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"11-2 Vote!" episode 180 · DMV Mess Hall

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Council member Robert White. No.
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Council member Robert White votes now council member Tran
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White. Yes.
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Council Member Tran White votes yes.
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Going very slowly. Dramatic impact.
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Council member Allen, Yes. Council Member Allen, Yes.
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Council Member Bonds Yes, indeed.
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Councilmember Bonds votes yes. Councilmember Felder.
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Absolutely yes. Councilmember Felder votes yes.
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Councilmember Crewman Yes. Councilmember Crewman votes yes.
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Councilmember Henderson Yes. Councilmember Henderson votes
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yes. Councilmember Lewis George Yes.
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Councilmember Lewis George votes yes.
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Councilmember Mcduffie. Yes.
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Councilmember Mcduffie votes yes.
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Chairman Mendelson yes. Chairman Mendelson votes yes.
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Councilmember Najo no. Councilmember Najo votes no
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Councilmember Parker yes. Councilmember Parker votes yes,
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and Councilmember Pinto yes. Councilmember Pinto votes yes.
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Mr. Chairman, there are 11 yeses and two Nos.
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This is Will Montgomery. From a Washington Redskin
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center. Y'all what's good folks?
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This is Trey Johnson, the Headbanger y'all, and you're
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listening to Mess Hall with Rally Captain and Tell Gate Ten
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word. What's going on everybody?
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Not your typical show opening. Today's not your typical show.
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We were supposed to record something yesterday.
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Unfortunately, I got stuck at the DC City Council office.
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What you guys just heard was them casting the vote to approve
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the RFK Campus project. And what you're not seeing is my
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Co host and good friend rally captain beside me.
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Because of scheduling conflicts, we couldn't record the show
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yesterday and we weren't to be able to record one this evening,
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but we had to get one out. So I'm recording this right now.
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It is Thursday, let's just say early morning and I wanted to
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make sure that we got something out for you guys because
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yesterday was it was historic day.
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It was a momentous day for not only the city, but also for any
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Washington fan out there, regardless of what.
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Name you root for, it's. Just all burgundy and gold.
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And now the burgundy and gold are coming back to DC.
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So let me recap. Yesterday I got to the council
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chamber, the Wilson Building down in DC off of 14th St. at
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9:00 AM. They were set to start the
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hearing, let's just say 10:30 or so.
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So I want to get there early because I thought I'd be packed
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and it was. It was definitely busy.
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It was a lot of people there, a lot of buzz.
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There were some people there opposing the stadium.
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There was some TV reporters there and then a lot of DC
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residents there in favor of the stadium.
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It's 10:30. No one knows what's going on,
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but you can actually stream the DC Council in their meetings.
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So they are actually having a breakfast pre meeting that we
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can watch. They decide to open the council
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chamber doors at roughly 11:00 when it was supposed to start,
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by the way. So we all file in.
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I get my seat right there in the middle and I'm hanging out
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talking to some of the team officials and some different
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just, you know, Washingtonians. And that was actually a guy from
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Virginia that came out that just really wanted to make sure that
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the stadium deal passed. I thought he was from DC.
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He wasn't even a commander's fan.
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He just kind of wanted the deal to go through because he knew
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that it was right for the city. And we're just waiting and
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waiting. It's 12:30, and next thing I
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know, nothing's happening. So I pull up the breakfast
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meeting. They are still sitting in their
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chambers deliberating and going back and forth.
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And what had happened earlier that day was the Washington
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Commander sent a letter out to the DC Council and this is what
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it read. Dear Chairman Mendelson and the
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members of the DC Council, the Washington Commander's right to
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express our deep concern regarding the last minute new
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demands proposed by the Council mere hours before the final vote
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on the Robert F Kennedy Campus Redevelopment Act of 2025.
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The Commanders have committed to a once in a generation 2.7
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billion investment in the District's future, bringing
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thousands of jobs and catalyzing economic growth and opportunity.
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Our vision creates approximately 5 to 6000 housing units,
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including at least 30% affordable housing.
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As labor union leaders for Metropolitan Washington Council,
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AFLCIL, Baltimore, DC Building Trades, UNITE HERE Local 23 and
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25 and 32, BJSEIU wrote yesterday in the Washington
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Business Journal. The Commander's new home at the
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historic RFK site will represent.
