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Pride of Detroit: for Detroit Lions fans

Jonas Pope breaks down new Lions DT Alim McNeil

Pride of Detroit: for Detroit Lions fans

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4.4957 Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Jonas Pope (@JEPopeIV) writes for the News & Observer and the Durham Sun and joins the show to talk about NC State's Alim McNeil, the Detroit Lions 3rd round draft pick! Jonas breaks down for Jeremy and Chris what makes Alim so special among NTs in college, how immovable he was during his playing time, and what he'll be like as he transitions to the NFL. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to First Bite, the P of Detroit Midweek podcast where we interview someone.

0:28.3

Let's talk about the Detroit Lions.

0:29.5

We are going to continue today with our preview series or post view, I guess, series of the Detroit Lions draft class, going over all of the picks

0:38.5

with an expert from that college. My name's Jeremy Reitzman, by the way. I'm the host of First Bite.

0:44.3

With me this week is Chris Perfet, my co-host. Review. It's called a review, Jeremy.

0:49.7

Thank you. It's called a review. I appreciate that. This is why you're normally the host, I guess.

0:58.7

Yeah, this is why, I mean, that was a very adequate move to just call it post-view. So, I mean, I can't, I would, I approve.

1:01.5

I absolutely approve.

1:03.2

With us, our very special guests to talk about, we've already done one on Lieve Aulnizu.

1:07.7

We've already done one on Penae Soule.

1:09.3

Now time to move on to the line's first third

1:10.9

round pick, Alim McNeil and our special guest. This week is Jonas Pope from the NC State beat

1:17.9

writer for the News and Observer and the Durham Herald Sun. Jonas, how you doing today, man?

1:23.0

Doing well, man. Thank you guys for having me on. Really appreciate the invite.

1:26.7

Well, we appreciate you joining us.

1:29.0

Ali McNeil is kind of one of the more fascinating picksalines made, obviously.

1:33.0

They make it right after they draft Levi-Oenzerike, another defensive tackle.

1:36.7

But this one is an entire different kind of breed of a defensive tackle.

1:40.4

So before we get into, you know, the player himself, I want to talk about the

1:44.3

person a little bit. Based on your years of covering the NC State Wolf Pax, who are the lines

1:51.2

getting as a person in a Lee McNeil? For sure. He's definitely one of those guys that you did

1:57.2

a poll and kind of surveyed the entire football facility, like nothing but good things come back from the strength coach

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