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The Valenti Show

The Valenti Show with Rico - Who the Lions should target in free agency

The Valenti Show

Audacy

Sports

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Gator and Valenti disagree.

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0:00.0

Okay. So I want to do this and the headline is, I'm going to be nice. I'm going to be nice.

0:10.8

But I got to clean this up because here's what happens. The popularity of our station,

0:16.0

the mammoth audiences that our morning show has, that our midday show has, that we have,

0:22.2

it is able to influence a lot of listeners and then listeners call different day parts

0:27.5

and they take what they hear and invariably that we are on in the afternoons, things that

0:34.0

happen in morning and mid days. We end up with the calls later and then it's a party except

0:40.2

when I feel like something that is wholly baseless is set on the station and I have to address

0:46.5

it. I'm going to be nice. I'm being nice. So I expect both of you to be nice and

0:52.1

Kenny to be nice. Now I have no problems. Nobody delivers more big opinions on this

0:57.7

station than me. Some are right. Some are wrong. I try to be researched on what I do and

1:02.1

I try to give you reasons. The Gator said something today that hurt me on a personal level.

1:07.7

It hurt me. It bothered because I have said to you to lions fan the number one free agent

1:14.2

I would go out and sign is Levante David. The all world linebacker from the Tampa Bay

1:19.8

Box who at age 33 is coming off one of his best seasons. Gator today said flatly bluntly

1:28.2

dismissively and I think there's a little touch arrogance to it. I don't want Levante

1:33.3

David. He's not a wrong side of his career. Well, really, here's a problem. Actual stats

1:40.9

and facts would tell you that that couldn't be further from the truth. So why don't we do

1:45.9

this? If you want a basic example, let's take profile focus. Your top linebackers, regardless

1:55.2

of interior or exterior, just your top linebackers. Number one, with an overall grade of 90.7

2:01.8

Bobby Wagner in LA. You know what's weird? Bobby Wagner is playing great ball deep into

2:06.6

his 30s. Number two, a guy near and dear to Rico Beard's heart, the centerpiece of the

2:12.7

Frisco defense, Mr. Fred Werner 85.7. Number three, a guy that is apparently on the wrong

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