Talking Grit: A Detroit Lions Podcast

E62: "Fantasy" Play Draft - Reliving the Best Plays of the Year

• Jason Harwood / Jacob Litton / Morgan Cannon / Meko Scott • Season 1 • Episode 62

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Talking Grit is joined by Meko Scott and Morgan Cannon from Pride of Detroit.  The boys pick there favorite plays of the season in a "fantasy" draft style.  Re-live the best plays from 2025 Detroit Lions season.  

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Jason Harwood:

Welcome back to another episode of Talking Grit. Jacob, how are you feeling, man?

Jacob:

I feel great. I've been looking forward to this one, man.

Jason Harwood:

I know this is, this is, I've been really looking forward to this pod. I look forward to all of them, but this one. So two false starts we're ready to bring this thing home. We're ready to do our fancy play draft. Uh, I'm going to explain a little bit later what that entails, but first let's introduce our two guests. We have Meko Scott, Morgan Cannon here. There are pod buddies. How are you feeling fellows?

Meko:

Pretty good, man. Glad, glad to be able to be back with you guys and, you know, hopefully having a really fun fantasy drift. I can't, I can't say that I've ever done something like this before. Okay.

Jacob:

Yeah.

Morgan Cannon:

Yeah. I mean, either. I think we've like drafted foods and stuff back in the day and POD like in the, in the off season. But this is a good one. I'm, you know, I got some in mind too, that hopefully other people won't think of to make this a process.

Jason Harwood:

Yeah, like it. So I've seen stuff like this done on, like you guys said, other draft channels or other podcasts. I've seen people draft movies, like the best time travel movies and all this kind of stuff. One thing that's afforded us to be able to do this is the Lions made so many memorable plays this year, either offensively or defensively. So it started to be fun, you know. 20 plays seem to like a good number. So that's why I wanted Morgan and Meko both to be on this. Uh, last week we had some scheduling stuff. We had sicknesses getting away, but we're moving forward and we're going to be able to do this. So how we're going to do this is right before the, right before the podcast, we picked randomly the draft order. It's kind of like a fantasy football draft. Um, we did that. We're going to do a snake order one through four and then four through one. The goal of this is to assemble your best plays out of everyone. So I'm trying to pick five better plays than Jacob as a whole. So what is considered a best play? And this is the cool part about this. This is really up to whoever's drafting. I consider a cool play, maybe Mikko has a different idea about that. So we're, you know, it'd be fun. And, and these are, you know. What do you think are cool? There could be a five yard game, but it could have been the coolest five yard game, think back to the day with Barry Sanders. He had some of the best two yard runs. Um, you know, not every, uh, best play is going to be a trick play or a touchdown. There's just some fun plays out there. So you could have a game change. You play, you could have trick plays, just amazing athletic plays. Um, the only stipulation that I want to come up with is of your. Five plays that you pick one of them has to be a defensive play. So they can't be just all five offensive plays. And then at the end, we're going to debate who's got the best five. So the draft order is I'm going first. it's totally unbiased, but you know, you guys saw me do it, but Jacob thinks still think I cheated somehow.

Jacob:

Rigged.

Jason Harwood:

Yeah. Uh, Morgan second, Jacob's third, Meko's last, but Meko gets the benefit. Cause at the end he gets the pick, uh, you know, back to back place. So I, I don't know how you guys did your list, but I actually. You know, went through my process was I went through and just watched, watched the highlights of every game just to kind of give myself a reminder, um, on, on these plays, wrote them all down. I ended up having like 40 plays that I, that I liked really liked throughout the season. Then I just picked my top 20 and rated them. you know, I don't expect everyone to go as crazy as I did, but I know Jacob had like 40 when we talked, he was pretty close.

Jacob:

I have,

Meko:

guys

Jacob:

had 20, 80 plays.

Meko:

I

Jacob:

I did not have 40.

Jason Harwood:

Uh, yeah. Morgan's our film buddy, so I know that he's probably got a mind like a steel trap and just remembers all these plays. He didn't even have to write it down.

Morgan Cannon:

Definitely not like a steel trap, I, I write everything. I'm actually writing down stuff on sticky notes now, but I'm weird though. So like y'all, you know, y'all sets of criteria is probably not going to be the same. Like Meko knows, Meko knows what kind of stupid place I'm going to pick because I'm

Jason Harwood:

Hey, that's the fun part of it though. Like everyone gets to pick their own. So I, I, I like it. Meko, you better become prepared. You said you didn't do as much studying, but come on, man.

Meko:

didn't, I'm going to be

Jason Harwood:

Yeah.

Meko:

with you guys. Like,

Jason Harwood:

Yeah.

Meko:

We got so far removed from the season. Like, kind of like Morgan where like, if I didn't write it down,

Morgan Cannon:

going to forget.

Meko:

down the plays that I'm picking, but like, I got to the point where I'm just like, there's just too many, there's too many plays to remember, like 17 games. And this offense was humming for, for a really large chunk of the season. Like, there's no way,

Jason Harwood:

Yeah. Yep. No, it's just, it's just fun thing to do. So, all right, I'm picking first, um, I'm going as no touchdown on this play. This is the demo. Get off me run. That's what I titled it. It's week four versus Seattle catches a pass from demo, catches a pass from Jared golf steamrolls Witherspoon, and then just goes on to run for 40 yards. I, that is my favorite play of this year. I, I just loved. The attitude on it and just the fact that he almost gets tackled three or four times and then just kind of runs and then does a dead leg at the end, just to kind of showboat a little bit and then runs out of bounds. I love that play.

Morgan Cannon:

He planted Poor Devin Witherspoon too. Man. I really liked Devin Witherspoon, but he baptized that young man that day. I was like, oh my God. Yeah,

Jason Harwood:

I know.

Meko:

Yeah.

Morgan Cannon:

hit a immovable force. My dude that, that. That looks like

Jason Harwood:

Yeah.

Morgan Cannon:

when they talk about Monty runs like a, you know, like a bowling ball full of knives, you know Like that's what I look at. I'm like tackling somebody like that. It's just terrible

Jason Harwood:

No, that was great.

Morgan Cannon:

then?

Jason Harwood:

You're up, Morgan.

Morgan Cannon:

You know where I'm going. I'm going the pen a soul one yard loss heard around the world he just sunned six different bears players. Like get, get off me. You little, you know what boy, you know what I mean? So that's where I'm sticking for number one.

Jacob:

Nice.

Jason Harwood:

Thanksgiving Day game, right? Yeah.

Morgan Cannon:

it?

Jason Harwood:

Yeah. I think so. Week 13. Yeah. Yep.

Morgan Cannon:

new boo goofing. Yeah. But yeah, that was hilarious. And like the fact that he like ended the play on his feet. I'm like these, like, it literally looked like a bunch of 10 year olds trying to tackle me right now. You know what I mean? Like that's what it looks like.

Jacob:

That was like the Thanksgiving game at home, right?

Jason Harwood:

Yes.

Jacob:

old uncle just shoving all the little kids around playing outside.

Morgan Cannon:

exactly. Get off me. Nope.

Jason Harwood:

Yeah.

Jacob:

that was a good play.

Jason Harwood:

Yeah. Count it

Jacob:

Interesting, Tom Perry, as a negative, right, a sack, a negative one yard.

Jason Harwood:

Yep.

Morgan Cannon:

Mm hmm.

Jacob:

Still iconic.

Jason Harwood:

Yes. Just

Jacob:

And, like, one of the coldest photos from that, too.

Morgan Cannon:

That poor,

Jacob:

Just met right in the guy's face.

Jason Harwood:

Yeah, it's stiffed arm.

Morgan Cannon:

just getting laid out, man. But yeah.

Jason Harwood:

Loved it. All right,

Jacob:

Alright,

Jason Harwood:

attitude checks for Morgan. I can already see where we're starting. Right. I like it. All

Meko:

Silence.

Jacob:

the Bears.

