Grant and Danny

Around The NFL From Week 3, What A Fun Week To Be A Commanders Fan, Ekeler Ruled OUT For Week 4

9.25.24 Hour 2

1:00- We take some time to go around the NFL and get you up to date on the biggest headlines across the league.

21:20- Hasn't this week been fun being a Commanders game? First time in a longggg time!

33:05- Breaking: RB Austin Ekeler has been ruled OUT for week 4 against the Cardinals.

Broadcast on:: 25 Sep 2024
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The commanders have a rookie quarterback and it appears a bright future It's time for you to plan for your future as well the exclusive sponsor of our show the law firm Condorian Murad can help update your last will and testament set up a trust for you and your family Schedule a free consultation with their estate planning attorneys today visit km lawyers calm Be sure to tell them and G&D sent you to get a discount. That's km lawyers calm We had a great time hanging out with our friends Condorian Murad In Cincinnati over the last few days. They sponsored our trip on the road speaking of which I was just reading one of the blogs. Do you know what the blogs have been saying? What's that? there's a prevailing thought on a lot of the blogs and The blogs are saying Danny really is good luck when he attends games That's what the blogs are saying. Are they really saying that? I'm not telling you that there's any obligation for you moving forward like name seven blogs that are saying that a lot of Them we're saying a lot of them. I don't want to start singling blogs out. Oh, I see I'll forget others. Yeah Yeah, a lot of the fan podcasts are saying is like the made-up blog saying it Is that not real blog saying it is that you just thought of that blog saying it like is that you don't like the fan pods? Where the you know they breaking down the Yeah, you're all saying oh wow. Yeah, lots of people are saying it's all I'm saying hmm. There's a pulse There's an energy to it You could you could say whatever you'd like I? Enjoy that enjoyed the joy of the words being said Will this be yes the final game you attend in? 2024 unless you go to New Orleans. I think we are going the door then no Okay, then I will be doing that. There's also some talk possibly. I don't want to get ahead of ourselves Whoa there's some birds chirping on a maybe a trip up 95 to Philly. What yeah? Who's who's talking like that? There's been a little conversation. They're the same people that are doing the blogs talking about it No, no, this is actually the actual people different people. These are different human people not imagineers These these are similar people to the people that were involved in the Cincinnati. Oh Actual people. No, I don't know where we're at on that. Mm-hmm. There's been some talk. Okay. Would you sit in the crowd in Philly? No, I never do that again Like I'm never doing that again. I did it once I'm good on that you're not I was like I am feel threatened That's not fun. Like I don't have that anymore. Dude. I'm not I'm not a jacked 21 year old That's ready to throw down for the cause I'm not I'm not gonna fight for our commanders. Philly is really different Then Cincinnati and everywhere else probably yeah But my thing is just to make friends with the people around you pretty quickly Let's diffuse some situations like right away I was like just sticking it up doing some dad jokes people around me having a good old time They come out throw a touchdown to Jamart J some dapping them up letting them know hey We're not threatening you guys are gonna win. It's just us. It's just us don't worry I didn't realize that we were about to whoop that but we didn't know we're about to tax it I didn't know I was about to spank them for the next couple of hours Yeah, I was like good play there The lady in front of us turn around and gave Nux on the on the on the on the touchdown She did not do it after that. No, so what happened was this lady and her husband who look right away was a little annoyed by me It seemed like because of the first couple plays. I was kind of fired up well Yeah, Grant was doing play-by-play just for us in our seats a little bit She didn't she didn't love that she did not no a little bit of play-by-play. Just making sure that I still had it You know what I'm saying? Yeah, dude. Are we talking? Yeah? Get your practice get your reps in I gotta polish the rep Get it where you can so a little shotgun formation motion from the left Echler align at the wing No, so we're just getting you pre-snapper getting you ready. Just making sure we're skating scenarios, you know Phone call happens. We're ready to go call the old Dominion game this weekend, right? Mm-hmm and the lady kind of turns around a couple times. She's not feeling it. Yeah, what is that? What is it gonna happen the whole game? I pay for these But after I think about five plays in when Jamar Chase just streaked into the end zone Untouched the easiest touchdown in the history of bangles. Uh-huh. I Just made sure I wanted her to know I'm happy you're happy gave her a big high five Hugged her husband that a little nose-to-nose Eskimo kiss with him everybody's happy Everyone's good and then after washing and scored to tie the game She turned around and was like I would turn the favor. There you go That was the last time we interacted with her for the rest of the night. Yep. Yep. There were no other turnaround I didn't like getting embarrassed by the locals. No, sir. She did not she