Taking Your Calls On What The Lions Should Do In Tomorrow's NFL Draft
The Valenti Show
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🗓️ 22 April 2026
⏱️ 12 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Well, we have breaking news at 97-1. This one will hit close to home for Rico. Michigan State Guard |
| 0:07.3 | Bobby Ugi-Kibuchi has hit the transfer portal. Yeah. Okay, we'll move it. That was yesterday, Mike. Come |
| 0:15.0 | all, man. I forgot about that. I meant to text you that. I didn't care enough to mention it. |
| 0:20.1 | All right. Yes, he went into the portal. You hate to see it. What a legend. All right, we'll go to Jim. And Okachew. Ninety-seven one. Jim, how you doing? Doing good. I'd like to see them. I guess I could amend it. You know, you said offensive line. I think offensive or defensive line. I mean, I think that first pick has to be either |
| 0:40.7 | one of the top, you know, |
| 0:42.8 | offensive linemen or has to be one of the Miami defensive linemen, because I think that's |
| 0:46.9 | the biggest need that this team needs on both sides. You know, I agree with Rico in the sense |
| 0:51.5 | that they have needs, you know, multiple, but I think |
| 0:54.4 | most of those are long, if they rebuild both the lines, I think that can hide, you know, |
| 0:59.9 | some of the other warts that they have on defense, if they can improve, you know, with the pass |
| 1:04.5 | rush or, you know, stopping the run and doing that, you know, so I would like to see them, you know, |
| 1:10.4 | their first two or three picks all be, you know, linemen, you know, one side or the other. I would have no issue. No, me neither. I don't think they're good enough for the line of scrimmage. And I mean, Jim, here's the other problem. If you just watch how they play defense, look, the reason I'm just done begging for an edge rusher, I don't |
| 1:27.8 | think Kelvin Shepard gives a damn. When you look at them play and you watch them play, it's all about occupying blockers and letting their linebackers fly around and do stuff. And they're always going to default to the, you know, derpa, durpa, durpa, we have Aiden. So like I... I don't think it's a Calvin Shepherd thing, Mike. I think it's just a |
| 1:44.4 | lion's thing and Shepherd is just |
| 1:46.7 | the latest to buy into it. But I think it's just from Brad and everybody, we got Aiden. Yeah, but no, they didn't extend a lien under him. No, under him, look at it. And look at their refusal to do anything about it. look, hey, if you want to tell me the fish rots from the top, cool. But I get what you're saying. It's just like, I don't know, I get what you're saying. I just give up. So I've waived the white flag. Now it'll be the year they take. I know. I don't know. I know. I'm still just sad to Divine left, so. |
| 2:18.7 | It'll be okay. |
| 2:20.3 | We'll go to Kevin, 971. |
| 2:21.5 | Kev, how you doing? |
| 2:22.8 | Good. |
| 2:24.1 | Thanks for taking my call, guys. Sure. |
| 2:25.7 | Yeah, so with this situation, I feel, you know, with the offensive side of the ball, |
| 2:32.2 | we are much more closer to being dominant, like we once were back in 2023, compared to our defense being even like a good defense or above average defense. |
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