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"On the Job Training" episode 176 · DMV Mess Hall

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This is Will Montgomery, former Washington Redskins center.
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Y'all what's good, folks? This is Trey Johnson, the
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headbanger, y'all, and you're listening to Mess Hall with
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Rally captain and tailgate Ted Bird.
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What's going on, Rally? I think it's the first game that
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I didn't actually see you, were you?
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We didn't get a chance to actually bump into each other.
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Man, I was so busy. Oh bro, let me tell you, this
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was a sight to be seen at Northwest Stadium yesterday and
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just being back in action, back in the thrill of it with the
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fans and I, I was getting pulled every which way.
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So I'm sure you were as well. Just everybody being happy to to
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see each other than it's like the family was back together or
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they say the band is back again. Yeah, it, it was great.
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It was great. And for those wondering, it is
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Tuesday the 19th and we're recording this.
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We're still on the every other week schedule because we're
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still trying to enjoy the summer as long as you possibly can.
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You all know how busy the actual season gets.
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So the last time we talked, you hadn't gone to New England yet.
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And truth be told, I have not watched that game.
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It is on my DVR and I'm actually waiting for the team because the
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team sends out a code for NFL Plus so we get the all 22
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coverage and everything else. So that way I can actually watch
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the coaches film versus just the TV feed.
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But I'm out at dinner with Missus Tailgate and I got a text
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from my neighbor and he's a Pats fan, he's from New England, you
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know, it's fine. And all I got were smiley faces
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And I'm thinking it was maybe 2 minutes into the game and he's
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sending me this. So I'm thinking something must
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have happened and I guess it was running around that kickback and
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all I could think of is, damn, Rally's up there right now.
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I'm hoping he's not by himself, you know, just watching what the
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hell was going on. So how was it up there other
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than obviously the game? Well, I was by myself, but I got
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to tell you there, there were a lot of fans who weren't sitting
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next to me, but who came down to take pictures and, and the whole
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9 yards. And so a lot of the Patriots
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fans are like, OK, are you famous or something?
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And I said, no, I'm just the avid fan.
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And then I started giving them a little history about myself and,
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and they said, you know what? I, we'd never heard about you,
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but you know, you have followers now because you, you're doing a,
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a good thing with the organization.
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And I, I really appreciate it. The game was a farce.
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But, but at the same time, I got to tell you, I feel as though we
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were set up. And what I mean by that is
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because we didn't really play any starters, if you will, New
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England. And they did.
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Yes, New England just had an unveiling of Tom Brady's statue,
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which by far was one of the best things that I've seen in a long
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time. And where I'm going with that is
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because they have the unveiling of that statue, the stadium was
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almost sold out. Not sold out completely, but
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almost sold out. So because of that, their fans
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were fired up, which meant that their team was going to be fired
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up on the backside of things. I think that the players not,
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granted, I haven't played NFL football.
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I can only just tell you about what I saw and what I felt.
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I felt as though because we had a joint practice with with New
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England, that the guys who were on the field let their guard
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down. I feel as though they got
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comfortable because they had a joint.
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They just had a joint practice and they didn't think that they
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were going to New England was going to come out as fiery as
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they did. Now, that may not be the case.
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That's just what I saw from my vantage point because, you know,
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they, they gave it all in that, in that joint practice.
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I mean, they, they apparently from what I'm hearing, they,
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they lady, they pretty much laid it all on the line in the joint
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practice. And so these guys are kind of
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like, yeah, OK, we know what to expect.
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And they, our team just did not have that intensity that was
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needed. But on the flip side, as I said,
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because they were in front of their home crowd, they brought
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the pain and it showed. Yeah, yeah, man.
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And I'm going to go back and watch it just because I kind of
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want to see, you know, how some of the guys did and this and
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that. I just hearing everything that
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happened and all the doom and gloom after the fact.
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I'm glad that we had a game. Granted, it was 10 days later,
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but I'm glad that we did have a game against Cincy coming up
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because, you know, at least we're going to get some starters
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that we're going to play. And then all of a sudden I get a
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text message from some of the people in the Hail BBQ crew that
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Terry just came off Pop. So I ended up going to the
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beach. Actually, when you were up in
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New England and was hanging out there, We're hanging out.
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And then next thing I know, I got a message that Terry was
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coming off. So I was like, oh, OK, I don't
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think this means anything because all the stories are
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still, they're far apart with contract negotiations, right?
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It's still not happening. But when you saw that Terry was
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coming off PUP, what were you thinking?
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I was thinking, in all honesty, I felt as if it was the RG3
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aspect of things with Kirk Cousins.
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I've got to get back to do something because I don't want
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my job to go away. That's why, that's why I feel,
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yes, they they still are far away from what everybody is
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saying. And we don't know this to be
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we're, we're only regurgitating what everybody else is saying.
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But in my heart of hearts, I said that I felt that Terry
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would be back after the Bengals game.
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I said that and I'd still stick to that.
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I still feel that he'll be back after the Bengals game.
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Terry has no leverage. He really doesn't.
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And one thing that we also are seeing like be robbed aspect of
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things, if you want to play, it's going to be up to you to
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play. You're under contract.
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And I feel he's going to play. But I also feel that the team
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had had no reason to try to force the issue because we've
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got so many young guys and, and you disagree with me on this,
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but I feel as though we've got so many young guys who they're
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trying to see what they can do and how they can be used.
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And so there was no reason for them to realistically try to
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force the issue with Terry. Now we're getting kind of in the
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nuts and bolts of things after the second preseason game and
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you know that no starters are playing for this third game
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against the Ravens. So it's a situation where now
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things are going to heat up a little bit more.
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And that's just a way of of getting things back to the where
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they need to be. What do you think?
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Yeah, I mean, you're spot on. Terry's got a leverage, right?
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He's he's on a contract. It's the last year of his deal.
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If he holds out and misses a game, I think Jon Klein was
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saying it's $900,000, you know, give or take that he's going to
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forfeit for each game he misses. He's already missed close to
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$1,000,000 because of the initial holdout and not being
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able to get some roster bonuses or something like that early on.
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So now you're talking, you know, $2,000,000 from missing Week 1.
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I just don't see that happening. What I was shocked to hear was,
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and I didn't get a chance to cut it up, but the interviewed
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Kingsbury and Kingsbury said that Terry hasn't been a part of
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stuff, right? He hasn't been a part of a lot
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of things just because he's been, I guess, in the training
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room. We all know that.
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I want to say we all know, we all hypothesize that it was a
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phantom ankle injury, right? Terry was talking about going to
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wherever he went on his honeymoon and running up and
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down the stairs at during the Eastern Motors thing and people
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recognizing him and seeing him running up and down the stairs,
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right? Or you must be like a football
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player or something. You know, if his ankle is
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bothering him, he's not doing that, right?