didn't care for it wasn't her favorite thing We're granting Danny locking you in for the next three hours and 15 minutes is we get you set for week four in the NFL and That's baseball tonight. We'll get you your lineups before we get out of here And we've not talked much about the rest of the NFL in week three So let's go through some of what took place and where things stand right now in the NFL How about the Minnesota Vikings? They're three and O Danny. This was the big are they for real game against the Houston Texans Club that a lot of people think is going to play deep into the postseason and they whooped Houston Minnesota got three sacks from Jonathan Grenard a former Texan who they signed as a defensive end to replace the Neil Hunter Left and went to Houston this offseason Grenard was named the NFC defensive player of the week today Minnesota another really good performance from Sam Darnold now three and O Kevin O'Connell's the front runner for coach of the year Justin Jefferson's putting up very solid numbers. They've got a really good run game led by Aaron Jones Their defense has been arguably the best in the NFL They are plus 55 and net points only New Orleans with a couple of monster performances a better margin in the NFC the Vikings look legit that was the ultimate proof it came now done for Houston you played again tomorrow You probably don't lose 34 to 7 but from Minnesota's perspective I mean Aaron Jones doesn't he doesn't have the burst that he had a handful years ago in Green Bay doesn't matter He had 150 total yards two touchdowns is good on the ground and through the air They they know exactly who they are and what they want to do talking about Minnesota, right? They know where their bread is buttered. They've Got Sam Darnold on the good Sam Darnold track everyone including me thinks the other shoes gonna drop at some point remember It really hasn't yet. I think Carolina was three and O with Darnold or something. He had a great starters a two and one or something I think they were three and he was playing really good at and turned the ball over yet a couple of years ago And they played a primetime Thursday night game in a week four or something because I remember it was just all the coverage Was is he for real? I happen to like Darnold a little more than the average person I just think he's really young and in a much better situation having said that that's 100% why no one's buying them, right? Yeah, like if this was still cousins in Minnesota, and they were three and O playing this way right now I think people will be saying this is a tough team But because everyone goes with Darnold stinks he's not going to keep this up. It's just dismissive But this is an excellent defense. They've got great weapons around Darnold It's a just a ideal situation even if he plays like a Jag the rest of the way That might be a ten-win wildcard type team I like Minnesota to be 500 ish the rest of the way and if they are they don't just have the bottom fallout They're gonna be in the playoff mix. Well, you put some hay in the barn I thought maybe they could be two and one through three with a soft landing spot to start with the Giants who were terrible in week one But they beat San Francisco now they beat Houston another couple of tough games coming up here at Green Bay and then New York They're scheduled so unforgiving. I didn't think they'd be able to do what we're talking about But you'd have to three no start now all of a sudden a lot more is in play it's comical that there are two Undefeated teams in the NFC after just three weeks and it's the Vikings in the Seahawks as real thought Vikings leading the North Seattle not the Rams not the Niners not the Cardinals leading the West in fact The other three teams all have one win and two losses in the NFC West Seattle It's not an impressive resume. They beat the Broncos 26 20 Denver's not very good They beat New England 23 20 and overtime. I believe New England is going to be bad Then they beat Miami, which you would traditionally have said that's a good win Note to it not who you play. It's when you play them. So they have three wins They have not yet played a quality opponent. We're gonna find a lot out about Seattle. I think This coming weekend Monday night football at the Detroit Lions by the way that game has been a Amazing watch two straight years where both teams have scored 40 plus and for every reason it's been epic We're doing them the league caught on they put it in prime time. So Seahawks lions 815 kick Monday night football five days out What if Seattle beats Detroit and they're 4 and 0 with a legit win? So Seattle's the team I thought everybody was kind of Overlooking because it's boring, right? They've been in that eight nine win plateau for a couple of years and everybody's always looking for the next thing And they weren't very sexy and they're still not they beat. They beat. Yes You said two teams that are pretty bad one that couldn't be more vulnerable in Miami They may handle Miami though, and they were really impressive in that one. So Lions toss up came You given the what was having last couple years. You figured they could beat the Giants They could be five and one at the quarter pole. That's or one third pole. Whatever that is They're in a really good position in the NFC. They got a chance to be a postseason team There are three three and O teams in the AFC leading divisions The first is the Buffalo Bills who are a game up on the Jets in the AFC