Episode 175: Packers Week 14 Preview
Detroit Lions Breakdown
Erik Schlitt and Joe Kania
5.0 • 575 Ratings
🗓️ 11 December 2020
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
This week the guys discuss the Detroit Lions’ first victory under interim coach Darrell Bevell — a come-from-behind victory over the Chicago Bears in Week 13 — discuss the latest injury reports and roster moves, as well as preview their upcoming game against the Green Bay Packers in Week 14.
- Reviewing the Lions upset victory over the bears
- Darrell Bevell pulls off an anti-Matt Patricia victory
- Erik’s Film room: Breaking down the final 3 drive-ending plays by the Lions D
- Snap Counts: 4 DL looks under Bevell
- Pivotal play: Strip-sack, Romeo Okwara’s rise in production
- Matthew Stafford rediscovers the deep ball
- His TD to Quintez Cephus was the longest air yard completion of Week 13
- It’s a “different feel” under Bevell, says Marvin Jones Jr.
- Coaching/GM search updates
- Lions are not using a search firm, instead, they have reached out to the NFL
- New guidelines for interviewing potential candidates
- Injury reports: Wednesday and Thursday
- Matthew Stafford’s thumb is not an issue
- D’Andre Swift got in 2 limited practices in a row
- Kerryon Johnson limited on Wednesday, upgraded on Thursday
- Kenny Golladay still sidelined
- Tyrell Crosby missed two practices, looks like it’s Matt Nelson time
- Da’Shawn Hand and Austin Bryant, back-to-back limited practices
- Jeff Okudah still unable to practice
- C.J. Moore misses Wednesday, returns limited on Thursday
- Lions protect Dan Skipper, Bobby Price, Albert Huggins, and Marcus Martin
- Marvin Hall claimed by the Browns, Isaac Nauta sign to the Packers practice squad
- Lions sign TE Jerrell Adams to practice squad
- Previewing the Packers
- Vegas line: Packers -7.5, O/U 55.5
- Referee: Alex Kemp
- FOX announcers: Adam Amin, Mark Schlereth, and Lindsay Czarniak
- Very cool photos from the “My Cause My Cleats” campaign
- Can Bevell muster up another win?
- Can the Lions slow down MVP candidate Aaron Rodgers?
- Can Stafford and the offense keep the Lions in this game?
- Erik and Joe give their predictions
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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. |
| 0:05.1 | I'm Joe Kanya with me, as always, is Eric Schlett from USA Today, Alliancewire. |
| 0:09.9 | Also, our Detroit magazine's number two most beloved sports columnist or blogger for the year of 2020. |
| 0:16.1 | Eric, the beginning of the Daryl Bevel era where anything is possible, started in dramatic fashion |
| 0:24.4 | with a come from behind 3420 win, 3430 win over the Chicago Bears, a game of which they |
| 0:31.7 | were at one point down 10 points 30 to 20 until the comeback raged, including a huge defensive stop in the fourth quarter |
| 0:41.7 | which I don't think we a couple. |
| 0:43.5 | A couple. |
| 0:44.6 | Yeah, a couple. |
| 0:45.5 | But one to feel the game. |
| 0:49.5 | Yeah. |
| 0:50.9 | It never happened under Matt Patricia. |
| 0:53.1 | Go ahead, Eric. |
| 0:54.0 | Yeah, no. It was, look, like. Go ahead, Eric. Yeah, no. |
| 0:55.1 | It was, look, like the story of the game right off the bat, I think everyone wanted to talk about was the offense because, you know, the Bears have. |
| 1:05.3 | He scored 34 points. |
| 1:06.6 | Yeah, I mean, against a Bears team, that's really good. |
| 1:11.2 | I mean, they're what, the number three defense in the league right now |
| 1:14.8 | or number four defense in a league right now, |
| 1:17.1 | and Stafford threw for 400 on them, hung 34 points on them. |
| 1:21.6 | That's hard to do. |
| 1:23.2 | You got to remember, like, two weeks ago, |
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