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00:00All right, so here's a question we asked via Twitter today on Carson Anderson
00:04The Lions set the 53-man roster. We enter the season with unprecedented expectations
00:08What is your number one roster concern headed into the season? We'll read many of your answers on the air
00:14So I've got one
00:17Concern but it's
00:19It's because of lack of evidence and we'll get to that coming up
00:22But here is what has come in from the people Pat tweeted us
00:25Interior d-line the team got gashed by the run last year a lean reader Levi and Martin need to stay healthy and play well against
00:31The run. Well, there's two things here
00:33one is Martin is already on the injured list and that I don't remember when he got hurt or even hearing it got hurt, but
00:41He's on the injured list two is I don't think it's accurate that they got gashed against the run
00:47a year ago in
00:50rush defense
00:52Double-check this
00:55But up up up Lions
00:58And they're no that was that's totally ours. Hold on lines were second in the NFL at 88.8 yards a
01:06game allowed running
01:08That's uh, that's decent
01:11Some of that has to do with the Lions were leading so teams are throwing a lot late in games
01:15But I don't know that's accurate to say they got gashed against the run
01:18I think they really got gashed against the pass. Do you get gashed against?
01:23They gave up a ton of passing yards. Yeah, the run defense was actually pretty good. They had pressures
01:28Yeah, we'd like to them to get more sacks and get home more
01:31But the secondary was the big issue and that's why you have two new starting cornerbacks back there
01:36No, and they're moving Brian branches safety
01:39Raymond writes in biggest roster concern is defensive end opposite Aiden Hutchinson
01:43If someone from that group steps up the whole d-line will be elite
01:47Count on another injured guy possibly here Marcus Davenport and you can even throw James Houston in that coming off injury
01:53One of those guys gonna step up and and put pressure on the other side
01:58Opposite Hutch. Yep
02:01My biggest roster concern is kicker writes Chris via Twitter. I don't want a game to come down to an unproven kicker
02:08I love the signing and wish him success, but it makes me nervous. He has no veteran leadership to help him along the way
02:14Well, you don't keep two kickers
02:16I mean they might be able to bring in a quick kicker and practice squad him and have him, you know
02:20each week kick against one another but
02:25Yeah, yeah, he's still an unknown and that will only be proven over time. Well, yeah, you're unproven till you're proven
02:31I mean, that's the only way you get there is if he goes out there and has in those opportunities and in those
02:36Situations comes through and then all sudden you are a proven kicker when the game is on the line. Yep
02:41Lucas said not many worries
02:43However, I'd say wide receiver three Tim Patrick is not a lock into the position, especially since his age and injury history
02:49the last couple years
02:51Rob says I'm still concerned about the corners to rookies incoming vets and not many training camp preseason reps due to injuries
02:58Immediate test against the Rams Rob. That's me
03:01My biggest concern is still the secondary and it's not because I don't think they don't have promise. They do have promise
03:07It's not because I don't think they have promise
03:09Promise
03:10It's not because they didn't make upgrades. They did make upgrades
03:14We just haven't seen it
03:16We haven't seen it other than the what we saw in practice and it was hard to judge to be honest with you
03:23so
03:25For me until I see the secondary play better
03:31I'm still I'm still a little worried in the back of my mind. I like what they did
03:37I'm glad they addressed it
03:40I suspect it'll be better
03:42But it was so bad last year the past defense was so bad last year
03:50In fact the Lions gave up
03:53247
03:550.4 yards per game through the air which only six teams the five teams the NFL were worse
04:02in terms of past defense
04:04Trying to win a Super Bowl
04:06Got to be better
04:08Got to be better. Now. You don't have to be great. Please be better
04:15From brand or 80 my number one concern is wide receiver after ASB and J Mo
04:20Roger says as long as this team stays healthy
04:22There's no reason to believe they can't at least duplicate last season injuries are the only legitimate concern
04:31William says my concern is James Houston if we can get the same production out of him from two years ago
04:36This is a Super Bowl victory team
04:40John writes in golf's health. That's it
04:44Kang what's your number one concern going in this season? I'm with you in the secondary just because it's the only thing what we didn't see
04:52You know the real guys out there really all together Carlton Davis, of course, I understand sit him out
04:58He's your number one cornerback
05:00But you know
05:01He has some injury history as well. And then you're depending on a rookie to fill the other outside corner Terry and Arnold
05:07Inside it's probably gonna be Robertson to at least start the year. He's got the experience. He's he's a tough hard-nosed cornerback
05:13He's small in stature, but he can he can get physical with you
05:17Brian branch I am little
05:19Concerned about moving him away from the line of scrimmage because for a defensive back
05:23He made a ton of plays behind the line of scrimmage and behind tackles for losses are essentially sacks
05:27Yeah, and we talked about guys helping out Hutch Brian branch would come up there stuff to run, you know
05:33And I don't care if it's the quarterback or running back behind the line of scrimmage is like a sack tackle for loss
05:39So we'll see how branch does back there if he they might bring, you know
05:43That might move branch nickel back at some point during packages and bring if he back
05:47alongside Kirby Joseph with the safety spot
05:49But the whole secondary be average and you could you could punch your ticket to the Super Bowl and a lot of this has to
05:55Do of course with pass rush. I mean they're intertwined. We all know that I just looked it up the
06:01Opposing quarterbacks quarterback rating against Detroit last year was ninety eight point one
06:07Okay, so I figured all right, let's put that in real terms
06:12Looking up quarterback quarterbacks that are in that neighborhood of ninety eight point one
06:19so
06:22Essentially, it's like going against CJ Stroud was what he was last year every single game
06:28He's pretty good, yep, he had a pretty good year at least and the thing is
06:33Both of us didn't say we're worried about the anything offensively because I think we both agreed that the Lions offense is pretty damn elite
06:39And they're gonna score points which forces the other team to score points as well
06:43Which means they're probably gonna throw the ball a lot and that's why the secondary four lines is so important