1
00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,200
Speaker 1: It's Week thirteen. The Jaguars face the Detroit Lions at

2
00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:07,440
Speaker 1: Ford Field in downtown Detroit, and Detroit Lions reporter Danny

3
00:00:07,560 --> 00:00:10,440
Speaker 1: Rodgers is with us to tell us all about the

4
00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:13,560
Speaker 1: Ford seven Lions. It's a battle of Ford and seven teams.

5
00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:17,040
Speaker 1: And Danny, this is like looking in the mirror almost right.

6
00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:19,720
Speaker 1: I mean, both these teams really need this game. Yeah,

7
00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:22,240
Speaker 1: you nailed it, hit the nail on the head. And

8
00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:25,639
Speaker 1: coach Campbell said that earlier this week that these two

9
00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:29,280
Speaker 1: teams are mirror images of each other. You've got two

10
00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:32,240
Speaker 1: teams that are gonging and hungry Jacksonville, you guys, of

11
00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:35,599
Speaker 1: course getting that big win over Baltimore and then Detroit

12
00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:38,160
Speaker 1: going three and one in their last four games. So

13
00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:40,599
Speaker 1: both teams are kind of on the uptick. It's just

14
00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:42,360
Speaker 1: for the Lions that are coming off the loss to

15
00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:45,360
Speaker 1: the Bills. It was really close loss, only by three points.

16
00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:49,520
Speaker 1: So it's now Kansas. The Detroit Lions bounced back and

17
00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:53,280
Speaker 1: continue on their their nice little uptick into the season.

18
00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:56,600
Speaker 1: Let's start with the coaching there. You mentioned Dan Campbell

19
00:00:56,840 --> 00:01:01,080
Speaker 1: and what he brings in terms of mentality to that team.

20
00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:04,200
Speaker 1: He's got a toughness, a roughness, kind of a rough

21
00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:07,120
Speaker 1: edge about him, but it seems like the team takes

22
00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:09,880
Speaker 1: to him. They sure do. You will hear all of

23
00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:13,920
Speaker 1: these players just say amazing things about coach Campbell and

24
00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:17,160
Speaker 1: the staff, who a majority of them are former players,

25
00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:19,000
Speaker 1: so you know they're kind of operating on the same

26
00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:22,040
Speaker 1: wavelengths coaches can relate to the players. For coach Campbell,

27
00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:26,520
Speaker 1: he brings an aggressive mindset to this team, a physical mindset,

28
00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:30,080
Speaker 1: and that's exactly what these players need. That's how you

29
00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:34,520
Speaker 1: need to play when you're not very experienced. Both of

30
00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:36,720
Speaker 1: these teams Jacksonville and you Try are both very on

31
00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:40,200
Speaker 1: the younger side of the spectrum here for NFL team,

32
00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:42,959
Speaker 1: so detrait especially on the defensive side, like you have

33
00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:45,840
Speaker 1: to play so physical, so aggressive. Um, when you don't

34
00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:47,440
Speaker 1: have a ton of experience, you have to be able

35
00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:50,360
Speaker 1: to play fast and and play in a simplified system,

36
00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:53,480
Speaker 1: which is what they do. And so Coach Campbell, um,

37
00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:55,920
Speaker 1: I love him. I think he's a great coach. I

38
00:01:55,960 --> 00:01:59,480
Speaker 1: think there's no better leader right now to lead this franchise.

