Best Of The Lions On 97.1 The Ticket: Brian Branch's Rough Week + Lions-Bucs Preview

The Valenti Show

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🗓️ 18 October 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Costa & Jansen kick off this week's Best of the Lions asking if Detroit has a Brian Branch problem. Plus, Karsch & Anderson and Valenti & Rico also get in on the Branch talk.

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0:00.0	To remind you that 60% of sales on Amazon come from independent sellers, here's John from Devil Dog Pet Company.
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0:16.3	Touchdown Detroit Lions!
0:18.3	You're listening to the best of the lions.
0:20.7	Oh, baby.
0:22.0	How beautiful is that?
0:23.4	A weekly mix of 97.1, the ticket's best NFL talk to get you ready for game day.
0:30.1	Brian Branch suspended.
0:31.5	He will appeal.
0:33.6	I don't know how that's going to go.
0:35.3	We all want him to go Monday night against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
0:40.9	Is there a Brian Branch problem here?
0:42.8	Are fans turning on him?
0:44.0	As Tom put it, is there a pause
0:46.0	on a contract extension?
0:49.5	I'd extend the guy,
0:51.1	even with the fines,
0:52.3	even with the suspensions.
0:53.7	I don't like that.
0:55.5	But at the same time, he's such a valuable piece to this defense.
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