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[Music] [Music] up everybody it is 10 a.m. in the district of Columbia points north south east and west you’re listening to B Mitch Finley the NFL schedule is out good morning Brian what up JP you know what’s funny man is I’ve been an NFL fan my whole life I’ve been largely obsessed with it my whole life um I’ve been doing it in a professional capacity for over 10 years now I I recognize the marketing machine I recognize that we already knew the home in the away and I still geek out get super excited for the schedule release yeah I know a lot I love I mean I I look at just like I’ve always did I’m not surprised you don’t geek out over it I don’t I don’t geek out over much but the whole thing is I look for the games just like when I was playing we look for the road trips to go certain places yeah same way I do now totally but you know I I have my way of getting excited but now I don’t lose right you you tend to stay pretty medium um for me there’s a number of medum well medium well pardon me no I like steak medium I uh for me it’s just like one now in a professional capacity I’m kind of planning my my six months of my year and then trying to juggle kids and all that along with it um and then whether or not the exercise is futile you and listen if you were able to figure out who’s going to win and lose NFL games five months out six months out Las Vegas wouldn’t be giving away free drinks like you can’t pick winners the week of the game you can’t it’s hard to pick winners 10 minutes before kickoff let alone right now but despite that the exercise of actually going through week by week by week and knowing like oh man they got a short week here they got three straight home games here like that is fun it’s fun but the whole thing about it is what you don’t know is the other team that they may have a short week to play they may lose a player or two or they may be completely healthy you might not know that until Thursday of that week your team may be completely healthy so I I I don’t it’s it’s a fun game it’s a space filler But ultimately none of us know I I agree to none of us like this one guy sent me a thing last night I reposted it because hell he took his time to try and do it so I said I’mma give him little love he already s me 13 and four well I mean my man s Turner on Twitter just said definitely a 10 or 11 game win schedule yeah um I do want to go through it week to week I I’d like to start kind of big picture and then go through week to week and if you don’t want to give wins and losses I get it I’m gonna give you mine um start with the preseason I nailed that I thought it was going to be the AFC East it’s three preseason games against the AFC East and the two away games are the Jets and the Dolphins I’m very curious what if if any announcement comes out about the joint practices I’d expect them to happen with both teams and I think both the joint practices unfort and who else Jets and the dolphins dolphins and I think unfortunately for commanders fans they’re both going to be on the road because Ashburn is hor is with modern practice facilities Ashburn ranks near the bottom and you sure as hell don’t have space for two teams yeah so um we’ll see how how that all tricks out I don’t know the only date we have for the preseason is the 25th of August right and then the other two will be somewhere two weeks prior what I’m was I think I saw 177 oh really because I I saw one of them I was as I tried to find the schedule last night some sites wasn’t showing the whole thing and it show I’m on their site right now it show the it showed the 17th somewhere okay on the commander site it just shows preseason Jets Dolphins so 25th is a Monday game 25th is a sun night it’s gonna be the Sunday night NBC game okay that’s the that’s the third uh preseason game pre no that’s the third uh Nationals game right yeah everybody’s worried about their prime time I said they’ll get three so 17th would be the Saturday prior to that which would make a lot of sense a lot of preseason games are Saturday night so the weekend the the 10 the weekends they’re going to be are the call it the 10th the 17th and the 25th but the dates for preseason games are always very varied very varied there’s a terrible sentence let’s let’s get down to Big Picture stuff yes it’s a lot of travel early at Tampa at ciny at Arizona the only only one that’s really long is is Arizona and the only real argument I think you can make from a competitive standpoint is that they’re on the road for a Monday night so you got a short week into your longest travel of the of the year that’s it but you know and that is to me pretty flimsy to be honest you Jay everybody have a situation like that so it’s it we have to get out of that looking for reasons as to how we’re getting screwed I totally agree everybody gets it and think about uh the damn charges they gonna be flying all over the damn got the Seahawks when we flew out there last year Seahawks go to play they go to play in LA and they flying as far as we go anywhere Seattle Arizona is a division game yes like so I I mean the thing of it is we had developed a mindset of always thinking we’re being screwed messed on because we were not damn good as a franchise right now it seems that we’re going to be moving in the right direction as a franchise and I hope this soft assness leave okay because that’s what we became a whole fan group of all I would hear so many people complaining about the referees the travel they’re screwing us we dude everything is not growing against you I I agree and when everything seems to go wrong all the time odds are it’s more related to the team than all the conflu like all it takes a serious Confluence of fact Comm denominator is where the problems normally come from there was a common denominator from 2000 to 20023 hell yeah and he’s gone and they set a tone that was very mediocre and was very very uh meager and they always tried to make it seem like everybody was against them agreed now here’s why I definitely don’t want to hear any schedule complaints period so they play the Cardinals 929 they’ll get back that that’s a four o’clock start on the East Coast so that’s a 2 o’clock start out there um that plane lands at Dulles 2 o’clock 5 o’clock six o’clock that plan that plane lands Dallas probably before midnight don’t you think which one the the one you’ll be on coming back from Arizona yeah uh maybe you lose you lose time so maybe it’ll be the middle of the night maybe I just spend an extra day in play golf you do I’m saying the team the players the players will will yeah I mean it’ll be back and then they are all traveling on a big ass plane together but hold on even beyond that from September 30th okay until December they play the same coming off the buy December 15th y that plane will leave dullas on December 14th from September 30th to December 14th they travel no further than New Jersey yeah that’s an astonishing run it’s an astonishing thing but the people that have developed that mindset will find something wrong with it and I think what we have to do is ignore that and the the the week is in after which week that it’s a third straight year with a December bye that is a disadvantage but you also don’t have to go anywhere AR going well if things are going great it’s a hell of an advantage well I’ll be honest my concern I think and we can go line by line here I I do want to address the Prime Time game thing because I I just think it’s asinine but um I think they did a good what are you looking for the schedule the print the show sheet I told him schedule he told me it was printed you know what I I was thinking of the show sheet bro my bad show sheet and schedule work you want the link to I told him to print it okay um I do think in free agency particularly they signed a number of veterans that come in and help them this year yeah right and so I think I think defensively like you look at the DNS that are I think the DN will generate the same amount of production the previous D ends generated and whether that’s an indictment on the previous DNS that’s up to you to interpret but at DN at linebacker you know they brought in some veterans to address some things right and and I think that will work largely but I have serious questions about the depth of the team we talked about it coming off OTAs I wrote that Roser review thing that that’s my question and honestly that’s a question for two-thirds of NFL teams yeah like the ners because they drafted so well for so long had depth that when guys went down if you look at the Rams a couple years ago on their Super Bowl run or you look at what the Ravens have been able to do especially at the skill position at the running back position has been remarkable depth takes time to build I worry that this is year one of a rebuild so I worry about the second half of the schedule and so to your point be maybe having that late by week will be really advantageous oh you got me one Jee thank you see but like the thing of it is depth is something that that is is different yearly totally and and to be honest when we look at the people that we expect to start and then we look at people that we look at we say oh they may not work hell one somebody might click and become depth a great depth piece in in one of those positions that we don’t think they’re gonna get it so that’s the ultimate thing where you have to worry and then I think when you start looking at a season you ever notice when you’re doing something and you’re you’re jogging you’re lifting weights and you’re having a great day things seem successful you don’t feel much pain do you when you things seem to start off wrong everything you do bothers you in a football season when things are going well the depth seems like you got it because everything seems to be clicking if you’re screwing up then you go oh man I can’t wait for that by- week to come but if I’m sitting in a nine games played we have seven wins I’m not looking for a by game by week because I don’t want to stop the flow we had um but what about the guys that get by week early and then they got to finish the season out on a 10 11 uh games of season and this is worth pointing out I think and it’s something really smart the NFL has done and I wonder if in an effort to get to the 18 they’ll kind of start calling it a a pre season bye the NFL used to have Camp go all the way through Labor Day and the first Cuts were Sunday night or Monday of Labor Day weekend um they’ve stopped doing that and I think it’s really advantageous it gives you a little bit of a break at the end of Camp when those guys have been practicing some form of tuay certainly not the form that you did Brian but they’re out there twice a day they’re at the facility all day um for six weeks training camp starts Late July and goes six weeks five weeks depending on where you’re at they do get that little bit of a break three three days usually around Labor Day Before the regular season starts that’s going to help a lot the bye the three three straight years of a December bye to me is more bizarre than anything else um I I don’t think that somebody s don’t give him a thing until it’s called I don’t think that’s happening I I totally agree I also think and I I was told this by somebody close to the league the Christmas Day games being on Wednesday and the requirement to have those same teams play the Saturday before made this schedule harder than ever to put together AG you got odd number of games and then you got to deal with a Wednesday Saturday situation like it’s just I think this schedule was incredibly difficult I believe since Christmas moves a day every year like they probably won’t have to deal with this again for a number of years but they ain’t giving Christmas back either um I want to go to the boys in the aquarium but I want to finish what one of the guys yesterday on the little chat said I’m tired of the NFL thinking that we want to watch football every day of the week and it took everything in my power not to text back I mean hit him back and say dude stop speaking for everybody you may think that way because if a football game comes on we turn that we turn that so on straight up yeah you remember when the the commanders played or the football team played on a Tuesday and it was awesome yes I mean care it was awesome like Tuesday watch it is it is that it’s that sport that we look at like you wait all week for that one game and that and it’s why it’s more of a Destination type thing than having four games in a damn week I mean when one thing that is interesting pull up the Monday Night Football schedule I do think their their Prime Time game is a double header game the first first game no no no the the Monday nighter is that right lfi yeah I don’t remember what the other game was but I believe it is uh two I assume they’re the early one right so when they week three when they go to Cincinnati is a double header Prime is a double header Monday Night Football and so the the haters out there will say that they screwed Washington there because Jags bills starts at 7:30 on ESPN Commander Bengals starts at 8:15 on ABC so it’s not like a true National Prime Time game Jags bills is gonna have their people but I’m G tell you the people that like the Bengals and like the commanders gonna be watching that game and if they happen to start playing better or that game is going better people are going to click off the other game if it’s not going well if it’s almost a blowout going on with Jacksonville they turn that off and go to the other game here’s what I have to say to the prime time people Brian can you remind me just in case I I’m not a you know that I’m not a math guy um can you remind me what Washington’s record was last year four and 13 four and 13 lanfield is that good uh no that’s bad that’s bad thank you Bri can you remind me excuse me how many pro bowlers Washington had last year uh let me see zero zero lfi is that good that’s uh that’s bad I actually forgot how bad that was that’s bad why on Earth are people outraged they only have two Prime Time games they based it off last year and they’re trying to get the most eyeballs but what I what I need to start focusing on is why do you allow those people who you by by this time I’m trying to correct people we all know everybody works in this building and everybody that walks around on this Earth we know that there’s a group of people in society that no matter what the hell happens they G to find something wrong with it you know that little term I give you on the golf course sometimes the after birdie CNF let me remember CNF I remember that after birdie well that that’s how that’s what these people are just remember CNF I’ll I’ll tell you in a break okay I’m sure anybody that play golf with me uh and they’ve heard me say it they know I just I can’t wait and we’re going to I’m going to get us out on time here because I want to go through line by line react to each game I have a hunch and Jeff don’t respond I have a hunch Jeff is mad they’re not on Prime Time more there are people out there that don’t understand why they didn’t get more than two Prime Time games keep in mind Atlanta as we reported yesterday on this program Atlanta is completely TBD if that game matters and is good that could be Saturday night that could be Sunday evening like that could be a lot of things week 18 at Dallas should that game matter we have seen it before they would love to put commanders Dallas Sunday Night Football like and if you can find something wrong with that something wrong dude the other part of this is Flex scheduling starts the second half of the schedule and now they can flex Thursday nighters yes so you if they’re good should you get to week 10 and they’re six and three you’re going to get all the Prime Time games you want all right we’re going line by line Commander schedule is out nobody go anywhere [Music] on [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] on [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] n oh [Music] on [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] all right we’re not going to get into it quite yet but these boys are playing some golf in Kentucky man man Brooks Kepler just hit one right there yo over the water and spent it back to about five feet Brooks is one under through four Xander chaet is four under through eight Jordan spe’s three under through five Rory’s two under through six boys are playing golf Landini that’s like you putting from 10 feet F now now minus 3j making moves I like Tony I don’t listen I don’t know that short back swing is amazing who’s gim never heard of ghim that sounds like something out of Pulp Fiction I thought it was G um look like your yeah like your handicap your handicap I I want to let the boys in the aquarium react to the schedule um lini do you get excited for this schedule how do you think the commanders fared I like the schedule yeah I mean it’s just you know it’s more football stuff it’s just another excuse to talk about football I enjoy it I would prefer if the byee was up a little bit more I think that that’s uh kind of rough week 14 by week uh but other than that uh I think it’s I think it’s fine I mean we we kind of already knew when they were who they were going to play home and who they were going to play away it’s just a matter of scheduling I think one home game in the first four weeks a little rough not ideal probably not ideal but if you come out of that thing three and one two- two he hey like you’re gonna have a tough stretch one way or another um playing on Monday and then having to go to Arizona that Sunday kind of sucks it’s short week man for sure but I think if if you look what a lot of coaches will tell you especially how the preseason is is played now is the first month of the Season you’re kind of just figuring out what you got anyway so if you think the first four games they’re kind of figuring out what they got and then they kind of settle in in the second quarter of the Season like if you’re settling in okay we know we know how BR Rob and Eckler work together we know how Z and Senate work together we really like our fiveman front with three safeties in the you know what I mean like when you’ve got some stuff figured out and then you’ve got this stretch of home games winnable games I I think that could work out relatively advantageous I truly feel Doug gim he just made birdie practice started with everybody two days ago that was May May 14th I don’t want to hear about four weeks we trying to figure out how people work with each other I think you get everything you possibly can right now worked out to when when you hit this hit the season you hit the ground running yeah things may present themselves as better than what you thought but you need to have some level of understanding I watched too much football over these last few years where we don’t seem to know what the hell we’re doing in week six and seven and training camp is there for a reason I understand they don’t hit like we used to but you still can learn your football team if you’re serious about the approach that you’re going to be going with so week learning in week four no no no hell what if the other teams are practicing like that we know that the Patriots basically looked at the four weeks of season like that catch them if you got teams that are looking like that you catch them while they just trying to figure it out you come out the bat knowing what you’re doing and then improve from that point Jeffrey what do you think of the schedule Bud well I’m excited about everything football JP and um I don’t think it’s I don’t think it’s bad um I know a lot of people talking about this by week but um Grant pawson put something on Twitter last night that I kind of agree with he said they got a Thursday night game uh in Philly and they get like a little mini by we right there and then you know two more weeks then you have your official by- we so I don’t I don’t think it’s that bad being that late um other than that my my my syndrome is bubbling fellas like oh boy it’s bubbling but oh boy Jay I I I I’ve calmed I’ve calmed it down but I’m pretty optimistic about this season how how optimistic how how much have you calmed that let’s start it off with our guy Jeff um you can go week by week just quick and give us the wins and losses Jeffrey um whatever you want to do but you have the floor Jeff Okay so okay so a lot a big question last night that I seen was how do how do you think we’re going to start first five weeks right me personally I see us going three and two if everything works out fine if everything is running like a whed oil machine a whed oiled machine whale whale wh Mach use whale oil whale w l man well a well oil machine JP the accent right there boy we could possibly go four and one in the beginning bro that’s what I’m talking about I believe Jeffrey all right uh here’s what we’re gonna do because I’m gonna I’m gonna try to make some sense here Tampa week one at Tampa 430 w w w smash that plus three and a half Giants week two w boy we’re we’re I believe we’re going to split with the Giants but we’re beating them at home Monday night at Cincy that’s the one that could could be a w if everything is going well but I’mma have to take the L one out we we just don’t play well Monday night I don’t know what it is week four at Arizona Cliff going back we beat them hey uh week five start of a very long limited travel the Browns I honestly want to let the Ashburn syndrome run because me my boy work up there with let run bud let it run I I don’t I don’t see us beating Cleveland okay Cleveland’s pretty good at Baltimore easy travel tough place I hate to give our cousins the credit my second favorite team of course I will be rooting for theam of course I’ll be rooting for the commanders of course I’ll be rooting for the commanders but I I don’t think we’d be Baltimore all right through six weeks Jeff is three and three fairly rational um back home I I got this as a must-win I know that’s going to drive me crazy the Panthers at home I think we beat the Panthers Bears following week at home H this a tough one but I’m going give us the win um 27-3 last year at halftime and Thursday night better better I think we have a better situation 27 to3 at halftime of that game last yeah that was a p a punch in the face yeah I I was highly upset 27 to3 at half I was wondering about would I lose my job because I I I calmed down by the time I got to the game to the show but I was I the words I was saying while watching it were bad halfway through the season week eight Jeff is 5 and three for the commanders all right Jeff keep it going Giants at home oh Giants on the road pardon me Giants in the metal lands I I gotta give us the L on that one metal lands is the house of hores even the greatest teams Joe Gibbs had had trouble in the damn Metals remember like you guys have talked about the 91 team when you went up there and won on Monday night in the Met lands how important that one was good there we go it’s a house of horrors up there not House of Horrors uh Jeff week 10 Steelers at home this is kind of dumb but I like that it’s week 10 and they play November 10th it’s a little weird quirky thing quirky oh so um I have to give us the L on that one this this is where we started to go into the to the back slide of our season they beat Russ last year it did beat Russ last year it’s a different team and and I want a lot of this is dependent on what our o line Looks like for real because they got some boys on their dline that statement you just made right there that Sten tells a story for me first smart thing he said all day I no I’m just saying like like I don’t get into it because we don’t know who the rotation is on the two most important things of this team I know everybody love my quarterback and whatever offensive line is bad quarterback probably ain’t gonna be as good as he’s supposed to be defensive line is bad secondary is going to be horrible so those two things have to present themselves in a huge way for me to believe a lot of what Jeff has said so far yeah I agree um Jeff we got we go to week 11 Thursday nighter in Philly I got to give it to Philly in Philly let’s go fast so Landfield doesn’t kill me uh little bit of a a mini buy 10 days off Dallas at home that joint will be rocking week before Thanksgiving could catch Dallas in a look ahead because they’ll be hosting a game in three days or whatever I I hate to say this but Dallas is always on a hot streak early in the season I know this kind of still this Midway I give it to Dallas and at they beat us at home Dallas the the collapse for Dallas usually starts around the time Christmas Carol start playing um that’s that’s right around that time yeah they start playing it right around Thanksgiving they they have throttled Washington on enough thanksgivings that I’m I’m waiting till after thanksgiving’s over um Titans this is where we real quick does anybody have any feel for what the Titans are going to be this year no none I have an idea on most of these teams but new coach quarterback to barely played you get rid of Derrik Henry like I don’t know what Tennessee is but you got him winning Jeff yes I got us beating the Titans okay we ow finally a buy week week 15 I like this week 15 is on December 15th in New Orleans I got us winning here we come baby okay feel it last time JP What’s that keep your shirt on this time when we go to the to the snake house I will it’s bubbling week six I’ll try to get some beads week 16 Philly at H it’s bubbling we beating Philly at home it’s bubbling baby do it Jeff Kirk C and the Atlanta Falcons we are beating them and who do we close out win ort win needed to get in the playoffs we won Dallas we beat him oh yeah J what’s that record he was five and three through eight then three straight losses gets him to five and four straight losses gets him to five and seven you call four straight loss six and seven four straight wins to finish the year 10 and seven for Jeff all right Jeff yes sir 10 and seven for Jeff we’ll get my picks lanfield picks and if be will make picks be’s picks not picking all right mine in lfi nobody go anywhere [Music] on [Music] w [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] w [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] all right folks uh in about an hour we’re giving away Nick swartson tickets really funny comedian make sure you don’t miss that we got some Heavy Hitters coming up uh John Kim’s joining us 11 Nick Jala joining us at noon bleep you Thursday at 1 o’clock Peter Rosenberg 12:30 um I want to give my man Landini the opportunity um Jeff the Ashburn syndrome kind of kicking uh Jeff’s got him going 10 and seven that’s the same record last night we did a podcast me and tishler and he had him going 10 and seven I’m gonna take under 10 wins for the great Landini um but the the floor is yours sir let’s start kicking things off at Tampa 430 kick nine on September 8th uh I have an L Tampa they made the playoffs last year that’s not a bad team they won a playoff game they beat the Eagles now uh week two that is a bad team so that’s a w playing the Giants now we’re talking uh Cincinnati Joe burrow is injury-prone but assuming he’s healthy that’s an L at Arizona I feel that’s a close one but I I think that’s that’s an L2 they’re one and three Lille has one and three at the same quarter point of the Season Jeff hadam three and one yeah Cleland Cleveland was winning games last year with Joe flacko at quarterback they’re going to have DeShaun Watson back like he’s actually competent that’s an L there’s some level of assumption that Watson will be competent but that defense is so good and I be at least Joe flacko you know yeah last year competent yeah Flo not bad quarterback manfeld Joe Flaco desan Watson is better than Joe Flo quack was making a lot of mistakes when Flo’s on a good team he’s pretty good when he’s on a bad team he’s pretty bad yeah there’s some quarterbacks that can elevate a team Flo at this stage of his career is not that but you put him on a good ass team and tell him to hand the ball off and hit a couple play action passes he can do it week six uh that is the commanders playing my second least favorite team and unfortunately they’re really good so that’s going to be an L as well all right through six games lille’s got him one and five it’s not great it’s not great now week seven that’s a must win they have to be the Panthers are so bad yes David terer a villain their quarterback sucks they have to win that game that is a must win so that’s a win uh the Bears win the Bears suck okay so now L Field’s chopping a little wood two game win streak we’re now three and three and five at the halfway mark that is correct the inverted record that Jeff Walker had all right now uh coming up is the Giants they just always find a way to lose to the Giants there’s no way they’re sweeping them that’s an L especially up there yeah I I I fear that game mhm uh week 10 Steelers at home the Ste I am kind of a Steelers hater I I wish you’re kind of a most things hater kind of hate I wish they sucked but Mike tomlin’s just a good coach I feel like they’ll pull that one out so L for Washington week 11 Eagles that’s a win oo on the road Thursday night the Eagles are playing the ra the Rams and then then the Ravens after those that game they’re not going to they’re not going look ahead Trap game trap game I like it could put too much effort the week before then look ahead the week after got you L well where is that Rams game is that in La uh yes so they’re dude they’re in La coming back home short week they’re at Dallas come stay right here they play the Cowboys then the Thursday night against the commanders Dallas in Dallas at home against the commanders in La against the Rams in Baltimore against the Ravens that is a look head I like Ed Landini I like that a lot uh Cowboys at home that’s unfortunately a loss my least favorite team that’s gonna be disaster Titans I the Titans suck W by week by week then you got four four to finish I got win in New Orleans coming off the buy yep loss against the Eagles they’re beating Kirk Cousins or penx whoever’s starting at that point or hinei or hinei and then I think they’re going to lose against Cowboys at the end of the year do you know your math or do I need to do the math I believe it’s seven and 10 0 and one one and one o one and two one and three one and four one and five two and five three and five three and six three and seven four and seven four and eight five and eight six and eight little hope six and nine seven and nine seven seven and 10 seven- 10 for the great Landini um I think that’s fair honestly this team won four games last year Vegas has the win total at six and a half I believe like if you think they’re going seven- 10 what matters is Jaden Daniels is the guy if you have a definitive answer at quarterback and it’s a sub 500 season that’s okay because you’ve got an answer at the game’s most important position and then you know what you’re building for the future why I have that answer and also do some things because if you certainly the goal is to do some things but if you find that answer and you think you’ve improved your team last year at 4 and13 there were some games where it seemed like they didn’t make the right calls and they could have won 67 games last year true so I’m thinking if your team is better why not think nine wins now um lanfield predicted seven- 10 Jeff predicted 10 and seven my just texted me I don’t know what Jeff was smoking when he made those wind projections but I want some nobody go anywhere John joins us mama get just like him e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e back to Ohio folks let’s learn something our friend Mr John Kim Commander Insider for ESPN check out the John Kim report joins us now what up Johnny what up guys how are you uh we are good man tell us how they gonna go 17 and0 John there you go uh Come on B Miss they’re gonna rest the starters in weeks 17 and 18 so we looking at 15 and two um 15 and two Sam Fair um but seriously um what’ you make of the schedule I think it’s really pretty advantageous man I think it’s pretty good but come on let’s another December buy the hell the December buys are kind of ridiculous that’s more for like us to complain about they got a mini yeah but that’s what but even the mini buys two weeks ahead of that yeah but I mean yeah doesn’t want anybody to complain about anything they they’re not traveling a lot so I mean good thing right that’s better no listen that’s what it’s funny because I my walk this morning with my wife I was talking about that you had to buy BL but the good thing for them is they travel the least amount of anybody this year so that that kind of helps but Leia looking at so the things that jump out I mean it’s a it’s a fairly balanced schedule and there’s like Pockets where it’s like okay three Road games in the first four weeks four in the first six not ideal but it’s not like these are like not like they’re all impossible games to win I think then you look at the final stretch like the last seven games you have um five against NFC East opponents so if if you’re having a good year you can really make a move at that point and you know or just put yourself in a better spot for playoff contention and I mean you know in the way the NFC is I mean every team is kind of in it going into those final seven games or so even these guys were last year so so you know I think um that finish is is can be good if you’re playing well um but um you know and then I think the other thing that jumps out was okay the really the first thing I looked at was the which Prime Time games and I thought for sure Chicago would be one against Caleb Williams but then you know the Joe burrow reunion or the LSU Heisman Trophy winners I guess in Cincinnati is makes sense too but um that I thought there might be another one on Monday night because of the Jaden effect but um you know um I think that’ll be an interesting one for sure um I am not surprised at all that um they didn’t get more like the team was bad last year I I yes of course there’s excitement about the rookie quarterback but I also think now that they have all these Flex Flex options available late in the season including Thursdays like getting caught up on the Prime Time games right now is kind like it could look dram and and think about only two years ago they flexed uh Commander it might even been football team then but the commanders giants into Sunday Night Football right and and those are for late obviously late you know as go but I I just thought the Bears game would be one early in the year instead of a win o’clock game but that’s like that’s fine yeah and here’s the other thing um if the kid plays the way you think he might be able to in 2025 they’ll be on quite a bit so yeah exactly I think the goal for this team should be not so much how many times you on this year but how many times you on next year because that’s going to be reflective of the Season that he had and they had well yeah yeah the last game against Dallas like you know could that be something fun to watch you know so yeah that’s hope that could absolutely get yeah yeah um and the other part is let’s say they do build this thing so that they’re really good when you’re really good your schedule gets really difficult because you’re constantly playing Monday night Sunday right Christmas Day Thanksgiving because they want you on that’s complain about not having them then we get them what we gonna say right EXA oh man we got too many games well that listen that’s as an organization you want that because it means you’re doing well and but I will say that’s the other one is playing a road Monday night game followed by a West Coast trip to Arizona um there are shorter you know it’s not the longest West Coast trip but that’s you know that’s always maybe it’s more of a challenge for reporters who are a little bit older but so because we’re they’re flying private we’re not but um still like those I don’t I you know if you’re gonna play a West Coast game after Monday night you’d rather be at home but it’s not like you know cincin is not exactly far but still what what which one of like I’m GNA go off of my perspective I could care less about the travel I like the cities which city are you most most looking forward to go into all right don’t say Cincinnati either okay well all right so so for there’s two things one New Orleans I mean you know like but I like Tampa’s I like Tampa but I love New Orleans love Arizona but the but when you say Cincinnati keep in mind like I get a chance to go back and watch an Ohio State game on that Saturday plus one of my best friends lives in Cincinnati so I can visit her and her husbands as well so that is a selfish one for me but in terms of like just the other stuff like you know I New Orleans is such a great Food City and you know it’s just a cool City like it’s Unique Kind of yeah we need to go early so JP could go to Lafayette with me and watch a game oh boy um are they home that weekend have you looked I’m gonna look now I I’ll look too um it’s late in the year though that’s like the they’re yeah they’d probably be at a b game by that point be done no no no no December yeah yeah it’s December 15th season over by then I I we haven’t had this discussion what do you think the best crowd will be this season now obviously the later you go the better the crowds get depending on your level anywhere I I think the one we can Bank on though weeks two and three week two at home Jaden Daniels debut against the Giants but I think week three that Cincy crowd with burrow back Monday Night Football really brings the juice I I think that could be wild that could be l and I haven’t thought as much about that aspect but yes I would think that would be a you know because that is um that’s that’s one of those games this is why like the strength of schedule stuff is hard to you to take into account like from one year to the next because like the Bengals didn’t make the playoffs but they didn’t have Joe burrow and their defense wasn’t as good now that was a key part of that but kind of makes a big difference so that game is like Monday game with his him there and and early in the year like that’s going to be a tough one so yeah I would think that crowd would be pretty electric for sure um yeah the home game I’m looking forward to just because it’s the we saw the excitement last year just by the change of ownership now you’ve changed everything and now you have a quarterback that you could you know that could possibly be the finally be the answer there so I think there’s going to be a different level of excitement for that one than we’ve seen in a while I I agree with that man um um talking with our friend John Kim here on the betql guest line you can follow him at Johor Keim um do you go through the exercise of wins and losses at this point or do you stay away from it I stay away from it only because it’s what do we because we haven’t even I think if we knew more about this team it’d be easier to do that but I have more questions about them than I do about the schedule right and I’ve also like you always learn with the schedule I mean let me say this I do kind of go through that I don’t have to do it for like we used to have to for ESPN we’d always have to like okay predict a record or whatever and like which I always you know it’s hard but um you do it for that purpose well we don’t have to do that now so I didn’t I kind of went through it quickly but then it’s like I don’t know enough about these guys like how long is it going to take for this offense to start to mesh we have the same some questions like that