Episode #185: Will the Lions use the franchise tag?
Detroit Lions Breakdown
Erik Schlitt and Joe Kania
5.0 • 575 Ratings
🗓️ 21 February 2021
⏱️ 86 minutes
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Summary
This week the guys discuss Erik’s departure from Lions Wire, tease what’s coming next, and reassure listeners this podcast will remain unchanged.
In Lions news, the duo examine the Lions 2021 coaching staff — now that the Antwaan Randle El hire was made official — and discuss who they’re excited about, as well as what concerns they may have.
Additionally, they take a deeper look at the NFL Salary Cap, how the floor being raised to $180 million helps the Lions, breakdown where the team is at heading into free agency, and where they will stand after the Matthew Stafford for Jared Goff trade becomes official.
Finally, they discuss the Lions approach to the 2021 Free Agency period and debate if the Lions will use the franchise tag — as well as who the best candidate to use it on is.
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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. |
| 0:05.6 | I'm Joe Kanya. |
| 0:06.4 | With me, as always, is Eric Schlett, our Detroit Magazine's 2020, second most beloved sports |
| 0:11.8 | columnist or blogger of the year trailing Mitch album, although it's an odd honor because |
| 0:17.7 | you are currently, you do not have a job as a sports columnist or blogger, |
| 0:22.5 | although it is the year 2021. |
| 0:24.6 | Hopefully this does not affect your voting for this year. |
| 0:28.6 | That's going to change quick coming up here. |
| 0:32.3 | Yeah, I have officially left lines wire and I am working towards a new position and I'm excited for the new |
| 0:42.9 | opportunity. Yeah, nothing, there was there was nothing Lions Wire did or didn't do. They did, |
| 0:50.5 | they did a fantastic job of providing me opportunities and allowed me to grow. |
| 0:56.8 | I had two very excellent partners during my time there. |
| 1:01.6 | Jeff Risdon, of course, was the most recent and the current managing editor. |
| 1:05.5 | He's been nothing but supportive, and he's been very understanding in this situation. |
| 1:10.3 | And then Ty Schultzer, who was my boss prior to Jeff, was also incredible. |
| 1:18.7 | LionsWired, they've been very good to me. |
| 1:22.6 | And so I want to make sure that I'm still continuing to be very good to them and supportive of them. |
| 1:27.2 | This wasn't anything, any like, you know, negative, anything negative that happened. |
| 1:34.4 | This was just a decision that I initiated because I have a new opportunity. |
| 1:40.0 | And it's one where I think fits my home life better, gives me some flexibility in the style of |
| 1:48.2 | writing that I'm going to do, the style of coverage. And I think it's just a better opportunity |
| 1:55.1 | for me long term and my family long term. So that's why I'm making this decision. It won't affect us. We are going to |
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