NO EXCUSES: Detroit Lions,Jared Goff Must DELIVER Playoff Success With NFL's Easiest Path

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4.1 • 680 Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Detroit Lions primed for dominance with the NFL’s easiest 2026 schedule—will Dan Campbell’s squad capitalize on this golden opportunity? Matt Dery highlights how the Lions’ fourth-place finish sets up a favorable path, breaking down key games against the New York Giants, Tennessee Titans, and Arizona Cardinals and what this means in the NFC North race. With new additions like Blake Miller and Derrick Moore, along with Amon-Ra St. Brown’s return to Berlin, are expectations now sky-high in Detroit? Matt features insights from league executives on the Lions’ draft, including praise for Keith Abney and debate about Blake Miller’s long-term fit at tackle. The show also examines parallels between Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal’s injury and Detroit’s “championship window,” exploring if Brad Holmes has done enough to keep the Lions’ momentum rolling. Plus, a listener asks about backup center options—find out who may step up in the trenches this season.

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0:00.0	The Detroit Lions have a great chance to make hay in the NFC North this year.
0:07.2	Their schedule the easiest in the NFL.
0:15.0	You are Locked on Lions, your daily Detroit Lions podcast.
0:20.2	Part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:26.6	All right, we're here, everybody, on a Monday edition, Lockdown Lions Lockdown Podcast Network,
0:30.3	the number one sports podcast network.
0:32.5	My name is Matt Derry.
0:33.6	Thanks for being with us.
0:34.9	We're going to end the show today with a call of the day.
0:36.7	If you want to be our call of the day, leave us a voicemail at speakpipe.com slash Derry. Thanks for being with us. We're going to end the show today with a call of the day. If you want to be our call of the day, leave us a voicemail at speakpipe.com slash Dairy podcast page.
0:42.8	Bad news for Tigers fans, Tarek Scouble out two to three months, having to have surgery.
0:48.1	I'm going to talk about that and what it means for the Detroit Lions.
0:51.2	A little mixture of baseball and football here.
0:56.4	Mike Sandow from the Athletic had some quotes from NFC executives on the Lions draft.
1:01.0	We'll tell you about that.
1:02.2	But we start with the huge news of the day.
1:04.8	Our man Warren Sharp at Sharp Football Analytics put out a brand new NFL strength of schedule for 2026 based on all the
1:16.2	analytics and everything that Warren and his folks do at sharp football. And yes,
1:21.8	the big news. Oh, by the way, Lockdown Lions today brought to you by our friends at Fandul.
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1:41.3	analytics, Lions have the easiest schedule in the NFL. I repeat, not second, not third, Warren Sharp, sharp analytics. Lions have the easiest schedule in the NFL.
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