Lions Sign D.J. Reader
The Valenti Show
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4.3 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 14 March 2024
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
Everything the guys have been discussing in the hour comes to fruition as D.J. Reader has officially signed with the Lions. Mike and Rico react to the news in this segment.
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| 0:00.0 | What is your reaction the DJ Reader has signed? |
| 0:03.8 | Two years 27 mil? |
| 0:05.9 | 27.25, yes. |
| 0:08.6 | It's exactly the two year deal type stuff |
| 0:11.8 | that they want to do. We talked about at top of the hour. I'll give you the brief reset. It's simple when DJ readers healthy and again he's only had he said two years with a catastrophic injury outside Laddie plays and he's been one of the 10 or 12 best defensive tackles in football. |
| 0:28.0 | He's just a damn good football player so I'm in. The reason I can trust this more than the Carleton Davis thing |
| 0:36.2 | is your doctors look at it. It's a catastrophic injury. If they don't like what they're seeing, |
| 0:40.8 | they won't sign them. Carleton Davis, it's like 18 different things. |
| 0:44.4 | It's always nagging stuff. |
| 0:46.0 | A toe, a kneecap, an elbow, a rib. |
| 0:49.1 | My ear lobe hurts. |
| 0:50.5 | Like it's always something. Well, DJ Reader, if your doctors trust it, we're good. |
| 0:56.0 | Do I think it makes you better? |
| 0:58.0 | Absolutely. |
| 0:59.0 | You will not run the football on this team. |
| 1:01.0 | It just won't happen. And DJ Reader has the rare ability as a 340-pound man to also be disruptive |
| 1:08.2 | on pass-rushing downs because he played over 300 pass rushing downs. |
| 1:15.0 | When he's right, he plays. |
| 1:17.8 | And it matters. |
| 1:18.8 | And I think if you put DJ Reader next to Aidan Hutchinson |
| 1:21.5 | on the inside, yes, you get better. I like this. This to me is the best signing of your off season. I like this one better than Carlton Davis, certainly better than Davenport. |
| 1:33.7 | I'm not making fun of the Amique Robinson thing because the truth is he's a nickel corner, |
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