August 4, 2025 • 8 mins
Mitch Lyons joins the show for our weekly "Mondays with Mitch" chat, breaking down the Lions' backup quarterback situation, the time it takes to get back into "playing shape" in football, and much more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Mitch, we appreciate it as always. Micah Parsons CD LAMB
have both been publicly upset at their owner, Jerry Jones
and requested a trade. If you were on that team
and you played for the Steelers and the Falcons in
the NFL for seven plus years, how would you feel.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
You know, that guy's got to take care of their families.
And uh, you know, Mike is in a spot where, like,
I can't understand why the Cowboys haven't extended him. He's
clearly one of the most dominant defensive players in the
in the league and has done it, you know, four
straight years, So I don't know what the delay is.
The other thing is we don't know what was said
between closed closed walls. And obviously Miket came out with
a tweet, you know, saying that he had talked ownership
(00:41):
and you know, certain certain things are said, maybe certain
things weren't said, and so who knows what's going on.
As a player, you want them to get get his
the money, but you also want them to be there
in week one, and that's what every boils down to.
Is he going to be coming off the edge helping
your entire defense by putting pressure on the quarterback, and uh,
that's really as teammates, that's what it comes down to.
You want him in there with you, but you want him,
(01:03):
you know, to get what he should be fairly paid.
As well.
Speaker 1 (01:06):
I'm interested in your take on leadership in leagues, specifically
Roger Goodell. A billion dollar deal has been made with
the NFL and ESPN rights for red zone and certain
programming that the NFL network currently has in ESPN is
now access to that. It's worth a lot of money
to the league, and Roger Goodell makes a lot of money.
(01:27):
But as I said earlier, even though I've been very
critical of him because I view him as a bit
of a two face, overall, he has made this league,
or helped promote this league to be the most successful
and the most profitable league in all of America. How
do you look at leadership and commissioners and sports in general.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
Well, he I mean, he's working for the owners, right,
and the owners have to be pretty dug unhappy with
him because it is a marketing megatron, right. I mean,
it's just the NFL never stops and never sleeps. There's
always something that fans are looking forward to, you know,
it's it's the season, it's the Super Bowl, it's the
Pro Bowl. Maybe not as much for that, you know,
it's it's the draft, it's the free agent period, it's
(02:12):
mini you know, there's always something I'm always amazed by,
just it's always in the news. And he's done a
fantastic job. Obviously, they've raised money. And as a former player,
and I love it when they signed these new deals
because you know, eventually the players are going to go
back to the bargaining table and usually you get a
little bump in your and your pension and stuff every
time a deal gets redone. But hey, the more money
they make, the more money the players make. So you know,
(02:34):
even though there's some things that could you know, negative
connotations that maybe have people have regarding Roger Goodell, bottom
line as he's making the pot of money bigger for
everybody and those players get to share in that as well.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
Mitch Lines mitge lines welt dot Com joining us here
on Mondays with Mitch he did every Monday morning sevent
eighteen here on Xus and Growth. Colt's running back Salvon
Ahmed hurt on a hip drop tackle in practice earlier
this week. The league has outlawed that. How's that move
viewed by defensive players and football players in general, do you.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
Think, well, I think I look at it as this.
I don't like it either. I mean, it's definitely causes Injuri.
It's kind of like the horse tackle, right. It just
brings guys down in a really funny position. And from
a defensive player side, you know they're going to say, hey, listen, man,
we're just trying to get the guy down any any
way you can. I get that. But for all the
silly rules, you know, silly for everybody else, maybe not
(03:27):
for quarterbacks, but for all the silly rules, they are
out to protect quarterbacks, I mean running backs, you know
they should be protected somewhat too. I'm obviously they're going
to take a hit every play, but if you can
avoid those, I mean, those are those you know, typically
result in some pretty bad leg injuries. And if we
can avoid that, why the guy, why that's happening in
a practice? I have no idea. That's that was baffling
to me, so serious and eyebrows are raised on this
(03:50):
question around is you know why you would do that
in practice? But yeah, obviously, if we can make the
game safer, running backs one of the shorter careers speak
their spans because they getting they're getting hit on every
every play, So you know, I think you need to
have that out of the game.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
I do like that the preseason is down to three games,
and for the Lions and Chargers this year it'll be
four obviously, So for Detroit they're going into week two
of the preseason, other teams going into week one. When
do you start to judge a player in camp? When
do you start to judge them?
