Episode #105: QIB Defense
Detroit Lions Breakdown
Erik Schlitt and Joe Kania
5.0 • 575 Ratings
🗓️ 14 April 2019
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Last week Erik and Joe discussed Erik’s QIB system when it comes to the offensive prospects in this year’s draft. In this episode, they move to the defensive side of the ball.
- QB Tom Savage is the newest Lion
- Savage becomes the de-facto #2 QB
- ERFA S Charles Washington signs his tender
- Could the Lions really be looking to trade out of the No. 8 spot?
- On to the QIBs, starting with qualifiers on the defensive line
- The team will likely make waves on defensive line even though it is a salary cap bargain in 2019
- The Lions had a top-30 visit with DL hybrid L.J. Collier
- QIB qualifiers EDGE
- How Josh Allen could fall to the Lions at pick No. 8
- The Lions had a top-30 visit with DE Brian Burns
- Lions Wire’s Jeff Risdon has some thoughts on the Lions draft plans, he also thinks Montez Sweat could be the pick at No. 8
- QIB qualifiers LB
- QIB qualifiers CB
- More Top-30 visits with CB, including, Joejuan Williams, Jamel Dean, Lonnie Johnson, and Isaiah Wharton
- CB David Long met with the Lions at their local workout day
- QIB qualifiers S
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everyone, and welcome to another episode of the Detroit Lions Breakdown podcast. |
| 0:04.5 | I'm Joe Kenya. |
| 0:05.5 | With me, as always, is Eric Schlett from USA Today Lions Wire. |
| 0:09.6 | This is the official Lions podcast of USA Today Lions Wire. |
| 0:13.5 | Eric, we are rolling towards the NFL draft, which is two Thursdays from now. |
| 0:20.2 | For those who are listening, |
| 0:21.4 | now would be Sunday, April 14th. |
| 0:25.5 | And we're going to talk about the defense today, |
| 0:28.4 | because we talked about the offense last week, |
| 0:30.2 | so we're going to talk about defensive draft prospects. |
| 0:32.6 | But first, there's a couple roster moves that we've got to cover. |
| 0:36.5 | The main one, the number one is the number two quarterback. |
| 0:41.1 | Tom Savage being brought in. |
| 0:43.3 | Yeah, it's not an exciting move, but it's a move that was necessary. |
| 0:47.1 | They said that they wanted to add a veteran quarterback, |
| 0:50.3 | and he has ties to the coaching staff, |
| 0:52.8 | played his best football under Sean Ryan when he was with the Texans. |
| 0:57.2 | That's when he was a starter for them. |
| 1:00.6 | And, you know, he's not going to move the needle for a lot of guys, but he's arguably better than the backup situation we had last year. |
| 1:10.9 | But still not great. Still not a quality backup quarterback. arguably better than the backup situation we had last year. So you have... |
| 1:11.8 | But still not great. |
| 1:12.9 | Still not a quality backup quarterback. |
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