39
00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:02,640
Speaker 1: Um and I'm glad it's him. He deserves all the

40
00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:05,800
Speaker 1: praise that he can get. Elevating Ben Johnson to offensive

41
00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:09,480
Speaker 1: coordinator who has produced one of the most explosive offenses

42
00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:12,560
Speaker 1: in the league. So um, he marked all aggressive mindset. Yeah,

43
00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:15,519
Speaker 1: and the players, we freaking love it. Danny Rodgers with

44
00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:19,400
Speaker 1: this Lions reporter and staying on the coaching conversation here,

45
00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:21,959
Speaker 1: of course, Jared Goss playing pretty well the last month

46
00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:24,160
Speaker 1: or so, four or five games. How much is Mark

47
00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:28,120
Speaker 1: Brunell had to do with golf finding his way at

48
00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:31,480
Speaker 1: least early in his time in Detroit. And and we

49
00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:34,760
Speaker 1: know Mark pretty well around here obviously, So how's he

50
00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:37,760
Speaker 1: been to deal with and in that kind of a

51
00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:40,200
Speaker 1: world where he's the quarterbacks coach, how does golf take

52
00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:43,040
Speaker 1: to him? Coach Barnell, what sticks out to me just

53
00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:47,079
Speaker 1: listening to his press conference is he's very transparent. He

54
00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:51,000
Speaker 1: keeps it one hundred with you. He doesn't sugarcoat anything.

55
00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:54,160
Speaker 1: But what I love the most about that quarterback coach

56
00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:57,760
Speaker 1: and quarterback relationship is how loyal they are to each other.

57
00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:01,600
Speaker 1: And you can tell the coach Brunell knows how good

58
00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:04,720
Speaker 1: of a quarterback Jared Goff can be and how good

59
00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:07,000
Speaker 1: he's been playing for the Detroit lines. I mean, he

60
00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:08,920
Speaker 1: went to a Super Bowl. We don't want people to

61
00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:10,919
Speaker 1: get Jared Goff played in the Super Bowl, and Coach

62
00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:13,240
Speaker 1: Brunell doesn't want you to forget that either. He has

63
00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:15,840
Speaker 1: all the trusts in the world that Jared can perform

64
00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:19,680
Speaker 1: very critical situations, and he's very real in the things

65
00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:22,760
Speaker 1: that Jared needs to get better. Sometimes this pocket presents

66
00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:24,839
Speaker 1: um knowing when to stay in and wanted to get out.

67
00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:27,760
Speaker 1: So you also have Ben Johnson backing up Jared Goff

68
00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:29,640
Speaker 1: as well, saying I believe that he can make all

69
00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:31,760
Speaker 1: the critical throws in the world when we need to

70
00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:33,640
Speaker 1: have them. UM. So what I love the most is

71
00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:37,680
Speaker 1: just the loyalty there. You can tell that you're two

72
00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:40,680
Speaker 1: in a system. Is all of the help in the

73
00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:42,560
Speaker 1: world here and that's what they're in there and here

74
00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:46,080
Speaker 1: two everyone's acclimated to each other, they have trust each other,

75
00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:48,680
Speaker 1: they're loyal. UM. Coach right now can get a little

76
00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:51,760
Speaker 1: fifty and he doesn't want no one talking about drafting

77
00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:54,680
Speaker 1: a quarterback with Jared Goff as his QB one right now.

78
00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:56,960
Speaker 1: And I love that. I love that he told he

79
00:03:57,080 --> 00:03:59,080
Speaker 1: told it to the media straight. So look, we're not

80
00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:01,760
Speaker 1: talking about that right now because I believe my quarterback.

81
00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:05,120
Speaker 1: So I assume there's some one of a bromance there

82
00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:08,960
Speaker 1: with Brunal Jared. I love watching this. This Lions offense

83
00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:12,240
Speaker 1: can pound the football, they run it. It's the best

84
00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:16,080
Speaker 1: rushing attack in Detroit since what when Barry Sanders was

85
00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:18,680
Speaker 1: in the backfield. But this is more than just one man.

86
00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:23,000
Speaker 1: I mean, this is multiple running backs, big physical offensive line,

87
00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:26,080
Speaker 1: oh and a fullback to those are pretty rarely in NFL.

88
00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:29,240
Speaker 1: And this is old fashioned lineup and run at your football.

