Loose steering and a startling discovery

So I was verifying the need for new tire rods, when I noticed that shaking my tires left and right resulted in quite a lot of play and then the discovery that the steering column connecting to the top of the rack of pinion has an awful lot of play as well. I've attached two videos of me shaking the tire left and right, and one of me shaking the steering column to showcase its play. Ya'll think a new rack and pinion or just new tire rods and tighten up the column connections?
PSA sorry for the camera shake, motorcycle phone mounts will destroy your camera.

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Yes... the steering rack is gone. When you take it out you can check the inner and outer tie rod ends but to be honest it is cheaper time wise just to put new ones and check the lower ball joints while you are there. This is what is called "proximity of repair". You have X amount of time into taking it apart and trying to save a hundred bucks on parts sometimes doesnt work out for the best.