Harrison Smith out and the Packers STEAMROLL the Lions

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4.7 • 958 Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Matthew Coller talks about the Vikings announcing that Harrison Smith is officially out and breaks down a wild day across the NFL, starting with the Packers manhandling the Detroit Lions. Which teams are who we thought they were? Where were the biggest surprises? The Purple Insider podcast is brought to you by FanDuel. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody, welcome to another episode of Purple Insider, Matthew Collar here.
0:10.4	And in this one, I get to react to all the football just like you.
0:15.0	I'll be doing a post game show tomorrow night from Chicago.
0:18.2	But since I don't have one today for a game, I'm going to do it for
0:21.6	somebody else's game. And that is Green Bay and Detroit. Whoa, what a whoopin by the Green Bay
0:30.8	Packers of the Detroit Lions. I'm going to get the Fandual question of the day right to you.
0:35.6	Which team was who you thought they are?
0:39.8	The Denny Green quote, they are who we thought they were.
0:42.3	Which team today is who you thought they were?
0:46.3	Because the Detroit Lions and the Green Bay Packers today were the teams that a lot of people
0:52.8	thought they were.
0:54.4	With Detroit all offseason, what did we talk about?
0:58.5	New coordinators, new interior offensive line.
1:02.5	They're going to be relying on a rookie up front.
1:05.1	They're going to be relying on a late round draft pick up front.
1:08.3	They let Kevin Zitler go.
1:10.3	I don't know why.
1:12.6	Frank Ragnow, one of the best players in the NFL, a top five center in the league,
1:17.4	if not top three center in the league, retires.
1:21.0	Ben Johnson goes to coach the Chicago Bears.
1:23.5	Folks, that's a lot of changes, right?
1:25.5	And all offseason long, I stopped short of wanting to go all the way in on Detroit's going
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