89
00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:32,359
Speaker 1: Feels like, yeah it is. I mean, the secret sauce

90
00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:35,479
Speaker 1: to this Detroit Lions offense hasn't and it will be

91
00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:38,080
Speaker 1: under head coach jam Campbell to run the ball. That's

92
00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:39,960
Speaker 1: what he said Tom when when he got here. We're

93
00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:43,120
Speaker 1: going to be physical, aggressive, run the ball down your

94
00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:46,799
Speaker 1: throat type team. They're finally living up to that identity

95
00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:50,200
Speaker 1: this year. Um, I don't believe they rushed below eighty

96
00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:53,479
Speaker 1: yards in a game, which is pretty hard to come by.

97
00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:56,039
Speaker 1: And you're doing that without your running back number one,

98
00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:59,839
Speaker 1: DeAndre Switch For most of this season, he's had shoulder

99
00:04:59,839 --> 00:05:02,800
Speaker 1: in injuries ankle injuries that had been nagging at him.

100
00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:07,000
Speaker 1: So whence incomes sixth year Jamal Williams, who Detroit lines

101
00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:10,640
Speaker 1: picked up a year ago from Green Bay who has

102
00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:13,120
Speaker 1: been carrying the load. He's been crushing it. But you

103
00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:16,479
Speaker 1: can also ask second year receiver aman Ross st Brown

104
00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:18,200
Speaker 1: to come up there and step up in the run

105
00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:20,400
Speaker 1: game as well. I think he had fifty yards in

106
00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:23,840
Speaker 1: one game on the ground, which is insane. So yeah,

107
00:05:23,880 --> 00:05:27,920
Speaker 1: it's it's a really good combination of a team effort

108
00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:31,440
Speaker 1: depth at that running back position. Do Staley a obviously

109
00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:33,640
Speaker 1: does an awesome job with those running backs. I love

110
00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:36,280
Speaker 1: watching them in practice. They're the one group that kind

111
00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:39,039
Speaker 1: of like, you know, piques your interest with how aggressive

112
00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:41,400
Speaker 1: they are in their drills. UM. And then of course

113
00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:43,640
Speaker 1: you have that offensive lineman that is anchored by the

114
00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:47,440
Speaker 1: tackles Taylor Decker, Penny school Um and Senator Frank rag Now.

115
00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:49,960
Speaker 1: And it really doesn't matter. Detroit was without their two

116
00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:53,120
Speaker 1: starting cards against the Bills. UM backups came in, they didn't.

117
00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:57,160
Speaker 1: Okay job, It certainly wasn't why Detroit lost. So you're

118
00:05:57,200 --> 00:06:00,719
Speaker 1: looking at it, Yeah, a very explosive offense. But the

119
00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:02,800
Speaker 1: thing that sticks out to me is they are very

120
00:06:02,839 --> 00:06:05,240
Speaker 1: well aware that they can do a lot better, which

121
00:06:05,279 --> 00:06:07,800
Speaker 1: is kind of scary to think about. Danny Rodgers with

122
00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:11,520
Speaker 1: US Detroit Lions Reporter, and let's flip into defense now,

123
00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:15,039
Speaker 1: and we all see the rankings thirty second in a

124
00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:19,040
Speaker 1: lot of the categories. So give us some bright spots

125
00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:22,279
Speaker 1: of this Lions defense. What are some things they do

126
00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:25,680
Speaker 1: better than the rankings might say. It's still a little

127
00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:28,760
Speaker 1: mind boggling to look at those rankings, especially in the

128
00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:31,599
Speaker 1: month of November and see that this Detroit Lions defense

129
00:06:31,880 --> 00:06:34,599
Speaker 1: is towards the bottom in the league. Because the reason

130
00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:37,680
Speaker 1: why they were winning these games, um, these really close

131
00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:41,839
Speaker 1: ones against Chicago Green Bay is because of the defense

132
00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:44,919
Speaker 1: and the critical game winning stops they were making. So

133
00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:47,560
Speaker 1: it's a little hard to wrought my head around that. Um,

134
00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:50,080
Speaker 1: it's still towards the bottom. I know they're making significant

135
00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:52,760
Speaker 1: improvements on that side of the ball, but the right spots,

136
00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:54,479
Speaker 1: there's a ton of right spots, and they are in

137
00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:57,520
Speaker 1: the form of rookie east Adan Hutchinson, which just seeing

138
00:06:57,560 --> 00:07:01,480
Speaker 1: the NFL defensive rookie of the UM. The last Detroit

139
00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:03,479
Speaker 1: Lions player to do that was in Dominican Sue I

140
00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:06,080
Speaker 1: think in two thousand and eleven, so it's been a minute.