East Buffalo good win in week one coming back to beat Arizona. They've been great could have easily been a loss then they Crush the Dolphins on Thursday night football going back a week ago And they hung 47 on Jacksonville on Monday night while the commanders were playing against the Bengals So they have now scored 34 31 and 47 remember they lost a fond eggs Yep, and gave Davis their top two wide receivers and this big Narrative all-off season was their offense was not going to be as good Josh Allen was not going to be as good He is not thrown in interception. They're averaging almost 40 points per game How about this game coming up on Sunday night football? Bills Ravens in Baltimore That would actually be fun to go to I don't think I've ever gone to a Ravens game and the commanders weren't playing in That's a legit good game this weekend. The Ravens win their seasons back on Mm-hmm That's kind of what's on the line for them a Buffalo win though, and you're four and O with your first signature victory Against a really good opponent. Yeah, I thought again just going into the season I'm one of the idiots who bought that narrative by the way that hey They might struggle at times Josh Allen will have to do too much. He'll play heroes sometimes But you'll have that three turnover thing. Well, it certainly hasn't happened yet And they've been the most impressive team might say in the NFL through three weeks They're up there with maybe a couple other teams in consideration But their schedule is difficult it hadn't mattered for them at this point and they have been dominant especially last two weeks Also, not surprising in the three and O category in the AFC the Kansas City Chiefs who are looking for a three-peat They will be the first team to ever win three straight Super Bowls if they can pull it off at the end of this season They've actually played a good schedule too. They played the Ravens in week one. That was their closest best game 27 20 I shouldn't say their closest because chief spangles came down to a point at the end of the game And in fact, Kansas City benefited from a PI call though I thought it was the right call I thought the passenger fairness was called correctly then they played the Falcons on Sunday night football and I actually thought they got away with a Passenger fairness that may have saved their bacon Atlanta would have been first in goal from the one to take the lead instead They maintained a five-point lead and even though the Falcons got the ball back They couldn't pick up a fourth down and short when they ran the football East West So they beat Atlanta now they've got the Chargers likely without Justin Herbert this week And then the Saints before a buy so that they're staring 4-0 in the face going into that Saints game I saw a stack that was really interesting. I Don't remember how many games it is, but I think it's like the last eight or nine games Let's say Patrick Mahomes has 11 touchdowns and nine interceptions These are regular season games and he has only thrown for 300 yards once which kind of matches my eyeballs if you know what I mean Yeah, they're not a fun watch offensively anymore the Chiefs. It's kind of muddy It is a run heavy is without pacheco is probably not accurate, but it's very horizontal passing game They don't score a lot again 22 points against the Falcons. Yeah, they're different team than they were for years Travis Kelsey's barely been involved. These are he looks like you know, if Zach Earth's lost a step And that's basically what Travis Kelsey's been so far But I say all that to say they've had the switch in the playoffs to keep winning They've got Patrick Mahomes who puts on his gape, but they're 3-0 and they're gonna be 4-0 after this weekend They're not as good as they're going to be you know that right? I mean this is one of those teams that if you're gonna get them now is the time and no one's got them yet Like you know, I mean like they're more vulnerable than they're gonna be picture in the first inning Yeah, you gave up the bloop singly walk the guy so now it's two on nobody out, you know Here's our shot. Yeah, they're gonna hit the ground run and when it gets colder again This is this is kind of a different iteration and they were this last year too most of the regular season This was not a great offense. It wasn't even a very good offense. They were pedestrian They were fine. Their defense is what saved their bacon through, you know stretches of the regular season So how good they were in the postseason as well But then the efficiency picks up everybody gets comfortable in their roles and they found something here in this for she rice guys Well, the last of the three and O teams in the NFL the Pittsburgh Steelers of course death taxes and Mike Tomlin squeezing wins out of a stone man I mean the Pittsburgh Steelers 20 to 10 over the Chargers now Taylor Heineke came into the game struggled a bit Herbert got hurt tight game that benefits you but it's not like you weren't harassing the heck out of Justin Herbert, right? They beat the Broncos 13 to 6 ugliest win of the weekend in week two They beat the Falcons 18 to 10 without a touchdown Maybe the ugliest win of week one Atlanta with cousins coming back from the Achilles and first time with a new coach like they looked so bad in that game They've looked very different the last two weeks So you can make the case the Steelers have the most fortunate just lucky and fortuitous three-week win streak to begin the