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One of the. Biggest wins for union workers
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in the district's history. In fact, the commanders have
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already put millions of dollars into the site to prepare for
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development. For several months, our teams
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worked in good faith with each council member to finalize this
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project. Just last month, an overwhelming
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majority of the Council voted for this project and we are
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proud to announce this deal with the Mayor and the Council.
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It reflected the widespread support from residents across
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the district who want to see more jobs, more opportunities
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and celebrate their football team coming home.
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Less than 24 hours before the final vote, the Commander's
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organization was presented with a list of unworkable and
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impractical new last minute demands by council members,
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which we simply cannot agree to as it jeopardizes the deal.
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Most demands were made verbally without supporting
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documentation. Given our deep engagement with
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the council over many months and are proven willingness to
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address any council member feedback, this is unexpected and
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unfortunate. Many of those proposals
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significantly impact our ability to deliver this project as
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envision and will restrict the value this project would
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deliver. These amendments could limit or
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even preclude construction. Reduce RF KS ability to attend
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major event to attract major events.
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Limit the city's ability to deliver on its proposed housing
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and hinder CBE participation in the project.
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Additionally, unions have stressed or discomfort with the
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proposed changes and are lobbying against any further
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amendments to the deal. Most do not want these
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amendments to impact our ability to deliver a world class stadium
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with premier mixed-use development.
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In the interest of moving forward with one of the most
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impactful projects in Washington, DC, we urge you to
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honor our core agreement from only one month ago and move
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forward with the final approval. Mark Klaus, Washington
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commander's team president. So the team sent this out
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yesterday and everyone's abuzz. What what's going on?
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I'm I'm there outside the chambers.
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We're there inside the chambers. And you can actually watch this
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breakfast meeting happening. Several council members who were
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a no vote, Robert Ward, Junior Fruman and Nadeau just we're
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going back and forth talking about the amendments they want
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to bring up. To be clear, there were 13 new
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amendments that they want to discuss and bring up to this
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campus project. They could have passed any of
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these amendments and passed the project, but the commanders
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might not have agreed to one of these amendments and could have
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said, you know what, thanks, but no thanks.
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We're doing something else. To be clear, I don't think the
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commanders would have gone to Virginia.
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I don't think they would have gone to Maryland or anywhere
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else. I just honestly think if an
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amendment passed, for example, Robert White, junior council
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member at large, proposed 5 amendments.
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He actually withdrew one of them.
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But all four of the amendments he proposed failed miserably and
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1 he withdrew because it counted on another one of the other
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amendments going through. But one amendment he proposed
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was to if by 2050 a portion of the land is undeveloped, that DC
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were to take the land back. Council Chair Mendelssohn urged
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members not to support this. Council Member Mcduffie also
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urged people not support this so that there are already things in
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place that if the land is left vacant, then the team could be
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taxed, they could be hit in other ways as penalties.
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There are already tools there. And council member, Council
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Chair Mendelssohn basically said that Robert White was looking
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for a problem that did not exist.
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And that's honestly what it felt like.
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And I don't go to these things every day, Thank God.
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I, I hopefully will not go to one of these things in the near
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future or ever again. But it felt like grandstanding.
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It felt like these council members were trying to propose
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things and pitch things. That's just, I don't want to say
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don't matter, but that already have restrictions and rules in
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place to be taken care of. And one of them was something
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that was to be worked on five years down the road.
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And the council chairs were just saying this is not something we
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have to tackle now and has any effect on this deal.
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So why are you bringing this up and trying to tack it on?
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The fact of the matter is some of these amendments, and I'm
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looking at this, they got proposed.
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Tuesday. Night at 6:56 PM, right?
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The fact of the matter is this thing was in its 11th hour and
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you're now bringing this up at 6:56 PM and the team is just
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seeing this then. So I don't blame them for taking
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their stance and sending that letter the very next day.
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And I was live tweeting and kind of keeping everybody updated for
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what was going on at a certain point when they finished their
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breakfast meeting, which by the way, it was now 1:30.
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So that's a super long breakfast.
