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Bish & Brown: NFL Draft Questions and Answers via the Detroit Lions Podcast

Bish & Brown: NFL Draft Questions and Answers via the Detroit Lions Podcast

Welcome to the Detroit Lions Podcast Bish & Brown Show! Today the boys are dropping the rest of their thoughts on the draft and more. They go through some viewer questions, and many of the larger issues that may have an effect on the Lions options at pick 29 and beyond.

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How Penei Sewell’s new contract impacts Bucs, Tristan Wirfs

Penei Sewell’s new contract sets a new bar for offensive tackles, but the Bucs and Tristan Wirfs will soon reset the mark yet again

The Detroit Lions just set a new bar for offensive tackle contracts, signing Penei Sewell to a new four-year deal that will pay him around $28 million per season, including $85 million in guaranteed money.

This news is sure to grab the attention of Bucs offensive tackle Tristan Wirfs, who is also expected to get a new long-term contract extension of his own at some point this year.

Sewell’s deal will likely provide a framework for the one Wirfs will get from the Bucs, and since his deal will be the next one, it’s likely his reps will want to reset that bar with higher numbers.

This won’t come as a surprise to Bucs general manager Jason Licht, who will obviously hand Wirfs the equivalent of a blank check to keep the All-Pro left tackle in Tampa Bay for the foreseeable future. Wirfs is off to a Hall of Fame start over his first four seasons in the league, and shouldn’t ever wear another jersey.

It won’t be shocking if Wirfs’ new deal comes in closer to $30 million per season, with guaranteed money that exceeds what Sewell just got from the Lions.

And he’ll be worth every penny.

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Oregon legend Penei Sewell becomes highest-paid OL in NFL history with Detroit Lions

Former Duck and current Detroit O-lineman Penei Sewell is about to become the richest O-lineman in the history of the NFL.

We knew Penei Sewell is a large human and now his contract will match the former Oregon Duck’s size.

According to ESPN NFL reporter Adam Schefter, the Detroit Lions is set to extend Sewell for another four years worth $112 million, $83 million guaranteed, making it the largest contract for an offensive lineman in league history.

Sewell will be entering his fourth season in the NFL after being drafted No. 7 overall by the Lions, who were floundering at the time. But in three short seasons, Detroit is a legitimate Super Bowl contender. They narrowly lost in the  NFC Championship Game a year ago.

Sewell has been to the Pro Bowl twice already and has made one All-Pro team as well.

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Former USC receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown signs huge extension with Lions

Amon-Ra St. Brown is getting paid, and he has earned it.

Star receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown agreed to terms on a four-year extension with the Detroit Lions. NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport reports is worth more than $120 million. Of that total, $77 million is guaranteed. This deal will lock St. Brown through the 2028 season. The deal will make the former USC Trojan the highest paid receiver in the NFL, surpassing Tyreek Hill’s $30 million-per-year Dolphins extension last season.

Since 2021—St. Brown’s rookie season coming out of USC—only four NFL wide receivers have more receptions (315). His 3,588 receiving yards rank eighth over that span, and his 21 touchdowns rank 13th.

In the past three seasons, St. Brown ranks eighth among wide receivers in yards (3,588), fifth in receptions (315), and 13th in receiving touchdowns (21).

The Anaheim Hills (California) native was selected in the fourth round (No. 112 overall) by the Lions in the 2021 NFL draft out of USC.

Lions Wire has more on this story, which solidifies a top receiver in an organization which has made dramatic improvements and came agonizingly close to making its first Super Bowl appearance last season. Detroit will try to fend off Caleb Williams and the Chicago Bears next season, in addition to Jordan Addison and the Minnesota Vikings. USC players are making a home in the NFC North, and it will be fascinating to see them battle in 2024.

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49ers were ahead of curve on NFL uniform changes

NFL teams are learning a lesson the 49ers learned almost 20 years ago.

The 49ers aren’t likely to undergo a major uniform rebrand any time soon because they did what had to happen a long time ago.

As some NFL teams wade through the muck of altered uniforms that feature different color shades, weird fonts, strange gradients, unnecessary piping and other bells and whistles, they’re finding a reversion back to a more classic look will almost always win over fansmore than something ‘new and improved.’

The Jets and Lions most recently announced new uniforms that resemble the more classic looks of the teams’ pasts.

The Jaguars have not only simplified their uniforms recently, but they also teased some kind of reversion to their original uniforms with an alternate jersey for this season. The Cardinals did something similar last season. The Vikings did the same in 2013.

The 49ers in 1998 strayed from their classic red home jerseys and white road jerseys with gold pants, and opted instead for a deeper red jersey with a slew of different accoutrements including a black shadowing on the numbers with some gold trim, different color helmet and face mask, and a logo on the pants. It was a perfectly late-90s style, but it diverted from a classic look and aged poorly.

San Francisco from time to time for the next 10 years would rock a throwback alternate that was ostensibly the uniforms they wear now. In 2009 they finally went back to the classic look permanently, learning a lesson a slew of teams are only now learning – nostalgia plays and simpler is better.

That’s a key reason their red and white alternates that are a reproduction of the throwbacks they wore in 1994 when they rocked a version of their 1955 uniforms. First, they look incredible. But there’s also a ton of nostalgia for the mid-90s and there’s a simplicity that makes them timeless.

