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The Valenti Show

HOUR 2: What Is Your Level Of Trust In Brad Holmes?

The Valenti Show

Audacy

Sports

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

The guys begin the second hour of the show with Valenti embracing the "Brad-Bot" persona, sharing how much he trusts Brad Holmes going into the NFL Draft later this month. They go through some hypotheticals and take your calls + read your ticket texts on the topic, and if Mike is a "Brad-Bot". Then, they finish the hour joined by David to go through some NFL Draft player comps.

Transcript

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0:00.0

All right, 3 o'clock. Sell me this pen. So I want to sell you something, and it is how much I trust Holmes with the draft that I would actually support the following. So we know it's silly season.

0:16.7

We know the mock drafts are everywhere, but I've seen a couple that have come out in

0:22.0

recent days where a certain player was available

0:25.7

to Detroit Lions of 29 and they passed on them.

0:31.2

And I said, wait a minute, no, no, no, no, I actually would advocate taking this player.

0:37.0

And it's not a need because we all know Brad Holmes has said I don't draft for need. I take the best available player.

0:45.5

And I thought about in recent days things that have happened with the Lions, that Josh

0:51.5

Reynolds is gone and that Brock Wright will be leaving most likely correct unless

0:56.5

they've done some unforeseen match to the San Francisco 49ers by the way congrats on

1:01.4

Brock Wright you'll you'll have a ton of fun together.

1:04.3

But here's my point.

1:06.7

The player at 29 that is available to the Lions that I would actually support Brad Holmes taking is none other than tight end out of Georgia Brock Bowers.

1:20.0

Now work with me on this before you go, oh my God, you can't take it to... why?

1:28.0

First and foremost, do you have a wide out three? No.

1:35.0

Second of all, have we seen teams using multiple tight ends that are high end eagles with Zach Ertz and

1:45.1

Dallas got her before becoming a serial killer patriots with Aaron Hernandez and

1:50.3

Rob Grinkowski. Oh we've seen it.

1:53.6

Brock Bauer is far more split out from the formation

1:56.8

than tight to the formation.

1:59.1

And if I give Ben Johnson, Bowers and La Porta, I give Jared Gough, Amonra, Jaimo, Bowers, La Porta, Gibbs, Montgomery, Alito Line. Why can't they? Don't the lions run two personnel? Don't they use multiple

2:17.5

tight ends? Hey look it's Ralph Zillstra. Hey look Brock Wright. Hey look, Sam Mitchell.

2:24.0

Wait, that was the coach of the T-Wolves.

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