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And me and a lot of other people were starving inside the council
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chair, council member, council Chair Mendelssohn and others
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ended up getting on a call with the commanders.
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I stepped out of the council room, took a interview with
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Embassy Four, and they said, hey, they're talking with the
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commanders right now. So I made sure everyone knew
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that that was happening. And rumor was things were going
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to go through, but we still had to go through all the hoops and
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jump through everything to hear all thirteen of these amendments
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to see if somebody would actually get any of them
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approved. By my count, I think only one of
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them passed, and that was amendment by Council Member
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Felder that talked about adding a 2 million annual fee for a
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community reinvestment fund. So I don't think that's
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something the commander's had an issue with.
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All I know is the parts that the commanders would have had a
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problem with where they came out or just came through the
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Grapevine that they would have had an issue with these
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amendments. None of those went through and
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the deal passed 11 to 2. The only people that not in
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favor of it were Nadeau, who was always going to be in no matter
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what, and Robert White Junior, who, frankly, I've got a problem
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with. But hey, that's a story for
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another pod and another day and maybe next year when elections
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come up. But the team's coming home, all
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right? We are.
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We're not 100% there yet. There's still some more hurdles
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that need to go through, but for all intents and purposes this is
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now out of DC's hands. It goes to Congress.
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Congress is or Congress has A and I'm just looking through my
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tweets from yesterday. Congress has a 30 day review
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period, so once the mayor signs it makes it official.
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Congress has a 30 day review window.
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Blocking anything would be rare. Now granted, they did block ADC
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Bill years ago in regards to the budget, but if they do nothing,
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it just goes through after that it it's full steam ahead.
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And if any of you have driven by the RFK side, you can see
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they're working on this thing to make sure it is in fact going to
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be ready by 2030. And I for one, cannot wait to be
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there for the groundbreaking when that first shovel is in the
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dirt. And I cannot wait to be there
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for, I'm assuming it's got to be week one of the NFL season in
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20-30 there. There's no way they make us Week
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2 right after all this waiting in the pomp and circumstance
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that they can't make us wait another week.
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But I cannot wait to be there for the new RFK.
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And I know there's a lot of our listeners out there that are
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curious what's going to happen with PS LS?
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What's going to happen with tailgating?
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You know, where am I going to park?
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How's all this going to happen? Trust me, Rally and I are going
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to do what we can to be your voice, to raise your concerns
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with the organization and the proper people over there to make
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sure that it doesn't fall on deaf ears.
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Because yes, tailgating is a concern.
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But for me, PS LS are even bigger a concern because from a
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tailgating perspective, guys, we're resilient.
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We're going to find a way to tailgate.
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There might not be the exact same thing that we've been doing
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for the past 20 years at Northwest Stadium, but
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realistically, we'll find a way. We'll adapt, but just know that
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we're going to be fighting for you to make sure that everyone's
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questions are answered. And I do know that they said,
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you know the last hearing I was in that we should expect PS LS
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come 2026. Just know that I have been in
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contact with the organization to have a follow up meeting
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regarding that to talk about payment plans and things and
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messaging back to fans because we deserve the right to just
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understand what's going on. And I want to make sure they
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understand from our perspective. Hey, offering me a Nosebleed
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seat when I've been sitting downstairs in my family's seats
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for almost 30 years does not constitute saving me money on
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APSL, right? I, I get that they're going to
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want to keep premium seats downstairs.
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That's just what every team does.
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I'm looking hopefully to go to Sofi.
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Probably won't be able to make it, but who knows.
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But the lower ball, particularly between the actual goal lines,
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is club level. So some of us that are in that
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lower area today might not be able to sit there just because
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that's the club section or probably where the club sections
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going to be. And we might have to move up to
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maybe where our 200 level is now or maybe where the 300 level is
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the actual club level. Because those PS LS are going to
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be cheaper because they won't be club.
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But just know that we're going to be your voice.
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And if you guys have something you want to get back to them,
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tweet us, message us, get a hold of us.
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Rally is at rally Captain, I'm at tailgate.
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Ted, you watch the show. Odds are you, you know what our
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handles are. You know how to find us.
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You know how to get a hold of us.
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But I'd be remiss if I didn't talk about how yesterday went.