141
00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:09,039
Speaker 1: It's hard to come by that that honor eve Aiden

142
00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:11,560
Speaker 1: Hutchinson defensive lineman who will go out on the edge,

143
00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:15,160
Speaker 1: drop back and coverage and pick off very very very

144
00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:18,360
Speaker 1: good quarterbacks. And Aaron Rodgers and Josh Allen. Um, you

145
00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:21,640
Speaker 1: have safety Kirby Joseph in the secondary who has been

146
00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:27,960
Speaker 1: a ball magnet, so instinctually smart in football. Um, he's

147
00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:31,600
Speaker 1: come up with three picks. He's everywhere. Josh Pascal was

148
00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:33,760
Speaker 1: a third round pick for these Detroit Lions. When he's

149
00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:36,920
Speaker 1: in UM, he's showing some really good bright spots. And then,

150
00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:39,440
Speaker 1: of course last game against the Bills, you have James Houston,

151
00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:42,880
Speaker 1: a sixth round pick out of Jackson State. His nickname

152
00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:45,679
Speaker 1: is the problem because he had sixteen and a half

153
00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:49,080
Speaker 1: sacks his senior year. He comes in and sacks Josh

154
00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:53,440
Speaker 1: Allen twice off of a combined five defensive snaps. Those

155
00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:56,280
Speaker 1: are the bright spots. It's the rookies, even only McNeil

156
00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:58,840
Speaker 1: who angers the defensive line there. He's in a second year,

157
00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:02,200
Speaker 1: so he's so young too. We had ten pressures against

158
00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:05,080
Speaker 1: Daniel Jones and the Giants, so those are the right

159
00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:08,640
Speaker 1: spots the rookies. The foundation of Detroit defense has been laid.

160
00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:11,960
Speaker 1: It's built um so, now it's canny knock down this

161
00:08:12,080 --> 00:08:14,680
Speaker 1: next barrier of Okay, we took an ol Can, we

162
00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:18,640
Speaker 1: bounced back and make some some more critical game winning stops.

163
00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:22,280
Speaker 1: But bright days are coming for this Detroit Lions defense.

164
00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:25,760
Speaker 1: I promise you're tried and true, Michigander. I mean, you

165
00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:28,680
Speaker 1: went to school at the university, you're you're from the

166
00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:31,680
Speaker 1: are you work in Detroit? Now? So it sounds like

167
00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:34,640
Speaker 1: Aidan Hutchinson's everything he's cracked up to be and was

168
00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:38,120
Speaker 1: promoted to be and maybe even more so far so,

169
00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:40,360
Speaker 1: all right, he's doing all these good things. What's the

170
00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:43,080
Speaker 1: next step for for Hutchinson and his development if there

171
00:08:43,160 --> 00:08:45,400
Speaker 1: is one? Yeah, And I talked to him in the

172
00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:48,640
Speaker 1: locker room this past week and I said to him, like,

173
00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:50,480
Speaker 1: I know you do not want to talk about yourself,

174
00:08:50,520 --> 00:08:53,240
Speaker 1: but you have this NFL Defensive Rookie of the Month

175
00:08:53,280 --> 00:08:56,160
Speaker 1: award here in cranted. When you're a second overall pick,

176
00:08:56,559 --> 00:08:59,480
Speaker 1: you kind of expect things like that, but they're still

177
00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:02,400
Speaker 1: extremely hard to come by. But I asked him, what's

178
00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:05,360
Speaker 1: what reassurance do you have and just the growth and

179
00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:08,240
Speaker 1: improvement you're making throughout the season to you know, come

180
00:09:08,280 --> 00:09:10,880
Speaker 1: by an award like that, and he'll tell you straight

181
00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:15,240
Speaker 1: he really likes the improvement and the growth that he's making. Um,

182
00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:17,880
Speaker 1: and you won't sugarcoat it. He knows he's improving. Um.