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There were rumors. Shouldn't be?
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No, right. There were rumors that Jayden
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and Terry were going into the bubble before people got out
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there so they can work on stuff, which isn't allowed, right?
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So him coming off the PUP list, they had to activate him before
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Week 1 because if they don't, then he's going to have to miss
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the first four games of the season.
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And the team doesn't want to do that.
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You know, they see what's going on.
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What I was getting concerned about is they talked about it
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multiple times, just different beat reporters, how the first
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team offense has not looked good, right?
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The first team offense has looked bad without a true deep
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threat, right? Debo and Eckler and ertz have
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just been kind of dump off valves and shorter passes, so
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they haven't been able to open the offense up.
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So then seeing him come off pop to me, the team is basically
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pulling the rug out from under them, saying, all right, well,
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you got no excuse now. So if you don't show up, you
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can't blame it on this ankle. Because every time someone's
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been talking to DQ about Terry, he keeps talking about him
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rehabbing and being with the trainers and this and that, not
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addressing the contract holdout or hold in because he's actually
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there. Well, they can't use that as an
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excuse anymore. So I was shocked that Terry
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didn't even go to the game and wasn't even on the sidelines
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last night, right? Because.
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Why though? Why?
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Why were you? Why were you shocked?
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Because he's off pop, right? He is on the 53 man roster, the
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90 man roster and he's he's a team player, right?
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He's a team guy. So the fact that he wasn't
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there, I get why Brian Robinson junior wasn't there and we'll
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touch on that in a little bit. But the fact that Terry wasn't
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there, it's a home game, right? We all saw what he was doing out
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of training camp, signing autographs with the fans, right?
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So if he's out there, I'm sure they were going to be Terry
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Chance and people yelling pay him and this and that.
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So I'm just surprised that he wasn't there and the team said
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it was an excused absence. But I don't know, man.
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It's just I don't want to say it's getting worse some because
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like you said, there's still time.
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I wanted to see Terry go up against the Ravens for the joint
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practice, but the Ravens cancel that.
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So that's not happening anymore, which I'm not a fan of because I
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wanted to see our secondary actually go against some good
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players because I feel that they're not getting a true test
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going against McCaffrey and KJ Osborne and some of these other
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guys, right. Since Terry's not there, you can
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only play against who you play and line up against.
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And for them to go up against Baltimore's number ones would
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have been a nice test. But I I'm still a little
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surprised that that Terry wasn't there for whatever reason.
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And we might not ever know why he wasn't there.
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But you know who was there was Hendrickson for the Bengals,
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their defensive lineman that's holding out.
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And he flew from Cincy. So we know that that's a longer
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ride than just coming. Actually.
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Might be the same amount of time with traffic going from Ashburn
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to Northwest, but yeah. That day maybe had a blowout,
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bro. You know, maybe, maybe, maybe
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it's Porsche had a blowout in. Northeastern consent of another
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car that's a. Car, but you know that that
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takes that still takes time. So hey, you know what, we'll
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give you an excuse absence, man. But I think it would have been a
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distraction in all honesty, Ted, with with the fans being there.
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And as you said, I can I can see a whole game saying pay the man
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or Terry or whatever to have you in.
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And I just think they'll have been counterproductive.
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Yes, camaraderie wise, it makes sense for him to be on the
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field. But he said it itself and the
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other guys said it in training camp.
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I didn't want to be a distraction to them getting the
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the true work that they needed to get done.
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And I feel as though that was kind of just echoed as well as
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at the stadium. Now see on on one aspect in
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training camp. What do you have 1000 fans?
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Maybe 2000 fans maybe I don't know how many fans can jam in
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Ashburn, but now you've got a whole freaking stadium or 85% of
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the stadium saying Terry, Terry, I just and no matter how many
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times you try to put offense, be quiet offense at work.
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No, because we OK, you did you saw the pigeon or the seagull on
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the field and how that got people hyped up.
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So could you imagine, yeah, could you imagine if Terry was
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there, how hyped up they and they had to bring out, OK, they
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had to bring out the quiet offense at work because of a
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seagull, a freaking seagull. Part of that's also it's
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preseason and I'm not knocking fans.
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There was a guy that called into the sports junkies this morning.
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He drove 3 hours to go to a preseason game and he said he
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did it because the tickets are 50 bucks and the club level and
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he could take his family, right. So you have a lot of fans that
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go to the game that they just don't know, I guess game
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etiquette, if you will. Like you don't cheer when you're
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on offense. Like they probably cheer when
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they're on offense when they're sitting on the couch.
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But when you're at the game, you just don't do that.
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So yeah, I'm, I'm glad they brought the sign back up, right.
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If I'm the team, because a couple times and those that
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don't know, there was a a seagull that was on the field
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from time to time and at one point it was flying around and
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landed back on the field and they kept showing it on the
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Jumbotron. And I don't know if you guys saw
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this on the TV feed. I doubt they would put on the TV
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feed. So the Bengals were actually on
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defense and they realized that fans were cheering when the
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seagull was shown on the Jumbotron.
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So to make some noise, they actually showed the Seagull
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again to try and make some fan noise to get the Bengals to jump
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off sides or do something. Well, it worked and then it
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didn't work. That's what I'll say about that.
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Because when we were on offense, they showed it and the fans got
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loud again and they had to put up the quiet offense at work.
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So just imagine Terry being there and he's trying to be
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Incognito, but people know what Terry looks like and they're
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just yelling for him. It wouldn't have been a good
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look. So to avoid that, you know what
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we gave Terry an excused absence that that that makes you not
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have to figure out any lie to tell or come up with some type
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of fluke answer. Hey, we just gave him an excuse
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absence. Next question.
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Yeah, and surprisingly, they didn't even ask the question
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didn't come up during the press conference because it was maybe
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midnight when I got home, when I was listening to the pressers
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and no one bothered asking. Everyone did ask a ton of
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questions about Brian Robinson Junior.
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So you listen to this. You all know what's going on
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with B Rob. I'm assuming some of you might
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not be keeping up with as much, but it came out a couple weeks
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back. Ben standing did his think Mach
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53 and said that there's a possibility that B Rob does not
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make this roster. And everybody has been hyping up
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Bill Merritt, right, the seventh round pick that the team made
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this year. And I was kind of surprised to
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hear Ben do it. Ben's got a podcast, I think
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it's called the I don't even want to try and mispronounce it,
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but it's good if you guys get a chance to listen to it.
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He actually writes. He was writing for some up.
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Just look him up on Twitter. We'll put a stuff up on the
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YouTube. But then all of a sudden, I
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think it was Jordan Schultz came out the day before the game that
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B Rob's on the training block. No one else had corroborated the
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report, not Shafter, not Rappaport.
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Nobody else came out and said anything.
