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The Valenti Show

How Big Of A Deal Are The Lions' Injuries?

The Valenti Show

Audacy

Sports

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

The guys keep their Lions confidence level conversation going, discussing what the injuries of Brian Branch, Kerby Joseph, and Sam LaPorta factor into it.

Transcript

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0:00.0

David, what the hell is, what kind of holiday music is this?

0:03.0

What is the gladiator soundtrack? This, what, trans-Siberian orchestra? Whatever they put in this regular rotation, I'm going to change it soon. We don't need no damn regular rotation. This show's not regular. You don't like the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. All right, sound a little aggressive. Script writers, by the way, my man.

0:21.2

Guess where Lane Kiffin's going to make his SEC debut?

0:27.4

Come on.

0:28.0

You're damn, Skippy.

0:29.9

On the road at Ole Miss.

0:31.5

You may just want to get that police escort ready now.

0:34.2

Oh, that's fine.

0:36.6

Oh, okay.

0:41.7

David, talk to me for a second. Kenny as well. I just want to get your confidence levels here as we go in. I'm obviously sub 50%. I have low confidence, and I just don't

0:47.5

think they're good enough. And if you want to wrap about the Kirby Joseph thing, we can. I just don't

0:51.7

understand how they've handled this Kirby Joseph thing, both in

0:54.8

the functionality of it, but the messaging. Go ahead, David.

0:59.8

I'll actually start this one because my confidence level is maybe at an all-time low. This is

1:04.1

the least confident I felt in this team since, let's call it, remember when we knocked the

1:10.2

Packers out of the playoffs and we

1:11.6

just barely missed the playoffs. This is as non-confident as I've felt in this football team.

1:16.8

And I'm waiting for somebody to give me a football reason why I should even, they might

1:21.5

cover the spread. It could happen. I'm not saying that's impossible, but give me a great

1:26.0

football reason why they win this game

1:28.2

in the convincing or even one-point manner that some people are expecting.

1:32.6

Because right now, as it stands right now, team currently constructed, I just don't see it.

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