Morgan Cannon:

Oh,

Jacob:

Uh, you know, the fake fumble, the announcers even thought that the, you know, they thought Gibbs fell down, that it was a bad exchange or whatever. Just, you know, it was an awesome play watching live. I knew right away, you know, that they did that on purpose, obviously. It looked obvious, but, uh, you know, then to hear them talk about it afterward and I liked that. Uh, You know, golf said Ben Johnson asked him, like, could you fumble the ball on purpose and then get it back? Like, no, no, no. Uh, but you know, that was awesome. You know, the thought that went into that and everything the week ahead and then be able to pull it off flawlessly that, you know, that was my favorite play. Plus it just embarrassed the bear. So gotta love it.

Morgan Cannon:

not going to fumble the ball and then try it like this thing's oblong. Do y'all know how that works? Like, I don't know.

Jason Harwood:

Yeah.

Morgan Cannon:

funny. And then I also thought it was like, I thought goth sold it really well. Like you know, the, the almost stumble Jameer did not. I, I, attribute that to Jameer being so athletic. He doesn't know how to not look athletic.

Jason Harwood:

Mm hmm.

Morgan Cannon:

Jameer's like, what, how do I, yeah, it was just funny though. When you watch that back, especially on the all 22, you're like, yeah, Jameer's in a lot of commercials, but we got a little bit to go on the acting front. In my opinion.

Jason Harwood:

I like that. You know, even the sideline gets in on it, because they all yell fumble, you know, and it just tries to sell it even more.

Morgan Cannon:

Mm hmm.

Jason Harwood:

All right, Meko, you're up. Your first one of two.

Meko:

All right, so my first one or two, I'm going to go ahead and take, I believe this was like the only special teams touchdown of the season. And I'm going to go with Khalif Raymond's punt

Jason Harwood:

On.

Meko:

TV. Uh, Khalif is somebody that I think like sometimes gets like forgotten on, on, on as far as like his impact on the team. Um, And while he may not be, like, the most dynamic punt returner to ever play the game, like, anytime you get to see a punt return TD, like, it just, you, you, you start, like, the excitement just kind of builds. And that Tennessee game, when, like, the offense wasn't quite getting the opportunities, um, and it was really just, like, a special teams type of game, touchdown, like, was, was so huge, um, and, and just being able to keep the momentum on the lion's side. So I got to go with that one for my, for my first pick.

Jacob:

I had that high on my list too. I uh, I really like that it's the starting defense that's out there like during this punt return. And then you got like a, you know, a lean Terry on Kirby out there trying to block like, you know, it's just, it looks dysfunctional, but you know, for it to come back like that, that was an awesome play by Khalif. Okay.

Morgan Cannon:

That whole game was hilarious, man, because was sitting there and they kept kicking the ball to him and it was like the third time and I looked over at my boy who also like knows football really well and coaches and you know, all that been around the game forever. And he's like, you don't think they're gonna kick it to him again. I was like, they might, and then they kept, they kept doing it, dude. I was like, this is crazy.

Jason Harwood:

Yeah. Yeah.

Morgan Cannon:

Um, but yeah, it was just a, that was a funny game, but yeah, I love that pick. Shout out Kali Freeman, man. Always going to

Jason Harwood:

Yeah.

Morgan Cannon:

fan.

Jason Harwood:

Golf, uh, had like, what, 83 yards passing in that game and we just totally blew, blew them out. But yeah.

Morgan Cannon:

to six.

Meko:

game, like

Morgan Cannon:

bro.

Meko:

far,

Morgan Cannon:

Shout out to their special teams coordinator though. Cause that like that guy, you know what? Let's keep kicking it. Like he would, after the second time I get burned by, you're not getting the ball again,

Jason Harwood:

Yeah.

Jacob:

Yeah,

Morgan Cannon:

mean?

Jacob:

right. Okay. Silence. Silence. Silence. Silence. Silence. Silence. Silence. Silence. Silence. Silence. Silence. Silence. Silence. Silence. Silence. Silence. Silence. Silence. Silence. Silence. Silence. Silence. Silence. Silence. Silence. Silence. Silence. Silence. Silence. Silence. Silence. Silence. Silence. Silence. Silence. Silence. Silence. Silence. Silence. Silence. Silence. Silence. Silence. Silence. Silence. Silence. Silence. Silence. Silence. Silence. Silence. Silence. Silence. Silence.

Jason Harwood:

All right, Meko, you get your next, you get to go next.

Meko:

So I'm going to take one of the JMO end around, uh, type of plays. So I'm going to take the one against the commanders. Um,

Jacob:

Silence.

Meko:

again, I don't,

Jason Harwood:

you? How are you? Yeah.

Meko:

is one of the most beautiful things that the lines did last year was like, continue to get him in space, continue to get the ball in his hand when he's already got a head of steam and then it's just, see ya. So I'm going to take the one against the commanders. It's, it's one of the few bright spots from that game. Um, And so, yeah, I'm going to go with that one.

Morgan Cannon:

And I

Jacob:

Yeah, that was right after the pick six,

Morgan Cannon:

Yep,

Jacob:

so that was when golf was out, Teddy Bridgewater is back there. You know, things are looking kind of rough.

Morgan Cannon:

You have,

Jacob:

Quick turnaround from J Mo.

Morgan Cannon:

it was a weird,

Meko:

one. Yeah, it was a quick moment where you're like, Oh, is Teddy Bridgewater going to be the quarterback that it brings the Lions back in this game? And now golf was back out there like the next series. But still,

Morgan Cannon:

he was in the blue tent for a minute though. Cause like we, like I know Jason, you can see down the sideline.

Jason Harwood:

Oh yeah. Oh yeah.

Morgan Cannon:

we

Jason Harwood:

My wife has the binoculars. She knows. That's her job. I mean she likes

Morgan Cannon:

me so

Jason Harwood:

Yeah,

Morgan Cannon:

yeah, you can see. And so, yeah, he was in the tent for a second though. So that was nice to see him score. I was like, thank goodness, man. Cause we needed a little, you know, get right

Jason Harwood:

Yeah. All right. Jacob you're up.

Jacob:

All right. Uh, so I'm going with the Seahawks game, the Amun Ra touchdown pass to Jared Goff. Another little trick play there. Uh, A good throw by Amon Rodgers right over the linebacker. Don't know that he meant to do that on purpose, but it looked that way. And then golf with a good catch. I mean, just a good play. Monday night football, prime time and everything. Like, it was just awesome.

Morgan Cannon:

off with the late hands, you know,

Jacob:

Yeah.

Morgan Cannon:

the hands late. And it was overall like, cause that, that linebacker spaz Meko, is that the game you went with me?

Meko:

Yeah,

Morgan Cannon:

Yeah,

Meko:

say, like, that was that

Morgan Cannon:

go

Meko:

Like, I predict there's going to be a lot of picks from that game because there were so many.

Morgan Cannon:

big plays.

Meko:

plays from that game.

Morgan Cannon:

That's true.

Jacob:

Yeah.

Morgan Cannon:

That's a good point.

Jason Harwood:

Yeah, that was, that's when, yeah, we already got two from that game and yeah, I, you know, not to give anything away, but yeah, that's probably the most representative game. I think Jacob, you and I picked earlier our favorite game of the year. And this was, I didn't go to this one. I wish I would have been at this game, but certainly I was watching on TV and that, yeah, this was just a fun game all around.

Meko:

This game

Jacob:

A lot of great moments.

Meko:

That

Morgan Cannon:

was,

Meko:

was like, I think that was what first black Jersey game.

Morgan Cannon:

you know, and ended up being a bar kicking, you know, like by the end, like they never really got close. They were consistently down like 7 like 17 points. So that was nice.

Jason Harwood:

All right, Morgan, you're up.

Morgan Cannon:

All right. So I am going to go with another Jameson Williams touchdown. But this one comes against the Jacksonville Jaguars. It's because of what he did when he crossed into

Jason Harwood:

Ah, yes.

Meko:

uh, yes.

