Episode #87: Week 14 Cardinals Preview
Detroit Lions Breakdown
Erik Schlitt and Joe Kania
5.0 • 575 Ratings
🗓️ 6 December 2018
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
The Lions fought valiantly on Sunday, but late game mistakes ultimately cost them in losing to LA Rams 30-16. This week the Lions look to bounce back as they travel out to the desert to take on the struggling, but coach-killing, Arizona Cardinals.
- Lengthy Lions injury report
- LB Jalen Reeves-Maybin to injured reserve
- Eric Lee now on the 53-man roster
- Should the Lions shut down Kerryon Johnson?
- The Rams game
- Week 13 snap counts
- Week 13: By the Numbers
- The making of Taylor Deckers touchdown
- Damon Harrison leads the class in PFF grades
- Lions interior offensive line struggled mightily against the Rams
- Lions once again falter late
- Previewing the Cards
- Vegas favors the Lions by 2.5, first favoring in weeks
- Will the Lions have a similar defensive game plan against the Cardinals?
- Will we see more Zach Zenner?
- Will the younger players start getting more time late in the year?
- Who is to blame for the Lions conservative offensive play calling?
- Who will replace Jim Bob Cooter talk
- The guys reference Chris Burke of the Athletic’s potential offensive coordinator replacement list (subscription required).
- Can the Lions fix their problems in one offseason?
- Lions biggest needs heading into the offseason
- Lions are currently slotted to pick 5th
- Mock Draft projections to the Lions in Week 14
- Who are the ideal fits at the top of the draft for Coach Matt Patricia’s scheme?
- Should the Lions consider moving Jarrad Davis to another linebacker position?
- Is there a height threshold for Lions linebackers?
- Could the Lions potentially consider drafting a corner in the first round?
- Is interior defensive line off the table after the success of Harrison, A’Shawn Robinson and Da’Shawn Hand?
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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. |
| 0:04.9 | I'm Joe Kanya. |
| 0:05.9 | With me as always is Eric Schlett from USA Today Lions Wire. |
| 0:10.9 | And this is the official podcast of USA Today Lions Wire. |
| 0:16.4 | Eric, another rough one for the Lions on Sunday, losing 30 to 16 to the Rams. |
| 0:22.4 | You made out on that one though you inch closer in our head-to-head series this season. |
| 0:27.2 | And this Sunday upcoming the Lions head out to the desert to face the Arizona Cardinals. |
| 0:31.6 | So we want to blow through the injury stuff pretty quickly because we don't know anything for certain |
| 0:38.8 | we just know who's been limited and not in practice yeah they did a walk through today as opposed |
| 0:44.4 | to an actual practice so everything on the injury report is an estimate right but one thing that's |
| 0:49.8 | not an estimate jalen reeves may been is on injured reserve with a neck injury. |
| 0:55.9 | Yeah, you know, he's had that neck injury for, what, about a month now, and he has been |
| 1:03.4 | limited and then played and then limited and then didn't play, and it's back and forth, |
| 1:08.1 | and I guess this is just, it's not getting better, |
| 1:12.6 | and if it's not getting better, I'm sure they don't want to risk any long-term injuries with him. |
| 1:17.7 | And so this is a move to, I think, ensure the healing process for later as opposed to this season. |
| 1:25.4 | All right, so the three players who were not practicing during practice today, |
| 1:29.8 | Carillon Johnson, Devin Conard, and Trevor Bates. |
| 1:33.8 | Yeah, carry on is no surprise, right? |
| 1:35.3 | He's been out for a while. |
| 1:36.6 | We saw Conard leave in the second half of the Rams game, |
| 1:41.1 | so no surprise he's still on the no. |
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