Episode #136: Answering the Mailbag

Detroit Lions Breakdown

Erik Schlitt and Joe Kania

Sports, Football

5.0 • 575 Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Now in Week 2 of the offseason Erik and Joe delve into the mailbag for the first time since the season began.

Updating the Lions coaching search highlighting DC and Special Teams Coordinator
Hank Fraley gets to lose “assistant” from his title
Billy Yates replaces Fraley as assistant offensive line coach
QB coach Sean Ryan is now a heavy favorite to be the Carolina Panthers new offensive coordinator
Erik goes over the front runners for the coordinator spots
Will the Ford’s “win now” mandate change the way Quinn approaches the offseason?
RB Tra Carson returns on a reserve/futures contract
What free agents are the Lions looking at?
What could the Lions get with the 3rd overall pick via trade
What are the plusses/minuses of selecting a quarterback at pick No. 3?
Which pass rushers could be an appropriate at #3?
Erik and Joe discuss the first #OnePride fan-driven mock draft this offseason
OSU CB Jeffery Okudah is emerging as a popular choice among Lion mock drafts

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of the Detroit Lions Breakdown podcast.
0:04.6	I'm Joe Kainea with me as always is Eric Schlett from USA Today Lions Wire.
0:08.6	This official Lions podcast of USA Today, Lions Wire, Eric.
0:13.8	Week two of the NFL playoffs, also meaning is week two of the Lions off season.
0:18.9	We'll dive right into what's going on with the...
0:21.4	Let's start with personnel, coaching personnel.
0:25.0	Something you predicted last week was that offensive line coach,
0:29.5	Hank Fraley, former Eagle Center, right?
0:32.5	Has been promoted to the offensive line coach replacing David's Jeff Davidson.
0:39.1	Yep.
0:39.8	Yeah, this was, so to get some clarity, I've had a few people ask this question to me.
0:46.8	Fraley was brought in at the same time Davidson was.
0:49.8	So he was part of the Patricia initial round of hirings.
0:54.4	So this is a guy who was brought in as the assistant offensive line coach.
0:59.2	And now with Davidson stepping down a bit surprisingly, promoting Fraley just became very natural because they want to keep some consistency on what the offensive line
1:12.6	was doing. So this was a very nice move for someone that they like very and have always spoken
1:19.1	very highly of. Billy Yates becomes the assistant offensive line coach taking Frailey's spot.
1:25.6	He's a guy who was also been with the Lions for a little bit here.
1:30.3	And so these are both moves where guys have, you know, moved up the ranks since being hired under Patricia.
1:38.8	All right. The other, it's not news because it hasn't happened yet, but it has a possibility of happening.
1:43.3	Yeah.
1:43.8	Quarterback coach Sean Ryan could find himself as the next offensive coordinator,
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