183
00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:19,760
Speaker 1: It was a slower start. He had a few sacks

184
00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:23,240
Speaker 1: against Washington, married me too, and then his performance kind

185
00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:24,800
Speaker 1: of tapered a little bit, and then it was an

186
00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:28,679
Speaker 1: uptick after those picks against Green Bay. So I think

187
00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:31,160
Speaker 1: what you you can see from him and what more

188
00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:33,240
Speaker 1: they can meet out of him is just for him

189
00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:36,800
Speaker 1: to show that versatility of picking off quarterbacks and also

190
00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:39,640
Speaker 1: being able to rush quarterbacks, which is still insane to

191
00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:41,160
Speaker 1: think about. Just where they have and they can play

192
00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:42,600
Speaker 1: him on the edge, you can play him within the

193
00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:46,520
Speaker 1: defensive line. I think if he can show more consistent versatility,

194
00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:51,280
Speaker 1: that's what his next step is, growing and improving. As

195
00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:54,559
Speaker 1: long as he doesn't, you know, taper off again in Plateau.

196
00:09:54,640 --> 00:09:56,680
Speaker 1: I think he can be everything they wanted him to be.

197
00:09:56,720 --> 00:09:58,920
Speaker 1: It's it's been funny. Obviously you guys had the number

198
00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:02,200
Speaker 1: one pick, took Traymon longer, and the media is obviously

199
00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:05,120
Speaker 1: asked the coaching staff, you know, kind of just their

200
00:10:05,320 --> 00:10:09,520
Speaker 1: final takeaway from okay drafting Hutch over Treylon Walker, and

201
00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:11,360
Speaker 1: every single one of them kind of let out a

202
00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:12,920
Speaker 1: little giggle at the end, and they're like, yeah, we

203
00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:15,319
Speaker 1: think we got we think we like our buy, we

204
00:10:15,640 --> 00:10:18,120
Speaker 1: like Hutch just a little bit. And they would laugh,

205
00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:20,880
Speaker 1: they would laugh at that and Google so, um, I

206
00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:22,719
Speaker 1: know they really love what Hutch has been able to

207
00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:25,520
Speaker 1: do from and I think he's his stallizer for me

208
00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:29,160
Speaker 1: exceeding expectations. Then there's been a lot of change obviously,

209
00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:33,840
Speaker 1: both organizations really the last you know, ten years or so,

210
00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:37,000
Speaker 1: a lot of struggles, a lot of change, coaching changes,

211
00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:40,080
Speaker 1: and again in Detroit the last couple of years, maybe

212
00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:43,439
Speaker 1: it's settled in a little bit now quarterbacks there after

213
00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:46,240
Speaker 1: the big trade and everything, and as you mentioned, all

214
00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:49,800
Speaker 1: the rookies on defense that are have a promising future.

215
00:10:49,880 --> 00:10:52,720
Speaker 1: So what is the what's the end game? Like? When

216
00:10:52,760 --> 00:10:57,400
Speaker 1: will the Lions arrive? Is there a season a date

217
00:10:57,520 --> 00:11:00,040
Speaker 1: of you know something that you expect this team to

218
00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:03,560
Speaker 1: be in the postseason if you ask any player on

219
00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:06,320
Speaker 1: this team, And and Jared Goff said this year, this

220
00:11:06,360 --> 00:11:10,400
Speaker 1: week or last week, he said, Detroit has arrived. Offensive

221
00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:15,559
Speaker 1: lineman offensive tackle Taylor decker Um this past post game

222
00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:20,480
Speaker 1: against the Bill said they are not the same old Lions,

223
00:11:20,679 --> 00:11:24,000
Speaker 1: and he used an exploitative and that I can't say it.