Speaker 2 (04:24):
Well, I think for the guys that are on the
bubble that you're really taking a look at, I mean
that starts from the day they walk into camp, honestly.
I mean it's you probably would get more out of
the practices as far as seeing what a guy can
do is consistency and stuff. Obviously you got on that
bright light is shining on you in a game, You've
got to show that you belong and that you can perform.
So for those younger guys or guys maybe on the
(04:44):
bubble veterans that are just trying to you know, beat
somebody out to make a backup position every single day, man,
that's what the that's the pressure of the NFL. I mean,
it's there's always somebody gunning for your spot. You know,
I think I said last week, I was never a
guy that had a shoulder pads off too often during
a preseason game. I always had to you know, had
to fight somebody out for to keep my spot. And
you know, for the most you know, for a good
(05:05):
portion of those guys in the roster, that's the case.
You know, it's it's they're not all starters and you know,
guaranteed money. So but you know, as a coach, when
you're watching a young guy, you want to see progression.
You want to see improvement. You want to see that
he's getting it, that he you know, he goes about
his business the right way. And uh, you know, like
that game, each game you get because the further you
get in, these guys aren't going to have as much time.
(05:26):
So you know, once the big boys start playing, their
time goes away. So these early games where they can
get a lot of reps, that's where they need to shine.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
We were talking earlier in the show about possible choices
for Lions backup quarterbacks other than what they have right now,
and Kyle Allen and Handed Hooker not sure if that
necessarily is a move that they're going to make, But
just in case, how long would it take for someone
who's been out of the game or out of a
(05:52):
camp to readjust to a new team if that team
came calling. We you and I both know everyone week
teams bringing guys every Tuesday to work them out. That's
the off day for NFL players, so they're constantly in
the practice facility working out guys, trying to find a
way to get better. How long would it take a
veteran who's been out of work to get up to speed?
(06:14):
Do you think?
Speaker 2 (06:16):
Yeah, I mean assuming obviously he's been throwing them, is
in physical shape, right, yeah, right, you know, would I
would think a couple of weeks to get comfortable. Right,
you're going to be if you bring a guy in,
you're going to be slamming, obviously, having cram sessions, study
sessions daily for a period of time. It also depends,
I guess, how similar it is the offense he's been in. Right,
(06:37):
If it's totally different vernacular and a totally different scheme,
then that could be a little more problematic and maybe
take a little longer. But for a guy that's been
around the league and been with a different off, different
offensive coordinators, and you know, I think it would happen sooner,
but it's still you know, a couple of weeks there
to get comfortable. The problem is if it happens during
the regular season, it's a little different than camp. If
(06:59):
they bring somebody in, you know, now you've got some
more time, you've got sun up the sun down, you
can study. That's once you get into this regular season,
you're prepping for that particular game. You're not you know,
going through the whole playbook with somebody during the day.
You've got to get your team ready. So whereas now
they could have a little more individual attention, you know,
trying to get and trying to get one quarterback up
of speed. But it's certainly you know, it doesn't happen overnight,
(07:22):
but the more experienced guy can can make that adjustment
pretty quickly.
Speaker 1 (07:26):
It's good stuff.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
Man.
Speaker 1 (07:26):
Always appreciate it, especially from a football perspective. We appreciate
the insight. It helps us learn and be able to
express some things as we look at football throughout the
rest of the season. Always enjoy the visit during the
week with Mitch Lions mitchlines Wealth dot Com have a
great week, my friend, appreciate the time.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
Todaysuddy, and I'll be as interested as everybody else will
see if those Lions make some improvements from week one
to week two.
Speaker 1 (07:49):
Right, Yeah, we'll be talking about that with you a
little bit later on. For sure, Absolutely good. It's something
that has to happen because they didn't look very good
in their first game, that's for certain, against the Chargers.