Morgan Cannon:

I'm a, I'm a simple man. If you pay homage to Marsha on Lynch, I'm gonna love you. And uh, yeah. When he did that, I was like, this man is hilarious. And I just so, yeah. I'm gonna go with that one, bro. That was, and that was the, he, he caught, it was a crosser. If I'm not, I think it was like a trips crosser, like a concept where you had, he was running the, drag against the grain. He knew he scored by like the 40,

Meko:

Cause he

Jacob:

Right.

Meko:

dogging it like pretty early in

Morgan Cannon:

25.

Meko:

GMO Yeah. Like he's high stepping the way there. And then just for the, the dive, the grab, like it was, I knew he was getting fine, like the minute he, the minute he jumped, I was like, that's a fine.

Jacob:

Yeah.

Morgan Cannon:

He's honestly hilarious, man. So

Jason Harwood:

NFL finds him, but they used it like as the cover and their YouTube like highlight package for that week.

Jacob:

Yeah. Yeah.

Jason Harwood:

Yeah, I, yeah, it's funny when you mentioned that, like he's hotdogging around the 40, him hotdogging is still faster than like probably 75 percent of the league, you know, it just looks like he's, he's running slow, but he's, just comparatively speaking.

Morgan Cannon:

sprint, effortless sprinter. Like when, when Meko said that earlier, like I'm a big fan of just getting him the ball in space, having a couple of those installed every week because things happen. Cause he is one of the faster people on the planet.

Meko:

Yeah. I think that was something that we were like specifically banging, like the offense to do more of, uh, his rookie year, his rookie year. And I want to say like the early parts of, of, of year two was just like, Hey, yeah, like let's stop sending him on go routes. Like you go back and you watch some of the impressive stuff that he did at Alabama. It was a lot of. Like crossing routes, and it was a lot of slants and things like that. Um, and I think that's where JMO has grown the most. And I think, like, you continue to allow him to do those things and you're just going to continue to see highlight after highlight every time he gets those kind of plays.

Jason Harwood:

Yeah, just get the ball in your playmaker's hands and let them make a play. And the thing that's made him be more dangerous is that his hands have improved. You know, Jmos. Able to make those catches very consistently and you could trust them over the middle. Cause if he doesn't catch those, right, those over the middle, they bounce up and it ends up in a safety's hands. You have to trust that it, that he's going to catch it. And, uh, he's definitely grown in that area.

Morgan Cannon:

That catch he had against Houston where he got hard. That looked

Jason Harwood:

Yeah.

Morgan Cannon:

uh, He said that too on the St. Brown podcast. He's like, that hurt. I was like, bet it did, baby. That looked like it hurt. I

Jason Harwood:

By just what, when I was doing the highlight thing and just checking out, I saw that catch again and yeah, I mean, he. Catches it, it bounces out, he re catches it, and then just gets plastered. it's tough. Alright, I'm up. I'm going So, like five Hook and Ladder plays this year, right? I'm going with the very first one. I'm going with the original. Well, the original this season. I'm going with the Arizona. It was Week 3 Arizona. Um, past Amun Ra, flips it over to Gibbs. I liked it. Lines were up 13 to 7 at that time. This was right before half. We scored touchdowns. So not only was it an awesome play to watch, it actually really mattered in that game, scoring right before halftime. So that, that's where I'm going for my first of my two picks here.

Morgan Cannon:

like

Jacob:

Yeah, that was one of them. The fantasy stats gives zero catches, but 20 yards and one receiving touchdown.

Jason Harwood:

Yeah.

Jacob:

No, that was a great play.

Meko:

Yeah, no, I think like, was the like, that was the play that was the trick play that like kind of kicked off early in the season where you're just like, okay, they're just trying stuff now like this type of stuff you shouldn't be able to do. I think, um, We did an article for Pride of Detroit where we kind of like listed the, like our best plays or like we had to pick our best play and I'm pretty sure I picked all the hook and ladders. I was like, I don't even want to, I don't want to choose of them. Like they were

Jason Harwood:

Okay. Okay.

Meko:

in Madden. in all honesty, like, I don't think you could run five or seven hook and ladder plays consistently throughout a season and get them all to convert every single time.

Jason Harwood:

I know,

Morgan Cannon:

It's like

Jason Harwood:

you know, and

Morgan Cannon:

running them with like St. Brown being the one who usually is like doing cause he's just such a, people don't think like, but like ball handling is a thing in football. Like, you know, especially quarterbacks, like when you hear coaches talk about ball handling. but yeah, St. Brown's just such a wizard with that stuff. And then you just have who's a spark plug and this is a good combo or Jameer, you know, whatever you want to

Jason Harwood:

yeah, I, I'm wondering,

Meko:

go ahead,

Jason Harwood:

go ahead and make go now. Go ahead.

Meko:

I was just going to say, like, even still, though, like, I said, I can't remember if it was five or seven, like that many is ridiculous.

Morgan Cannon:

no doubt.

Meko:

like, I think we, we, we've, we've

Jacob:

Silence.

Meko:

talk about this as a defense.

Jason Harwood:

Mm hmm.

Meko:

Amun Ra catches it on a curl or a slant. There's the possibility that he's going to pitch it and they net like no team ever figured it out. Like there's not a situation where they ran that play and it didn't work.

Morgan Cannon:

Yeah,

Jason Harwood:

I know.

Morgan Cannon:

unnatural as a defender. I know, like for me, it's been a while since I played football, but you know, you think about it, you're like, it's just not something you're used to. You're like, they're not going to pitch that ball,

Jason Harwood:

Mm hmm.

Jacob:

That's why you get stuck in the mud like that.

Morgan Cannon:

Exactly.

Jacob:

It's just too fast. You can't do it.

Morgan Cannon:

No, exactly. Jacob, it happens so quickly. And then before you know it, someone like Jameer or Jameson is running the other way when you were just, there's no way

Jacob:

Yeah,

Morgan Cannon:

right,

Jacob:

right.

Morgan Cannon:

we'll get to the sideline real quick here.

Jason Harwood:

You know, it's a very copycat league. So you wonder if next year you're going to see a little bit more of, we saw in the Seahawks game week four, the Seahawks ran like a lateral play where they it across the field. Not, it wasn't, it didn't look like a hook and ladder play. I saw, I think of the, you know, I'm sure there was some throughout the leagues. I saw the Patriots run it too, but you know, it's a copycat league. The Lions were so successful with it. You got to wonder if that's going to happen again, but you know. You got to have some talented people running it or it's going to end up on the ground and you're going to look real stupid.

Morgan Cannon:

Yep.

Jacob:

That's the key.

Jason Harwood:

All right, I get to pick my next one. I'm going to go with the first defensive play of this draft. And I'm going back to week four. I struggled between this and the Kirby pick six, but I'm going with the Kirby Joseph end zone pick versus Seattle. know it didn't score a touchdown, but that was just a pretty, pretty interception. It was an awesome play on the ball. Um, I, I, I, that's what I'm going with. So I'm going to get my defensive play. I'm going to go with Kirby and then zone pick. They were all like end zone picks early in the year, early in the season. Um, then he started, you know, picking them off during the field, but, uh, I'm going to leave someone else to pick six. Cause that, you know, if you're gonna pick your defensive play, I'm sure that's on someone's list, but I'm going to go with, he high pointed that ball. He looked like a receiver in that, in that play. I, I, I could watch that play over and over again.

Morgan Cannon:

One of those plays that makes you remember why Kirby was originally a receiver at Illinois So because he really does the ball skills are crazy, man. I yeah good pick That's a, that's a pretty one.

Jason Harwood:

I like, I like that play. All right, Morgan, you're up.

Morgan Cannon:

I'm going to go Kirby monsoon pick, uh, against the Packers. Cause that was, that felt like the death knell. I was like, Oh, they're screwed. You know, I was, uh, that was one of the few games, you know, me and Sarah just watching at home, cause that was Sunday night, wasn't it?

Jason Harwood:

Uh, no, it was a four. It was four o'clock. No, that the Packers game was a four o'clock game. Tom Brady called it cause that was branch got thrown out. Tom Brady called it. It was a four o'clock game though.

