Episode #210: Lions vs Eagles, Week 8 preview
Detroit Lions Breakdown
Erik Schlitt and Joe Kania
5.0 • 575 Ratings
🗓️ 29 October 2021
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
This week on the podcast, the guys set the table for the Detroit Lions 2021 Week 8 matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles at Ford Field in downtown Detroit.
Lions News:
- Special Teams Coordinator Dave Fipp tests positive for COVID-19
- Fipp is symptom free and if he has two negative test results, he could return
- If he is not cleared, Asst. Sp. T coach Jett Modkins and Don Mulbach would take over
Roster Moves:
- G Logan Stenberg to IR – undisclosed injury
- G Tommy Kraemer signed to the active roster from the practice squad
- DB Daryl Worley released, then signed to the practice squad
- OT Darrin Paulo signed to the practice squad
- DL Eric Banks waived
- The Lions have 2 open spots on the roster
- TE T.J. Hockenson (knee/ankle)
- RB D’Andre Swift (groin)
- RB Jamaal Williams (thigh)
- EDGE Trey Flowers (knee)
- CB AJ Parker (neck)
- CB Jerry Jacobs (illness)
- FB Jason Cabinda (hip)
Protected PS: Bruce Hector, Steven Montez, Jalen Elliott, and Ryan Santoso
- Lions get tricky in LA
- Rams focused on Hockenson, opened door for Swift
- Penei Sewell stepped up against Aaron Donald
- Kalif Raymond was the only WR to do anything
- Young defensive players continue to develop
- Goff forced the interception, but it sounds like he was told to
- Ref: Tony Corrente
- TV: FOX, Kenny Albert, Jonathan Vilma, Megan Olivi
- Betting Line: Eagles -3.5
- Key matchups: Jalen Hurts vs Alex Anzalone
- Key: DeVonta Smith vs Jerry Jacobs
- Key: Swift vs mashup of linebackers
- Key: Darius Slay vs Kalif Raymond? Or will they put him on Hockenson?
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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 |
| 0:05.7 | Joe Kanya with me as always is Eric Schlett from pride of Detroit.com. Eric, the Lions were |
| 0:10.5 | 28 to 19 losers to the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. You |
| 0:18.9 | were in attendance. Matthew Stafford, once again, |
| 0:21.4 | another big game that results in a lion's loss. |
| 0:23.9 | It's just a slightly different version of it. |
| 0:27.6 | Yeah, it was entertaining, man. |
| 0:29.8 | I tell you. |
| 0:31.0 | Yeah, well, yeah. |
| 0:31.6 | Well, if you're a bad team, |
| 0:33.1 | you might as well run a onside kick, |
| 0:36.7 | a couple of fake puns, because why not? |
| 0:39.9 | Look, I think it was a, it was an interesting game. It was a confidence builder in a lot of |
| 0:47.1 | ways. It was, I mean, it was highly entertaining to see it happen. So far is a really neat stadium. And, you know, what do they? We only had like three games there or something like that, right? Three games with fans. There's 16 games. Well, more. I'm sure. Yeah. Well, no, there was, do they have a home game in the playoffs? Whatever. There was at least 16 games last year. eight for the chargers and eight for the rams. |
| 1:19.8 | Um, do they have a home game in the playoffs whatever there was at least 16 games last year they ate for the chargers all right right um but yeah it's look you it's a barely it's a brand new stadium uh it's cool from a lot of different angles uh logistically it's not logistically set up well |
| 1:27.0 | but like uh they have these like zone. |
| 1:30.7 | You mean it's hard to get to? |
| 1:32.1 | Well, and it's hard to get to certain things, right? |
| 1:35.0 | Like the media had to park in a very specific lot. |
| 1:39.2 | And it wasn't. |
| 1:40.1 | The leadest of you. |
| 1:41.2 | No, no, no. |
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