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  • [595] Detroit Lions Are Back With A Statement - Detroit Lions Podcast Reacts

    [595] Detroit Lions Are Back With A Statement - Detroit Lions Podcast Reacts
    Dec 7 2025
    Detroit Lions Make A Statement When They Had To The Detroit Lions did not just beat the Dallas Cowboys. They answered a question the rest of the NFL was starting to whisper: could this team still reach the gear it showed last year when everything mattered. A 44–30 win over Dallas at Ford Field in a must win spot is not perfection, but it is proof of concept. This is what the Lions offense is supposed to look like when it breathes, and what this defense looks like when it steals possessions instead of just surviving. Jared Goff, Jahmyr Gibbs and an Offensive Line That Finally Settled This felt like a reset game for Jared Goff. After weeks of interior chaos and happy feet, he played like a quarterback who trusted what was in front of him, finishing with a 121 passer rating and command of the entire field. He did not just lock onto Amon Ra St. Brown. He spread it around. St. Brown went 6 for 92 on one good ankle. Jameson Williams added 7 for 96 in what might be his most complete game as a pro. The star, though, continues to be Jahmyr Gibbs. He is no longer just a fun wrinkle in the playbook. He is the problem defenses cannot solve. Seventy seven receiving yards, a series of ankle erasers in space, and the constant threat that any touch might become a house call. This is the first Lions player since Barry Sanders who genuinely makes you lean forward every time he has the ball. Quietly, the big shift up front was Miles Frazier. Once the rookie stepped in at left guard for Tristan Colon, the protection and run fits stopped looking like a fire drill. Frazier buried people on duo and inside zone, climbed to the second level with bad intentions, and gave both Goff and David Montgomery room to operate. Monty responded with 60 hard rushing yards and looked far closer to the back we saw last season than the guy fighting for air against Philadelphia. If this is who the offensive line can be with Frazier settling in and the tackles relatively healthy, Detroit’s playbook opens back up. Shot plays to Williams, option routes for St. Brown, and Gibbs isolated on linebackers is how the Lions offense stresses an entire defense. Defense, Special Teams and the NFC Playoff Picture The Lions defense did not dominate Dallas statistically, but it did what great units do in big games. It turned the ball over. Fourteen points came directly off Cowboys mistakes. Jack Campbell flew around again, DJ Reed battled with CeeDee Lamb until the concussion, and the front made Dak Prescott uncomfortable enough to force high risk throws. Special teams finally flipped a field too. Tom Kennedy looked like he had been waiting five years for those returns, hitting seams at full speed and giving the offense short grass it has been missing all season. That is how complementary football is supposed to look in a real playoff race. In the NFC playoff picture, the win keeps the Detroit Lions alive for more than just a wild card berth. It keeps pressure on Green Bay and Chicago, and it turns next week’s trip to play the Los Angeles Rams into a leverage game instead of a funeral. Run the ball the way Carolina just did against the Rams, protect Goff the way they did against Dallas, and Detroit can turn this one statement into the start of a December run. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvYN107viHw Get yourself a Classic Detroit t-shirt here! Don't miss our great merch selection in the Detroit Lions Podcast store. Looking for the relief that CBD products can bring? Click here: https://bit.ly/2XzawlG Get your Lions Gear at: https://bit.ly/2Ooo5Px As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases made here: https://amzn.to/36e2ZfD Donate Direct at: https://bit.ly/2qnEtFj Join the Patreon Crew at: https://bit.ly/2bgQgyj #DetroitLions, #Lions, #DetroitLionsPodcast, #OnePride, #LionsWin, #LionsMakeAStatement #GoffLockedIn #GibbsElectric #FrazierBreakout #LionsPlayoffPush #JamoStepsUp #StBrownBattles #CowboysFallInDetroit #ComplementaryFootball #FordFieldEnergy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    59 min
  • The Detroit Lions in the Grey Area - Detroit Lions Podcast

