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"End of an Era..." Episode 177 · DMV Mess Hall

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Hi folks, this is Rick Doc Walker in DOC This.
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Is John Kime and you're listening to the mess hall with
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rally Captain and Tailgate 10. What's going on, Rally?
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Finally, the games are going to start.
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The count man. That's what I was just about to
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say. I can tell you what's going on.
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Football Fever is truly back. No more preseason, no more
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practices, no more at least for the fans to see anything like
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that. It's time for the rubber to meet
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the road and the pads start to clash it where it counts and
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that's what people want to see and that's what I'm happy about
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right now. I'm right there with you, man.
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I I just, I didn't watch the first preseason game.
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I didn't watch the last preseason game, right.
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I watched the second one because we were there, but then I also
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walked around the concourse, so didn't really get a chance to
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catch the entire thing. The Commanders haven't sent out
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the the NFL Plus season ticket holder discount.
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Have you gotten yours yet? You mean as far as watching the
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on television? Yeah.
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So we always get that. You did.
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You got yours. Yeah.
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I haven't gotten mine man so. And I can tell you what I did
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with it and maybe I need to go back to my tray.
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I deleted it because I'm like, well, I don't have a need for
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this. I'm at the games home or away
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so. That's true.
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You don't need it. I haven't got it yet.
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So that while we're doing this, I'm going to text someone over
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there and say, hey, I haven't gotten my NFL plus yet.
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So because I typically go back and just watch the coaches film
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and I haven't had a chance to. So you know what?
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That first preseason game was horrible, right?
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What you were there live have. To go back over that.
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That last preseason game against the Ravens, I mean, it's just
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none of the real people that were going to play this upcoming
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week against the Giants are really going to.
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Play didn't even watch it. Sure, I mean, I was actually
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surprised when you told me you weren't going to the game.
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But then again, right, It's just I wasn't there, so I don't blame
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you. I mean, this past week I was at
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the beach, you know, the players all got off.
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I, I just, I want to relax because once man, I don't know
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about you, but once Monday hit, it's like it just hit me the
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seasons here. Like, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Well, for me, I mean, there's, you know, there's a lot of stuff
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that's being done behind the scenes that people just don't
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know about. Obviously they get to be able
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just to show up and have a good time, which that's what we're
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supposed to do. But as far as the SP event side
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of the house, there's a lot of paperwork that's involved.
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And so it's no different than you and your tailgate that
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people they come and eat. Basically they sign the paper
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that says the reservation that says they want to come, but they
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don't know what's behind the all the man hours that that your
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slave and stuff like that. Your crew, you know, they, they,
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they come, they see the food's ready and then you get the
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little name tag and, and off they.
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Go and eat. But I've seen you behind the
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scenes, so I know what's involved.
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So no one has seen me behind the scenes.
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But I can imagine what you go through, so you can possibly
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imagine what I go through as well.
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Oh, yeah. I mean, I'm getting people
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reaching out to me about, you know, what's going on with
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rallies. And it's like I'm not the rally
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captain, so I don't know. But maybe because they know you
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and I know you and everything else, that's why they're
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reaching out to me. I got people asking me about
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Spain. Like, I got people sending me
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like paragraphs saying, hey, I know the RSVP doesn't open up
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until 10 days prior, but I'm coming in December.
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Can you open it up for me right now?
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Like it's just. And the answer is no, right?
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I treat everybody the same unless you are family.
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Like it's different. Like if you asked me because you
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got some people coming to town that wanted it, but no offense
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to other people, I get it. I just, I got to treat everybody
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the same, right? It opens up 10 days prior.
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So 10 days prior was Misses Tailgate's birthday and my
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e-mail was blowing up and we are already sold out of spots for
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the tailgate. So it is what it is.
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You know I'll be making my trek to see you so.
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Oh, I know you'll be there. So I.
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Can't wait to see you man. Luke's dad, Ed, Ed McCaffrey, is
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going to be joining us at the tailgate.
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So I'm looking forward to that. Trying to see if I can get Ed on
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the deep fryer because it's just me cooking this week.
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Part of my crew, you know, they're all parents.
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So my boy David, who's always out there cooking beside me,
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he's got to do some stuff with the kids.
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So I get it. And my boy Trey won't be there
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because his son's got something going on.
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So we got a skeleton crew. That's why we are looking for
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applications earlier on this year.
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But you know, the tailgate's going to happen regardless or
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not. So the the constant is me there
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and hopefully I'll get a chance to breathe.
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If not, Ed McCaffrey is going to have to put some work in and
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help me on that deep fry or maybe flip some burgers or
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something. But tailgate's happening and
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it's going to be a damn good time on Sunday.
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I just, I'm not looking forward to the 5:00 wake up call because
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this is one of the three 1:00 games we got at home this year.
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That's right. You don't like that, but I
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thought you didn't like. I thought you didn't like 4:00
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games either though but OK. I was getting used to four.
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I mean, you know, it's just I, I did see that on the call.
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We've got Brady on the call, so. Interesting.
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In the back. It's like it's, it's like it's
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first time, first game announcing, right?
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I mean, because you're at all the away games and I don't
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listen to the TV feed. I always listen to the radio
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feed, even if it's and I wake up at home.
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I doubt that I'd have to think that he called one of our games
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for the playoffs, right? I mean, who would have called
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the Lions game? So I would have had to assume
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that he did it. But Brady is on the announcing
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team this week. So it's Brady, and it is Kevin
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Burkhart and Erin Andrews. So when you're on the sideline
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hobnobbing, you know what If Aaron asked you to wear the
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chain, Should you have to wear the chain?
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No, I. Mean.
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But what if if you see Brady, does he get to wear it?
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He's a player, so he's the go. A player can wear it.
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You know, I, I deviated and allowed a couple people to wear
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it and the results were disastrous.
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We lost the game basically. So now I realize that hey look,
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I'm going to stick with this players and players only and.
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Owners. And owners, yeah.
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They want to put it on. I'll let her put it on, but
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other than that, now I can't. Can't open that up anymore.
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You've had terrible results. I mean, I remember when you let
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Julie wear it and then I sent her a text message after saying
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you're bad luck and she didn't understand what I was talking
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about. Those that don't know Julie
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Donaldson's a good friend of mine, so you know, it's fine.
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But I sent her a text message after said you're bad luck, we
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lost. She said, what are you talking
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about? Then I sent her a picture of her
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in the chain and she just started laughing.
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So, but yeah, please stick to that because man, I some people
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are worried about this game. I'm trying not to be.
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We are 6 point favorites against these guys, right?
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We, we swept them last year, right?
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But if you all remember that first game, it was a game of
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field goals, right? We did.
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I don't think we scored a single touchdown.
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So it's not like we kicked the butt last year.
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And, you know, obviously since we've been off for the past two
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weeks and we'll go back to our normal schedule now, Terry's
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back, right? So Terry signed his deal.
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You know, we didn't have any doubt it was going to happen.
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It was just a matter of when it was going to happen.
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And luckily it happened just in time for him to get a full
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week's practice this week. So fingers crossed he'll be good
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ready for the Giants game. Well, I got to tell you, Ted, I
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am nervous and I'll tell you why I'm.
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Nervous. Our guys really didn't play and
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the Giants squad did play and when they played in the bad and,
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and I'm not, I'm not a Giants fan at all.
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Everybody knows I'm a command fan.
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But I got to be real with you. And, and, and they did play.
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They did, they did look bad, whereas I didn't see that from
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our guys. And yes, I know that none of our
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guys played. And I think that that is what's
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going to hurt us, them bubble wrapping everyone and not
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allowing them to truly get some work in.
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So I mean, I, I think talent wise we should win, but at the
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same time got that grip behind you.
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You got something to prove that can sometimes take over man.
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And so. I'm 65% on the nervous side,
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bro. I really am.
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Just because I haven't seen anything from our offense.
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I, I know that we have the pieces there, but I'm just
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nervous, man. And and and I don't like being
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that way. So CBS Sports did a grade, which
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is, it's sounds kind of ridiculous, but it was a who had
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the best preseason grade right out of a, you know, a through D
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Where would you think the Commanders ended up on their
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preseason grade according to CBS?
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The preseason grade? Probably A Probably AD.
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Pretty damn close. They actually ended up giving us
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AC minus which is basically AD to me.
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So it says here, no these games don't count.
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But it is worth pointing out that Washington went O and three
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in the preseason and was outscored by a total of 71
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points. Jaden Daniels only played one
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drive this summer and didn't even attempt to pass.
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He didn't rush for a touchdown, so it's not like the sky is
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falling. That said, the reserves being
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dominated in such a way doesn't instill a ton of confidence in
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Washington's depth. One bright spot has been rookie
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running back to Coy Crossy Merritt, who seems to be the
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catalyst for the Brian Robinson junior train.
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The 7th rounder has rushed for 70 yards and a touchdown on 18
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carries this pre season and could command a chunk of carries
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alongside veteran Austin Eckler. Of course, the biggest question
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on offense is whether or not Terry Mccordon team ultimately
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find common ground on the contract.
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We all know he did. Another thing to file away Matt
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Game is 2 field goals this pre season.
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So they don't have a rock solid kicking situation at the moment.
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And I'm not going to expect you to know where the Giants are.
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So I'll just tell you the Giants got an A and it says here, it's
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been a while since we're able to say this, but it must feel good
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to be a New York Giants fan right now.
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Why? Because it looks like the
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franchise hit home runs with both of its first round draft
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picks. While Abdul Carter was
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considered to be a day one contributor off the edge and has
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backed that up this summer, What his turn heads has been the
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performance from former Ole Miss quarterback Jackson Dart.
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The 25th overall pick look the part of a future franchise
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quarterback showing command in the pocket while completing 32
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of his 47 passes for 372 yards and three TDs over three games.
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It remains to be seen if Dart will find his way atop the depth
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chart, but New York seems to have a legit quarterback
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prospect that can begin building even if Russell Wilson, who was
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sold as pre season, holds down the Fort in Year 1.
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So this article was written after the last preseason game,
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Russ's QB one for the Giants. Dart is actually QB 2 above
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Jameis Winston. So I did find that kind of
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surprising that Dart did that well over Jameis.
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And I'm not surprised that Russ is starting for him, right.
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You know, let's let's give the kid a chance to kind of, you
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know, get his bearings underneath.
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But what does concern me is, you know, the fact that you said it,
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our guys didn't really play right and we all have watched
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pre season. Then we go on a week one, we go
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on a Week 2, we go on a week 3. It still feels like that's pre
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season. Like the guys don't start to
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actually shake all that rust off until week 4.
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And we got a tougher schedule this year.
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I don't know if we can afford to do that, especially we're going
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to a short week against the Packers right after this week,
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which I hate to say it, I'm not going, man.
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I, I looked into flights and everything else and the I, I
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cannot justify spending $1000 to get to Green Bay and getting a
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rental car at a hotel, not even including a game ticket.
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So I am not going to be in Green Bay with you, but we'll talk
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about that next week. All right, well, I'm sad to hear
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that because I was looking forward to you going to it.
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But the other thing I got to tell you once, since we're since
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we're on a low right now and talking about Green Bay, just
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for a brief second, everyone asking, no, I will not be having
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a holding a rally in Green Bay. I am deferring to the team this
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year. What will the what will the team
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do? Will the team be the one to step
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up and start the rallies over again?
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We'll see. So, but moving off of that, go
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ahead. Real quick, just to make sure
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we're clear, you're not doing one in Green Bay and you're not
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planning on doing one for away games at all this year?
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No, OK, it's time for the team, the team.
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The team says that they understand, they feel that they
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they feel that they're important, but obviously not
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important enough to take the step forward.
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But I, I don't blame you because like you said, you know what it
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takes for me on the back end to do the tailgate, right?
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Just all the prep and getting everything done.
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What a lot of people don't know is some of these places are
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making you put down security deposits for these rallies and
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just take, it's just a massive undertaking.
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You're just one person. I see you and misses rally and
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then a couple of volunteers, you know, handling stuff and doing
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stuff at the ones that I have been to in the most recent past.
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And I know that that's got to be taxing and taking on you.
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So I, I do hope that the team steps up and does it.
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And I'm going to make sure that this gets cut up so people know
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and the team knows what's going on and they do get a chance to,
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you know, hopefully fill that void that you successfully
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filled when they stopped doing it, right.
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And they all stopped around COVID.
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There were some different things that were going on.
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I remember you were doing the virtual rallies that I joined a
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couple times because they had me doing some cooking things and
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this and that. And I do know that they've been
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busy with other stuff, but we're all all busy.
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And it would be great if they did pick up the ball that you're
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going to have to put down for a minute, hoping they can carry
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that rock and do some successful Rd. rallies and pick up really
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where you succeeded. Well, I think what's going to
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happen is the different out of town chapters will be the one to
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step up. Like I know for a fact that
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Atlanta is having a rally. They have a huge contingency
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down there. Shout out to those guys.
