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The Valenti Show

Who was to blame for Lions' loss to Cowboys?

The Valenti Show

Audacy

Sports

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Mike and Rico continue their ongoing conversation about the Lions' loss against the Cowboys

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0:00.0

All right, David, ticket text, Michigan.

0:02.8

We've asked a couple of questions about the game,

0:04.8

gave you some opinions, it's there, lions, same deal.

0:08.0

We're gonna try to thread the needle, do both today.

0:10.6

David, what do you got?

0:12.2

My take on the lions is they should have taken the three in the first half,

0:15.0

then you wouldn't have to worry about the ref call at the end,

0:19.0

that is Johnny from McComb.

0:21.0

Agree, and I'll explain why for the people. I... I am doing

0:25.0

doing everything in my power to get comfortable with Dan Campbell and the analytics.

0:29.0

However, if you take the points one time early, you understand how much pressure it takes off of you later.

0:36.0

Second of all, if you want to be beholden analytics,

0:40.0

you can't go for it when it's a negative 13.7% win expectancy by going for.

0:46.4

That's in the face of analytic. You can't do it.

0:49.5

And three, if you really don't trust your kicker that much much do what the Rams did and go find somebody right before the playoffs started

0:57.3

That's to me is why he goes for it so many times he does not trust his kicking game.

1:03.4

You need to.

1:04.2

Going forward, the fake punt I was okay with.

1:07.7

It worked.

1:08.7

They caught him out by surprise.

1:11.1

The second time you went forward on that drive probably would have kicked a field goal.

1:16.0

I'm taking the points because you got away with murder when CD fumbled Alienza.

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