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Pride of Detroit: for Detroit Lions fans

PODcast: 2026 NFL Combine Storylines, Interviews & Players to Watch

Pride of Detroit: for Detroit Lions fans

SB Nation

Sports News, News, Sports, Football

4.4957 Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2026

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

The 2026 NFL Combine is here, and the Pride of Detroit PODcast crew is getting you ready. In this episode, we break down what we’ll be watching most closely in Indianapolis — from on-field testing to the interviews and press conferences that can shape the entire draft season. What should Detroit Lions fans pay attention to? Which positions matter most? And what do we want to hear from Brad Holmes and Dan Campbell as draft season ramps up? We cover the biggest storylines, key prospects, and the subtle things that could impact the Lions’ draft strategy moving forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

What's going on, Lions fans? Welcome to the Pride of Detroit PODcast prime time show today, basically having a little bit of a later show this week, but also a little bit early because Jeremy's going to be flying out to the combine, which is a little bit of a tease for what we're going to be talking about on this episode of the POD cast. I'm your host, Miko. You can find me over at Twitter at the Miko Scott.

0:38.2

And this is your go-to place for all things Lions related. It includes news, updates, analysis,

0:42.8

and so much more. I am joined once again by my amazing co-host. First and foremost, we have your

0:47.5

senior editor over at pride of Detroit.com. Ryan Matthews at Ryan underscore POD. Ryan, how we doing?

0:53.7

How's checking Slack going for you?

0:55.5

Going just fine, keeping a healthy work and social life balance, Miko, as always.

1:00.6

How are you?

1:01.2

How are you?

1:01.7

I'm doing well.

1:02.3

I found out today that apparently using emojis to react to people's messages is not the appropriate way to communicate.

1:07.1

So I will make that as a to do list list, as to get better at my job to basically

1:12.3

maintain that healthy communication and balance here at the workplace. We're also joined by

1:17.7

our editor-in-chief over at Friday Detroit.com. Jeremy, Rizman at Detroit Online. Jeremy, how

1:23.0

we doing? Good, good. Healthier, ready to spend a week in Indianapolis and pretend I'm an NFL draft expert.

1:29.6

That's, you know what?

1:30.5

That's what we all do at home in front of our, you know, computers whenever we're doing mock drafts.

1:35.2

So I feel like you're just getting an opportunity to do it in person.

1:38.6

So that's, that's good.

1:39.5

What I'm hearing is this is actually a big cosplay event. Why don't NFL people just admit to being into cosplay?

1:48.3

Listen, I would not object to that qualification of what the NFL combine is. There's a bunch of people

1:54.2

cosplaying as Mel Kuiper. Gross. I think everybody should absolutely do that. I think more people should

1:59.8

just show up to the combine with Mel Khyper in as Mel Khyper as in cosplay.

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