year They're at Indianapolis this weekend They eventually have to play Dallas in the Jets in a three-week stretch coming up Which might tell us a lot but the story is that Justin Fields was never supposed to start for them Justin Fields was their backup Russell Wilson was their starter in the week leading up to week one Wilson got banged up Fields takes over and wins week one running around again. No touchdowns mostly defense and special teams then they have 13 points in week two. They win again. They played their best game in week three against the Chargers 20 to 10 and It's just gonna be hard to bench him. I mean Mike Thomas still doing the thing to anywhere he's going Well, Wilson's not quite right. He's you know, he's not 100% yet Here's what I know Justin Fields is their starter. They haven't announced it yet, but until they lose. He's the guy He should be it should do exactly what they're doing. It's so annoying. It's gross It's not fun, but they're giving up 8.7 points per game. This is the NFL They're giving up 8.7 points per game now I know they haven't played three juggernaut offenses. You just touched on what happened this past week with the Chargers But they're shoving it on people that side of the football is so good All you need is a couple plays made here or there and that's what Justin Fields is gonna do now You want to eliminate some of those bad Justin Fields moments right the gross interception or the fumble or try to do something out of nothing But all you need is him to run around and do something once per game or twice per game Maybe even three times and you'll end up at 17 18 points and that's enough with how good this defense is and has been There three no yeah, they are there are three teams that haven't won yet. Let's look at those teams The Bengals we've been talking a lot about over the last several days for obvious reasons They followed 0 and 3 they're very flawed - 12 and overall net points You ready to admit that the Bengals just aren't that good? That's a terrible defense that defense is way worse Then I thought I'll tell you that I saw that first hand. I don't know if you were there But they got carved up this past week by who played them Washington Washington did okay Washington commanders Yeah, commanders move the ball no they did okay at Will is the phrase yeah, Diva's worse than I thought offense had it's coming up party and they look like the bonafide NFL offense Totally that you thought you were seeing see Higgins made a big big difference Yes, he certainly did now you can't double you can't bracket chase or else Higgins leach you up on the other side of the formation You could see their offense came to life So, you know because bro can do that can spin it so well and move around and do some things They're not out of it all together yet But man, it is an uphill climb to be able to be all in three in that division Yeah, look at the schedule coming up for them at all in three So they've got the Andy Dalton revenge game in Charlotte against the Panthers this weekend. No offense or butts I know Andy Dalton played really well this past weekend and the Panthers look like a different team and they Dominated the Raiders you have to win that that's one in three then they play the Ravens though That becomes a must win if you can win that game you're two and three with the Giants and the Browns after that I know it's hard to just give them a four-game winning streak But in that hypothetical you're four and three and your seasons back on but you have to beat Carolina And then you're gonna have to beat Baltimore in two weeks if they do that Then starting 0 and 3 is a lot less of a problem Yeah, let's say they drop one and they're three and four that's still Their your season is still on you got shot. Yeah, you gotations really good Well that and that's the thing but you so you can maybe afford to drop one of those games that happens It's the NFL But this is a huge one because that oh and four just feels different and on that division I mean Pittsburgh's off to the great start the Ravens are actually one and two so they have not run away from you No Cleveland it's not only one in two, but they're in big big trouble because the Sean Watson is no good So they aren't gonna be sprinting away from you anytime either the other two Windless teams and football are both in the AFC South one is explainable to me I never really got the love for the Tennessee Titans with Will Levis. They have not one yet. The other one is not explainable I don't get this. I thought the Jaguars with Trevor Lawrence would be a much tougher customer He is in his is it the third year with him and Doug Peterson now. Mm-hmm. What are we doing here? That offense looks awful He looks really bad. They have scored 17 13 and 10 points in decreasing order They've been beaten by three five and now 37 they play the Texans Colts and Bears over the next three games So they're in must-win territory the Titans have really been on the wrong end of some terrible young quarterback decisions from Levis They lost a seven-point game. They never should have did the bears when they outplayed them They lost 24 17 to the Jets New York scored with four minutes left to win that football game And then they just got beat up every bad wolf, but Malik will us at quarterback Now they've got the dolphins with Skylar Thompson this weekend So normally that'd be a loss because you play them with a backup quarterback Maybe you can save your season. They then