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The Valenti Show

Is Brad Holmes At Fault For Aidan Hutchinson's Struggles?

The Valenti Show

Audacy

Sports

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

The guys continue their Hutchinson conversation, wondering about the context of the numbers Valenti posed at the top of the show.

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0:00.0

Hatchet. I'd like to bring you into the conversation before we get to the calls. Again, there's two pathways here with Dallas coming to town. The pass rush is going to be the beginning, middle, and end of this game. You are dead last in football with time to pressure. You are top 10 in blitz rate. So don't call up saying Kelvin Shepard needs a blitz more. He's doing everything he can. Your D-line sucks. and A.

0:23.3

And A. Hutchins is the captain of that unit. saying Kelvin Shepherd needs a blitz more. He's doing everything he can.

0:22.1

Your D-line sucks.

0:24.8

And Aid Hutchins is the captain of that unit.

0:26.7

He's the highest damn paid player.

0:29.9

Pre-October 29th, post-October 29th.

0:31.0

Two different people.

0:35.0

But also, when you start to look at this,

0:37.1

this really comes back to Brad Holmes.

0:37.9

It has to.

0:44.6

There's been this weird, as Rico puts it, defiant, almost spiteful approach.

0:46.5

Oh, oh, you want a pass rusher?

0:47.2

Cool.

0:49.4

I just traded three-thirds for a wide receiver.

0:55.7

So I just wanted to know because, again, we need Hutch more than ever Thursday night.

1:05.0

If you have any designs on beating the Cowboys, there is no world you can offer three and a half seconds to Dak Prescott and expect your secondary to hold up.

1:06.3

That is not fair.

1:08.7

No, and I think you'll understand this analogy.

1:11.6

Mike, it was Green Bay in drafting a wide receiver.

1:15.1

How they refused to draft a wide receiver every year.

1:19.0

Aaron Rogers would beg you, guys, can you please go get me a receiver?

1:21.2

How about this defense? You know what?

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