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Talkin' Lions With Brian Baldinger
WXYT-FM / 97.1 The Ticket
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9/28/2024
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00:00
Baldy, always good to check in with you. Good morning.
00:03
Hey, good morning, guys. How are you?
00:05
We're doing great. Lions off of a win.
00:08
Of course, there's some question now going into Monday night.
00:10
Frank Ragnall will not play. Let's go to the trenches.
00:13
How big a deal is that?
00:16
Well, it's a big deal. I mean, it's a Pro Bowl center.
00:19
And I thought Frank was excellent last week.
00:21
And so, you know, you start getting into the depth.
00:25
I mean, he's the leader up there. He's a veteran.
00:27
Everything kind of starts with him.
00:29
And so, I don't know if they put Glasgow in its center right now
00:33
and how they kind of adjust. I'm not really sure.
00:36
John, you might know, but I think it's a big deal.
00:39
They played without Frank before. He's had injuries last year.
00:42
They overcame him. So, that's what they got to do now,
00:45
just like every other team.
00:47
Yeah, we kind of saw it, not with Frank being down in the NFC championship game,
00:52
but, you know, they were down a guard.
00:55
And they put Awosike in there
00:57
and really didn't notice that much of a drop-off.
01:00
But anytime you lose a Pro Bowl center, it's going to be a big deal.
01:04
The question I have for you, Boldy, is on the other side of the ball.
01:07
Defensively, what is different about this defense?
01:11
Why are they better than they were last year?
01:16
Well, I think some of it, John.
01:18
Honestly, I mean, you played Bownicks week one.
01:21
You played a New England team week two.
01:24
I think, and, I'm sorry, the Tampa team,
01:29
that, you know, they struggled with a little bit.
01:32
And then, I'm getting things all confused here.
01:35
I was thinking about Seattle.
01:37
That's all right.
01:38
I think, you know, Arizona last week, they couldn't run the ball at all.
01:42
And they've been running the ball really good.
01:44
And that was really impressive.
01:46
You know, some of it is Davenport's, you know, so big.
01:48
I know he's banged up, but, you know, he's just a big, huge guy.
01:52
And, you know, Hutch plays hard and branches in his second year.
01:55
So, you just look at some of the guys they have right there, right now.
01:59
And, you know, it's just a tough group to move inside right now.
02:04
So, one takeaway I had last week,
02:08
I know offensively they're struggling a little bit to put points up
02:12
the way they were a year ago.
02:13
But I think the run defense is much better with D.J. Reeder,
02:17
you know, along with McNeil.
02:19
I mean, those are just guys that are hard to move inside right now.
02:23
They've got so much more size up front.
02:25
Let's talk Seattle a little bit here.
02:26
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02:37
Seattle at 3-0.
02:38
What kind of team is Detroit seeing this week?
02:41
Well, defensively, they've been really good.
02:43
Now, like I was saying before, I mean, Bo Nix and, you know,
02:47
the guys they face that have been, you know, front-line players.
02:50
But Mike McDonald's got those guys playing hard.
02:53
They don't make the same mistake twice, it doesn't seem.
02:56
The secondary is elite right now with Wolin and, you know,
03:01
Davenport and Julian Love.
03:03
I mean, they're a good group right now.
03:05
So, I think that they're playing well.
03:10
The ball isn't going over their head like it was a year ago.
03:13
You look at this rookie, Byron Murphy, to go with Big Cat Williams inside.
03:17
They're much better, I think, defensively, at least fundamentally.
03:21
Right now they have two totally different linebackers in Baker and Dodson.
03:25
They're playing well.
03:26
And the one guy that keeps showing up is that boy, Amafe,
03:29
who's a really good pass rusher right now.
03:33
And I just think Geno Smith, you know, they've been getting big plays.
03:36
They got another one from DK Metcalf last week.
03:40
I don't think their offensive line is great by any stretch.
03:44
But I think Geno is good in the pocket.
03:47
He's got three really good targets to throw to.
03:50
And they've won games without their best running back,
03:54
Kenneth Walker, the last couple weeks.
03:56
But Charbonnet has been just fine.
03:58
So, they kind of cobble it together right now with some of the injuries
04:01
they've had on offense.
04:03
But Geno's been really good and really productive at the quarterback position.
04:07
And we know Seattle's given Detroit's fits in recent years.
04:10
Brian Baldinger, we appreciate some of your time.
04:12
Thanks, Brian.
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