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The Valenti Show

Valenti Explains Why He Has FULL Trust in Brad Holmes

The Valenti Show

Audacy

Sports

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

The guys get into some Lions' talk, with Valenti dishing on why he trusts Brad Holmes going into the NFL Draft. He goes through a few hypotheticals to support his takes, including a potential steal at 29 with the selection of TE Brock Bowers.

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0:00.0

All right, 3 o'clock. Sell me this pen. So I want to sell you something, and it is how much I trust Holmes with the draft that I would actually support the following. So we know it's silly

0:15.9

season. We know the mock drafts are everywhere, but I've seen a couple that have come

0:21.7

out in recent days where a certain player was available

0:25.7

to the Detroit Lions of 29, and they passed on them.

0:31.2

And I said, wait a minute, no, no, no, no, I actually would advocate taking this player.

0:37.0

And it's not a need because we all know Brad Holmes has said I don't draft for need I take the best available player and I

0:45.6

thought about in recent days things that have happened with the lions that

0:50.4

Josh Reynolds is gone and that Brock Wright will be leaving most likely correct unless

0:56.5

they've done some unforeseen match to the San Francisco 49ers by the way congrats

1:01.2

on Brock Wright you'll have a ton of fun together.

1:04.3

But here's my point.

1:06.7

The player at 29 that is available to the Lions that I would actually support Brad Holmes taking is none other than tight end out of Georgia, Brock Bowers.

1:20.0

Now work with me on this before you go, oh my God you can't take a time.

1:27.0

Why?

1:29.0

First and foremost, do you have a wide out three? No.

1:35.0

Second of all, have we seen teams using multiple tight ends that are high end eagles with Zach Ertz and

1:45.1

Dallas got her before becoming a serial killer patriots with Aaron Hernandez

1:50.1

and Rob Grinkowski oh we've seen it.

1:56.0

Brock Bowers is far more split out from the formation than tight to the formation. And if I give Ben Johnson, Bowers and

2:01.0

La Porta, I give Jared Gough, and La Porta.

2:02.5

I give Jared Gough, Amonra, Jaimo, Bowers, La Porta, Gibbs, Montgomery, Alito Line. Why can't they? Don't the lions run two personnel? Don't they use multiple

2:17.4

tight ends? Hey look it's Ralph Zillstra. Hey look Brock Wright. Hey Wright, Sam Mitchell.

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