Bill Keenist’s stories on Calvin Johnson & Barry Sanders, current NFL comparisons for Johnson & Sanders

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🗓️ 1 October 2019

⏱️ 62 minutes

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DJ and Bucky are back with a new episode. Early in the episode, the pair react to the MNF game between the Bengals and Steelers and look at Steelers' QB Mason Rudolph’s performance (8:59). Next, the guys evaluate the skill of players vs. how much the scheme they play in matters and specifically focus on Jaguars' QB Gardner Minshew (11:59). After, the duo are joined by Detroit Lions' team historian Bill Keenist, as he recalls stories and memories of former Lions' RB Barry Sanders and WR Calvin Johnson (18:02). Then, DJ and Bucky each give their current NFL comparisons for Sanders (45:50) and Johnson (49:51). To wrap up, the pair discuss some of the top college players in the country and also give names of the top offensive tackles in college football (52:51).

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0:00.0	This is an IHeart podcast.
0:04.0	Who are the 25 greatest football players to grace the gridiron since the year 2000,
0:10.3	introducing NFL Daily's top 25 players of the last 25 years?
0:16.1	Join me, Greg Rosenthal, and an all-star cast of media personalities,
0:20.6	including Mina Kime, Steve Weish,
0:22.8	Kevin Harlan, and more for a look at football's best since the turn of the century.
0:28.4	Listen to NFL Daily's top 25 players of the last 25 years, starting on June 30th on the
0:34.1	IHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.
0:39.9	And now, Move the Sticks with Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks.
0:46.8	What's up everybody, DJ Buckie here for Move the Sticks coming off a, what called a snoozer.
0:52.4	Buck, we call that Monday night football game a little bit
0:54.1	of a snoo yeah that was that was that was man that was tough to um stay engaged in that one that was
0:59.4	that was that was that was that was a hard one that was that was really for the love that was for the
1:04.9	game the way if you watched all four quarters of that you really loved the game because you
1:08.9	you're a better man to me you didn't get a competitive match not the match that you wanted to see yeah we're going to get into that game a little bit won't spend too much time there some other ground we want to cover today including a discussion that i enjoy is in the scouting side of things is how do you differentiate between scouting the player versus scouting the
1:27.5	scheme and don't get caught up and make a mistake. You're going to have a good conversation
1:30.8	there about Gardner Menshoe and some other players and around that whole topic I think is
1:35.9	really fascinating. We've got a great guest, Bill Keenest. One of the things that's cool about this
1:40.1	podcast, I like introducing you guys to people that I've known for a while. And Bill Keenis was the
1:45.7	PR director there for the Detroit Lions for a long time. He's been with the Lions since
1:51.2	1985. And now his official title is he's a team historian. So people ask, well, you know,
1:57.7	look, you guys really focus on the scouting side of things. You know, why have a PR guy on?
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