Morgan Cannon:

Yep. Okay. Yeah. That, that's what, uh, I'm going to go that one though, for the Kirby, the Kirby pick six, that was a, that was a beauty that felt like the death knell too, I was like, Oh yeah, these dudes are done.

Jacob:

One of the few times that Kirby blitzes, like it's behind the line of scrimmage and it's just perfect timing.

Jason Harwood:

Yeah. Um, I remember Kirby said he scored the touchdown. He didn't know what to do, do afterwards. You know, he's, he was just so excited. He couldn't believe they picked him off right there. And also, like you said, it was a monsoon. He gets to the sideline. If you watch the replay, he like steps really close. Cause he does not want to fall at, you know, on that, on the sideline there.

Morgan Cannon:

It was slippery, man. You could even tell when he was celebrating, he was trying not to bust his, you know, what,

Jason Harwood:

Uh, yeah. And that was a huge, like you said, the lines were up 10 to three at that point. There was like 43 seconds left in the hangup. So that was a huge, uh, huge play.

Morgan Cannon:

that was basically game, man. Especially with the crappy, like they didn't do any that's I wish more people could go back and watch this game before the defense was just so injured because they were putting the straps to people, man. Like the Packers didn't score. It was a garbage time touchdown when they finally did score.

Jason Harwood:

Mm-hmm

Morgan Cannon:

is,

Jacob:

Right.

Morgan Cannon:

this is one of those games that was not close. This was like a, actually like a thorough, but whooping in a

Jason Harwood:

Yep.

Morgan Cannon:

on the

Jason Harwood:

Yeah.

Morgan Cannon:

so,

Jason Harwood:

Well, they, the golf wasn't gonna be able to play outside. Right. It was rain. That was the talking point leading up to that game,

Morgan Cannon:

he was

Jason Harwood:

it looked quite the opposite.

Morgan Cannon:

he was dealing, man. Yeah. And that

Jason Harwood:

Mm-hmm

Morgan Cannon:

like, it was pissing rain. Like I'm looking at this picture of Kirby and like Dan's in the background and Dan has his like hands in his pockets and he's like, you know, what you're doing when it's like a cold rain, you're like, ah, I don't want it to get down my neck,

Jacob:

That was the AG picture too, right? With his glasses and it's just like, how is he even seeing anything?

Morgan Cannon:

bro as someone who wears glasses. He wasn't seeing diddly. I don't know why he didn't wear his contacts that night

Jason Harwood:

Yeah. He needed windshield wipers on his, uh, glasses, that would have been.

Morgan Cannon:

Seriously, that drives me crazy. I don't know about you Meko. when I have like when my glasses are dirty. Hey,

Meko:

worst part of having

Morgan Cannon:

yeah I ain't doing this

Meko:

it's cold or when it's rainy, the worst time to have glasses.

Jason Harwood:

what about COVID when you're wearing a mask and then it would, like, go, go up underneath your mask and then just fog your glasses up? That'd suck.

Morgan Cannon:

with a beard like in my masters like sits like this

Jacob:

Yeah.

Morgan Cannon:

weird, but

Meko:

I'm with you.

Jason Harwood:

All right, Jacob, you're up. Your third pick.

Jacob:

I'm going with the, uh, Commander's game, Sam LaPorta with the diving touchdown in the end zone. Jared Goff falling down under pressure, getting the ball out, Sam LaPorta diving one handed catch. Just an amazing catch. Something my kids still, like, uh, recreate now.

Jason Harwood:

Mm hmm.

Morgan Cannon:

when I was like, did he, I was excited, but I was like, all right, let me see the replay to see if he completed the process. Cause that

Jacob:

Right.

Morgan Cannon:

And I looked up on the Jumbotron and I was like, Oh no, that was a catch the whole way. Like a

Jason Harwood:

Mm hmm.

Morgan Cannon:

I was like, Oh, this man is Sam LaPorta is so saucy for a white tight end from Iowa.

Jacob:

Yeah.

Jason Harwood:

Yeah, yeah.

Morgan Cannon:

is.

Meko:

especially in a year like last year, where like he had a, he had a really slow start to the season to the point where, like, and it wasn't necessarily like his fault. Right? Like, it just like JMO was going off those, those first

Morgan Cannon:

He was banged up. Laporta was banged up. Yeah.

Meko:

LaPorta was banged up and it's just like, everybody else was clicking. And so it just like, man, like, when are they ever going to get him involved? And once he started like rolling, like somewhere Like in the middle of the season, I want to say like in the middle, but like probably like four weeks into the season and it was just like, okay, there's Sam.

Jason Harwood:

Mhm.

Morgan Cannon:

He's a dog, man. I love Laporta. But yeah, that's a great pick, Jacob. I honestly, that game feels like such a blur.

Jacob:

Yeah. Yeah. Right. Yeah.

Jason Harwood:

was the toughest one to go back and watch, but I had to watch that Sam LaPorta catch. Just, I mean. Uh, golf breaking out. I thought he was just, and I'm still not convinced that he, he wasn't partially throwing that ball away because where he threw that, I mean, you could not count on Sam Laporta making that catch, but it was beautiful catch.

Meko:

Yeah. Yeah. 100%.

Jason Harwood:

All right, Meko, you get back to back picks here. What you going for in your first one?

Meko:

feeling pretty good. Like I'm, I get nervous, you know, having to like wait this long to get back to my picks. But once I get to pick back to back, it's like, okay, I'm, I'm in a really good spot. So I'm going to go ahead and take my defensive pick. Um, and I had a couple that I actually had to choose from, but I'm actually going to pick, uh, the Brian branch. Pick in the end zone against Dallas. This was such

Jason Harwood:

Okay.

Jacob:

was gonna get that. That was my safety net.

Meko:

oh man, that

Jason Harwood:

joining us today, and we'll see you next time.

Meko:

is going to do, um, and to be

Jason Harwood:

Silence. Silence. Silence.

Meko:

in that play right there.

Jacob:

Unbelievable. It's like, uh, I compared it to like when you're playing Madden, and you see that you got the guy open, and as soon as you hit the button, the computer just like all of a sudden changes direction and jumps it and picks it off. Exactly what that play was like. As soon as the ball left his hand, Branch was right on it. It was just an amazing play. Yeah.

Jason Harwood:

Yeah.

Meko:

see like defensive backs make plays like that often, right?

Jason Harwood:

Um,

Meko:

like it, Dak made the proper read. I, I feel like he still threw it at the proper time. He just wasn't expecting Brian branch to have the athleticism to be able to stop in his tracks. And be able to like basically backpedal or dive backwards to be able to make that interception like it's that's that's so difficult to do when you're playing DB at that level.

Morgan Cannon:

When he did that, I was like, that's some Ed Reed stuff, man.

Jacob:

Yeah.

Morgan Cannon:

quarterbacks, like I guarantee you when he did, when he did that, that Prescott went back to the sideline. It was like, man, this man bailed off of a cover too. Like when he wasn't really, you know what I mean? Like just, just, it's some super, super duper instinctual stuff. And

Jacob:

Yeah,

Jason Harwood:

what you guys mentioned, but I mean, the game was still in question. I mean, it was very early and I think the Cowboys would have taken the lead. I think at that point early in the game, I may end up being a blowout out the end, but like, it's like plays like that, that just shift the momentum. If you believe in that type of thing, uh, which I, I do, um, and it, it was a, it was a huge play.

Meko:

And I think that was like the first of his two picks in that game. So I think

Jacob:

yeah,

Meko:

got him twice.

Morgan Cannon:

because he had

Jacob:

second one. He almost brought it back.

Morgan Cannon:

dude, he was so mad when he got tackled. I remember

Jacob:

Yeah,

Morgan Cannon:

that on them. He like, cause that guy made a really good tackle, to be honest with you. And it was like, right at the goal line, man. BMBB was hurt. He thought he had

Jason Harwood:

Yeah.

Morgan Cannon:

he had a little pig six or at the end there.

Jason Harwood:

Yeah. Kirby had one in that game too, but Kirby's was just an easy one. Cooper rush just threw it up and it was like the easiest KJ ever had.