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So thinking, all right, where's this coming from?
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Next thing you know, get word Brian Robinson junior not
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dressing for the game. If he's not dressing for the
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game, obviously something's going on.
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And these trade rumors are actually real that the team is
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putting him on the chopping block.
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So when you heard all the hubbub about B, what were you thinking?
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Ted, I got to tell you. And to our listeners, I got to
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tell you the first thing I thought about was Antonio
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Gibson. You know, Antonio Gibson, he he,
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he was always close, But there was they came out that said that
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Antonio Gibson just could not see the hole.
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He got better toward the end, but he just wasn't a true
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natural running back. If you remember, we brought him
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in from, I want to say Louisville.
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And he was not a running back. He was something else and but he
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had the the the speed, the quickness, but he just couldn't
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line a hole up to see a natural runner.
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This reminds me of B Rob B Rob. He he's a he's a bruiser type of
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back, but he isn't the flash type of back.
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And so ownership saw it. They see it and I I hope the
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best for the young man. I really do.
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And and and I got I got nothing bad to say against B Rob, but we
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know that there's sometimes B Rob has left food on the table,
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if you will, And so that frustrates coaches.
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And if this isn't a player that you brought in and babied, he's
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easier for you to cut. And and we see that these guys
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aren't playing around, man, they really aren't.
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And so I wish the best for him if that's the case.
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But we know that he they're looking for like that back.
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That can also go into third gear, if you will, if you want
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to say second gear or go to go to whatever gear you would that
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higher gear, if you will. And B Rob wasn't that type of
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back. He was a steady back, not a
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flash in the pants type of back, but he also left food on the
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table, as they say. So I can see why they deal with
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it, why they're trying to do what they're doing, if you will.
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And so I'm going to turn it over to you.
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What do you think? So looking at his contract,
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right, this is a contract year for him.
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So he's got a $3.6 million cap number.
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So he'll be a dead cap in a 3.6 if they cut him, right?
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To me, you know what you get with him.
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There were times last year that actually maybe two years ago
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that I want to Chris Rodriguez to play over.
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B Rob, right. I thought that Rodriguez hit the
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holes better, like he just went in there.
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B Rob danced a little too much from time to time and B had a
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problem staying healthy. The problem is they can only
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activate so many running backs on game day.
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And Rodriguez and B Rob didn't play special teams and you need
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some of the play special teams if you're going to be activating
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guys just because you can only dress so many dudes, you don't
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dress 53 on game day. So that was an issue.
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And B has been unhealthy, but I feel like he gives you some
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familiarity, right? He's been in this offense.
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He knows the system. You now have a kid with Bill
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Merritt coming in who you don't. He doesn't know the system,
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right? You got Austin Eckler, who
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hasn't stayed healthy, but he had two concussions last year,
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not just one, right? And then you got Chris
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Rodriguez, who hasn't put up as productive numbers as B has, and
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it's only costing you $3,000,000 to keep them, right?
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So either these other guys are really playing lights out, which
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Merritt did not do against the Patriots.
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Granted, nobody did for the team against the Patriots, but
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Merritt did not do against the Patriots.
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But last night, those two guys ran their ass off, right?
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And they basically ran Brian Robinson off of the roster, even
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though he's still technically on the roster.
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They basically ran them off of the roster.
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When do you when do you feel he'll be cut if he gets cut?
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I mean, they're talking about letting guys go so they can get
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a shot with another team early and this and that.
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Other radio stations are saying you'll get maybe a conditional 6
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round pick for him, maybe a seventh round pick for him,
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right? So do they have to let him go
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right now? No.
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Can it help him go to a different team?
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Yes. Is another team going to want to
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trade for him and give up, you know, a sixth round pick or
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seventh round pick knowing that he's probably going to get cut?
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I mean, that means they won't have to fight the open market
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for him, right? I think Cage from the Junkies
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was talking about how Houston could use them because they've
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got a guy that's banged up, another guy that hasn't stayed
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healthy. So we'll see how it goes.
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But I mean, be Rob, not be Rob. Bill and Chris Rodriguez
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combined for 108 yards on 17 carries, right?
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I mean, they just granted, it's tough though, right?
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Because if this was the Ravens joint practice and they did this
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against them, then I'd feel more comfortable.
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They did this against a horrible Bengals defense that cost them
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going to the playoffs last year even though Joe Burrow should
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have been an MVP candidate. So you're running through people
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like Swiss cheese. That's not an actual good team,
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least on defense wise. Well, maybe they as we we've
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been talking, maybe they saw something obviously in training
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camp, they saw something in the joint practice against the not
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Bengals, but the Patriots. So obviously they he's laid down
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enough body of work, if you will, for them to, to be put on
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their radar to, to be able to say, this is the kid that we
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want. So somewhere, even though it may
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have been against the Bengals somewhere, he's laid enough tape
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down enough foundation for them to say, OK, we're going to hang
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our hat on him. So I'm not worried about that
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aspect. And the fact of the matter is
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the bit these are still professional athletes.
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The Bengals are still professional athletes.
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And hey, sometimes you're going to have weeks where we're going
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to play an inferior defense and other times we're going to have
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a what we play superior defense. So but as we always said, tape
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doesn't lie. And so they've seen enough in
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the tape to know that he sees the scheme, what they're trying
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to achieve. That's that's, that's, that's
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it. And Chris Rodriguez, he's on a
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one year deal and his salary's $1,000,000, right?
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I'm I'm saying $1,000,000 like it's nothing.
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But for, you know, an NFL running back, it's not a ton.
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So you know, you're going to save money keeping him on there.
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He's cheaper. The only thing that concerns me,
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right, is B Rob could pick up a blitz.
23:03
I have not seen Bill do that, right?
23:06
We didn't even see Jayden didn't throw a single pass, right?
23:10
And it's let's just talk about, you know, the game a little bit.
23:16
I figured, OK, I'll watch the first, you know, quarter and a
23:21
half, you know, see what's going on and then walk around the
23:24
stadium. They go on a four play.
23:26
Dr. Jaden doesn't throw the ball once and he's done.
23:30
And part of that I have people walking up wanting to say hello
23:34
and just chit chat because like you said, it's like a family
23:35
reunion, right? It's people you haven't seen
23:37
since some since the playoffs, some since, you know, the last
23:41
home game, which was December last year.
23:43
So it was good to catch up with people.
23:44
But I'm sitting there literally with my notebook, like taking
23:47
notes, listen to the game on the radio.
23:49
That point. I'm like, I don't want to be
23:51
rude because I don't want to really talk to anybody right
23:53
now. I want to watch a damn game.
23:55
But I I just I know you're saying tape don't lie.
23:59
I just hope to God they got tape of Bill and Chris Rodriguez
24:05
picking up Von Miller on a blitz and giving Jayden time, right?
24:08
Because the last thing I want to see is him missing an
24:11
assignment. And next, you know, Jayden gets
24:13
blown up because it's his first time picking up a blitz when the
24:17
bullets are actually live and they can actually, you know, hit
24:19
Jayden. I I totally agree.
24:22
And and that's where the coaching comes into play to get
24:27
him ready and give him different schemes and and working after
24:30
practice, etcetera, etcetera. Looking at other film to say
24:34
this is where you need to be. And I understand you can talk
24:37
about it all day long, but as they say, you get better by
24:42
actually playing football by not reading or looking at it.
24:46
This So OJT is very important. So we're probably going to see a
24:51
lot of him against the Bengals. And I wouldn't, I wouldn't be
24:55
surprised. I'm sorry, the Ravens, I
24:57
wouldn't be surprised if the coaches are on the phone right
25:00
now saying, hey, look, I need you guys, since we're not doing
25:03
a joint practice, I need you guys to throw some stunts at my
25:06
guys. It's just so we can find out
25:08
what's going on with them. I'm sure those coaches talk.
25:10
I, you know, hey, look, we don't play each other during the
25:14
regular season. So we're going to go ahead and
25:16
just, I'm going to ask you to do this and, and on return, in
25:18
return, I'm going to do this for, for, for my guys, to your
25:22
guys so that we can get this work.
25:24
So they had that Burgundy and Gold scrimmage prior when they
25:28
had like, I think it was 10 days downtime between both preseason
25:31
games and the first team offense.
25:35
I think they said it was Jaden. Yeah.
25:37
It was Jaden's worst practice all season.
25:39
They couldn't move the ball and only one drive cross midfield.
25:46
Right. And.
25:48
But why do you think that is? I think it's because you don't
25:51
got Terry there, right? You don't got a true deep
25:53
threat. You can't run what you want to
25:55
run. I also think it's because Jaden
25:57
wasn't running right. And we saw what Jaden can do
26:00
with his legs last night, which we'll get to in a second.
26:03
But you know, it was a mixture of things, right?
26:05
You had guys want to go all out. You heard stories, some of you
26:10
might have heard stories about Noah Ibenogony basically getting
26:13
into a fight with his teammates because he was going hard and
26:16
you know, guys got to get laid out.
26:18
And then I think Bobby Wagner and Frankie Louvu, we're given
26:21
no problem. And then I think some coaches
26:23
had to get involved and tell people to calm down.
26:25
We're all you know, they're all still burgundy and gold in the
26:28
end. But Jaden's worst practice,
26:31
right? And maybe B Rob didn't do well.
26:35
I got no idea. But I I do think that not having
26:37
Terry out there has led to the offense's poor performance.
26:41
I'm. I'm going to chop it up just to
26:45
familiarity. That's how much chocolate up
26:47
with they. Your team knows what Jayden can
26:50
do, will do, how do how he does it and why he does it.
26:54
Your team, if anybody knows it, your team does.
26:56
And so plus the the defense has an advantage.
27:02
So I'm I'm just going to that's I'm not going to panic right
27:05
now. I'm really not.
27:07
And as I said, a lot of people may not want to agree with me
27:12
and and you may not want to agree with with me, but I saw
27:17
traits of Terry in Lane. I'm not trying to say that he
27:20
is, but I'm just saying that I saw certain traits.
27:23
I saw certain things that I feel whether we have Terry or not,
27:31
we're going to be OK. Now, that does not mean that I'm
27:35
saying I don't want Terry, but I just think that people need to
27:38
stop hitting the panic button and obviously the team sees
27:43
something and they're they are way smarter than what we ever
27:48
could be. So I'm just going to let them do
27:51
what they have to do. And if it comes back to bite
27:54
them, then I'll say you guys should have done this or you
27:58
guys should have done that. But right now I'm not panicking
28:01
bro, because they are around these guys around the clock.
28:06
To me, it's not panicking, right?
28:08
It is just the fact of the matter.
28:11
Terry ain't there. Noah Brown has not stayed
28:14
healthy. He has not played any preseason.
28:17
He's not doing anything right now because he's he's injured,
28:19
right? You got Debo who's a different,
28:21
like just a completely different wide receiver, right?
28:24
Watching Debo on that jet sweep was awesome, right?
28:29
And I, I feel that you typically don't show anything during
28:32
preseason. I feel that they showed that on
28:35
purpose to get teams trying to plan for that, so that next
28:39
thing you know, James going to keep it and just go around the
28:41
other side when everyone's running after Debo, right?
28:43
It's just stuff like that. Yeah, fake it or tight end out
28:47
the back, out the backside. Yeah, I see that.
28:49
Go ahead all. Right.
28:50
And you're hearing that Luke McCaffrey isn't having the best
28:54
camp, right? You're hearing just a lot of
28:56
different stories of what's going on.
28:58
And with five, anything is possible, right?
29:03
The kid gives us a shot to win any single game.
29:06
The thing is, you don't want him to have to put on that Superman
29:10
Cape every time because you know he can.
29:14
And you know he will. It'd be easier, right?
29:17
Let's just say Superman didn't really have any backup, OK?
29:20
You know, Let's just say maybe he's got the Justice League,
29:23
right? All right, so maybe Terry's
29:25
Batman or something, right? Every once in awhile, Superman
29:27
needed some help, all right, So Terry's his help, right?
29:32
He makes it so Jayden doesn't have to do everything because
29:36
towards the end of last season, the running game was horrible.
29:40
The running game was just Jayden.
29:42
So he was doing everything and then just going all out.
29:45
And it it took a toll on him. And I don't think he was as
29:48
fresh. And thank God the defense
29:50
stepped up in that Lions game because I mean, that Bucks game
29:54
was damn close. That Lions game, our defense one
29:57
for us. And guess who else Terry did
30:00
right? So you know it will get done.
30:04
Something will happen whether Terry has to get an insurance
30:08
plan out just in case he gets hurt because none of his money
30:10
is guaranteed. He will be on the field.
30:13
It's just a matter of when. I hope you're right about Lane.
30:17
I did see Lane field a nice ass punt right and I was happy to
30:21
see that the kid is shifty or he does have some promise.
30:25
I just don't think we have someone that can fill in Terry's
30:29
shoes yet. That doesn't mean it won't
30:32
happen by week four or five from someone else, but.
30:36
That we know. Of that we know of.
30:37
But right now, because the reporters have been out there,
30:40
right, there are eyes and ears because fans can't be.
30:44
And they are reporting that the offense has not looked good.
30:47
And the fact that Jayden did not throw a single pass and then
30:53
they took his ass out. I get three of our offensive
30:55
lineman. We're not playing.
30:57
So you probably don't want to end.
30:58
The field was wet. There are people in the parking
31:00
lot while I was hanging out there saying I don't want Jayden
31:02
to play. The field's too wet because it
31:04
was raining, you know, during a little bit of the tailgate,
31:07
like, well, you know, it rains during football games.
31:09
And the equipment manager, they'll put on like a bigger
31:12
cleat, right? So he can dig in.
31:14
He can run around in the rain. It's OK.
31:16
You don't have to cheat him and kick gloves.
31:18
And obviously seeing him run that touchdown, nobody's
31:22
treating him to kick gloves. I mean, what were you thinking,
31:24
winnow? Because it was your opposite end
31:25
zone. What were you thinking when you
31:27
saw it happening? Hey, let the man do what he
31:32
does, you know? Let him do it.
31:34
If he wants to cook, let him cook.
31:36
But once he was finished his meal, finished making his meal
31:41
to get him out of the restaurant.
31:42
So that's, that's how I look at it.
31:44
I, I was happy that he was able to do what he needed to do.
31:47
It showed everyone OK, he still has it.
31:50
And I think that even if no one, even if he had completed the
31:53
past, the results would have been the same and he would have
31:57
been off the field. I, I'm, I'm waiting very
32:02
patiently, 4 like everybody else or the 7th to get here against
32:06
the Giants. And we've got a lot of time in
32:10
between that. I don't think the reporters can
32:15
go to everything. So they're going to dial it up
32:18
in the bubble or on the practice field or whatever have you.
32:21
And they're going to get this. They're going to nail this thing
32:22
down to where we maybe we won't come out running and gunning as
32:28
fast as we did last year. What you're going to see the
32:31
semblance of last year and this year to put all the naysayers
32:36
behind. Yeah, I'm, I'm looking forward
32:39
to the 7th, right? I'm not still going to enjoy
32:42
everything going on right now in the offseason, right?
32:45
But when Jayden was scrambling and doing that, at one point, he
32:50
had a ton of room just to slide and go down thinking, all right,
32:53
it's good, you got the first down, just go down, just go
32:56
down. And then he just kept going.
32:57
And the next thing you know, he ain't going down and they can
33:02
please don't get hit. Like just don't take a dumb hit.
33:04
Don't take a dumb shot. But the kid, he plays with his
33:08
instincts and he doesn't know how to shut him off right?
33:11
And that's what you love about him.
33:13
And you also get worried about this is actually DQ talking
33:16
about how he felt when you know Jayden was doing what he was
33:18
doing when when Jayden took off. Is your heart in your throat at
33:22
all? And were were you?
33:25
You know, did you tell me anything about maybe next time,
33:27
the preseason you might want to get down faster?
33:29
Yeah. You think those conversations
33:30
haven't already been told? No, honestly, it is part of this
33:34
game and it is what makes him a special player.
33:37
When the second play begins, you know, there's just an unusual
33:43
play making ability that takes place.
33:45
Sometimes it's with his legs, other times it's with his arm.
33:47
But it is part of who he is. But it is one of the things
33:51
we've worked on to say when do you take your shots and when do
33:53
you go? There'll be more of that.
33:56
You know, at times, sometimes I'll say less of that.
33:59
But you know, for the most part today I was pleased with the
34:03
preparation heading into the game.
34:08
So it reminded me actually of you remember last pre season
34:12
where Jayden called that audible and then threw that bomb
34:16
touchdown and just went over top and you know, they didn't want
34:19
him. In Miami, right?
34:21
I think so. But they just, they didn't want
34:23
him to show that and do that, right?
34:25
So it just kind of reminded me of that where you're like, Oh
34:28
no, what are you doing? But then he made a touchdown and
34:30
he got in. So everyone was OK about it,
34:32
right? Makes up for it all.
34:33
Oh, yeah, big time. I mean, and then did you see
34:37
though, he ran into the locker room after that, and I didn't
34:43
because the only reason I know is because it runs right past
34:45
me. So he ran into the tunnel after
34:47
that and I'm thinking, oh damn, what's going on?
34:52
Right? What's happening?
34:53
Why did he just run in the tunnel?
34:56
I'm thinking he just had to go to the bathroom or something
34:58
because he came running back out after that.
35:01
But when he did that, and I want to say another offensive
35:06
possession came out, Jada was done for the day.
35:09
Like he got 4 plays, the touchdown and that was it.
35:12
Not a single throw, not a single drop back, right?
35:15
He was just done. So I was kind of bummed because
35:17
I want to see more out of him. I want to see him, you know,
35:19
complete a pass. I wanted to see our receivers.
35:21
You talk about Jay and I want to see Jayden throw a pass to Jay
35:24
Len and see how the young man does, right?
35:27
And I was kind of bummed to not see that.
35:30
Were you or no? No, I I felt that depending on
35:35
how the first series went, if we scored a touchdown, he's going
35:40
to come off the field. And that's what happened.
35:43
Ted, I got to tell you, man. And, and maybe this is just my,
35:48
my older age, if you will, I'm relaxed about this thing.
35:52
And there's not amount of an amount of worrying that can be
35:56
done that is going to help or hurt the situation.
36:00
I am on the office just letting it play out because I feel as
36:05
though we have competent coaches, competent coaching
36:10
staff that is going to put everyone in the place where they
36:14
need to be. Now.
36:17
This is what bothers me, if you will.
36:21
As you said before, live fire. We've got young guys, younger
36:26
guys who are on the team who haven't played under the big
36:30
lights just yet. Yes, they've played college
36:33
ball, but what we know, everything is a progression.
36:36
So now you're playing on the big stage.
36:39
Your childhood dream has come true.
36:41
It's your first game. Forget preseason, it's your
36:44
first real game. Where will the mistakes happen?
36:48
That's what scares me. But I'm hoping that that they
36:52
get these guys coached up to where that won't.
36:56
It's going to bother him, but it won't bother him as much.
37:00
And so it's it's it's like Sandra Steel, if you will.
37:05
He, he came on, but he struggled a little bit, but then he got
37:10
better. That's what I see these guys
37:13
doing. I, I see them going through
37:15
their, their bumps and bruises as a Rook or as a, as a younger
37:18
player, but that third game, fourth game, whatever have you,
37:22
I see them being bowed in. And so unfortunately there's
37:25
just nothing that we can do until that happens.
37:28
But I, I, I just feel as though the coaching staff is going to
37:31
get these guys ready to, to, to make minimal mistakes as well.
37:36
I mean, penalties have been a problem, right?
37:39
And I think against the Pats, they had 15 this week, they had
37:43
seven. There were, you know, a couple
37:45
of bad ones like Louvu jumping off sides on that 4th down,
37:48
thinking about having flashbacks, being screamed at
37:51
the link, you know, just Louvu jumping over with a tush push
37:55
and then Noah I getting that Pi down towards your end zone.
38:00
And these are guys that are our starters.
