Year Of The Running Back Renaissance

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00:00People are also loving Mike Tirico.

00:02Oh, Mike's great.

00:04He is the best.

00:05I mean, when you talk to,

00:07because you could talk anything, right?

00:08And obviously we're talking Lions with him.

00:11And he's got the connection,

00:12even though he's not from the area,

00:15he lives in the area,

00:16his wife is a native to Michigan,

00:19and he does have that great perspective

00:23of talking to other fan bases

00:25and being exposed to other fan bases.

00:28That's why I love the question of,

00:30what is the perception of the Detroit Lions

00:34outside of Detroit?

00:35You love your question.

00:36Well, I love his answer.

00:39His answer was very, very good.

00:40He said a couple things in there that,

00:42like this year so far has been about

00:45the return importance of the run game.

00:47And it's something where he said it,

00:48I'm like, well, yeah, but he's right,

00:49but no one's really said it.

00:51It's Saquon Barkley and the difference he's made

00:53for the Eagles.

00:54It's Derrick Henry and the difference he's made

00:55for Baltimore.

00:56It's clearly what Detroit is built on.

00:58When San Francisco is humming,

01:00they run the ball.

01:00Buffalo has been better committed

01:02to running the football this season.

01:04It's a huge theme this year,

01:06and it's so obvious,

01:07but no one's really just said it on our show,

01:09and Mike's great.

01:12Well, and how about, okay,

01:13talk about the run game and how important it is.

01:16You got two guys right now,

01:17Jameer Gibbs has 656 yards,

01:20Montgomery has 488 yards.

01:22Both guys are on pace to be thousand yard backs.

01:26And so when you,

01:28you talk about Derrick Henry

01:31and the opportunity that he may have

01:34to be a 2,000 yard back.

01:37The last time that he was on pace for this,

01:39what happened in, I think it was week 14,

01:42had a, I believe it was a foot injury.

01:44I think you're right.

01:45He wore down a little bit.

01:45Yeah, came up short.

01:47And now you've got two guys

01:48that are gonna do the job of one Derrick Henry,

01:51and I understand the difference there,

01:54but chances are both guys

01:57are gonna be healthier than one Derrick Henry.

02:00The wear and tear, now he's amazing.

02:02Yeah.

02:04But the one-two punch,

02:05because they're both different styles too.

02:06You see it even within a game.

02:08Like often it's Montgomery early,

02:10setting the tone,

02:11showing that the Lions are gonna win the battle up front,

02:13and then as soon as Montgomery leaves the game,

02:16Gibbs is fresh.

02:17Yeah, and boom, he goes.

02:18In the last game, I think it was the third quarter,

02:20he came out and it was like a bolt of lightning.

02:22Yeah.

02:24And the Lions on their heels

02:24because they've been getting worn down by David Montgomery,

02:26and it works the other way.

02:27Gibbs has had some good first halves,

02:29and then the other team's huffing and puffing,

02:30trying to keep up,

02:31and they can't catch their breath

02:32because a sledgehammer hits them over the head

02:34with David Montgomery.

02:35Yeah, and the irony is,

02:36we talk about the numbers for both of these guys,

02:38it's 103 carries for Gibbs,

02:41and he's got, what, almost 200 yards more than Montgomery,

02:45who's had seven more carries.

02:47But it is, it's both backs being able to be dominant

02:52in their own respect.

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