have a bye week and they come out of it with the Colts So my prediction for Tennessee was not division winner or anything kind of crazy I thought they'd be friskier people are kind of looking at them like they were you could barely tie their shoes So that's gone well obviously for my prognostication through three weeks that you mentioned it They should they should absolutely be one and two. They were outplayed by both Green Bay and the Jets They could easily be two-in-one, but they could be two and one But if you take his two worst decisions of the season away, they're two-in-one team That's right. So you know what I don't think they're going anywhere this year But the operation still to me looks better than it did if you look at last season, but to Jacksonville I can't figure that one out. I don't get it I always thought that we're over rating Trevor Lawrence because he was on TV as a freshman killing it And he's been amazing. I just kept asking are we sure that he's great because he was in that he was in that cool Kids club the rarefied air super star quarterback with one pretty good season and that comeback playoff win against the Chargers, right? Awesome deposits other than that it hadn't been special yet. I'm just sort of waiting. Let's crown him when it's special This is the start of a season where coaches lose jobs Yeah, the way things are going in Jacksonville when you're three years in to a regime Grant and Danny with you on the fan the last couple of days It has been cool to be a fan of football in Washington DC again. Let's talk about that next on GND You you you you you you you Grant and Danny on the fan welcome back. Thanks for making the show part of your day Our double plays coming up in 15 minutes. What's going on in our lives nothing to do with sports well blitz in 30 minutes Right here on the fan the teams you care the most about all jammed in a one segment get you the latest Under DC sports clubs. That's played a night 645. They're seasoned winding down This is the last homestand in fact, I think I'm gonna take the kids out to the game is a day game tomorrow Which means we won't be on the air which is Nice I suppose. Yeah, I'll take the children of the ballpark tomorrow for one at last ride My son actually asked me said dad. Can we go to the Nats game? I'm like well, yes, but I'm glad you asked this week and not like in a week Yes, the answer is no next week by the end of the road my friend so cue the boys demand he said good I want to go see CJ Abrams. I Didn't know how to handle that one Go on kayak.com book a flight to West Palm Beach I didn't really know what to say. Honestly. What is this is a moment where he's three. Yeah Do we talk about being out all night at the casino? I don't think we do So I said he might have the day off tomorrow, but that's what I said. That's where we're at so far. Okay Yeah, I don't know how that conversation would go. I think what I'm gonna do is he's gonna wear a CJ Abrams t-shirt He's gonna ask me a bunch of times where CJ Abrams, and I'm just gonna keep saying He's not playing today. I don't think I'm gonna elaborate. I don't want to lie So I'll just give him as much information as he needs but also how do you how could you explain that you couldn't? To a three-year-old, right? I would just explain it to my six-year-old You know what I would say honestly if I wanted to make a Larger point as I would say he misbehaved. Yeah, he made a bad decision and then that's her punishing him He's in his room. He got sent to his room for timeout That's probably what I would say. Yeah, that's not bad. I bought that I'm gonna say he wouldn't go to bed when he was told Oh Actually a fact is it really dead and it's relatable content Yes, he did he came out and asked Mike Rizzo for a glass of water, then he asked Mike Rizzo It's the cocktail wages for something another bedtime story Then he asked the assistant general manager if he could just come layin your bed dad for a while Like he just didn't go to bed when he was supposed to bud. So now he's in timeout He's got a little punishment. Yeah, he's missing the game. I'm gonna take the kids over there We'll get you a preview tonight's game coming up in just a bit on the fan It has been fun to be a commander's fan over the last few days again weird. I Got at the exact same moment. I should go back and figure out which play it was my guess is It's early in the game. I feel like I think it was after the Daniels rushing touchdown on the read option where the Bengals Played it like they'd never seen a quarterback keep a ball and read option ever How open was that touchdown very? Everybody was going the opposite way and it's like I don't know man. I probably look at that quarterback You could have one guy look at him. You could have driven a school bus through that home like a big yellow Take you to your field trip at the one-room schoolhouse near your house when you're growing up School bus legit question now He he's able to you know manipulate and do things with a football and fake better than any of us could right? Like I'm not saying that the moment where Jaden Daniels is open time stops a genie snaps his fingers Grant Paulson all you and your athletic ability you jump into Jaden Daniels's body Could you have scored there? 