38:02
I don't think Noah's going to be a starter, but these are guys
38:05
that are going to touch the field.
38:06
So they just they got to clean that stuff up right.
38:09
And you know, obviously the second-half, I didn't even watch
38:12
the second-half. I, I at half time, I went and
38:15
walked around the concourse, caught up with a bunch of
38:17
washing fans I haven't seen in a while, right?
38:20
It's just like the game meant nothing to me.
38:23
Did you stay in your seat the entire time or did you walk
38:26
around? So I, I pretty much stayed in my
38:30
seat, but I did, I did walk around a little bit, but for the
38:35
most part I was in my seat. I I'm, I'm, I'm just wired that
38:38
way, you know? I wanted to stay, but then I had
38:42
a bunch of people texting, so it's the only time I I don't get
38:46
to be rally captain because on game day, right, my butt is.
38:51
After Yeah. I'm just, I'm so busy cooking, I
38:54
don't get a chance to talk to anybody.
38:57
I'm surrounded by food and a bunch of grills.
39:00
Everything else, I don't get a chance to speak to anybody.
39:01
So it was nice walking around and I honestly, I wanted to walk
39:05
around and give a report back to fans that don't go to preseason
39:09
because my little brother wasn't there, right?
39:11
He's not going to drive all the way up from Virginia Beach for a
39:13
preseason game, right? We'll wait until the actual
39:15
games are real and, you know, then ask for the hall pass from
39:19
the wife to come out, even though she'll probably be there
39:21
with them week one. At least I'm hoping she is.
39:23
So if you're listening, I expect to see you there.
39:25
Hopefully you're there. But right, I wanted to walk
39:28
around and give feedback to our listeners because a lot of them
39:32
just did not go. And one thing I did notice in
39:36
the parking lot that I was kind of surprised, right?
39:38
So I got out to the lot at 2:30, right?
39:42
I'm there by myself. There is no one there.
39:45
Then the lots opened up. I'm just sitting there smoking a
39:48
cigar and it's raining on me. So that you remember the hat
39:51
that I had at training camp, the one that Kingsbury wears like
39:54
that straw hat. I'm just sitting under my straw
39:56
hat because I had a tent that I couldn't put up by myself.
40:00
So I'm just hanging out. And then three more cars pulled
40:03
into the parking lot. The parking lot opened at 4.
40:07
So it's a preseason game on a Monday night.
40:08
Obvious it's not going to be that busy.
40:11
Well, these people put up a tent.
40:14
Someone came by and told them to move it.
40:17
Like. What's So I walked down there to
40:20
kind of see what was going on, and I said yeah.
40:22
He told us we can't put it here. I'm like, all right, I get it.
40:25
You can't block like the driveway pathway where cars are
40:29
going, you go, the entire place is empty, There's no cars coming
40:32
in. There's only three of us in the
40:33
parking lot, maybe 5. And I told him it can't be
40:37
there. It was in a spot beside their
40:39
car, right? And it's not like they were
40:41
fighting for space. So I looked at the tailgate
40:45
policy on the site and it says limit tailgating.
40:50
So it to be solely to designated areas and until such time as a
40:54
space is needed to park other vehicles, no other vehicles came
40:59
into the lot anytime soon after that maybe 2 hours later where
41:05
they could have possibly needed that space.
41:06
And for those one, this season is going to be very different
41:11
from what we're used to as a fan base.
41:14
We're going to have to get to our seats early because security
41:16
lines, you know, they're just going to be long as just, it is
41:18
what it is. It's like traveling on a
41:20
holiday, going through TSA, right?
41:23
Tailgating is going to be a little bit different because the
41:26
parking lots, from what I'm hearing, they're running out of
41:28
parking passes. And I don't know if that's a
41:29
fact, but I'm hearing they don't have a ton of parking passes
41:31
left for the season. So taking up multiple spots with
41:35
tents and things like that, I don't know if it's going to fly
41:38
cars being asked the same thing in the burgundy lot in front of
41:42
me. And then in another lot where
41:44
these guys were two rows back from the sidewalk, they picked
41:48
up their tent and moved it to the sidewalk and did that.
41:52
I saw a couple people do that too.
41:54
So I was just, is this going to be a, a normal thing?
41:56
Can people not put tents up? Like what's going to go on?
41:59
So I reached out to the team to try and get some clarification
42:01
on that. Hopefully I'll have that, you
42:04
know, sometime soon. Obviously not before we
42:06
recorded, but what did you see just kind of happening out there
42:09
when you're going around a lot? I wasn't able to.
42:13
Realistically, go around to a lot of tailgates and I try to do
42:16
my do The Walking at A at a minimum during the preseason
42:19
because obviously I I wasn't able to come see you, but I
42:24
didn't see a lot to be honest with you.
42:26
Now I will say that it it it's going to make sense that what
42:30
they're doing when you have a team obviously that went to the
42:34
NFC Championship game, people want to support the team and
42:40
they realized that. So they're trying to nip this in
42:44
the bud sooner than later. The only experience that I had,
42:50
if you will, is so you know me, I've got my chain, I've got my
42:55
flag. I'm leaning over the the edge of
42:59
the wall and I'm banging on the wall.
43:02
I have one of the security people, if you will say, hey,
43:07
you can't lean over the wall and they're and they're saying
43:13
captain, Captain, you can't even.
43:15
And I'm saying, are you talking to me?
43:17
And so. That's.
43:19
Something that I think needs clarification.
43:23
They said I was leaning over too far, so you're not going to fall
43:28
over the wall I. Mean, I understand fans have
43:31
done that before, you know, on top of Jalen Hurts, but yeah,
43:34
well, I I think that you have. People who are new that are
43:39
following the guidelines to the T, if you will, what a fan can
43:44
and can't do. I've had, I've had this happen
43:48
to me in years past as well. And then this security
43:53
supervisor goes up and says, no, this guy's OK.
43:57
So, but it it because they're so new and they want to do
44:02
everything the right way by the Oh yeah, you're going to find
44:05
some, you're going to be some, you're going to be challenged
44:07
sometime. So I see this happening until,
44:09
like everything else, they get a couple of games and they develop
44:13
and they they see how things actually go.
44:15
But don't be surprised that you're going to have some people
44:19
telling you some bad news, if you will.
44:22
But The thing is, just like anything else, we got to respect
44:26
it. So until they they lighten up a
44:29
little bit, get some games on the yeah, I mean, I put I always
44:32
put a tweet out during. Preseason, right?
44:34
To let people know this isn't just preseason for the players,
44:37
right? This is preseason for the staff,
44:39
right? You got a lot of new people out
44:40
there that this is their first game, the first time working an
44:43
event. They have been out there before.
44:45
And yeah, I get that there are a lot of regulars as well, but we
44:48
don't know if policies have changed since the last time we
44:51
were in that stadium. So maybe policy change, maybe
44:53
things happen or like you said, guys just following the letter
44:56
of the law and he wants to make sure that he doesn't get let go
44:59
or get written up on day one on the job, right?
45:02
So I I don't blame him. I do think that it's going to be
45:08
a little different week one, right?
45:10
I do think that I'm and I'm texting my crew while all this
45:14
is happening, saying, all right, well, we might have a problem
45:16
here. We got to see what's going on
45:17
because where I parked, technically it's a dead spot.
45:20
I worked with the team for my parking space, right?
45:22
I have been there for over 2 decades in the same space and it
45:27
is specific for me because you cannot park cars there.
45:30
So I'm not taking up any spaces with my tent.
45:32
So I am legally allowed to do it.
45:34
And some people have gone to other stadiums and you can
45:37
actually buy a parking pass just to put your tailgate in, right?
45:42
I remember going to a Cowboys game at the old stadium where
45:46
you could just buy parking passes and just set up tables
45:49
and chairs in a spot, not your actual car, right?
45:52
So instead of having, you know, 2 parking spots for two cars,
45:56
they just have one car there and then the tailgate in the other
45:59
spot, right at Northwest. You cannot do that.
46:01
You cannot buy a parking pass just to tailgate in.
46:05
It is not allowed per their rules and regulations.
46:08
So we'll see what happens come week one.
46:10
Week 1's going to be packed and I've got some surprises coming
46:14
up, right? All right.
46:16
One thing that did surprise me though.
46:18
And it's, it's not that big a deal because believe it or not,
46:22
tariffs are affecting my tailgate, right?
46:25
I, this is when I start buying supplies for the season to kind
46:28
of stock up because I live in DCI, don't have a ton of room,
46:31
right? I can't have boxes and boxes of
46:33
stuff just sitting here waiting. So I'm getting like a 40% markup
46:37
on some of the things that I'm buying for the season.
46:39
So there's some changes happened to the tailgate this year.
46:42
I don't want to get into it now. I'll talk about it later.
46:45
At least you'd feel safer though.
46:48
Don't even start with that. But the the gold member menu,
46:54
the season ticket holder menu. Did you buy anything to eat in
46:56
the stadium? I did.
46:58
I went to the. Crab roll.
47:01
Oh, the DMV crab place, Yeah. That smelled.
47:04
So good I. Wanted to get one but I talked
47:08
about walking around so I walked around to every single food
47:11
kiosk right, because I want to look at it and let me see if I
47:15
can pull up the crab one here all right regardless, Oh yeah,
47:19
the jumbo lump crab rolls. So it used to be 50% off for
47:25
food for Gold members. Alcohol was always 100% but
47:29
drinks and food were 50% off. So chicken tenders and fries
47:34
regular price 1599 Gold member price 999.
47:40
Now I'm not good at math, but that ain't 50% right?
47:45
Jerk chicken quesadilla 1949 regular price 1499 right?
47:52
So somewhere the discount changed between last season and
47:57
the season. And I preface by saying I
48:00
understand prices have gone up and things have changed.
48:03
Souvenir soda, thirteen 9/12/99 now 799 for souvenir soda,
48:09
right? So, and there's some things like
48:11
a bottle of water is 6 bucks, it's $3.00.
48:15
So that is still 50%. So some things are 50%, some
48:18
things aren't. I was kind of surprised to see
48:21
some of the pricing differences with the food man, like Mac and
48:26
cheese, 12 bucks, now it's 9. It's a $3 difference.
48:30
So it it was getting better in regards to affordability for
48:35
families. It went the other direction
48:37
during the offseason for whatever reason.
48:39
And I don't know why other than they're just trying to make more
48:44
money back and it's going to be busier this season coming up
48:47
because it's going to be sold out.
48:48
He realized that he realized. That definitely before you had
48:53
an inferior product on the field.
48:56
And so you have to make prices a little less for people to come
49:00
in. Now there's this boom town
49:02
coming in. People got to raise the prices.
49:04
I'm sure the the rent was raised on the vendors.
49:07
So they've got to recoup that back some kind of way.
49:11
So the patrons are the ones who get it.
49:16
It's just the ebb and flow of things.
49:17
And I understand it. And it's one of those biggest,
49:20
one of the biggest things that people always say, well, I'll
49:22
just stay home and buy my own a case of beer or whatever have
49:26
you buy my own pizza and not deal with it.
49:30
I get it. But if you want to be in the in
49:32
crowd, if you will, at the stadium, you'll do what you got
49:36
to do to make sure that you're there.
49:38
But so that means don't go buy that dog on beer during the
49:44
week. Save that money so you can buy
49:46
it at the stadium, Yeah, instead of going to Starbucks multiple
49:49
times. During the week, right?
49:50
Save up to get that crab roll that rally got.
49:53
You know it's that seems good too.
49:55
Crab fries with a bomb. I wish I would have got that
49:57
instead because I just I got. An Italian sausage.
49:59
I was hungry because we didn't tell we don't tailgate during
50:02
preseason. I got people texting me,
50:03
reaching out, DM ING me on Twitter.
50:05
Where's the tailgate? Like a it's been in the same
50:08
parking space for 20 years. BI don't tailgate during
50:11
preseason because I don't know who's going to show up.
50:13
It's a lot of work and I'm just not busting my butt for
50:17
preseason when half of people just don't even come out.
50:20
So we'll see how we'll be back. Week 1.
50:23
The RSVP opens up 10 days prior. It has been that way for 10
50:26
years and it has not changed. So at 9:00 AM ten days prior it
50:31
will come up. Until then y'all just going to
50:34
have to wait and there are no exceptions unless your rally's
50:38
family or you know, one of my crew members.
50:40
Other than that it is is there and then it's gone.
50:43
So we'll we'll see what happens. But for you going back to the
50:48
game, who do you think played their way on the roster and who
50:53
do you think played their way off the roster?
50:57
You watch the entire game. I walked around because I just I
51:01
couldn't take it was getting a little painful.
51:03
It's simple to me and I I could. Be wrong but this just threw the
51:06
lenses of rally captain. I think Josh Johnson played his
51:10
way on the field and Sam Hart played his way off.
51:12
That's just off the break. Yeah, I, I.
51:16
Hartman's done I. Mean he just he had an
51:20
absolutely atrocious game. I didn't realize that he got
51:23
shoulder surgery during the offseason, right.
51:26
So I'm not saying that's why he looks so bad.
51:30
I, I have no idea what's going on, but Hartman's QBR was an 8,
51:36
right? He had what, 4 passes?
51:41
He can put out 10 attempts, 4 completions, 29 yards, so 2.9
51:45
yards of completion, right? He just has not looked good.
