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Commanders: Best of September 3rd - 6th
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Jason muttering to himself during the break that he needs to have his entries for his football pool in alphabetical order. God, it does a lot of work in that spiral notebook. He does, man. I do. He writes more in a spiral notebook than an entire elementary school put together. He does a lot of work in there. Week two, baby. He's a good commissioner. He keeps everybody abreast of what's happening. Of course. Not going to kill him for it. But man, it's a lot of scribbling. A lot of serial killer scribbling in that notebook. A lot of cash up for grabs. There certainly is. All right, let's get back to hitting the skins. Yeah. Love to hit the skins cakes. Who doesn't? Lurch doesn't know. Those days are older. Such a weird answer. All right, so let's do this. I think it'd be more interesting, maybe, if I let you guys don't look at it, don't look at it. All right. I want you just to give me the first team. The offense, I think you could do fairly easily. There might only be one or two curveballs. But go ahead. Give me the-- let's start with the offensive line. We just went through it in the last segment. Oh, left tackle. It's going to be either Brandon Coleman or Cornelius Lucas. They have Coleman listed as one. So I'm assuming that means maybe he'll be ready for week one. I don't know. Allegretting the import from Kansas City's your left guard. Be out of this. Be out of this. She's your center. Right. Right tackles cause-- I'm right guard has caused me and why Alicia Wright tackle. Now, PFF based on last year's grading that 27th, I'm not going to argue. You know what? It's not last place. It's not 30 seconds. That's improvement. I think Carolina was done last. I think it's going to be a unit that needs to really be on their game. I got to stay healthy and play well, yeah. But I'm going to say this. It's not my primary concern, even though it's a major issue. Because I always think you can max protect. You can bring an extra tight end. You could bring in a running back to chip, those kinds of things. You've also got a super mobile quarterback. You've got a mobile quarterback who can mask in. He could get rid of the ball quickly like they did. They're going to scheme around it. Like, that's the thing that blew my mind. Those losers last year that we had in here coaching, all those losers, especially the offensive coordinator loser. He didn't scheme around it like enough. He did it like once or twice, like for a full game. Like, scheme around your mediocre offensive line. Give them more help. Get rid of the design plays to get rid of the ball quickly. I think you could scheme around it. He put a lot of pressure on the offensive line. He put so much pressure on him. Because he was forcing those guys to block good lines. Exactly. For a young inexperienced quarterback. Right. And eventually, it came back in a row. James Berry is going to be balanced. So this, while I agree on paper, that ain't a great offensive line. No, I think it will be serviceable. Bottom third. OK, fair. I think it will be served. I mean, maybe it plays better than bottom third. Maybe it will because they're going to get rid of the ball quickly. They're going to scheme around it. All right. Tight end. Who's number one of the Dev Charts cakes? Zachar. By the way, where is Zachar? It's going in your fantasy leagues. What rounds? Super late late. Like, wow, that's a steal. You should have 13 through 15 miles. Why wouldn't you pick him? He's going to be a buzzer. I'll tell you guys better. He's going to be a baller. It's like a turt. Maybe in a full PPR, you would consider him late. I need to see kind of what he does. Make sure he's out. You're going to be you're going to within two or three weeks, you're going to be rushing to the wave or wire. It could be correct. Did he go undrafted in a lot of leagues? Probably in a lot of leagues undrafted. Oh my god. He went undrafted. I picked him up as a free agent, freebie. That's insulting. And listen, when he gets hurt, you cut him. Because my top two tight ends are hurt. All right. How can Hockinson Hockinson's out for the first four weeks. And I took Brock Bowers. How many is also he's questionable. I don't know if he's going to be out. He's questioned. How many elite tight ends? Because you know me, I don't play fantasy. I don't care. It's a pain. Yes. How many elite tight ends are there? Three to four. All right. After that is the next level. What? Like the Logan Thomas is that? No. What's the next? Logan Thomas. Your next level is like your Kyle Pitts is your Evan Ingram's. I wouldn't put Kittle as a leap. He's right outside. I think. Look at Jake Ferguson. Well, what is Kittle? What is Kittle? What does he average? 65 catches or so? I mean, I'm just guessing. I have no idea. I don't know. He's probably right. He's probably right in that range. Yeah. Okay. And then so in your third tiers, you would put hurts in your third tier, maybe. You might be like a fourth tier or you're doing that just because you've been hurt last couple of years. Yeah. But what's his ability? His ability to be. If he can help, he is. He could be the second guy in targets on the team behind Terry McLorin. I'm telling you. I'm insulting to you. He's going undrafted. All right. All right. Give me the runnybacks. Well, they really only list one running back. Rob Echler and McNichols. Right. So Robinson is number one. Yep. And according to Kime, it's not going to be a situation like Jason was arguing and JP that Echler is going to eventually get the bulk of the carries. It's Robinson's the primary back. Yeah. I love his physicality and everything. And Echler's the third down back. Looking like I'm going to lose my bet with cakes unless they just change. Yeah. Let's go, baby. All right. Kittle had 65 catches for a thousand and twenty dollars. But I nailed that. Just like six touchdowns. My just my tingles. Sixty-five volts. Your tingle meter, Sally. What? Uh, let's go to Dan. Travis has got to go to Dan. Danny. Dan. What's up, buddy? Hey, boys. What's up, guys? Good morning. What's up? I woke up this morning and I put on your show like I always do every single morning. Thank you. And I just was stunned when I saw E.B. Why? E.B. looks like a completely different person. Why? I mean, I haven't seen, I haven't shaved in days. E.B. You look like you're, you got a little sparkle in your eye. You look awake. I mean, usually you're half asleep at the six AM hour. That's true. This is springing your stuff. This all happens when you start talking. You're ready to put the armor on and defend yourself. Yeah. I don't understand why you think I look good because I actually, I have low self-esteem right now. You're just saying you look energetic. Yeah. The last time you looked this good or a sound at this good was, was, I mean, RG3. I mean, he's ready for something. You think that Daniel's hype is making me more attractive? I think it is, man. I think you looked pretty good today. You look, and the biggest thing is just the fact that you, you look like you're into the show. Right. Yeah. He's definitely into it today. Hold on. The yesterday that not looked like I was into it. Not, not like today. Not like really. Really? Really. I feel like I've been pretty locked in this week. What is it about today though? Just because we're talking more commanders? I don't know. I think maybe it's just a build up to the, to the first game. It's finally like, like, it's like, the anticipation is right. It's feeling it. Yeah. All right. I appreciate it. Cause I do have pretty low self-esteem. I feel like I'm a little bloated. Uh, I feel like, um, you said you were going to shave. You didn't shave. I'm going to shave today. Yeah. I'm going to shave. You got a glow. You got a glow to you today, really. I mean, Dan, I think I should go on a date with you. Yeah. Well, I don't really want to go on a date with him, but. Nah, let's not do that. I'm up. Yeah. Anyway. That's all right. Thanks for the call. I need your prediction on the season. Let's see if you have any credibility. I mean, I'll be honest with you. I don't know. I'm up. I'll be honest with you. I'm an Eagles fan. So. Oh, you're an Eagles fan. Did you know that? Do you know you're an Eagles fan? Oh, it does. Yeah. But I've been listening to you guys since 2000 when I moved here. Right. So who do you think is the most attractive junkie? Oh, man. Sounds like he's a team-y bitch. Oh, man. That's tough, man. That's tough. I mean, who do you think it's between? I mean, any other day, you're not even in the top. You're not even in the top, too. But I will put you in the top, too, today, brother. All right. Who's number one? It's got to be. It's got to be large. See, he likes me. He lost the papa. He ain't dead. He's kind of pasty looking. This is weird by you. This is a weird by you. This isn't that much sun. What do you mean? I play golf. I get sun on my face. Yeah, but you're Irish or something. You got a little Irish. You got Irish Danish in me. Kind of that money. Tan. You know what? Tans are overrated. They are overrated. I agree. All right. Well, you're losing me a little bit here, Dan, but okay. I appreciate the call. Sorry, boy. All right. All right. Thank you. Bye, Dan. You have a glow to you. I do have an extra kick. I mean, the football season starts tomorrow. I know. Who's coming into town? Who's bringing in the 9.5% IPAs? You are 9.5? Let's do it. Let's rock it. You know that I'm a grown-ass man who some might say borderline alcohol. And I go to restaurants and they give me the beer list I never know what to order. I just paralyzed by it. I don't even know what I like. Do I like paleo, IPA? I don't know anything. Just ask the waiter or waitress. What do you have on tap? But then I don't know what to choose. I never know. Because I'm not a beer guy. I like liquor. What an order of mixed drink. And even I'm like a bunch of beer people. Well, you can do you. I can do me. If I'm in a bunch of dorks of love bourbon, I still order a beer. Do you have a go-to at any point? Let me do an example. I might not even really want to drink because it's early. It's a lunch. And I don't really want to drink. So I don't want to order liquor. But everyone's ordered a beer. So I want to be part of the crowd. Get a beer. I don't know what beer is. I don't know what my favorite beer is. Okay. You know what? This is an honest-to-got-true story. This is not fake. Honest-to-got-swear on all my children. Order of Surfside. Very good. Nice idea. