Episode #206: Lions at Bears, Week 4 preview
Detroit Lions Breakdown
Erik Schlitt and Joe Kania
5.0 • 575 Ratings
🗓️ 1 October 2021
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
This week on the podcast, the guys set the table for the Detroit Lions 2021 Week 4 matchup against the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field.
Roster Moves:
- LB Jamie Collins was released (unable to find trade partner)
- Team at 51 players (because Kevin Strong went on IR last Saturday)
- DT Jashon Cornell activated from suspension list, team has roster waiver
- He will take one of the open 2 spots
- K Austin Seibert still on COVID-19 list
- Practice squad rotation of WR Javon McKinley and Jaren Pinkney with specialists
Injury Report
- Taylor Decker, Da’Shawn Hand, Tim Boyle, eligible but not ready to come off IR
- Trey Flowers missed practice Wednesday and Thursday
- D’Andre Swift, Romeo Okwara, Michael Brockers limited but expected to be fine
Protected PS: Bruce Hector, Steven Montez, Jalen Elliott, and Ryan Santoso
Ravens’ review
- Calvin Johnson ring ceremony
- Blanked in first half
- Failed trick play
- Unlocked D’Andre Swift in 2nd half
- Coaching decisions at the end
- Taking foot off the gas on defense and calling a time out
- Play clock controversary at the end, turns out the play clock and TV clock were in sync
- Longest FG in NFL history
Bears preview
- Ref: Shawn Smith
- TV: FOX, Gus Johnson, Aqib Talib, and Megan Olivi
- The Bears’ offense was a disaster against the Browns, the defense is still really good
- Offense is 31st in points scored and DVOA, averaging 3.3 yards per play (32nd)
- Key matchups: EDGE Romeo Okwara vs RT Germain Ifedi
- Key: Amari Oruwariye vs Allen Robinson
- Key: Penei Sewell/Matt Nelson vs Khalil Mack/Robert Quinn
- Key: D’Andre Swift vs Roquan Smith
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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. |
| 0:06.2 | I'm Joe Kenya. |
| 0:07.3 | With me, as always is Eric Schlett from pride of Detroit.com. |
| 0:10.1 | Eric, last Sunday, I don't know, maybe, I don't know if you watched the game, |
| 0:14.4 | but the Lions lost in, you know, Lions fashion, you know, like new regime, same type of result with the 19 to 17, 17 loss to the Baltimore Ravens with Justin Tucker kicking a 66-yard field goal, which also happens to be the NFL record, also happens to not be the first time that's ever happened to the Lions losing on a walk-off |
| 0:39.4 | NFL record field goal. |
| 0:41.2 | I thought I heard a stat that there have been like four walk-off 60-yard field goals and three of |
| 0:50.5 | them were against the Lions, two of them by Justin Tucker, if I'm not mistaken. We know about the them by Justin Tucker if I'm not mistaken. |
| 0:54.6 | Well, yeah, we know about the two by Justin Tucker. |
| 0:57.5 | We knew about Sunday. |
| 0:58.4 | And of course, they replayed the one from what would that be, 2013 or was it like 2009? |
| 1:04.7 | Whatever. |
| 1:05.7 | Yeah. |
| 1:07.0 | And then the time that the famous Tom Dempsey one, the new orleans jack jack demsey's the boxer oh the |
| 1:13.9 | boxer that's right tom demst so he had half a foot yeah yeah he kicked the NFL record back in the |
| 1:21.3 | 70s and it went unbroken you know for a long time yeah didn't preter i think praeter broke it was one of them that tied it i think |
| 1:29.9 | jason elym is the original one oh okay there you break it i don't there was like dempsey kicked 63 |
| 1:37.0 | and then like four guys kicked 64 yarder is it tom demsey yeah tom yeah tom yeah not jack dems yep |
| 1:44.0 | i don't know i'm nick demsie's boxer that's correct uh it Tom Dempsey? Yeah, Tom. Yeah, Tom Dempsey. Not Jack Dempsey's Boxster. |
| 1:46.3 | That's correct. All right. Yeah, you know what. Look, I feel like there's a lot to talk about from that game. |
| 1:54.7 | So, well, I'm excited to get to that part. Yeah, I'm excited to get to the roster first. |
| 1:59.5 | Let's do it. Let's do it. |
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