51:49
And I know it's a bummer for a lot of Washington fans that want
51:55
Sam Heartthrob to be on the team, not Hartman, But I I just
51:59
don't think it's happening. And I know everyone's saying
52:03
that Mariota is OK, but he hasn't practiced really.
52:08
He hasn't played in preseason. And this is actually DQ talking
52:13
about why Jayden didn't play as much.
52:17
The decision to pull Jayden there was that kind of all along
52:20
what you thought would be 1. You said one or two series he
52:22
didn't get a pass off. Do you feel like he got plenty
52:25
of work this off, you know, training campaign when you go
52:28
through it? He.
52:29
Gets more than 50%, you know, of everything, you know, going into
52:32
it. So we're still, you know,
52:33
obviously digging in at at the third quarterback spot with Josh
52:37
and Sam. So I knew I wanted reps for them
52:39
and if we could get quarters to do it, I was going into it with
52:42
Jayden, you know, one or two series.
52:44
And so I thought that was that was good for me.
52:50
So earlier coach said that Jayden was going to get a a few
52:55
series, right. A few is more than two, right?
52:59
He obviously just got one right, but apparently he wanted to see
53:03
more from Johnson and from Hartman.
53:06
And I agree with you 1000%. Hartman played his way off of
53:09
this roster. I think he is going to get all
53:12
of the time against the Ravens, right.
53:14
You're not going to see any starters, maybe a couple of
53:17
friends, guys, you know, just because they're you got to play,
53:21
someone's got to play, right. But Hartman is not going to be
53:25
on this team and I just I feel bad for the kid and I don't even
53:30
know why you put him on the practice squad, right?
53:32
It's just, you know, Johnson as a third string quarterback and
53:35
run the place doing that. It's not like it hurts.
53:38
I know they increase the roster, so it'll be fine.
53:42
But obviously you know well, Connerly for me played his way
53:49
into a. Starting role right?
53:50
I was hearing from Linnell, who's on team 980-1067 the fan,
53:55
how bad Conner Lee has been looking and how he just looked
53:59
off. He freaking kicked ass
54:01
yesterday, right? And I was a little worried with
54:04
some of Linnell's reporting and some other people talking about
54:07
really honestly, it was just Linnell saying it.
54:09
I didn't hear anyone else say it how Conner Lee has not looked as
54:12
good as they had as he had helped personally.
54:15
But seeing him play that young man played himself into a
54:18
starting right tackle spot in my opinion.
54:20
And I'm excited because what he did on that bill run, I mean,
54:26
granted I am a little faster than I used to be, but you with,
54:30
you know, a bum leg could have ran through that big ass hole
54:33
that he opened up there and ran it for a touchdown man without
54:37
your bike. And it was huge.
54:39
I love to see it. Wow, it definitely was, and I
54:42
just. I'm not trying to make light of
54:44
anyone that's not going to be on this roster.
54:46
I wish them the best of luck, right?
54:48
There are other teams hopefully they can catch on with.
54:51
You put up a good enough tape during that Ravens game, then
54:54
maybe you get picked up by somebody else, right?
54:56
If you don't make the final 53. So I wish them all the best.
54:59
With that being said, I am not going to be the Ravens game.
55:02
I'm going to enjoy the beach for at least one more weekend before
55:06
you know everything counts full blast.
55:08
So before people ask, I ain't going to be there.
55:11
Someone can take my parking space, but it was going to be
55:15
back in the stadium, man, it was just good to be back in the
55:17
atmosphere under the lights. And hat tip to the ownership for
55:22
doing the light show, doing the fireworks, even for a preseason
55:26
game, because for some of those people, that's the only game
55:28
they're going to get to go to. So I, I appreciate them not half
55:31
assing it and just going all out like they would in a regular
55:34
season. I had an opportunity to.
55:37
Take a picture with the main 3 owners sidelines and they're all
55:43
happy about what's going on and so I'm happy as well to see the
55:48
new improvements that the stadium has made, that they've
55:51
made they as well as an experience looking forward to
55:55
it. Yeah, I am too bad.
55:57
And it's seriously. Hat tipped to them because there
56:00
were a lot of improvements. I saw that they're not.
56:02
They're not making any money on these improvements.
56:04
They put gates at all the parking lot entrances so people
56:08
can't pull in when it's not a game day because people that
56:10
don't know it's a regular thoroughfare.
56:12
People can just drive around the stadium.
56:14
And I guess they had problems with people doing Donuts.
56:17
I know for a fact people were doing Donuts in the parking lot
56:19
in the past and stuff like that. They're investing money in this
56:21
place because we're going to be there for at least the next five
56:23
years and they're not letting it just die on the vine like old
56:27
ownership did. And I was jealous seeing you
56:30
hanging out down there. They're all holding the flag.
56:33
Question is, do they get to wear the chain?
56:37
Look here. It's an owner wants to wear the
56:41
chain, he or she can wear the chain.
56:46
That's just how it is, bro. I mean, they've earned the
56:49
right. You know, I'm I always say only
56:51
your players can wear the chain or myself, obviously.
56:55
But if ownership says, hey, cap, let me put that thing on.
56:58
How heavy is it? Here you go, Sir.
57:04
I was I was actually waiting to see in your.
57:06
Instagram Story If Mark Iron was going to have that chain wrapped
57:09
around him instead, but no, that's Yeah, you would.
57:12
I'll tell you what, that might be something.
57:13
I'd bring up to him coming up to one of the next games if I have
57:16
the opportunity. Put the chain on brother. 2
57:21
questions with the captain and. The owners, man.
57:23
I, I, I can't wait for it. Well, see, I don't think they
57:26
can do that. They yeah, whatever.
57:29
But you know what though? I've never asked it because
57:32
they're always so busy, but you never know, I might slide it in
57:36
there and say, hey guys, help me out for the Ravens.
57:45
Game. I'll be looking for it.
57:46
Like you? Probably not.
57:51
What? I don't.
57:53
Blame it, man. It is what it is.
57:55
Yeah, well, look. I hear the music playing, you
57:58
hear the music playing, but let me know that every episode the
58:02
DV metal will close before we close.
58:05
I had an opportunity to do a spot with AAA Commanders that
58:08
they teamed up to do a nice program.
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For memberships. So you guys have AAA, Go to
58:17
triplea.com/commanders and you'll see that 50% off.
58:24
We'll also get a lot of fan favorites.
58:28
Take it out that AAA nice. I'm going to definitely.
58:32
Have to do that because I I know you.
58:33
Can, if you're already a member, you can go there and then just
58:36
convert your membership to a commander's membership.
58:39
So that's actually, that membership is helping me get a
58:41
discount for my hotel in Madrid. So I got to remember to bring my
58:45
AAA card with me. See, there you go.
58:48
I can say that before we called it today and as I was saying
58:52
earlier, so that's what those debit card being upset at all.
59:04
Hey that.