Mitch lines for mitch landswelp dot Com, joining us here
on Exes and Bros. As he does every Monday sevent
eighteen On Mondays with Mitch
Mitch, we appreciate it as always. Micah Parsons CD LAMB
have both been publicly upset at their owner, Jerry Jones
and requested a trade. If you were on that team
and you played for the Steelers and the Falcons in
the NFL for seven plus years, how would you feel.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
You know, that guy's got to take care of their families.
And uh, you know, Mike is in a spot where, like,
I can't understand why the Cowboys haven't extended him. He's
clearly one of the most dominant defensive players in the
in the league and has done it, you know, four
straight years, So I don't know what the delay is.
The other thing is we don't know what was said
between closed closed walls. And obviously Miket came out with
a tweet, you know, saying that he had talked ownership
(00:41):
and you know, certain certain things are said, maybe certain
things weren't said, and so who knows what's going on.
As a player, you want them to get get his
the money, but you also want them to be there
in week one, and that's what every boils down to.
Is he going to be coming off the edge helping
your entire defense by putting pressure on the quarterback, and uh,
that's really as teammates, that's what it comes down to.
You want him in there with you, but you want him,
(01:03):
you know, to get what he should be fairly paid.
As well.
Speaker 1 (01:06):
I'm interested in your take on leadership in leagues, specifically
Roger Goodell. A billion dollar deal has been made with
the NFL and ESPN rights for red zone and certain
programming that the NFL network currently has in ESPN is
now access to that. It's worth a lot of money
to the league, and Roger Goodell makes a lot of money.
(01:27):
But as I said earlier, even though I've been very
critical of him because I view him as a bit
of a two face, overall, he has made this league,
or helped promote this league to be the most successful
and the most profitable league in all of America. How
do you look at leadership and commissioners and sports in general.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
Well, he I mean, he's working for the owners, right,
and the owners have to be pretty dug unhappy with
him because it is a marketing megatron, right. I mean,
it's just the NFL never stops and never sleeps. There's
always something that fans are looking forward to, you know,
it's it's the season, it's the Super Bowl, it's the
Pro Bowl. Maybe not as much for that, you know,
it's it's the draft, it's the free agent period, it's
(02:12):
mini you know, there's always something I'm always amazed by,
just it's always in the news. And he's done a
fantastic job. Obviously, they've raised money. And as a former player,
and I love it when they signed these new deals
because you know, eventually the players are going to go
back to the bargaining table and usually you get a
little bump in your and your pension and stuff every
time a deal gets redone. But hey, the more money
they make, the more money the players make. So you know,
(02:34):
even though there's some things that could you know, negative
connotations that maybe have people have regarding Roger Goodell, bottom
line as he's making the pot of money bigger for
everybody and those players get to share in that as well.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
Mitch Lines mitge lines welt dot Com joining us here
on Mondays with Mitch he did every Monday morning sevent
eighteen here on Xus and Growth. Colt's running back Salvon
Ahmed hurt on a hip drop tackle in practice earlier
this week. The league has outlawed that. How's that move
viewed by defensive players and football players in general, do you.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
Think, well, I think I look at it as this.
I don't like it either. I mean, it's definitely causes Injuri.
It's kind of like the horse tackle, right. It just
brings guys down in a really funny position. And from
a defensive player side, you know they're going to say, hey, listen, man,
we're just trying to get the guy down any any
way you can. I get that. But for all the
silly rules, you know, silly for everybody else, maybe not
(03:27):
for quarterbacks, but for all the silly rules, they are
out to protect quarterbacks, I mean running backs, you know
they should be protected somewhat too. I'm obviously they're going
to take a hit every play, but if you can
avoid those, I mean, those are those you know, typically
result in some pretty bad leg injuries. And if we
can avoid that, why the guy, why that's happening in
a practice? I have no idea. That's that was baffling
to me, so serious and eyebrows are raised on this
(03:50):
question around is you know why you would do that
in practice? But yeah, obviously, if we can make the
game safer, running backs one of the shorter careers speak
their spans because they getting they're getting hit on every
every play, So you know, I think you need to
have that out of the game.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
I do like that the preseason is down to three games,
and for the Lions and Chargers this year it'll be
four obviously, So for Detroit they're going into week two
of the preseason, other teams going into week one. When
do you start to judge a player in camp? When
do you start to judge them?
