Episode #161: Observations from training camp

Detroit Lions Breakdown

Erik Schlitt and Joe Kania

Sports, Football

5.0 • 575 Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2020

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Erik was one of the few media members with access to the Detroit Lions 2020 training camp, due to the NFL’s new COVID-19 policies, and he breaks down all the happenings from Allen Park.

This week, the guys discuss:

Roster Moves:
- Jashon Cornell placed on IR, he self-reported an Achilles injury
- Re-signed Chris Lacy and RB Wes Hills
- Signed DE Will Clarke and DT Kevin Wilkins
- Luke Sellers, Caleb Benenoch, and Olive Sagapolu were released

Camp Observations
- Quotes from three practices Erik missed
- Erik’s Observations Day 4
- Observations Day 5
- Observations Day 6
- 10 players who impressed Erik
- Observations Day 7
- Observations Day 8
- Lions come together to promote social justice
- Erik shares his thoughts on each position group:
  - Who is injured?
  - who impressed?
  - who didn’t?
  - How the roster has changed?

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0:00.0	Hello, everyone, and welcome to another episode of the Detroit Lions Breakdown podcast.
0:05.2	I'm Joe Kanya.
0:06.2	With me, as always, is Eric Schlett from USA Today, Lions Wire.
0:09.9	And Eric has also happens to be the 2020, Our Detroit Magazine is tied for number two,
0:15.6	most beloved sports columnist slash blogger trailing on the Mitch Album. We also have a special guest on the show today,
0:23.5	cricket that you might hear in the background, and you'll just have to mind them. They're a huge
0:27.9	line. It's a huge Lions fan. I can't, I can't get them out of my podcast studio here.
0:33.1	As long as the cricket's a big fan, they're welcome aboard.
0:41.4	I haven't seen Mitch at Camp, by the way, just a side note.
0:43.0	It's just a surprise, surprise.
0:48.2	He's more human interests now anyways than he's not, you know, they have,
0:51.7	they have Burkett at the free press that follows the team around. So I'm sure if something big was happening, which might
0:55.3	show up, but he's probably also staying away because everything going on. You know, it's been an
0:59.4	interesting, it was interesting in camp where they only let so many people in, right, because of
1:09.4	the way the tier system works is the NFL has these like
1:12.8	strict guidelines. And so you've got only a handful of beatwriters that are getting tested
1:23.0	daily for the, for COVID so that they're allowed inside the building if the practice gets pushed inside
1:29.2	which it did uh on one of the days on a Friday the last Friday here and um the rest of us are all
1:35.8	kind of you know positioning for days and uh you know trying to bargain with the the alliance liaison
1:43.6	on how many days we can get when those days
1:46.1	are. And then there's so many things that they have to incorporate in order to allow us
1:53.1	access. Like the NFL has to, they want attendance. Like it's pretty intense. so um we were fortunate to get in and uh you know
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