Episode #194: Reaction to the 2021 schedule release
Detroit Lions Breakdown
Erik Schlitt and Joe Kania
5.0 • 575 Ratings
🗓️ 15 May 2021
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
On this week’s episode, the guys discuss the post-NFL Draft roster moves, who is still available in free agency, this weekend’s rookie mini-camp, and go game-by-game through the Detroit Lions 2021 schedule.
Items on this week’s agenda include:
- TE Josh Hill retires
- TE Darren Fells signing
- G Evan Heim signing
- RB Kerryon Johnson released and claimed by the Eagles
- Tyrell Crosby on the trade block?
- Jeff Okudah near 100% health
- Frank Ragnow’s well-deserved 4-year contract extension
- 4 spots open on 90 man roster: who are the 10 best available Free Agents
- Rookie Mini-camp is this weekend and 32 players will be in attendance
- Only drafted rookie not there is Penei Sewell, who had a positive COVID result
- 2021 Schedule discussion: Examining the best and worst things about it
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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. I'm |
| 0:06.3 | Joe Kenya with me as always is Eric Schlitt from pride of Detroit.com. Eric, we had the scheduled |
| 0:14.2 | release on Wednesday. So, you know, we're going to talk about. We're going to get there. |
| 0:18.6 | Wait, was Wednesday or Thursday? I have my days all screw up. Yeah, Wednesday. Yeah. So we're going to talk yeah we're going to get there wait was it Wednesday or Thursday I have my days |
| 0:20.8 | all screwed up yeah yeah so we're going to talk about that that's going to be in the second half of |
| 0:26.4 | the show but first you know we're going to get down to business as always with the the roster moves |
| 0:31.5 | from the past not week it's been more like it's we've about a week and a half or so since we |
| 0:37.1 | were last uh recording a's, we've about a week and a half or so since we were last |
| 0:37.6 | recording a podcast. So, let's kick it off. |
| 0:42.2 | I was going to say, surprisingly, it's, we've had more moves than I have expected. |
| 0:49.3 | Yeah. First off, Tide and Josh Hill retired. |
| 1:00.4 | Yeah, like out of the blue right like um very unusual right he um he lost he lost it maybe he lost the uh the will to play or something you know like it was |
| 1:05.9 | time or he realized he was a lion and retired. So here's the thing. |
| 1:11.9 | When they signed him, everyone was excited. |
| 1:15.9 | And then they put him on a Zoom call with the media. |
| 1:22.5 | And they put him on a Zoom call after, I think it was after, like a little bit after Jamal Williams, who is like |
| 1:30.6 | this hyped up, like, you know, animated, excited to be here. Just, you know, he's got this ball of energy. |
| 1:39.1 | And then Hill comes up a little bit later. I don't remember if it was like later that day or, |
| 1:43.3 | you know or a couple |
| 1:44.8 | days later or something like that. And he is just completely flat. He doesn't smile. That was |
| 1:51.9 | unfair to Josh. They should have put him on first. Yeah. He didn't smile. He didn't, he didn't express excitement. It was like 10 full minutes of him just being like |
| 2:07.1 | passing out generic answers and not a whole lot else. Maybe that's him though. Well, right. |
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