Meko:

exactly.

Jason Harwood:

All right, Meko, back to back. So you're on number two, which, what you got here.

Meko:

So I'm, I'm, I'm sure I'm probably going to annoy some people with this one, but I'm going to go with Jameer Gibbs, 70 yard run against the Titans. That

Morgan Cannon:

Man.

Meko:

man, I got to get a Gibbs pick in here. And we we've already talked about the Titans game, right? Like it wasn't a ton of offense, but I believe that was a play. I think that was like the first play out of half. And the

Jason Harwood:

Okay. very much.

Meko:

you know, Monty kind of went down and, and, and he really put on a show like those last couple of weeks, that play in itself just shows why it's important. The lines felt so comfortable drafting him where they drafted him, like

Jason Harwood:

Silence. Silence.

Morgan Cannon:

to hit R two that hard, you know what I'm saying? and he

Jacob:

Do you know what DBA was Morgan?

Morgan Cannon:

uh, it was a, she was it Qure?

Jacob:

It was quandary.

Morgan Cannon:

Oh

Meko:

yeah,

Jacob:

It's

Meko:

it was well.

Jacob:

like a bad angle. Oh,

Morgan Cannon:

yeah, that was a,

Jason Harwood:

tries to undercut Quadra comes up, tries to undercut like behind the cornerback and Yeah, Gibbs is already gone

Jacob:

you just don't know how fast he is until he's already by you. It's just too late.

Morgan Cannon:

And he turned it on and you could see here, whoops, here.

Meko:

Yeah, the thing about Jameer in those situations because he he's done this so many times, right? Obviously like 70 yards is is the longest but he's done this on so many different plays where Like he doesn't need to like he doesn't need like a toss or need to be out in space Like he will run in between the guard in the center of the guard in the tackle and his ability to not break stride Right, like his ability to literally like we just people's talk about this in football about being able to put your foot in the ground and get north and south Jameer does it

Jacob:

Okay.

Meko:

as as anyone I've ever seen in the NFL, right? The only player that I can think of that probably did it maybe better is Jamal Charles. Who like, the Lions drafted him, like that's who I compare Jameer to because he did it so effortlessly and That's what makes,

Jacob:

Right,

Meko:

situation.

Jason Harwood:

Yeah, it was, uh, I liked, uh, someone did like the Sonic thing with the, the, you know, he picked up

Jacob:

coins,

Jason Harwood:

it is

Jacob:

the rings,

Jason Harwood:

and it was like during the game, like these people that could edit videos are insane. Yeah. It was like the perfect video. And I know there's one shot of like behind Jameer where it's a whole line of Titans just kind of running behind, you know, you just see like seven Titans running in the same line and Gibbs is, you know, five yards beyond them, but it's a great pick Meko. Yeah. Yeah.

Morgan Cannon:

That's one of

Jacob:

right, that was a great play.

Morgan Cannon:

It's coming towards our end zone and, uh, like early, like as soon as he like quandary took that angle. I was like, he's gone. Um, yeah, he's just so fast, man. so fast. Now I think that was the game LaPorta was a mic'd up to, and he was like, good golly, he's fast or something like that. I

Jacob:

Yeah.

Morgan Cannon:

he is. He said some

Jacob:

Nice.

Morgan Cannon:

stuff, but yeah, he

Meko:

is the most Iowa

Morgan Cannon:

exactly.

Meko:

I think I've ever heard in my life.

Morgan Cannon:

I started dying. I was like, that's pretty good. Good golly. He's fast. It's

Jason Harwood:

Morgan, you, you mentioned it, it's so much fun when they're running right towards you when you're at the stadium, right? You got that angle and you can see that. I love it.

Morgan Cannon:

And you can like, when it's Jamo or Jameer too, like early on, you know, it's a score typically, you know, you're like, Oh, here we go. Come on. You know?

Jason Harwood:

Yeah. Yeah. Yep. Scream at the top of your lungs. I love it. All right, Jacob, up. This is your fourth

Jacob:

All right. I didn't want to have to pick multiple from the same game, but I got to go with JMO's 82 yard touchdown against the Bears. Uh, you know, just it was 13 and nothing already at the end of the first quarter. It's early second quarter. When that happens, you know, the drive's just starting off. Jamo is just so fast. Another person then, you know, makes it look really effortlessly just to beat two defensive backs back there, stumbles just a little bit and then just, you know, recovers and he's gone. I think that was the longest play we had this year. Right?

Jason Harwood:

Yep. Yeah.

Meko:

think the

Jason Harwood:

I. Silence. Silence. Silence.

Morgan Cannon:

hmm.

Meko:

he did I was jumping out of my seat when I saw him do it because it's just like that's where you want him to be and if he's able to do that consistently like the lions are gonna have a really tough time paying everybody but Jamo's really going to command money.

Morgan Cannon:

Yeah, if he if he has a whole year no missing games, no nothing where he he's gonna Gonna have to back the brink strut. They you know, they can't keep two. It's just gonna see gonna want to have two receivers making, you know, 30 ish aav like, you know annually?

Jacob:

It's a tough conversation,

Morgan Cannon:

Yeah, we're

Jason Harwood:

I,

Morgan Cannon:

because if we are that means the lions 2025 though

Jacob:

right,

Morgan Cannon:

maybe one a game in february

Jason Harwood:

yeah.

Meko:

what another tough conversation to have though, Jacob is, is explaining to your fans why you didn't pay this man.

Jacob:

right,

Morgan Cannon:

No doubt.

Meko:

that's a, that's a really tough conversation to have because As much as people want to point to his maturity,

Jason Harwood:

Yeah.

Jacob:

right,

Morgan Cannon:

Yeah. W. I hear you. That's a good point. Yep.

Jacob:

Yeah.

Jason Harwood:

it like 40, 50 yards golf's got to wind up a little bit. So, you know, it's going deep. Like, you know, like just the way he's positioned, his body is going deep. You're like, all right, JMO has got to be out there. And yeah, I, that's the one to watch it back again. I'm like, I love this. Cause I know what's coming up, you know, a little bit, a little bit spoiler action.

Meko:

That is one of the most like exciting and most terrifying things that happened in the same time. Because when

Jason Harwood:

Mm hmm. Mm

Meko:

up, either like, Oh, this is going to be so good. Or this is going to be so terrible.

Jason Harwood:

hmm.

Meko:

plays. I can't remember which game it was where he, I think it was, was it the Texans game where he arm punted? And I was so sure. I knew, I knew who he was throwing. You're telling me like JMO's gotta be down there. And when he him and I was just like, this is, this is the flip side of those plays. You see him wind up. You're like, Oh, that's a deep shot to JMO. And then you're just like, and he overthrew him.

Jason Harwood:

Did the same

Jacob:

That was right after we got the interception though, too. That's what made the Texans one more painful is like, okay, you know, we got the ball back. Let's see what we can do. Chuck's at deep.

Morgan Cannon:

Yep.

Jason Harwood:

you know, you know, yeah, like, as I did a week 17 versus Vikings from his own end zone, like chucked it up and, you know, yeah, all right, Morgan, what attitude play do you got for us this time? Yes. Oh, man.

Morgan Cannon:

going to get a Jameer pick into at the Vikings 45 yard touchdown when he snatched Cam Bynum's soul. From his chest. He like got him. Cam Bynum was coming downhill in the alley Jameer gave him a little okey doke You know put that right leg in the ground and yeah, I think that's the second time he snatched Bynum's soul He's his father.

Jacob:

Yes. Yeah.

Meko:

say, like, Cam Bynum hates to see Jamiro Gibbs coming. Like, he just, he has to hate that, man.

Morgan Cannon:

I'm like, oh, I'm about to look foolish on tape again. Here we go You know No, 100

Jacob:

reel.

Meko:

walking to the sideline. Like, when you, if, if I was Cam Bynum, I'm start walking to the sideline. If he gets past the second level, and it's me and him, I'm just gonna turn and walk to the sideline. Like, no. I'm sorry.

