Brian Branch
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Sep 14, 2026
John MiddlekauffGUEST
They draft Terrion Arnold, they have to cut him.
John MiddlekauffGUEST
Uh, Brian Branch, you know, tears Achilles last year.
John MiddlekauffGUEST
They, they, they are...
John MiddlekauffGUEST
They just need Aidan Hutchinson to basically be Reggie White, [laughs] I mean, for them to have a shot.
Nick WrightHOST
They still have not found a reliable pass rusher opposite Aidan Hutchinson.
Nick WrightHOST
Both of their safeties, Brian Branch, Branch and Kirby Joseph are out injured.
Nick WrightHOST
Obviously they had to cut their best corner, Terrion Arnold.
Nick WrightHOST
So if I think, and I'm not as, I'm not low on Tyler Shuck, I'm not high on Tyler Shuck.
John MiddlekauffGUEST
They have to cut him.
John MiddlekauffGUEST
Uh, Brian Branch, you know, tears Achilles last year.
John MiddlekauffGUEST
They, they, they are...
John MiddlekauffGUEST
They just need Aidan Hutchinson to basically be Reggie White, [laughs] I mean, for them to have a shot.
Eli ZaretGUEST
Lions have a lot of new faces.
Eli ZaretGUEST
And a lot of them were beaten in the defensive backfield, you know, without Kirby Joseph, without Brian Branch.
Eli ZaretGUEST
They got just a bunch of guys we didn't even know were on the team.
Eli ZaretGUEST
Roger McCreary, Chuck Clark.
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Drew LaneHOST
And that was close.
Eli ZaretGUEST
And Olave, that dropped a few balls in the first half, was amazing in the second half, the former Buckeye.
Eli ZaretGUEST
And the line defensive backs just couldn't – I think we really missed Brian – the lines really missed Brian Branch and Kirby Joseph.
Eli ZaretGUEST
Who knows when they're going to come
Cecil LammeyHOST
Really
Sigmund BloomHOST
... uh, who were missing Brian Branch.
Sigmund BloomHOST
And, you know, uh, Br- defense, by the way, Kelvin Sheppard, uh, you know, doing, like, a Robert Saleh i-impression here, getting the most out of players in the back of that defense.
Sigmund BloomHOST
Uh, but you did see, you know, I like this, De'Von Bailey draws a pass interference, uh, at the goal line, and they go back to him on the next play, so he gets the touchdown.
Jon HansenGUEST
They run off a lot of plays.
Jon HansenGUEST
The Lions allowed the sixth most receiving yards per game to the slot last year at 79.5. They're not gonna have Brian Branch.
Jon HansenGUEST
They're not gonna have Kirby Joseph.
Jon HansenGUEST
And as I mentioned, they use man coverage at 37.7% of opposing dropbacks, second most the final 10 weeks of the year.
Matt DeryHOST
And I get it.
Matt DeryHOST
You're going to be without Brian Branch and Kirby Joseph for a few more weeks.
Matt DeryHOST
Who knows on Kirby Branch they think he'll be back for week five.
Matt DeryHOST
Boy, do they miss him.
Matt DeryHOST
Brian Branch is a difference maker and Avante Maddox is a backup.
Matt DeryHOST
Chuck Clark is fine.
Matt DeryHOST
All right.
Brandon SnideGUEST
Correct.
Peter BukowskiHOST
We don't know when Brian Branch and Kirby Joseph are even gonna be on the football field, so-
Brandon SnideGUEST
Correct.
Brandon SnideGUEST
So I-
TJ WengertHOST
Oh, yeah
Steve LetiziaHOST
... and, and Brian Branch.
Steve LetiziaHOST
They're, they're probably-
TJ WengertHOST
Yeah
Matt BrownHOST
Of course, Jordan Tyson did get moved to IR So he's at least gonna miss the first four games of the season for the Saints team.
Matt BrownHOST
And over on the Detroit side, they are, they are pretty good outside of the things that we already knew, right? I mean, like, we knew Brian Branch, Kirby Joseph, like, we, we knew, we knew that, um, that they weren't going to be in.
Matt BrownHOST
But as far as the stuff that we didn't know, all these guys, no- nobody listed on the injury report for them.
Matt BrownHOST
So Detroit is going to be one of those teams that is...
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