    The Detroit Lions in the Grey Area - Detroit Lions Podcast
    Dec 2 2025
    Two Thursday games rattled the calendar and the Detroit Lions. The week felt sideways. The noise got loud. The product wobbled. Strip away the spin. What we learned matters more than what we hoped. Headlines You Cannot Trust The injury chatter swung like a gate in the wind. Ragnow went from absent to savior to ghost in a blink. Kirby Joseph told people his knee was cooked, then showed up at practice in a big brace. That is whiplash. This team is usually clear with its injury tone. Not this week. The lesson is simple. Do not let a headline set your expectations. Watch who lines up. Listen to how they move. The Detroit Lions need stability in December, not rumor traffic. The churn even spilled into odd notes about Lamb Barney. It all fed a theme. Confusion. Mixed messages. A week when Allen Park felt less buttoned up than normal. In the NFL, clarity is competitive advantage. The Lions did not have it. Fundamentals Are Bleeding the Defense This defense has to get back to basics. Communication in zone is off. Handoffs in the secondary are late. Aidan Hutchinson is sprinting upfield and running out of plays. Too many snaps look like hero ball. Too few look like assignment football. That gap shows up in explosives and third downs that should die but do not. The fix is not complicated. Line up right. Fit gaps. Tackle. Trust leverage. Make the play that is there. Coaches have called it out. Players have echoed it. The standard slipped the past couple of weeks. It must snap back now. Interior Offensive Line Is Priority One Nothing on offense works if the middle caves. Jared Goff is getting heated up. The run game is choppy despite talent in the backfield. Interior pressure ruins timing and rhythm. Games, blitzes, and straight-ahead power are splitting the A and B gaps. That is the story. Anyone not named Penay Sewell has room to grow. That is the blunt truth. The offseason answer is clear. Fix the interior. But the Detroit Lions cannot wait for March. For the next five weeks, protect the pocket interior first. Get the ball out. Stay out of long yardage. That keeps the play sheet open and the hits down. Five Weeks to Reclaim Their Edge This team is not as good as we thought. Not right now. Staff changes hit. Injuries took a toll. Execution dipped below last year’s crisp level. Coaching has to be better Monday through Friday and again on Sunday. That includes clock work, preparation, and corrections. The doomers get their day after a week like this. Fair. The enemies list is short though. It is the details. The Detroit Lions can still write a December worth keeping. Start with discipline on defense. Clean up the interior on offense. Cut the noise. Play to the plan. The Detroit Lions Podcast framed the week around those truths. The path forward is narrow, not closed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ANEFDHr-5w #detroitlions #lions #detroitlionspodcast #aidanhutchinson #frankragnow #jackcampbell #kirbyjoseph #jaredgoff #penaysewell #interioroffensiveline #interiorpressure #aandbgaps #zonecommunication Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    34 min
  • Bish & Brown: Packers Expose Lions in Trenches - Detroit Lions Podcast

    Bish & Brown: Packers Expose Lions in Trenches - Detroit Lions Podcast
    Dec 2 2025
    Thanksgiving Fallout: Packers Exploit Lions’ Soft Spots The Detroit Lions just got punched in the mouth on Thanksgiving. Green Bay walked into Ford Field and exposed familiar weak points. It was not a surprise. This matchup has been a bad fit for Detroit in recent seasons, from Week 1 to a prior holiday meeting. The result felt inevitable once the first few series played out. The Lions could not protect Jared Goff. They could not pressure Jordan Love. That two-lane problem defined the day in the NFL spotlight. The Detroit Lions Podcast laid it bare. You could tell what kind of Goff game it would be almost immediately. Early heat rattled timing. Pocket noise forced hurried feet and tight-window throws. Meanwhile, Love operated in rhythm. Detroit’s front never got him off his spot. That is a losing formula, no matter the venue. Protection, Pressure, and a Quarterback on Alert This loss was not about one player. It was the offensive line and the defensive line failing together. Pass protection broke down at critical moments. The run game could not steady the offense. Goff needs trust in his interior. He did not have it. On the other side, the pass rush never arrived. Edge wins were rare. Interior push was flatter still. With no heat, Love surveyed calmly and found answers against zones and match rules that never stressed him. The Packers’ front presents unique challenges to this roster construction. That showed up again. When Detroit cannot dictate with its lines, the margin shrinks. Mistakes become touchdowns and field goals instead of punts. The Lions paid for it. Discipline, Details, and the Wicks Touchdown There will be noise about officiating. A missed timeout on a false start created a four-point swing. The Lions lost by seven. That stings, but it is not the story. Detroit’s issues were self-authored. Coverage busts and situational lapses fed Green Bay’s momentum. The Wicks touchdown tells the tale. Brian Branch throttled down at the goal line. He looked at the quarterback instead of finishing the route. That is a cardinal sin for a defensive back. Eyes can find the ball, but the feet must stay alive. He admitted as much, and the tape confirms it. One pause, six points. Add in missed pressures, soft landmarks, and leverage errors, and you have a defense that never dictated. Love picked it apart because he was allowed to. No disguised pressure. No hurry. No hits. Where the Lions Must Tighten Up Detroit needs its identity back at the line of scrimmage. Protect Goff. Collapse the pocket on defense. Clean up the small stuff in coverage. The Lions have enough talent to fix this, but it won’t be solved by arguing flags. It comes from pad level, communication, and fundamentals. Start there. The next opponent will test those same stress points until the Lions prove otherwise. Thanksgiving turned combative in living rooms across Michigan for a reason. The film matches the frustration. The path out is simple to say and hard to do. Win up front. Finish routes on defense. Give your quarterback clean answers. That is Detroit Lions football when it works. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nfhkTuvRtk #detroitlions #lions #detroitlionspodcast #thanksgiving #fordfield #greenbay #jaredgoff #jordanlove #offensiveline #defensiveline #passprotection #passrush #interiorpush Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h et 11 min
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