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The Valenti Show

HOUR 3: Pistons Trade Targets + Questioning NFL Head Coaches' Aggressive 4th Down Decision-Making

The Valenti Show

Audacy

Sports

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

The guys offered a few "within the margins" Pistons trade targets before spending the rest of the hour with a debate about a trend among NFL head coaches on 4th down in the past few years.

Transcript

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0:00.0

248, 539, 97.

0:05.0

Interesting.

0:05.8

The Lions made a little bit of a hire just now.

0:08.8

Yeah, I don't really know if it requires breaking news.

0:11.5

No.

0:12.2

But, yeah, former Giants interim coach Mike Kafka is joining the Lions in a high-ranking

0:17.8

offensive staff role per sources.

0:22.5

This is according to Tom Pelliserio.

0:27.9

Yeah. Now, it just seems like the Lions, every offensive coach they're hiring is follically challenged.

0:39.6

This is true. Yes. Now, yes, you're right. I don't know, maybe they're going for the whole little Robert Palmer look where everybody looks the same.

0:45.6

The only problem, I don't have a problem with this.

0:48.3

I just want them to, the way they keep trying to improve this offense, do that for the defense.

0:55.5

Give me some more smarter people in the room and maybe try to go after one of the fired coaches

1:01.7

and bring them in as a co-coordinator with Shep.

1:05.7

But the same thing on defense, instead of just treating that as, you know, you'll get whatever crumbs we have left over.

1:13.4

Right.

1:13.9

So it feels like to me.

1:15.0

You would assume that Kafka would maybe mean more of the passing guy because we've all talked about how PetSick, his run schemes are really, really good.

1:27.2

So what, the passing game coordinator?

1:29.1

Maybe.

1:29.6

I don't know.

1:31.9

So I often, like, you just draw up two plays and the coach then says.

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