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And I, I'm, I'm assuming that the LA chapter will do their
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rally again anywhere else. I don't I don't know.
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So someone else's may have to step up.
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But you know, yes, the team did support me as far as giving me
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swag. But as you said, some of these
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venues wanted $4500 and I don't want to get too into the weeds
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with it, but just, but just to give you an example, I say, OK,
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if I give you $4500 once the bar or once your your, your, your
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food eclipses 4500 bucks, do I get any of that money back?
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And they said no. And So what people and I never
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would charge for a rally. People actually told me I should
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I should start charging for rallies.
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And I'm like, no, the team never charged for rallies, but but the
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team had a sponsor. You know, I don't have a
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sponsor. And so somebody's got to to
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cover that cost for all of these fans to have a good time.
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And once again, it's the it's the little Nuggets behind the
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scene that you're not supposed to know you're supposed to have
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a good time, but it's time to let it out.
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And as I've always said, I'm just one person.
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You know, people say, well, you should have the right.
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No, what needs to happen is if I complain hypothetically, then
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that's just one person saying something.
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But it takes everyone to be able to say, guys, you need to have
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these rallies. And I'm not going to toot my own
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horn, but I did a damn good job. And people always said, people
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always said that man, you, you really did a great job.
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And when Mr. Rails came to the rally in Tampa, he was shocked.
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He he kept saying, I, I had no clue.
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I had no clue. And so now it's the situation
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where everyone knows now. Yeah, everyone knows it.
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The cat, it's not like we're hiding anything.
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The cat's out of the bag. And and it takes certain things
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to make things happen, you know, and I I don't have the money.
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I I just don't. It's it's a lot to ask of your
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man, right? It's just they're obviously
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ownership has been making investments in the team, in the
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facility, in the stadium, right? They're doing a lot of different
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things. This is just another one of
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those investments, right? And I think it was a new Ford
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evaluation. They bought the team for 6
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billion six and some change, right?
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And it's valued for more than 7 billion now.
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So they have technically made a billion dollars on that
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investment, right? And I know a lot of fans are all
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hyped up about the season ticket member food pricing.
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We talked about it during last week's pod, right?
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And I'm getting so many people sending me how much it cost to
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get a burger at the Ravens stadium, M&T Bank Stadium, and
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how expensive our beer prices are versus other stadiums and
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this and that. Like, to me, they've got to make
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money back somehow. What a lot of people also
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understand is M&T Bank Stadium is also funded partially by
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Maryland, right, where Northwest Stadium is not.
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So they're able to charge less there.
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I don't know about a no Mercedes-Benz down Atlanta.
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I do know they're they're famous for their cheap concessions,
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right? But I don't know if part of that
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is also offset funding from, you know, Atlanta or Georgia or
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whatever it may be. And from my perspective, right,
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if the team wants to make an investment and the brand is
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going global, right, we're going to Spain.
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The game is sold out, right? We know some people are going
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out there, right? These rallies are a way to
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continue that growth. And you know, not speaking for
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you would never do that. I just hope that they understand
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that, hey, bring you on as an employee or do something, but
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keep this going in some form or fashion because it is something
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that all of the fan base looks forward to.
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And like I said when we started, I can assume people asking me,
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is it happening? And now you just broke the news.
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It's not. No, yeah, I, I can't, I can't
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keep it up. And The thing is, it's, it's
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bigger than me. And I don't want anybody to, to
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say I'm being a sore sport or I'm, I'm it, it really is bigger
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than me. And I think that, as you said,
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it gives people who are traveling because we have a lot
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of traveling fans who come to these rallies and games who they
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want something to do the night prior to the game.
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I have so many people contacting me saying, hey, is there going
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to be a rally for the home games?
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And I tell people we don't have rallies for home game.
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There's only been one time that we really had a rally and that
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was in Baltimore when we play Baltimore last year.
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But I. Thought we did 1.
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You did one at Guy Fieri's place.
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That was against the Atlanta what, three years ago and I
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decided to just try something different because of the Atlanta
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fans that were coming into town and because once again, we have
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a huge contingency of a fans down in Georgia who came up for
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that game. So I was it was like a way rally
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for them, but just at home. So I tried it.
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It was it was a great success. But getting back to the whole
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rally aspect of things, I'm not a source sport.
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I want to continue to do it, but I need the backing and it's just
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the rally captain, you know, I, as I always try to give this
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little, if you can see this, I'm the rally captain.
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This is the. This is the organization, you
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know. I don't mind.
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There's a lot, there's a lot behind the scenes people don't
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know, right? And you and I have been chatting
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with them and dude, I hate to hear it, but I I also get it.
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And I know fans and people that listen to the podcast will
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understand that as well. And hey, you can also step up,
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right? If you guys are in these towns,
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you can step up. And I did want to talk to you
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about Spain because I had a bar in Spain reach out to me on X
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saying, hey, if you want to host something here before the game
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or this other day, let's talk. So maybe we can chat about that.
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But I am bummed. But I also, I understand, man.
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And the game is officially sold out.
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So there are no more tickets from the team for the game.
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There are no parking passes available for the game.
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So those of you that are planning to go out, get there
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early, right? We talked about it last time,
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the days of you guys strolling in at 11:00 and being able to
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find a parking pass or parking spot, those are gone, right?
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There definitely going to be some changes.
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And I did not get a reply back to my e-mail about the tents and
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how all that's going to work in Week 1.
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So I am curious to see if they're going to make people
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move those tents or not be able to put them up, depending where
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you are. So FYI, it's all going to be new
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for a lot of people on Sunday this week coming up.
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So we're shutting down the tailgate at noon because I want
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to make sure that I get in early.
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I don't want to miss kickoff. And the Washington Gold
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concessions in years prior, you could just show them your gold
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card through the app. Now you actually have to scan
22:43
the QR code and have that set up ahead of time with a credit card
22:48
on the app. So make sure you all that are
22:51
season ticket holders or got your ticket from a season ticket
22:54
holder, set that up ahead of time or else you're not going to
22:56
get the up to 50% off on your food and non alcoholic
23:00
beverages. Yeah, that's a good point.
23:04
And they have, if you're a season ticket member, they have
23:06
been sending out emails to tell you, hey, no before you go.
23:11
And this is just one of the ways that the DMV mess hall tries to
23:15
inform you guys, you better get this done because you're going
23:18
to be embarrassed trying to set it up at the stadium.