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And after the vote happened, I ended up having a couple
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cocktails with some of the people to just celebrate.
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Charles Mann was out there. He was actually, I think he was
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working at Monumental Sports doing construction for the
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Capital One Arena project. So he came in very Incognito in
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jeans and AT shirt and just went to go talk to Zachary Parker,
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Louise George and another one of the council members just to tell
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him his support and why this needs to happen.
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And I'm not sure if that's what helped get across the goal line,
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but I am sure that several, the council members talked multiple
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times about your phone calls, your emails, just reaching out.
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You guys made a difference. Our listeners made a difference.
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And thank you all for contacting them.
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You know, we, we put the bat signal out there for you guys
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and you answered and you answered in droves.
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I actually had a council members office call me and say you can
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stop now. This is this is not enough is
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enough. But the vote is over with.
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Everything's passed and it actually passed with more
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members than the original 1 did. So I'm happy to say we're going
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to be back in DC and best believe we're popping champagne
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at the tailgate that first week and I hope you guys are all
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going to be there with me. But with that being said, I want
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to get into this match up with the Raiders.
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Not sure what's going to happen this week, right?
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We got a tough test and it's not tough specifically because it's
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the Raiders stuff because don't know who's going to be playing
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quarterback. The team has to designate
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someone to give a talk on Wednesdays that is a
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quarterback. Typically it's a starting
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quarterback. Well, this Wednesday, yesterday
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it was Marcus Mariota. Marcus ended up going to the
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podium and it wasn't Jaden. Jaden was ADNP.
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We had a lot of guys on that DNP list.
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I'm not surprised. I think Eckler got a rest day,
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Tonsil got a rest day, Bobby Wagner got a rest day.
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My rebuttal is we hadn't played since Thursday.
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You really need a rest day. It it seemed kind of odd to me
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that they got that. But hey, I mean, Coach Quinn
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knows what he's doing with these guys.
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The other guys that were DNP, John Bates, no Brown and Jayden
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Daniels, right? And I really don't know if James
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going to play. I'm not too sure what's going to
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happen, but this is DQ talking about what the game plan is for
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Jayden for the rest of the week. What is the plan for Jayden
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today and then the rest of the week?
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Sure. So Jayden had good rehab session
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today. He also threw out in the field.
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He won't practice today. And then as we get into Friday,
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I'll give you an. Assessment of where we're at
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for, you know, after we go through practice on Friday.
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So a lot of fans, a lot of shows have been debating should he
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play, should he play if he isn't it 100% and should he just sit
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this week out? We get 17 games, 17 games to see
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who's the best of the best. So this isn't baseball where you
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have what 162? This isn't basketball where you
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got players are doing load management and just sitting out
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because you know they want to take the day off.
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I'm sure there's other reasons, but it just it feels that way
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for me sometimes. It's why I gave up my wizard
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season tickets. Well, one of many reasons.
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They're also horrible to watch and not a fan fun experience.
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But if Telly Oz hears that, hey, let him know.
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But I on the mindset of you got a couple things going for you.
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You've got an AFC team you're playing.
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So when it comes down to record in the end, it doesn't hurt as
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much because we're not an NFC team.
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All right, you have a tough matchup after this.
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We're the Chargers. Granted, once again, it's also
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an AFC team, but it's still a damn tough match up against the
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Chargers. I think the Riggers, you know,
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are going to be a heck of a lot easier competition than the
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Chargers. I am of the mindset of this is a
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marathon. It's not a Sprint, right?
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If Jaden can get back to being even a couple percentage points
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healthier from not playing this week, I have faith that Marcus
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and the other guys on that roster can ultimately get us
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that W at the end of the day. Right.
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And I know that's not a popular opinion.
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I know that there's some out that are saying I'll take Jaden
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at 7080% / 100% Marcus. I personally wouldn't.
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But what can you expect from Marcus?
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This is actually what DQ had to say about that.
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With Marcus, you guys were slow and bringing him back, making
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sure he was back from the Achilles.
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From what you saw last year, what you've seen from him, the
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confidence level I know is high. What do you expect from him?
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Yeah, if called upon. We would certainly expect.
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Marcus to deliver in the fashion that he does.
