Detroit sports podcasters Greg Eno, Big Al Beaton and Nick Milanovich are The Knee Jerks!

Our returning special guest this week is John Wing, a Canadian stand-up comedian, podcaster and author who also has opinions on Detroit and Toronto sports. John has appeared on The Tonight Show and America's Got Talent, written several books and hosts a podcast called The Bad Piano Player, which is an exploration of American popular music from 1900 to 1960.

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In the second half of the show we discuss the Detroit Lions surging to the top of the NFC behind MVP level play from Jared Goff and despite a season ending injury to Aiden Hutchnison, the Detroit Red Wings struggles to start the season, and the Detroit Tigers stunning playoff run and and how they could build a 2025 team that wins with a more sustainable style of play.

We also play Greg's Birthday game and name our respective Jerk of the Week!

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Detroit sports podcasters Greg Eno, Big Al Beaton and Nick Milanovich are The Knee Jerks!

This week's topics include:

The Detroit Tigers historic late season run has them on the verge of making the playoffs, which was a pipe dream 6 weeks ago.

The Tigers' bullpen has been lights out, but lacks an arm that misses bats. To fix that, top pitching prospect Jackson Jobe (MLBs #6 overall prospect who posted 9.9 K/9 at AA Erie) has been called up to pitch out of the pen.

Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell sells his home due to harassment from idiot fans.

The Lions beat the Arizona Cardinals 20-13 on the road, a nice bounce back win after falling to the Bucs at home last week.

Injuries are becoming an issue for the Lions. Their bye coming so early in the season in week 5 now appears to be a good thing.

As training camp began, the Detroit Red Wings inked forward Lucas Raymond and defenseman Mortiz Seider to long-term deals.

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Detroit sports podcasters Greg Eno, Big Al Beaton and Nick Milanovich are The Knee Jerks!

We're back from our summer vacation with special guest. Making his annual appearance is Detroit Red Wings radio play-by-play man Ken Kal. Ken joins us to discuss the Red Wings' off season, the current roster, preview the coming year and give us insight into the life as a professional broadcaster. It's always a fun and informative discussion when Ken joins the show!

The second half of the show is all Detroit Lions and Detroit Tigers talk. Topics include:

The Lions are a damn good team. But it's hard for the fanbase to shake off decades of ineptitude.

The Lions are national media darlings. We truly are in uncharted territory.

The Lions didn't play at their best, but still beat a legitimate playoff quality team in the Rams.

This was the sort of game previous generations of Lions teams would have lost, then played the moral victory card.

Aidan Hutchinson was a defensive force of nature.

Was this game the coming out party for Jameson Williams?

The Lions winning the game in OT, imposing their will on the Rams' defense with pure smashmouth football, was a thing of beauty.

Were we too quick in writing off the Tigers? Despite seemingly waving the white flag by selling at the trade deadline and playing all the kids, the Tigers started winning.

The Tigers put themselves in the wild card hunt by playing .600 ball over the past several weeks. They are 3.5 GB of the Twins, but with just 18 games left, making the postseason remains a long shot.

Somehow the Tigers are winning games despite their rotation being Tarik Skubal and Keider Montero, then 3 games of an opener/bulk-relief pitching.

Skubal has become the overwhelming AL Cy Young favorite, leading the AL in pitching Triple Crown stats - Wins (16), ERA (2.53), strikeouts (208).

We also play Greg's Birthday Game and name our respective Jerk of the Week.

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