Episode #82: Week 9 Vikings Preview
Detroit Lions Breakdown
Erik Schlitt and Joe Kania
5.0 • 575 Ratings
🗓️ 2 November 2018
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
The Lions and their fans are reeling after a lackluster 28-14 loss to the Seattle Seahawks this past Sunday at Ford Field. During the week the fans were dealt another blow with the trade of fan favorite WR Golden Tate to the Philadelphia Eagles on Tuesday. In this episode, Erik and Joe discuss the positive ramifications of Tuesday’s trade and prepare for Sunday’s game against the Vikings.
- As always, the injury report
- Theo returns to practice, Ezekiel Ansah still laboring
- Lions add former Giants LB Kelvin Sheppard
- Some interesting moves with the practice squad
- Marvin Jones deal gets restructured
- The Studs and Duds from the Seahawks game, from Lions Wire
- How was Damon Harrison’s Lions debut?
- The Lions Week 8snap counts
- A wide-ranging discussion of the Golden Tate trade
- How the roster is affected by the loss of Tate
- The scheme will have to change in Tate’s absence
- Who will play the slot?
- Will the Lions use more multiple running back sets?
- Will Riddick see the field more in different spots?
- There were a lotoffalse narratives surrounding the Tate trade
- The Tate trade has shades of “Patriot Way”
- The other NFC North trades
- Preview of the Minnesota Vikings
- Vegas Watch: Lions a 5-point underdog
- Lions DB vs Vikings WR
- Lions DL vs Vikings OL
- Are the Lions out of it for the division title?
- Can the team trust Ameer Abdullah?
- Will we ever see Miles Killebrew on defense?
- Could Teez Tabor switch positions?
- Potential Salary Cap room this upcoming offseason
- Which position groups are the Lions scouting
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, and then welcome to another episode of the Detroit Lions Breakdown podcast. I'm |
| 0:04.3 | Joe Kenya. With me as always is Eric Schlett from USA Today Lions Wire. And together, we make up |
| 0:10.9 | the official podcast of USA Today Lions Wire where we talk about all things Lions. Sadly, Eric on |
| 0:17.9 | Sunday, the Alliance fell to the Seattle Seahawks. |
| 0:21.5 | We were inflated throughout the week with the acquisition of Snacks Harrison, and they built us up, |
| 0:29.5 | and now they broke us down by a rather listless performance outside of the first two drives on Sunday. |
| 0:36.6 | All right. |
| 0:37.4 | We will delve into all that in a second. Yep. We're going to start with the injury report. performance outside of the first two drives on Sunday. All right. |
| 0:39.7 | We will delve into all that in a second. |
| 0:40.1 | Yep. |
| 0:41.7 | We're going to start with the injury report. |
| 0:47.0 | Number one, theoretic, limited in practice with the knee. |
| 0:49.0 | Yeah, limited both days. |
| 0:52.8 | This is an upgrade from the last two weeks when he has not been practicing. |
| 0:55.1 | So progressing in the right direction. So possible he could be available on Sunday. |
| 0:58.9 | Is Ziggy Anza with the shoulder? My record remains intact. |
| 1:03.4 | Yeah. And the fact that he hasn't upgraded in, what, six weeks now, it's not, I wouldn't consider this designation any better than where he's been. |
| 1:15.2 | So he's still kind of in that injury report purgatory. |
| 1:20.1 | Have some respect for the process. |
| 1:22.0 | Oh, no. |
| 1:25.2 | Oh, no. |
| 1:26.3 | That was perfect. |
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