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The Valenti Show

What we liked -- and didn't like -- about Lions' 2023 Draft

The Valenti Show

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Sports

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Mike and Rico dive into the Detroit Lions 2023 Draft and explain what they liked and didn't like.

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0:00.0

If you told me you got branched in the first round with the 18th pick, okay, yeah, but

0:08.1

as the next day came around, I said, okay, I kind of see what you're doing. The Hinden hooker

0:14.0

selection, I thought was interesting. See, that's the pick that bugged me. It bothers me. That's

0:20.0

a starter. That's a starter on a team that's going to win a division. And they didn't address

0:26.0

upfront early in this draft. And I wish they would have. And Rico even addressed upfront

0:31.2

to the offensive line to the fifth round. Right. And I just look at like, all right,

0:36.4

Hinden hooker is hurt. He's old. And you're drafting him to sit behind Jared got four at least

0:43.7

one year, at least. And you only have four years, not five, right? You draft a guy in the first

0:49.4

round, get fifth year option. The reality is he's probably sitting for two years. So what did

0:54.3

you really do here versus signing a veteran backup? But again, that's consistent with what I said,

1:00.5

leading up to all this. I wouldn't waste a pick on a cubit. See, I'm not thinking he's going to sit

1:04.6

for two years. I think it's one of those. This is golf. Hey, your replacement is in the building.

1:10.9

All right. But if golf plays well, factually, Hinden hooker never plays. And that's his ever.

1:15.7

The Lions have done one thing. You know, you crack the code with the razz score. Oh, get razzed.

1:21.9

But if you really look at it, another consistency under brand homes is he gives players one year,

1:29.8

get your crap together, or you're gone. Okita swift last year. Guys, I'm going to replace you.

1:37.9

Jared got was a borderline pro bowl last year. No, no, but I'm saying with the contract coming up.

1:42.4

And what are we going to do with him? Okay. Hey, Jared, show me your long term quarterback.

1:47.4

Had you had a little bit. We're going to move on to a different direction.

1:50.5

All right. So look, I'm not going to harp on the one pick that I just had a big disagreement with.

1:56.1

I mean, again, if you want to say, well, what about Gibbs at 12? Yeah. But I thought we covered it

2:00.8

Friday. They clearly did not have a lot of guys with first round grades. So they made a decision

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