Episode #84: Week 11 Panthers Preview
Detroit Lions Breakdown
Erik Schlitt and Joe Kania
5.0 • 575 Ratings
🗓️ 15 November 2018
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
The Lions delivered another no-show last week falling behind 26-0 in the first half en route to a “worse than the score looked” 34-22 loss to the Bears. This week the Lions return home to face a Carolina Panthers team that suffered a drubbing at the hand of the PittsburghSteelers 52-21 last Thursday. Will the Panthers be angry and out for revenge Sunday at Ford Field? Erik and Joe will talk it out.
- Lions injury report
- G T.J. Lang is out for the season
- Marvin Jones ACL and MCL are intact
- Why was Sam Martin taken away byambulance?
- Lions promote Mike Ford to active roster
- Waive CB Lenzy Pipkins
- The curse of the Lions blue pants
- Where did the Lions struggle the most with the Bears
- Studs and Duds from Week 10
- Snap Counts from Week 10
- Slow start was all the difference
- LeGarrette Blount has been ineffective
- Lions surrender another six sacks
- On the bright side, the Lions run defense is improved
- Secondary struggled without Darius Slay
- Addressing why the Lions favor man over zone coverage
- Ziggy Ansah impact
- Carolina Panthers preview
- Lions a four-point underdog
- The fans are frustrated with Matthew Stafford
- Drama in the locker room?
- Addressing passing game separation issues
- Jim Bob Cooter’s scheme = too predictable?
- Folks are even concerned about the snap count
- How many realistic wins are left on the schedule?
- Could the Lions bring back Dan Orlovsky in a coaching role?
- What positions could the Lions address early in the draft?
- The Lions are currently slotted to pick 7th overall
- Mock Draft Watch: Quinnen Williams makes his debut as a Lions pick
- Will the Lions be eligible to be on HBO’s Hard Knocks next year?
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of the Detroit Lions Breakdown podcast. |
| 0:05.1 | I'm Joe Kanya. |
| 0:06.0 | With me as always is Eric Schlett from USA Today, Lions Wire. |
| 0:09.7 | And this is the official podcast of USA Today Lions Wire. |
| 0:13.8 | Eric, the Lions took another one on the chin Sunday against the Bears, 3422. |
| 0:20.2 | Very lackluster. Did not show up for the game, |
| 0:22.7 | found themselves down 26 nothing before we knew it. This week, they face the Carolina |
| 0:27.8 | Panthers who are coming off their own drubbing of their own, 52 to 24, I think it was, against |
| 0:33.6 | that. I don't think was that. 5221, A little worse than that. |
| 0:38.4 | Pittsburgh Steelers. |
| 0:40.0 | So we got a lot to look forward to. |
| 0:44.7 | But one thing we don't want to look forward to is the massive pile of injuries. |
| 0:45.7 | We have accrued. |
| 0:50.4 | And the major one, which most of you probably already know, now that you're listening to this, |
| 0:56.4 | T.J. Lang with his neck has been placed on injured reserve, so he is out for the year. |
| 1:00.1 | And it could be his career. |
| 1:01.0 | Could be for his career. |
| 1:04.2 | I wouldn't, I wouldn't be mad at him if he did. |
| 1:05.9 | He's got a lot going on. |
| 1:06.7 | Yeah. |
| 1:18.5 | So like, and the reason we can say career is because this is a long list of injuries for him over not just his time with Detroit, but his time with the Packers as well. |
| 1:24.6 | His time with Detroit, he had hip surgery, the offseason prior to joining the team. |
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