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The Valenti Show

Hearing From More Of The People On Lions' Playoff Chances

The Valenti Show

Audacy

Sports

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

More of the people chime in on the Lions potentially missing the playoffs.

Transcript

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0:00.0

All right, we'll check on the ticket text.

0:01.9

I do have a question.

0:02.8

Rico has to explain.

0:04.0

We can get to it at 3.30.

0:05.2

It's just, look, the Lions thing is interesting.

0:08.2

I'm, maybe I'm unjustifiably confident they'll beat Green Bay, and they're going to make the playoffs.

0:14.4

But that graphic on Monday night football is factual.

0:17.5

They're not a playoff team today.

0:20.3

And what happens Sunday is real. What happened

0:23.3

against J.J. McCarthy is real. What happened against the Eagles and the Chiefs? It's real.

0:29.9

Look, I think if this topic really, you don't want it to gain steam, go ahead and lose Thursday

0:35.3

and watch what happens. Then it's a different thing.

0:38.6

But yeah, I think it's a good message is, look, playoff football starts now. And while it's not

0:46.4

one and done, you don't have a lot of margin. And you need to start not, I don't know that you

0:51.8

need to start scoreboard watching. But this is a year in the NFC where last year a 10-win team got left home.

0:59.8

I think it is more, I think it's more yes than no.

1:05.8

Somebody who wins 10 games going to get left home again this year.

1:08.9

But I see, I do think that you are going to be scoreboard watching because you're going to need certain teams to trip up just so you can take their space. And now you could be at least the little kid's table, but you're in the playoffs. So you're going to be watching the Seahawks. And you're going to be hoping that, you know what, maybe Mike is right. And darn will turn into a pumpkin in December. Hold on. That only happens in huge games. You ain't going to turn to a pumpkin against the Vikings, is he? Because that puts him at nine wins. Like, if the Niners in Seattle get to 11, you're not outdoing them. and they're not missing it.

1:44.4

That means there's only one spot left between the Cowboys who you play and the Bears and the pack.

1:51.6

But the hypothetical situation could be in the final week.

1:54.3

You're needing to beat the Bears and you need either Seattle or the 49ers to lose in their final game of the year.

2:02.1

Right.

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