Malcolm Rodriguez
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Sep 25, 2026
Dave BirkettGUEST
And, you know, the, right now the Lions are trying to do everything by using different players.
Dave BirkettGUEST
You know, they have, you know, four linebackers playing three spots, right? There's Devin White and, and Malcolm Rodriguez are sort of rotating at that number three linebacker spot.
Dave BirkettGUEST
And, you know, last week, uh, even before Avonte Maddox got hurt, you know, there was Thomas Harper and, and Christian Izzy and were gonna get some reps at safety.
Dave BirkettGUEST
So you got really now three, but four safeties that were playing and a couple different nickel, uh, you know, packages.
Ashley SodenHOST
I'm just hoping as much as we're moving to more of a nickel team, we play a bit more base this week.
Ashley SodenHOST
just number one, because obviously the stress we have on the safeties anyway, but also because the way that they are going heavy right now, as much as I don't trust Devin White in coverage, I'd rather have Malcolm Rodriguez out there covering a tight end, probably not Sadiq, please don't make him cover Sadiq.
Ashley SodenHOST
Yeah, that sounds bad.
Ashley SodenHOST
Yeah, but like their tight end too, covering him rather than, you know, a Roger McCreary, Keith Abney.
Shawn WindsorHOST
He's not necessarily – he needs to be a couple of times.
Shawn WindsorHOST
You know, should Malcolm Rodriguez play more? This has all been the topic of conversation the last three or four days, both sides of the ball, because the offense has a little bit ahead of this too, Andrew, right, that – But they're not picking up.
Shawn WindsorHOST
They're not enough consistency early in the game.
Shawn WindsorHOST
That's putting more pressure on the defense.
Brian MiracleHOST
He signed very late in the offseason.
Brian MiracleHOST
He's in a bit of a timeshare with Malcolm Rodriguez.
Brian MiracleHOST
I think that the cream rises to the top.
Brian MiracleHOST
If I have the ability to keep him on my roster, at least to the bye weeks, and if he's still not producing, then I'm cutting him.
Dave BurkettGUEST
This isn't 1980s football where, you know, they're lining up in the I formation and we're in base all the time.
Dave BurkettGUEST
But I, I think D.J.'s point was, and, and D.J. said, "Hey, we gotta figure this out," right? He just said, "We gotta figure this out," was look, you have Devin White and Malcolm Rodriguez playing as the third linebacker.
Dave BurkettGUEST
Pick one, okay? I mean, that just simplifies things.
Dave BurkettGUEST
Maybe you're, you're, you know, you've got a big nickel package and, and a regular nickel package and, and another, you know, nickel package when you're in red zone and, and those are all different personnel groupings that are out there.
Jake RiepmaHOST
And it's not for me to say, but a, a, an important player and a, and a, a leader so to speak, especially with the number of guys that are out in the secondary saying, you know, "We need to get back to basics," I think that's, that's where you start.
Jake RiepmaHOST
But, um, you know, and Dave made a good point about the linebacking core.
Jake RiepmaHOST
You know, you got some familiarity there other than- Um, Malcolm Rodriguez and Devin White going back and forth.
Jake RiepmaHOST
So th- I think that's, that's where, where you start is, is the familiarity piece to it, where all 11 guys feel like they're on the same page.
Matt DeryHOST
Derek Barnes, week one, played a great game.
Matt DeryHOST
All right, Malcolm Rodriguez's numbers are pretty good the first two weeks.
Matt DeryHOST
All right, they feel like they got better last year in bringing in DJ Reed to be that number one corner.
Matt DeryHOST
Has he been so far? No.
Cody StovallHOST
Same with wide receiver.
Cody StovallHOST
But linebackers, it seems to be a little bit of a new trend, and I do think that it is something that Scott Cassidy can find a way to utilize in recruiting, because you've got Malcolm Rodriguez out there doing the darn thing.
Cody StovallHOST
You've got Colin Oliver with the Packers.
Cody StovallHOST
You've got Nick Martin with the Niners.
Marshall ScottHOST
One more thing on the defense is I'm sort of interested because nobody's really been a star on the defense yet.
Marshall ScottHOST
I think there have been good performances, but I'm sort of interested to see because whenever we mentioned that 21 defense, you're thinking of Malcolm Rodriguez, obviously.
Marshall ScottHOST
You're thinking of a freshman Colin Oliver coming off and getting 10 sacks or whatever he did that year.
Marshall ScottHOST
So I'm sort of interested to see who steps in those star roles.
Cody StovallHOST
Same with wide receiver.
Cody StovallHOST
But linebackers, it seems to be a little bit of a new trend, and I do think that it is something that Scott Cassidy can find a way to utilize in recruiting because you've got Malcolm Rodriguez out there doing the darn thing.
Cody StovallHOST
You've got Colin Oliver with the Packers.
Cody StovallHOST
You've got Nick Martin with the Niners.
Matt DeryHOST
Top five lines on defense.
Matt DeryHOST
Fifth highest grade, Malcolm Rodriguez, 69.2. Aleem McNeil, 71.6. Christian Isian, let's see more of him, 72.9. Ty League Williams has had two good games, 78 grade.
Matt DeryHOST
And Aiden Hutchinson, the PFF darling.
Matt DeryHOST
He played well, four hurries, six pressures, 88.6, highest graded lion on defense.
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