The 49ers organization saved itself a lot of angst by avoiding the pitfalls of trying to innovate after their shift in the late-90s. They went right back to what works after a decade. Now other teams are following suit and the NFL will be better (at least aesthetically) for it.

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Detroit Lions 2024 Jersey Launch, How to buy new gear

Show your support for the Detroit Lions with the new and improved 2024 Lions jerseys

After becoming one of the top teams in the NFL last season, the Detroit Lions will enter 2024 with a new look. The Lions have rejuvenated their culture over the past few years and will ride the momentum with these new revamped uniforms.

President Rod Wood says the Lions’ uniforms will be “one of the great uniforms” in the NFL and will bring a “modern twist” while still capturing the classic Lions’ look. The reveal features new blue and white jerseys as well as an alternate black jersey. The Lions will keep their alternate throwback jerseys from last season.

You can order ther new Detroit Lions jersey of any of your favorite current players, including Jared Goff, Jahmyr Gibbs, Amon Ra St. Brown, and Lions Legends like Barry Sanders and Calvin Johnson. These will surely be a hit as the team enters a new era of dominance.

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Hawkeye Pipeline: Cooper DeJean joins Jack Campbell and Sam LaPorta in NFL mock draft

Could Cooper DeJean be another Iowa product headed to the Motor City? A recent mock calls for a reunion with two former Iowa Hawkeyes.

There is something in the water with the Iowa Hawkeyes and the NFL Draft. A growing trend is popping up and that is the pipeline of the Hawkeyes to certain teams in the NFL.

Teams are drafting Hawkeyes and often doing so in multiples with success usually following pretty soon thereafter. The Detroit Lions did this last year. They took Jack Campbell in the first round and snagged Sam LaPorta in the second round.

Campbell gave the Lions a steadying presence at linebacker with 95 total tackles and two sacks. LaPorta thrust himself into the upper echelon of tight ends right away hauling in 86 receptions for 889 yards and 10 touchdowns.

CBS Sports recent mock draft thinks that the Lions and head coach Dan Campbell may go back to the well again. They have mocked Cooper DeJean to the Detroit Lions with the No. 29 pick in the first round of next week’s draft.

Round 1 – Pick 29 – Detroit Lions: Cooper DeJean, Iowa

More teams have DeJean as a safety/nickel than cornerback/nickel. For Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn, DeJean can play in a number of different spots. – Jonathan Jones, CBS Sports

Could DeJean slide all the way to No. 29? That seems unlikely but weirder things have happened in the NFL Draft. Should he hit that point, the Lions could bolster their secondary and, with a move to safety, instantly upgrade their safety duo to one of the best in the league.

Cooper DeJean would be slotted alongside fellow Big Ten star, Kerby Joseph manning the back end of the Lions’ defense giving them two stars at safety. Joseph had four interceptions last season which would pair ideally next to DeJean’s ball-hawking ability.

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The Lions had a perfect sarcastic response to having their new uniforms leaked

“We appreciate you ruinin’ all the hard work we put in.”

April 18 was supposed to be all about the Detroit Lions.

With a week to go before the 2024 NFL Draft, Detroit had jumped into the void of meaningful football news with a plan. That’s when the Lions would unveil their new uniforms, a Honolulu Blue throwback that would, at least for a few hours, become a trending topic across the sporting universe.

And then some unnamed news outlet, let’s uhhhhhh call them Canada Tomorrow, went and ran a Fanatics ad with the new jersey design. Fortunately, the Lions knew they were dealing with a gigantic glown shoe disguised as a sports apparel company and understood Fanatics’ capacity to botch this.

So they enlisted a 315-pound man to shame whomever leaked their new digs online.

Detroit’s social media team deserves a world of credit here. They understood the nature of their assignment. They calculated the capacity for a leak. And while it didn’t come in video form like the Lions may have expected, they still got defensive tackle Alim McNeill to chide Fanatics and that pretty good newspaper conglomerate who hosted the ad with a “we appreciate you ruinin’ all the hard work we put in.” while looking like a disappointed dad.

They also got some damning evidence Jared Goff may be behind the whole thing.

That’s a dang near perfect response.

(Sorry about the ad.)

Detroit Lions 2024 Jersey Launch, How to buy new gear

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President Rod Wood says the Lions’ uniforms will be “one of the great uniforms” in the NFL and will bring a “modern twist” while still capturing the classic Lions’ look. The reveal features new blue and white jerseys as well as an alternate black jersey. The Lions will keep their alternate throwback jerseys from last season.

You can order ther new Detroit Lions jersey of any of your favorite current players, including Jared Goff, Jahmyr Gibbs, Amon Ra St. Brown, and Lions Legends like Barry Sanders and Calvin Johnson. These will surely be a hit as the team enters a new era of dominance.

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Detroit Lions 2024 Jersey Launch, How to buy new gear

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After becoming one of the top teams in the NFL last season, the Detroit Lions will enter 2024 with a new look. The Lions have rejuvenated their culture over the past few years and will ride the momentum with these new revamped uniforms.

President Rod Wood says the Lions’ uniforms will be “one of the great uniforms” in the NFL and will bring a “modern twist” while still capturing the classic Lions’ look. The reveal features new blue and white jerseys as well as an alternate black jersey. The Lions will keep their alternate throwback jerseys from last season.

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