Episode #101: The Flowers have arrived
Detroit Lions Breakdown
Erik Schlitt and Joe Kania
5.0 • 575 Ratings
🗓️ 15 March 2019
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Free agency started with a bang on Monday as the Lions were one of the busiest teams in football. Bob Quinn added a lot of faces he is acquainted with and a couple that were a little more unexpected. Erik and Joe delve into it all in this episode.
- The Lions send T.J. Lang off into the sunset, in the process saving over $8 million in salary cap space
- Lang has some nice things to say about the team, and it seems that he is thinking about retirement
- Nevin Lawson was also released by the team
- Trevor Bates was released
- The big move… Lions sign DL Trey Flowers to a 5-year $90 million deal, and the defensive line has had a complete overhaul over the last season
- WR Danny Amendola receives $4.5 million to become a Lion
- CB Justin Coleman inks a 4-year deal
- TE Jesse James signs a 4-year deal
- OL Oday Aboushi receives a 1-year deal
- Zach Zenner is back in the fold for a little over $1 million
- How much Salary Cap does the team have left
- What else does the team need, and how much of each position
- What free agents could still fit the Lions?
- How were the Lions draft plans impacted by their free agency moves?
- Scooping up Flowers might not rule out picking an EDGE at No. 8
- The mail also includes a lot of draft questions
- Thanks for the great reviews: Box Sunday, Todd Pruitt, Morgan Cannon
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of the Detroit Lions Breakdown podcast. |
| 0:04.3 | I'm Geo Kenya. |
| 0:05.3 | With me as always is Eric Schlett from USA Today LionsWire. |
| 0:08.9 | It's the official podcast for the USA Today Lions Wire. |
| 0:11.7 | Eric, free agency began not in earnest for the Lions on Monday as they broke the piggy bank |
| 0:17.7 | and added a whole bunch of names in Free Agency. |
| 0:20.2 | We will be talking |
| 0:20.8 | about all that shortly. |
| 0:22.4 | First, we'll start off with who they added to the roster. |
| 0:25.1 | Number one, the big one, Trey Flowers, a defensive end from New England. |
| 0:29.4 | Next was Justin Coleman. |
| 0:31.5 | It was a nickel corner. |
| 0:32.8 | They came from Seattle, but also has ties to the New England Patriots. |
| 0:36.8 | Jesse James, tight end for the |
| 0:38.5 | Pittsburgh Steelers, who got the Calvin Johnson rule changed back in favor of the receivers. |
| 0:45.1 | Danny Amidola, slot-wide receiver from Miami, but we all famously known from New England. |
| 0:50.4 | Ode Abushi from offensive linemen from Arizona also played with Beville in Seattle back |
| 0:56.0 | in 2017 and |
| 0:58.3 | Andrew Adams |
| 0:59.7 | safety from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 1:02.0 | who also spent time to New York Giants |
| 1:03.9 | with half of the defense as well |
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