23:22
They're going to get you out of the line and, and, and move you
23:25
to the next line or whatever have you to get it done.
23:27
So do it now. You've got a couple days, you
23:30
know, put an alarm on your phone.
23:32
If you can't do it right now, set an alarm to let you know,
23:34
Hey, look at at whatever time that you can go back to this and
23:38
revisit it to be able to set this up because it's it's you
23:41
want to save money. This is going to help you save
23:43
money. Oh, big time.
23:46
It actually, it drives me crazy that we spend money.
23:48
Mr. Tailgate goes to buy food in the concession, but she knows I
23:52
just, I don't get a chance to eat when I'm there, right.
23:55
I'm cooking for a couple 100 people this week and Logan
23:58
Sausage is donating half smokes to the tailgate.
24:02
We got McCaffrey Mustard is going to be donating a bunch of
24:05
stuff. We're going to be going all out
24:06
like we usually do. The only thing is I'm going to
24:09
save a half smoke for me one way or the other, whether I eat it
24:11
after the game or figure it out. But she always goes in and buy
24:15
stuff and she should just show her card.
24:18
Now I'm going to have to download the app to her cell
24:21
phone so she can then scan the QR code on her phone.
24:25
Because I used to just take a screenshot of my gold card and
24:29
say, show this, you can't do that anymore.
24:32
So it's it's a whole thing. And that that reminds me, I got
24:35
to set this up before Sunday. So just more stuff to add to
24:39
the, the checklist. But those of you that aren't
24:42
listening, going back to the rally thing, talk to your season
24:44
ticket reps, right? Reach out to them, let them know
24:48
that you want something to happen.
24:50
You want the team to step up and do something because we know
24:53
that A, the team listens to this and B, you guys have voiced your
24:58
opinions and it has gotten back to them because they have told
25:00
me they heard them talking through us on the show.
25:05
So let them know that you know, you're bummed like I am like
25:07
rally is that it's not happening right now.
25:10
But going into, I don't want to say a high note, but going into
25:14
the actual game itself. Right.
25:18
Were you surprised by anything on the depth chart?
25:23
Was anybody cut that you didn't think should have been cut, was
25:26
somewhat higher or lower on the chart that you thought maybe
25:31
should have been put in a different spot?
25:34
And then second part of that is what position group or position
25:40
are you still worried about heading into this week?
25:43
Well, I'll tell you one thing that I was surprised, I was
25:44
surprised to hear that Austin Eckler is RB1I mean that that
25:48
kind of surprised me and everyone else is going to fall
25:51
in after him. But they obviously see things
25:56
that I don't see and I don't know, I'm I'm not there.
25:58
But I I guess Austin Eckler, he's put his dues in to to to be
26:03
RB one. I think I'm, I'm I'm OK with
26:09
everything simply because I didn't see anything.
26:12
You know, if, if I saw more, I could say, wow, we need some
26:16
assistance on this over here or that over there.
26:19
I, I just didn't see enough to be able to make a conscious, you
26:24
know, opinion. Ted.
26:25
I, I hate to say that because we are one of the more listen to
26:29
shows, but I, I just didn't see enough to be able to say we need
26:34
more help over here. I mean, I, I heard how we
26:37
bolstered our numbers and, and, and the people that we brought
26:40
in, but I, I just don't have an opinion because I didn't see it.
26:44
And I, and I'm sorry to say that, but what about you, man?
26:48
So I feel that Eckler was just given RB one out of respect
26:55
because he is the most tenured running back in that room,
26:59
right? You've got Mcnichols, who on the
27:01
unofficial depth chart was #2 Rodriguez was #3 and Bill was #4
27:07
on the depth chart. So you had a bunch of fans that
27:10
did their fancy football drafts freaking out that what Bill's
27:14
fourth. Like what's going on?
27:15
Eckler is not in every down back, right?
27:18
If you all watch this podcast, listen to this podcast, you
27:21
obviously watch the team. You know Eckler is not running
27:23
that ball through that hole every single down.
27:26
It's just it's not going to happen.
27:27
But I also, I had the wife's cousin lives in Atlanta.
27:32
I saw him last time we were down there was texting me, who's our
27:35
running back going to be? I'm thinking, what do you he's
27:37
he's a Vikings fan. Then I realized he's doing his
27:40
fantasy football draft. That's why he's asking me right
27:42
now who it's going to be, right. So I also feel that Eckler was
27:45
just because of that, because if you look at the unofficial depth
27:48
chart, we have 12 players on defense and you obviously can
27:54
only have 11 starters on defense.
27:56
But they list Von Miller at outside linebacker with no one
28:01
behind him. So I also feel that that was
28:03
kind of out of respect. I was surprised to see Debo
28:08
Samuel as her number one kick returner, right?
28:13
And I just, I feel that I don't want Debo back there.
28:18
I know that kick returns aren't as intense because they've
28:22
changed the rules, right? They're not taking those massive
28:25
hits like people used to back in the day, but Eckler got knocked
28:31
out on a kick return last year. On that kick return, yeah.
28:35
And the last thing we need is Debo to get knocked out to get
28:39
Debo D on a kick return. So I just that I'm not OK with.
28:44
And once again, this is unofficial.
28:45
Who knows what's going to happen on Sunday.
28:47
I would rather have Mcnichols and McCaffrey back there doing
28:51
kick returns, but have a Debo back there because if this
28:54
offense is really going to build what we did last year, we need
28:57
Terry to have another wide receiver beside him.
29:00
And no offense to Luke McCaffrey or Noah Brown or Jalen Lane, but
29:06
they ain't Debo. And we need to make sure the
29:08
Debo was good to go for Week 1 all the way up to Week 18.
29:13
I totally agree with you on that because if he gets wiped out,
29:17
it's all for Naughty and we always talk about next man up.
29:20
But I don't see anyone who can replace any of these guys.
29:25
So we need to bubble wrap him on kickoffs.
29:29
How about that? Well, that's the problem, right?
29:30
Next man up, the next man up was the preseason and our next man
29:34
up got their ass kicked, right. So that is it is a little
29:38
worrisome a little. But yes, you're not game
29:40
planning for the other team. You're going all vanilla.
29:43
You're not trying to show anything, even though they did
29:45
do that jet sweep with Debo. But I feel that that was on
29:48
purpose to try and keep, you know, people thinking about this
29:51
is going to happen. But the position that concerns
29:53
me is kicker, right? This Matt Gay and this wasn't
29:59
from the games, but just hearing, you know, Ben standing,
30:04
hearing Jon Kahn, Nikki Javala, all the beat reporters are out
30:07
at practice hearing how Gay just didn't look good once it was,
30:11
you know, 50 and out. And there were some shorter ones
30:14
that he was just missing and pulling left, right.
