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Schlesinger reminisced about breaking face masks. He doesn't have an exact count, but knows it was around 20 a season—about one a game including preseason with a few from training camps.
"You think about all the big hits, but for some reason it was usually the glancing blows which did the most damage"
On the Current Lions
"The great thing about the Ford family is that they provided a great facility—to practice and to play. It's up to the team to win for him. Not just the Fords, but the whole state of Michigan has been outstanding. I don't know of a team that has had records like the Lions and that kind of support is still there"
Schlesinger doesn't want to pin 0-16 on any one particular thing. It was more of a perfect storm leading to the most imperfect season in history.
Types of offense, types of defense, bad decisions on a whole lot of levels, coaches, players...etc.
He remains optimistic.
"I think now they're doing a lot of the right things to put together a winning football team. They're on the right track."
In the great debate about Matthew Stafford, Schlesinger doesn't mince words.
"I think if you're the No. 1 draft pick, you should be ready to start right now and win. I've never been a big fan of the draft, and maybe it's just jealousy, but you get these kids who get paid all kinds of money..."
Schlesinger likes the looks of the rest of the draft class and thinks the building blocks are in place for a good future.
He's not going to predict anything though, "I'm not going to do that, let's put it this way though. They'll be better than last year."
The author would like to thank Cory Schlesinger and Mike Darga for their support in this interview.
A special thanks also goes out to Phillip Zaroo of MLive.com who dealt with a college student and high school teacher's schedules and still doesn't have any audio to show for it.
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