last year but now you have everything’s new and you have a rookie quarterback I don’t know what that’s going to look like initially and so I think that’s part of the hard part in trying to go game by game the other thing is too I just remember like every year there’s there are a couple games where it’s like the game looks dramatically different either because the team’s playing better than you thought or the other team has injuries and it makes it look different so you know um but yeah I haven’t I haven’t quite done it to the level where it’s like okay this is here’s a win here’s a loss I mean you kind of do and like okay can you get to seven eight seven or eight wins and then I say well we don’t know enough about them to know what they really look like or what it’s going to be like yep I think you need to know two levels the back the the the immediate backup of the teams to understand what they could possibly do you don’t know that you got you it’s very it’s like we’re just throwing out things yes and and that’s a good point now that’s the other thing I was thinking about when you have these late buys and again just my wife hears all this stuff like every in the mornings and like she probably just like I think I don’t know I probably bore sometimes well you know I T myself out so she probably does too but but like but part of that is when you have those like bies especially you’ve got to have and even in 17 Game season forgetting where your buy is at you’ve got to have that depth more than ever and so that’s what I’m going to be C see is how how good is the depth that they’ve built because that’s a huge key because you’re going to lose guys and what’s the drop off that’s that’s going to be a big key for any team well in addition to the quarterback play totally I was saying that a little while go that know they signed a ton of veterans on oneyear deals largely to make themselves competitive this year because they recognize the lack of depth but like when you look at what they built with the ners it took them a few years and then they were able to sustain injuries fill in with right fill in with free agency like we got to remind ourselves this is year one and for all the excitement right now and there should be and especially if the quarterback I maybe we should start what what did you think of watching Jaden a little bit now especially with the veterans some seven on seven obviously there’s no hitting there’s no pass rush but he’s been impressive I mean yes and I think as like you have to like what are the things you’re looking for in in in that right and you know the footwork is really good and you brought this up the other day when we were on the sidelines watching rookie Camp just how fluid he looks right and so when you’re watching him in those footwork drills and just the way he gets his feet around that’s one of things watch like in the first 7 on seven I’m watching like okay he’s going through his progression here and he go you know your feet are going with your eyes that leads to accuracy and we saw it on film and you saw it at the things like that he’s got a quick compact release and when people talk about arm Talent it’s not about the strength of the arm it’s that kind of stuff like what is your release like right and you know how quickly do you see it and you go and is it boom boom right some quarterbacks you might see it you hesitate then you go that’s not arm talent but he has he has that and so I think you see that and I think the accuracy and like they’re doing a lot of those drills throwing into the Nets and he’s consistently the most accurate in those and he gets pissed off if he missed one which I love yes I love the competitiveness against him himself yes and I think that’s but that’s like when you watch him play you see that competitiveness like that’s why he’s I mean and sometimes it can work against him with some of those hits he takes but you see that with him and I also think the other part you see and here is like you see the smile constant smile and um that doesn’t mean he takes things lightly I just think it’s speaks to how relaxed I think he is in that environment and um then you hear like the rookie talking about Ben C talking about like the personality and how they just you know you gravitate toward that and and so those are all good things I like everything that you’ve heard about the kid has been pretty good right and you know like and we all you know you always qualify because if you don’t then someone’s going to come back and say well you guys said in May well this is what we see right now and yes we don’t know how it’s all going to look like once it gets into a game because then it depends on the offense around him the players around him as well but but I will say the kids off to a good start I think they made the right pick I don’t think there’s been any doubt about that at this point well sure a little bit of the last two first round quarterbacks H Haskins or were questions about who wanted him frankly right corre and then he he got to town and there were questions about understanding the level of work it took to make it in the NFL correct go back to Robert before that Robert immediately was a played up for the cameras the crowd like it one thing that has stood out to me about Jaden just considering the past two first round quarterbacks taken not only is there not a lack of understanding about the work it required kid seems to want to do the work and double it like he seems like a straightup football rat and then and then he doesn’t seem to care at all about the cameras and all that like he avoids landmines and did it really successfully over the last month oh when he when they ask questions he answers a question that’s going to please his team instead of ones that’s going agitated scene I also lot of guys don’t sneak with that right right and I don’t think it’s I don’t think that there’s anything nobody’s saying it’s fake but I I don’t think it’s like a rehearse thing I think it’s who he is and that’s what has jumped out because every answer kind of becomes the same like you’re here to earn it I haven’t done anything based what he’s saying and like he says all the right things but I think it’s genuine and um I think that I would say this that certainly sets him apart from some other quarterbacks I’ve covered so I say even if it was even if he said it because he was taught he had to say it still I still like that better than the other people correct no other people never they never learned it must be because they never said anything like that right and he’s not coming here saying you know I’m here to be the face the franchise or whatever um and you know leave it I leave it at that but like that’s like he’s not saying that stuff he understands you know you’re here to play your role what that role becomes and I also JP to you’re poting about your football rap like that’s one of the things that people who know I talked to someone who knows them has known them a long time and he’s like he and his dad are football nerds like they that’s what they do they study football theyve always done that that’s been their thing and um I think that’s what you see like he he seems to so sometimes you might see pictures of him on social media but I was talking to someone about that and he’s like that’s the quarterback coaches who are working with him who po post that stuff he’s not the one wanting to post that I think I think you know I think that too I’d say is a good sign because you know I think we’ve seen like that doesn’t always equate to success and I think he’s a guy that likes to put in the work it’s why he did that virtual reality stuff and and and all that and so I think there all of that is really good and that’s the thing you heard about him throughout this process is the work he puts in and it’s not it’s not about you know running Sprints and all that the work is as much about learning defenses like for a quarterback it’s you know grinding the film and and working on your game and trying to get better as a like the thing that jump one thing that jumped out with people throughout this in the draft process was just the Improvement he made from the pocket but that came from it wasn’t just because oh he played five years it’s because the work you put in to then improve just playing five years doesn’t make you in the pocket totally because that yeah right he improved every year over the put work exactly exactly and I think that’s like that’s where if you want to start with a quarterback like the traits are great like these guys all have traits and not that the other ones didn’t put in the work because I think they did but then you take the traits he has with the work and that’s why I think there’s a lot of optimism about him some of them didn’t let’s just call I’m talking about you can stay like I’m tell you some of them didn’t do a damn thing all they cared about was the success no no I’m talking about this draft comp to Drake mayor J but no I would say B Mitch you’re right yeah there were some folks around here that didn’t put the work in and were still celebrated by the previous owner um I I think it’s a it’s a it’s a very new day you know what I mean and I think I do dude real quick um just because we haven’t hit on it and I don’t know that we’ll have a ton of time for it the going into OTAs looking at the roster I thought adding a a veteran receiver was very much on the radar and then sure enough yesterday they add a veteran receiver um what can you tell us about the movie um damier bird fast guy small uh experienced with kingsberry he had 30 but that was like from 2019 did not play in the league well he was on teams last year but I think he was just practice squad so small guy too small guy but speed you know and so um I think you’re going to try and spread the field it’s nice to have more speed and we’ll see but um yeah I think you know it’s funny because even with that like I’m really curious to see what Luke mcaffrey develops into let me go back he did but the other guy I’m gonna go back to is Johan Dodson like I still think that kid can play and um agreed you know I I think like two years ago like I loved watching his route running because he kept getting open he didn’t always get the ball but he was getting open and I think he was I think he’s one of the guys that probably appreciates all the changes as much as anybody oh yeah absolutely absolutely so like that’s why he’s going to be one that I’m really like what does he look like this year because we we know what Terry is um we don’t know what mcaffrey G come but like dodson’s kind of like there’s been those Snippets but um I think he can Elevate um Johnny thanks for the time buddy thanks guys and ju just so we’re clear so I can tweet it out you had him at 15 and two right yeah with with uh the with couple with resting the starters the last two week yes thanks dude I’ll talk to you later thank you all right I’m about to tweet that you should do it people go nuts it’s our boy John Kim Jore Keim on Twitter and Instagram we come back I’ll give you my schedule breakdown e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e B Mitch Finley 1067 the fan all right schedule release last night always a blast man I just enjoy like seeing it trying to figure out cool games for people to go to if if you’re a commanders fan looking for a road trip um I Arizona would be dope I think New Orleans will get wild Arizon be nice yeah I mean West Coast there’s always a ton of fans is not wild it’s fun new ORS will be wild because I think there’s a lot of we may see some mechanical bulls again burgundy and gold fans down south remember that I do um lot of lot of lot of good games I think uh Dallas I mean if you live down there that could be pretty epic um I though now am going to give my my way too early prediction right and we’re all entirely aware that we don’t know people struggle to bet Football 20 minutes before the game let alone six months before the game that said it’s a fun exercise um week one lfi going to Tampa I think people kind of sleep on Tampa uh they got everybody back I think Todd B’s a good coach they play good sound defense um Baker played quite well for them last year he did last year um can he follow up with that well I think Dave Canales was a big part of it he left for Charlotte now um but I I got I got the opening loss but then a resounding and I I know how dangerous it is to say this against the New York football Johns giant I got a resounding win against the Giants in front of an absolute wild FedEx Field people wearing Jaden Daniels jerseys you just see number fives everywhere you go I think that I think that will be one of the most fun games because it’s last year was the home opener with Harris but Harris was still kind of it was everything he inherited he bought the team a week before training camp started like there was nothing they could do this year it it’s his team it’s starting to build the things he wants I think that week two Giant’s crowd will be pretty damn epic um I think the game will match it week three at ciny that’s a l man since he’s really good now they’ve got some questions on their defense Trey Hendrickson what’s happening there but I I do think that could be a really fun kind of shoot outy game if and think about the the LSU storyline there oh yeah with burrow vers Daniels like to me this year two of the best seasons ever as a quarterback in college football right happen to go to the same school right within three years or one of those yeah um for me this year is about growth not necessarily wins and losses I think there’s going to be more wins for sure but I think it’s about seeing what you’ve got at the quarterback spot and then a number of other spots and how you build from there um so I do have a a tough start here um because I think that Arizona game is going to be pretty tough um you know I but I I think they can win that one honestly I I just I don’t I don’t know what they have there I’m gonna go win so I’m two and two at the quarter Mark um Cleveland at home that that’s tough Cleveland and the Ravens those are two of the not only I’d say top 10 teams in the NFL but also just super physical teams defense and and their o lines I mean they run the hell out of the football both of those teams yep and when you look at Washington I don’t know how equipped they are to handle a fellow like miles Garrett um so I’m going to go backto back losses there against the AFC North then things warm up I got back-to-back wins Panthers and bears I think you got to win those man like you don’t want to put too much pressure on anybody but Carolina’s absolute must-win yeah and then Chicago Chicago did a lot to rebuild their Chicago I imag could be favored in that game darl G greens Jersey being retired they haven’t announced that that’s G to be a huge game well he’s got a pretty famous play against the Bears could be that punt return touchdown what whatever game that is it’s going to be loaded that’s a great call Tony Lane says that too what that it could be that Bears game yeah I mean you know one thing about I know how we’re pushing to but when those guys from that era comes along people support that well to your point arguably Daryl’s two most iconic plays in a 20-year career with the same franchise the punt return touchdown against the Bears where what he pull his hamstring or his rib or something y or when he chased down Tony doretta Monday Night Football could be Dallas that’s November 24th that’d be a pretty juicy one too um so at the quarter quarter I’m sorry at the halfway mark of the season 0 and one one- one one-2 2-2 two and four four and four I got him even halfway mark of the season all right that would be go that would be double the wi do they start the I I kind of a little bit here I kind of stay on the same path here I um fool me once what I don’t even know what the hell that saying is but who many want same on you they gotta win they haven’t they haven’t beaten the Giants in their last four tries they got a win in the meadlands before I’m predicting a win in the meal lands um Steelers at home that’s a tough game I think the Steelers just play really really good defense but I’m not sure I trust a lot of what they have offensively I’ll say they beat the Steelers lose on Thursday night to the Eagles although I really like lill’s research on phly being in a possible like trap scenario um I got a big dub I think the crowd will be electric I think Dallas will be looking ahead to F figure out who Dallas is hosed on Thanksgiving for me Jeff please I think they beat Dallas at home I don’t know what Dallas has I then think they beat Tennessee I don’t know what tennessy has so going into the buy where was I I was eight and eight right I was four and four rather so that’s four and five five and five five and six six and six Cowboys play the Giants on Thanksgiving who knows so I’m six and seven going into the by we I think there’s real excitement I think they get seven and seven I think they win in the Super doome I I realized this be I’ve never covered a win in the Super doome have it no I’ve covered a bunch of games I haven’t covered one have did you ever have one you were win game down there in college or Pros or both both there you go so I got him at lost in high school I got him at seven and seven beating the Eagles at home 8 and seven excitement getting hot I think it’s Fool’s Gold for Atlanta I think they’re going to have a one-year pop but I think they’re going to have a one-year Pop I think Atlanta comes here and it’s a loss for Washington and then I think a game with a lot on it I’m not going to call Sunday night getting flex but I think I think you’re looking at least at the Sunday 4:30 National Television slot for Commander Washington versus Dallas but I think Dallas wins that one why do you think they lose to Atlanta I think Atlanta’s gonna be kind of good I think I think Kirk show I think Kirk has one really good year and I think next year it gets sloppy there because the guarantees are running out Kirk likes his guarantees penck probably wants to start playing that’s why I’m calling it fools gold I think they have one good year I think that the whole thing I think Kirk’s whole thing is going to run out eventually and I think this will be the beginning of it they went seven and 10 last year with awful quarterback play I think I think the way Kirk is such a maniac kind of I think his rehab from the Achilles will go well for at least year what happened with me is the way I look at him at times I know people look at him differently you had awful quarterback play in Atlanta but you have people who would take chances and don’t give a damn he’s very very cautious in everything he does will that take away from a little bit of the explosiv well and Kirk is known to have stinkers of games in late December at FedEx [Laughter] Field um but dude I got him at eight n and I think that’s really good they won four games last year I got them doubling their win total I think it’s hardly a reach honestly I don’t even think Jeff’s 10 and seven is that much of a reach no like I I think I think the schedule breaks pretty well for them I think they could win some games this year I worry about the depth every NFL teams got to worry about depth but I really worry about it with these guys because I think they put a lot of Band-Aids on spots and and not necessarily long-term fixes coming up at noon Nicki jaala joins the program e e e e e e e e e e e e e field has the most visiting fans Steelers I one of the teams from Pennsylvania just say it like that I I think it’s between the Steelers week 10 and Eagles the Eagles week 16 but we also know there’ll be a lot of Dallas fans week 12 is the Dallas game around that time they may not be coming around we talking about fans from the ACT actual State not people that just live here yeah they never been to Texas or none of that unfortunately there’s a lot of Steelers fans just live here too I mean you’re texting with one of them right now yeah big Tony um I mean Lil Tony L leg Tony what do you think the best crowd is here or there Jeff most electric environment oo most Electric environment it’s definitely here when we play Dallas that New Orleans game when we went last time that thing was was fire well that’s when they had the two they were skins were up two touchdowns in the fourth quarter I say but that that gave they started playing their little music people start dancing like what the hell they putting a I think they put a spell on the team man the last two games I guess I’ve covered the first two games I covered down there were that game where Chris Thompson got his leg broken Kirk got called for that uh grounding late it went to overtime New Orleans won in overtime that game was bananas they were up two touchdowns in that game then the following game do you remember the Monday nighter where Drew Brees might be able to break the all-time passing yards record and he broke it in the first half oh yeah he hit that bomb over Josh Norman and Jay and Josh Norman got into it at halftime I mean that was a show dude yeah when was that probably 2018 what was score in that I feel like breeze ended up with like 400 yards passing that place I don’t know which one of those honestly be was louder they were both really loud and the super doome you get all those drunk Louisiana folks I mean it gets really really loud final score of that game was 43-9 that’s not good that J nah it sure isn’t and it was 26-13 at halftime it Breeze hit I’m trying to find this pass he hit Breeze hit trequan Smith for 62 yards that’s one that was the record breaker Alex Smith started I mean just Alex Smith game right here 23 of 39 for 275 and a pick he didn’t throw many of those Breeze listen to this statline Brian holy moly and the final score of this game sounds better because and how tall was he 510 how big was he what how what kind of career you had really good okay listen to Breeze’s statline in this game 26 of 29 for 360 with three touchdowns he only had three in he had the same amount of incompletions as he did touchdowns that’s Drew Brees brother that’s bananas um I I want to make sure we mentioned this in case we forget it the Giants it’s their 100-year anniversary this year which is cool that is very cool to have that kind of longevity in the NFL especially when franchises were moving and you know collapsing during the early 1920s or whatever um the Giants have unveiled what they call Century red throwback uniforms um if you haven’t seen them they’re all over social media they are like red from the top down it’s it’s like red across the top for the shoulder is what they are they’re bad they’re I think they’re really bad did they ever wear something that looked like that that doesn’t look like nothing I’ve ever seen Jeff what do you think of those everybody can give one word answer or however many words you want but they are bad ew ew ew ew okay e e e www eill not like you saying eill e say what are you that’s it sound like he said spell the word again e e www he’s trying to say e but he’s saying no ew like ew that is nasty I got you got you s you have a ill in there that’s what you’re trying to say versus you’re what it sounds like you’re either saying ill like ill communication or e like the snake type thing that swims along Riv well where I come from we say eill like ew that is nasty Jeff we’re all for you and I are all from here they say brother and father too you’re I don’t say that I don’t say brother or father you grew up what do you call six miles east I grew up six miles west I don’t say eel I say ew JP you also don’t have a country accent or or no hints of no accent from Maryland you know you’re also a professional journalist I also say 20 though 20 20 2022 that’s tough one ch um Jeff says either ill say man this ain’t no P um Lea what was your word horrendous is it possible they’ll grow on you they it to me it looks like something from that’s not gr on me CU I’m not going to be caring about that I’m going to mend it I have a different HW humiliate they look like something from Any Given Sunday I don’t know where they’re just wearing khaki pants like those are the you know my chinos you always you always ask me oh whenever I’m wearing my chinos bit is like oh you got something going on today that’s what they look like this look like a Madden created J I think you created that you think I created what these terrible Jersey Chinos in those in that ugly top here I will uh show everybody on YouTube stream oh they making comments on it already it’s bad um Giants uniforms somebody ask are they going bowling they will wear them up to two times this season do we know when do we get to see those in person I hope they don’t wear when we play them I like they said up to that gives them in out yeah just wear them once or get their ass kicked I think they got to wear them at least once because they’re certainly gonna sell them who’s the that buys that thing coming up next Nicki job Balo e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e song hits so hard I know they don’t say the words but do they think they really did that to where people didn’t know what they were saying when you hear pyob you know who’s joining us Nicki Jala from The Washington Post what’s up Nick how are you I’m good how are you guys do good we are good we are good um let’s talk about the schedule you’ve been covering the NFL for a long time the the schedule I allow myself to still have a lot of fun with it do you allow yourself to have a lot of fun with it um I I think more than maybe a few years ago when I was like truly cynical and I thought it was the most ridiculous thing ever that there’s an event around a schedule releas which I still kind of believe and I mean it is ridiculous um but I do I do understand like more of the fan perspective like that’s when they can really plan their time to you know go see the team so I get it and I I do like the I love the team videos I think those are just fantastic so I get up for those um is our guy Julian joining us he is so if you hear a lot of that gunting he’s eating yeah so he’s sorry in advance it’s all good um Lun time boys what did you so beyond the spectacle of the schedule release which you can argue is incredibly dumb what did you make of how the commanders fared I I think their schedule this year is pretty decent I mean the week 14 by for the third year in a row is a little absurd yeah um that’s just brutal um and I I feel like the rookies on the team are going to get a roote Awakening to the league with that just I mean their year is going to be so long with that um but I I think the schedule is pretty it’s it’s palatable I mean there there’s that stretch between you know the um the Monday night game um the Cincinnati game in week three and four and you got to go out west to Arizona that’s not going to be easy but I think the rest of schedule is pretty it’s not terrible you know you open in Tampa um you know there’s not like a backload of divisional games there’s you know there’s not I’m trying to think of things they’ve had in years past where is just I mean I think their strength of schedule is like tied for 16th which you know only matters to a degree I guess but right and I think getting caught up in the strength of schedule stuff is like yeah you know one year to the next there’s some stuff you can extrapolate but you can hardly pick this thing one week to the next you know what I mean right right and I mean so many teams have been completely overhauled like the commanders I mean look at Chicago I mean that the Chicago team they faced last year is not going to be anything like the one they faced this year um good kic their ass I know I mean this is that game that game was a turning point last season so I I I Circle the Bears one as a significant game I’m honestly surprised it wasn’t on prime time just because of the the quarterback appeal just having you know there’s only so many times that you know the one and two have faced off in their rookie year I thought that would be somewhat of a draw for TV but guess not well you look at the schedule and pick out wins and losses Niki I don’t like to do that one because I’m always wrong so I don’t like setting myself up for failure um but I just feel like there’s there’s so many varos that play like I mean we’re we’ve never seen Jaden Daniels on the field we’ve never seen Caleb Williams on the field we’ve never seen how a lot of these teams are so I mean I I feel like when you do that you’re doing it off of how these teams perform last season and like the strength of schedule which is based off opponent’s combined record the year prior it’s just sort of misleading so I mean I try to avoid it if I can I think inevitably somebody asked me for a record prediction and I’m inevitably very wrong every year well we are we are lucky to have you join us every week and in season whenever I ask you for the slightest hint of a prediction you always very calculatedly and intelligently avoid the question so I know you’re not giving me a but you should know that Kim just one hour ago predicted 15 and two and they G be they gonna be resting everybody the last two weeks right yeah it’s a left tackle situation that kind of concerns me so I’m I’m a little hesitant to predict double digit wins just yet and it’s very fair to have questions I think they got some they think they’ve got an answer but I don’t know if they have an answer right away um yeah talking about Nikki job Bala here on the betql guest line of course you can read Nikki’s work in the Washington Post you can follow her on Twitter at Nikki n c Ki J ha A B VA L I’m G do this just to drive beit shocked the BM Finley show is also brought to you by Rude HVAC equipment head over to rude.com to find third hour of the show contractor near you an available tax credits rebates rude and remember if it ain’t rude it ain’t right right um Nikki you and I also got to watch what this team is now uh OTA practices the other day what what kind of stood out to you good and bad I think the biggest thing I took away because it is just one practice and it’s it’s always light at this time of year um but just like the way they structured practice the tempo of practice a complete 180 from the last few years I mean there’s no standing around every second seem to be accounted for I mean they’re doing you know dual seven on sevens on the same on opposite fields which I think it’s great you get everybody a ton of reps um you get to see a lot everybody’s moving I think it’s great I love the way they did their practices and I hope that’s sort of a glimpse at what they’re going to do you know going forward um I think Jaden he’s fun to watch I mean Grant we’re watching him throw passes against air um but it’s it’s fun just I mean he’s got an incredible release he throws the ball beautifully um just seeing the guys back out there seeing how he interacts with the other guys I thought was really good um yeah sorry my kid really likes his bottles so there’s a lot of good boy let um but yeah I mean those are the things that I I kind of went into it looking for is you know how how is he with the other guys you know how is he at the basic how does he work with Cliff kingsbery that was the other thing that stood out is how involved Cliff is with the quarterbacks at the stage I mean he worked I I think exclusively with the quarterbacks from what I saw he was so hands on too so handson and I I mean I’ve never seen him in person work with it so I I had no idea what to expect um that was cool to see and the guys seemed to really take to the coaching and he seemed to have a good rapport with the GU so yeah it was it was fun to see that aspect beyond that I don’t know that you can glean a whole lot like you know what what’s this offense going to look like and how are they going to use brub and you know that type of thing because it’s just it’s so early they’ve had you know not not even two full days of insight I don’t think I I I love the way that they get through the practice though because I’ve always felt coaches go out there these two and a half hour practices that’s that’s a bunch of BS you know nobody’s G to stay uh attentive that long coach Gars would go an hour and 50 minutes and we got everything in but you had to move at a rapid Pace you know and I think that also gets guys in shape where you don’t have guys doing an hour and a half of uh working out after practice which I think would make should make any coach any head coach be a little upset if you could work an hour and a half after you practice and my practices are horrible right yeah I also think there’s a balance there that you know you don’t want to run guys into the ground in May or June or July or whatever like guys shouldn’t be dealing with you know wear and tear type of injuries at this time of the year you know you want them fresh going into the season I think some of that was missing all right take your jul Julian saying look I’m tired you talk to those other you gotta focus on this dude yeah do your thing we’ll catch up next week all right sounds good guys thank you that’s our friend Nicki jabala from The Washington Post but I I think you’re right be that one thing you always mentioned with Andy was the pace of practice like with Joe you guys were hitting but by the time you got to Andy 10 years later like the league was kind of evolving right like rules were changing as far as practice but but I wish and I told you this before I told Andy Reid I would rather practice in shoulder pass and hit than do what he had us doing because dude it was a track me right you know what I’m saying but eventually I saw that it it kept you fresh it got you in shape but ultimately you never ever were feeling like oh this is easy you know what I mean yeah and I think that’s the thing about it like practice today the rules have changed but it doesn’t have to be easy right I think there’s a huge difference between hitting all the time and still even just like a level of attentiveness and say what you want man when you’re on the bench this is something I know from my athletic days when you’re on the bench you’re not that locked in and so when you have seven on seven going and a lot of times that’s going to be first team you’re just not as locked in cuz cuz you’re on the bench yeah so by creating the Dual seven on sevens and if you were looking at the football field you’ve got seven on seven going everybody’s working towards the right on the right side of the 50 yard line and seven on seven going towards the Left End Zone yeah on the other side it the pace was so much faster and especially with these 90 man rosters right now everybody was getting work now the o line and the dline because of where we are in the NFL calendar NFL offseason calendar they’re not getting much work they’re kind of hanging out but the seven on seven guys the skill position guy I mean they’re getting plenty of work they were probably gassed by the gas but I think if this is the time of the year where you getting into shape and you’re running and doing all that stuff why not be able to put that energy into practice OTAs are only for a certain amount of time right yeah so get your work out doing in if look Chad knows who’s out there working and who’s running who’s doing what the monitors on them they know but in the past it used to be we show up today and we have to run 15 gases 20 gases whatever it is we got to run when I got to New York they had us running 220s and 330s around the damn football field but if you’re in practice running like that on those days you don’t have to do all that stuff unless you feel that I need extra work but if I’m the coaches I’m looking at you and I’m going see much extra work you can do because if you got you could do another hour of extra work you didn’t give me enough in practice we um we got distracted earlier by just how ugly those Giants jerseys were um the best comment I heard and this sounds right you know the Montreal Canadians the Habs as they call them up there those look like Montreal Canadians practice jerseys like that’s what the Montreal Canadians wear the hockey team or like a rugby shirt or something um but the the horridness of the Giants practice jersey has got us distracted from the important thing that I need to do that is give away some tickets caller number 10 right now 8636 1067 you win two tickets to see Nick swartson toilet head Friday January 24th at Warner Theater tickets are on sale Friday May 17th at 10:00 a.m. for tickets and more event information visit the fc.com events tickets courtesy of Live Nation um call in right now get Jeff get Jeff working I think he fell asleep there for a minute um you know it’s it’s an interesting time with commanders B it’s it’s like what I say about the senior prom it’s got to be if things aren’t good and the vibe isn’t good and all of this isn’t being celebrated right now then something is dramatically like things are supposed to be great right now um at least though it sounds like they are and that there’s real excitement about the rookie QB I tend to believe them when they said that was the top of their list he looks like the real deal dude and you don’t want to keep going back to it and it’s super premature um but when you look at the schedule it doesn’t when you look at the schedule sometimes you think oh you know rookie quarterback they could really struggle this year I don’t I don’t look at it that way I I felt less confident last year in what was almost a rookie quarterback than I do this year I don’t think you when it’s a like I would say this all the time I don’t care if it’s a rookie quarterback I don’t care if it’s a quarterback coming to a team for the first time I don’t care if it’s a rookie offensive lineman defensive lineman they normally going to take a little time to get to that level it doesn’t work automatically you know what I mean and a rookie quarterback coming in you I said it with hinei I said it with Sam I said it with Robert I said it with other people after four weeks they’re going to adjust what they’re doing to you sometimes they may go quicker than that but sometime it takes a little longer your coach offensive has to be able to make the adjustments and be prepared for them because that team is going to see what you like to do analytics is involved too they gonna be able to say okay they love doing this and this situation that situation and they’re G to start doing things to make you have to do something else that is when you find out the rookies and the younger people that are taking those steps cuz they’re anticipating what you may try and do to stop what they’re doing so we’ll see totally it’s going to be fun to see I thought this was a think about it you know tonight I’ll be doing this thing with pton that’s a question I would love to ask him when did it get to a point where you didn’t have to go through a week of practice or have a coach tell you something when you knew what the opposing team would try to do to you think about that you know have to remind me of that because I always think of these questions so early and I forget them by the time I get to the pro down dude give me a bullet point on it I’ll text it to you right now hey pton when did you realize that no matter what the defense is I’m going to do what I want no when you realize by what you all are trying to do what the defense is going to try to do against you you know did he anticipate those things or did he wait to the coach to tell him about it I imagine for pton by knew what the hell was going on yeah um when did you realize that by what you’re trying to do the defense would react to it how they would try to combat what you’re doing basically I don’t know