Episode #191: Breaking down the defensive players in the 2021 NFL Draft
Detroit Lions Breakdown
Erik Schlitt and Joe Kania
5.0 • 575 Ratings
🗓️ 18 April 2021
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
This week on the podcast, the fellas continue their breakdown of the entire 2021 NFL Draft class, this time focusing on the defensive side of the ball. For each position, the guys discuss each of the Top-100 players in that group and answer the following questions:
- Who is at the top of the group in this class?
- Would the Lions consider taking a top player at that position?
- Where is the value in this group?
- Who are Erik and Joe’s favorites?
- Who could the Lions get late?
- Are there any notable undrafted players the Lions could target?
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everyone, and welcome to another episode of the Detroit Lions Breakdown podcast. |
| 0:04.7 | I'm Joe Kenya with me as always is Eric Schlett from pride of Detroit.com. |
| 0:08.5 | Also our Detroit Magazine's 2020, second most beloved sports column, Mr. Blogger. |
| 0:13.9 | Eric, last week, we talked about the offense and what the Lions are going to be looking to do on draft days one, two, and three. |
| 0:22.8 | Today we're going to do that with the defense. |
| 0:26.0 | Yeah, you know, I think the defense is the biggest problem area, right? |
| 0:32.1 | I think everyone agrees that the defense was pretty decimated over the last couple of years with Patricia. |
| 0:39.8 | He really, you know, they built a defense around a certain scheme and then that scheme failed. |
| 0:46.9 | And now you have some players that don't fit and some players that were cut. |
| 0:51.0 | And you're really having a lot of turnover. |
| 0:54.5 | Now, that being said, they've actually added players through free agency and put them |
| 1:02.2 | in place to where they could actually go out there with the team right now and play |
| 1:08.4 | defense. |
| 1:09.0 | Now, they wouldn't play it at a very good level, but they |
| 1:12.0 | at least have enough players that they can feel the defense, right? Now, they need upgrades, |
| 1:18.9 | and I think that's pretty clear. Safety, nickel corner, those are obvious holes. Linebackers |
| 1:27.1 | could use some help. You could maybe add some bodies |
| 1:30.2 | on the defensive line as well, maybe some cornerback depth, even though it's getting better, |
| 1:34.9 | as we talked about with like Quentin Dunbar being added last week. So there's some clear needs. |
| 1:40.6 | On offense, there's a lot of holes, but it's a lot of like, you know, secondary type |
| 1:46.5 | player roles. On defense, it's more like, okay, we need upgraders. And I think this is really |
| 1:51.9 | where the focus is going to be over the next like three years. Offense may only be a couple of |
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