30:17
And we have just had too many kicking problems.
30:19
And we had a lot of games last year that came down to the wire.
30:23
I mean, Tampa Bay, the freaking doink that moved us on to now
30:28
Detroit, right? We need someone that's solid
30:31
back there. And I am definitely not
30:34
comfortable if Gay is coming out there and lining up to drill,
30:37
you know, anything more than you know a 510 yarder.
30:42
Well, I didn't like what I saw, but obviously, obviously I, I'm
30:49
always thinking this way. They know something that we
30:52
don't know. And so did they all put all the
30:55
eggs in one basket or are they looking at trying out of the
30:59
kickers? Because I haven't heard any of
31:01
the kickers in camp. So obviously they feel that they
31:06
have their guy. Yeah, they, they're not bringing
31:09
in any other kickers to my knowledge.
31:10
I mean, it would have been reported they did bring in
31:12
another wide receiver to try and try out.
31:16
Nothing happened there. It's Wednesday the 3rd.
31:18
We're recording this, so something might change by the
31:20
time you guys listen to this. But did you have any concerns or
31:24
do you have any concerns just because Terry just signed,
31:29
right? He got practice in last week,
31:31
but the team had off through the weekend.
31:35
Any worries about him being ready to go for Week 1?
31:40
No, I don't. Terry is a true professional
31:42
from everything that we've seen from the day he stepped foot and
31:45
became a Redskins slash Washington Football Team class
31:49
commander. So he he he's a true
31:52
professional. He knows what it takes.
31:56
Hate that the whole contract thing had to go through it the
31:59
way he did. But a man that's life and and
32:02
that's negotiations and how it plays out.
32:04
So I think that he's going to be ready.
32:08
It's pretty much the same offense as last year.
32:10
So he knows where he needs to be at at when he needs to be there.
32:15
So I'm OK with that. I really am.
32:17
What concerns me if you if since we're talking about concerns is
32:21
will Bill be able to pick up a blitz when he when it's his time
32:25
to come in? Because because he's a true
32:26
Rook, You know that that that's what one of the things that
32:29
concern me. You know, when, when, when he's
32:32
on the hot seat, if you will. And now the game's on the line
32:36
and they send two people. Will he know what to do?
32:41
That's my biggest concern. And it, and, and it's nothing
32:44
against him. It's just, if you haven't done
32:46
it before or, or you haven't done it at this level before,
32:51
how about that? It's going to be difficult
32:53
because these guys, these, these guys dial up, these defensive
32:56
guys, they dial up stuff because they know how to confuse you.
32:59
So that's my biggest thing. And so my fingers are crossed
33:03
that they are giving him all of the reps that he needs when he
33:07
does come in that he can take care of the the situation at
33:10
hand. That was my concern with trading
33:13
B, Rob, right? You knew what you got with them.
33:15
He could carry the ball. He didn't have the breakaway
33:18
home run speed, but he was consistent, right?
33:20
He could pick up a blitz. He can run out in the flat and
33:24
leak out and catch a ball with his hands.
33:26
I haven't seen that yet. But obviously, like you said
33:29
before, they have seen what they want to see and maybe in
33:33
practice he's picking them up no problem and he's catching those
33:35
balls in the flat and this and that because we can't be there.
33:38
We only had so many open practices for the fans, right?
33:41
And he wasn't running with the ones when you and I were out
33:44
there. So I'm I'm sure he's good.
33:46
But to me it's, it's the disguise blitzes, right?
33:49
When you got a guy coming up and then he backs off the next thing
33:52
you know, it's coming from a different angle.
33:54
Can he get back over there in time?
33:55
And that's where, you know, you have Jaden who's doing the VR
33:58
goggles on 1 1/2 or 2X speed that he's trying to recognize
34:02
that. But best believe defensive
34:05
coordinators are going to be throwing new stuff at him,
34:07
right? They know that he has all this.
34:09
And that's the only thing that concerns me about Week 1, right?
34:13
I just, I remember last year doing a survivor pool and I lost
34:16
Week 1 because I took the Bengals.
34:18
I didn't think the Bengals were going to lose in week one
34:20
against who the hell they played, right?
34:21
You just don't know what coaches are going to die a lot like none
34:25
of us knew that Terry was going to be Terry the first game that
34:29
he played. I think it was against Philly,
34:31
right? As a Redskin, because they kept
34:34
everything a secret, right? No one knew.
34:37
Everyone thought he was just going to be a special team star,
34:39
so you just don't know what to expect at that point.
34:42
And the reporters are not allowed to be there the entire
34:44
practice anymore. That stopped after that Ravens
34:47
game. So there's going to be a lot of
34:50
mystery heading into this week. And that's what gives me my 65%.
34:57
But I, I, I will root for the home team we have always done
35:02
for all these years. So nothing has changed.
35:05
I'm just I'm, I'm preparing for the worst.
35:08
How about that? Because no matter what anybody
35:10
says, the Giants always play as hard.
35:13
It they're in our division and they always, always, always play
35:17
as hard. And so I don't see Sunday being
35:20
any different. No, I mean we're giving up sex,
35:23
right? If you guys remember we played
35:25
Russ last year. Russ beat us last year when he
35:28
was on the Steelers. He was 14 for 28, a buck 95.3
35:33
touchdowns and a pick. But he had the go ahead
35:37
touchdown, 32 yard touchdown with two minutes left in the
35:40
game, little over 2 minutes left in the game.
35:41
They beat us 28 to 27. I mean, that was just crushing.
35:45
And he's got that stupid moon ball, right?
35:47
He's not the same dangerous with his legs, can't do all that.
35:50
But they picked up scataboo. They've got some weapons.
35:54
Neighbors last year was torching us, right?
35:57
The guy had his target. So it's not going to be your
36:00
regular old Giants having to worry about Daniel Jones back
36:03
that they've got some more weapons, they've got a good
36:05
defensive front, and this is actually DQ talking about that
36:10
Giants defense. Dan, you're a defensive line
36:12
guy. What stands out about the Giants
36:14
defense front? A lot.
36:16
And I think the speed I really and impressed by that.