that I can write add too many words into I forget what the hell I was talking about by time we’ll go through it through the break uh is gonna MC a really cool event tonight we’ll talk about that a little later we’ve gone two and a half hours deep on schedule talk uh let’s catch up on the NBA NHL playoffs next it’s B Mitch and Finley [Music] on [Music] a [Music] [Music] n [Music] n [Music] on [Music] [Music] n [Music] n [Music] on [Music] [Music] n [Music] [Music] [Music] girl sh me like an electric field I know why you’re playing this Jeff you got any idea why he’s playing this shocked me like an electric eel baby girl I’mma keep my comments for off air Jeff out here singing MGMT [Music] e everybody know no it’s not eill it’s e e my 5-year-old daughter knows how say first je you’ve added the W to it my 5-year-old daughter knows how to say ew you also knows how to say this but nobody nobody says ew ew everybody ew ew that l l that e l is coming at the end and when you try to go slow you put W no I’m literally saying it is ill not ill said no I’m put I’m emphasizing so you can hear the you’re that I’m saying ill ill right you’re saying ill no man I’m not about to have I’m not about to have a speech class with y’all right now man all right um we’ve been going heavy on the NFL schedule let’s catch up a little bit uh also believe you Thursday coming up at one o’clock I have a bleep you um I may have a series of them but I definitely have one um why you bleeping people man uh there’s a growing problem in the world that I want to address I’m here to I’m here to help the world when you think of me Brian don’t you think of me as someone that helps I think of you helping JP um it would help me in the process but uh let I knew in a long run it was gonna come back to you let’s go through the NBA Playoffs Celtics closed out Cleveland last night um Cleveland was able to win a game which is cool but the Celtics are going to win that thing the whole time Donovan Mitchell gets hurt they got no real shot um interestingly I think the line on that game was 15 and a half Boston W by 15 Vegas man they get close to those numbers man Vegas knows all right um what day is it 17th today’s the 16th there’s no Hoops tonight okay never mind that’s one game bro all right tonight we got Timberwolves nuggets at 8:30 Denver’s Up 3 to2 Brian what can you say about Joker and about Denver after two games in that series they looked cooked they look very cooked uh they have experience they got some Championship they got pedigree but I I’ll say when you have uh when those they played that well all year they wern’t GNA just go away and I think you said it to me the other day and as I think about it if the refs had taken that throwing the Heat and Pad thing more serious and suspended him a game they probably would not be where they at right now it’s good point but when you allow that team to stay intact with uh act like that you you you left them there because all they had to do is win one game then it’s 2-1 when they tied up guess what now Minnesota is like oh Lord the pressure is all on them they play with house money on the other side totally and and they already won one which com won three in a row three MVPs in a row they are now in a position where nobody would be upset if they had if they had lost they are dogs tonight in Minnesota they’re two and a half Point underdogs one this is an awesome game and start time 8:30 um two and a half on the road that’s that’s like saying you’re favorite it it’s pretty close and who knows what it’ll get to look I’m looking right now it’s already down to two um obviously Anthony Edwards has been fantastic but I don’t know about Carl Anthony towns the dude the player I like the most the second most on that team is Naas re I think Rudy goar has to play better defense I think Joker’s just putting his brain in a pretzel man yeah but carony towns played better on what call him Rudy came back and all of a sudden now it seemed like they he can do whatever he want to him um you’ll be shocked to know that Jeff just highlighted a comment on the stream that says Jeff is right uh he does get to pick which ones he highlights who who said Jeff is right Dicky Lee ran yeah whatever but right above above that Jeff is saying eel not e yo yo Timothy Parker and B Mitch’s ha are like my two biggest haters but I’ll wait to address them at one o’clock you can call it what you want but all these people that’s just swinging you can’t just go along with them either all right now hang on let’s let’s make some picks here uh t-wolves nuggets tonight we don’t have does anybody not think Denver’s gonna win that series I’m really for Timberwolves you think Minnesota can win next I really think they can I want them to so yes I’m gonna go with the Timberwolves all right feel even better about the Nuggets um Dallas vers OKC has been a pretty good series um not necessarily compelling games there was the one comeback um Dallas is leading that thing now and headed back home for game six I think Dallas can absolutely win that that game is not they’re up 32 right now too aren’t they that game’s Saturday night 8 o00 they’re up2 as well they can win it I I think OKC’s young to have to win two in a row Gil just Al he G he Alex he gonna need some he gonna need some help his his CH hasn’t shot well this this Chad has not shot well this series his his people go away they don’t help him all the time I also think when you have a young team like we saw this with the Kings last year they were young young everything hit they played really hard every night and you’re able to stack up the NBA man people may not like K that are involved in the NBA but a lot of these dudes don’t play hard every night so if you get a team that that does the NBA knows this that’s why they implemented all these damn new rules right they’re aware of it they just don’t want to admit it yeah um I I think Dallas just has such veteran Savvy um I I think the Mavs are going to the Western Conference Final and I think they’ll give whoever it is a pretty legit scare man okay um also got Pacers Nicks the next game is tomorrow night Nicks are up 3-2 gonna be trying to close them out in at Indie I think that goes seven I think they come back to the Garden it goes seven if the referees keep worried about the coach well the last two games have just been such an ass kicking that the ref’s made no difference like but but I I I I always tell people they don’t have to make a play every play they just have to set make make calls to set the tone and that’s how the game will go because guys are going to find out early on in the game just like in a championship fight you you feel people out they’re G to feel the referees just like they trying to feel the other team once you notice what you can’t do you you know where the game is going the last two games though have just been who makes their threes the Pacers were lights out from three in game four the Knicks were lights out in game five and the the the deficits just get too big too fast because that they’re both think about it how bizarre is this that the score of game five was Nicks 121 Pacers 91 game four Pacers 121 Nicks 89 like those are just like inverted it’s supp it’s weird that series is over if Last Friday Night the kid neb har doesn’t hit an outrageously tested and don’t shoot that shot oh good job do good job good job no no no no no yeah I the question continues to be will the Knicks run out of gas who all’s injured what they got just eight people playing they say Anan noi’s coming back for Friday night um the rest of my uh dad would always ask me who the hell is day it’s listed as his estimated return date May 7 um I don’t know it’s on ESPN I don’t know gotta I think I think that one goes seven and then I think you get Celtics Knicks and I think Celtics Knicks might be a bit of an ass kicking I don’t know um the West is going to be more compelling because the Celtics appear to be the best team but I’m calling my shot now whether it’s I think the Western Conference Finals ends up being nuggets Mavs I’m taking either of them against Boston I just don’t buy I I I I think the Nuggets yes the mass hell no why not I just think that they have played the the the Celtics they got enough offensively that you have two guys on Dallas their leaders Don donic and also um Kyrie they don’t play no defense nope and against Brown and Tatum you better play some damn defense yeah I just I don’t I weirdly have this like faith in I say Horford cannot check the Joker no no way um just a quick update on eel vers euu gate uh him over there 21 says ew Jeff not saying a l it’s an accent thing JP a white dude from Montgomery County he has no accent JP a cool dude though I’ll take that what’s his name what’s his name him over there 21 him over there 2 I like that in the street I’m a black dude from Louisiana and I have a hell of an accent and I still hear a damn L yeah lille’s a white dude from Virginia what do you hear I mean Jo’s Jeff’s got L written all over [Laughter] him um B Mitch is hosting a really cool event tonight we’re going to hear about that next maybe a little golf update bone lines open at one artism accept this month and we’re making a difference together so join me as I bike to the beach to support the local artism organizations come out on Friday August 2 and enjoy a 25 50 70 100 mile ride to Dewey Beach ride with me or donate to our team to help us hit our goal this ride is designed for all Riders you don’t have to be a perfect Rider you don’t have to be a professional anybody can come out and ride so bring your crew and help us raise money for Autism Awareness visit bik tothe beach.org to get involved and make an impact today that’s bik tothe beach.org SLB we’re taking them donations right now so let’s get out there and do this e e e e e e e e e e e B Mitch Finley 1067 the F PGA Championship going down in Kentucky My Old Kentucky Home Xander out in front dude he’s on the he’s on his 17th hole he I guess he went off the bat because he’s on number eight he play last week no he didn’t but dude he’s on 17 he’s nine under course record is hope he not just going out there playing so great right now but do you see where he is right now he’s down this hill like down by a sprinkler head he didn’t get relief that’s tough little shot didn’t get released because the sprinkler hair is not bothering him look at that he might make that thing oh my gosh was not bothering him it was on the other side of the ball if it was wet they would have probably gave a relief um wow that was a hell of shot from where he was I assume he Taps that in for par Jay I look at it like this that wasn’t a hell of a shot that was a supposed to shot he’s a pro no not hell shot man you watch some guys they make shots that we would never ever put the club on the ball I’m I’m fully aware of that I’m just saying that was a hell of a shot sha assuming it’s a par 72 so let’s say he knocks that in for par on 17 so he’s nine under one to play it’s a part what I assume 72 I don’t know I’m saying it’s part four or part five the last ho oh 18 I I don’t know that either U well especially because he’ll be playing nine not 18 um so I don’t know maybe it’s only a par 71 because they always move it around for the way these guys play but find out course record would absolutely be in play here and he maybe he could break it that’s a hell of a way to start a weekend major I don’t like when people come out there early though CU that thing don’t last normally for him well and he’s never won one um tell everybody about the event tonight well actually it’s a bergundy and gold uh coach gives with his home out there in uh guess that’s Manasses they say it’s like out there by Manasses it might be Bristo area but uh Youth for Tomorrow is the organiz sit there and have a conversation uh you know with pton Manning and myself that’s pretty I you know you just you you see guys you play with them you play against them and you basically realize there people that you respect and you want to know and I think the crowd would be interested very interested in learning what made him tick you know his the the sense of humor where did that come from Mom Dad you know how he and his brothers work uh the thing of when he and uh P remember Eli they said pton was supposed to go the NFC didn’t want to go to NFC yeah oh yeah when they were trying to get him here so all those different types of things like you know I what made him go what the hell does Omaha mean think about I mean listen Nothing’s Gonna Touch where he was as a football player but the media organization he’s building out with his Omaha Productions as they start to expand I mean it was the Manny cast now he’s producing the podcast for Scott Vel like he’s growing his own Empire I’m curious why like what the motivation like he’s got enough money right maybe he wants to change how Players Course does Bill G have enough money I’m not making it about money but I’m saying like does he want to change how players get covered or is it just something he was always interested in because it’s a different like the the Manning cast stuff is a different way to watch a game if you watch him doing what he does does anything seem like it’s out the ordinary for him or just see like that’s who he is seems like he’s just being himself yeah so so the little saying I heard back in the day find something you love you never work a day your life I think he wants to be able to have an impact on a lot of people but I think it’s just who he is you know what I mean cuz like when I see people when I ask a person about their job I’m looking for exactly the stress in your eyes or not there are a lot of people who act like they love their job they love the money they hate their job he see like he’s having a damn good time sure well and what helps when you’re Payton Manning is everything’s on your terms like he’s he’s doing those shows from home you know what I mean like he travels when he wants to if not he’s at his house and I have a sign a deal like like that they got to have me a studio outside the house I would I would happily that honey do list boy it it doesn’t care if you’re at home you will get one if how about this I I don’t have to be at my house but I need to not be at Navy yard I know that the TR this is like the this is the biggest bottleneck in the entire DMV there’s no good way to get in here there’s no good way to get out of here God forbid there’s horses pooping on the road how long you take you again this morning uh saying like most days what’s your average commute 40 minutes you know how many people right now throwing something at their radio because they do two hours hour and a half I mean like I don’t I’m not telling them they should be happy or sad I’m just telling you how I feel about it like when everybody realized what you could do remotely it has changed how want to go to the office I still think radio is done better when the two people are in the same position I agree I just love for you and I to not be in this position okay well you could drive to my house every day I got a studio I I probably would I wouldn’t want to mess with 66 though there are there are locations I would love just this ain’t one of them I would rather do Ashburn every day that’s that’s no hell to that why why you’d rather drive here than drive drive to Ashburn I just don’t want to be at Ashburn every day you’d rather drive here than Ashburn I don’t have a lot of I had the problem yesterday but most times I roll right on in apparently it’s a three and a half hour three and a half hour walk from here back to my house some days maybe I should consider that all right folks uh we’re gonna make Jeff should try that I don’t there people are fighting in the Stream man I don’t know what the hell they fighting about now Jeff basically Jeff starting stuff um don’t start no stuff won’t be no stuff je Jeff you can address everyone in the next segment here all right sir um phone lines are going to be open 800 63667 80063 61067 uh we come together as a people as a congregation as a group to Heir our grievances get mad about silly things um should you want to be mad the commanders don’t have more Prime Time games this is an opportunity you want to be mad that the Jets apparently have six prime time games this is an opportunity you want to be mad at a growing alarming Trend lamill like me this is an opportunity if you’re mad about a stop sign or a red light or God forbid a red light camera this is your opportunity it’s bleep you Thursday bone lines open next [Music] [Music] on [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Music] he [Music] on [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] on [Music] [Music] n [Music] [Music] [Music] picture of shout out to our boy Nate and team over at Hanks Oyster Bar bringing lunch by those Hog Island oysters are out of this world all the food is really good but I feel like if I was on a desert island I would just ask for those Hog Island oysters for the rest of my life those oysters are unbelievable do they’re so damn good they are unbelievable kari’s banging lobster roll is banging their location down on the with the weather getting nice you can enjoy you can enjoy an evening down there Lil have a cocktail sit down chill out a little bit won’t have to get no more Moses be Mitch Moses um also it’s ple Thursday I’m gonna let our guy Eastern chore Drew is on the line I’m GNA let him lead us off all right Drew who you mad at right now I’m mad at whatever idiot stops his car in the Bay Bridge it makes a trip back back to the Eastern Shore longer than all the road trips that we’re going to be going to this uh this season so reallyit some some you know I can’t say it you’ll bleep me but uh all right I’d like to bleep that guy get home safe dude yeah sorry that sucks it’s some that bridge has a lot of issues definitely we are we did a 100 mile bike ride over there one a Four Mile Bridge huh never realized it’s a Four Mile Bridge but we did uh like a a Sentry we call 100 mile bike ride we did that out in Cambridge Maryland I think it was and we got ready to leave we had stopped to get some food over at harrises okay and I was like I kept seeing all the traffic on the bridge and I was like yo man be a lot of traffic guys said huh you’re not going across that bridge no time soon dude the guy climbed it oh my God and wanted to jump I just looked this up if you’re trying to go east across the Bay Bridge Stop yo it looks like it is dead stop traffic from the bridge all the way back to almost like the the 5097 split like parole like before you even go over the seven so good luck if you’re going to Annapolis man yikes um just going up 95 coming round through uh yeah through what was that Delaware well let’s hope you know whatever happened is is okay too stopped on the bridge I got one from Dwayne via Twitter he says bleep you to all the national media that gave the Knicks no chance against the Celtics the Knicks are the only team in NBA to play game one through 82 of the regular season with the same intensity of a game seven nothing is certain for Boston Nicks do play hard man they play hard Boston takes games off man but if if uh you can you can only do so much as a human being bro I I just saw this on the news apparently my high school BCC high school is on lockdown following a reported bomb threat bleep you to those people stop this stuff yeah um Tony is in dumri Tony what up man who you mad at how’s it going guys I want to say I I want to say believe you to the schedule makers because I was all excited my birthday landed on a Sunday that was week three they freaking made it a Monday night game and it’s away so I can’t even celebrate at the stadium man B you to the schedule makers so so you worried about them having a Monday night game no I got my birthday but that’s the only Monday night they got that happened to be against his birthday I get it that’s a fair B okay I’m G I’m G let y’all go with that you don’t think that’s fair we want this team to have a Prime Time game they gave him a Prime Time game complain about when it is no no he wants him to play on his Miss listen listen listen listen right my birthday doesn’t land on a Sunday all the time right it’s been almost since I think Lions is that is that uh Casino I mean is that sports book still over there should be over where at at the field I don’t know what the name of the field is Commander field I think so you could go over there no chance anybody wants to hang out of that sports book he could go over there hang out Sportsbook he’d be at the stadium that on Monday night all the Sunday G uh I mean there’s goty if you need if you’re going to a sports book go to National Harbor or just go somewhere else all the people who call in and say that place is God awful I’m sorry buddy that sucks all right man I appreciate it what JP said may maybe maybe in the next 10 years I don’t know dude when Tony when ton I had to play on my birthday sometime I’ve had to work on my birthday when Tony calls in you know when like 60 Minutes or something is doing an interview with a dude that they have to like change his voice because he he might be the mob might be looking for him it’s like yeah I I saw him I I saw him steal the money but that’s Tony’s voice that’s what Tony sounds like when he first calls because he has a good phone most people that call don’t have good phone Jeff would you like to voice some concerns yes I will JP yeah let them know first off bleep you to B Mitch and JP whoa yeah yes y’all my boys but um first off it is ill not ill oh boy and yeah I’m I’m I’m out on the E and and next one goes to this guy who thinks it’s cool to be a part to name yourself after a part of a man’s body that doesn’t exist anymore uh be Mitch’s hair like dude stop reaching out to me like stop talking to me in the Stream dude once you block me once you as a grown man block someone or block me on Twitter I don’t want nothing to do with you because that mean you can’t hang can stop talking to me bro you’re a loser I don’t want to talk to you no more I don’t want you to comment on my stuff I don’t care if you don’t listen to the song like just stop talking to me bro you’re a loser and that’s all I got to say another thing bleep you to everyone that’s in yo we have turned signals for a reason and you turn your turn signal on you check you check to wherever you’re going to make the lane change you check your blind spot and then you make the lanes change do not just turn your turn blink on and just jump over that does not automatically stop you from getting in a car accident y’all have really ticked me off this week because everyone is doing it it don’t matter if it’s a Virginia tag plate a Maryland tag a DC tag everyone around here just drives crazy and y’all need to stop and that’s my bleep use for I’m not gonna speak on that Jeff because I will say something to get myself in trouble because I I know it’s particular people that do it all the time and I’m G leave it at that I would love for you to continue that thought now I will not one thing I am I’m smart one thing I am um I have a bleep you there there is a infiltration now I gotta be honest I don’t know if it’s just this building and I know a lot of government people work in this building and the government people kind of get to do whatever they want at any time they want and call it work mhm but the there is an epidemic of people like just going to the gym to hang out and do what yo this D this dude this morning was not only on his phone talking with someone I think he was on a zoom in the gym yo on the bike and the bike is like a seated bike not like a standing bike if that makes sense but he’s got a laptop on his lap like you’re clearly unable to bike if you’ve got a laptop on your lap and and the gym downstairs more and more there’s just people hanging out like there’s like there’s some regular people you recognize in there and I kind of think this one dude was like hollering at this chick while she was trying to work out which I don’t think is particularly well the holler in like H or he was like trying to holler the ladder there you go that that was that was what I interpreted because it would seemed like there was like a couple different attempts at conversation and then finally he left I don’t I don’t know that was a couple weeks ago it’s driving me crazy if if you’re in there like let ask you a question though you think they listen to us I don’t know so next time you go in there you think they might be waiting for you I I don’t know Jeff go to the gym with JP he needs some muscle n they got the um just get your uh hip Thruster guy from down my man the hip Thruster I uh I don’t know also a bleep you to those that get mad at me yesterday for tipping games that’s on you for what when when we’re able to report a game on schedule release day right that’s on you who got mad at you yeah I it happens every here they want to be they just want to see the whole schedule when it comes out cool that’s not how it’s going to happen then don’t look at Twitter or X like that’s on you no they were looking for when the games were coming and then they got mad because you told them right why else are they looking at your your they know you are going to give information why the hell are they following you if they don’t want information um some there have been some Timothy Park says bleep beitch for not liking mimosas it is Timothy one finger salute back to you it it is a very odd stance it’s not an odd stance I mean how I I did not say I don’t like mimosas I say I am not going to be having mimosas with my four Dudes okay and if that’s what you choose to do then that’s a damn problem um I thought this was funny Jack K said yo B Mitch’s hair watch your back man Jeff’s got an army and B Mitch’s hair said yeah of eaters yes JP no JP you don’t understand how you set the chat off yesterday and set the whole show up because of your use of the term eaters but let’s just keep it don’t bleep you yeah yeah listen man I love L when love people are engaged in the chat I’m focused on the listeners until until our numbers get calculated differently I am much more focused on the listeners than I on the Chatters that sound right a lot of listeners complain about some of the things you say too nah not me um Gerald Robinson this is funny says bleep the junkies for always wanting to have a eggplant Emoji conversation like dude uh Jay is in DC Jay who you mad at thought it looks good man thanks for taking the call man hey man how you doing buddy I’m good well my weekly ble to uh to perity for my neighbor on all male curring you know that’s every week but I was calling in the bleep my homie down in Houston man you know so y’all know when demo was down 20 not too long ago you I called talk we talked about the game I call talk and that man sound depressed or sleepy and tired it’s like 2 o’clock in the afternoon like what’s going on oh yeah man you know I don’t know I don’t know how we look now they up 32 man Joker is the best center ever played he want to argue that mean he’s better than Kareem and and sh can everybody ever play this now I said oh my goodness I said so bleep that dude man for for his insane outlook on this game man the SP weather fans and all the fans soon as they go up now sudden he good again when they was down too like said man had five words for me man and JP a little bit of advice man when you go you got problems at gym man take your home you drink Moses with man take them for back up man yeah there you go therey you go anybody that want to tell me about some damn mimosas the dude you sit down and have Mimosa with take him as your backup thank you Jay and see how far back backup I just need people to not be conducting zooms from the gym I’m just going to tell you this if you’re in this building you have an office do it from your office well if you are coming on radio satday and one of them I here you may need some backup one day Brian the amount of things I say on this radio that I might need back up for for predate this my my my grumpiness over the gy there some of the other stuff you say you say I don’t know you got a certain Crew looking for you right now who wants to get weird Commander Tequila’s on the line hello Commander tequila how do you do I’m pretty good you guys I got I got two bleeps okay bleep a guy that’s shooting or at the high school or having a bomb threat because my guys are stuck they can’t come to work now I have to leave him for lunch and then my other bleep is that Jerry old man Jerry Jones and his cowboy thing you don’t know what in the ring is and and guess what I send Ezekiel Elliot a Canon ring because he needs one thank you buddy what those little thing called the ones you put on your finger ring pop Ring Pop yeah S one low um always a wild ride with Commander tequila I appreciate that lanfield do you have a bleep peew I have a couple bleep views fuckle up my first bleep peew is to uh ESPN plus the streaming service is just not very it’s buggy it crashes all the time it’s very hard to watch games on there they to improve it then my second pleep view is to Netflix for producing a 10-part Jerry Jones documentary did they really they’re going to going to when’s that coming out hopefully never you notice Netflix is uh has two two uh Christmas Day games and Jared Jones getting a whole special like double the time anybody else getting might be onest something there b Jerry said yo we need to let these people come in might be on to something there I got a deal that’s Weighing on that Demetrius is in DC Demetrius who you mad at I go to work at 5:00 every morning guys no traffic moveth sailing into Georgetown but every day when I leave there’s a whole bunch of trucks delivering Goods doing their jobs they’re okay but then we got a bunch of guys pulling up putting their hazards on because they don’t want to look for a parking spot to run in and get their food so today when I left some guy did that put his hazard Dawn went into Chipotle everybody else got blocked at the light for five minutes I’m in no hurry I’m going home so he came back out hopped in his car I put my hazards on and blocked him in and started my phone waited for five minutes then I let him out please do good for you buddy there you go brother thanks man all right now I I don’t want to catch heat on this because I saw the line blinking and asked so if rev is mad about the amount of time he was on hold you direct that at Jeff Walker sir hello Reverend how do you do what you mean hello Reverend how do you do zp did I tell you and the other day you will ble you because you a ver but don’t miss skew my words when I be joining on you JP I didn’t say you look like no young Tiger Woods I said you look like White Tiger Woods up there with that hat in that Dragon what’s going on bers bleep all of y’all bamers on Thursday I could be beeping some Pig right now I could be bleeping the B name Jason but I ain’t gonna do nothing like that what I want to do is I want to bleep that b name CK at 1067 F because on Monday it’s the Glorious red T birthday and I ain’t got to invite to come do the in studio you know talk my job with y’all b b for three hours up on 1067 f for my birthday plus JP you Obama too bleep you again because you still owe me my bottle of Hennessy with the big I do owe you a bottle of Hennessy that is true um yeah I won’t be here Monday so if you want to come in and celebrate your birthday take that up with with the cluster Buster or lfi whoever you need to take that up with but happy early birthday you know I really love you on the back into that but can I say one more thing before I go outside to believe you though y’all I’m real quick I just want to say shouts out to my daughter Kendall she graduated from mdel upd on Saturday he y’all R to your real proud daddy right about now political science and philosophy all in one you know what I’m talking about believe and love somebody hey man hey happy Thursday y’all and bleep all the damn DV y’all know who this is and I ain’t never show them my words the people’s hype man on believe you Thursday [Music] red believe you B you and B you too B thank you congratulations to your daughter great that’s terrific news for the mom that’s how you get him on the back end SE will 25 said B Mitch is not invited to my birthday brunch I thought we should at least squeeze that iny tell him cool don’t won come I’m go to my own brunch and drink some bourbon with my boys Peter Rosenberg joins us next e e e e e e e I [Music] on [Music] [Music] he oh [Music] [Music] seven the fan lot of action in the in the studio in the station today because our boy Nate if you’re watching on the stream you can see Nate say what’s up from Hank’s Oyster Bar decided to bring us lunch um The Hog Island oysters if I lived on a desert island that’s what I would that’s my one food selection I think they’re so good that’s the number one seed they’re so all of it’s very very good um but I’m be Mitch knows this about me like I’m a person that identifies my favorite thing and that’s all I discuss and it’s like the wings at D City those oysters what are there yeah so it’s sort of like a um Oyster Rockefeller right so but there’s no spinach right no spinach no cheese instead we make a garlic and Tabasco metal putting one down right now so yeah they’re they’re on point just using your tongue weird dud that thing is hard to get out man like cheese broil to the Shell yo I tell you oh dude you’re dripping that everywhere that was gross it smells bad telling you man this is a prison cell um but you bringing lunch isn’t the only cool thing um you have some news for beitch I do so you asked early if I had a bleep you Thursday I do not I have a bless you Thursday oh so I came to bless B Mitch I actually had a meeting with Lorraine this morning so we will be bringing in kicking it with B Mitch at all three locations starting next week that’s awesome pretty stoked and uh I’m going to put something together we want to do a couple events pick a charity and and bless them as well so we’re pretty fired up man appreciate you man yeah of course that’s awesome congratulations right can the charity be me Lam Phil and Jeff no doubtful okay could the charity be the Finley girls college fun hell no also D you already got that taken care of yeah you’re killing it man you got like nine job job what think Brian you you’ve complained about what you’ve spent on College over the last what six seven years between oldest to youngest no it’s been longer than that what do you think I’m going to have to spend in 15 years with my girls get there you better you better get that 529 serious you seriously have have you had any kicking it with yet I had it this morning dude it’s awesome it’s really good and what I like about it is that it’s light enough to drink yeah like a lot of wheat beers get too heavy you know hypothetically you want to have four of them but that one you could you could put a few down hypothetically you have well Brian you know I would never been I mean but especially going into the warmer months you know it’s great was really good beer and uh we’re looking forward to kicking it with instead of mimosa lfi you only get one drink Mimosa or kicking it with uh Mimosa damn he’s soft damn B he’s soft as cotton what about you Jeff kicking it would be I also vote kicking it would be I’m not as anti- Mimosa what do you as a man in the service industry what do you think of Brian’s hatred for mimosas see see this is all like JP like to leave out stuff I said I will not be going to a bar with them I was never I was never part of the group for the record I was never part of the group I was merely the facilitator of the convers part of the group I like we have a buddy of Ryan the stallion works with Grant and Danny they sent us a video one day they were sitting on a park bench four Dudes drinking mimosas that’s not cool to me uh I will say I think it depends on where you go right with it’s all about the ratio so if you get mostly Bubbles and then a splash of OJ I think I just drink the bubbles does your do any of your spots do the bottomless I think that’s why people get stallion just want the value of chug really with alcohol because it makes the orange juice taste sour to me I don’t honestly I don’t drink alcohol while eating ever wine with steak once in a while it’s just a personal yeah I’ll drink before and after but p and Chris and Jeff and lanfield lineups one day we’re not popping out mimosas I’m also not looking to go hang out and drink mimosas either it was Stallion and Cody and lanfield and maybe Jeff that and that’s what I said that they stop it soft the C y’ y’all are y’all are moving the gold poost on this not not it was strictly brunch and it wasn’t no park bench nobody was going to no park bench nobody was just going out we said if you go to brunch it’s okay if it’s four Dudes to drink mimosas with bre sent us a video you don’t you wouldn’t need much around there so don’t speak I say cuz we wasn’t talking about no l has the audio you still have the stallion audio I’m not ordering that Lille can you I’mma order a bourbon and a burp right in your face when you start drinking your mosa it’s such a weird like said Flex I’m gonna order Bourbon and I’mma burp in your face when you drink mosa it’s all about the ratio it got to be majority champagne splash of orange juice or pineapple juice whatever one you want to go I could go majority vodka i’ rather vodka lemonade I’d rather just get a vodka vodka in the morning for brunch is crazy I’m sorry not I take Brun brunch could be morning or afternoon behind Bloody Marys I do not drink soup with alcohol and you want me to go drink a sippy cup with some champagne um I’m not that big on Moses I can have one but for me it’s just I think Bloody marries are kind of gross too um bloody marries I always get interested and then I have like two sips and I’m like oh my God what do I do with the rest of this and I sometimes we have a whole build your own Bloody Mary I got red I have a tomoo sauce pick the rims and all the garnishes it’s pretty cool it’s whatever you mix with it because sometime whatever some of the mixes are not that good some of them are fantastic yeah ours we makeing house uh we have the red an too Bas they’re they’re pretty tasty yeah um I think I think long depending on what you’re drinking it with but the whole thing about it is just go with the vodka or the bourbon um moving so as you’re people don’t realize this maybe that we’ve all become friends because you listen to the show and are a huge DC Sports Fan um skins at the top of the list I assume um what did you make what how do you as a as a fan of the team like take in the schedule release do you want to like see the video at the end do you not care are you following it all day for the leaks I don’t want to say I don’t care but I just I was telling you earlier I I just feel so beaten down over the last 25 30 years that I’m just sort of in the wait and see mode you know I think again I was telling you guys earlier I think from a fan perspective you can see the change with the new ownership and a lot of it’s positive almost all of it’s positive frankly so you know I’m excited I don’t I don’t necessarily think we’re going to win 16 games or anything but uh you know I’m excited I like I said I think it’s a lot of travel at least as far as we don’t have a whole early a lot of travel early you’ve got the short week and then our longest trip to Arizona which is kind of crazy that that that game three Monday night in Cincy to game four at Arizona to me is the only real thing you can complain about or the late bye yeah but dude they travel the least miles of any team in the NFL that’s true yeah and I I hadn’t