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The Valenti Show

How Did Sam Darnold Make A Super Bowl Before Goff In Detroit?

The Valenti Show

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Sports

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Is Jared Goff's inability to get the Lions to the Super Bowl more of his problem or Brad Holmes'?

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0:00.0

248, 539, 9797 is the telephone number to give us a buzz or give us a text.

0:08.8

And with Sam the Ginger making the Super Bowl and making Mike Valenti's life a living hell,

0:16.8

we ask a simple question, if Sam Darnold can do the unthinkable by many, and that gets to the Super Bowl, can Jared Gough with the Lions do the same?

0:26.8

We know Jared Gough already went to a Super Bowl with the Los Angeles Rams.

0:33.7

And you know it was funny, is how I knew this was going to happen.

0:54.2

It all of a sudden became about Jared Gough and after the game and listening and reading and just the Lions fans. Well, golf, you know, can he do it or can he not do it because Sam Darnel did it? And I was like, guys, can't we just take a moment and just let Sam Darnel have his moment? But I get what you're saying. Go ahead.

0:55.7

I think personally, I think he can.

0:58.4

But what it illustrates is that Sam Darnold needs a lot of things around him too.

1:05.9

And so did Jared Gough, including on the other side of the ball.

1:10.3

Okay.

1:32.3

Now, there's a topic that I do want to hit upon. Okay. Because while everybody is focused on, well, can Jared Gough do this? And I've heard all the, you know, I listen to the morning show and they're doing all the stats comparing golf and they're comparing Darnold. And I'm thinking to myself, one's going to the Super Bowl. One is in Cabo. Well, now one's off to the Pro Bowl. Now, ironically, because Sam Darno can't play in the Pro Bowl. So Jared Goff is going to the Pro Bowl. Because Sam

1:37.0

Donald's in the Super Bowl. But that's irrelevant to me, because the reason why Seattle is

1:43.5

going there and don't get me wrong, Sam Darno played

1:46.4

a phenomenal game. And we just need to give this man his flowers and quit just talking about

1:50.5

waiting for him to choke because I think so many Lions fans are so hung up on the Minnesota

1:54.8

game here last year. And the playoff game last year. Well, he had to look at him. He chokes. He chokes. Okay, well.

2:21.8

That narrative's done. So if that's the case, you get angry if somebody brings up the fact of what happened with golf against the commanders. Well, it was the other thing. No, no, no. You can't have it both ways. But here's the thing. Seattle's defense. Stony, I have been saying for years, we keep focusing on the wrong side of the ball.

2:24.2

We need to focus on the defense.

2:24.5

Right.

2:27.5

But it's always draft toys for the offense.

2:28.8

Get this for the offense.

2:29.4

The offense.

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