36:20
I like the action. I like, you know, their
36:23
investment into that group. They've got, you know, Dexter
36:26
who's got great size and power and they got speed out on the
36:30
edges. So I think probably the
36:31
combination of the 2 is what I like about them.
36:34
When you have three jets that you can use in different spots,
36:39
you can try to create matchups to do that.
36:41
And so I sense that's, you know, where they're headed, but it's,
36:45
it's a really strong group. So on the unofficial depth
36:50
chart, you've got a rookie starting at right tackle with
36:54
Josh Connolly right at right guard, because Cosby's still on
36:58
pop. He's going to be gone at least
37:00
until Week 4, coming back from that injury he suffered in the
37:04
Lions game. You either have Allegretti or
37:07
Wiley at right guard, right? And then you've got Coleman at
37:11
left guard, which I'm fine with left tackle, you got tonsil, so
37:14
you feel good there. You got bad ass at center, but
37:17
you got a rookie at right tackle.
37:19
The Giants improve their defensive line and we've got
37:23
Thibodeau who gave us problems, right?
37:25
They they're no slouches up there.
37:27
So you go back to talking about can Bill pick up a blitz, right?
37:33
Is Connerly going to be able to do what he needs to do?
37:35
It's more than just jumping up from your knees and grass and
37:38
being able to back pedal. So, you know, I'm sure he's
37:42
going to be prepared, but it's live now.
37:46
Right. Sold out stadium and all these
37:50
fans yelling and screaming. Luckily it's home field and we
37:53
will have a home field advantage unlike years in the past, right?
37:57
We got a chance to beat the Giants for three times in a row
38:00
for the first time, I think they said since 2000, right?
38:04
We haven't beat them three games in a row since then.
38:07
If I go back, yeah, looking to win three straight games since
38:10
1998 to 2000. But we have won four of our last
38:13
five home openers dating back to 2020.
38:16
So that is it's good news. All I'm saying is it's not the
38:19
same Giants that were 30th in offense last year.
38:24
And it's not the same Giants that were 23rd in defense,
38:28
right? So don't sleep on them.
38:31
Like this is just going to be a cakewalk because it's Week 1 and
38:34
it's never a cakewalk. No, no, it's never a cakewalk.
38:39
And once again, as I said, I feel as though they may even
38:42
have the upper hand because they played their guys and I saw them
38:46
played. And when I saw them played, I
38:47
said, Dang, they look good. That's what I saw.
38:52
But we know that the Bengals decided not to bubble wrap their
38:58
guys, and they played them. What two out of the three pre
39:02
season, almost all three, all three pre season games, the
39:05
Bengals said we're not going to start off slow like we've done
39:08
because we they didn't start their guys.
39:10
It's just the it's just the evolution of football.
39:12
I mean, you got you got to play to be able to be good.
39:17
So this will be my my I will be looking at this kind of really
39:23
close man, closer than what I really want to.
39:27
I'm right at the way the end. I just, I I didn't want to put a
39:29
bet in on the game because I don't like the six point spread.
39:32
I don't care. As long as we win, that's all
39:34
that matters to me. Oh yeah.
39:35
So I'm I'm not even going. To buy one, yeah, by half a
39:38
point, it doesn't matter. Oh, I could care less, right?
39:41
As you know, if even if it's gay in the last second, you know,
39:43
kicking the game wouldn't feel well.
39:44
Now we'll re evaluate that going into the Packers game.
39:46
But right now, let's just focus on New York and building on last
39:51
season. Obviously, we are 60 minutes
39:54
away from the Super Bowl, right? We were one of four teams left
39:58
with a chance to actually go win a Lombardi.
40:02
We know how that worked out. Where do you think the
40:05
Commanders are on the Week 1 power rankings in the NFL?
40:10
I'm going. To say ±2.
40:13
I'm going to stay within the top ten, I'll say 8.
40:16
Is that your final? That's my final answer.
40:22
So the commanders are 8. On here.
40:26
And I got my Powerball ticket too, so I'm feeling lucky.
40:31
So I told you how I went to the beach.
40:33
On the way back we stopped at several gas stations to try and
40:36
spread the love out through different counties.
40:38
I don't want them all by the one.
40:40
My boy Wisdom Martin told me that from Channel 9.
40:43
Granted, he's never won, so it could be false logic, but you
40:47
know, fingers crossed. I think it's up to 1.3 billion
40:49
right now. So if you guys are listening to
40:51
this, go out and get yours and if you win, you got to give us a
40:54
little little something something.
40:55
Just a little bit. But it says here I am in no way
40:58
punting on the ascending commanders, whose long term
41:01
future appears almost as bright as any franchises.
41:05
Don't forget I was higher on them than some other folks were
41:08
at this time last year, way before it was cool.
41:11
But I also think taking the proverbial next step won't be as
41:14
natural or smooth a progression as everyone wants it to be.
41:17
The beautiful thing about Jane Daniels that he's already
41:20
capable of covering up his team's missteps with his own
41:22
play, and that alone will in Washington.
41:24
Some games, the addition of Laramie Tunsil, Debo Samuel
41:27
can't hurt. Rookies such as Josh Carlin
41:30
junior Troy Amos and Jacori Krosky Merritt are wild cards
41:33
whose potential value can't be ignored.
41:36
Yet I'm still a bit leery about the true ceiling of the defense
41:39
unless the pass rush and secondary make big strides.
41:42
So 8's not bad, right? We were.
41:46
Nope, should be top 4 based upon the fact that, you know, we were
41:49
one of the top four teams left in the race.
41:52
That's just not how it works above us.
41:54
They've got the Bucks at 7, they got the Packers at six, the
41:58
Lions at 5, the Chiefs at 4, the Bills at 3, the Ravens at 2, and
42:04
unfortunately the Eagles at 1. So I'm not surprised with that.
42:08
But it's not going to be like last year, man.
42:10
Teams were sleeping on us last year for a while.
42:13
Now no one's going to be sleeping on us.
42:15
I think we were favored or are favored in 12 of the games we
42:18
played this season, so. Not only not only that Ted, but
42:22
last year the guys played last year guys played in preseason
42:27
and we were like, oh man, we don't know what to expect.
42:31
And, and but the match, the the maturation of it all helped
42:34
them. I believe now nobody played.
42:39
So when I'm I'm once again, I'm nervous.
42:42
I'm not going to continue to say it, but last year, no one knew
42:46
what we were, what we had, because we had a rookie
42:48
quarterback who we heard he was good.
42:52
But then he, he put the, he put it down to where he, he was
42:55
good. And he's still good.
42:57
And, and like the article said, he possibly may mask some of the
43:01
deficiencies that we have, but I don't want to put him in harm's
43:05
way either. But I'm a man.
43:09
I I maybe I'm worrying for nothing.
43:12
I don't think it's nothing, man. I I just think it's like we
43:15
don't know what to expect because it is just a lot of
43:19
unknowns of the fact that guys didn't play.
43:20
I, we did a show after that first pre the second preseason
43:25
game where Jayden didn't throw a single pass, right.
43:29
He attempted a pass and then scrambled and just scored with
43:32
his feet, but never actually threw the ball.
43:35
I'm not worried about Jayden throwing the ball.
43:37
I'm not worried about him at all.
43:38
What I don't want is Jayden to have to be Superman because the
43:42
defense is behind. The defense is still rusting.
43:46
But what I don't want is Jayden have to be Superman because
43:51
Connerly at right tackle as a rookie just isn't there yet,
43:54
right? Because he didn't get the reps
43:56
that he needed, right? Coleman's coming off of an
43:58
injury, right? What I don't want to have to
43:59
worry about is, is Terry going to be 100%?
44:02
And this is actually what DQ had to say about Coleman and Terry's
44:05
health with the guys that returned last week, Terry, Noah.
44:09
I know Brandon played in the last preseason game, but just in
44:12
his return, too, Do you expect them to be, you know, full go on
44:17
on Sunday? Do you expect them to have any
44:19
limitations? Yeah, right now we'll go a full
44:21
week of practice with them. And so Brandon and Terry is
44:24
about as full, you know, as they can get into this spot, the
44:27
workloads, what we've hit on with them.
44:30
So they'll get their normal amount, you know, of practice
44:33
and going into that. But yeah, they're both doing,
44:35
you know, really strong in that way.
44:38
So the injury reports out, right?
44:41
Good news is Coleman and Terry aren't on it.
44:43
Zach Ertz is on there for a non injury rest day right?
44:48
Dorance Armstrong with a knee limited.
44:51
Noah Brown knee limited, Jonathan Jones hamstring
44:54
limited, Matt Gay illness full participant and Mariota Achilles
44:59
full participant. So knowing that they
45:02
participated full, there were no issues, they weren't slowing
45:04
down makes me happy, right? And it is another year in
45:09
Kingsbury system. So you know, a route tree is a
45:12
route tree is a route tree. Terry knows his route tree and
45:15
Jada knows how to get him the ball.
45:17
It's just the other guys that I'm concerned about.
45:19
And DQ talked about Mamba time, right?
45:24
And you know what? Let him explain Mamba time.
45:29
Morning coach, you referenced during the final training camp
45:32
practice, Mamba time is, is that a phrase that comes from you, is
45:35
that comes from the players and what is Mamba time?
45:37
Sure, it is a specific game management time.
45:43
So yeah, we don't want to be in it very often.
45:45
But you'd be down by more than one score.
45:48
And so how do you get back in the fight quickly and then kick
45:52
a field goal or try to get points before a certain time
45:56
threshold? So then you don't have to rely
45:59
on at the end of the game, a score and an onside kick, you
46:03
know. So say you're down by 9 points,
46:05
there might be a time that 250 that you want to go kick the
46:09
field goal, kick it off, play defense, get it back.
46:11
So it's a strategy that we have to put ourselves through.
46:15
I think early on my coach career, I didn't want to talk
46:16
about, you know, 4 minute or losing or Mamba time, but and
46:20
the hell with that, that's going to happen and you want to find
46:22
ways to go fight and be ready for it.
46:24
But it was some a term that we had come up with last year.
46:28
I think it was Baltimore. We were in the space like that
46:31
kick, a field goal to the end. And so I think so many times
46:34
we've all seen the offense to keep trying to go down and score
46:37
and then there's 30 seconds left.
46:38
The onside kick. We know the percentages aren't
46:40
so good for that. So we just said it.
46:42
Sometimes you may have to fight to get a score before the time
46:48
threshold takes a hold of you. So that's what Mama Time is.
46:54
And that's what just makes me wonder, are we going to have
47:00
that? Because we're still knocking off
47:02
the rust, right? That's what I'm hoping we don't
47:04
have to worry about because that's when Jaden puts on the
47:05
Cape and he does more than he should, but he actually has to
47:12
to pick up the slack because we're down by, you know, 9 and
47:16
we're down by 10 and we got to do something unnatural or, you
47:19
know, we're constantly going forward on 4th down because we
47:21
got a kicker that hasn't been consistent.
47:24
So I'm just hoping the rest of the team makes it easier on Five
47:29
then they did towards the last part of last season.
47:32
Yeah, because we don't need any broken rib or fractured ribs and
47:36
taped a man up in between blades.
47:39
We don't. Yeah, we don't.
47:41
We don't need that. So.
47:42
Especially not in Week 1 where we got a long road ahead of us
47:46
with a short week going to Green Bay.
47:48
And you know, it is nice you get a little mini bye week, but
47:52
it'll be Week 3. I mean, granted, I'm sure the
47:55
players will enjoy that and they got to rest and relax.
47:57
But you know, it'll be Week 3. I get to, you know, relax a
48:00
little bit before I got to get ready for that Raiders tailgate,
48:02
which I'm debating. Do I do Vegas food?
48:06
Do I do Oakland food? You know, I just, I don't know,
48:10
I got to. Figure that out.
48:10
Mixture of both, Mixture of both.
48:12
Because I think of Vegas, I think of just like golden Leafs
48:15
on top of, you know, sundaes and caviar.
48:18
And we ain't doing. No, no, I was about to say.
48:23
OK, let me get my pinky in the air.
48:25
Ted, I don't know if you want that.
48:27
It'll tell. Zero chance, zero chance.
48:29
I'll do some chicken Nuggets with some like gold BBQ sauce or
48:32
something that'll that'll be the extent of it.
48:34
But. The mumbo sauce.
48:36
Definitely some mumbo sauce. We're going to have some mumbo
48:38
sauce this weekend with some of the house smokes.
48:40
But for you who has to step up, obviously not counting Jane, but
48:47
who has to have a good game for us to just walk out of there and
48:54
go to Green Bay, Want to know? I'm going to say our line back
48:58
in core, I'm going to say our, our, our, our, our edge rushers
49:03
and linebackers have to be able to keep Russell where they need
49:07
them and to check their tight ends coming out of the
49:12
backfield. I'm a strong believer that that
49:15
our our, our defensive end and our linebackers have got to be
49:18
able to put that work in. From what I'm hearing, the
49:21
secondary seems to be tight, but once again, the Giants play is
49:27
tough and they will figure out ways to try to offset our
49:31
strengths. And I just see the running back
49:35
creeping out and being it. And somebody has to be able to
49:37
cover that, that that that tight end as well as that running back
49:41
creeping out. So I'm, I'm looking for my
49:42
linebackers to step up the way that they've always done to, to,
49:46
to stop these guys and, and to put that spy on on Russell.
