This week on the Detroit Lions Breakdown Podcast, the guys discuss how the NFL is inching towards training camp, what still needs to be resolved in order to have football in 2020, discuss the current events surrounds the Lions, and dip back into this week’s mailbag to answer listener’s questions.
The DLB podcast is a weekly conversation with Lions Wire’s own Erik Schlitt and his co-host Joe Kania.
This week, the guys discuss:
- Lions first-round pick Jeff Okudah inks his rookie contract
- Seventh-round pick Jashon Cornell remains only Lions rookie unsigned
- Projecting Kenny Golladay’s next contract
- ESPN poll slots Golladay just outside Top-10
- Hunter Bryant labeled as UDFA most likely to make Lions 53-man roster
- Jamie Collins was the NFL’s best cover LB since 2011 last season
- Where the NFL and NFLPA are in their discussions
- Salary cap could drop $50-70 million in 2021 based on potential 2020 revenue losses. NFL and NFLPA working on solutions.
- Lions set up to withstand a potential drop in NFL salary cap after 2020 season
- How many points can the 2020 Lions put up under second-year offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell?
- T.J. Hockenson’s almost 100-percent
- Determining the RB depth chart and roles
- Projecting who start on the Lions’ OL
- Will rookie guards Jonah Jackson and/or Logan Stenberg start at some point in 2020?
- Will the guard rotation continue in 2020?
- Will coach Matt Patricia adjust his defensive style with Cory Undlin now on staff?
- Will Undlin bring more Wide-9?
- Is adding another big-time free agent realistic?
- Discussing disguising coverages and Darius Slay’s agreement with Davante Adams when he said the Lions didn’t in 2019.
- How will the Lions coverage be different from 2019?
- What is second-year safety Will Harris’ potential?
- By the end of 2020, which rookie will be considered the best value, relative to their draft position?
- Are GM Bob Quinn and Patricia a package deal or could one stay and one go after 2020?
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