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He has been. Like a real standard as a
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commander, player, teammate in elite ways and so.
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Each player that we would feature, they'd be featured.
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And not exactly the same way, although mobility for him and
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Jayden and, you know, kind of coming up in similar styles, but
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not exactly the same also. So for all the guys we have, you
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know, ways that we feature them and how we play if called upon.
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And that's what we'll do. But yeah, we have like the
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utmost confidence in him. So Mariota had Achilles
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tendonitis, didn't do anything in training camp or the
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preseason. It was honestly kind of
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frustrating there. They didn't really talk about.
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They didn't really speak about it and all you saw or all you
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really assumed was, OK, Johnson and Hartman are just competing
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for that third spot. That's why Mario is not getting
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anything. No, actually, that's probably
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why. One of the reasons, but he also
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had Achilles tendonitis. He didn't get any reps with the
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team. So we're back at that.
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He didn't get reps with the ones Jayden didn't get.
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Jayden didn't get a ton of reps with the ones.
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How rusty is he going to be? How rusty is this offense going
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to be? When Mariota did get called in,
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it was against, let's see here, last year he came in in the
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Cleveland game, the Browns game, the Panthers game and the
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Cowboys game, right? His PFF grade for the Cowboys
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game was at 85. Oh sorry, an 88.
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And the Carolina game was an 85. I mean, he stepped in and he
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stepped in admirably. He did a heck of a job, but it
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is one thing to step in when you're the backup coming off the
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bench. It's another thing to step in
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when a team is game planning for you and they know your
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tendencies and they can devise schemes to combat that.
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Good news is Coach Quinn is not telling them who is going to be
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back on the field. But from his standpoint, he does
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need to see Jayden on the field this week before he's going to
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clear him to play on Sunday. This is actually DQ talking
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about what he has to see before he'll let 5 play.
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Do you need to see him back on the field with the rest of the
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team before? You feel OK?
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Yeah, I would. It's important timing reps the
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movements, but it was a good first step.
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To it, Nikki, But yeah, we'd have to get, you know, some reps
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for sure. So the injury report isn't out
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yet by the time I'm recording this on Thursday, so I I don't
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know what Jayden's doing. I also don't know if a walk
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through on a Saturday is going to be sufficient enough for DQ
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to let 5 play if the doctors medically clear him.
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He's talking about timing. I'm going to walk through.
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You're not going to get timing from guys just standing there
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and going out, you know, 1/2 pace.
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So we'll see what that means. But one thing that does concern
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me is and rally, and I brought up on the last show, Josh
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Connolly, junior, What's he going to do?
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Is he going to be able to handle this Raiders pass rush?
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He's going to be able to handle Max Crosby.
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And I had a lot of time to kill yesterday, sitting in those
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council chambers waiting for the beginning to start.
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I went back and looked at all the film for the past two weeks
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of the Raiders, every single snap, slow motion.
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Because let me tell you, I had a lot of time to kill.
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But I also went back to a couple games last year.
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And Crosby, he's not Micah, all right?
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No one is Micah, but he's maybe a couple tears below.
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And this guy does not quit. And he does give me some
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concerns. This is actually DQ talking
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about Max Crosby as a defensive line expert.
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What would you say makes Max Crosby as effective as he is,
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and what kind of adjustments do you need to make to account for
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him? Yeah.
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I think the first two. Things that come to mind when I
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think of him. This is like elite, elite.
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Effort and like, OK, yeah. I've heard that a lot.
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But I'm saying it's at the. Upper range of it where?
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He can stamina to go hard over and over again.
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He's got Great Bend. By that I mean he can slip and
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slide in between a tight end, a tackle and then the skill work
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of it. He loves pass rush like.
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Vaughn And so for those two, you know, kind of doing the pass
24:39
rush summit, there's a a level of studying and preparation
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instincts. I would say are a big part of
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that, but. Man do I love.
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The first step. Quickness and just the absolute
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dog of a competitor. Sometimes you don't win on the
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first move. And you have to stay relentless
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and that is absolutely, you know, been part of his career.
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Crosby has a motor, does not quit.
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I have this guy, I don't know if he just chop on synergies right
25:09
before the game or before every defensive Dr. he's out there on,
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but when you think a play is done, he just comes out of
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nowhere. I mean, he just constantly is
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running and moving and just never stops his feet.
