UNLOCKED: Lions MEGA mailbag—How Alim McNeill’s return will transform defense

In case you’re not aware, Pride of Detroit is offering a premium newsletter with extra podcasts, special guest writers, and a bunch of extra Detroit Lions content you may be missing. It’s called Pride of Detroit Direct, and you can become a subscriber here.

One of the extra perks of being a Pride of Detroit Direct subscriber is that in the final week of every month, Erik Schlitt and I (Jeremy Reisman) hold a mailbag podcast in which we try to answer literally every question sent to us by subscribers. Unlike most of our podcasts—which span between 30 minutes to an hour—this podcast often goes multiple hours. In fact, his month’s episode is just short of three hours.

As a special treat to our loyalists on the site, we’re unlocking this month’s episode for everyone to enjoy. If you like what you see, please consider becoming a subscriber. Here’s what you can expect every week as a Pride of Detroit subscriber:

• Postgame newsletter—available every morning after the game—that features:
  • A column from Jeremy Reisman
  • A breakdown of advanced stats from Brett Whitefield, the owner and COO of Fantasy Points’ awesome dataset
  • A postgame video/podcast with Jeremy and Erik
• A weekly column from one of the best sports writers out there, Ty Schalter (formerly of Lions in Winter, FiveThirtyEight, USA TODAY)
• A pre-game newsletter featuring:
  • An analytical preview piece from Jeremy
  • Our “First Byte” preview podcast with a guest who covers the Lions’ upcoming opponent
• Monthly “subscribers only” mailbag shows

Without further ado, here is this month’s UNLOCKED Pride of Detroit Direct mailbag show:

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