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The Valenti Show

HOUR 3: NFL Combine Rumors, ABS Challenge System, Taylor Decker Is Returning For 2026

The Valenti Show

Audacy

Sports

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

The guys broke down all of the biggest NFL rumors during combine week this week. Then, they had a discussion about how the ABS challenge system has been working in Spring Training thus far before they reacted in real-time to the news that Taylor Decker is returning for the 2026 season.

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0:00.0

Let's just take a quick time out to touch the table on some football, shall we?

0:04.5

Kenny, music please.

0:06.4

Rico.

0:07.2

Yeah, guys, a lot of news came out of the NFL combine today, and let's start off locally.

0:14.2

The Lions will be playing in Germany.

0:17.3

So I'm going to ask you guys if you have a team preference for their opponent in

0:23.7

Germany. The easiest one on the schedule. Take a business trip, kick somebody's head in and come home.

0:29.4

What I don't want is... So you're saying the New York Jets. Yes, because I don't want to lose a home

0:34.1

game where my home field advantage really could have helped me. So no divisional opponent. No, please no. Not that. So no divisional opponent, but I'll expand a

0:43.1

little bit on what Mike's idea was. Whatever the team that you, exactly, whatever team you

0:48.5

deemed to be least physically imposing, because these trips overseas, the travel, the physicality, it all adds up.

0:56.6

It all compounds upon itself.

0:58.2

So if we do less of that, as easy of a team as we can play.

1:01.4

Yes, I agree.

1:02.4

And it even works in the NFL's favor because they don't care about putting on terrible matchups on foreign soil.

1:07.0

So the Jets would be a perfect.

1:08.6

Amen.

1:09.3

Well, if that's the case, then you're looking at the Jets, the Titans,

1:14.4

sorry, Mike, your Giants, or...

1:17.9

Hold on, hold on.

1:18.8

The fact that he thinks that offends me,

1:21.1

we've won seven football games over the course of two seasons.

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