1,000% and that's kind of my point is I think I could have to well no no that's not and I think I mean I mean this isn't a bit like I could return a kickoff to the 20 or anybody doing look I think anybody could have scored everything the big was that good nobody around him. Yeah, he was at the four And he got into the end zone. There was no one near him all you would have to do if you would you catch the snap? Yeah, okay, then you would score you put the ball out and let her running back Run past it as if he's gonna grab it and then you walk the other way into the end zone Yeah, it was it was defended terribly, but it was also a beauty It was three touchdowns on the ground now for Daniels, but the point is I think it was that play Mm-hmm. I got the exact same text from two different people one is the cousin of my wife Who I talk football with all the time big Packers fan who lives in Michigan? The other is a guy that I do radio shows with on the weekend who does radio in Kansas City There's a big chief smart and doesn't understand what football's like for everybody else. Yeah, and how difficult it's hard for a lot of people But they both set me a text with just eyeballs like that eyeball emoji where it's like Like I think that the text was meant to be like Look at that. Whoa, or like are you seeing this man or like I? See you or something. Yeah Look, but I got two of those back to back. I was the guy getting the eyeball emoji text I so like my buddies who are pretty much Punted not the thing the trust way used to do remember trust way used to punt but on all things Redskins WFT commanders and stuff just beating away don't care anymore or whatever a lot of those guys on The mcclorn bomb not the the tuddy that won everything but on that little skinny post situation where Daniels threw an absolute Dime before mcclorn was open. That's when I got those like oh my god This is incredible type stuff from from guys that haven't paid attention in years. Yeah, I just The last few days seeing Aaron Rodgers on McAfee Raving about Jaden Daniels raving about Terry Maclaurin the amount of other players the vante Adams went on this big Terry Maclaurin ran by the way When did this start where current NFL players are on shows like breaking down? Games that they watched in prime time very weird Maybe I just haven't noticed because the commanders never playing them and no one's ever saying nice things about them But I thought it was very strange a K Adams is interviewing the vante Adams like what'd you think a Terry last night? And like he's giving a thought McAfee's asking Aaron Rodgers. What do you thought of Jaden Daniels? Is that a thing? I've never seen that yeah I think because we're so 24/7 that that's now kind of the norm and it's never about us, right? It's always about other teams or whatever, but yeah, you see that now where it's like hey We all watched it. What did you make of it right because it's we might get a great quote out of Aaron Rodgers asking about anything It's just been a blast to soak up all the coverage there are so many times when you're a fan of this team Where I know this because as a media member you guys won't listen for the week You don't call right you don't want to hear what we've got to say You don't want to read the press clippings. You don't want to see the story we wrote or the tweet we sent this is a Give me all of the content week and just one after another these clips of these players and these people who are just Praising the commanders. We are the cool kid right now and a lot of it is that people like Jaden Daniels and he's the cool kid Right. Yeah, that's the biggest chunk of it something about him - where we always talk about the cool kid club Mm-hmm. It's like that Lamar thing where like people just love Jaden Daniels They do and they should he was incredible and it's fun But like when he does something and someone else does something it's cooler that he did it like he's got whatever that is Washington hasn't had that guy post Robert Griffin and before that in a long long time I mean the number of times as a fan before I was looking up to have this gig What would happen is when it was so negative for so long I could just walk away I would just shut down now. I'm still watching the games and everything But it's like I can't read another article about the dance night or embarrassment or about the other whatever but like here And doing our job like you got to consume it. So when it's nice. I soak it all in Let's go to Matt and Warrington on G and D here on the fam. What's up? Matt. How are you? Hey grand Danny. Good. Great share today. I bought it. Thanks, bro Yeah, hey listen fun going out on the plane with Grant chattin it up So Matt gets full credit by the way I would not have gone to see Paul skeins at great American ballpark if not for you we landed It was like an hour-long flight. We talked the entire time. I felt like it was like a three-minute flight People probably hated our guts by the way Like everyone's like trying to when I left you when I left you in the when you were waiting for your baggage the guy That was the next to me on the flight. We walked up a little bit. He's like that was the longest conversation on a plane I've ever been a part of He was like now I enjoyed the whole thing. You guys never shut up. That is a little I thought about it Like not only after but during I'm like these people around us hate us because it was early in the morning And most people were sleeping and we were just like yeah I mean an hour straight. I'm just chopping it up but anyway When I landed or when we landed I said I was going to the hotel and you said yeah I'm about to go to the Reds game I had no