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And I'm concerned about him going up against Connelly,
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right? If we don't have John Bates this
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week, who was the DNP? All right, and you know what?
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Let DQ talk about John Bates's status for this week.
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I'm John Bates also experiencing injury.
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Any update on on him? And if he does have to be out,
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how do you all have to fill that void from his blocking ability?
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Yeah, yeah, we all know how. John's so rare.
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In that way on the. Blocking side so.
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It wouldn't be in exactly the same way.
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Like you don't just, you know, plug and play into that.
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Spot. I feel like we're pretty diverse
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in how we would have to go after it, but it would be, you know,
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something that would be. Difficult in that spot.
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We'll see where we look like by Friday like.
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I said as I'm going through with John, I'm in that same spot.
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Of where are we we're? Going to make good decisions for
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the guys and they're working. Hard having the extra time.
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Is helpful, meaning like a longer, you know, time in
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between the two games. But there's a couple.
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That I'm still in the wait and see mode and position.
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Specific work. Then we'll get into, you know.
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Tomorrow, today, we're going to be indoors.
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Many you. Know did things through the
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walkthrough and then see we are tomorrow so I'm.
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Still going to wait and see with a couple guys.
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Earlier this past Monday, Coach said that he did not think that
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Bates had no one. We're going to play.
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It concerns me, right? We have a weakness at our
26:42
offensive line. I, I want Wiley to start Coach
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saying it's a competition. If Connolly has beat out Wiley,
26:50
then that is concerning. I, I don't know if I believe
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that 1000% that Connolly has beaten out Wiley.
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I think they're maybe just letting him sharpen his teeth.
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But right now he's putting our offense at risk, right?
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We have an issue. We are missing one of the best
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blocking tight ends in the league and we have a right
27:11
tackle, a rookie right tackle who is going up against some
27:14
world beaters and we got to give him some help.
27:18
Bill's going to get RB one most likely right.
27:20
C Rod is going to be out there. You're going to have Mcnichols.
27:24
How is Bill in pass protection? How was he picking up a blitz?
27:28
All right? How is he going to handle that
27:30
pressure coming off that side? Crosby also lines up in
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different spots, right? He doesn't just stick directly
27:36
over the right tackle. I saw a couple times over the
27:38
left tackle. I mean, Tunsil jumped last week
27:41
when Michael was in front of him, had a false start penalty,
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right? The guy wreaks havoc.
27:45
Not the same degree, but right now the way our offense is
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running, which is very poorly, it doesn't have to be the same
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degree for him to cause a difference.
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If John can't go, I want to see Trent Scott out there.
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I want to see him lined up as an ex tackle to help Chip, to help
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do something because we have got to get this running and going.
28:10
We have got to get it off the ground if we want to walk out of
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Northwest Stadium with a win, if we want to head out to LA, go
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out to the West Coast to be up one.
28:19
If you looked at the first four games this season, I mean, some
28:23
would think that we could potentially be 3 and 1.
28:26
I didn't think that we would go four and out.
28:27
I got to go back and look at Ragnar's prediction.
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But three and one would be phenomenal.
28:35
If we lose this week and we go out to LA, there's a good
28:39
possibility we could be one in three.
28:41
The Chargers are no joke. The Chargers are a heck of a
28:45
team and they beat the Chiefs and they crushed Raiders, right?
28:51
It was a horrible game for Gino. Gino threw 3 picks.
28:53
So not even getting into their offense and how inept it's been.
28:58
But I don't believe them. I want us to dominate this thing
29:03
from the start to the end and let's just run this ball and
29:07
ground pound it and give Jaden another week to actually get
29:10
healthy. If I go back and look at that
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Chargers game, a majority of Herbert's passes were from play
29:15
action. And let's see here, 91% he had
29:21
actually ended up getting were play action passes, right?
29:24
He did a damn good job. And that just led to the fact
29:27
that the Chargers had a good run game.
29:29
You got to keep their defense on their toes.
29:32
The Raiders run shocker, something that we have an issue
29:35
with a predominant zone scheme. Approximately 67% of their snaps
29:41
are in zone. Guess who else ran a zone
29:44
scheme? The Packers.
