Episode #100: Free Agency Preview
Detroit Lions Breakdown
Erik Schlitt and Joe Kania
5.0 • 575 Ratings
🗓️ 8 March 2019
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
This week happens to be one of the most interesting weeks during the offseason. The combine has wrapped up and the prospects are being graded and free agency is right around the corner. Erik and Joe are lucky to celebrate their 100th episode with discussions on a myriad of player movement topics.
- Romeo Okwara will return to the Lions on a “2-year contract”
- Charles Washington has been extended an ERFA deal
- Erik explains how the salary cap is impacted by the Okwara deal
- Only 5 teams used the Franchise Tag this offseason
- Kerry Hyder has likely played his last down as a Lion
- Could A’Shawn Robinson be traded?
- Erik runs through all the superlative performances from the combine
- The LionsWire has a series on combine winners at… running back, wide receiver, tight end, offensive line, interior defensive line, EDGE rushers, linebacker, cornerbacks and safeties.
- Erik thinks there may be a possibility for the Lions to take Brian Burns at No. 8 overall
- Montez Sweat’s performance has caused some to mock him to the Lions
- The Lions have $33.7M in current salary cap room
- Erik runs down all the potential free agent adds and which ones to avoid
- Could the Lions trade for an EDGE rusher
- Does Landon Collins fit the Lions secondary?
- Thanks to Scuba2901, Mo Reese, Big Snacky Nate and Daniel J Hall 36 for the reviews
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everyone, and welcome to the 100th episode, the Detroit Lions Breakdown podcast. I'm Joe Kanya. With me, as always, is Eric Schlitt from USA Today Lions Wire, and this is the official podcast of, or official Lions' podcast of USA Today, Lions Wire. I don't know if that's how I say it. You know, I think it's implied with Lions Wire. Yeah, it's implied. I say Lions Wire enough that should be implied that it's a football party. |
| 0:24.2 | All right, anyhow. |
| 0:24.7 | Hey, congratulations on 100. |
| 0:26.6 | Yeah, we made it. |
| 0:27.3 | Who would have thought? |
| 0:28.1 | I know. |
| 0:28.6 | We're going to have to start doing something special. |
| 0:30.3 | We've had some requests from... |
| 0:31.6 | Yeah, people want a big gala celebration. |
| 0:34.8 | We weren't able to plan anything for it today. |
| 0:37.2 | No, it's too crazy. |
| 0:39.3 | Combine wrap up and free agency coming up. |
| 0:43.0 | And it's going to be a very crazy, you know, few weeks and even maybe even a few months |
| 0:49.5 | for us. |
| 0:50.5 | But I think over when we get into the summer, I think that's when we can do things like |
| 0:55.3 | maybe do a contest to see if someone that produces music could do like an intro. |
| 1:01.7 | Oh boy, now we're asking a lot. |
| 1:03.8 | Yeah. |
| 1:03.9 | Well, I mean, you know, because I probably should have an intro or an outro. |
| 1:08.1 | There's people out there more skilled than us. |
| 1:09.9 | Yeah, so that's certainly true. |
| 1:11.6 | And then I've had requests for some merchandise options and ideas, so maybe we can get |
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