thought of that until uh you know I was actually listening to your podcast so um we’ll see we’ll see what happens I think I might try and make the trip down to New Orleans week what is that 17 let me know 15 15 it’s week 15 December 15 JP and I may go there Wednesday really that’s what I’m saying well we may have to make a trip of it um yeah I think we could enjoy ourselves down there good time down there yeah we could hook up with Maniac oh my gosh um have you ever been to New Orleans with Brian not with Brian I’ve had the pleasure of I’ve been to New Orleans and I’ve been in New Orleans with Brian and they are they’re unique Adventures I could say that two different towns depending on who you win that um I think Tampa would be an awesome Tampa’s a good city man I I like Tampa good spots we can go um Arizona’s awesome too it what I hate and beit tells me that I should care or whatever but I care I wish Tampa and Arizona were in December when it’s cold here like that would just I’m I’m a person that that needs sunshine in my life and that would give me some although it doesn’t get that cold here to be hon with you when you go to Arizona and Tampa you work so damn much you don’t get Su would I have to stand outside five of those damn 15 jobs you have maybe you why is everybody coming to me today Jeff come on man J do forever you’re asking for something you can’t enjoy i b I promise you I can enjoy it a little bit that stadium is supposed to be pretty cool too which one Tampa um yeah it’s cool you know it’s it’s not necessar great to run 101 yard touchdowns in say it again I say it’s great to run 101 yard touchdowns in it yeah I did not do that I have been on the pirate ship though I did it um I did get there’s a a gif of it on Twitter of me getting freaked out when they fired the Cannons I remember that yeah you sound like you drink most um Tampa is it’s honestly kind of interesting I don’t even know what the hell that joint is called now but I wonder if that wasn’t I mean b the fact that you scored in it right when did your your last year was 04 1999 I scored here on that was my last game for this team think about that that’s crazy so think about it bedex opened in 96 97 right actually Jeff that’s Rosenberg on the line see if maybe he can just we do five minutes in the next what do you want me to do here lfi we’ll decide on the Fly we’ll break um Raymond James opened in 98 it’s it’s about a year older than FedEx it holds up it holds up well it’s in a good location they got plenty of parking doing things that needed to be done along the way they maintain they maintain their pirate ship you’re listening to B Finley we’ll be right back e e e e e e e e e e e e e e exactly bleep you I know that you’re listening right now and bleep you yeah I’d like Brazil for the Packers Eagles game I I really want the commanders to get on one of these International games again because that the London game whenever that was seven eight years ago was so much damn fun it it’s like hard to remember back to it man with the tie the tie sucked I’ve told you my the story with the tie right it’s the kind of s that only happens to me so game goes to O it’s before it goes to overtime so Hopkins has that kick to win it in regulation right and they’re tied up and so there’s no Press Box you just sit in the stands at the stadium and then you have to go down to this one entrance to get on the field and then you just have to like run on the track to get to the locker room like it’s a it’s not built for media the way our stadiums are built for media right and so I run down there because the Bengals called the timeout I think and no this was in overtime because it was sudden death still then so I I I run down there because Hopkins has the Chip Shot to to win it and I say to the guy I was like hey I’m just heading to the locker room and he’s like no you’re not you did tell he’s like no you’re not and I’m like well what do you mean he’s like nobody’s allowed on here till the game’s over and I was like yes sir I understand but you know there’s he’s going to make this kick and then the game’s over and he’s like nope there’s six minutes left and I was like yeah but it’s sudden death when he makes this kick the game is over and he’s like six minutes left kind of big beefy guys had enough of my stuff and so I’m like okay fine and I sit down like right next to him because I’m so confident that Hop’s gonna make this kick and then the game will be over hop kicks it pulls it left game continues at which point he looks at me and looks back at the clock as the clock keeps winding and the players run back on the field and I look like a complete jackass it was uh I’ve seen you act like that a few times I don’t think I was acting like a jackass the guy should have made the this is this is the difference in this country we do everything like that in other countries they follow the rules I tried to explain to him that when the kick was made I I tried to explain sudden death to the man I understand but maybe I should have said in their country you wait I should have said golden go Golden Goal oh Jeff Major breaking news buddy what um this is per the Associated Press the justice department has formally moved to reclassify marijuana as a less Dangerous Drug in a historic shift in US drug policy hold on JP I got breaking news too the US Department of Defense has declared JP Finley’s ears a weapon of mass destruction if you actually just came up with that that was pretty damn good uh let’s make some [Music] bets alrighty boys I don’t know where we are on the week um I I don’t know last time we did a herur it here first nobody won there were games postponed so I just say fresh week one night let’s just do one night to determine who is the winner for tonight for the week Jeff’s looking for a one night stand not with any of you shouldn’t even be thinking like that exactly why is in your head wait who shouldn’t Jeff both of y’all Jeff should he’s single both of y’all all right who likes anything I think I’m G have [Music] to I’m going have to go at lfi with this oh going right at lfi Kaitlyn Clark over 20 and a half points who where do they play tonight they play in Indiana I think is it all is it national TV again it’s on Amazon Prime oh God I’m gonna have to try to get somebody’s password I have a Amazon Prime password had a bit on that already I think it’s my father in-laws I don’t really know the password $15 this time I be just making stuff up hold up so you guys bet $15 is a serious bet for Landini I also think she’s going over this time oh so now you’re scared I’m not scared B it sounds like you’re the one that SC you’re you could go buy you some more Mimosa juice I would I would make a mimosa juice next time I take your money on a Katlin Clark bet I will make him emotion I’m g go out there on a Lim I’m just take timber wolves tonight te- wolves huh make something out of it t will and since we trying to win this thing hell the patented Brian last second parlay yeah I’m waiting um Nat’s n O’s are off today son of a gun um all right I’m going hockey going to Canada as I as I am want to do I think Edmonton needs a win tonight bad is that accurate I think they could be closed out if they don’t win I’ll take they’re TI billies are good what is are you sure that’s under the threshold mine is 145 JP okay I don’t normally go like y’all yes you do no I don’t yes you do no I’m going over six and a half goals Edmonton versus Vancouver game starts at 10 o’clock I might even watch some of it Nate you want to put a bet in Philly um I’ve never been on unless B MIT is playing for him hey Nate I can’t help you man I mean they they hooked me up they Me Up when somebody thought I was trash here I’m not mad at I’m just mad at Philly that’s all all right close out schedule release day after show Jeff’s has them 10 and seven lanfield has them seven- 10 I’m at eight and nine who do you think is the most correct out of those I think you and Jeff are one game off you think it’s nine 11 wins n eight nine and eight are better so if it had to be nine and eight are better means you’re closer to Jeff yeah you think there’s more of a chance they win 11 than they win six yeah wow now eventually those kind of odds come out which are pretty telling um but right now is the era of uh schedule making exuberance that thank you to Nate for coming in thank you to the good people oyster bar for the food and the beer thank you to everyone that listened to the program today thank you to everybody that was on the stream that wasn’t fighting and insulting Jeff how about that Jeff that’s me helping you out thank you to J stop talking some much damn trash thank you to Nicki job valala Grant and Danny coming your way next you made it this far B shows you a kicking it e e [Music] on [Music] a [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] n oh [Music] come [Music] w [Music] [Music] n [Music] [Music] n [Music] on and you are listening live we are on our DC Studio half Street our normal location regular we’re not out and about eating delicious barbecue like we were yesterday over at the D City location on Florida AB which was great it almost it feels weird we’re going to do four and a half hours of radio today a long time no Nats baseball no shutout lost to the white socks to make us work less today indeed and that was a couple straight of those if memory serves uh although we have eaten well for a couple straight days we at dcity Smokehouse last night a delicious barbecue explosion I come in here not even knowing that this is happening well Hanks Oyster Bar drop off your boy is chucking and driving adding pounds and inches to the waistline it’s been a good couple of days yes sir around these parts love it we also now know who the commanders are going to play when we’ve known who their opponents are the schedule release thing amazing to me which is not to say that I don’t get the excitement I totally do I live in a household where we count down to it where it matters my wife likes to travel travel to a road game we like to know when certain meetings are over the course of the season but we know most of the information yep that’s what’s so amazing just a couple of times and now we’re so excited yeah but there’s a lot to get into on that front which we will hit in just a moment do want to let everybody know we’ve got tickets to see Hank Williams Jr we’re g to give a pair of those away today right at 4 o’clock ahead of the Beltway blitz so if you want those tickets the concert is two days away make sure you’re listening he coming to the DMV we’ve got him for you at 4 and then speaking of the DMV Marilyn tpin product sha merryman is on the show today at 5:45 want to talk pass rushing schedule release with him that should be a good combo people forget the start to that dude’s career I think injuries not I think injuries derailed what was going to be a Hall of Fame career he had 40 sacks through three seasons walked on campus with double digits he had seven in year two led the league just unblockable off the edge he was a star but always awesome to catch up with him talk football no Nats tonight locally so you got some NBA NHL playoffs to pay attention to and maybe an evening where you can get something else in maybe you knock off an item off the to-do list maybe you read a little bit maybe you go to bed early I don’t know what you want to do I don’t know how you going to spend your May 16th you got to figure that out on your own let’s talk about the schedule that came down the pike for the commanders yesterday things we like things we don’t like I’m going to give you the things that I like okay thing number one that I like I actually think they have a chance to start fast now there’s not such a thing when you pick second in the draft because you were so terrible and it’s the first year of a new GM and a new head coach and a rookie quarterback there’s not going to be a bunch of games you’re favored to win one or two times all year you’re probably going to be favored to beat your opponent but when you line up all the teams that you got to play against they’re either the really good teams or teams that you might be able to beat and in the first four games to have a Bucks team that I think is pretty overrated in average a Giants team that is the other of the clubs in the back end of your Division and the Cardinals who were picking in the top five because they weren’t any good last year in fact you beat them last year I think there’s a chance that you could start out pretty well it could have been worse you could have had a really arduous first four games where you’re playing against a bunch of the better teams in the league maybe you play the Ravens and the Bengals and the Steelers you know that whole division or something Tampa Bay the New York Giants and the Cardinals first four games I think there’s a chance they can get off to a decent start it’s not the best chance that could have happened like you could have started with for the sake of argument Carolina Tennessee maybe youd throw Arizona in there like your easiest quote unquote games where you’re probably favored more often than not out of the first four weeks but as we said last night kind of as we were reacting in real time to the games that were leaked out I would say this is closer to the easier side of the schedule than it is the more difficult side because as you mentioned you could have a Cleveland Baltimore uh Pittsburgh or a few divisional games right in a row to start the season or something like that when you start doing the math so I think Tampa Bay is decent New York they can’t seem to beat they’re but they’re right kind of in that same bucket as you Arizona is a bit of an unknown best team in that on paper right now and everybody’s Power Rankings through the first four weeks is clearly Cincinnati a potential Super Bowl Contender if things break right for them but I think General you’re right that’s on the you know if five is neutral 10’s impossible one’s easy it’s probably closer to one than it is to 10 yeah I’d rather what they’ve got than Philly Baltimore Cincinnati Dallas or something like that in the first four weeks second thing that I really liked about the schedule the lack of travel is a godsent that’s my one and this is something that we knew about before the schedule even came out because we knew where they were going and where they weren’t although I guess it was possible they were going to have to play an international game know those have trickled out over the last few days but they’re only going to fly 10,650 miles worth of travel this football season there are 32 teams in the league 31 are going to travel more than the commanders you can’t ask for a better slate when you go out west one time to go to Arizona which is not an overly difficult place to play anyway in terms of like environment it’s not the the best home field advantage in football or anything like that you’re pass the Mississippi River I think a Max of twice once outside of the division which is the built-in game every year 32 teams they have the easiest travel schedule in terms of Mile traveled think about this 10,000 miles for them there’s four teams that are flying over 25,000 miles this year I think that’s a underrated really really good portion of the schedule they were handed it’s a massive thing and it’s my it’s my number one takeaway from from the schedule so an toally looking at it you’d go they don’t really seem to go west very much I think they’re in the central time zone a couple times but they’re certainly not in the mountain or the West Coast time zone maybe but one time in Arizona and sure enough Warren sharp quantifies this and looks at mileage mileage flown and there’s your answer it’s the least amount of travel in the NFL now that’s doesn’t seem like that big a deal on on the surface doesn’t like give you a touchdown you know you’re not not making a third down stop because of that necessarily or completing a pass or not but when this is a razor thin margin League where a field goal that bounces off the uprights versus a fumble that’s recovered some of these 50-50 propositions that’s an that’s an advantage that you can either scoff at or acknowledge it’s more difficult to travel a lot further and have kind of arduous uh you know sort of delays and and those sorts of things they take a toll on a physically demanding sport over the course of five six months and the travel’s gotten so good on the charter that you’re it’s all seamless like you leave the locker room the police escort police es to the airport they drive you out onto the tarmac and you hop on a plane and you leave but it’s it’s just about the time in the air the time away from home occasionally the time zone to your point that you’re playing in and trying to adjust to that was something we knew before the schedule came out but I still think it’s worth mentioning same as the quarterback schedule that they play which is not all that ominous I kind of like the quarterback schedule certainly compared to a year ago I looked this up so I’ve got eight games against quarterbacks that I perceive to be on the hot seat possibly replaced if they don’t play well this year or rookies it’s about half of their schedule they have eight games counting division games Jaylen Herz Dak Prescott half of them against guys that you could tell me are in the top 10 like you could talk me into top 10 type quarterback in the league they play eight of those games out of 17 burrow Kyler Murray Lamar Jackson Herz Dak and then Kirk Cousins but they have as many games against either bad quarterbacks you know super pedestrian quarterbacks or just Neo fites who haven’t seen a whole lot who you might be able to confuse so I love the quarterback schedule something that we knew before the schedule came out something I love that we didn’t know before the schedule came out I think I’m in the minority on this Danny because people hate the late bye if you squint and look at it with your head to the side like I am they could have what is effectively two Buys in the final five weeks of the season because they’ve got that Thursday night game against the Eagles late Mike Shanahan told me this once he used to ask the NFL to give them the Thursday night games that people didn’t want because he viewed the Thursday night games as what he called mini buys you play on Thursday your guys are tired fatigued whatever but now you get to rest up for the following several days if I don’t bring them back to work until Wednesday it’s kind of like a byee they have that with the Eagles Thursday night Road game and then a couple Weeks Later thereby all in the last five and a half or so weeks of the season if they can get through the first half of the year without a ton of injuries the the late buy that everybody hates becomes a bit of a godsent to be honest with you especially if you’re hanging around and you’re in the mix playing important football I mean it’s a SLO in November I mean they’re GNA play basically five games in November December 1st is would have been the fifth but that’s a grind at that point right as you now get kind of into the teeth of your schedule too with a couple division games in there uh some some difficult opponents on terms of you know Steelers are always tough I don’t think they’re a jugg or not but they’re no they’re not gonna be pushovers Steelers Eagles Cowboys there in the middle of that November stretch you survive that if you’re hanging around counting Crow style to your point you get your bye then uh it’s almost like that glorified perfect time to rest when everyone else is going through their SLO right if you if you can be around 500 who knows what happens there over the last few weeks I also don’t think I’d have to look a little more detailed but top of my head they don’t have one of those stretches that’s just a disaster where you play three games in 10 days like the Ravens have one of those and Washington has in the past by the way where it’s like a Sunday into a Thursday into a following Thursday kind of weird situation where three times over the course of a week and a half you’re playing football instead of what’s normally 21 days for those three games and that it just kills your body these players want nothing to do with that they don’t have to deal with that the last thing I’ll say that I like no home Prime Time games now this is more selfish for me and I think it’s for a lot of our listeners that they might agree to this getting to those games is a gigantic pain in the butt traffic in and around DC for those night games can be brutal on top of that you ever been to a night game you stay you’re hanging out maybe you’re having a couple of adult drinks the game ends it’s midnight there’s traffic getting out of there you’re home at 1:32 in the morning and you got a meeting at 7:30 or whatever and you got to be at the office you’re not feeling great you’re not on your aame and you got no sleep no home night games at Stadium to be named later I think is actually a really good thing yeah and if you’re around here your team probably lost the night before so it all feels like a big waste but yeah I love that that’s among the things that I like uh as few Prime Time games as possible we are not ready to showcase the house yet this is not the time we should be hidden from sight as much as possible until you’re ready it’s the worst stadium in the sport I don’t want those aerial shots we like here’s DC here to the east a little ways is where the stadium is also with the with the blimp where do we put it over the memorials the nice stuff or then kind of to the east where there used to be a shopping mall that isn’t anymore so that’s a that’s very very good as few Prime Time games as possible until you’re ready couple years from now give me all of them anything else that you really like about the schedule that I didn’t hit uh you you touched on most of the things I like here’s just sort of breaking down that travel kind of an extra layer of it there are three times they have back-to-back home games instead of home Home Road Home Road home road which they do a couple different times but there are three stretches where they have two straight games at home I like that one of those stretches there are two games at home and then the bye so again just thinking of extra rest extra challenge to you know disrupt your routine have to go on the road a day early to sort of you know uh mess with the prep there are three straight or three different times where they have multiple home dates in a row how about this home in Baltimore which is basically home I mean that’s quite literally like the the drive from Ashburn to land over Maryland is not that much different than the drive from Ashburn to Baltimore okay you’re talking about another 30 minutes or something right but home at Baltimore home home from it’s like three and a half September 29th when they’re in Arizona they’re not truly traveling again until November 3rd they basically don’t get on a plane the entire month of October that’s a pretty good deal that’s a great deal right that’s kind of an extra layer of it um and so yeah me mentioned everything else things I don’t like you want to throw those in there go for it um the uh I think so you’ve looked at quarterbacks which I think is a really smart way to to kind of look at it I took a slightly different Tack and looked at it this way nine out of their 16 games now this is on paper now in may who knows what a guy slips on a banana peel uh strain something or somebody’s great we don’t know anything yet nine out of 17 thank you nine out of their 17 games are versus teams in the top half of the power rankings currently as it’s set right now basically everybody thinks these teams are good nine of 17 games I think I mistyped that none of the 17 are against top half the league in power rankings uh I believe seven of those are against top 11 teams I kind of counted that because Dallas is 11 this kind of random uh ESPN’s uh nfl.com um uh a couple others that I look sort of an amalgam so when you start to add up Steelers uh Browns Cowboys Bengals who people think are going to be really good up to the Ravens who in the top three this is not cupcake city this is not easy the there then there’s a bunch of games with teams kind of in your tier that mid 20s tier and then there’s a couple games against teams that are you’re looking above like thumb your nose at like Carolina and such Pittsburgh is a good example to me and I like that you brought them up because that’s not a fun game to have to play like they are going to be favored for good reason and may beat you but the reason I go quarterback is you’ll be in that game the Steelers are not blowing anyone out they didn’t last year they I think they finished 10 and seven and made the playoffs but they had a stretch in there where they lost back-to-back games to really bad teams and everyone thought their season was over because they weren’t getting any good quarterback play and I would throw Cleveland in the same mix if DeShaun Watson doesn’t play a lot better you know we don’t know what Caleb Williams a rookie is going to be the Bears look like a really solid team like a game that you’re probably going to lose well if Caleb Williams is struggling or keeping both teams in the game I think there’s a lot of those in there where and that’s kind of why I stare at the quarterback thing which is a way to do it by the way because there’s so much variable to it right to your point about Cleveland they’ve had horrendous quarterback playable last year were good everywhere else 11 and six basically I think they were eight or nine and two with flacko that Joe flacko and deshun Watson at quarterback and neither was any good so if they get any kind of decent play you’d figure they could be pretty good but again no one knows that’s why there’s a 50% turnover rate among playoff teams to not playoff teams and that’s the other thing I was going to say is the power rankings going into the year without doing tough guy talk just don’t of we’re basing it on what we saw last year and these rosters aren’t even formed I mean it’s May 16th guys are going to be traded and cut and signed so that’s why to me is the quarterback that you’re playing is maybe the most instructive way to do it thing I don’t like I’ll add this to the pile three road trips in the first four games now by paying the piper early that works out really beautifully at the end of the season when you’re home I think four of their final six games or something like that yep but Four Road games in the first six weeks with a rookie quarterback and I saw this stat floating around rookie quarterbacks this is not surprising the first four weeks of an NFL season Danny as opposed to the rest of the season for a rookie QB over the years their performance is starkly different the idea being that right around week five week six is kind of where they start to figure it out a little bit and with Jaden Daniels at quarterback you’re going all right is it good or bad to be on the road early to be traveling rookie quarterbacks have won 27% of the time in the first four weeks against a 35% expected rate minus 8% whereas they are at the expected rate for the rest of the year point being rookie quarterbacks typically struggle for about a month you’re going to play on the road three times in those first four games now if he comes out and lights the world on fire like Robert Griffin did then you’re hanging 40 in the super doome and nobody cares and maybe that’s going to happen but I I just thought that was notable and then the last thing I didn’t like that I wrote down they do have a stretch where they have back-to-back Road games and a short travel week out west as great as their travel is and I think it’s as good as you can ask for no complaints as far as I’m concerned compared to what a lot of teams are dealing with how about the Monday Night Football game in Cincinnati week three into Arizona on the road week four that is a I’m home from Cincinnati at like 4 in the morning or whatever on Tuesday and on Saturday I’m flying to Phoenix if not on Friday that’s tough and that’s the one where I’d go man even though the the Cardinals aren’t that good that kind of travel can even the playing field a little bit if Washington is better and I’m not even sure that they are no that’s smart I mean again early in the season if if I have to do it everyone’s gonna have to do something like that right but if I’m gonna do it I’d rather do it in September than November December kind of as the grind sets in but it there’s no good time to do it but it’s less bad if that’s a way to phrase it stat that backs up my point on that 14 teams after Monday night that travel for the following weekend are you tracking you play Monday night you’re on the road the next weekend those teams since 2000 are 22 and 28 against the spread and underdogs which Washington probably will be on the road in Arizona on a short week might be a pick him have covered only 10 of 29 times meaning they have played down they just have not met expectations essentially 66% of the time in those games it’s just not an easy thing to do so that’s the the one scheduling travel Quirk that I hated my last nugget of things that I didn’t like uh I don’t think Tampa’s particularly good I think they you know they probably punched above their weight class last year to make the playoffs in in a crappy division but I think Todd BS is a good defensive mind they were seventh out of 32 in terms of points allowed last year that’s not my favorite landing spot for my rookie quarterback a guy that’s goingon to Blitz a lot and really test you and probably not give you the the easiest quiz to start your pro career off I could see some hits I could see a lot of punishment potentially they’re going to make the young rookie say I not only don’t know what’s coming but I know how to beat it I think that’s a that’s hard for a lot of veterans uh to be able to conquer let alone your first start on the road against against uh what was a pretty decent Tampa defense you’re probably 100% right they have lost a little bit defensively and they’re older too like some of that group like lante David at linebacker as an example at some point you’d like to think that they fall off I think that the D tackle that they drafted last year kijah KY had a pit has a chance to be awesome they’ve still got Vita vea um but otherwise I don’t know how many players on that defense anymore really scare you maybe Antoine Winfield Jr the safety was outstanding they just drafted a Nickelback ta Smith in the third round but he’s such a good defensive coach to me it’s more about scheme that he’s gonna scheme something up I I think you’re on to something but let’s open up the MGM National Harbor listener lines for you guys at 800 636 1067 want one thing you love about the commander schedule and one thing you hate favorite least favorite thing about the schedule that they were handed by The League last night you’re listening to Grant and Danny on the fan e e e e e e e e e e e e e we are on X and Instagram you want to keep the conversation going when we’re done 4 hours from now Grant H Paulson for me funny Danny for Dr last night was the Super Bowl for these social media teams that work for all of these NFL clubs this event now has become it’s easy to say mustsee kind of you countdown to 800m but it’s a how good is your Social Media Group opportunity arms everybody to flex a little bit right so what teams do is they all come up with a witty creative produced way to get their schedule out and some teams tap into celebrity and star power and they get a big name to help them out with it know others try to do something more funny or everyone’s got their own way of doing it the commanders the last couple years have leaned in to essentially social media trends I would say or just kind of like a fun activity that you see people doing on social media like a couple years ago they they broke items that looked like something that resembled the team they were playing in one of those like places where you can go just to destroy room right last night the way they did it was and you see this all over social media now is this cake or is this the actual thing and then someone will try to cut into it with a knife and it’s you’re playing like cake or not cake I had to try to explain what that bit was last night to Kevin Sheen and Ben standing for probably like 10 minutes and and they’re like what I don’t understand I wish I’d been privy to that I I could have used that explanation also so you couldn’t get it either I don’t understand the point of it was so funny so both of them were like so the no cake means that it’s a it’s a hard game and the cake means that did you want to be cake or not like was there any correlation but why were they try trying to troll teams so the cake means win and the no and I’m like no no no you’re missing it so if the Bears is cake and you’re looking at the rollster that’s been converted if it’s a sheetcake it means it’s a good game but hold let me say this if it’s a double layered cake it’s red velvet that means you’re favored or you’re Road dog by the Half Point thanks to church like is that the bit it was I’m telling you these are my guys right I love them both I’m like no no no it’s just cake or no cake and they’re like yeah but what does the cake signify I seriously didn’t know I realized it wasn’t for me and I didn’t get upset about it and I’m like it signifies nothing they’re like then why do cake and I’m like but because like it’s an online thing y you is it just hat or Ace of thatsa like a until you cut into it and you can eat a hat as cake and they’re like so which games do they think they’re GNA win and I’m like all right I just can’t do this anymore but they did come around they got it I don’t know that they loved it or not right but I thought it was fine it was cool my wife and I sat there and played cake or no cake she knew what was going on I didn’t have to ere explain it to her the winner again was the LA chargers they they win this thing every year they’re better than everyone else now at football stuff like when the season start for them pretty mediocre but when it comes to the schedule release they Pummel so they did a Sims simulation of their schedule which in and of itself is fine the the idea is good not you know whatever but the zings and the they call them like Easter eggs or whatever the the the jokes and the bits and the skits that were involved for each team and joning on things about that organization’s history were just great and you can watch it a tenth time and you’ll see another thing you didn’t notice they did very very well did you see any that you liked uh I saw the the one that I like best is the Tennessee Titans one very good now this one wasn’t as good as last year’s because last year they invented this I think I think this was the first year they did it so if I may be that guy they definitely didn’t invent it they saw it online oh well you know what I mean the first time I I’m not saying the right words they they debuted it last year so this one wasn’t as good as last year’s last year’s was amazing they just asked random people that have no interest in the NFL on Broadway which is a Cess pool by the way uh in the middle of Nashville they’re like what team is this and people were like oh that’s the um that’s the Horseshoes like a game against the Colts exact you it was like uh originally this thing that went viral because someone had a German boyfriend or something and they’re like what team is this and they did the skits that is the angry Falcon so on Broadway they pull this off mostly with like girls are at bachelorette parties or old people just hammered folks exactly so they they played that up again I thought they kind it was like season two essentially I like it yeah that that to me is my favorite the way they did it this year was like what do you know about this team is is it essentially what they were asking so it would show like for the commanders a guy was like they got rid of Kirk Cousins and then for the Vikings it was like I think they also got rid of KK C they also yeah but it was it was just oneoff little lines from people that know anything about footb football is pretty good yeah so that that’s the one I like the others I know when they when they’re like here’s an online bit that we’re playing up on for example Washington’s I’m not criticizing it I I just know that it’s not for me I know that that joke was not I’m not the target I’m not supposed to get it I didn’t understand who if cake was good if it was if I wanted to be not cake if that was making fun if someone should feel slighted because they were cake but you get what it is now no I I you still don’t get I don’t no and but I’m not mad about it but there’s nothing let me just can I try really quick do your best there’s nothing to get isn’t there no I put this Bell right here on the table Yeah okay is this cake or not cake that’s a bell and then I take a knife and the the the knife just bumps into a bell it’s not cake whereas if I took it to to a baker and I said make this cake and so they made cake that looked exactly like this Bell yeah like the guy buddy does on the the the TV show sure the the you know I’m talking about Buddy the the the he’s I make the cake supposed to look like a firehouse are you talking about Duff No B the guy’s buddy vicaro or something like that I don’t know but Cake Boss that’s the name of the Shelf thank all all they’re doing is cutting into the Bell to see if it’s cake or not but so okay that’s all it was cake or not cake yeah I I I don’t get it you’re good now no but that’s my point is I I I I I’ve realized now I’m out of the demo whatever the demo is I’m out of it I’m not supposed to get it it’s not for me I’ll spend a cursory amount to try to figure out the point and if it’s not intuitive I go the maybe I’ll try for the next one Goodwill hunting’s one of my favorite movies ever uhuh the Patriots based in New England uhuh did a Goodwill Hunting bit with Julian Edelman Rob granowski starring in the film I thought it was very very good I’m Toby altiser with no that’s Toby altiser why Toby that’s that’s just a taped update did the Patriots use Toby altiser no let’s try the other thing that we wanted to play meet Jewels [Music] hunting this kid’s genius is unparalleled but we need to get someone to get through to them we got to get the rest of the schedule you’re telling me that this kid cracked the code that it took the whole offseason to come up with the art of scout scouting lies in the ability to translate observations into actionable intelligence that can be used as a competitive advantage on a game day are you going to keep plagiarizing football scouting methods reenact the entire trailer and and plop points of Goodwill Hunting Ernie Adams is in there playing the the Robin Williams that’s funny so you haven’t seen it no I’ll send it to you it’s very very good uh I thought that one was probably my favorite um but yeah it’s it’s a cute fun little thing you know it’s release your schedule 800m show a little personality let’s see how we stack up I got no problem with it by the way just for the record It’s usually the type of thing you would think I would hate but because it’s not for me this one I don’t mind there are no games you know nobody’s breaking nobody I’m not missing any content because the social team is on this I’ll I’ll watch a couple and if I don’t get it I realize it’s not for me I’m at peace with these Shane is in Virginia what did you love what did you hate about the commander schedule hey hey Commander Dan and Grant hey what I love about it is uh like you said Grant the quarterback