Episode #155: Shelia Ford Hamp now in charge

Detroit Lions Breakdown

Erik Schlitt and Joe Kania

Sports, Football

5.0 • 575 Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2020

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

This week, the guys discuss the shift of Lions’ organizational control from Martha Firestone Ford to her daughter Shelia Ford Hamp and go through another round of the mailbag.

Shelia Ford Hamp is now the principal owner
History of Lions ownership
Don’t expect the team to be up for sale
Female to female passing of the torch
Martha Ford’s legacy?
Where’s William Clay Ford Jr.?
Hamp looking to put “her own stamp” on organization
Hamp is in the learning process
She doesn’t anticipate any large changes, for now
The Lions coaching staff and front office ultimatum remains in place
Hamp is proud of the Lions approach to social justice
Hamp would “completely support” the Lions signing Colin Kaepernick
COVID-19 and social justice protests creating community among players/staff
How will the regular season be adjusted? Is quarantining an option?
Governor Whitmer’s executive order allows sports to return to Michigan
Why are the Lions’ top-level draft picks still unsigned?
After an ankle injury, is T.J. Hockenson 100-percent? Da’Shawn Hand and Austin Bryant?
Will Luke Sellers pass Nick Bawden at FB?
Who are the Lions’ starting guards?
Will either of the rookie guards start? Be in a rotation?
Examining linebackers in different defensive formations
Is re-signing Mike Daniels a possibility? Any other DTs the Lions could pursue?
Why are the Lions coaches nationally criticized for their defense?
Will Bob Quinn and Matt Patricia be back beyond 2020?
Back-to-back games with a divisional opponent, is it possible?

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0:00.0	Hello, everyone, and welcome to another episode of the Detroit Lions Breakdown podcast.
0:07.8	I'm Joe Kanya.
0:08.8	With me, as always, is Eric Schlett from USA Today, Lions Wire.
0:12.6	And he is one of our Detroit Magazine's 2020 number two most favorite sports columnist.
0:21.5	And I'm guessing that's all of Metro Detroit.
0:23.5	It may be the whole plan, and I'm not quite sure.
0:25.5	I didn't read the whole article.
0:29.4	And we'll work on that because I don't know.
0:32.0	I can make that a little more concise and still give you all the props you deserve
0:36.6	that you've earned over the voting process
0:39.4	from our Detroit magazine.
0:41.7	All right.
0:42.1	So, Eric, we're here to talk all things lines.
0:44.8	You even mentioned yourself a few moments ago.
0:46.8	You are surprised by the amount of questions we got.
0:49.9	This is going to be a mailbag episode.
0:51.7	But, you know, the questions are piling up.
0:54.7	They're rolling it.
0:55.6	Yeah, it's terrific.
0:57.1	I'm glad to see that we're still getting a lot of engagement during these June months that are, you know, quite void of information, right?
1:07.2	And we've got another four weeks until training camp uh assuming it it takes place the way
1:15.1	that they want it'll be a month from sunday it'll it'll take place so it's nice to see that
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