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The Valenti Show

TJ Answers His Critical Question Of The Week

The Valenti Show

Audacy

Sports

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

The guys ask TJ Lang their critical question of the week for him.

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0:00.0

people i have to tell you this is very exciting not only because it's three o'clock and we have tj

0:04.7

but rick are you seeing what is before you this tj is blossoming before our eyes this man is

0:10.9

turning into a sex symbol fresh kicks fashion denim a new hair cut he just left an important

0:17.1

lunch meeting and he is still made time for us and he was in a phone call mid

0:21.6

update he was are you saying that because i'm not wearing a hat for the first time no it's you

0:26.9

got a new haircut we see it's high and tight on the sides that am i the only person that gets my

0:31.3

haircut no but it looks really nice told me he gets his haircut every friday yeah but his

0:35.6

looks the same all the time. Yours looks very nice.

0:38.0

It's new.

0:38.7

It's fresh.

0:39.6

Mike, I don't know how to respond to that because that might be the nicest thing you've ever said. It's a compliment. You look very nice today. I just tell you. You're throwing me off. You're buttering me up for something. No. Yeah, you are. No. I'm going to ask, TJ, we call that the rake.

0:52.0

There's no rake.

0:53.4

There's a rake.

0:54.0

There's a rick.

0:54.1

I'm not taking the carrot.

0:55.9

I'm going to wait to see what the stick.

0:57.0

There's no rake. There's a rick. I'm not taking the carrot. I'm going to wait to see what the stick. There's no stick either. I want to ask the critical question about leadoff before we get into serious matters, because I think T.J. can shed some light on something. Now, look, you played for a lot of good teams. But not all of them. Not all of them were good. One of them.

1:13.3

Okay. I want you to go to the worst point in your career. Are you going to bash eastern Michigan again?

1:16.8

No, I'm asking on an NFL level, you're being very insecure. We're just talking about professional.

1:23.1

Just the NFL. Okay. I want to understand, because like I'm trying to explain to people bad the Giants are. And, like, it goes beyond the numbers. But when you're in a locker room, whether it's your friends who you've talked to around the league who put themselves in some terrible situations, it doesn't matter the money you're making. You can't win. You know the team's trash. Your best players are hurt. What the hell is the mindset in that locker room?

1:45.9

Because you can't half-ass it or you'll get killed out there.

1:49.2

But like, what is coming to town with the Giants?

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