29:46
Packers ran zone and we did not do anything to try and combat
29:50
it. I really feel that that is an
29:53
issue with the play calling we had last week against Green Bay.
29:56
And this scatter report isn't new.
29:59
That's just what they do. That's how they game plan.
30:02
Same thing for Green Bay. We need Kingsbury to step it up
30:06
and put some zone beaters in there.
30:07
And finally, when they just, we put some man beaters in there, I
30:11
just, I don't feel that our coaching staff has adapted to
30:14
what other people have done to adapt to us because we have
30:18
tendencies, other teams have tendencies.
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And I got this from ChatGPT right?
30:22
You can sit here and find all these different tendencies out.
30:25
If I can find this stuff, best believe they can find this.
30:28
So there should be a game plan in place to make this an easier
30:34
when heading to this week. The spread dropped from 6 1/2 to
30:37
3 1/2 depending on where you end up getting your numbers.
30:39
And believe it or not, NFL has this only dropped one spot from
30:43
a power Ranger perspective. Looking at this, we were 7th
30:46
last week. It's gossip 8th now that
30:49
actually says Jane Daniels. Availability for Week 3 is now
30:52
up in the air after he suffered a knee Sprint against the
30:54
Packers. Per NFL Network insiders Ian
30:57
Rapoport and Mike Garafolo, the injury rekindles concerns about
31:00
his pass protection. The Commanders have faced 2 good
31:02
pass rushing teams and the results have been decidedly
31:05
mixed. Another concerning pass rusher
31:08
is on the schedule in a Week 3 with the Raiders Max Crosby
31:11
coming to town and Washington might have to turn to Marcus
31:13
Mariota to start against his old team.
31:15
The Commanders invested major resources and grain the online
31:18
this offseason, but the results have yet to pay off.
31:21
They also need to get Terry McCullough going after we caught
31:25
7 passes for 75 yards on 13 targets in the first two games.
31:29
Maybe he'll suit. Maybe he's still ramping up
31:31
after missing a chunk of training camp during his hold
31:33
in. If Daniel's injury is a one week
31:36
thing, perhaps a panic meter remains low.
31:38
But Washington has four out of five games on the road
31:41
thereafter, and the team is dealing with multiple offensive
31:44
issues, right? The pass protection is a
31:48
problem. Guess what offensive lineman
31:51
don't like doing just pass protecting and sitting on their
31:55
heels. Guess what they would rather do
31:56
any day of the week? Run block.
31:59
We got to run the damn ball, right?
32:01
You guys saw something in Bill. Feed him, give him the ball,
32:05
give him the carries, let him work, right?
32:08
Throw C Rod in there. You kept Chris Rodriguez on the
32:11
roster for a reason. I understand he was a healthy
32:14
scratch last week and he was a ton of last season.
32:17
Stop scratching him. Give him a chance.
32:20
Make this easier on Mariota and Jaden if he's in there and
32:25
soften up that defense. Make them have to worry about
32:27
that run. The way you attack a pass rusher
32:30
is you run at them this way, they're running at that ball
32:34
carrier and not sure what's happening.
32:36
Run at him with that play action pass makes them slow down their
32:39
pass rush, right? These things are just it's
32:41
football one O 1 and heading into this week, look, a lot of
32:45
fans are automatically thinking this is a dub.
32:48
I'm sorry, I I just, I don't know if I can agree with you.
32:52
The Raiders beat the Pats in week 120 to 13, right?
32:56
They got a linebacker there, Jamaal Adams.
32:57
The guy's a stud, right? And guess what?
33:00
They're coming here. What we have on our favor is the
33:04
Raiders played Monday night and they're traveling from the West
33:06
Coast to the East Coast. It's a short week.
33:08
So maybe their battery is going to be a little bit empty, maybe
33:12
we're going to have an advantage of the fourth quarter because
33:15
they haven't got a ton of rest. But the fact of the matter is
33:18
they do have some studs on their team.
33:19
Brock Bowers, who is not 100%, but he is a stud tight end.
33:24
The guy can just flat out ball. And after what happened last
33:29
week with Kraft going up against our linebackers and our defense,
33:33
it concerns me. DQ has some concerns about
33:36
facing the Raiders as well. Let's hear from him.