play is not last year was brutal I mean we don’t have those quarterbacks we’re facing this year most of those quarterbacks probably won’t be starting when we play him anyway so uh what I hate of course three out of four in the road you know don’t sleep on t at Tampa uh but the end of the schedule too if we’re trying to make it compete the end of the schedule those last four games is tough even with that bi-week like week 14 which is kind of weird but you know I think that uh schedule’s doable you know I think we’re we’re still middle of the pack still I think we maybe you know eight wins this year my my predictions which is not bad for a first year coach and a first year rookie pre buddy let’s go to Mitch and Jersey what you love what’ you hate how you guys doing good man it’s uh I like that they don’t have a lot of traveling because these games in Brazil and and Germany and England and maybe they can find a spot in Asia or Greenland and Chile it’s just too much I don’t like that we have five games in pack Le the month and I’m look especially looking forward to the pack two game I mean the game against um Caleb against Jaden because jayen start at the Pack 12 Arizona State to Edwards uh did something to that program and um Caleb will start in the Big 12 which I think is still in Big 12 Oklahoma you know it’s it’s going be something new to get used to the Pack 12 the realignments are are going to be tough I’m not following his conference thing between those two no just saying they they were both in the Pack 12 at one point which no longer is the Pack 12 I guess it’s going to the pack one and a half or two excited about Jaden Daniels and Caleb yeah he was just sort of making a I think making a joke there and I moved on the point is it was a good joke Caleb Williams number one Jaden Daniels number two in the NFL draft I’m fired up for that game I’m October 27th for that one that’s the the really the fourth out of this string where they don’t travel very much home against Cleveland on October 6th on the road I’m using quotation marks it’s in the same state for goodness sakes at Baltimore home against Carolina home against Chicago and that’s the the fourth out of four there I got some food news for you Danny that is pretty devastating and it involves a place everybody listening is eaten that many many times oh and Danny on the fan e e e e e e e e e e e the g& D show is exclusively sponsored by the law firm of kandorian mad they provide legal services and estate planning elder law probate Administration whatever you need they can handle schedule your free consultation with their Fairfax based attorneys visit km lawyers.com be sure to mention we referred you you can get a discount km lawyers.com the food news that I promised you in just a moment Danny but first these are the amount of games this NFL season that will be played on each Network are you ready go 272 regular season games 101 will be played on both CBS and fox those are your 1:00 4:00 Sunday day tilts mostly okay there’s some extra Thursday night stuff in there or some Saturday night stuff but 101 games on CBS and fox each that’s 202 games total so that’s what 70 games left on other networks that’s right yes 23 games for Disney that’s ESPN ABC and ESPN plus that’s essentially the Monday Night Football package by the way there is one game exclusively on ESPN plus this year they’re adding that oh Ledger yes so the I’ve got ESPN of course I have all the ESPN games not so fast not so fast my friend you have the ESPN Plus app because there will be one game you need that for 22 games for NBC that’s 18 on Sunday Night Football there is a Thanksgiving night game on NBC there is the kickoff game the Ravens and the Chiefs the original kickoff to the season and then you’ve got a Saturday night game in week 16 and the exclusive peacock game so that’s the 22 games on NBC okay 16 on Amazon 15 on Thursday night plus the Black Friday game did anyone see that the Black Friday game I think the start time this year is like 2 pm they’ve moved it even earlier I thought part of the bid on Friday was that it had to be late enough for high school football or whatever or early enough for high school football because they didn’t want to conflict with Friday night no the idea was that they can’t have it on Friday because of the work week and Friday Night Football somehow involved but essentially what we were told by Florio when they started doing this was they would have to do the math to figure out like how many minutes were going to be played before a certain hour and then start the game as late as they could but they moved it up so figure that out I don’t know uh peacock is the other of the 22 games on NBC and then the 16 on Amazon including Black Friday and Thursday night football and then seven on NFL Network and two on Netflix on Christmas day so CBS Fox Disney with ESPN plus NBC Peacock exclusively on the app Prime exclusively NFL Network which you need with your cable provider y might have to add that and then Netflix man it’s not going down that number football in 2024 yeah I mean watching the NBA Playoffs now are are similar to a degree right where it’s one night I’m going okay let me go to ESPN for the playoff game no no no no this is a TNT one well this one might be on True TV because they’re on at the same time or this this one’s on TBS or you know this one’s an ABC game because it’s Saturday I don’t know but the difference is all of those are over the air oh yes of course cable platforms there there’s no app that you need to have to watch any of that totally NL is writing the book on the app game yes they are and they’re they are into the breach on that one they are the leaders here’s my food news for Danny hoo McDonald’s is getting rid of free drink refills more fast food chains may follow this via the New York Post so apparently after this story originally came out there was a correction that this isn’t a national decision that McDonald’s has made but they are allowing each location to make the determination and I guess a lot of the locations are deciding to do this but forever you go get your large Cola and nobody’s got better Fountain Cola than McDonald’s it’s the best just so we’re all on the same page there is no no better fountain soda on planet Earth than the fountain soda at McDonald’s that Coca-Cola Classic on those they don’t do crushed ice which I would prefer but they do you you know the McDonald’s ice shaped justo about 25% of the cup with that ice and then you you put that cup right under the machine and that a traditional cocacola classic and American tradition right over top of that ice Danny well you you Pummel your soda with your burger and your fries you get yourself a little refill on the way out the door huh not anymore at a lot of McDonald’s locations you’re going to pay for that refill now I don’t know how many people go into McDonald’s is is is anymore when’s the last time you went in I’m a drive-through guy if I’m doing it road trip stopping so yeah you still do it occasionally absolutely like I realized we were driving for Mother’s Day to where the heck were we going we were going to Kings Family Landing I say Kings Landing that’s from a that’s from Game of thr that’s game of trouble spot there dragons I don’t know if i’ want to we were going to King’s family going for The Siege Battle of blackwat Vineyard out in like cros Charlottesville area and the kids were yelling and needed something so we had to stop right I go in there’s not even humans that take your order I was standing for like a minute waiting for someone and they came over there like oh use that and there’s just now it’s all touchcreen yeah everything’s just go through don’t talk to anyone don’t say hello God forbid you look at anyone just touch a screen and but now you can’t even get a refill at some of these locations now again it’s not going to be everywhere but this is something that they’re going to do in some places and apparently they’re saying some fast food joints are going to follow the thing I always loved about McDonald’s is the machines out there for you it’s right there like my beloved Chick-fil-A great spot they do a lot of things well they don’t have the machines out there you got to walk up and hand it over and an employee and they know that Hassle and they’re nice about it but they know that Robert Hassel is going to prevent you from doing it as off totally but you go up and you hand the cup over and you go I’d like a soda and no one has I mean you got shame so if you do it twice you’re not going to get a third right right so that’s their play but I I just wonder where we’re headed here with refills at fast food it’s not good so I I spoke to someone years ago um I can’t remember what the occasion was I think it was actually for a school project and what this person who was who owned and man or managed several fast food restaurants within one chain right he told me that basically they lose money on every item except for drinks the soda which cost for the sake of ARG just going to make make up this price cost a dollar probably cost them 4 cents when you add up all the bits of production the carbonated water the the the sugar that gets infused the ice whatever maybe call it 5 cents so if you got three refills they still made you know 70 cents off of your butt right this is now as stuff gets Tighter and Tighter and Tighter that they need that extra six seven cents 10 cents 12 cents whatever the hell it is on that dollar from you right because the the the whether it’s beef production chicken production the whole nine yards lettuce is more expensive all of it has is kind of get priced in so they’ve got to find a way to cut it’s sad because you’re 100% right the best part about going to McDonald’s is I’m gonna get exactly how much ice exactly how much soda when I want it how I want it if I have four refills I had four refills thank you g& D on the fan two things we’ll do next segment one I want to talk about a story in the athletic that I saw Ken Rosenthal wrote about why top prospects from the minor leagues think James Wood are getting called up after killing the ball in Triple A and struggling more this year in the big leagues than ever before want to hit that also a prominent NFL analyst thinks Jaden Daniels is going to be this year’s CJ Stout if you’re super high on Jaden Daniels you’re not as high on him as this guy is next on G and D here on the fan e e e e e e e e e e e e e g& D welcoming you back on the fan thank you for making the show part of your day the Grant and Danny program is exclusively sponsored by the law firm of korian mad they’ll help protect your legal services estate planning elder law probate Administration schedule your fee your free consultation with their Fairfax based attorneys visit C lawyers.com be sure to mention g& D will get you a discount c lawyers.com those are our buddies they went to George Mason University they went to Lake bradic High School they’re big fans of the show and they take good care of our listeners and we appreciate them so check them out uh before we get into what Bucky Brooks of NFL Network had to say about Jaden Daniels who he think is going to be a star right away this season I saw a store just wanted to reference because a lot of people are now talking about James Wood and whether or not the Nationals should call him up and it makes a lot of sense I mean they need a spark offensively he was quite literally their best player in spring training he is just 21 years old he’s their best Prospect he’s at Triple A and he’s over the course now of what is six weeks of baseball circuit to Circuit probably been the best player in the minor leagues and in Triple A hitting over 350 he’s got an Ops over 1030 he’s got seven homers and nine steals he’s been unbelievable and it’s seems silly that he’s not in the major leagues but Danny Ken Rosenthal wrote this story in the about a week ago and what he wrote was why the best hitting prospects in the game are having a really hard time making a transition to the major leagues and I just found some of the reasons suggested here really captivating he talked to JD martinz you remember JD of course played forever with Boston and so many other teams former MVP JD Martinez said that when he was rehabbing in the minor leagues he’s now with the Mets he was talking with the triaa coach and he told the coach when they were saying like are you ready to go up to the big leagues he said I just haven’t seen any velocity like I have not seen the stuff that I need to see to feel like I’m ready to go to to go to the major leagues this is a 14-year veteran and he hadn’t really had this problem in Triple A before but if you look at some of the ways that we evaluate in grade stuff from pitchers the chasm between Tria and the big leagues seems to be growing because pitching at the major league level is definitely getting better but they’ve also made the rosters in the minor league smaller this is the key to me the The rosters in the minor leagues got smaller because now you have to pay players more and you have to put them in nice housing and you have to do these other things which is probably good but the owners are going okay well we’re not going to have as many players or more than we need and just keep them around then and so the the small smaller roster some are suggesting means that maybe there are fewer what we call 4A types the guy who’s played in the big leagues a lot who’s now being stashed in Triple A the Nets just as an example their triple A team Rochester James Woods on tonight they’re playing against Aaron Sanchez who once competed for assai young with the blue jays and pitched for the Nationals he’s just kind of hanging around trying to keep his career alive there aren’t that many guys that have been in the big leagues and know what it’s like and have that kind of stuff it’s more younger player prospects or just kind of org soldiers that aren’t Big League caliber at the triaa level which isn’t even where you’re going to see the best stuff you’ll probably see better consistent stuff at Double A where a lot of the the really good younger players that are moving up to the big leagues are and lesser of the guys getting stashed but Rosenthal looked at this year’s call-ups guys like Jackson holiday who was unbelievable in Triple A and then he went two for 34 in the major leagues got sent back down Henry Davis of the Pirates Dan number one pick in 2021 MH back at Triple A after hitting 162 had a 486 Ops you look at Colt Keith from the Tigers 414 Ops Wyatt Langford who was a top five pick last year Texas Rangers outfielder College World Series just mashed his way onto the roster out of spring training by the way and he’s hurt right now yeah but he was struggling I mean he hadn’t done a whole lot for Texas and it was a slow start uh his point is it seems like these guys are having less success early than they used to among the elites getting called up and he tried to figure out why that was so it’s a great piece because it it kind of delves into a number of different elements but I think the most important one that I think we underestimate and this this by the way has been a staple of things in sports society and everything else we have under we underestimate all the time the second order effect of a policy there are always trade-offs to something no matter what it is you want to fill one cup it means you’re not filling another cup so to get and by the way I’m all for this just for the record getting minor Leaguers better conditions better paid Etc led to now there’s no I’m just gonna throw some names out there former Nationals there’s no Zack Duke at tripa there’s no Tom galani there’s no John lanon there’s no Ching Ming Wong there’s no uh you know as we talked about those 4A pitchers that are could probably play for somebody the major league level but are sort of stashed there at trip it’s where kind of that 31y old 32y old veteran that’s got some big league service time was bouncing around and you’re going to get a pretty good quality start from that person or a bullpen arm Etc now it’s basically kids and the kids are going throw hard enough for in the show and they don’t really give a damn where it’s going you’re you’re Max efforting for an inning then you go sit down the depth of minor league organizations when it comes to the rank and file not the Stars the the kid the star kids are still there who are you know the bonus babies who are on the way to the major leagues at some point the James Woods the Dylan Cruzes the Hassel they’re still populating minor leagues at this point but they don’t get to to go against the better players that used to be down there because it’s not worth it to an organization for by and large to keep those guys well I also think there’s something to just generally speaking I wouldn’t have guys in Triple A for long periods of time because again I I think the better prospects and sometimes the better competition is actually at the Double a level in some ways um as an example this is quantifiable so Stuff Plus super nerdy just follow me for a second it’s fine basically this is the way that pitching repertoire are graded like the caliber of the stuff that a pitcher has the average Major leager is a 100 on this stuff plus scale they’ve designed it as such at tripa a last year the the average pitcher was a 95 this year they’re an 86 and so what we’re seeing is you’re actually legitimately facing a bigger Gap in terms of the quality of pitching so when you get called up it gets harder um now Ken rosenal talked to Executives from all over baseball about this Mike Elias of the Orioles he said improvements at the major league level in advanced scouting are why it’s so hard for young guys it used to be he got C up and after a month there started now there’s a book on you yeah there’s like an adjustment made nowadays everyone’s watching video of every single pitch every single at bat everything that’s happening everybody is grading you every step of the way essentially um and you’re not fooling anybody and as soon as someone finds out that they can beat you high with velocity they gu what you’re saying that’s your third at bat it used to be your 20th at bat or whatever um another thing that I find really interesting and this is actually the one I had not thought about but I think this is really smart this came from Matt Carpenter the St Louis Cardinal has been around forever long time F yeah he’s in Triple A right now and he said you know what I think it is I think it’s the six game series in the minor leagues so during covid to help with travel Minor League Baseball started to do six game series and what they do now is you’re off on Monday and you play Tuesday through Sunday against the same team instead of like baseball at the big league level and what the miners were doing forever three or four games on to the next traveling all over the place you basically spend a week in one city cuts down on travel it’s easier for the teams and money and all this stuff but his point is you see the same pitching a lot more than you do in the majors he thinks that’s a huge Advantage for hitters I was talking to someone who runs a system about this um just trying to get some info and they said I don’t know if I buy that because the pitchers have to deal with the same thing you know and it goes both ways but I kind of do agree with this this idea that at the major league level you’re just you’re facing a guy and you might not see him again for a month but at Triple A I just faced this guy at the beginning of the series I’m going to face him again in this series I’m facing the same relievers multiple times I’m going to have more success cuz I’m comfortable and I know what I’m facing basically and that’s just not the case in the majors um the minor league roster limits which we talked about were suggested I think that’s the biggest one yeah but the the six game series to me is actually really interesting like if you’re seeing the same pictures all the time it goes without saying you’re probably going to have a lot of success without a doubt it it matters it just not necessarily in terms of The Scouting Report right you can read words from the iPad or hear from the the guy that just faced him hey fastball rides a little bit or a little bit of cut to it or he he know he pronates his ch up and you can see it there’s a difference between hearing that and then seeing it twice in a week because the the the guy that you face on Tuesday you’re probably facing him again on either Saturday or Sunday like you’re gonna see that guy a second time in a week not a second time to your point maybe you know four months from now and he may be a totally different pitcher based on how his arms feeling or what pitch he discovered in a bullpen or something else so I do buy that but to me this it remind it didn’t used to be this way but now that everybody throws so damn hard and everybody with stuff that’s great is in the show I think that’s the other thing that we need to Circle back to yeah pitching’s never been better it’s so nasty hitting a baseball’s never been harder that is a big deal too without a doubt this guy throws 102 the guy before him threw 98 and the guy before him threw 97 that’s the three that I’m facing tonight like that’s not that fun no that’s and it’s harder than it’s ever been period full stop but it’s my own limited analogy is when you’re in high school playing some pretty decent ball you’re going to see a good pitching every every now again you’ll find somebody that’s probably a college pitcher well you know what happens in college every College pitcher you’ll be you’ll be surprised to find out they’re all college caliber pitchers so all of a sudden if you’re not ready for that if I went straight from high school ball in May and played college ball in June I’d have gone over for my first 77 I haven’t seen anybody throwing 90 with a snapper that can locate where they want and can has a scouting report about me I would have been terrible but thank God we had fall to like practice I get up to speed you got a chance then that coming spring to see stuff if you haven’t seen it you can’t adjust to it I don’t bring this up to suggest they shouldn’t call up James Wood I do think theats have probably noticed that all of the top guys pretty much to a man that have been called up from the miners and specifically Triple A this year you know have struggled when they got called up and it doesn’t mean James Wood would by the way it doesn’t mean that James Wood is going to go two for his first 21 it’s possible he could also Homer in his first game and be seven for 11 and and kill the ball he makes adjustments quickly but the of them is this guy who played his college ball in the SEC of Tennessee Jordan Beck he one of the best outfielders in the miners who had a big game last night by the way Homer drove in five for the Rockies in what was his 15th game but he’s hitting 230 with a 560 Ops it’s been a real struggle he was tearing the cover off the ball and the miners and it’s it’s almost every guy that’s been called up so just a little food for thought as we continue to have the James Wood conversation and I’ll be somewhat hypocritical cuz I’ll continue to expect that should be up very very soon and I do think that’s the case they should call him up on their next home stand unequivocally but I’m just pointing out it’s a tough leap to make always and it’s gotten even tougher and I would add to that this is a team that do have designs of winning a division so if you’re playing meaningful like if you’re the Orioles I can’t have a guy who’s gonna go one out of every 17 in my lineup no but I’ll come back that by saying like Rizzo on the junkies when they asked him about calling up James uh was he on Wednesday was that I I can’t do the what day it is Tuesday or Wednesday when he was on he was on Wednesday yeah could have been yesterday could have been Tuesday no he was on W yesterday okay okay my point is I don’t know what today is right I heard it I anyway all day long I’ve been thinking that it was Friday yeah um so he was on yesterday he said something to the effect of when we call him up he can never go back down like the worst thing to do is to send a guy back down and that’s what teams fear the Orioles have had to do it with Jackson holiday uh K hon kirad now that just cuz they couldn’t get them on the field because they have too many good players but my point is that’s the the biggest fear is not like well who cares if they’re winning losing developing whatever they want to make sure you don’t go two for 34 and you’re you’re questioning yourself and you got to go back to norol which is what happened with the number one Prospect sure in the game I guess that that that’s a doomsday thing I guess my point is I’m never sending him down go over for 30 go for 50 you’re you’re my you’re my big league outfielder we trust you to the Future you’ll figure it out I get if he can’t handle it then that’s another here I mean when when you’re failing in front of thousands of people every night and everyone’s talking about you on TV I think when you’re 21 years old that can get pretty tough uh but just a conversation I thought worth having after I read that Rosenthal piece yesterday it was outstanding uh Bucky Brooks speaking of prospects had a take about Jaden Daniels that turned some heads Bucky Brooks is one of the lead scouting analysts uh covering the college in the Pro game over at NFL Network listen to what he said about Jaden Daniels I would expect it to be a very similar impact uh the reason why is because Cliff Kingsbury has done this before with a Young quarterback look no further than the work that he did with Cal Murray when Cal Murray came out of Oklahoma right away curray hits the ground run and wins the offensive Rookie of the Year award has over 3,500 pass yards 500 rush yards 24 total TDS I would expect to see that kind of production and performance from Jaden Daniels when you look at Jaden Daniels he is an elite Prospect when it comes to his arm talent and his athleticism he can put it together whether he’s working on the script or off the script you look at the surrounding Talent around him Terry McLaren Jame Jim Dawson you also see Austin Eckley coming over to give them a threat out of the backfield with Zack Herz there are a lot of pieces in place for Jay and Daniels to hit the ground running I expect him to do so this Washington team should be much better than people expect and a lot of it is going to be due to the man that’s at the controls in Jaden Daniels Bucky Brooks says he’ll be CJ Stroud this year St who had the historical rookie season a year ago the likes of which we just hadn’t seen I mean he ended up throwing for 4,100 yards 23 touchdowns and just five picks he was in complete control all year long he missed the game so he could have been up around 4,400 yards and 26 touchdowns something like that but you saw it really from September on just commanded the offense good decision ISS massive arm exceptionally athletic pocket passer he moved in reset to throw I don’t think there’s any comp between st’s game who’s very much a pocket passer and Jaden Daniels having said that he’s basically saying he could have that kind of impact and he’s basing it Danny on Cliff kingsberry having turned Murray into a stud in his first year and what he perceives is a very good Supporting Cast around Daniel yeah I it’s I I’d rather hear that than not I mean you know I’ll I’ll be the one to kind of throw a little cold water on it this is something that happens when somebody sets the bars so high like stra did or Herbert did a couple years ago Houston was the laughing stock of the sport they won one fewer game last year than they had in the previous three years combined he turned that thing around to such a a pronounced degree that we now consider them among the best teams in the AFC and they’re for one of the best teams in the NFL like they’re they’re it’s like are they second behind the Chiefs is it them or the bills like that’s the offseason rhetoric because of how transformative this guy was that’s lightning on in into a thimble in the middle of an abandoned desert and now you’re just putting one outside of your front door and going I’m sure lightning will strike here this is incredibly rare this is the most rare thing that’s ever happened in the sport that’s why it’s so noteworthy expecting that again the following year I don’t want say it’s Folly I mean Bucky Brooks has forgotten more about football this morning that I’ll ever know but I do think it’s unrealistic on on a couple different fronts he could be really good and not even approach what CJ stad just did changing the worst organization in the sport to one of the classes of the League what do you guys make of the idea that Jaden Daniels could be CJ Stout that he could not only win rookie of the year which is one thing I mean that that’s really not the conversation that’s pretty easy to see yeah that he could have a rookie year where by the end of the season we’re all thinking Washington’s got one of the top five or so quarterbacks in the league by the end next year I mean Bucky Brook says Kings Berry’s done it already this Supporting Cast is excellent do you agree with those two takes I will open up the MGM National Harbor listener lines on this next 800 63667 800 636 1067 Granton Danny on the fan e e e e e e e e e e e e e e Grant and Danny on the fan Bucky Brooks of NFL network was asked if he thinks Jaden Daniels could be this year’s CJ Stout it was a reaction to why he was so high on him him and what is his ceiling this year this is what Bucky Brooks had to say about Jaden Daniels being able to replicate what Stout did which we hadn’t seen before just last year I would expect it to be a very similar impact uh the reason why is because Cliff Kingsbury has done this before with a Young quarterback look no further than the work that he did with C Murray when Cal Murray came out of Oklahoma right away C Murray hits the ground running wins the offensive Rookie of the Year award has over 3500 pass yards 500 rush yards 24 total TDS I would expect to see that kind of production and performance from Jaden Daniels when you look at Jaden Daniels he is an elite Prospect when it comes to his arm talent and his athleticism he can put it together whether he’s working on the script or off the script you look at the surrounding Talent around him Terry mclen Jame Jim Dawson you also see Austin eeky coming over to give them a threat out of the backfield with Zack Herz there are a lot of pieces in place for Jade and Daniels to hit the ground running I expect him to do so this Washington team should be much better than people expect and a lot of it is going to be due to the man is at the controls and Jaden Daniels that’s Bucky Brooks on NFL network if you close your eyes and just think about an end of the season where we’re all sure he’s the guy that they hit their home run they got their answer they don’t have to look for a quarterback for the next 10 years to me that’s the best case scenario like forget their record or do they make the playoffs or not or how good are they this coming season who cares at the end of the year do we all know pretty confidently that the answer is on the roster Jaden Daniels at number two was a victory and they picked the right guy if if he is the kind of impact and year Bucky Brooks is is talking about we’ll arrive at that conclusion by the end of his first season yeah we know Houston’s got what everybody’s looking for now and Washington can join them that would be amazing it certainly would it it’s a dream come true and I’m I wanted Jaden Daniels I agree with the pick I think he’s going to be awesome but again I maybe I’m reading this wrong or hung up on the wrong detail I can’t I just can’t do the greatest rookie season we’ve ever seen it’s basically CJ strad Cam Newton probably Herbert maybe throw Baker Mayfield in there and stoud transformed one of the worst organizations in the world into a juggernaut in one season maybe he’s saying which of the guys this year has the closest stoud likee impact where the entire organization benefits from his existence if you view it that way rather than focusing just on will will have the same exact number of yards and touchdowns as Stout because I I think Jaden Daniels should be one of the Rookie of the Year favorites I think he’s going to have a pretty nice season I think there’s gonna be some up and down I I don’t think they did enough at line and I don’t love the the the receiver cast the way Bucky Brooks does but I think he can have a nice year there’s a difference between that and me being really excited for the future and he’s gonna transform everything like CJ stra did and that’s probably my fault this is a me issue that I’m sort of hung up on that part of it but am I excited about Jaden Daniels hell yeah I wonder about The Supporting Cast like that’s the part that I hear and I want to pick apart a little bit is how good is The Supporting Cast I agree that I think the running back situation is very good whether it’s Brian Robinson thumping with Chris Rodriguez who led the team in yards per attempt Austin Eckler occasionally running the football but more importantly giving you that JD mckisic out of the backfield receiving option where he was still effective last season I think that’s outstanding for a Young quarterback having a safety valve a a blanket so to speak he he is my son Truman’s Banky he’s his blue blanket Austin Eckler out of the backfield that is perfectly done the tight end position is improved I don’t know if it’s going to be great but I wanted them to go get a solid veteran and I wanted them to draft the weapon they did both they went and got Zack Herz if he’s healthy and on the field should be able to help them both as a blocker and a receiver and then in the second round you drafted the second tight end off the board who they think might have some George KD to him in Ben sinate so all of a sudden now John Bates is your third guy he was your first guy at times last year Armani Rogers who’s been on the roster off the roster with injuries and is a nice little weapon is probably on the bubble to even make the team like they’ve gotten a lot deeper there that’s a win that’s good they built that well the wide receiver room is the big question mark I think mcclaren’s outstanding and I’m still high on doson sounds like you’ve really cooled on Johan after last year correct I still think he’s very good I I don’t feel like I did before last season which was that he could be a top 10 to 15 receiver in the league I was way over the top and I haven’t been wrong that loudly on anything probably with this team in the last few years I I completely botched in my assessment of how good he would be but I do think he could still be legit you throw in mcaffrey one of these veterans that they brought in Michael Lade zakus or Demir bird or Jameson Crow or somebody you know ends up getting some catches that’s a good receiver room I don’t know that it’s special but it’s very solid it’s good enough it’s every bit as good probably as the Texans were last year like CJ stoud made Nico Collins a lot better he made tank Dell a lot better Jaden Daniels might make dami brown really good he hasn’t had anybody throwing him the football that elevates you now you might I think we got a a plan for some of that too the one area where I didn’t hear Bucky Brook say much about this and there’s good reason for it the o line is average at best and the left tackle position is substandard and those are my concerns in terms of Supporting Cast in air quotes yeah and the both tackle spots really to me are not what you need in this modern NFL especially for a mobile guy right I I need my right tackle to either be a stalwart or a guy that can get out in space to to cover for some of those bootlegs and things like that and I’ve just got someone that’s pedestrian at Best in in Andrew Wy although he did play a little bit better in the second half last year still only close to good enough for me um I’m much lower on the receiver room than you are mostly kind of hinges on what you think of doson but I think the other guys are just guys I think every receiving room has six different mils Browns zaki’s Demir Birds totally agree you know so to me you’re talking about receivers four through six everybody in the league has guys at receiver four through six right I’m not listenting them his assets my point is I think they’re number one wouldn’t be a number one on 12 to 13 14 15 teams he’s very nice good player in Teran McClaren glad he’s here I love the guy but he’s not CD lamb or you know some of these other stars AJ Brown even in the division and I don’t think they have a number two I think they’ve got someone that’s gonna catch the second most balls in Johan doson you’ve really soured on Jan doson yeah I I can’t get over it how maybe it’s my own disappointment but but you’re not either acknowledging or you don’t care that Eric benmy was awful at his job last year and Sam how was not all that good none of those guys caus him to drop the passes it’s it’s the drop go and it when it came a lot last year and it was a lot way more than than you should have to the point that he’s not open I don’t know what’s going on so I’m you know I’m sure the numbers will be better this year but I don’t have much confidence in in that receiver group I think they had a huge swing in a miss here now if they’re right and I’m wrong that this room was plenty good enough they didn’t need to go get Keenan Allen didn’t need to go get uh another veteran to do what I think you should be doing anyway I think it should be standard practice to do what Chicago has done uh to to build the nest for their Young quarterback but I think those are two different conversations like I also think they should have gone and gotten Keenan Allen who’s a Hall of Famer to be and and added a lot and been smarter about putting the receiver room together but that’s different than is their receiver room good enough for a Young quarterback like this is not the Panthers last year or the Bears with Justin Fields where they just did a bad job giving him weapons you drafted a tight end in round two a wide receiver in round three you signed one of the best pass catching running backs in the last 25 years of the league and you already have a perennial Pro Bowl type producer in Terry mclen and a guy that you drafted in the first round who we all thought was a star 12 months ago the only move out of those that I think is definitively good is is Eckler the others are are are hope a third a third round wide receiver they did the thing so we that’s not doing the thing though doing the thing is the the second round pick instead of a guy that’s already hurt at defensive tackle rotation tight end in the second round right couple rounds earlier than everyone thought he would go I like s it too I’m excited I’m hopeful that’s a different conversation no the conversation is this one that room isn’t that good just go ah they drafted somebody well they drafted D Brown too my point is they drafted a tit you just said you got to draft a guy in the second round they literally did that then you go well they drafted him two rounds too high that’s a different conversation if you’re not high on Senate as a second rounder then we should talk about that I like the guy they like the most that tight end in round two they drafted so if they’re wrong then we should critique them for that but they didn’t like jvon Sanders or any of the other tight ends that much no sure and and S it’s that’s to me is The X Factor if he’s good then a lot of this is going to make a lot of sense