Jason Harwood:

Silence.

Morgan Cannon:

their preferences. Personally, I'd rather get ran over like, Oh, I do what I could. You know what I mean?

Jacob:

At least you made contact instead of just

Meko:

should have done

Jacob:

taking your ankles like snatchers on the ground watching him run by you. That's gotta just be the worst,

Morgan Cannon:

That's all

Jacob:

especially the second time.

Meko:

Transcription Outsourcing,

Morgan Cannon:

in that game too. So yeah, I wanted to get that one in, had to get a Jameer pick in there.

Jason Harwood:

Well, that game, do you say is a big touchdown? We were down 10, nothing. So that was the very first matchup Vikings were undefeated at this point. We were down 10, nothing. We had done like a fake punt, you know, and we were fourth and seven, we did a fake punt. was a huge fan of that call. I remember he said I would have done that call. No, it was a terror. We didn't, I didn't agree with that call, but yeah, that was a huge. Got us into that game. I just changed a little bit of the momentum.

Morgan Cannon:

Yeah, that was when we, they rattled off like three scores in a row, three possessions, three tuds. So yeah, that was nice. That got us

Jacob:

right?

Jason Harwood:

All right. I get, uh, this is my last, this is, Oh no, I got two picks, right? Yeah. So I'm going 14 the Packers. It's fourth down lines were down 10 to seven at this point, they throw it to Gibbs on a Texas route. I'm channeling Eric Schlitt on this one. Cause I know that, you know, that's what he would have loved. Uh, but I, you know, being fourth down, he just. It just looks so automatic and I loved it. So, and I don't have a Gibbs play yet. I don't, I kind of do the hook and ladder, but I'm going with this one. I really liked this play. It was very meaningful in the game. Um, but I just, the play looks so pretty at that's what I'm going to pick from my first one.

Morgan Cannon:

Didn't they motion Jameer into there was like some wrinkle in that that Garen. I remember going through this with Meko because there was like some wrinkle that that like, like guaranteed to golf. Like, okay, yep, I got man. And then because he wasn't, I think it was, uh, I don't know who was on him, um, for green Bay. But yeah, that was barbecue chicken, man. Like you can't, could you Jameer

Meko:

I think

Morgan Cannon:

so fast.

Meko:

was

Morgan Cannon:

I was quite Walker. You're right. I think it was too. Yeah,

Jacob:

yeah.

Morgan Cannon:

that's

Jacob:

better.

Morgan Cannon:

good athlete too. But yeah, sorry, Jameer on a Texas route. Like it's almost not guardable.

Jason Harwood:

Yeah.

Jacob:

was fourth down too.

Jason Harwood:

That's, that's why I loved it. It was

Jacob:

Yeah.

Morgan Cannon:

Good

Jason Harwood:

Uh, I think we scored multiple fourth down, uh, touchdowns in that game. Um, you know, it's one thing that. You know, Dan Campbell plays Jedi mind tricks on Matt LeFleur and Matt LeFleur just always goes conservative and Campbell just makes the calls and he gets it. All right, Meko, I got our Morgan. I have one play. I'm a, I'm afraid this is going to be your play that you were,

Jacob:

Yeah.

Jason Harwood:

you know, banking on, but I'm taking it. Uh, this is the demo carried by the offensive line with the Cardinals in week three. Was

Jacob:

Ah.

Jason Harwood:

play?

Jacob:

Silence.

Jason Harwood:

basically, what you said that you had something in your back pocket, so good. I'm glad I didn't take your play, but you know, talk about, you know, when we talk about plays that, you know, encapsulate your team and just like express your team. This is it. Demo gets the ball. He's already a tough runner. He gets picked up in the offensive line, pushes them for eight more yards. So he had run eight yards to that play. Cardinals pick them up and our offensive line just pushes them another a yard. And I, Dimo said he was smiling the whole way. Uh,

Morgan Cannon:

His face was

Jason Harwood:

great play.

Morgan Cannon:

when they like, when you, when they zoomed into his face, when he was like at the, you know, he was up there too, man, he's only like five, 10. He's not

Jason Harwood:

Yeah,

Morgan Cannon:

So yeah, I thought that was hilarious. Cause I've never been a running

Jacob:

Just getting a ride.

Morgan Cannon:

yeah, just like, Ooh, you know, that's hilarious. I like that.

Jason Harwood:

this, uh, you know, just fun play. I know it's just 16 yards, but I love that play.

Morgan Cannon:

Oh, yeah, it's

Jason Harwood:

All right, Morgan. What's your play in your back pocket that you've been holding on to?

Morgan Cannon:

If you don't know Meko and I were big brian branch people on that channel So even when he does the bad, I still love him still got to rock with him. So i'm going with the bb Quote unquote unnecessary roughness, whatever he got fine

Jacob:

Okay.

Morgan Cannon:

And the double bird, I was like, he's just, he's such a quiet, like nice kid for him to hit the double birds. If you see it all the time around the city now, like I'll be like, I'll be in Meyer and there'll be like a middle aged woman wearing like a Brian branch, double bird shirt. And

Jacob:

The t shirt, yeah.

Morgan Cannon:

I love it. So, yeah. And then he was so funny after he was like. Yeah, I apologize. You know, that wasn't me. Uh, I'm like, listen, man, you don't got to apologize. That's it. Then everyone was posting it. Like the whole defense was posting.

Jason Harwood:

Yeah.

Jacob:

Right.

Meko:

shirt out of it.

Morgan Cannon:

Yeah.

Meko:

It's, it's

Morgan Cannon:

Oh yeah. That, that bear one. Yeah. Meko does have a dope shirt from the, I need to get something like that with that on it, to be honest, cause I love that moment. Uh, but yeah, I'm gonna go with the BB double birds.

Jason Harwood:

Nice.

Jacob:

good. It's a bullcrap, uh, ejection, right?

Jason Harwood:

Yes.

Meko:

Yeah.

Morgan Cannon:

Yeah, dude, he kills me. It

Jason Harwood:

That, that's so funny. I had Tom Brady that did not agree with that call either. He didn't, he didn't want to see him ejected. And that was scary in that game too. Cause you're like, Oh man, our, you know, probably our best defender at that time, cause Hutch was hurt, you know, and then they took him out. That

Morgan Cannon:

It was close game, you know, still

Jason Harwood:

yeah.

Morgan Cannon:

before we started, you know, putting that belt, you know, what, so.

Jason Harwood:

Yeah.

Morgan Cannon:

mad, man. I love Brian branch and he's such a good kid to like, there's no like precedent. That's why I was so bothered by it. I just like that felt very reactionary for me.

Meko:

Mm

Morgan Cannon:

So

Jason Harwood:

Very four o'clock prime time or not prime time, but for, you know, four o'clock national game type feel like, oh, we got them. We got them, you know, make this call.

Morgan Cannon:

Lambo too, man, y'all. That made me mad.

Jacob:

Yeah. Right. Dumb.

Morgan Cannon:

It's okay, ball. Don't lie.

Jason Harwood:

Yeah,

Jacob:

Yeah, right.

Meko:

Cause they, they, they beat the crap out of them the rest

Morgan Cannon:

Really did. They didn't

Jason Harwood:

I know. Yep. Yeah.

Jacob:

It was a joy to watch.

Morgan Cannon:

It was.

Jason Harwood:

All right, Jacob, your last your last play here.

Jacob:

Alright, my last play, gotta go with the defense on this one. I was counting on that Brian Branch picking off Dak to be there, Meko stole it from me, so, uh, I'm gonna go with another Brian Branch pick. Uh, this one is week 7 against, uh, the Vikings, when he picked off Sam Darnold.

Morgan Cannon:

When he

Jacob:

You know, that was a close game, that was another, right, right, another

Jason Harwood:

Yeah,

Morgan Cannon:

was a

Jason Harwood:

this is a beautiful interception.

Meko:

That was the other pick I had. So like of the, that was the, yeah, that was the other play I had where like if someone took the BB Dallas pick, I was like, oh, I'm just going to go with the Minnesota one.

Morgan Cannon:

That was so beautiful. And that, and that freeze frame too. Like I need to get something like that of him signing, you know, signing something because that was such a cold, like picture when he pointed. Cause that was the one he high pointed, right?

Jason Harwood:

Uh, he kind of dives a little bit like, um, yeah, I mean, he got, I don't, it wasn't above his head. He was the side. Yeah.

Morgan Cannon:

okay. Okay. Okay. I think I know what you're talking about, but yeah, that was a, yeah. I just like watching Brian branch play football, man. Let's just, just a

Jason Harwood:

cool thing about that play was like in the flat, Aaron Jones was that got to get an automatic first down if he'd have thrown it and he tries to throw it and Brian branches. Uh, ate his lunches. It was great. All right, Meko, round us out. Last, last play. What, what you picking? Yeah. The

Meko:

got called back due to penalty But it was the hook and ladder to penne

Jacob:

Yeah.

Meko:

it and I think it technically he would have scored But I think it got called back due to penalty

Morgan Cannon:

I did your man of culture for that pick beautiful pick.

Jacob:

Right.

Meko:

like That play right there just showed Panay is the greatest tackle in football. Like, I don't care.

Morgan Cannon:

Yep.

Meko:

other tackle is doing that. A hook and ladder your right tackle? Like, nobody's doing that.

Morgan Cannon:

I remember that was that moment. Ben Johnson kind of went viral because they called that penalty. And he was looking at the ref like, you know,

Jacob:

Yeah.

Meko:

I can't even remember what the penalty was. Was it like, illegal

Morgan Cannon:

Illegal

Jason Harwood:

it's illegal man downfield. Right. Yeah,

Meko:

of the NFL. Like, forget whatever else happened in the NFL, tackle taking a hook and ladder for six.

Morgan Cannon:

That's also the moment I knew when I was like, okay, we're out here clowning with the Cowboys. Like, we're

Jacob:

Yeah,

Meko:

Oh,

Morgan Cannon:

we're just not here being stupid.

Meko:

was at a, was at an all time high.

Morgan Cannon:

Like, I think, I don't know, I don't know who was calling that game, but they were like, Okay, the lion's clearly here trying to rub the cowboy's nose in it a little bit. And I'm like, well, whatever. Maybe.

Meko:

I mean, and?

Morgan Cannon:

Yeah, exactly. You're welcome.

Meko:

like, I don't know, that, that play was, that play was just so perfectly timed. Um, I hope we get to see it again at

Morgan Cannon:

want Pineda

Jacob:

yeah. Yeah,

Morgan Cannon:

Yeah, someone I hate.

Jason Harwood:

Well, they play Dallas this year in Detroit, so we might, you know, be able to see it. I, uh, they were, it was around that time because this is, that game was out of hand at that point and people were like, be running those trick plays. Now you're wasting them all. Well, Ben Johnson showed that we got them throughout the whole year. So it doesn't matter.

Morgan Cannon:

That was not for the game. He's like, the well is deep. I

Jason Harwood:

Yeah. Yeah, yeah, that's awesome. I

Meko:

also the play that like kind of sparked the Pena Sewell offensive player of the year conversation,

Morgan Cannon:

We had been trying to stoke that fire.

Meko:

do everything.

Morgan Cannon:

He's him. He's the best.

Jason Harwood:

like that. Our offensive lineman made, uh, made this list twice. Yeah,

Jacob:

right. Yeah. Yeah.

Jason Harwood:

two different plays and one of them was a one yard loss and the other one didn't count.

Meko:

Still a

Jason Harwood:

that's all. no, it's awesome. So, um, let's review quickly. We'll review, uh, everyone's plays here. We'll start with, uh, just start with you, Meko. you picked, you're just like me, you picked, uh, four of your plays came from two games. So, you had two from week eight and, uh, two from week six. So, you had the Titans Klee frame and, uh, return touchdown. playoff, the JMO and around, um, then he did the Brian branch interception week. Eight was Jameer Gibbs, 70 yard touch. And then the week your last one was the play. We just discussed the Panay Sewell hook and ladder play. uh, your first pick was stumble bum. Then you went back, you went to Seattle week for the golf TD reception. What was the name of that play? What does, I can't remember what they named that.

Jacob:

I forget, it did have a name,

Jason Harwood:

Yeah. I can't remember what it was, but your first two plays had names, Jacob. So,

Jacob:

right?

Jason Harwood:

So, you know, someone that picked that play, you should probably know the name, but here,

Jacob:

should, right?

Jason Harwood:

Yeah, exactly. Uh, your third pick was the divisional playoffs, the San LaPorta, then you went a week 16, the JMO 82 yarder. Yeah. Alcatraz.

Jacob:

says Alcatraz. Okay.

Jason Harwood:

world, 64 yard JMO week 11, week nine, you went with, uh, Kirby Joseph, the peak pick six seven Gibbs 45 yard run that up to that point, that was his longest run of his career. He'd later got the 70 yard or, but. a pretty run and then, uh, you know, in true self, Morgan goes with an attitude pick for his fifth pick double birds. Um,

Jacob:

Okay.

Jason Harwood:

week 14, uh, Texas route, Gibbs touchdown versus Packers. And then, uh, the last pick that I picked was the demo getting carried by his offensive line. So this was a fun way of just revisiting this list. Um, think let's start out with Meko. You kind of mentioned that there was some plays that, you know, you wanted to pick. What were those two plays that kind of were the honorable mentions?

Meko:

Yeah, my, my two honorable mentions that I had that I was kind of choosing between near the end. One of them was the David Montgomery touchdown pass to LaPorta,

Jacob:

Yeah,

Meko:

which again, I, I really wanted to kind of get a demo and, you know, a LaPorta pick in there, but just I couldn't ignore Penasual. I just couldn't do it. And then the second pick I had was the, uh, the flea flick flicker in the Dallas game also to LaPorta as well.

Jason Harwood:

Yeah, that was a nice play.

Morgan Cannon:

Beautiful.

Jacob:

right,

Jason Harwood:

Morgan, did you have any, uh, almost mixed miss, uh, plays that, uh, you wanted to talk about? I

Morgan Cannon:

play, like game, the game winner and over time against the Rams for demo. Like when we ran the ball eight times in a row, I thought that was amazing. And then the Kirby pick against the Rams too, was also huge. That took points off the board. And that was a tight game. And he baited Stafford into that too. That was another incredible catch. Kirby, this team's so

Jacob:

right,

Morgan Cannon:

Is this September yet? It's March

Jason Harwood:

know,

Meko:

right?

Jacob:

yeah,

Jason Harwood:

I know, I know.

Morgan Cannon:

It's

Jason Harwood:

least we got some free agency stuff coming up and we'll have a little bit of new stuff to talk about.

Morgan Cannon:

Exactly. Yeah.

Jason Harwood:

list?

Jacob:

yeah, um, nobody chose the hook and ladder to jam on the 49ers game. I had that one pretty high on there. That was a good play. But then, uh, I'm in Ross scored a touchdown against the Packers. It was a fourth and goal. It's a nice throw by golf, a nice catch. That was a good play. And then, uh,

Jason Harwood:

after that, right? That was

Jacob:

Yeah. Right, right.

Meko:

Yep.

Jacob:

And then the other two, I have Dan Skipper's touchdown shots out to the lineman, you know, actually getting it done

Morgan Cannon:

Yep.

Jacob:

and then Jay hurtle against the Bears

Jason Harwood:

Oh, yes,

Meko:

That one

Jacob:

where he cleared that guy. Right.

Morgan Cannon:

hilarious.

Jason Harwood:

I if he wouldn't have clipped his ankle like the defender wouldn't have clipped his ankle He'd have kept running and that would have been an like an all time play.

Jacob:

Yeah. Right.

Morgan Cannon:

No doubt. Scoring

Jason Harwood:

son

Morgan Cannon:

crazy.

Jason Harwood:

Yeah, my son for christmas you could buy like photos of plays or whatever and we bought him the jmo hurdle So he has it up in his room and it it looks it looks so sweet.