224
00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:26,959
Speaker 1: But these players know that they're not the same old

225
00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:30,520
Speaker 1: Lions team. And to me, the fact that they believe

226
00:11:30,600 --> 00:11:32,920
Speaker 1: that they know that and you can go in, Um,

227
00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:35,040
Speaker 1: I mean I go in every Sunday. I'm like, yeah,

228
00:11:35,080 --> 00:11:36,480
Speaker 1: I think we have a really good shot of being

229
00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:39,720
Speaker 1: the Bills who are Super Bowl contenders. And they almost

230
00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:43,320
Speaker 1: did that, um mr field goal, which I'm sure they

231
00:11:43,360 --> 00:11:45,080
Speaker 1: would love to get back on that and the secondary

232
00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:48,840
Speaker 1: broke down at the most untimely part of the game there.

233
00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:51,800
Speaker 1: But but these guys know that every single time they

234
00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:53,480
Speaker 1: go into a Sunday that they can win a game

235
00:11:53,520 --> 00:11:55,520
Speaker 1: and they can compete. It's just can you put that

236
00:11:55,679 --> 00:11:59,480
Speaker 1: w on the scoreboard when teams are above average better

237
00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:02,040
Speaker 1: than you? Um, they've done it against teams that their

238
00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:05,400
Speaker 1: average against here so far. UM, So that's that's they

239
00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:07,200
Speaker 1: weren't winning those games last year that they should have

240
00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:09,880
Speaker 1: beat Green Bay which was not really supposed to happen

241
00:12:09,880 --> 00:12:12,240
Speaker 1: in Arizona last year, which was not really supposed to happen.

242
00:12:12,679 --> 00:12:15,440
Speaker 1: So now they're winning games you're supposed to. To To me,

243
00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:19,160
Speaker 1: I think they've arrived. I really do. I normally saying

244
00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:21,199
Speaker 1: that four and seven, and I'm from Michigan. You said that,

245
00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:24,520
Speaker 1: so our expectations low. To me, they're not, because that's

246
00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:26,440
Speaker 1: just not the vibe that I get from this coaching

247
00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:29,080
Speaker 1: staff and these players, UM, is that they have low

248
00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:32,920
Speaker 1: expectations and low standards. They don't. Coach Campbell does not

249
00:12:33,040 --> 00:12:35,760
Speaker 1: have low standards. UM he was on that, he won't

250
00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:37,560
Speaker 1: be He really doesn't even claim when he was on

251
00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:39,960
Speaker 1: that O N six team Lions team, because he was injured,

252
00:12:39,960 --> 00:12:42,719
Speaker 1: He's like, well, I really didn't experience that, So he

253
00:12:43,080 --> 00:12:45,560
Speaker 1: doesn't claim that his standards are not low. Doesn't really

254
00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:48,240
Speaker 1: know what it feels like. So the standards are there.

255
00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:51,600
Speaker 1: I think the Detroit Allions have arrived. I mean if

256
00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:55,400
Speaker 1: they're able to crack into the playoffs. M Granted, this

257
00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:57,760
Speaker 1: staff and this team won't really talk about that right

258
00:12:57,760 --> 00:13:00,920
Speaker 1: now that they're all focused on Jacksonville. UM, but I

259
00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:03,360
Speaker 1: think even if you're a game out of playoffs this year,

260
00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:07,280
Speaker 1: like Okay, they're here, they've arrived, Um, they have something

261
00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:09,400
Speaker 1: to build on. So I just I don't think the

262
00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:14,120
Speaker 1: lines are very very far outside media, outside fan bases

263
00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:16,880
Speaker 1: they'll be like, oh, it's just the same allliance. I

264
00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:18,720
Speaker 1: think if you're here in the building, you know that's

265
00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:21,240
Speaker 1: not true. And they're a lot closer than they might appear.