but to me I’m talking about the receiver position specifically uh they had opportunities and they chose not to whether again was free agency whether via trade whether it was via the draft earlier on they took Luke mcaffry out of rice we’ll see if he’s you know better than they took a wide receiver in the third round right they liked him more than all those other guys that you and I had heard of and liked right in in rounds one round two free agency the third rounder I I got maybe I have too much downby Brown in my past where I got tired of hearing about how great he was in pads or too much Leonard Hankerson or or what I guess he was a second rounder but I’m not counting on a third rounder to be impactful right away for a rookie quarterback like to me I think the receiver room is below average to be honest with you at this by the way just looked it up Dotson same number of drops four last last year as Curtis Samuel and Terry McLaren in a fraction of the targets because he wasn’t open that all that much so maybe that’s bem’s fault maybe that’s how’s fault for ball placement to me the line and the receiver spot it’s not The Supporting Cast that people seem to think it is just because we’ve heard some of these names I guess it’s my big takeaway drop percentage for doson about 7% Samuel 6% McClaren about 5% so he’d drop an extra pass over 100 targets let’s go to Anthony and Calbert on Grant and Danny Anthony how do you feel about The Supporting Cast for Jaden Daniels I think uh they built it up well uh around their expected uh pick now granted some of that was uh uh prior to the draft so that’s why I said expected pick um and uh some of that was during the draft uh I I like it and another thing I’d like to add is the defensive side of the ball is much better obviously at least on paper uh so he can afford to make some mistakes he can afford to take a few chances and not you know have have it all crumble around him and then lastly I think I think last year there was granted they weren’t good at all regardless of how you want to look at it in my opinion but there three or four wins maybe two or three is maybe more accurate statement on the table that could have been had into the halftime with timeouts in your pocket ending the game and losing with timeouts in your pocket fourth down calls Etc Etc so I think the coaching the the coaching on the field during the game as well as during the week um preparation Etc is going to be a Big Boon um you know I got I got Dan Quinn I mean I know you guys don’t talk about uh wagering a whole lot uh that’s more of the morning show but um you know I got Dan Quinn at plus 2,000 for Coach of the Year 20 to one’s about where it should be probably I’d say but no I I like those odds I mean if you can get a 20 to1 ticket on if you somehow get to nine 10 wins he’s got a viable shot at that there’s a path to that someone asked me the other day do you think there’s a better chance they win 10 games or four games and I said probably a better chance they win 10 games like they signed a bunch of veterans to to raise the the yeah wi and force hard the water level in the pool now I don’t know how sustainable it is because a lot of those guys will walk and I don’t think they’re going to be that good I I think they’ll probably be a sevenish win team but if you’re saying it goes one way or the other where they’re actually super impressive or they’re terrible I would say it goes the way that they’re super impressive but his point on the defense matters to me it’s another area where you and I have disagreed quite a bit this off season whereas you’ve kind of viewed helping Jaden Daniels is way more linearly people that are in the huddle with him that are blocking or catching passes from him you know as necessity to be helping him and I I view it more from the 10,000 foot view of if you’re giving up 13 points in a game instead of 22 you’ve helped your quarterback a lot you know if you are keeping a team from scoring and so you don’t have to go out there and be perfect every Drive you’ve helped your quarterback a lot and I do think they’ll be a lot better on defense because they’re going to be way better coached way way way way way better coached remember their secondary last year Danny was coached by a guy who was a high school football coach when Jack Del Rio didn’t have him on his NFL staffs like that was a real thing and now you got Joe wit a pass game coordinator and Quinn’s background too there yeah totally you you have four guys who have been secondary coaches or better on this coaching staff all helping with the secondary compared to a high school coach from a year ago now what do you make though Bucky Brooks saying with this Supporting Cast and Cliff kingsberry Daniels could be Stout 800 636 1067 is the number we can get to more calls next also our double play what’s going on in our lives nothing to do with sports we’re about 20 minutes away from the Blitz and giving away two tickets to see Hank Williams Jr e e e e e e e e e e e they’re going over six and a half wins and and you guys know how I feel about J Dan I think he’s going to be a big time player but I also like this roster and you know we we go back and we look there’s one big concern is the left tackle position they they might be starting a rookie there that’s always concerning but when you look at this team there’s Talent on the outside for him to throw the football they can run the ball there’s some good backs defensively they have talent now now like guy like Forbes he just step up a corner better than he did a year ago but I do think they’re talented across the board and they added a bunch of veterans which I think a lot of these veterans by the way if you look at it they have real ties to the coaching staff almost all of them to some point have ties to the coaching staff or or the front office but I think those veterans will kind of help the younger guys assimilate into into the team and I think they’re going to help Jaden Danel I think this is going to be a sneaky good team this year that’s Pete prisco of CBS Sports adding to what Bucky Brooks had to say about the Commander roster he’s liking the group I don’t know that I’m as high on it as he is uh they got a lot of guys who came in on one-year deals that were available who are just okay but okay isn’t a four five win operation right right enough okay players you’re a sevenish win team now you’re a Miss field goal away from eight you’re a a blown assignment away from nine you’re in that bucket yeah and you can kind of see how they could be playing competitive football we’ll give away the Hank Williams Jr tickets coming up at the top of the hour real quickly let’s sneak in a double play driven to you by your local Washington area Honda dealers stop in for a great deal on the rugged and capable Honda Pilot contact your local Washington area Honda dealers today this is not a great story here Jeeps but it happened uh we had a rain out during the week so all of a sudden everybody when when the gats were on the road in Chicago so we got off early I was going to go pick up one of my kids at practice Well turns out the rain came and knocked off everybody’s practice so all of a sudden I’m at home with the two boys I was like you know we never get to do this let’s let’s go out to a casual dinner let’s do a little casual dinner on on a Tuesday evening right so we popped over to a restaurant wife was able to meet us all of a sudden a fun little huray family outing right for for a little while all I can think about since that dinner it was fine boys were you know moderately behaved at the end of the day you know a couple scoldings a couple stuff kicking your brother sit up in the chair I know you’re hungry we’re all hungry waiting for the food calm down the normal misery of being out and about for the most part it was nice I can’t get over this somehow it was $225 what that’s it I can’t that’s all I can think about is all we did was we went sat down we ordered food did you get appetizers so I got one a a big old fatty and my what’ you get uh what’s one appetizer one main dish I know but can you tell me or you don’t it’s not important so my youngest son was like jealous of my older son’s order so we had to get one of those for him too even though he already had something so there was a second kids entree my Appy my wife’s two drinks with the alcohol in them but even still this is just a regular just you know 5:15 p.m. sitdown the meal came to $225 and it’s all I’ve been able to think about since I’ve told everybody everyone’s like oh yeah it’s a lot and then they just kind of go by their day and I stew in it I can’t stop thinking about that fact $225 it’s like 17 bucks to go get a value meal somewhere now I know crazy and that’s all we’re doing from now on things are expensive uh all right question for you guys I want to hit a couple more of these 800 636 1067 thoughts on these supporting casts for Jaden Daniels will it be good enough to allow him to have the CJ stoud type season stoud elevated his group we we think of those guys all or highly now than we did a year ago it’s funny it’s kind of chicken or the egg how that happens let’s go to Derek in Waldorf what’s up Derek hey good afternoon guys thank you for taking my call hey buddy your phone’s breaking up sorry buddy back let’s go to Tony and Clinton Maryland what’s up Tony all right guys I got a list for you you ready yes all right so remember he he just mentioned some of the historical seasons for quarterbacks Baker Cam Newton all those guys right they were number one overall picks Jane Daniel was the number two overall pick I got names for you before stra Zack Wilson Mitch trubisky Carson Wentz Marcus Mariota Robert Griffin uh wait a second Ry Ryan Leaf and it goes all the way back to Rick Meyer those are the number two picks at quarterback behind the guy that went before them it’s a reason why CJ stra season is so celebrated is because it doesn’t happen so for us to have the expectation that Jaden Daniel is GNA somehow ditto what happened last year that’s a bar set way too totally totally but to be clear Tony I I don’t think the question is will he replicate stoud season the point is Bucky Brooks is saying this guy is going to basically take the organization on a rocket ship into being a top of the conference a year from now can you see that or no um not next year this Ro I’m in the same agreement as everybody else on of you guys with the receiver room and the talent like to mention for he lost his credibility when he mentioned Zack Herz as a guy that’s gonna help a rookie I mean Zack her is he could literally be on any roster right now nobody’s excited to have Zack hers right yeah he’s not weapon anymore but Zack Herz will help a rookie quarterback more than you’d think because he’s seen everything he can get in his ear he can get on the sideline this is what’s happening but he’s not necessarily A a weapon or a game breaker Ron and Richmond what’s up hey how you doing guys first let me tell you a story I I took a lady out and uh we went to a place called Purry Steakhouse we had a state that we split and then we ordered uh Entre we ordered uh asparagus and and uh what else mushrooms and had a couple drinks $390 yeah you know so how did this happen yeah exactly when she told me CU I don’t see very well in the dark I said how much is it sweetie she said 390 you know if I was at the Palm or or or you know the Cal grill or somewhere but I’m in Richmond at a place called Perry Steakhouse Perry I just I’m still stuck on you guys sharing a steak if I could say that well you know what we we W very it was late at night it was almost 8 o’clock nine o’clock and we would leave in town to go away for the weekend uh going down to wake flest to another restaurant that I had read about but anyway um my position is this if the defense is what it could be then it would help him because we would get turnovers because of wi and it’s going to make the feeli shorter so it’s going to help and then it’s going to build his confidence but I’m I’m like the with the other guys I’m not crazy about the receivers we have I’m not crazy about Terry McLaren I’m sorry but he just doesn’t he doesn’t strike fear in me and I you know and I of course I don’t have to cover him but terrified if I was out there one-on-one $390 Bill a little bit scarier than Terry for you uh Terry McLaren’s an outstanding in my opinion very solid starting wide receiver he’s not a explosive dangerous X right he’s not a top 15 top 10 I think he’s just outside maybe in that 13 to 18 range probably if we were ranking all the receivers in the league but in a perfect offense Danny he kick him over to Z to be more of your possession guy and you’ve got a a x who can kind of take the top off vertically a little bit more in a perfect situation here he’s just a really good top receiver Choice nothing wrong with Terry McClaren he’s outstanding but is he scary is he CD lamb is he you know maybe what Malik neighbors is going to end up being no probably not neighbors went in the top 10 lamb went in the top 15 right Terry McClaren went in the third round I mean there is a difference probably and give him credit he’s worked his butt off he’s become one of the best in the league G D on the fan let’s give away those tickets to go see Hank Williams Jr as we return for the Beltway Blitz next e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e caller 10 at 8636 1067 congrats you’re winning two tickets to see Hank Williams Jr this Saturday two days from now May 18th Jiffy Lube Live tickets are on sale right now for tickets and more event information visit the fand dc.com SL events this is courtesy of Live Nation final chance to win this week is tomorrow so make sure you’ve got those dialing fingers ready right at 4 o’clock g& D show is exclusively sponsored by the law firm of condori and Moran they provide Legal Services estate planning elder law probate administ ation schedule your free consultation with their Fairfax based attorneys visit Cam lawyers.com and be sure to mention us when you call them because they’ll give you a discount km lawyers.com it is time for our Beltway Blitz we’ll break down the NBA Playoffs talk about the commanders but we start right now on the diamond our guy Bobby Blanco mass and sports.com Bobby theats need a spark offensively 19 Innings with without a run 18 Innings two games backto back shutouts against the white socks arguably the worst team in baseball it’s gotten ugly offensively here yeah it’s not good it’s uh you know they played the Orioles so well last week had a chance to sweep them they played the Red Sox tough up in Boston winning one of those they were in the other two you come in I know the rain out the double header is always tough but you win that first game and I guess to lose the next two games against the white sock yeah not great on paper like you said the worst team maybe in all of baseball is definitely the American League but the get shut out the last two games was was very tough I know those those guys have to be frustrated with that outing tabber Ruiz specifically coming up in a big spot and and striking out with the bases a littleit late in the game um so yeah I mean I know this is a tough matchup this weekend in Philadelphia against the Phillies who have the best record in the major leagues right now that offense is explosive but you know I mean I wouldn’t put it past this team look we’ve seen them play the Orioles well we’ve seen them play the Rangers tough we’ve seen them play the Dodgers tough out in La for whatever reason it feels like this team could go in to Philadelphia and win two of three and then we’ll be like all right they’re back on track but the offense has to be going because the pitching has been well but the offense is struggling right now you mentioned Kar Ruiz he’s hitting 141 he’s got a 392 Ops he is statistically right now I believe the worst regular he’s got 90 Plus at bats in Major League Baseball this season offensively and I know he lost 20 pounds with an illness he was struggling before that he’s been chasing his tail since but they can’t send him down because he’s out of options what what can they do to try to fix him as they go here this season yeah Davey has been trying to just play him the early solution was let’s let’s get him at bats let’s play him as much as we can he’ll get his timing back eventually you’re right they can’t send him down so he’s gonna have to figure it out up at the major league level uh and yeah he is I don’t think he qualifies because he missed so much time when he was sick but of major league players who have taken at least 90 play appearances he is dead last in Ops with an Ops under 400 so that’s not good I know he has admitted like I give cber a lot of credit he’s not hiding from this he understands he’s in a big slump he understands it’s not cutting it out right now I just think you know you can’t really bench him right now I I I I think you can do a thing where we saw D at the end of last year where you get him and Riley Adams in the lineup at the same time we saw him do it in Chicago I think for a day where one of them is the DH one of them is the catcher you know you still need to I know it’s bump him down the lineup I know it’s tough at times because he needs to come up clutch but I think with time cber will get going a bit um he’s too far removed from that sickness where that’s no longer not an excuse but a reason to be sing this much but I I still think you know benching him is not going to do any good sending him down obviously they can’t do without some you know Shifty maneuvering so you got get more at bat hopefully he figures that out at the play on his own yeah three times they’ve been shut out in May I think it’s eight or nine of their 12 games here in May they’ve scored three runs or less kind of coincides with Luis Garcia cooling off and CJ Abrams cooling off in a major way that’s gonna happen that’s Major League Baseball guys are going to webs and flows Eddie Rosario was the worst player in the world in April and now you know he can’t stop hitting homers but you kind of notice there’s not much depth to this offense when Abrams isn’t going great all of a sudden you really really notice it huh Bobby yeah absolutely and and see that’s that’s a great point with CJ and Louie right there because you know you can kind of if you track this whole season right now as those two have gone this offense has gone and if they’re not going like you said they’re not going really anywhere hopefully some reinforcements are coming Joey Gallow probably activated off the I tomorrow in Philadelphia hopefully his power starts clicking he’s got his timing he hit pretty well in Triple A I know he’s a veteran Triple A he be doing that anyways but you just hope that his timing is there back after that AC sprain in his shoulder um and then ideally you get Lane Thomas back sooner rather than later he ran the bases in Chicago not at full speed but still progress that was kind of the last check mark he needed to cross before going on his own minor league excitement you get those two guys back in the lineup hopefully they start producing get some better pitches for guys like Lou and CJ tocia and maybe they start getting back on track too so hopefully reinforcements are coming but they need definitely need to spark Bobby thank you good info on the Nets yeah thanks guys have a good weekend you got it you too bro let’s talk some hoops Nick Ashu bet MGM tonight joins us now on g& D’s Beltway Blitz uh we’ll get into the whz in a moment they got the number two pick in the draft on Sunday in the lottery let’s start though with the playoffs the series you’ve enjoyed the most has been probably nuggets uh Timberwolves which unfortunately May close out tonight with the way the nuggets have been playing but uh I thought this would go seven games when we first knew what the matchup was going to be I’m less confident in that now just because we watched Denver put themselves in a position to win four straight and know quite frankly look like the Denver Nuggets that we thought they would be but a hell of a matchup but I think the bigger thing too if you look at the NBA Playoffs we got a lot of young teams in the Western Conference that are getting playoff experience because I would put the Thunder maav series like right below it so it’s like everything’s been going on in the west and we know the West is obviously a lot better but uh watching what the Timberwolves were able to do the first two games and the Nuggets rebounding the way that they did it shows you that there’s still a reason why they’re defending champs two questions here one do you use hair gel or Pomade on your hair and if so what kind uh no it’s more of like a it’s a non shine kind of uh paste I think is what it’s called you don’t want really the Shine Anymore I learned when like lights are on and stuff gets a little too shiny learn you don’t want that like a hair cream kind of a thing that you use just to just for a little bit of hold yeah there’s a little bit of a hold but you know it’s more of like a you know like I said it’s more of like a doesn’t look like a a gel it’s very it’s a solid yeah you know so not very shiny though but it gives you a hole very good product I’ll give I’ll give I’ll send you a link to the product will you please thank you uh secondly can either the Pacers or the Knicks I’m assuming Knicks kind of makes that here even though they’re pretty beat up uh can either one of those teams beat the Celtics I mean the thing with like if you look at the Celtics like what happened last night to the first three and a half quarters was classic Celtics right they should close out a Cavs team that’s missing three of their top players and yet the Cavs are still hanging on there so you look and go yeah maybe the Knicks could do it because they’re tough they could beat them up they’re not going to back down from anybody they’re well coached but like the Boston Celtics are just a better team on paper I would say no if you’re looking at talent and you’re looking at depth especially if porzingis comes back for the Celtics because you know he’s going to want to light up the Knicks his former team but the Celtics just always leave that room for error every time we talk about this team we see what the talent level is we see how they beat the hell out of teams during the regular season and yet you still go but there’s still issues there so I’m going to say no but there’s always room for error with this Celtics team 15-point win last night for Boston to close out that series the other of the games yesterday Mavs 10492 over the thunder so they’re up three games to two in that best of seven Luca went 311 and 10 in that game man has he been great are the Thunder cooked you know I’m not ruling them out simply because Shay gild just Alexander could take over in the fourth quarter again like he’s done and Kyrie has not shot the ball well the last couple of games and listen Luka was great last night but he has struggled at times in the series with the all of the injuries he’s dealing with uh and he just has not looked like fully himself but then you watch last night you go oh there’s Luca I mean throwing full court alyuk to guys and scoring at will all over the place and not arguing with rest he decided he wanted to play with joy again guys you know sometimes in life people drive you nuts but if you just show them a little smile sometimes it works out in your favor and if he keeps playing like that it’s going to be tough but that’s also again that’s another series that’s been a ton of fun to watch I’m definitely not ruling out the Thunder yet but if you get another like Luca performance like last night in the next game gonna be real tough for Oklahoma City to overcome that Nick when I’m looking at uh NBA mock drafts I see a lot of people doing the bit where they go well the Wizards need this like they’re like they’re like almost looking at this current roster like it’s a thing and they go well Don clinging makes sense because they could use some Rim protection I’m like uh maybe that’s the right pick maybe it’s not but I’m going I don’t really give a you know what what they are right now like kulal is gonna be here it looks like AIA is gonna be here Beyond you know uh the trade deadline this coming season who’s the highest cealing guy I don’t know that there is one what should they do at two trade the pick just shoot the moon on one of these International guys where are you I mean listen if there’s an opportunity to trade this pick and get more first round picks in future drafts I take it but it’s not like the NFL where you get as much of that like the value especially on these picks the number two picks like it’s just not very high take the best player on the board this team is so Talent depleted and it’s not like they’re looking to win anything even next year so just take the best guy if you get an offer to trade maybe trade back and get a pick in next year’s draft isn’t really highly protected you take that guys this is going to be a bad draft there’s there’s a lot of depth in terms of like maybe decent Talent that’s similar to what you’d get in the top 10 on the back end of the first round so maybe you look at it from that perspective but like none of these guys are looked at as franchise changing talents just maybe some good players so it it’s not really a draft to be overly excited about unfortunately miss you Nicholas ah you guys are the best see you buddy listen in bet MGM tonight how about we wrap things up on the grid iron Earl fory keeping you up to speed regularly on this platform as our anchor but right now lighting as the Grant and Danny Beltway Blitz commanders analyst and Earl the schedule is out my friend I know you countdown to schedule release like I do love it uh it’s one of the highlights now of what is going to be you know long hard summer to get through but to me free agency draft and you schedule release because only the NFL can get ratings and get you know win over any other sport I said during one of the updates yesterday yeah Stanley Cup playoff season NBA playoffs are ongoing baseball season’s well underway but the Highlight is a freaking schedule release and it’s true the NFL in a about a three-week span gets great ratings and all the interest in the Sports World from one guy reading names or multiple guys and men and women reading names for three days and a release of the order of games to be played that we’ve known the opponents for months there’s no better sport than the NFL that it keeps our attention that way it’s crazy give me a couple of headlines to jump out to you maybe from the schedule here Earl okay um a lot of road games early and and then a lot of home games before the bye so you’ve got what four out of six on the road uh to start the season then you’ve got five of seven after that by week and then a month so you I said in one of my tweets X post whatever you want to call those things um survive and thrive is kind of the way I see it uh you’ve got and and Baltimore wraps up that the first six that’s an early season Super Bowl by the way October 13th by then all the Ravens running back should be injured and they’ll find out that most of their receivers suck again uh so that’s an early week six Super Bowl but you get through even if you’re win a couple of those games I mean if you split I think you’re in great shape if you were to win two or something okay because you’ve got all those home games and it starts after that with Carolina Chicago and the New York Giants in my opinion three winnable games that that’s the middle soft SP spot of the schedule 789 if you can pile up some wins there it may be a decent team I mean my theory on this guys is they were 4 and13 a year ago I don’t think it was that bad a team but I think we’ve seen the systematic dismantling very quickly of the roster that there was a lot of lack of talent there certainly wasn’t just coaching okay um but they were 4 and13 coaching change and all this I think is worth two wins the talent upgrade from what they had before I think you can say that may be worth a couple of wins now you get to eight right and if you’re quarterback is special and the guy he may be worth a winner too now where are we with wins possibly you’re in the nine10 range I’m not saying that’s going to happen but it’s it’s possible because I just I don’t think it was a 4 and13 team a year ago I don’t think it was a great team I but I think especially with they were basically like four and five before the bottom fell out and the wasn’t good I mean they didn’t do a good job I think basically Ron tapped out and quit Midway through the season and the team fell apart too that’s what I’m saying they were you know Treading Water early and I think that’s why I don’t think it’s overly optimistic to look at it that way I think an upgrading coaches is certainly worth a winner too and the talent they’ve changed to have basically competent players on defense now especially at linebacker I think could be worth a win or two and then your quarterback we we saw what it was worth wor last year in Houston that’s a guy certainly if he is as advertised and we has a ball hit the ground in Ashburn yet I don’t think so uh during rookie mini camp and OTAs if he’s as advertised he could be worth a win or two on his own right and then we get in that range where you could that final month after the bye possibly have a shot maybe I don’t know we’ll see sneak one in really quick similar question to Danny’s but is there a matchup that gets the juices for you like a game that you go oh I kind of like that whether it’s like for me for whatever reason I don’t know why Bengals on Monday night I’m fired up for I think saw fun I I think that’s a big early you know and that’s it’s to me I think it’s one versus two I think it’s that Chicago game I’m really interested to see and this is that’s week eight Midway through the season you get to find out as fans don’t you if that number one guy is really that much better than the number two guy I mean isn’t that an early career early season mid-season measuring stick for both teams I I think it is you may maybe would put too much and will put too much on that game but to me Grant that’s intriguing the burrow you know Daniels thing Cincinnati those are two LSU Superstar quarterbacks right um and the guy that could have been yours 2020 had you lost that one game you probably should have lost um here’s the burrow thing though did you I don’t know if you saw or heard Darius Butler’s on the Pat McAfee show he said I guess it was today that he had the same wrist surgery that Joe burrow is recovering from and he said that he’s only got 50% use of that wrist yeah burrow said he’s he he spent the entire offseason with his team whoever that is trying to find a quarterback at any level who had dealt with this injury and they could can’t no um it’s it’s more than pitcher injuries Tommy John it is because and I think burrow is kind of one of those gutsy I’ll do anything it takes kind of guys that he’ll be effective either way but that’s going to be a factor and you get them early in the season that’s one of our few P Prime Times right Monday Night Football and then you know of course Philly uh Eagle fans are all I guess on Twitter talking about how the commanders W looks like a taco holder and okay we we’ll see you later in the season um you know In fairness it kind of looks like a taco holder that’s exactly what it looks like that’s fine maybe we can beat them with our taco holder helmets burgundy and gold W okay another burgundy and gold W in the books super exciting yeah um we’ll see but I want I want teams here to win guys you’re talking about the Wizards and and we had the Caps probably in a rebuild you know momentarily I just want teams to win I’m too old for waiting for next year or two years I want some teams that can win not sure this team will this year but I think they may have a shot once we get through the summer Earl thank you as always buddy appreciate it all right guys have a good weekend you too brother that’s our guy Earl fory on our Beltway Blitz I got the odds for the commanders games this season how many times will they be favored next on g& D e e e e e e e e e e e e e e I’ve got the point spread for every commanders game this season in front of me Von’s Tim Murray buddy of mine from the area uh sent this out how many games do you think the commanders will be favored to win this year so just a cursory glance um you know look at the schedule I I wouldn’t have said more than four so my my guess is three or four I’ll say four three is what I’m looking at M favored to beat the Giants in week two favored to beat Carolina minus three in that game favored to beat the Tennessee Titans minus one and a half at Landover Maryland’s Stadium to be named later and that is a early December right at the start of December game before the bye and then the trip to New Orleans those are the only three games Danny they are favored in this season yeah the now again so much will change if cayb Williams isn’t playing in week eight you know when the Bears come to town or you know Dak Prescott’s hurt you get another bendoni type situation I mean stuff changes but again the the the way I think about it is this this is a bad analogy but bear with me for a second in sixth grade I did a science fair project I thought it was great right I I got a decent grade and I go I’m gonna enter into like one of the Citywide fairs for science projects locally I was very excited about my science project I entered it I went in and the people that were judging it came by for 4 seconds looked at it and said thank you and then they went next door to the kid that built a hovercraft and then they went down for a guy that had a working volcano and my little thing about which Solutions conduct electricity best didn’t look that good anymore right so the thing I got like a B+ on wasn’t really that special that’s what’s going on right here locally we’re excited and we should be nationally they’re not that interested they’re hovercrafts they’re are volcanoes there’s way cooler stuff so another words nobody’s really that excited about our science project yet the only the only reason I thought there would be a little Intrigue in our science fair project use your analogy is there is Intrigue in Jaden Daniels nationally he just won the Heisman Trophy he was the best player and the biggest star in the number two sport in America which is college football behind the NFL Y and then he was the number two pick in the draft and outside of Caleb Williams not just because he went second he might have been the second biggest personality you know in the draft so to speak in terms of their coverage and the guys that they spent the most time on on draft and for those reasons I thought maybe it would be the Jaden Daniels effect see the Robert Griffin effect everybody knows this guy he just won the Heisman he just had the greatest season that’s ever happened in the history of the best football conference in America and there wasn’t as much to that as maybe I anticipated but I get it otherwise this is a pretty boring operation from a national standpoint let’s dive into the schedule we can give you some nuggets on each of these games as we go here for the commanders Danny two Prime Time games games week three Monday night in Cincinnati week 11 Thursday night in Philadelphia no home Prime Time games which I like I love that as few Prime Time games as possible is good for me but in general you’re right just in terms of fans getting to and fro uh the artist form known as FedEx Field logistically that’s good it’s easier that to not have to do it on a Thursday or a Monday yeah I just don’t like being exhausted being up super late getting home at 1:32 in the morning and then getting to work the next day you guys don’t have to deal with that this year a week one in Tampa Raymond James Stadium against the Bucks 425 game I got my wish I got a road game and I got a 4:00 window lo and behold I can’t believe I got both of those things especially in East Coast game at 4:25 Washington’s playing in in week one what did I do to deserve such a wonderful gift it happened first time Washington’s been at Raymond James Stadium since 2018 they’ve won two straight games in Tampa Bay first time they’ve opened with the Bucks since 20 2004 at home that was the Clinton poris 64 yard touchdown first play of the season and Joe gibbs’s return game I was sitting in row one seat one and I looked at my friend and said we’re going to go Inn the Super Bowl Joe Gibbs is back and one play and it’s a Clinton por his touchdown please and thank you um this used to be pretty common place by the way Washington back in the day when I was a we lad would play that four o’clock window game all the time now even though it’s two East Coast teams so that’s a big deal Tampa Bay defensively with Todd Bulls might POS a nice little challenge here for the rookie quarterback but that is a game against a team that’s probably not a juggernaut week two 1:00 kick at home against the New York Giants this will be Jaden Daniels home debut in the DMV this is the only one o00 home game in the first four games of the season so a lot of opportunity to sit on our couches and watch 1:00 NFL Red Zone eight game at a time or more football uh only note I’ve got here from what the team sent out that I thought was interesting the commanders have lost two straight at home to the Giants which is odd considering the Giants have not been that good yeah they’ve lost a whole bunch of the Giants frankly doesn’t matter who’s been a quarterback they have struggled to play well against that Giants team for some time now week three Monday Night Football my mom’s birthday Danny September 23rd 8:15 East time kick on Monday Night Football in Cincinnati against the Bengals 55 and one all time against Cincinnati one three and one on the road so the series hasn’t gone very well Washington has not played there do you know when the last time they went to Cincinnati was no 2008 because the last time they played Cincinnati was in London that was supposed to have they would have been over there yeah that’s why it’s been 16 years first ever Monday Night Football game between the two teams on Monday night Danny the commander 7 and 23 all time they have won back-to-back Monday Night Football games though to get 7 and 23 three including that Taylor heiki took a knee got a flag called because he got hit right before he was about to get tackled 3221 win over the Eagles a couple of years ago this is a Bengals team that when Joe burrow is healthy now we talked about it briefly with Earl fory not too long ago will he ever be Joe burrow again I don’t know this is a group that lost the Super Bowl two years ago and lost the conference Championship game in 2022 and despite being completely you know underwater quarterback both with burrow injured for much of the season they were still a nine and8 team last year uh with just you know a tiny little Point differential to the negative so this is a group that could be formidable and does have Super Bowl designs week four at Arizona uh excuse me this is against Arizona out west first trip there since the 2020 pandemic season again four o’clock window so another great football watching day remember that was the game where Ron Rivera stopped trying to win uh stopped taking timeouts and that was the beginning of that era we didn’t really know what the hell was going on and that was the first sign that this may have been a little bit weird week five 1:00 Sunday at home Cleveland Browns Browns have been a bit of a bugaboot 517 and one at home against Cleveland over the Washington