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Bish and Brown | Lions vs Cardinals Preview on the Detroit Lions Podcast
The Detroit Lions move onto week 3 of the 2024 NFL season and this week they travel west to Arizona. As the Cardinals and the Lions battle with 1-1 records, Scott Bischoff and Russell Brown give you the game preview you’ve been waiting for!
On this episode, the guys discuss the following for the Detroit Lions Podcast:
Christian Izien is impressing with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Now we know the real reason Tom Brady retired this offseason: he didn’t want to face Christian Izien in training camp. The former Rutgers football defensive back is making a strong impression in camp so far, even so far as earning praise from head coach Todd Bowles.
Izien signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted rookie free agent. He was a former standout at Rutgers, where he was a starter at safety over the last three years.
He had 84 total tackles a season ago and four passes defended. Izien also had five tackles for a loss.
Against Iowa, he had 15 tackles, a career-high.
On Saturday following his team’s preseason loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers, head coach Todd Bowles was asked how Izien performed in the role of nickleback. Bowles isn’t one to heap praise on a player unnecessarily.
“Izien was solid, he had one technical error but I thought he was solid,” Bowles told reporters on Saturday.
“He didn’t get a lot of action but he did a lot of right things. We knew what he can bring to the table. He’s the frontrunner right now.”
A product of Erasmus Hall (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Izien was a three-time All-Big Ten selection at Rutgers.
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Bowles was the former head coach of the New York Jets. Born in Elizabeth, N.J., he played his college football at Temple.
His son, Todd Bowles Jr., is a defensive back at Rutgers.
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