33:39
Hey, coach. And looking at the the Raiders,
33:42
what comes to mind first in facing them?
33:45
Gino Smith is under the center. What do you see in that team?
33:49
Yeah. There's a lot to like they.
33:51
Have obviously talk about Gino like he's got one of the
33:54
strongest arms like can absolutely RIP the ball I.
33:57
Think they got really good tight end group.
33:59
They've got speed and. Route runners at receiver.
34:02
I think an excellent running back, especially in terms of
34:04
breaking. Tackle so.
34:05
When you put all those together. Run game, tight ends.
34:08
Receivers strong on quarterback. You can see that's what I
34:11
thought of first and then on the.
34:13
D side I like. You know, the ends, the rushers.
34:16
That they have Koontz's. Back, they've got veteran
34:19
strong. Linebackers Donna that are
34:20
inside a safety that we know well and Chin, who's just down
34:24
the box and tackling. Well, so when you look at them,
34:28
you know, you see OK, featuring players identity, style,
34:32
attitude. And a lot to like, you know, in
34:35
terms. Of who they are, and certainly
34:37
with the running. Back and the tight end, like
34:39
these are some really talented guys, you know, who are young
34:42
guys just kind of on their way up.
34:43
So whatever, hands full. They're NFL players.
34:50
They're pros. They get paid too.
34:52
So any of you thinking this is going to be an easy win against
34:54
Oakland, stop fooling yourselves.
34:57
Our team has not proven right now that it's the same team that
35:01
we watched last season. I'm going to have some concerns,
35:03
especially if we've got a quarterback, a franchise
35:06
quarterback in Jay and who we don't know is going to play.
35:08
Especially if we are missing a key compare of our offense, John
35:13
Bates, Especially if we've got a rookie right tackle out there
35:16
who has not proved that he can actually do the job yet.
35:20
Rally and I each week talk about who needs to step up for us to
35:24
get this W who needs to step up this week to make sure that he
35:28
and I are both walking out and all of you that are listening,
35:32
walking out of Northwest Stadium with a smile, right?
35:35
I want to light a victory cigar. I didn't get the light one this
35:37
past week against the Packers. I was going to sit on my deck
35:40
with my fire pit at 1:00 in the morning and smoke that victory
35:44
cigar. It's still waiting, still
35:46
waiting to be lit for me this week.
35:48
The only way I get a chance to light that is if the running
35:53
game gets moving, if the big boys up front do their job, earn
35:58
their paycheck and actually block, right.
36:01
We need to move this ball. We are 33% on 3rd down.
36:05
It's not acceptable, not by any means, right?
36:08
Josh Connolly, badass what? Whoever is out there, I need you
36:13
guys to step up this week and make sure that you protect
36:17
Jayden or Marcus or whoever's throwing that ball and make sure
36:21
you open up some running lanes for Bill C, Rod Mcnichol,
36:25
whoever it may be. Because if we control that, we
36:28
control that line of scrimmage, we win this game on Sunday.
36:33
I'm taking us. I'm taking us to win.
36:36
I think we cover this spread. If you guys bet 3 1/2.
36:40
The six point spread scared me, right?
36:42
Especially you would Jaden being hurt.
36:43
Luckily it dropped, but I am thinking we pulled this off this
36:47
week and then we fly out to LA and take on a tough Chargers
36:52
team, but we'll worry about that another time.
36:55
We are planning on having Rally back for the next one, but we
36:57
want to make sure we got this out to you guys just because of
37:00
the momentous thing that happened in history yesterday
37:04
for this team and for the city. And we'd be remiss if we didn't
37:08
celebrate that with you guys. It's going to be it's going to
37:11
be crazy while we're in for some fun next couple of months, next
37:14
couple of years as I started announcing more stuff at the
37:16
stadium. But I hope to see you guys out
37:19
of Northwest. I know Rally's going to be
37:20
making his rounds and all the tailgate lots.
37:22
Make sure you tell him what's up, pass him a shot.
37:26
But for those of you listening, I'd use his trademark.
37:29
But I don't want to have to pay him any money.
37:30
I appreciate it. Guys, take care.