Episode #232: NFL Draft Mailbag
Detroit Lions Breakdown
Erik Schlitt and Joe Kania
5.0 • 575 Ratings
🗓️ 8 April 2022
⏱️ 88 minutes
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Summary
This week on the podcast, the guys discuss the upcoming 2022 NFL draft by diving into the listener’s mailbag of questions.
Topics on this week’s show include:
- Current player roles, specifically in the new defensive scheme
- Jared Goff’s floor and what it would take to become the Lions’ QB of the future
- Trade possibilities for picks No. 2 and No. 32
- Are the Lions likely to take a QB? If so, when?
- How much of a need is running back?
- When and who should the Lions target at wide receiver?
- When is the earliest the Lions could add TE2?
- How quickly will the Lions address their biggest needs?
- Ranking the edge rushers
- What style of defensive linemen are the Lions looking for?
- What are the Lions least talked about needs, yet should be addressed in the draft?
- Will the Lions double up on defensive linemen?
- Is cornerback a priority or something the team can ignore?
- How and when will the Lions address safety? Favorite targets?
- Roster construction
- Are there any more free agent targets ahead of the draft?
- How much screen time will Erik get on Hard Knocks?
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Transcript
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| 0:00.7 | Hello, everyone, and welcome to another episode of the Detroit Lions Breakdown podcast. |
| 0:05.4 | I'm Joe Kanya with me, as always is Eric Schlett from pride of Detroit.com. |
| 0:09.2 | Eric, we asked everybody out there for some questions, and to submit them to our mailbag, and boy, did we get an answer. |
| 0:18.4 | I was late, too. |
| 0:20.0 | I usually tweet out, ask for questions like a couple hours earlier. |
| 0:23.7 | And I was late to it. |
| 0:25.2 | And we still, I think, probably got a record amount of requests. |
| 0:29.8 | I think 62 is the last time I looked. |
| 0:32.1 | Is that how many questions there were? |
| 0:33.9 | So, you know, hopefully we'll get to as many as we can. |
| 0:37.5 | I'm putting you on permanent lightning round, lightning round for the entire podcast. |
| 0:43.3 | Yeah, I will do my best. |
| 0:46.2 | I promise. |
| 0:47.0 | All right. |
| 0:47.3 | So let's dig right in right away. |
| 0:49.0 | Robert Canfield, all these questions pertain to the roster itself. |
| 0:53.3 | Robert asks, with the Lions offensive starters mostly set for 2022, |
| 0:58.6 | does the Lions lack of aggression and free agency to fill defensive holes |
| 1:02.2 | mean they're content with another top 10 pick next year and are patient, |
| 1:06.2 | or they believe they have the starting options in house that could emerge to win now. |
| 1:12.1 | I think it's a combination of both, right? |
| 1:14.3 | I think they feel comfortable with where they're at, but they're also of the mindset that they're still building. |
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