
Thomas John Lang
Former NFL guard and two-time Pro Bowler (Green Bay Packers, Detroit Lions), now a sports radio personality on Detroit's 97.1 The Ticket and Lions Radio Network.
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Sep 20, 2026
Best Of The Valenti Show On 97.1 The Ticket: Can We Say That? + NFL Lie Or Truth + More!
29:37
30:30
34:01

Thomas John LangGUEST
You could have put a lot – and my biggest issue was that was such – if you watch the video, that was such an awkward press conference where you've got your former captain, disgruntled captain, however you want to put it, sitting next to your interim GM who was kind of like – butting in every once in a while oh no we talked about it it was the whole thing was weird everything's been weird that they've done for the last what four months now um but for dylan and you can't sit up there and say i'm gonna give you answers and you guys deserve the truth and i'm gonna be transparent and then not plead the fifth on everything right like basically that's what he well we're gonna you know i'm not ready to talk about that and i i don't know man it's Have you ever heard injured players talk before? It's so frustrating.

Thomas John LangGUEST
And I've never been around an NHL locker room, but at least in football, if you're hurt, if you're not practicing, if you're not participating, you don't have media obligations.

Mike ValentiHOST
I'm not going to give specific examples, though I have several brewing in my mind.
HOUR 1: Larkin's Underwhelming Comments To The Media + NFL Week 1 Overreaction Or No Reaction?
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Thomas John LangGUEST
And I've never been around an NHL locker room, but at least in football, if you're hurt, if you're not practicing, if you're not participating, you don't have media obligations.

Thomas John LangGUEST
And I think Dylan could have helped himself if he said that one of the questions was, is there a chance, you know, that you, that you stay here? If he would have just said, sure, there's a chance we're having discussions, right? I want to see what the leadership's going to look like.
23 MINS LATER
Dylan Larkin Spoke And...Oh Boy
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Thomas John LangGUEST
And my biggest issue was that was such – if you watch the video, that was such an awkward press conference where you've got your former captain, disgruntled captain, however you want to put it, sitting next to your interim GM who was kind of like – Butting in every once in a while.

Thomas John LangGUEST
Everything's been weird that they've done for the last, what, four months now.

Thomas John LangGUEST
But for Dylan, you can't sit up there and say, I'm going to give you answers, and you guys deserve the truth, and I'm going to be transparent, and then plead the fifth on everything.