Pride of Detroit: for Detroit Lions fans

It wouldn't be July without a conversation about where players rank among the all-time greats. Two incidents this week in Lions fandom as Calvin Johnson comes in at #18 among all-time wide receivers, and Cowboys fans argue that Emmitt Smith was a better running back than Barry Sanders. Ryan and Chris, minus Jeremy, discuss the matters, and also LISTCAST their top ten pass rushers of 2018. Wayback machine tackles the 2017 trip to Lambeau to beat a Rodgers-less Packers team. Mailbag talks about summer food, Gatorade, the best/worst units of the Lions team in 2018 and movies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's a proud tradition of the Pride Of Detroit PODcast to establish the run game. To that end, the time has come, in July, to rank running backs! What should be a clear-cut venture turns into a wild ride as Chris takes a leap with a young TItans running back and the top five isn't exactly as clear cut as you think. In the Wayback Machine, the gang wonders how the Lions were able to lose to the Steelers - a great mystery indeed! Finally, mailbag picks up questions about fireworks, relocating the Lions and rap beefs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the dead of June, it's time to LISTCAST. Jeremy, Chris and Ryan put together their top 10 cornerbacks. Chris tries to update the format and it goes out the window. In the Wayback Machine, a look back at the Saints game, where Stafford outgained Drew Brees by over a hundred yards and the Lions still lost. A house of horrors. Howver, not all has changed - one factor on the Lions team still remains the weakness revealed in this game. In the mailbag, questions about the World Cup and XBox games. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Could the Lions have snagged Rob Gronkowski from the Patriots? That's the latest trade rumor that gets discussed in the offseason around these parts. The wayback machine fires up to take you to 2017 when the Panthers and Lions squared off in what was a dire sign of things to come. But more importantly, LISTCAST is back with positional rankings! We start with wide receivers, and Chris might not be the most unprepared this time! Will Marvin Jones or Golden Tate make the list? You'll have to listen to find out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ryan missed the PODcast, the unthinkable scenario. It leaves Jeremy and Chris to tackle this one. Jeremy rattles off the winners and losers of rookie minicamp, and Chris says a name wrong. They take a look at last year's Lions @ Vikings victory, and discuss why this game brought false hope to Lions fans and where that might have come from. What would the game have looked like if Dalvin Cook stayed in, too? Mailbag is the latter half of the show, and there's plenty of talk of another Detroit columnist getting put on blast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New revelations come to light about Calvin Johnson's retirement from Detroit. Chris discusses what it means to having a "winning culture," and part of that comes with treating players - even those who are quitting - right. Jeremy has an issue with how Rod Wood has been in the news, far more than a team president should probably be. Then it's a wayback machine jump back to a question of a ten second runoff in last year's Falcons-Lions. Mailbag discusses bacon desserts.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices