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It's the Lockdown Podcast Network, your team every day. Not one but two VIP guests, Penae Soule, Aminraa St. Brown PERSON, are staying. What a Wednesday. You are Locked on Lions, your daily Detroit Lions ORG podcast.

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Well, it's happening everybody. Matt Derry with you on a Wednesday edition of Locked-on WORK_OF_ART Lions right here in the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day. Wednesday, April 24th, into tomorrow, Thursday, April 25th, day one of the NFL ORG draft. And we've got a crazy show for you today. We got a VIP guestand a special guest at the end of the show. We've got Jim Nagy from the Reese's Senior Bowl EVENT. Draft expert will be on NFL Network this weekend, coming back home to his home state of michigan jim's going to join us momentarily we got signings to talk about a ton to talk about today on the day before edition of locked on lions thanks for making us your first listen checking us outwherever you get your podcast please subscribe and watch us for free on our locked on lions youtube channel follow us on twitter at dairy speaks ataks. At Lockdown Lions, Matt Derry, Facebook ORG fan page. Locked on Lions today brought to you by Monopoly Go PRODUCT. My wife would admit it. She's got a competitive side and she's a huge fan of Monopoly Go PRODUCT. You played it before the mobile hit twist to classic Monopoly PRODUCT.Join your friends and download Monopoly Go now free on the app store or Google Play ORG. All right. So we recorded the VIP guest this morning. Jim Nagy PERSON's going to join us. And out of nowhere today, the Detroit Lions ORG are making major, major news. First and foremost, the best news of the day.Amunra St. Brown is staying on a brand spanking new four-year, $120 million deal, $30 million per year, the highest paid wide receiver in the game, now resides in Detroit GPE in Amin-Ras St. Brown. What a job by the front office. And we told you a couple weeks ago, when Devante Smith signed with the Eagles, maybe it was last week, for three at 75, there was no way Amin Ra was maybe it was last week, for three at 75, there was no way Amin Ra PERSON was saying it was going to get anything where near 25 million years.It was going to be up. He's a superior player to Smith PERSON. Devante's a good football player in Philly, he's not even the number one receiver on that team. Amonrae St. Brown is the guy guy and the son God, it was a fourth round pick years ago and would have been a free agent after this year, gets locked up for a four-year extension at $120 million, 30 mil a year, making them the highest paid receiver in the league,bypassing the likes of Tyreek Hill PERSON and others. Just awesome. How can you not love this? It's sweet, but the lions weren't done. The lions lock up Penae Sewell at four years on $112 million at $28 million a year, making him the highest paid tackle an offensive lineman in the game. So on the same day, the lions allocate $58 million for two players per season. Sewell PERSON, who's a beast and a god and one of the best right tackles, if not the best right tackle in the game.And St. Brown, who's as good a receiver as there's in the game. There's guys better than Amin Ra PERSON, St. Brown. Okay, you'd take Tyreek Hill. You'd take C.D. Lamb. There's Justin Jefferson PERSON. All right. But think about this. Amin Raun Sewell PERSON are here for the long term, both signing four-year extensions. They're going to be here next year and beyond. All right. Again, front office, getting the job done. It's a day to celebrate when you know two of your cornerstone players that are homegrown and that you drafted are going to be hereand be here for a long, long time. And ownership is willing to put their money where their mouth is and make them the highest paid players in the game. Now, the big question remains, what about Jared Goff? Adam Schaefter reporting today that the two sides have had talks, but there hasn't been much progress. We know this. Jared Goff probably wants $50 million a year and wants to get that 50-0 number just under the Jalen Hertz, 51 million a year. Jared Goff took the lions further than Jalen Hertz took the Eagles this year,right? The Lions know they've got Goff for what, further than Jalen Hertz took the Eagles this year, right? The Lions know they've got golf for what, $28 to $30 million this year. And if they franchise tag him next season, the year after next, that would be around $42.3 million, which for golf would be probably low. It'd be less than what Kirk Cousins PERSON is making. So there's a game of chicken going on here in a little leverage game right now. The Lions ORG know they can be patient, but they don't want totick off their quarterback. They also want to take care of them. But his agent probably saying, we want that five in front of it. Maybe the Lions ORG are thinking, maybe late fours around Kyler Murray, Deshawn Watson money, as opposed to Jalen Hertz money. Or something of that ilk. That's a discussion. Josh Allen.That's a discussion. Right now, two of the three that we know you got to keep around here are at least locked in. We'll see where this goes with Jared Gough, but it is certainly interesting as we are on the eve of the draft, the day before the draft. Let's talk more draft. We are going to do that with Jim Nagy, the executive director of the Reese ORG's senior bowl.He's seen all these players. He's gone to workouts. He's gone to the combine. He's gone to the pro days. He's seen all of these players. It's a player that he likes that had some local ties to the Lions ORG.We're going to get into that coming up next with Jim, right here on Locked On Lions WORK_OF_ART. But first, we're going to tell you about our friends at eBay Motors ORG, passion, drive, and patience. The formula for winning championships is also what keeps your ride or die alive. eBay Motors ORG says everything you need to maintain your vehicle and level it up to peak performance. Superchargers, roof racks, and sauce kits, LED headlights, and more, whether you're into speed, power, or style, eBay Motors has you covered. 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podcast network your team every day yeah I here he is ladies and gentlemen as promised

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jim naggy the best in the business when it comes to the draft executive director the rhesa ORG senior

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bowl is with us today day before the draft he'll be up here james PERSON great to see my friend yeah yeah mad I'm excited we're finally here and I'm heading up to my

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home state uh for this thing so I'm fired up love this Jim PERSON take us through real fast how you think

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the top of the draft will go any surprises what about Arizona J.J. McCarthy PERSON what do you see

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yeah I can't see Montiaston, Fourth, the GM in Arizona GPE,

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who I worked with for a long time in New England. I can't see Monty PERSON sitting tight and taking a player there. Even some of these receivers got to be pretty enticing to pair with Kyler Murray PERSON. But, you know, you're just looking at Minnesota and what they have, two ones this year, or one next year, what it's going to take to get up there. I mean, gosh, if I'm Monty PERSON and I got my quarterback and I could add, I could add some ammunition by moving back. That's certainly what I do.And then at five with the chargers, they could do the same thing. So there's probably more intrigue at the top of this draft. We don't know where, we don't know the order of the quarterbacks. We don't know who the commanders are taken. We kind of know that we know the names. We don't know where they're going to land.So she makes for a really fun first part of Thursday night.

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What about the Lions sitting at 29 thoughts on what Brad Holmes PERSON should do and is thinking about as they're drafting later in the first round than they're used to doing? Yeah, I think they're sitting in a good spot.

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You know, they've got Jared Gough PERSON, they've got good wide receivers, they have tackles. So all those positions are going to have runs on them. We could have six quarterbacks. We could have, you know, seven or eight tackles. We're going to, you know, we could have a slew of wide receivers. So it's going to push a good position player, you know, even a good defensive player down to them. You know, again, my, my, my wish pick for them is Braden Fisk from Florida State ORG. Former Western Michigan Bronco went down, blew it up this year for Florida State ORG,had an unbelievable senior bowl week. Just a, you know, he's crushed the draft process more than probably any player. You know, from here, going to the combine and running 475 and looking like a linebacker going through D-line drills. I mean, the guys had a phenomenal couple months here. So just knowing how Braden plays and what Dan Campbell PERSON looks for in players,seeing, envisioning him on a line with Aden Hutchinson PERSON is a lot of fun. I would love to see

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that happen. So when you talk about Fisk PERSON, give me more on him just in terms of what you've seen. And is there a chance that they could trade back and then get them later in the second round?

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There is a chance they could trade back. Again, it's my dream that they would take him in the first. I'd love to see this kid going to go in the first round. He's from Michigan City, Indiana GPE, you know, kind of blue-collar guy. He really got miscast, Matt PERSON. He's this white defensive tackle.Probably a lot of what happened to Aidan PERSON coming out, you know? They thought he was just kind of a try-hard overachieving guy and goes to the combine and does what he does. But when you put on the tape, the thing about him, he's probably got the best initial quickness in this class. He just, he gets off the rock and blows stuff up and then everyone else kind of cleansup after his mess. So he's really a fun player that way. He's got legitimate pass rush ability. He's an every down player. Like I said, he's incredibly athletic. So it would just be, it would be funny. He's a Dan Campbell PERSON kind of guy. Could they trade back? Yes. If they don't go fisc, you know, let's keep it in the state. Let's keep Darius Robinson PERSON at home and add him to that lion's defensive line, really versatile, you know, differentplayer, long arms, big, huge frame, huge human being, can get to the quarterback for multiple alignments. He would be another fun guy, another guy that plays hard up there on that front with Aiden Hutchinson PERSON.

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Jim Nagy, of course, with us, Reese's Senior Bowl. You can see him over the weekend on NFL Network ORG as well, contributing to the draft. Cornerback is always, always a question mark, always a discussion with the lion. Certainly there's some that have put Kool-Aid at 29 in mock drafts. How do you view the corners and you think Brad would take a corner at 29?

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He could, he should. I mean, you've got to find guys that can cover, right? You've got to tie up the pass rush with the coverage. And if they've got Aiden PERSON and some other guys getting after the QB, you got to have guys that can make plays in the secondary when the ball comes out quick. So I don't think Quinn and Mitchell PERSON, that would have been a fun kind of, you know, local pick too, getting the Toledo kid. He's going to be long gone. I think Terry on Arnold PERSON,Koolaid's teammate from Alabama will be gone. But they might be staring at Kool-Aid PRODUCT. You know, he's been a big deal in our state down here in Alabama GPE for a long time. You know, great player, but also the name as well. So he's been a name that we've been following down here for a long, long time. Got a little overshadowed by Terry on this year. They're close in players, but, you know, the thing on Kool-Aid PRODUCT, I'll give him credit. A lot ofpeople, a lot of scouts were questioning what he would run. You know, that was kind of the sell to Kool-Aid PRODUCT in his group to get him to the senior bowl is the guy's a good football player. Scouts don't think he's going to run fast. So send him to the senior ball, let him do what he does well, and then figure out a way to dodge the combine or whatever but uh you know he had a foot injury couldn't come here then he really got it diagnosed um at the combine with it with a fifth metatarsal fracture give him a ton of credit i went to a bunch of pro days this spring the mostimpressive thing i saw at the pro days was was kool-aid running a 40 doing the vertical jump doing all that stuff with a broken foot and And he ran 4-4-7. Now, it was a big split. Like, I timed it. I was standing with all the scouts. I had 4-4-7 and 4-5-7.So that's a pretty big split. But he got into 4-4s, which is faster than most teams thought. But a really athletic guy can return punts. That's going to be the wheelhouse for Kool-Lade PRODUCT. I think he's going to go somewhere in that late 20s to mid-30s range. So if they're looking at a corner, that's probably a guy they're going to be the wheelhouse for Kool-Aid PRODUCT. I think he's going to go somewhere in that late 20s to mid-30s range. So if they're looking at corner,that's probably a guy they're going to be staring at. If they feel like maybe they need to draft the next tackle to go with Sewell PERSON,

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because Taylor Decker is on the last year of his deal, who maybe drops to 29, could Graham Barton PERSON move to the outside? What do you see there?

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Yeah, I think Graham PERSON's better suited inside. I think Graham PERSON's going to be a Pro Bowl center when it's all said and done. I think you brought the name up, so I might as well talk about him a little bit. I think there's only two players in this draft, in my opinion, two linemen that can play all five spots. Graham Barton being one, Don Poonie from Kansas GPE being the other guy.Dom's probably going to go in the third round. But so I think Barton PERSON, if you're taking him, I think he'll go to Pittsburgh or Miami GPE, one of these places that really has a center need, maybe Dallas. But if you're looking tackle,there's going to be some good ones. Tyler Guyton PERSON, I think, is the highest ceiling tackle in this class. Now, yes, Joe Altus Safer and Olufushan, who is more NFL ORG ready. But Tyler Geithen PERSON on tape does things athletically that none of those guys can do. I mean, this is a really high-end athlete. He kind of floats on tape. He just looks, he looks different.He might be there late in the 20s. A guy that's been rising up, and really since the Senior Bowl EVENT is Roger Rosengarten from Washington GPE. I thought, you know, when the process started late third round, had a great week down here. He played right tackle in Washington because, you know, Troy Fittano PERSON was on the left side. So a lot of times at the senior bowl, when we move them, we put them on the other side of the line. They looked like fish out of water. Roger Rosengarde PERSON looked like a natural over there at left tackle. So now he'sa guy that can legitimately play both sides. And, you know, I thought it would maybe be a stretch for Roger to get into the first. And now I see Mel PERSON Kuyper's mocking him there. So maybe Mel knows something. He's got some team intel that I don't have. But Roger Rosengarten PERSON is certainly one of my favorite guys in this draft when you're talking about pick 29 and where the lines are going to be going.

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Big news today. I'm in Ross St. Brown PERSON becomes the highest paid receiver in the game, gets $30 million a year. Penae Sole becomes the highest paid tackle. The game gets $28 million a year. Again, this is the Lions and Brad Holmes PERSON in their front office, the draft and now keeping guys around.Thoughts on that. And certainly they want Jared Goff to be next, but he probably wants a 50. They probably maybe have them in the 40s in terms of a million a year. And that's probably

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the holdup right now, don't you think? Yeah, yeah. Cudos to the Lions ORG. I mean, they're running their franchise the way they should run it. The Ford PERSON families rewarding players that they draft. I mean, I'm sure that's what Brad Holmes PERSON envisions, what he wants to be. He wants to be a, you know, draft and develop football team and then reward the guys that, that, you know, have been lions. Let's keep them lions. Let's keep them cornerstone players. And when you got guys like Sewell and Aminra, that's a big day for the Detroit Lions ORG. I know we got the draft coming up. But you can't have a much bigger day than that.Lockdown two cornerstone players on second contracts

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Jim PERSON love talking to you my brother we're going to be watching you this weekend and good luck with all your travels and hopefully I'll bump into you one of these days maybe even this weekend but thanks as always for coming on yeah man thanks for having me it

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hopefully we do man I can't wait I'm going to drive up to TC GPE and see my folks after the draft is over. So looking forward to get back home. There he is, folks.

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We love talking to our man, Jim Nagy from the Reese's Senior Bowl EVENT, does a fantastic job. Coming up next, ladies and gentlemen, VIP guest gentlemen VIP guest special guest next here on locked on lines but first I was telling you earlier about our friends at Monopoly go listen my wife is sitting there right now she's upstairs and she's literally playing Monopoly PRODUCT go on her phone she absolutely loves me all right All right. Need you all listen up for this big announcement.I'm tracking the leaderboards, keep my eye on the scores, putting all my heart into it. I'm super pumped to announce that me, because my wife makes me play this, I'm finally on top. That's right. Obviously, I've been talking about the hit mobile game, Monopoly Go PRODUCT. You've probably heard of it. It's been downloaded over 150 million times. It's a great mobile twist on classic Monopoly. You can probably heard of it. It's been downloaded over 150 million times. It's a great mobile twist on classic monopoly. You can play anywhere anytime. Explore hundreds of monopoly boards from Vegas to Camelot GPE to the moon, all while raking in a huge fortune. Charge rent on iconicproperties, just like classic monopoly. You can charge your friends rent on your iconic properties or go after their monopoly money by pulling back heist, pulling bank heist and taking wrecking balls to their landmarks. It's fun. My favorite part is leaderboards. We can see who's a monopoly tycoon and who's just gone bankrupt. Get yourself on the charts. Download Monopoly Go Now free on the app store and Google Play ORG. Folks, we promised you a VIP guest, and here she is, ladies and gentlemen, they reached out. They wanted to be on Locked on Lions ORG.It is the governor of the great state of Michigan, Gretchen Witton PERSON. How are you?

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I'm great, Matt PERSON. This is going to be a really fun week to showcase what's going on in Detroit, showcased the Lions and the state of Michigan GPE. So this is a long time and coming, but it's going to be a lot of fun. Hopefully, a lot of Michiganers NORP can get down there and

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enjoy all the festivities. Do you have like inside info on like how the draft came to Detroit GPE? Because everybody would say, oh, we're never going to get this thing. And obviously there was hard knocks and all this stuff. But like, do you get involved in things like that to try to help the Lions and the League ORG come here? Oh, yeah, absolutely.

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This was a joint effort, state of Michigan, city of Detroit GPE, you know, private sector, public sector, you know, visit Detroit, the MEDC ORG. I mean, this is an all hands-on-deck thing because we all see that it's a real incredible opportunity to bring a lot of commerce into the city, to spotlight Detroit, Michigan GPE on the national scene to show people what's really happening here. I think, you know, Detroit GPE was a world-class city, got on hard times. We are back, baby, and every one of these opportunities is a chance for us to show what is available here,what the exciting things that are going on. So we were all a part of making this happen. No, there's no question.

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This is going to be absolutely insane the next few days. And people are excited. So what are your plans? Like, how does it work for you? I mean, do you have to be down there Thursday, Friday, Saturday? You get a break? What's going on?

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I'm going to get down there today and tomorrow. I'm, you know, my, my schedule is always fluid. So I'm committed to today and tomorrow. I'm wearing my Honolulu Blue and declared Thursday Honolulu Blue Day. So, you know, encouraged everyone in Michigan GPE to support our Blue to support our alliance.

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So today and tomorrow, so we're recording on Wednesday. So Wednesday and Thursday, take me through like, do you get to see the site? Are you down there first? I mean, obviously, you are a VIP being the governor. But what types of things do you get to do?

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I'm going to get to tour a lot of the cool things that are going to be available to the general public. I'm going to get an opportunity to, you know, chat and check in with the Lions ORG team. You know, I'm not dispensing any suggestions. I do not have any wisdom that will help them. And besides that, I trust their judgment. They've shown this is a team that knows what the heck they're doing.So it's exciting. But I just want to get down there and see all the cool things that are happening and to bring attention to positive attention to the great things that are going on in Detroit GPE.

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You've been down to games. Obviously, last year you were down to training camp as well. What's your relationship like with Sheila Hamp PERSON and how proud are you of her? She's taking the reins of this thing and it's working.

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She has, you know, she's an incredible leader. And I think this, the, you know, the outcome speaks for the quality of leadership. You know, low ego, focus on problem solving. You know, don't get distracted by noise. And she's shown as has Dan Campbell PERSON has everyone on this team from the top to the, you know, the newest member of the team thatthey got grit and low ego. And I think that combination of things is, is emblematic. I think, of what Michigan GPE is. But also I think that's how you get good stuff done. And their performance last year was incredible. And Sheila PERSON is a great leader. Do you have a grit hat, by the way? Do they give you one of

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those? Oh, yeah. I've got two of them, actually. They're kind of it. I mean, they're hard to come by,

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but Native American Michigander actually decorated one of them for me, too. So it's one pride.

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decorated one of them for me too. So it's one pride. Do you have a background with the Lions before obviously you were in office and certainly, I know you grew up in Grand Rapids and went to MSU ORG,

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but how much of a background did you have with the team before kind of you took over the state?

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Oh, man, we'd have to go into Lions games my whole life. My grandparents lived in Pontiac GPE. You could

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actually see the Silver Dome FAC from their house. And so

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every single Thanksgiving, my dad and my grandfather would take us kids to the lions.

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Grandma would stay back and cook a fabulous Thanksgiving dinner. And so, you know, it was a lot of

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hard years. But it's what makes this so much more fun and remarkable and exciting, I think. And

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and galvanizing. You know, in this moment in the world we're all navigating, it's hard to find common ground on, you know, on something, on anything. Really, it feels like some days. And yet to see how Michiganders were so united around our Detroit Lions this past season and going into this next one is like it's it's fun. It's exciting and it's heartening.

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Where were you watching the NFC ORG championship game, by the way?

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I was at the first game that we, in the playoffs.

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I attended it in Detroit. And then the second one, I was actually doing a civil rights tour in the south with a lot of leaders from Detroit GPE. It was really hard not to be at the game out on the West Coast LOC.

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But it was, we were all together and very obnoxious at the bar we were watching.

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Governor Gretchen Whitmer, right here from our great state of Michigan with us here on Lockdown Lions today. You mentioned it before, but like the last couple years with this team is getting this good. What does this do for the state in so many levels, right?

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You know, I mean, it is, it's a big deal. And I think that the way the Lions ORG went about it really brought a lot of new fans to, you know, the Detroit Lions ORG from around the country. It was so interesting to hear from even my colleagues who were rooting for the Lions ORG. If you weren't, you know, the governor of Kansas or the governor of California or the governor of New York GPE,

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you were pretty much rooting for the Lions ORG. We are America GPE's team now.

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And I think that is emblematic of who we are, you know. Yeah, we get knocked down and we get back up. We keep doing the work. We show up and we stay focused on what matters.

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You give a lot of speeches. You're in front of a lot of people. How often do you steal the Dan Campbell PERSON biting kneecaps line?

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Do you use that? I think that's part of all of our ethos. Even if we don't talk about it all the time.

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I can totally see that, though, from you because you're just kind of one of us. You're one of the guys, one of the girls, which is kind of cool. All right. So the draft in Detroit, obviously we talk about the Lions ORG impact, but take me through what this is going to mean to the city and how many meetings you've been in to make sure,

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hey, let's not screw this up. Yeah, you know, I mean, it really is a chance to bring people in from around the globe to see what is happening. And, you know, you can read the stories of Detroit, but to see what's happening is a totally different experience. When we host events, whether it's the, you know, the elite eight games, right? Or it is any event that pulls people on the, the presidential debate of 2018 that we hosted at the

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Fox Theater, two-night event. Media came in from around the world. And over and over again,

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when I would have the opportunity to do interviews, before the interview and after, people would be

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like, oh, my God, this is beautiful. The Fox Theater, all these restaurants, the, you know, the people of Michigan GPE are really nice, you know, it's a, it's a unique place that we call home. It's a fantastic place. And so every one of these is an opportunity for us to put our best foot forward to show from the small businesses, locally owned small businesses to world-renowned, you know, Titans of Industry that call Detroit GPE home. It is, every one of us is an ambassador for the city and for the state.And so it's an opportunity for the world to see really what we're all about. And there's a lot of reason to be proud.

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You just mentioned colleagues and restaurants when colleagues say, Hey, Gretch PERSON, I'm coming in for the draft. Where do I go? Where are you sending them? Do you have some spots that are your favorites downtown?

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I got to tell you, there used to be a handful of places. Now I can't count on, you know, two hands and two feet, all the great places.

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And a lot are opening up.

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I was at a Caribbean NORP restaurant not long ago is fantastic.

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I love, you know, the downtown spot. So I, there's just a lot. There's going to be a bunch of food trucks downtown Detroit GPE. You can always get a good, affordable meal that way too. So I think there's a little something for everybody.

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The Aidan Hutchinson PERSON story is one that I'm sure you lean on sometimes. Here's a kid from here, obviously, Divine Child, Michigan, now with the Lions ORG. Talk about a little bit of your messaging around maybe utilizing him to say, look, here's an athlete that wants to be here, has been here his whole career, loves playing for the Lions, and we can attract athletes to Detroit GPE and to this state, right?

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Yeah, absolutely. You know, I think Michiganders NORP know and appreciate what makes the state special. But some of those stories, especially you see kind of what Jared Gough PERSON said about his move to Michigan GPE and the experience. It's, you know, I think that to show that there's cutting edge technology, that there are incredible strides that are being made in clean energy and in manufacturing.To show that, you know, financial tech is something that is growing and is aerospace. You know, a lot of cool stuff happening. But when you see an athlete who says there's no place I'd rather be, I think that speaks to a whole different crowd that is trying to figure out where do they want to go. So all of those voices, I think, tell our story and it's a great one.

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All right. So we know the great G-Mac Cash, the rapper, coined the nickname Big Gretch PERSON, and we did all that years ago. Then he comes back recently with a rap about the Detroit GPE sign. Have you seen that?

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I know.

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Any comment? Do you have to call him up and go, hey, man, lay off. Don't get too crazy.

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Don't get too negative.

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Well, you know, I mean, when the bell aisle slide, he made one about the bell aisle slides. Oh, that was so good.

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It's, he's an artist.

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It's so good.

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Oh, my gosh.

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Well, have a great, thanks for coming on, first of all. Have a great time these next couple days. I know it's going to be awesome. And I know you're excited. Are you going to get to be up on stage? Do you get to meet Roger Goodell PERSON? Is there somebody you want to meet while you're downtown the next couple days?

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You know, I think just hanging out, getting an opportunity to just take it all in is what I'm most looking forward to. I did meet Roger Goodell when we announced the draft was coming to Detroit GPE, you know, downtown last year. But this is for two years ago, gosh, my sense of time is so it's after the pandemic. It's hard to remember. It was a one year ago or two.But anyway, yeah, so I'm just excited to get down there and take it all in and, you know, pop into some small businesses. I'm in the market for a little more lion's swag. So I hope to do a

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little bit of shopping too. All right. We got you. Well, thanks for reaching out. Uh, shout out to Jaden on your team. She's amazing. And, uh, we appreciate you coming on. Thanks, Pat PERSON. Have a

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great day. Enjoy, enjoy the big days down here. There she is, folks. The governor of Detroit GPE,

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Detroit, the governor of Michigan GPE. Gretchen Whitner, big Gretchen Whitmer PERSON, big Gretchen Whitmer on Lockdown Lines ORG. Pretty cool. Thank you to Jaden Kuzinski PERSON from the governor's office for reaching out.And thanks for our lockdown team, Ross Jackson PERSON and everybody for helping get that set up. It was a lot of fun and we hope you enjoyed hearing from the governor as well as Jim Nagy PERSON here on a Wednesday edition of Lockdown Lions. Thanks for making us your first listen. Shout out to Stacey Grislack from my office of Financial Architect. It's her birthday today. Happy birthday Stacy. Her and her husband Joe, they're everydayers. Here we go, folks.Draft tomorrow. We will be on tomorrow night with a show after the first round is done. The Lions draft at 29. What are they going to do? We'll be back with you again tomorrow right here on Lockdown Lines ORG. Hey, Prime members, you can listen to this locked on podcast ad free on Amazon Music ORG.

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