history 1235 and one overall they’ve lost two straight including the Carson went three interception Fiasco last time the Browns came who could forget last year Cleveland again was really really good full complete team what they get a quarterback is going to be the mystery week six they are in Baltimore this is about as easy a road trip as you’re going to have third ever trip to Baltimore first time playing there since 2016 the two teams head-to-head Washington one and one downtown Charm City three and four overall the Ravens were the best team wire to wire in the regular season last year that of course didn’t get them anything other than uh lost just like everybody else did to the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC title game but that is a group that’s poised with the addition of derck Henry by the way uh to run over people week seven Carolina Panthers coming to town Washington is six and3 all time against against Carolina First Time hosting the Panthers since the end of the 2020 pandemic year that was the first time we saw Taylor hinei play in a game this is the Dave Canalis uh LED Carolina Panthers please and thank you they now have the worst owner on the sport probably their organization’s bit of a Gong Show I don’t have a great feel for them this year I don’t feel like they’re going to be pretty good though any good rather wait you don’t feel like yeah okay I don’t have I thought you just said they were going to be good and I’m like wait a second no i’ ST it over they’re stink I think they’re going to stink like I’m pretty sure they’re going to stink but we always think that about about teams then sometimes they stink up on you I don’t feel like they’re sneaking anybody Bryce young was so bad last year terrible I hope he gets better quick because I liked him coming out a week eight Chicago Bears this one of my favorite games on the Slate pick number one Caleb Williams pick number two Jaden Daniels last two Heisman Trophy winners third consecutive Seasons Washington is playing the Bears this one somehow wasn’t on Thursday Night Football a 12 12- one at home 23 22-1 overall against the Bears lifetime they have transformed themselves in in a couple years and it took a lot of pain to do that it took a lot of struggle to do that a lot of trading away current picks for future ones this is a group now poised for a breakout week nine at the New York Giants 3057 and three at the metaland for whatever reason it doesn’t matter if the Giants are good or not Washington just does not play well in East Rutherford New Jersey last year they went there and a terrible Giants team held them to seven points and sacked Sam how 83 times how terrible that game was was the game when I decided like right then and there Eric benmy is not good at this it was that game he just didn’t have a plan week 10 hosting the Steelers for the first time since the opener in 2016 I’m pretty sure Antonio Brown scored two touchdowns like picked on bashad breelan if I remember in that game I don’t think that was Josh Norman yet two game losing streak against the Steelers at home Steelers always well coached always tough always an emic on offense maybe it’s different this year with Russell Wilson and Justin Fields question mark I don’t really believe it but maybe week 11 they go to Philly this is prime time Thursday Night Football 15th time they’ve ever played the Eagles on prime time when I guess what their record is in those 14 games 0 and 14 five and nine oh all time against the Eagles Under The Lights that’s better than I thought they beat them you’ll remember in week 10 on Monday Night Football I referenced earlier the hinei Monday night game uh Eagles were 8-0 going into that game by the way that’s right that was the win of the Rivera era probably right either that one of the Steelers game uh the Eagles last year fell apart we all know that everybody’s written them off I think incorrectly so by the way that’s just my little not a sermon just a thought bit about the Philadelphia Eagles Danny Solomon Lon ruer Lon ruer over here you ever met Lon ruer never in person no Danny Solomon that’d be kind of cool week 12 against the Dallas Cowboys 30 and 35 at home against Dallas earliest game the Cowboys against the commanders since 2020 first trip earliest trip in the season that they’ve made to DC in four years because generally it happens later in the season that’s wild then it’s week 12 you know that’s crazy that’s like it’s like a like a big 10 game it’s like Michigan Ohio State they can’t play until December that’s weird I like this game because it doesn’t happen very often week 13 Tennessee Titans 15th game all time between the two Washington’s lost a couple in a row to the Titans four and four at home against them last trip for the Titans to DC was actually in 2022 that was the car Wentz like at the goal line game where he threw the pick he actually played well that game they were also in the district in 2014 and 2018 this is a Brian Callahan production here Callahan Auto Parts they’re trying to remake themselves a little bit after being a Mike Vel ground and pound play some good defense type team modernizing I don’t know how good they’re going to be this year my guess is not very I want to talk about this next by week everyone seems bothered by week 14 third straight year first time in team history they’ve had the same bye three years in a row I don’t really mind that by week I want you to hold your thoughts because I actually want to come back to this and take some calls on it in a couple of minutes so we’re going to circle back there week 15 Danny at New Orleans first trip to the Big Easy since 2018 we were there yeah we went to Brennan’s we ate our weight in gold and then Drew Brees broke a passing record and had like 14 kids all celebrating the victory with him Alex Smith threw this first Pass High to Adrian Peterson got him blown up we’re going this afternoon’s gonna be a long one and uh was a Monday night debacle yeah two game losing streak at the Super Dome Washington will look to end 9 and5 on the road all time against New Orleans week 16 Eagles at the artist formally known as FedEx where the commanders have lost three straight to the Eagles latest Eagles trip to Washington since 2021 three weeks to go in the season this will be a huge game for Philadelphia in my opinion against the try to the side of the division week 17 against the Atlanta Falcons Kirk Cousins makes his return fourth straight year plan the Falcons they play them all the time now beat them 2416 week six last year that was when Desmond rder threw three interceptions they are all time 10 and4 at home against Atlanta that’s the Eric pickle like I just know it’s going to happen because they always beat the Falcons thing they beat Atlanta at home for whatever reason yeah whether it’s donon Payne’s pinky on Marcus Mariota a couple of years ago that led to an interception or whatever but yeah that’s the Leo quarterback I used to play for that team M Marcus and uh some guy named Kirk and then the final game of the season at Dallas third time five years they will close the season with the Cowboys going to Dallas does not often go well for these boys those 1743 and two all time that’s a terrible number that you just said out loud e rivalry though yeah that stings the nostrils uh I wonder if Dallas will need that one that’s the that’s the only point there if Washington will need that one how do you guys feel about the byee I heard today just listening to B Mitch and Finley seems like a lot of people are annoyed and bothered by think everyone’s upset I’m not that upset about it make the case for me why it’s such a big deal 800 636 1067 Grant and Danny on the fan e e e e e e e e e e e here’s my argument against the late bye being so devastating when coupled with playing three winnable games in your first four which I think Washington is the Giants stink the Cardinals are not good the bucks made the playoffs last year I think they’re average they won a terrible division they’re very much beatable their coach almost got fired at the end of the season like if they didn’t make the playoffs Todd BS would have been fired they’re not some Juggernaut you could win two out of the first four three out of the first four potentially if you get off to a fast start Danny the way the schedule breaks down with the Thursday night game against the Eagles I view that as a mini buy so you get that weekend off and a week and a half to rest up you basically have two by weeks in the last six weeks of the season when would you rather get your rest a month into the year or for that final stretch when everyone’s banged up and bruised and not at 100% I would rather have say a week 13 week 14 buy than a week four week five Buy obviously traditionally you’d like it smack dab in the middle of the season and if you could really plan it out you’d want like a Thursday game week four you know a Thursday game week 12 or like Thanksgiving or whatever and then a week seven by or something but while perfect and ideal that that’s just not how it’s going to work so I just don’t view the late buy as nearly as detrimental as everybody else everyone’s bothered by it and I tried to figure out why um I guess maybe because it looks odd it looks unbalanced I think is my best guess because it looks CU there’s so many games before the buy and then so few after you mean like when you actually look at a schedule like game game buy yeah game game game yeah I think maybe that’s it because to me this is the most intuitive thing in the world poorly drawn analogy because I’m sure a marathon runner will go like actually you stiffing up if you rest but if you’re running 26.2 miles I would not like my rest stop to come with the Four Mile Mark I don’t want my rest stop at two or or even at seven around 2122 I’m going to be sucking wind and everything’s going to hurt if I get to lay down and rehydrate with my eyes that’s when I’m taking it so these guys are going through hell in terms of getting their bodies ready that’s the time that you’d want that premium rest again would I prefer the Thursday game to be maybe in late October early November yes it’s only three weeks before the buy essentially that would have been ideal but basically the stretch of the season I think about you know with Tom Brady Bill bich what they say in the documentary on on Apple is like the the season started for us every year around Thanksgiving that’s about when the commanders have their two buys after that you know like that ramp up period I’m not telling you it’s going to be easy and it all really I guess talking about it now is irrelevant because where do the injuries come in what week is it where you you’re down to your third left tackle or you know something like that that’s when you want your buy but just typically the schedule came out it was a big like throw your arms in the air again they did this again Washington’s got a by we and we 14 how dare them I’m fine with it I I I yes please thank you now next time give me a Thursday game on October 27th let’s go to Aiden in Alexandria on the fan what’s up Aiden hey what’s up Grand Danny um I actually think I’m kind of in minority here I really like having that late by for the exact reasons you guys said just uh making sure our guys are fresh at the end of the year especially as injuries kind of Stack up as the season goes on so I’m pretty happy that the fact that like our guys get that week a rest so late in the year let’s go to Matt in Fredericksburg wants to hop in on this Matt you bothered by the late bye for a third straight your first time ever for the team they’ve had the same week as the biwe for three straight Seasons hey guys uh I don’t think I’m really bothered by it like in terms of the third in a row but I I think you know I’ve never really heard a player say that um a later by we is better you know it comes down to fatigue um and and you know they’re advocating if we’re going to keep expanding the the amount of games that the team that the NFL is going to play then that they would need a second by but uh real quick another point I think that plays into it in terms of fatigue and and um you know wear on the players I don’t know if you guys saw but the commanders have the lowest travel miles out of all of the teams yeah we talked about this in the first segment actually we did see that and it’s my favorite no no worries it’s my favorite part about the schedule is is that element of it right where think about if you’re a Seattle team that’s got to go East a bunch of times or San Francisco otherwise they go to the Western time zone one time at Arizona and that’s early on in the season everything else is either puddle jump plane trip you know Dallas is probably their furthest flight away from home they change time zones half as much as the Chargers will this year yeah there you go they fly 10,550 miles the lowest of 32 teams the Chargers who travel the most which makes sense because they’re out west coming east a bunch and presuming have a international game 2683 miles traveled almost 3x I mean there are a total of five teams that are traveling 25,000 miles this year Washington’s not even traveling close to 11,000 so yeah that that is I think of the benefits that they have and this was known before the schedule came out because we knew where the games were going to be just not when they’d be played but the travel schedule that they cannot complain I mean no no this is one of the rare years and you pay the piper because you play everyone there’s going to be a year where you’re traveling an eston yeah next year they’ll have nine Road games and I’m sure they’ll have like three straight at one point off a short day’s rest I think it has to do with the division you’re playing too right like typically they don’t let you play the NFC West and the AFC West the same season as an example but when you’re playing one of those divisions with all the teams out west you’re going to travel it just so happens for them they don’t have to worry about that this year Andy’s in Pennsylvania what’s up Andy hey guys thanks for taking my call uh really enjoy your show earlier you all were talking about the uh outrageous price that you spent with your family out to dinner yes and uh I’m in the restaurant I’m I’m in the restaurant business I just wanted to explain a little bit it it it it it’s a sacrifice between quality and uh maybe shrinking or not having the quality of your meal and so from Commodities to distribution to storage and to labor cost these days we jump in labor cost from 725 an hour to 1415 an hour California is costing $20 for minimum wage and so it’s it’s a shame and I I’ve got three kids in college and I understand but you either have to uh sacrifice quality service and cleans in your restaurant or or just go ahead and and uh shrink your your items uh lessen your staff and not clean your restaurant and so just do that yeah good luck yeah I mean the things cost a lot of money right now it doesn’t matter what it is totally a thing man gas milk just name something it costs money a lot of it just a casual little family it live my wife and I went like five star you know folded napkin every time you go back to from the come back from the bathroom I get that that’s the one that’s stunning is when you sit down you have a very normal meal just at a a normal nondescript restaurant and they bring you the bill you go what I I just I can’t get over it the Nats with the rain out had the double header the other day so you and I weren’t on until late so I knew I didn’t have to be here a couple hours later so I took my little guy to lunch my my daughter was at school so I said hey me and you don’t get to do much you know let’s let’s go just daddy time right with with you and him so we went over to Glory Days Grill M and we crushed it like we had such a great meal that’s the play is go to a place you know where you know you’re going to get good food where it’s consistent where you love it he got his little shark attack we had a blast but if we picked a lot of restaurants just me and him I would have gone and sat there and gotten a bill for $68 and going the heck was I think what did I do how did I do it uh but uh yeah man you got to have your go-tos that you know you can hit up and uh feel good about not having to take out a loan I appreciate the call though and the Insight on your field g& D we got Shawn marman on the show in about an hour right at 5:45 today talking about what the schedule release was like as a player also how the commanders can try to get some pass rush from The Edge position which is not all that well put together you’re listening to the fan e e e e e e e e e e e e e e welome back Grant and Danny on the fan the show is sponsored by the law firm of condori and murro they provide legal services in estate planning elder law probate Administration schedule your free consultation with their Fairfax based attorneys visit km lawyers.com and be sure to mention us you’ll get a discount if you do km lawyers.com last chance for you to win tickets to Hank Williams Jr is going to be tomorrow at 4 o’clock no more chances for the rest of the day so make sure you’re listening at that time we’ve got Shawn maryman on the show in about 40 minutes right at 5:45 former TP former excellent Edge pass rusher as well uh two things I want to cover with him first as a player when the schedule came out how big of a deal was it or did you care like I saw a couple guys were asked about this at the podium during OTAs and they’re like ah I’m not really that interested in when we play these teams I got to play them any either way but I I did see like Kirk Cousins mentioned like my wife’s going to take our kids to every single game this year that’s what he referenced and he said like she wants to know for planning purposes so she’s excited makes a lot of sense and I’m sure for there there’s some of that with family and stuff like I think you probably care some but as a player is it really a needle moving day I want to ask marman about that also Washington’s going to be able to rush the quarterback from the interior I don’t know if they’re going to be able to rush the quarterback off the edge can you be a really good pass rushing team if that’s the case that’s something I want to ask yeah and his his experience too in in a slightly different era I mean I know we’re still in this you know the forward passes King era but at the beginning there was more there were different kinds of offense felt more often uh you know and he still was among the league leaders in sacks want to know what he thinks about kind of modern pass rush and sort of the quick throws and some of those things plus also how how do you scheme it up like if you looking at this Washington defense for example right where you go their strength as you mentioned is in the interior your best outside pass rusher are you trying to go let me get him one-on-one or am I trying to get John Allen one-on ones or donon Payne one-on ones like how do you structure that as defensive coordinator I gave Tom PR a lot of credit for how well he handled the roast uh he got obliterated on Netflix couple of weekends ago now and he just sat there and wore it and even the one time when he got up and took issue with something being said publicly with Jeff Ross I thought he was joking now some have alleged that he wasn’t that that was literally his way of kind of letting everyone know I told you not to talk about Robert Craft don’t talk about Robert Craft not sure which way I lean on that now but it doesn’t matter I thought he handled himself well yes he took it for three hours in a way that most people can’t Tom Brady has come out now and said he regrets doing the roast that he actually wouldn’t do it if he had it to do o do over again because he basically the jokes were were too awful did he really say that toward his family this was Tom Brady on the pivot uh which is a podcast I loved when the jokes were about me I thought they were so fun um I didn’t like the way that it affected my kids so it’s the hardest part about like the Bittersweet aspect of when you do something that you think is one way and then all a sudden you realize I wouldn’t do that again because of the way that affected actually the people that I care about the most in the world when I was going through all the deflate gate stuff in 2015 2016 I watch three things on TV I watch Premier League soccer I watch golf and I watch comedy shows because every time I turn on Sports I was like are you kidding me right so it’s like I just want to like laugh it’s a good like for me as a parent I’m going to be a better parent as I go forward because of it like if we’re not laughing about things we’re crying he wouldn’t do it and he didn’t like how it turned out because of his kids I think I can relate to this pretty well but I guess my question would be what was his expectation because I’m I’m assuming he got paid a ton of money like I don’t know if it was Millions but maybe Millions I thought I saw that it was yeah he’s also a producer now on this series this greatest roast ever series is going to be around led by him and Kevin Hart where they’re going to have other guys like Charles Barkley or whoever’s willing to do it sit there and wear it and he’s going to benefit financially in that regard as well so there was a reason to do it Beyond just detention dollars and Beyond him just wanting to to you know some uh get beat up for three hours right I mean he he got some money out of it presumably but if if he was to say and he didn’t really get into this that I heard uh listening back to the the interview as much as I could yesterday if his point was I didn’t think they were going to talk about my ex-wife I didn’t think they were going to talk about me walking out on my you know Bridget Mahan I didn’t I thought kind of families were off limits okay maybe but have you ever watched one of these things I mean it’s really vulgar it’s like the the the joke that makes people the most uncomfortable is the one that’s best in these settings so I guess I would want to know more about what his expectation was I also um one of my favorite comedians uh is a guy named Ricky dves if you haven’t heard of him you know welcome to planet Earth by the way but uh he had a great line years ago people conflate the subject of the joke for the target of the joke nobody made fun of his kids not one time that that never happened if they if it had i’ as far as I know maybe I missed a line here or there but if they had I’d go yeah that was probably out of bounds it’s it’s not about them it it’s about him right like uh one of Nikki Glazer jokes that I thought was was brilliant so perfect just excellently done was uh she you guys don’t even know that tb12 method for the diet it’s so strict it’s so strict you can’t do anything like if you follow it really closely you could lose your entire family like I thought that was brilliant just so brilliantly constructed right and again that’s not a joke about his kids a joke about Tom Brady and the relationship that that went South you know what I mean yes but I think and I think that’s what he meant was when I’m the target of the jokes it’s fine like in his mind I think that was a joke about his family right which is wrong it’s about him and it’s it and it’s all about him and he’s at the center of it so yeah it’s it’s right for father with all due respect you walked out on on the your pregnant fiance or girlfriend or whatever it was that time it might come up that’s what everybody talks about you know when you’re not in the room dude yeah like so I’m with you on on what you think the expectation was how about this though yeah my thinking is maybe he didn’t think they would go as hard at Jazelle as they did for the allegations of cheating she’s come out remember right after the Rose said it was like disgusting and it was terrible and she can’t believe he did it and all this stuff and maybe she read him the right act I have no idea yeah but fine here’s my point if you like these are kids they’re not College age or anything they’re younger than that I I didn’t have to go through a divorce like my parents are still together steamrolling toward 40 years which is awesome but even if your mom or dad did wrong you don’t want to hear people bashing them for it maybe his point was there was so much Jazelle shrapnel that that’s I’m an addit her but that’s the mom of my kids and they’re devastated and they hated hearing it my rebuttal to that would again be you didn’t think that was going to come up like you were famously benefiting from that relationship publicly for years and years and years and you guys split up and now it’s come out recently why you split up it might come up man but I just think if I had to guess and I don’t know anything obviously his kids were devastated hearing the jokes and what’s being said about the mom and their relationship and he’s like ah I made my kid sad I shouldn’t have done that which I respect fine I mean people are like annoyed that he said this I have no problem with it my point is why’d you do it you should have known your kids were going to be sad like either you care about them getting sad or or you do it but you can’t have both but I I do think it’s pretty reasonable way to react as a dad where you go oh my kids were really upset I shouldn’t have done it yeah I don’t I I’m I don’t know maybe I’m a jerk I have zero sympathy in that regard like to me the sad thing was that you would you and you guys split up you guys did the thing the damage is done someone going look at that that’s that’s not as bad as to that me saying look at that but you wouldn’t want to hear people making jokes about your mom like they made about jezelle on in front of tens of millions of people sure then I I I might not have signed up for for a roast then no no no but the kid didn’t that’s my point well if didn’t sign up for a roast yeah that’s that’s what I’m saying it’s one of those things where you have every opportunity to say no if you’re Tom Brady so I don’t have much sympathy when when when you step into the arena for the kids well yeah of course as as children that gone through something they didn’t volunteer for I’m not even talking about the roast I mean that’s what I’m talking about but the roast as well I have sympathy for them hearing the jokes I would have I guess you can’t when you have a teenage kid you’re not hey don’t watch this how’s that work out like they’re probably gonna figure it out and hear about it at school and get a million texts and everything they’re scrolling for two days is nothing but jokes about their mom yeah so I mean I don’t know I I maybe he just shouldn’t have done it because you’ve got kids that are going to see all the jokes yeah I mean I I don’t one of the things I pride myself on is I don’t care about people’s love lives at all so when people like oh you see the latest with Tom and jelle my answer is no I never did so I don’t know if she cheated or didn’t cheat or I don’t know if she went with the pool boy or the Jitsu instructor or the karate guy I have no idea I care you know after that roast what the allegation yeah so again I’ve never cared so I don’t know the specific so I’m talking out in my tookus here so I don’t know who did wrong or who the bad party was or who the aggressor was who the grieved or who feels sighted or whatever I do know that it was the RO to Tom Brady and when you do everything public like that for a long enough time there’s going to be some fodder at no point did anybody make fun of the of of a kid that’s that’s the part that I kind of can’t because nobody did that okay well what about Jazelle yeah that to me that’s fair game because again it’s it’s as it pertains to him where it’s like she left you for the Jiu-Jitsu guy like the Kevin Hart’s joke about like all the all-time terrible ideas like hey you should try Jiu-Jitsu like brilliant like so so good that’s not about her as much as it is about hey you got left by this person right so not everyone’s buying that Brady didn’t know what was coming because that’s kind of his allegation right like I had no idea it was going to be quite like that Nikki Glazer was on bar stool’s KFC radio she might have had the best set of the night oh yeah she’s she’s great at this this is what she had to say about that suggestion that maybe he was like blindsided I think there was a part of that was rough it was insane it was awesome that did it I don’t know in hindsight if he would have done it knowing what he knows now because I think that there’s some part of people even in me where I’m like they’re not going to make fun of this one thing like I know what their line is but they won’t go there because I don’t even know if they know that’s my like my line I don’t think he knew we were going to say he he lost his family stuff like that 50 times in a row yeah I think that’s one of those things where you’re like I’ve been in a locker room I’ve been with the guys I have thick skin I can take it he was ready Kevin Hart kind of sets the tone right away where it’s like we’re going to demolish your family decisions and I wonder if a part of him was like you know he kept a good face on proba probably because you can’t move it anymore but he CH a good face for that day the one he took out of the clet put on but I wonder if a part of him on the inside was like oh I did not think about this at all like I did not think this through at all they’re gonna do this all night long but that’s like you you can’t go into these thinking that you’re going to be different than anyone else that’s been roasted and there’s too much footage out there of roast where I I can’t really feel sorry for these people that sign up for it I think that last part is kind of what I was getting do a little research watch one of these roasts the ones in that I remember from being probably older than a teenager but I remember like a James Franco roast on that’s the best one ever by the way I think it was this one actually was my favorite one ever to be honest with you but before that James Franco there was one other one that I’m struggling with now to remember Justin Bieber Bob Saget Bruce Willis Bob Saget was a really really good Rose now again these are people that are in the game a little bit yes right they get it but if you’re Tom Brady watch a Jeff Ross set or a Nicki Glazer set or anything like that on like dude you chose to why did you do this to yourself it is kind of like a there’s a Boiling Pot of water you walk up up you pour the Boiling Pot of water on your chest and you go this is hot ah it burns and like I kind of feel bad like no one made you do that man why did you do that you didn’t have to do that but it it it goes to this sort of um I think Nikki was touching on that in that clip it goes to this kind of pathology of I’m Invincible I I’m the greatest of all time I everything I do I’m the greatest that I I’m the number one broadcaster without ever having broadcast before I’ve got 400 million bucks wait for me the instant I’m like yep those cowboys sure want to pass that ball they that play Go Dak Prescott or whatever right he’s he’s handed everything at the stage right everything everybody kisses is you know what kisses the ring he he just believes he’s above it and it’s going to be like well you’re cheated that time did you deflate the football Buddy no no no no no these are Pros who’ve been waiting to to knock you down a peg for the as as the Golden Boy of the NFL in the sporting world and having everybody scream at you if you suggest he’s not the greatest of all time for like a microsc he’s been in half the Super Bowl since the year 2000 yes they’re going to they’re going to come with with axes bro zero sympathy for me at all and zero. zero sympathy from uh for me for jizelle as a as a side also I would double click on that but I’m just gonna leave that off I’m just saying no sympathy you’re not a victim everyone’s fine I think everybody’s okay I hope the kids weren’t too embarrassed right that stinks for them but maybe your dad shouldn’t have done the roast it’s kind of where I’m at on that you did a roast man yeah they brought in all the big guns Kevin Hart host did the damn thing yeah you knew what you were doing buddy there were probably some meetings along the way you could have backed out here and there before they started promoting the thing I wonder how much he got paid for it that’s really what I want to know what do you think he got paid I thought I saw somewhere $25 million no I don’t know if that’s true or not if he got paid 25 million I’ll eat my phone that’s a lot of money it certainly is I was thinking did he make a million so you think it’s well over that I don’t know where I saw that number I was looking for it while you were talking I don’t know the answer but that’s the number that your guess at what you think he would have made yeah millions of dollars many millions I mean come on let’s take the kids on a nice vacation well we’ll go we’ll play some board games and put our phones away for a couple weeks Sean marman at 5:45 some changes coming to the Monday night football broadcast crew and they are very EC related you’re listening to G and D e e e e e e e e e e e e e with the schedule coming out last night all the various networks were unveiling some of their plans for broadcast this season and Monday Night Football came out with their new group Robert Griffin’s out on Monday night countdown at ESPN which is really surprising to me Jason Kelce is in I kind of viewed Griffin as like a rising Superstar with ESPN but he does have a lot of different roles and I’m sure he’s very busy he does color commentating on college football and he has a lot of success in the booth it seems like he’s pretty popular gets some Marquee matchups and um a lot of people talk about his calls because they’re unique and different and he’s uh I would say kind of like 1990 Sports centery if you would like B that’s a good way to put it and this sounds like a knock I don’t mean it that way I enjoy watching him but it can be a little bit cheesy like he’s doing analogies and metaphors and you know working in pop culture but my point is a lot of the stuff goes viral and it’s it’s clipped and you see it all over social media and I actually think he’s really really good at the uh game broadcast stuff which maybe is the Forte moving forward I’m not sure he’s obviously in studio a lot but he was one of their main contributors on Monday night countdown they’re taking him off the set and they’re replacing him with Jason Kelce recently retired Philadelphia Eagle so first things first on Griffin surprised by that because doesn’t it seem like all sis signs were pointing to him being kind of one of the next huge stars at ESPN I thought so maybe he still will be but if that was the case why take him off Monday night countdown yeah I wonder if they if they’ve got like a lger college football roll for for him coming down the pike or you know maybe a game day seat I I I don’t know what I don’t know so what are their most popular shows where you would want to showcase somebody I would say in his role game day is number one there’s no spot for him there right I mean McAfee is going to basically replace um Coro basically Coro he’s already on the set right now and then her’s not going anywhere and you’ve kind of got your crew with Desmond Howard um Pollock long gone so I think they they’ve kind of made their changes what’s number two would be Monday night countdown countown right I’m I’m thinking out loud here maybe maybe it’s inside the NFL show that gets clipped a lot that’s oravsky Marcus spear maybe he could do inside the NFL Rex Ryan’s on there I don’t know I’m just I was surprised by that too it seemed like he was getting a lot of love I I really like him as a studio guy I don’t I don’t love him as much on on uh NFL games on on the rare times he’s kind of been I’ve never seen NFL well not like not in terms of color on NFL games but just you know on those kind of sets I like him as like a so you like him like on get up with Mike Green yeah in studio little bit longer form debating stuff I’ve I’ve enjoyed him much more as a studio guy which I I think he’s really talented and funny and charismatic and that shines through a little bit better than some of the quick bursts um but yeah it’s it’s interesting like where you it’s it’s it’s a funny problem to have kind of a glut of talent all of a sudden at at ESPN what about Jason Kelce Jason Kelce it feels to me like there was a time like last year where a lot of that was getting shoved at me and I you know it’s just a little too much it’s like look he’s funny he doesn’t have a shirt on look he’s got a beard look he’s drinking a beer he’s got a wrestling mask look he he has alcohol too he likes it Mama Kelsey has to make a lot of food for her boys also he’s got a mom and you have to know her too and his brother dates Taylor Swift have you heard so it got to be a lot y I actually think when I peel all that back and I just listen to Jason Kelce talk about football I think he’s phenomenal how much have you actually heard him talk ball lot he’s he is sharp he was on a broadcast as a guest third mic for a little while that Amazon Prime did I want to say it was the Al Michaels her herb Street low energy shingus and they had Jason Kelce sit in on that and he completely brought energy and life to the thing like I think he could do whatever he wants and he could be a star I just I guess my advice not that he’s asking me he’s more successful than I am would be you don’t have to turn it up to 15 like you don’t have to try change speeds a little bit Pat McAfee right and even with Griff with with Robert who again I he’s done an amazing job his career is incredible and he’s going to continue to be a star like he’s jumping off of the boat into the water like mcy did like you don’t have to do that just make really good football points and I hope that’s the route Jason Kelce goes don’t be a wrestler cutting promos you don’t have to have their funny facial hair you don’t have to do the the Ryan Fitzpatrick wacky where you’re sting there with your chest hair out and everyone goes look at his chest hair you’re smart man you can make good points just do that and I think the fact that you’re entertaining will come through you know what I mean like you’re naturally entertaining you don’t have to try don’t don’t be as my kids have called me many times don’t be a try hard you know what the try hard’s bad but a sweat is even worse don’t be a sweat dude those are real ones yeah so wait that’s but funny yeah I I actually got one from my nephew this weekend what you catch I I have to think of the term he said he was let me think of it well explain the one you just said to me while I’m thinking all right so a tryhard is somebody that is it’s obvious right there’s so desperate for your approval and a sweat is that turned up to 11 like a sweat is someone that’s like Beyond desperate for your approval I’m like yep you nailed your dad pretty good there sweat a sweat you don’t want to be a sweat you don’t want to be a montz what did he say so he was referencing a player on his football team that played poorly selling that’s what he said have you guys heard that so this is my nephew he’s probably he’s probably got some of these terms in his in his back pocket I don’t know but he certainly never broke them out on me and he uh you know we’re talking about Young Middle School right start of middle school age and I said so you guys win the game and he’s like no we lost and it sounds like they got beat really good by the way and I was like what happened he’s like oh our quarterback was selling and I was like what and he’s