Kerby Joseph

They're down safeties.

Brian Branch, Kirby Joseph.

Um, and it's also a good schematic matchup.

Tyler Shuck was excellent against, uh, man coverage last year, which we know the Lions like to play at a top three rate.

This is...

Th- people talk about the questions of the secondary.

They, they didn't anticipate having Brian Branch and Kirby Joseph to start the season.

Like the, they planned for this.

They had the legal issues with, um, what's-his-face, Terrion Arnold.

Then they have both starting safeties, Brian Branch, Kirby Joseph, on IR to start the year.

Like, I think the secondary could be a bottom five unit for the first, you know, four, five, six weeks until those guys get healthy.

And so I do think you're gonna see teams choose to throw on Detroit.

Lions allowed the fourth most receiving yards on throws traveling 20 yards down the field, which is good for Olave.

They won't have Brian Branch and Kirby Joseph.

You mentioned the 50-point total.

Expecting a lot of passes, but ov- also for Shuck, Detroit plays a lot of man.

Uh, remember on the Detroit side here, uh, I believe they're missing both starting safeties.

Uh, Brian Branch with the Achilles injury, Kirby Joseph with the knee-

Mm-hmm

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Detroit also enters this year.

They're missing both starting safeties, Brian Branch and Kirby Joseph.

Terry and Arnold was obviously released for his off-field transgressions.

Meek Robertson was also a starting quarterback.

I'm looking at it, and they injured guys.

I forgot about Kirby Joseph and Brian Branch.

They're probably not on safety.

Never mind.

it very well could uh saints at the lions there listen almost everybody likes detroit's to win this one but seven points is the spread that's where it gets interesting uh the lions are missing major pieces in the secondary and alvin kamara's knee could completely change how much upset potential there is in new orleans exactly there um so again one o'clock game there in detroit uh They're secondary for Detroit.

You got Brian Branch and Kirby Joseph both starting on the pup this year.

So Detroit's definitely going to have an interesting time there.

They play a lot of man coverage typically.

He's on IR.

Kirby Joseph and Brian Branch, there's two safeties slash cornerbacks, both on IR, at least going to miss the first four weeks.

Stop me if you've heard this one before.

Peyton Turner on IR.

just the active ones, right? And at 4.1%, there are so many safeties that get paid more than him.

So, Kyle Hamilton, Derwin James, Antoine Winfield, Kirby Joseph, Jesse Bates, Buda Baker, Xavier McKinney, Trevin Morig, that's a strange one, Javon Holland, okay? Cam Bynum, Grant Delpit, Amani Hooker, Talanoa Hufunga, Quentin Lake, Brian Cook, Minka Fitzpatrick, Kobe Bryant, Julian Love, Josh Metellus, and then Harrison Smith.

Like, There's no reason to freak out about this.

He's getting paid as much as Josh Metellus and Julian Love and Cameron Curl.