Morgan Cannon:

That's awesome.

Jason Harwood:

Uh, a couple plays that I I um had on my list that did get picked I Week 15 golf scrambled past the Tim Patrick out in the flat. That was the Buffalo game. I really liked that, that play. Um, Patrick stuck out at the end zone, you know, and just anytime golf does a little bit of scrambling action, you don't get to see it that often. And when it works out, I love seeing that. Um, the JMO 70 yarder, no one picked that with week four versus the Seahawks. And that was another one where he looked. You know, he'd gone. And, uh, what I really liked on that, you know, uh, what I remember is Calvin Johnson was got the pride of, or gotten, uh, the honor, whatever they call it, the

Meko:

the

Morgan Cannon:

Proud of the Lions,

Jason Harwood:

ring of honor. Yeah. And, uh, went up and got a penalty on it, but spiked through the field goal post, just like, uh, Calvin Johnson did. So

Jacob:

Yeah.

Jason Harwood:

really liked that one. So, I mean, there was other plays throughout the season. I mean, that's how deep the well was. There was so many plays that we could have picked, but I, I don't know if we could pick a winner with this list. I feels, uh, I don't know if we, you know, could do that. Is

Jacob:

I think we can all agree with Jason is fourth place. That's, you know, thank

Jason Harwood:

yeah,

Meko:

gonna say, unfortunately, Jason, I do think you probably came in last.

Jason Harwood:

yeah, that's fine.

Jacob:

you ko.

Morgan Cannon:

it on

Jason Harwood:

That's fine.

Morgan Cannon:

it on social media this week and see let people vote on it.

Jason Harwood:

Yeah, we'll

Jacob:

Right?

Jason Harwood:

I'll put, you guys

Jacob:

Twitter.

Jason Harwood:

out there. don't care. They're, they're my plays. This is my play, so I, I like it. I mean, at least,

Morgan Cannon:

where one of our best players got ejected. You know what I mean?

Jason Harwood:

and Meko picked a play that didn't even count, so keep talking, Meko.

Meko:

and it was

Jason Harwood:

It was, no.

Jacob:

Yeah.

Jason Harwood:

was great. No, nope. And that's, that's fine. So everyone's backing up Jacob. I don't like it. And three against one, this is not fair. Um, you know, this has been fun. I'm glad that we got to be able to, uh, do this and finally worked out. Morgan Meko, what are you guys working on over at Pride of Detroit?

Morgan Cannon:

me go.

Meko:

it's, I was gonna say, man, it's Combine week, so, uh I'm obviously doing our, we have a new, you know, NFL draft prospect series that, um, where I'm basically doing some solo film studies, looking at some of the draft prospects in this year's draft. We are already done three. Uh, we talked about my green, uh, the 1 that is uploading tomorrow is a film study of Donovan Jackson, the left guard out of Ohio state. Um, and we've also looked at Jaden Higgins, the wide receiver out of Iowa state. So got a couple more down the. That are, that are kind of lined up. I'm really looking forward to talking about Shamar Stewart, the defensive end out of Texas A& M. He is a big man, big, big man.

Jacob:

You're sticking with potential people that you think the lions are going to be in a position to draft then, right?

Meko:

Yeah. Trying to stick within that, that vein. And so again, trying to get as many of those done before the draft. Um, and then, like I said, with it being combine week, we'll probably do a video recapping the combine talking about any prospects that really stood out, um, you know, during, during the combine week, because obviously that's going to be a pretty big talking point.

Jason Harwood:

And Morgan, do you write in any articles over there?

Morgan Cannon:

Yeah, I've been helping Eric with the combine preview series where we, you know, highlight, you know, we talk about what the lions have typically looked for in the past, what the, you know, undergrad homes and some players that we could, you know, people can keep an eye on and, you know, that kind of thing. So. We're doing that. Uh, the combine will be this week. Uh, I'm excited because I think we're gonna get some more information about, you know, John Morton, you know, we'll hear him talk. We'll hear Shepherd speak with the media who's electric every single time he talks to the media. Um, so no, I'm excited, man. I, it's, it's going to be a cool off season because the lions are in a position like even just even more so than last year where it's just tweaking little things to try to get this right to where they're playing that game in February. So, to look forward to.

Jason Harwood:

Yep. Uh, I, the off season is going to be interesting. Last year was, going into, it was going to be suit, like everyone was on the same page, super positive. I, I already see what the miles Garrett stuff that there's some that are like wanting to go in all now. And, you know, people are flying off the handle. So it's. I try to keep a level head and I think, you know, all four of us do about this, uh, and it's interesting to just to see how some, you know, people are, we're 15 and two last year and some people feel like we need to do crazy stuff.

Morgan Cannon:

doubt, man. I argued with a couple of them last week.

Jason Harwood:

I know.

Jacob:

We all saw it.

Jason Harwood:

Yeah, my text to you was Sunday morning, Morgan. Do you plan on getting any more Twitter fights? Cause I want to get my popcorn ready.

Morgan Cannon:

I was like, man, he made me and Jeremy mad. If you make Jeremy mad, you messed up.

Jacob:

Oh, wow.

Morgan Cannon:

You know what I'm saying? Cause he's chill. I'm not so chill. Jeremy is.

Jason Harwood:

Say it. So at the, I feel like Morgan's going to be the guy that gets in the middle and holds you back. Like, is he that kind of guy? Like, Hey, more, you know, then you're the one that wants to fight. No, I'm saying Meko over here is your, your

Jacob:

Meko.

Jason Harwood:

probably the, yeah, he's yeah. He's

Meko:

no,

Morgan Cannon:

He's a

Meko:

I'm, I'm typically the, the,

Morgan Cannon:

calmer one.

Meko:

the two on

Jason Harwood:

yeah,

Meko:

YouTube side of things. So, um,

Morgan Cannon:

Very much so. But he'll let me ride though. He's like, oh, Morgan's just doing his thing. You know? Yeah. Yeah. No, definitely not.

Meko:

letting Morgan just go off, you, you are, you deserved it. Like it's going to suck. It's a

Jason Harwood:

like it.

Meko:

a

Jason Harwood:

it. Yeah. Check out Migo and Morgan on the Prodigy Jewelry channel. Subscribe over there. It's always good stuff. They're adding stuff that's not on the regular podcast. They're doing, you know, that's not on the regular POD channel. So I, you know, I watch, I watch your stuff all the time. Very level headed, just information. stuff during the season. There's film reviews. So yeah, just, you know, yourself a favor. If you want good lines content, you can go over there and check that out. So Jacob, anything else before we, we take off out of here?

Jacob:

Nah, man, I'm ready for the combine too.

Jason Harwood:

Yeah.

Jacob:

I'm already ready for the season. Just come on.

Jason Harwood:

I know next week's March, man. Then we're two weeks away, less than two weeks away from free agency. I have some new stuff to talk about. And then unfortunately we're going to talk about the draft that's going to be in green Bay this year. Gross.

Jacob:

matter.

Jason Harwood:

There's no, we're going to our record. There's no way.

Jacob:

Hey, shoutout to the other Detroit sports though, cause I mean, everybody's on the up, right? Pistons won again tonight.

Jason Harwood:

Did they win?

Jacob:

They did, yep.

Morgan Cannon:

Let's

Jacob:

They pulled, they pulled away there at the end. I think they ended up winning by like 10.

Jason Harwood:

Nice.

Jacob:

Good win.

Jason Harwood:

It's a great time in Detroit sports. April and the D could be a lot of fun. Uh, this year, you know, again, started tigers

Jacob:

right.

Morgan Cannon:

man. True.

Jason Harwood:

Good. some playoff, um, in hockey and basketball. That was not predictable. The hockey maybe,

Jacob:

Man,

Jason Harwood:

for sure was not predicted to be a

Jacob:

no.

Jason Harwood:

this is.

Morgan Cannon:

No.

Jason Harwood:

Yeah, no, this is exciting. So, all right, till the next time boys. Let's go lions.

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