Episode #92: The OC search continues
Detroit Lions Breakdown
Erik Schlitt and Joe Kania
5.0 • 575 Ratings
🗓️ 11 January 2019
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
The search for an offensive coordinator extends another week as the Lions ponder theiroptions. Erik and Joe sift through the eligible candidates as eight other teams continue preparing to chase the Vince Lombardi trophy.
- The Offensive Coordinator search continues, the list of coaches grows
- What Bob Quinn wants in the next Offensive Coordinator
- Quinn has made it known that Patricia will hire his next Offensive Coordinator
- New candidates include Nate Hackett and Steve Sarkisian for Offensive Coordinator spot
- The listeners have suggested eight other coordinator options and Erik breaks them all down
- Erik and Joe pick their leading candidate
- Will there be any more coaching moves?
- Matt Harriss will move on from his capologistrole
- Mike Disner was hired as vice president of football operations and will be Harriss’ replacement
- Who was the best feel-good story of 2018?
- Da’Shawn Hand = PFF ALL-Rookie team
- The Alliance American Football League (namely the San Diego Fleet) is full of former Lions
- What value does the No. 8 pick in the 2019 draft have?
- Can the team trade back?
- How lackluster is this quarterback class?
- Who are the top tight ends on the board?
- Can the Lions wait until after Round 1 for an EDGE rusher? Is the class deep enough?
- As far as underrated needs go, is off-the-ball LB one of them?
- Have Alabama players taken a hit to their draft stock after losing the National Championship?
- Would the Lions consider drafting an offensive tackle early?
- Will Ziggy Ansah be back?
- Which free agents could the Lions potentially break the bank for?
- Could Anthony Barr find his way over from the Vikings?
- Could Antonio Brown be a Lions trade target?
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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. |
| 0:04.0 | I'm Joe Kenya with me as always. |
| 0:06.2 | It's Eric Schlett from USA Today Lions Warrior. |
| 0:08.8 | And this is the official podcast of USA Today Lions Warriors. |
| 0:12.4 | All right, Eric, first injury report and everybody's off it. |
| 0:16.3 | Everybody's now deemed healthy enough to play or at least healthy enough to jet ski. |
| 0:20.6 | All right, we head into the second week of the offseason or the second week of the |
| 0:24.5 | Lions not being allowed to play football or a couple of their co-teens out there still |
| 0:29.5 | get to battle on for a few more weeks. |
| 0:32.0 | Very lucky. |
| 0:32.7 | But one big piece of business that they're working on currently is a new offensive coordinator. |
| 0:38.5 | So Bob Quinn has brought up the other day. |
| 0:41.9 | Patricia will make the hire. |
| 0:43.4 | How do you feel about that? |
| 0:45.1 | Yeah, I think that's right. |
| 0:46.0 | I think it needs to be a Patricia guy. |
| 0:51.5 | You know, Quinn said he gave his opinion on people he's familiar with. And coaches that |
| 0:57.9 | were on his, you know, he's talked in the past about coaches, him having this list in his |
| 1:03.4 | back pocket of potential coaches like all the time based on him talking to people around the league |
| 1:09.2 | and coaches he's run into and schemes he likes |
| 1:11.7 | and whatnot. |
| 1:12.4 | So he said he's giving him a list, but who he picks is totally up to Patricia. |
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