Episode #169: Colts Week 8 preview
Detroit Lions Breakdown
Erik Schlitt and Joe Kania
5.0 • 575 Ratings
🗓️ 30 October 2020
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
This week the guys discuss the Lions (3-3) glorious victory over the Falcons, examine how the defense evolving, update the roster and injury report — including one very big move — and explore how the Lions can get their fourth win in five games when the Colts (4-2) to town in Week 8.
- Reviewing the 23-22 win over the Falcons
- Todd Gurley’s mistake
- Matthew Stafford’s dramatic comeback
- Romeo Okwara’s underrated season
- Erik’s look at the game By the Numbers
- Erik’s review of the Lions Snap Counts
- Lions trade for EDGE Everson Griffen
- They send a conditional 6th round pick to the Dallas Cowboys
- Erik Schlitt’s Film Room: What Griffen brings to the Lions
- Ignore the Kenny Golladay trade rumor
- Lions cut LB Elijah Lee, discuss why now?
- Injury report: Desmond Trufant return to practice for the first time in three weeks
- Austin Bryant (PUP) and Justin Coleman (IR) continue to practice
- Lions protecting same two practice squad players: Isaac Nauta and Dee Virgin
- Nauta was elevated last week his last availabel of the season
- Previewing the Colts
- Vegas favors the Colts by 2.5 points,
- Over/under just 50.5 points
- Referee: Clay Martin
- Network change: This week’s game is on CBS
- Is Zone coverage an issue for Philip Rivers?
- Expect more big defensive fronts
- Can Stafford continue his magic?
- Two Top-10 special teams
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everyone, and welcome to another episode of the Detroit Lions Breakdown podcast. |
| 0:05.7 | I'm Joe Kanya with me as always. |
| 0:07.3 | Eric Schlett from USA Today, Lions Wire. |
| 0:09.7 | Eric also happens to be our Detroit Magazine's second most beloved sports columnist blogger in their 20-20 poll. |
| 0:17.3 | Eric, the Lions, had a quote, unquote, miracle win on Sunday against the Atlanta |
| 0:25.0 | Falcons 23, 22. |
| 0:26.5 | It'll be forever tattooed in NFL history where Todd Gurley laying on the goal line with the |
| 0:33.5 | ball, you know, across the goal line. |
| 0:35.2 | And Jamie Collins throwing up his arms |
| 0:39.5 | signaling a touchdown. Yeah. So let's start right there. You know, I just to start right |
| 0:45.9 | there with Todd Gurley. Yeah. I mean, that's really the crux of the game, right? Like everything. |
| 0:50.5 | The line's lost. Well, But you know what? |
| 0:55.0 | I was thinking about this and the Lions were due for one of these games where they probably |
| 1:00.8 | should have lost and they won. |
| 1:02.5 | Look at week one of the season. |
| 1:04.6 | I mean, you're half an inch away from the Bears losing that game if Swift makes that catch. |
| 1:10.7 | So, I mean, we've been on the wrong |
| 1:13.5 | end of these more often than not. It's nice to, it's nice to see it. So it's nice to see it happen |
| 1:18.5 | for the lines in a positive manner. I mean, look, people, there are going to be people that are |
| 1:23.8 | going to say, this was lucky, it doesn't count. count but you know what i don't get it i i |
| 1:30.3 | don't you found you they found a way to win okay whether it was a girly mistake or but they still had to go |
| 1:37.0 | down and score like they still had work to do after the the the falcons made their mistake so |
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