Lions Suffer More Key Injuries with McNeil & Davis Out

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00:00A Lions defense that had already been so banged up this season in the long term, get names

00:10like Aiden Hutchinson out for the remainder of this year.

00:14A linebacker and leader in Alex Anzalone has only gotten longer now for Detroit in the

00:20last 48 hours and not just on the defensive side of the ball.

00:27Two huge ones yesterday, now out for the remainder of this season.

00:31One of the best defensive tackles in the sport, Aleem McNeil suffering a torn ACL against

00:37Buffalo on Sunday.

00:39David Montgomery on the other side of the ball, a torn MCL.

00:44He needs surgery.

00:46He is out for the remainder of this season and by all standards, Joe, that includes a

00:51playoff run, maybe even an appearance at a Super Bowl as well.

00:56Carlton Davis, a veteran presence in that secondary has a fractured jaw.

01:01He is out indefinitely.

01:03The Lions are calling it around six weeks, could return for a deeper portion of the postseason.

01:11Maybe an NFC championship game or a Super Bowl berth in Khalil Dorsey, another member

01:17of that defensive backfield out for the remainder of this year with a scary injury on Sunday

01:23against the Bills, a fractured leg.

01:26Joe, we'll give our reactions to this in just a little bit, but first let's hear from the

01:32guy calling the shots in the Motor City.

01:35That would be Dan Campbell listing off the injuries yesterday for the Lions and how Detroit

01:41will try to respond.

01:43We've lost players.

01:44We've lost really good players, but nobody cares.

01:47I mean, you know, nobody cares and nobody's going to give us a pass or put an asterisk

01:51next to your record.

01:54So what it means is some guys are going to have an unbelievable opportunity, you know,

01:58because of what has happened.

01:59That means now and you're a guy who's on the vet squad or you're a young player or you're

02:04somebody that's been dying to get an opportunity.

02:07You're about to get it.

02:09And so that's that's a pretty cool thing.

02:12That's a pretty inspiring thing.

02:13You know, what are you going to do with it?

02:15And it's up to us to give them a plan to where they can succeed.

02:19And I've said it before.

02:20We're going to play with three units here and we'll do what we have to do to win a game.

02:24And that's all that matters.

02:25That's all that matters from here on out, is that you just need to have one more point

02:29than the opponent.

02:30Period.

02:31Joe, you knew that Dan Campbell was going to have the correct mentality and say the

02:36right things about that gritty effort and the next man up idea that Detroit has shown

02:42and would continue to persevere through down to some stretch of this regular season into

02:47the playoffs.

02:48It's one thing to say those words.

02:50It's another thing to actually have the availability and the talent necessary in your reserves

02:56to compete at that highest level when your goal is not to win football games just to

03:02make the postseason, but win football games to be in a great spot to start the playoffs

03:07and actually play in a Super Bowl for the first time in franchise history.

03:13Your heart goes out to those fans in the Motor City that have seen a generational run

03:18these last two years that now are going to have their season impacted at this point by

03:24the countless injuries the Lions are having to suffer through.

03:28Yeah, and but they at least in my mind, Ben, have a puncher's chance because of how they

03:35can win games as much as that defense is decimated.

03:41Dan Campbell's right.

03:42It's next man up kind of mentality.

03:44We've seen this for decades in the NFL.

03:48The next man up mentality works, especially when they're defensive players.

03:53The reality is, Ben, they can drop 40 on anybody and they you're never going to be able they're

03:58never going to be out of a game because of their ability to drop 30 and 40 points a game

04:02on any defense.

04:05Doesn't matter how bagged up that defense of theirs is.

04:08They're going to be able to outscore 95 percent of the teams that they play.

04:13They didn't weren't able to outscore Buffalo, but, you know, they're a long way away.

04:17How many other Buffalo Bill teams are there right now in the NFC you're worried about?

04:22They can weather this, unlike Kansas City, who thrives on playing low scoring close games.

04:29But without Patrick Mahomes, they're dead in the water.

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