idea they were at home You said they were playing the pirates and that gave me the the thought to look up who was pitching So I would not have seen schemes without you. So I owe you a thank you. Oh Well, awesome. Yeah, no, that was a nice nice park. I enjoyed going there So the three things I enjoy the most that I'm just having a blast with if I'm sitting in my section and the amount of disdain a Bengal fans talking to each other about getting wall-upped by a rookie quarterback and the dumb grin on my face Yeah, that was number one number two. I'm walking out of the stadium Probably eight feet tall at this point. Call us have ever been in my life I'm trying to make eye contact with everybody. I'm not going to be a jerk but it's been a long time since I've had that a little swagger in my walk and then Walking through the airport the next morning in my commander's gear And just seeing all the employees and they're all just scowling shaking their head No, probably a little extra patty pat with TSA a little aggressive on the security walkthrough. I'm enjoying all of that I didn't have anything there, sir. What are you patting me there? Why are you judging me there? Appreciate the column was good cat chatting with you as well, Matt He's right though. We had the same experience in our section where it was not just like the one guy kept saying the red skinch You're gonna let the red skins do this to you and his whole point was I think we all get it Yeah, I got it the team that I always see everyone making fun of all the time, right? But then he kept saying and a rookie quarterback. They're gonna let a rookie quarterback do this stuff It's the feeling that I've had for 30 some years while their guy their special guy runs around and we can't stop him Right, and it's just it's beyond exasperating. It steals your soul stills your will that pit in your stomach Our guy was doing it to them. Yep That's worth it all the debt to me is the whole point. I want that everyone else suffers now not my time It may come by time. Hey, we might be you know one ankle away or whatever all I know is that night It was my time to be the one that made them suffer They had to eat it and that was awesome I want to play the Rogers audio next cuz Aaron Rogers the analyst The guy that breaks down the other NFL games for some reason. Yeah with Pat McAfee He had some thoughts on Jaden Daniels Terry MacLaurin. It was fun to hear I Saw them circulating on the web. So we'll do that next plus our double play What's going on in our lives nothing to do with sports right here on the fan? You You You You Breaking news on the fan is brought to you by Beck QL Smarter bets start with bet QL get three free days of bet QL access by downloading the bet QL app Or visiting bet QL calm Danny the breaking news Dan Quinn telling reporters just minutes ago Austin Echler has already been ruled out will not play in Arizona that obviously means he's likely not going to make the trip To Arizona as well cool and feral already ruled out interestly enough so that injury he suffered last week more serious than just a day-to-day Situation but more importantly maybe the star early on of this offense for the commanders through three games Austin Echler ruled out will not play on Sunday. He will be on our show at 5 p.m. On Friday So we'll get an update on how he's feeling will preview the game with him at that time Yeah, certainly been their most effective per touch player, right? I mean just the the burst he's shown the kind of the easy button taking some of the short little You know, I don't call him gimmicky things but that are meant to just help move the chains a little bit or stay ahead of the chains He's converted their first downs I mean you saw the start of the game right eight yard carry eight yard little flip pass that they get your first down later on a bubble Screen that he takes for 15 16 yards. He's been so effective and is such a weapon for this offense You can't overuse it, right? You can't have a bash between the tackles like Brian like you do Brian Robinson because of wearing tear It's just a such a bummer man because he was off to such a blistering start for this offense I agree that you don't want to overuse it. I do think still there's a big gap between how much they're using him and overusing him agreed to the Point where I would push the gas pedal down a little more Like I know someone will say he just got hurt was a flooky thing he got hit in the side of the helmet It was a concussion. It wasn't like it was a usage fatigue thing He had two carries against the box. I'd like to see that number being the five to seven range He had eight against the Giants averaged about five yards per then he had three for 35 with a 24 yard touchdown and a half against the bangles We were probably on our way to a five or six carry game for him Against Cincinnati if he didn't get hurt which is kind of the floor of where I want it to be The good thing is as a receiver four catches in week one three catches in week two two catches in week three Well in his way in week three and a half of football that would have been a five six catch game Perhaps like the touches are going to be there six in week one 11 and week two Five and a half of football in week three They just got to find a way to incorporate him but not having him is going to be a significant blow We'll talk a lot more as the week goes on about how they try to replace him The next man up at running back is German McNichols