2026 draft

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🗓️ 28 April 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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The hosts of 97.1 The Ticket offer their mixed reviews of the Lions' draft performance and question whether the front office did enough to address the team's needs.

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0:00.0	Touchdown Detroit Lions.
0:03.0	You're listening to the best of the lions.
0:05.6	Oh, baby.
0:06.9	How beautiful is that?
0:08.4	A weekly mix of 97.1, the ticket's best NFL talk to get you ready for game day. That's really human development right there, Rico.
0:38.2	Jeremy Otto.
0:39.3	We put him through the ringer and now.
0:41.7	Well, you broke him.
0:42.5	He's like one of those ice breaking ships.
0:44.3	He just full steam ahead.
0:46.5	You broke him that one day and he's bounced back more resilient than ever.
0:50.6	So the opposite of Jalen Duren.
0:52.8	Cool.
0:53.4	We'll get to that at three.
0:58.6	Jalen Duren, questionable for game four, pregnant with Wendell Carter's baby.
1:03.6	We'll get to it.
1:05.0	Can't wait for people to tell me they still want to max this guy out.
1:08.2	You want to start with the Lions drag?
2:18.5	What? Yeah. I'm just laughing. You gave a damn update on every other injury. Oh, Kevin Herder's got the poops. Who cares about Kevin Herder? If you're offering Red Mamba injury updates, you know you're in trouble. I was waiting for the angel resubbed. No, that's different. That crosses a line. I'm not doing that. Wait, that crosses a line. Wendell Carter's been sexing up J.D. That's kind of the deal. If they went on Morrie Povich, Wendell, you are the five. Come on, man. He's given J.D. the business now. We're three games into a series. You can say it. No, I remember at the beginning of the series and people got... When I said that, look, they have probably five out of the best six players and people are like, you put Wendell Carter over Jay... Yeah. The way he's playing right now, yes. On paper, no. But like, look, we'll get to it. I just, there's so much to unpack with that game, but I know we got to get the lions out of the way. Yes, because apparently, hey, Brad Holmes said, hey, are you guys happy? I listened to you. I went out and drafted your edge rusher.
2:26.0	You should be happy. I kind of feel like Larry David. Yeah. I mean, not against Derek Moore.
2:31.7	I don't really care about Derek Moore. Derek Moore, if he gets to face Michigan State, fabulous.
2:34.5	Derek Moore against people with functioning limbs.
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