49:50
Like you say, he's not as fast as he used to.
49:51
He still stays in the pocket, but he still has the ability to
49:54
be able to get outside and scamper for a couple of yards.
49:58
He needs to get a first down. He can definitely use his legs
50:01
to do it. Oh, yeah.
50:02
It's more so buying time to make that extra throw to make, you
50:06
know, let his receiver get open. But for me, it's, it's a
50:09
secondary, right? I I got to believe that
50:13
Lattimore is OK, all right, We didn't hear anything, but also
50:18
we didn't see anything during preseason.
50:20
So I hate to go back to that, but it just, it is what it is,
50:22
right. Then we've got Amos, who is
50:25
going to be starting opposite of him, who is a rookie.
50:28
And then we got Sandra still who's going to be there, who was
50:31
the second year. What concerns me is shutting
50:34
down Malik. Malik is 19 for 186 yards
50:40
against us. If you think someone has 19
50:43
catches against a team, how many games do you think that they
50:46
have played against them? I'd say 32 to 3:00.
50:52
He played two games against us in week 1, he was 10 for 18.
50:57
I'm sorry, 10 receptions, targeted 18 times for 127 yards.
51:00
And in week two he was targeted 11 times and caught nine of
51:04
them, right? I mean, they cut his yardage
51:07
down big time in Week 2, but they obviously feed him the
51:11
ball. They make him a priority for
51:14
that offense and Russ loves that moon ball.
51:18
So we. Got to figure out a way to make
51:20
sure that Neighbors does not get hot against us.
51:22
And that just goes back to that secondary being ready.
51:25
The guy had as a rookie 109 catches last year, right?
51:30
I mean, that's a rookie season, 109 catches.
51:32
He's no slouch. So we just got to make sure that
51:36
the secondary does what they need to do and we're good to go.
51:39
I mean, I think I know where you're going on Sunday, right?
51:46
I think you guys winning. I I I don't want to put words in
51:48
your mouth. OK, OK.
51:51
But you know. I, I do, I do have US winning.
51:56
I, I have US winning by a not a blowout, but but a close one, if
52:00
you will, closer than what I would like for it to be.
52:04
How about that? I'm not going to say a field
52:07
goal, but I'll say within 10 points.
52:10
And and that's to me, that's a little closer than what I wanted
52:12
to be. Especially I know what, what
52:16
Russell Wilson can do because we he did it against us as a, as a
52:20
Pittsburgh Steeler. It was toward the end of the
52:23
game and he threw that moon ball up and I mean, just canceled our
52:27
our hopes and dreams. And so, I mean, we made some
52:30
mistakes that in that game, but once again, it's it's our first
52:33
game, but as well as their first game as well.
52:35
So we're just going to see ma'am and, and I will be ready.
52:39
I'll be yelling. I'm probably going to lose my
52:40
voice because it's not in yelling shape that it should be,
52:44
but you're still in. Preseason shape.
52:46
Yeah, yeah, exactly. My body is still in preseason
52:49
shape, so I will have my watch on to let me know how many
52:53
steps, how far I walked. So everybody's interested to
52:56
know about that. And just so you know, I will be
52:58
starting off in the red zone lot and making my way around to at
53:03
least 10 tailgates. So we're looking at probably 2
53:07
to 3 miles walking. There you go.
53:09
So you have to start bringing like a knapsack with you so you
53:13
can start putting food in there as you're walking around.
53:15
You kind of snack on it while you're moving.
53:17
I need to be light though bro, that's the thing about it.
53:20
I do remember, I don't think you've ever seen my cooler
53:23
scooter. Yes.
53:24
So I could just get you a cooler scooter man.
53:26
You can just start putting stuff in the scooter.
53:29
But the problem with that is I got to take it back to my car,
53:35
so a lot of times when. Shamed it off maybe?
53:37
When I'm finishing my trick, I'm walking right into the stadium
53:40
from there. So that that's the only issue
53:43
because I thought about it, I was like, you know what, I this,
53:45
this be a no brainer, but you got to be able to, to, to, to
53:49
secure it someplace. And so that's my only issue.
53:51
But I definitely have thought about it.
53:53
Well, parking at my tailgate on your way in, I don't know where
53:56
your last stop is. I feel like I'm not your last
53:58
stop. No, yeah, I'm going all the way
54:00
down to to the RV lot, the bus lot.
54:04
That's a hike, man. That is, that is a hike.
54:05
But I know. I drove by the other day just to
54:10
kind of check the old girl out. But yeah, that's just see how it
54:12
goes. Like you, I think we're winning
54:14
on Sunday, right? I don't know if we're covering
54:17
6. I don't really like that spread.
54:20
I think it's going to be, you know, probably a little less
54:23
than that. But all that matters is that Dub
54:27
and I get to light up a victory cigar in the parking lot.
54:30
I stocked up. I bought some new ones, so it'll
54:34
be a good time out there. And then we get to celebrate at
54:37
least one more time because our home record last year was no
54:41
joke. Well, let's keep that thing
54:42
going and. The only thing is I'm trying to
54:45
get my my victory steak. That's what I'm trying to get.
54:51
So got to keep the the the trend going.
54:53
So but hey, I had the music playing in the background and I
54:56
always say lets me know we're bringing another episode of the
54:59
DMV mess all to a close. I thank you guys for listening
55:02
and before we go, shout out to Rick Snyder and his family.
55:07
You know, as we know, Rick played a integral part with us
55:10
as well as the other podcast and making appearances on different
55:16
news shows. Shout out to him and say a
55:19
prayer for his family. Definitely, ma'am.
55:21
We're going to miss you, Wreck. Thank you for joining us on the
55:23
show and helping out a lot behind the scenes with different
55:26
stuff, man. Yep.
55:28
So as I always say, we got three days in a wake up and it's going
55:33
to be on and we ripped the burgundy and gold.
55:36
Remember, you RIP it hard, but you don't RIP it at all.
55:39
Rally captain Tailgate Ted. We'll see you at Northwest
55:43
Stadium on Sunday.