like our quarterback was selling and I was like what do you mean selling what commodity did he they have for sale and he’s like oh you know like he well he didn’t play that well or whatever and I’m like selling like kids Man kids terms are are hilarious yeah so the latest one that’s been going around is skibbidy now you’re going to ask me questions like skibby dudah nope I again you you’re gonna have great questions you know what it means no I don’t you can’t bring it up if you don’t know what it me I have no idea what it means it’s skibby is kind of like Smurf it it it goes everywhere all the time they say skibbidy and they also say uh the word Sigma skibidi and sigma are in 40% of their sentences when they’re talking to each other now you’re going to say what do those things mean I haven’t cracked it yet I don’t know the parents have a have a text conversation going where we’re trying to induce it no because as soon as you ask it’s on the next thing it’s it’s like when your mom joins Myspace yeah it’s like look at my page I have stars nope out we we were trying we have to try to crack theod that might not be a bad thing I mean it’s not not knowing well no it might not be a bad thing to ask and then never have to hear that word again yeah but there’ll be there’ll be another one there’ll be another skibby next week that’s true you know what I mean so that that’s we I’m telling you we hear those terms all the time and have no idea what they mean have you heard selling I’ve not heard selling specifically um I’ve heard the opposite end which was eating yeah but that one I think that’s does everyone know that one I don’t know I mean that’s pretty common like every player who’s ever run for 11 yards gets up and does the Ezekiel Elliot like I’m eating you know a little feed me I like I like a oversized car a caricature of a of a cereal bowl exactly that’s hilarious you hang around kids and you just pick up these weird you get so much Dumber that’s one way to put I was gonna say you pick up terms but maybe that as it destroys your brain cells um you you referenced Andrew Wy earlier today I want to talk about him a little bit later because he was named the most underappreciated Commander by a publication that went through every single team and picked one player on each team that’s basically undervalued or that the fan base doesn’t properly appreciate Andrew Wy got that love how about that I want to hit on that and ask the question coming up on Grant and Danny who gets slept on maybe doesn’t get some of the correct credit deserved for being better maybe than the average fan thinks I I think Charles Leno for a while was that guy is Andrew Wy the new version we’ll get to that g& D on the fan sha marman one of the great pass rushers of his era joins us next right here on the fan e e e e e e e e e e e Grant and Danny on the fan let’s go to the betql guest hotline bet smarter to beat the books download the betql app visit bet ql.com former Marilyn terpin excellent NFL pass rusher mostly with the Chargers also with the bills Shawn maryman joins us Sean the world has changed from a schedule release standpoint since you were playing wasn’t that big of a deal when we found out what the schedule was and now it’s must CV it’s a Prime Time Event what do you make of what happened last night isn’t that just great how the NFL just got us all wrapped up in their in in their arms yes you know um I I think for for players right you go through uh you go through training camp and you go through the allseason workouts the OTAs U the Ben training camp and then you already kind of got set mind of who you getting prepared for you you start to look at settling old grudges right maybe a guy took you over a pile you know after the whistle or did a dirty play or you know some guy that was talking trash you last week and now you get an opportunity to get in front of him again you’ve been waiting all off season right to see this guy or this coach or this team so that’s the most exciting part and then too I mean especially when you open up this season on a big Prime Time game like that Ravens uh Chiefs game is going to be massive you know and so many implications or who’s on who’s who who’s what you know is the Ravens the same team after losing their defensive coordinator and linebacker and big players and so there’s a lot of implications when you open the season up with those type of games I I think this great by the NFL man obviously they’re smart in the way they’re scheduling and they know how to Hype it it’s almost become as you said man it’s become like a uh an event right an event within an event right to promote a big big game and a big opportunity like that that’s such a great perspective Sean from not only a for player but you know one of the best to do it during your time because we think about it as well if this guy’s playing his former team they’re going to get amped up but you’re saying you would look at the schedule and go oh I got beef with that guy or I don’t like how that guy did me the last time I played him and you really Circle it for almost individual matchups oh no doubt about it and whether whether guys come out and say it in the media they say it you know publicly it is it happens all the time you might got a guy that shot at your knees or something last time you playing or you got a wide receiver that caught a pass and wouldn’t stop talking to scored a touchdown or quarterback you know to say something then you want to get back at this guy so it’s it’s it’s always a lot of it’s It’s I call it the game within the game right so we’re looking at it as a team but individually you might have uh you know a defensive coordinator that that went to another team and said you know screw screw screw my last employee so now you want to go back and you want to prove a point you there’s there’s always this uh this game within the game that I look at uh but no doubt about the NFL has done a magnificent job at keeping it massive Sean is it easier or harder to pass rush now compared to when you broke into the league uh it’s a lot easier you know I would well let me say this it’s not easier but you can have more opportunity I mean they’re throwing a ball 70 plus times in the game now back when I played I remember playing Kanas City Chiefs in those divisional games they had priest holes back there and Tony Richardson and Willie Ro Brian Waters they were running that football 30 plus times ain’t no doubt about that they’re running powers and and just strong setting formations uh so the game has changed with that and I’m looking at like man I would nowadays you can go out and pin yours back on second down because they’re coming out launching and throwing a ball so I wouldn’t say easier because you know guys have gotten a lot more athletic you know the ran Slater the U The Smiths the um you know so many some of these great tackles now so athletic but you got you got a lot more opportunity to get after the passer now so here’s my only it’s not a counter but it’s kind of a follow-up to that Sean I feel like the quick short passing game has taken over to negate pass rushes right so goty you’re 100% right guys are throwing the ball more than they ever have and that’s by Design and that’s kind of you know the influence of all the the college offens is kind of coming up Etc the Air Raids and the spreads and all these other kind of things but I feel like the ball’s out quicker and maybe that makes it a little bit more what are your thoughts there well you know who started that the reason why that’s that’s even there is my favorite player of all time which is Lawrence Taylor they they implemented those those passing uh formations those those techniques because of him right they had to get rid of the football of that West Coast offense and timing and getting the ball out but you know it’s like uh it’s like chess right I mean you know they’ll hit these quick passes quick passes and boom they they want you to start throwing the ball down the field they’re going to start looking down the field so as long as you uh as a as a defense defensive player are film ready you you prepared you know three of out of these three or four Set uh passing situations or formations on what they’re doing what they like to do on their Tendencies you know these things so I wouldn’t even look at them like okay well I know they like to throw and and in second and six second and six six situations so I’m G just get my hands up I’m G just go and try to bat the ball down that get that gets them out of throwing those quick passes Sean marman former Marilyn terpin of course one of the great Edge Rush of the 2000s in the National Football League I’m looking at Washington’s defense and I am worried about getting pressure off the edge but they’re going seemingly really hard and heavy in the Middle where donon Payne John Allen two of their best players and then they drafted an outstanding defensive tackle one of the best in the country in the top 40 as well what’s your thought on building a pass rush from the inside out yeah well it it’s key and I I’ll tell you this um you know I played with two really really I played with Jamal Jamal Williams um and and with the Chargers and I paid play with Kyle Williams with but Buffalo and let me tell you that interior is so important as a pass rusher and I’m not saying that they don’t need a a top-of-the-line pass rush from the outside but when you got that pressure from the inside a lot of those guys can just run up the field and not worry about having to come up under because they can’t those inside pass resses putting so many pressure they can’t step back up in the pocket which allows those outside guys especially at their speed to just bend that bend the corners get around the edge because they can’t step up in the middle so uh I’m not saying it all right I think that not having a uh a key pass rushing the outside is not going to be beneficial but you got some pressure on the Inside Man you can kind of start hiding some of those weaknesses on the edge so in in terms of like setting guys up I I always think about this from if I’m a defensive coordinator Sean like is it a I want to give the best look like if let’s say I’ve got 20 six Shawn marman on one side my whole goal is to get you one-on-one with somebody like my entire defense is designed and I’m going to win a lot because you had 17 sacks and were unbelievable that year is that how you’d think about it as a defensive coordinator or would it be more you know kind of setting up uh the various guys at different points with some of those the The Tackle games and different things like that like how would you design it as a as a defensive coordinator at this point for a consistent pass rush yeah you hit it right on the head um and you hope that your guys once they W to one they can win those batt and how you negate that and and you go and put that in action you start bringing a safety or linebacker up in those a and gaps right now those now the offensive tackles and the guards want fan protection they’re G to at least count that inside guy as a down guy and not fan protection It’s Gonna Leave the the the the outside linebacker or pass rusher one on one on that DN on that tackle or maybe even a running back and that’s and you should win those battles all day long so um you know you can get very creative and I could go on there for days that I this type of stuff gets me happy uh you know having an opportunity but I played for a great defensive coordinator and with way Phillips he believed uh that you know we get our best players on one-onone matchups we should always win he was right that’s that’s the reason why I was able to do what I did because I was put in those situations where you know you couldn’t get a tack when a tight end to stick them you couldn’t get a a Titan and a running back to stay in and chip off the edge you had to you had to block me one1 because we created matchup problems the other passion that makes Shawn marman happy is fighting and Lights Out Sports so we’re always trying to support a local guy done well here what can you tell our listeners about the fights you got coming up this weekend yes we we I just launched light out sports TV so you guys can download that we’re on Roku Apple TV Amazon Fire iOS Android U we got we got Vio coming lgtv pH any major TV platform or phone download Lights Out Sports TV we got uh several Sports uh up there we got outdoor America that’s coming this week uh which is your fishing hunting you got uh speed vision which is your Motorsports uh Glory Kickboxing up there swerve combat uh World Poker Tour and you know what I got into it was really interesting I never thought that I would just fall in love with it was chess believe it or not man CH we got chess TV up there and I’m watching these uh late last night about 11 o’clock last night I’m about watching these chess tournaments which is which is great um but yeah now lights out extreme Fighting my my promotion we got a big fight Saturday this Saturday starting at 5:00 P p.m. Pacific um you guys make sure you download so if you got any one of those major TV platforms I just named download Lights Out Sports TV and uh tune in but this one’s gonna be a big one we got 19 fights in in one night so it’s gonna be big that is awesome dude this is really really cool to catch up with you buddy good luck this weekend and uh thanks for the time you got it thanks for having me sounds like a great event good luck to you there Shan maryman on Granton Danny here on the fan next some news and notes from around the NFL and we’ll get you ready for the evening ahead in the playoffs in basketball and hockey you’re listening to Grant and Danny e e e e e e e e e e e e e e final fur Grant and Danny the stretch run taking you up to 6:30 NOS baseball tonight they are off until their three game set with the Phillies that starts tomorrow the Phillies right now are the best team in baseball they’re led by a bunch of former Nationals we know some of those guys and they are mashing they also have the pitching staff that goes the deepest into games among starting rotations in all the baseball so will’ll be a very tough task for the Nats into of the week weekend up 95 but as far as the Slate goes tonight he got two games in the NHL Rangers hurricanes 7 East time and then Edmonton Vancouver Western postseason action TNT at 10 East you know the the Hurricanes yny ketov was scratched at one point healthy in this postseason but he’s been scoring off and on for them he scored a goal and did the bird s with the hurricanes in the playoffs the other night and it hit me way harder than I thought it would like I was I shouldn’t use past tense I am very glad that they traded youve kets off I was over it it was not going to work here the ACT had worn Beyond thin they did the right thing they recouped some assets they got some money for this off season and Beyond they got draft picks like it was the right thing to do it doesn’t change the fact that when you bump into the X at the movie theater yep still stings a little bit precisely mean that you think you should be with her doesn’t mean that you know that that toxicity needed to be out of your life but when you see her and she seems pretty happy doesn’t mean you can’t go okay it was 100% correct I would also add I’d have done it sooner like now not that they could have yeah not that they who knows what they could have gotten or couldn’t have gotten I was over it a while ago that’s the end of one sentence here’s the next paragraph gave me the greatest goal to that point in the history of the organization he beat those bastards that I hate so much he shut them all up all the ERS had to March out into the streets the way I had to do so many times he gave me that he was the great thing that brought us that Stanley Cup well shouldn’t he also do a different celebration now so the bird I thought was related to the capitals and the Screaming Eagle and that whole deal maybe I’m I’m making that up but that was s like his daughter liked it and that was it that makes have I made that up I don’t know I thought it was related to the capitals I thought maybe with a hurricane he could like spin around in a circle and pretend to be I don’t know we got to we got to not do the bird bit give guy yeah you gotta retire that with us and then you could go do your other things with the Carolina Hurricanes I got no problem with that but the bird’s ours you got to keep that one in DC those memories stay with us only NBA game tonight could be a series Ender Minnesota back home the Timberwolves are hosting the Denver Nuggets 3-2 series Denver with three straight winds has the edge and they can close out Minnesota Timberwolves tonight nicoa yic has just completely caught fire and this is what we said after the second game everyone started to think oh no Denver’s in big trouble to eliminate a champion is Champions work I mean you really have to drive a stake through these teams if you think you got them punch him again I was it’s like every horror movie right where the where like they’re just minding their business after somebody shot the killer one time empty all the guns and all the ammunition into this into the face and chest K all clip it’s like uh if there’s a bad guy on an airplane yeah you know you can’t just like tell them to have a seat and just like hey when we land we’re going to handle this this crazy person is still right here they need to be unconscious they need to like not be able to do anything talking anyone else the rest of the time for the Denver Nuggets they’re going to punch their hand through that ground like Shredder they’re going to be back alive you you can’t let them get any hope and down two games to nothing in game three right before halftime when they hit the half court shot Jamal Murray went on his little heater swung the whole thing around but I I think the Nuggets end the series tonight they eliminate the Wolves I think they stole not the will CU Minnesota’s obviously tough and tenacious but they they kind of stole that confidence from Minnesota especially to me game four was the one game three whatever you know you you lose to the champion you didn’t play particularly well it was a double digit loss gonna sweep them yeah game four is the one that’s like okay we got punched we’re ready we’re ready to come back it’s at home we need this one they need this one probably whoever wins this game wins the series and it was pretty close and then verot him I think that snatched their will Dara said something Grant where is lenel taking you for dinner once uh once they win the series very good question so that was the bet that we made lunch or dinner y I think we’ll probably do lunch lunchy it’s easier uh I’m a Walters guy in the Navy Yard you know we might as well do it here near the facility right at the studio we got options though we could do a um a Silver Diner maybe go get a little breakfast one morning nice yes breakfast all day there Walters is not a bad option uh maybe I if I really want to be a jerk I I’ll we’ll go over to Circa that’s a that bills a little bit uh he might have to work the poles a couple more days if he wants to pay for his guy over at Circa now he would for reference it was not the uh the poll that you guys are thinking of this is has to do with a different kind of poll oh yeah I guess you basically called lenel a stripper for a second which I thought was great I mean like you know go volunteer L’s gonna have to get his ass on that p a couple times gu get some dip I didn’t even think of it that way I did no my guy made a couple extra bucks the other day yeah he just a second gig you know working the polls EX for the the election election that’s an L election but I feel good about it there was a there was a brief moment very brief moment where I was just slightly nervous yeah well down two nothing you probably are losing both games at home but I’m telling you I I really was still confident I Lenell texted me after game one he’s like I tried to tell you GP I’m taking that money or whatever and I’m like okay then he text me after game two eyeball emojis he’s all excited just yeah and I’m like Guy this is a long series and I didn’t want to do like the the old young guy bit you know he’s the youngest in charge movement sure but like the I’ve seen this before right I’ve been through a few more playoff series as this they don’t go quietly into that night so darus I feel good we’re going to Walters I’ll probably get some deviled eggs I’ll get some chicken wings and then maybe I’ll get myself some uh maybe a little burger or something we’re going to run up the bill just a little bit oh man there you go Jay and I wouldn’t have done that but multiple texts was a lot when when the F when when the Flames get fanned a little bit like that chirping a little bit Yeah so it just a handshake and okay the terms let’s go to the let’s go have some lunch there’s a couple happies I’m gonna need another soda you know what I want to try a different kind of soda yeah probably a diet here we go Diet Coke and an unsweet iced tea day yeah those are only what three $3 a piece or something that’s the thing you were complaining earlier about how much food costs you know what I like to complain about yep how much soft drinks cost this one soda I got one time was $4 $450 450 450 I walk into the place I sit down I’m waiting on someone meeting me they text me and say they’re not coming okay no problem I’ve already ordered my drink I get my bill $4.50 great Diet Coke and you know I couldn’t get free coffee Furious Furious $4.50 that’s asinine I know your meal 200 something dollars whatever 450 for a soda just went Ed my meal well no I know what you mean you ate a lot of food I know food food was consumed it was a lot yeah but you knew what you were doing sure you had one EP a soda from 450 450 that is a crazier thing and I know what we sound like right it’s like the I remember the soda cost only a nickel no here’s what we sound like correct you know what shouldn’t happen $44.50 for a soft drink that that that should not be a thing it’s not like you’re giving me a can you’re just taking your little Gun and shooting it into my glass the little shooter no that’s absolutely ludicrous ludic Christ um all right game you’re most excited about I want to wind the show down here we had not hit this yet uh Commander schedule released last night we spent much of the day dissecting it from all angles but I do want to know what is the number one game you’re most excited about Danny week 15 Sunday December 15th 2024 at the New Orleans Saints the triumphant return why because many moons ago gentlemen you are looking at right now if you’re on the YouTube stream or if you’re Grant pulson once gained over 16 pounds in four days down in the great city of nrens I will attempt to challenge that record in my per day weight gain it will be in New Orleans I’ll make my return I don’t know how long we be there I don’t know what’s going to happen I do know this I’mma eat there’ll be beet they’ll be PoBoy there’ll be muad and there will be feasts here we go thank you Al you’re going to have to roll me back on that plane I talked to Christian after the schedule dropped and he said that they have already made many plans for our arrival including he said they will try to have you break your own bread pudding record which is still the record oh my God he also said they’re planning a Ryan explains it all with food for the kitchen staff because they listen to Grant and Danny in the kitchen there and so they all know Ryan’s bits and they love Ryan so they’ve got a whole Ryan Clary version of Ryan explains it all with their own menu they want to I believe they want to do a uh one of my restaurant reviews where I have to say you know what what thing means they are planning all kinds of things out for us so we got to get listeners to make the trip with us it’s going to be December 15th Commander Saints in New Orleans so that’s your one seat that is my easy one seat I don’t know why this is because I’m not a big Monday Night Football guy generally I will say I do like cross-conference games when you play a team you don’t play very often or like the uniform matchup that you don’t see a lot I do that appeals to me and maybe that’s where this is coming from week three September 23rd mom’s birthday Monday Night Football commanders Bengals Under The Lights danels wearing his visor the light reflecting off that Daniels versus burrow LSU on LSU crime let’s do this thing together couple of Heisman Trophy winners my favorite college quarterback of the last decade burrow probably the guy had the most fun watching in college over the last several years Jaden Daniels I think that game is going to be a blast now Washington may lose the thing going away my sneaky thought on the Bengals though is I am not sold Joe burrow is just going to be Joe burrow again he got hurt last off season with the calf they stunk for a month and it’s because he wasn’t he couldn’t like plant he couldn’t throw they were terrible and if you caught them in the first three weeks it was a godsend now he’s got this really serious wrist injury that no quarterbacks really ever had that he’s dealing with trying to overcome and everyone just thinks he’s going to be burrow and they’re going to be the Bengals I don’t know man I’m not convinced of that so that Monday night game under the lights I’m fired up about yeah they started one and three last year to your point uh before doing what it looked like they were doing that Cincinnati thing remember where they start off kind of poorly and then start ripping winds off but then it all came crashing down Behind the Music style uh game I’m most afraid of yeah what are you scared about Cincinnati Monday Night Football it’s prime time no Prime Time games wrong uh they may not be any good Cincinnati doesn’t matter they’re playing Washington in prime time we should hide under a rock for a couple of years till the program is good then let’s start our chest out and let the world see hidden away on Red Zone when someone else is driving is fine uh hidden away at a 1:00 time when four or five six seven eight other games is playing that’s the right stuff for us at this stage in the building phase eventually it’ll be time to Peacock a little bit eventually it’s going to be time to strut our stuff on the runway now is not that time Prime Time week three Cincinnati a uh possible shingus I want to add before I give you the game that I’m really scared about one other game I’m super excited about oh because I have not mentioned this today I think that at Baltimore game could be a blast Daniels versus what Daniels might become you know the Washington Baltimore rivalry the regional element to that U only the third time they’ve gone there to play and Daniels and Lamar Jackson in the same building I kind of dig that uh game I’m most scared about I guess it would probably be maybe at Dallas nothing good happens when they go to Dallas seemingly anymore so week 18 end of the year I’m so tired of the Cowboys hanging 56 or 40 plus remember last year it was the Thanksgiving Day game that was utterly embarrassing yep Sam how falling apart was the first time we thought this guy might get benched he’s throwing a pick six and three straight games it All Began there there was the 56 point shingus where in that dis disaster of Epic Proportions Don Payne and John Allen got into a fight on the sideline and they’re slapping at each other’s faces I’m just so tired of going to Dallas and being embarrassed that that’ll kind of always be the answer and week 18 end of the year if they need the game just please lose normally if you’re going to go there and lose just don’t embarrass me don’t it’s too important it’s a too big of a deal people care about the Rivalry too much combined last year against the Dallas Cowboys a combined score of 83 to 10 83 to 20 uh there in those two games that’s a 4510 and a 3810 whipping that’s tough not good man that’s tough that was that sequence by the way remember they they were in it against Seattle talking about Washington right they that was a winnable game they didn’t play that badly for most of it against the Giants and they’ll lose by two scores that was the Dallas Miami back toback where they gave up 90 points and scored a total of 25 they’ve lost 90 to 25 over two weeks Danny look who is on the line it’s our guy Christian he is our buddy in New Orleans this he is the gentleman who was responsible for sending us to New Orleans back in 2018 that’s Christian music we could see the then Redskins get destroyed by the Saints and I guess he wants us to see something terrible happen again because he is back on the Grant and Danny radio program the bad signal went up I don’t know if you heard Christian but Danny said this is the most excited he is for any game because and I quote I’m going to try to break my record which was 16 pounds in four days over 16 pounds in four days well gentlemen it’s a it’s a great pleasure to welcome you back to New Orleans Danny there there the there is heavy betting odds right now that you can do it since you were the only person to ever eat an entire mufa at one sitting I did that now he did also for the record Christian texted me this Danny he said I’m trying to find Danny a pickle ball court so we don’t don’t set him up for failure and I said don’t even think about it this is our Super Bowl we need him to break the record so I am like in his ear kind of not wanting you to get any exercise now you forget I did exercise that day but still I don’t want you out there for 17 hours doing your pickle ball bit and forgetting We Exist you’re going to hang out with us you’re going to eat food you’re going to be miserable having to spend time with us that’s what you’re going to do you got to this thisp will be a failure if Danny says again I don’t know if I can go to the game I ate too much like we have got to make that not be able to go to the game never forget we had to talk him into going to the Monday Night Football we were there from I think it was Thursday or maybe it was Friday Saturday Sunday so Friday Saturday Sunday all for the Monday night game and Danny ate so much bread pudding that as we’re walking out of the restaurant he said he was going to go take a nap at the hotel and the game was in 90 minutes I I didn’t know if I can make it it was almost a game time scratch went out for onfield warm-ups pamy so you guys still do the bread pudding at at Danny’s uh level we actually tasted it three days ago to bring back for the summer and to bring back for Danny we might call we literally might call it Danny’s bread pudding for the weekend you’re down here oh my God because so for people who don’t know it’s a it’s a dessert for the table right it’s for it’s for several people to eat right so yeah what is what is it usually serve Christian three would you say like three to four people it it’s meant to be an individual serving that’s probably shared it’s certainly not meant to have three in the period of about 90 seconds yep he ate three full bowls or was it four three three bowls was e00 calories per I beg your pardon I think it was like 1,800 calories per serving it’s like it’s so delicious and that was his dessert yeah but no one was eating it so Christian had a bunch of little snacks and stuff but for and it’s like pregame food having some fun yeah that was great and it was amazing but nobody was eating the bread pudding I was like it’s so good so like I just kept pulling them in and Tomy was cackling what was the place called where we ate dinner no no no no not the place with the where I ate alligator there was a place where we ate dinner and I remember I had had one too many of those uh hurricanes the at the place with the the fish the Red Fish Red Fish grilled so here’s what I remember 10 also I was not in my best spot okay I was I was done and I was like I literally remember looking over I don’t know if it was you or Tom or one of our guys I said am I talking too much just like like really loudly like that I was like how obvious is it that I’m super drunk and so anyway as I’m like talking him Doug Williams yep you know who Doug Williams is Doug like Eric Schaefer and the entire contingent of like the the front office Bruce Allen like didn’t say anything kept walking like those guys all come over to say hello to us and I’m like keep it it was like a cop pull I made the look on his face Christian keep it together oh it’s going to be fun it’s going to be fun we’re going to make a whole bunch of bad decisions gentlemen can’t wait so the itinerary is going to be lots of food and some football that’s that’s what we’re working with absolutely maybe a bowl game if that’s in the day before maybe some Pelicans action absolutely but a lot of eating and bad decisions all right that’s what we’re here here for you know us very well uh so darus note your calendar uh say New Orleans on December 15th Ryan’s out today but we’ll get him up to speed all right Christian we cannot wait to come see you good catch up buddy and the crew at Bren take care see you pal that’s our guy yeah audience loves him they should love him yeah they should love him he’s been good to this year radio program that is correct sir just one of the best guys in the world because as you and I have said many times this this is what I was going to bring up yes we can’t there’s nothing we can do for him we have given him just to clear we’ve given him so little it’s so little like there’s very little that we provide and and he’s like here here’s more he’s just here some stuff uh true story I almost stated he offered that I could stay at his place when me and the wife went to uh New Orleans we went to go see Jaden Daniels is that was big Jaden Daniels Mark yeah absolutely so I went and go see LSU football and I’d never been to Baton Rouge wanted to go to a night game so he he helped me get tickets at a decent price like just great guy we were eating and drinking like kings in New Orleans for a couple days and uh so me and the wife we wanted we didn’t realize like okay we’re just gonna Uber and he’s like you can’t Uber take my car and I’m like no no no no I borrowed his car yeah just he gave me he told me where to go pick it up did you need a suit take this one what garage it was I mean just the best guy and I I literally said to him after I’m like bro I I I don’t know what I can do I mean you’re just you’re too nice but uh I cannot wait to go eat it Bren again and to just be in New Orleans that place is so world my favorite but it’s that that city is my favorite just like it’s babysitter for three days let’s get after it kind of place I don’t do Vegas anymore it’s not Vegas to me I don’t know if you have this Vibe dirty is not the right word because that that that that could be a word but it’s very commercial it’s very everything’s a price it’s like I’m walking down the street and someone wants me to pay for something I don’t know I like vas fun I’m not telling you I don’t but I’m good on it yeah I’m good on Vegas New Orleans I’ll just keep going back to the well the food and the music like legitimate culture not just like I’m here to go crazy that’s the culture in Vegas like there’s legitimate culture to it uh and it’s football it’s Commander Saints sure that’s big I don’t know about you but the commanders when I hear the word commanders I think about good football there’s also I think there’s a place called commanders down there in in New Orleans which should need at that’s a quick side maybe it’s pretty famous I dobys I think I’ve got that one straight but you’re good you’re gonna come yep you’re gonna not go back to the hotel early at night well I’m definitely doing that I’m not gonna stay out late but I’m gonna eat and fall asleep a lot if darus me and Ryan go out to Bourbon Street at 11 PM what’s the chance we can get Danny to come with us all right stick aside like which night is it you’re talking about Saturday night so I think we’re gonna here’s my idea by the way okay feel free Dar us to contribute my thought would be we go down there and do the show Friday so we fly out like Thursday night do the show Friday because remember last time we had a ton of listeners come by the show because more people than you think from this fan base go down there for that game that party that the team had yeah there were I’m not kidding you thousands of fans it was crazy that were there so I think we do the show there Friday with like some quote unquote live audience whatever like some people coming through MH and then we’re there Saturday Sunday and we either fly back right after the game on Sunday night if we can get the if there’s not a flight Sunday evening maybe we come back after the show Monday on Monday night one way or the other but I guess my idea would be this is a Friday night yeah we’re in we did our show yep we just had a nice dinner and now we’re going to bourman Street okay so like what time are you thinking about let’s be like be real here 10:40 oh okay I tell you what no um I’m not doing that at all I’m going to bed immediately I’m going to be so full that I’ll barely make it to the hotel room and I I may or may not brush my teeth I’m just going to plop face down on the bed here’s what people don’t get yep they always say like oh Danny’s Gonna Want to Have Fun because you’re in a city and it’s a road trip and whatever Danny views this as an opportunity to be in a quiet dark room this is it with no children this is it or family and he just he all he wants to do is sleep yes did he bounce yes he did that’s really what you want to do 100% is be in your room by yourself with all the lights off in the cold what do you want for Father’s Day chilly silence yeah you are also the only dad I know who asks for everyone to leave the house on father I want I want cold dark silence in my home for father that’s me Chuck I love everybody so much get out of the house go somewhere are you doing that again this year that’s what I’m ask for like specifically what does that mean like don’t be home yeah for as for as long as you can take it as long as you can take the kids whatever make sense to you however long you can stand it like take them months no for the day I mean they got to probably have an activity the next day or something what do you mean as long as you can take like like dude we we’ve been to one restaurant get go on a cruise yeah we stopped by the playground we we’ve gone to the to the other flea market day you want a day to yourself as many hours as you can give me I’ll take them if it’s five it’s five if it’s seven it’s seven if it’s you know morning to evening that’s even better I’m going to pencil you in for a night out on Bourbon does that pencil still have an eraser you know what I’m I’m a pen you in I’ll give you Friday night first night there you want to get a little rest catch up stuff that looks like fingernail polish that you used to have to put over the pen when you made a mess up Saturday night that’s the one because there’s no show the next day yeah you just rest Saturday night you can sleep in on Sunday we’ll go get some brunch you can eat a couple bowls of bread pudding and we’ll waddle over to the Super Dome I love that I’ll do it anyway without that Saturday night Bourbon Street thing that’s a no for me dog four darus and our buddy money metal Chris behind the scenes Granton Danny saying so long I believe Ryan’s back tomorrow he’s been training back from New York for like this poor lad has been traveling all day 13 hours on an AM track from New York I don’t think that’s how it’s supposed to work appreciate everybody hanging out overtime comes your way next we’re back at 2 o’clock tomorrow thank you for coming e