McNichols had a really nice blitz pickup Uh where he just de-cleeded a linebacker that's gone viral in one of the few plays where he was noticeable on the field On monday night football, but it's a lot more brian robinson thumping and robinson catching the football out of the back field Thank you could be a really really big game for him in terms of touches and opportunities against the arizona But austin eckler ruled out. This was dan quinn with reporters just a bit ago Yeah, we'll be uh, austin won't make it, you know for the game And uh, it's the right call for him Not uh on our short week to go a little of a chance to see what next week looks like then Uh, but we have do have a lot of confidence It's uh One of the the groups that we have a deep crew that can roll strong and uh, so when called upon uh, we're certainly ready to do that And uh, we're also excited for for jay mac Uh, he's somebody you know hasn't got a lot of touches a lot of opportunities But I do know that he is somebody when given those chances. Uh, he does not miss his ops That's dan quinn from earlier today. I remember they're out in arizona Where they're practicing at a college campus for a few days and at a sunday game now with the cardinals Bummer, man. Yeah, it just stinks. I feel for the guy I do like though finding out this early in the week in terms of planning We've had jay grood on our show for three years now scupoint one of the things that's come up a few times is with ink you know, really instrumental Parts of the offense he would have to tear up his play plan his play sheet and his his game plan Right before a game sometimes when a guy would be ruled out that they thought was trending in the right direction or if there was No game time decision. Let's say where they thought if he gets clear, we're gonna fly him out here. We're gonna play him You would have to do two game plans. There's only so many hours in the day So I actually think possibly maybe this is just me being optimistic But by knowing on wednesday that he's not gonna play if you're cliff kingsberry from really last night on All systems are go on a b-rob heavy You'll make nickels friendly game plan where you're you're not trying to do echler things with somebody else You're doing what they do. Well, that might be okay Yeah, it's you you can recover a better that way for sure and and just to mingle specifically you saw in the preseason Now he is not austin echler. Okay, they don't make many of that guy But he's the most austin echler like among those running back candidates that that was that we thought might make the team from the preseason Either go wily or or christmas rod regas or some of the other guys that were kind of vying for that spot and this was a Magnacles is that let's pick up third down back style guy Who's you know kind of backing up echler figuratively, right? And he made the club and you saw his impact once echler went out again He's not going to put up huge numbers, but that's why he's here is you know to enhance the passing game It is time for our double play driven to you by your local washing area honda dealer stopping for a great deal On the rugged and capable honda pilot contact your local washington area honda dealers today I posted this on my instagram. I believe at grand h paulson There was a picture That we took we kept walking by near our hotel this sign all week long and since an adi And it finally dawned on us that it was just was weird the sign on the door of this sushi place said half price sushi seven days a week I'm going to say it again Half price sushi seven days a week At what point does that just become the price? This is like a classic Mitch headberg joke rest in peace one of the great comedians ever But he would have been able to deliver that line perfectly where If your sign says half price seven days a week, that's just the price boom That's what it is you half off of what you tell me what when is it full? Let me know So we've walked back and forth and the whole group every time is like that doesn't make sense we're racking our brains How could this be why don't you just say that that's the price of the sushi? I tweeted out the picture. I did get one suggestion from somebody That made a lot of sense and i've now gotten to the point where i've overthought this but What if every day at a certain time They drop the sushi price in half Like a happy hour kind of pricing would that make the sign make more sense? I think it might this might actually be a brilliant guess suggestion where When you go in and you get the details on it the way it works is every day from four to seven They serve half a sushi happy hour. Yeah, do you think that's what they mean? It could be but i'll tell you this as the sign reads That famous kentucky sushi, right? It's what it's one of the play. It's one of the national hubs world wide hubs kovington kentucky when you think sushi la san francisco seattle tokyo kovington like in that conversation a lot of people were like i don't know if i'm eating sushi in kentucky But you don't know much about sushi that then you're not up on the sushi game. There is no hotter spot for sushi In america. I think it's third hottest in the world. Is that what we saw? Yeah, because that's because it's ranked up. So like the trend is up. So it was like seven now. It's three and it's the hottest Seem in america is kovington kentucky kentucky sushi. That's right Every day half off. 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