HOUR 1: Did The Lions Improve With The Moves They Made This Offseason? + Can We Say That?

The Valenti Show

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🗓️ 27 April 2026

⏱️ 40 minutes

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The guys recapped the entire 2026 Lions draft class and took a macro look at their offseason, asking whether the moves Brad Holmes made were enough to improve the team from last year. Then, they did the first of two "Can We Say That?" segments.

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0:00.0	That's really human development right there, Rico.
0:02.3	Jeremy Otto, we put him through the ringer and now.
0:05.8	Well, you broke him.
0:06.7	He's like one of those ice breaking ships.
0:08.6	He just full steam ahead.
0:10.7	You broke him that one day and he's bounced back more resilient than ever.
0:14.7	So the opposite of Jalen Duren.
0:16.9	Cool.
0:17.6	We'll get to that at three.
0:22.7	Jalen Duren, questionable for game four,
0:25.3	pregnant with Wendell Carter's baby.
0:27.7	We'll get to it.
0:29.1	Can't wait for people to tell me they still want to max this guy out.
0:32.3	You want to start with the Lions drag?
0:35.1	What?
0:35.7	Yeah.
0:36.6	I'm just laughing. You gave a damn update on every other injury. Oh, Kevin Herder's got the poops. Who cares about Kevin Herder? If you're offering Red Mamba injury updates, you know you're in trouble. I was waiting for the Angel Reesubbbed. Nope. That's different. That crosses a line. Not doing that. Wait, that crosses a line. Wendell Carter's been sexing up JD. That's kind of the deal. If they went on Mori Povich, Wendell, you are the five. Come on, man. He's given J.D. the business now. We're three games into a series. You can say it.
1:10.9	No, I remember at the beginning of the series and people got to, when I said that, look,
1:14.8	they have probably five out of the best six players and people are like, you put Wendell Carter over Jay,
1:22.1	yeah.
1:23.0	The way he's playing right now, yes. On paper, no.
1:25.7	But like, look, we'll get to it.
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