Speaker 2 (04:24):
Well, I think for the guys that are on the
bubble that you're really taking a look at, I mean
that starts from the day they walk into camp, honestly.
I mean it's you probably would get more out of
the practices as far as seeing what a guy can
do is consistency and stuff. Obviously you got on that
bright light is shining on you in a game, You've
got to show that you belong and that you can perform.
So for those younger guys or guys maybe on the
(04:44):
bubble veterans that are just trying to you know, beat
somebody out to make a backup position every single day, man,
that's what the that's the pressure of the NFL. I mean,
it's there's always somebody gunning for your spot. You know,
I think I said last week, I was never a
guy that had a shoulder pads off too often during
a preseason game. I always had to you know, had
to fight somebody out for to keep my spot. And
you know, for the most you know, for a good
(05:05):
portion of those guys in the roster, that's the case.
You know, it's it's they're not all starters and you know,
guaranteed money. So but you know, as a coach, when
you're watching a young guy, you want to see progression.
You want to see improvement. You want to see that
he's getting it, that he you know, he goes about
his business the right way. And uh, you know, like
that game, each game you get because the further you
get in, these guys aren't going to have as much time.
(05:26):
So you know, once the big boys start playing, their
time goes away. So these early games where they can
get a lot of reps, that's where they need to shine.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
We were talking earlier in the show about possible choices
for Lions backup quarterbacks other than what they have right now,
and Kyle Allen and Handed Hooker not sure if that
necessarily is a move that they're going to make, But
just in case, how long would it take for someone
who's been out of the game or out of a
(05:52):
camp to readjust to a new team if that team
came calling. We you and I both know everyone week
teams bringing guys every Tuesday to work them out. That's
the off day for NFL players, so they're constantly in
the practice facility working out guys, trying to find a
way to get better. How long would it take a
veteran who's been out of work to get up to speed?
(06:14):
Do you think?
Speaker 2 (06:16):
Yeah, I mean assuming obviously he's been throwing them, is
in physical shape, right, yeah, right, you know, would I
would think a couple of weeks to get comfortable. Right,
you're going to be if you bring a guy in,
you're going to be slamming, obviously, having cram sessions, study
sessions daily for a period of time. It also depends,
I guess, how similar it is the offense he's been in. Right,
(06:37):
If it's totally different vernacular and a totally different scheme,
then that could be a little more problematic and maybe
take a little longer. But for a guy that's been
around the league and been with a different off, different
offensive coordinators, and you know, I think it would happen sooner,
but it's still you know, a couple of weeks there
to get comfortable. The problem is if it happens during
the regular season, it's a little different than camp. If
(06:59):
they bring somebody in, you know, now you've got some
more time, you've got sun up the sun down, you
can study. That's once you get into this regular season,
you're prepping for that particular game. You're not you know,
going through the whole playbook with somebody during the day.
You've got to get your team ready. So whereas now
they could have a little more individual attention, you know,
trying to get and trying to get one quarterback up
of speed. But it's certainly you know, it doesn't happen overnight,
(07:22):
but the more experienced guy can can make that adjustment
pretty quickly.
Speaker 1 (07:26):
It's good stuff.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
Man.
Speaker 1 (07:26):
Always appreciate it, especially from a football perspective. We appreciate
the insight. It helps us learn and be able to
express some things as we look at football throughout the
rest of the season. Always enjoy the visit during the
week with Mitch Lions mitchlines Wealth dot Com have a
great week, my friend, appreciate the time.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
Todaysuddy, and I'll be as interested as everybody else will
see if those Lions make some improvements from week one
to week two.
Speaker 1 (07:49):
Right, Yeah, we'll be talking about that with you a
little bit later on. For sure, Absolutely good. It's something
that has to happen because they didn't look very good
in their first game, that's for certain, against the Chargers.
Mitch lines for mitch landswelp dot Com, joining us here
on Exes and Bros. As he does every Monday sevent
eighteen On Mondays with Mitch
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