Such an atrocious production, beautiful Thursday afternoon. I'm very excited to be here. This

is, uh, this is something I never used to care about, but I'll tell you, everything lions

right now, the hype, the excitement, I'm into it. And let's just dive right in, shall we?

We all know how each of us are doing. We've been talking to each other for two hours. I

don't like the lions opener. I love it. I love it. I absolutely love that the lions

are opening up the NFL season in Kansas City. Go ahead, raise the banner, have your Lombardi

trophy, have Kelsey air humping the moon. I'm in because ultimately here's what this

is about. Many of you have cried, like little children. Respect us. Help me. I'm poor.

Okay. Well, you know what the leaks, not in the business of putting a flea ridden mutt

on the opener, the Thursday night opener. They put good matchups out there. And for me,

this is a recognition that the lions are now viewed differently. Now you have to go

out and play. But I don't care because like they know offense guys, this isn't Michigan.

You don't get to hide for the first month. You got to play somebody. See NFL, whether

you play the chiefs there, week six, week 10, week 15, it doesn't matter to the chiefs.

I love the fact we start out. You know what I really like, Rick, on being serious. You'll

say it's geeky. You'll laugh. I get 10 days to prepare for week two that no matter what

happens in Kansas City, I get a little half by week. You know what? I get 10 days to prepare

for week two. Mike, we are on the Kansas City. Okay.

I love. No, no, I love the week one matchup, especially for all the Detroit Lions fans,

because it does say you're relevant. It does say the league paid attention to how you

finished the season that eight to run. The league paid attention to how hard you played

in that Packers game, even though you knew you couldn't go to the playoffs. You didn't

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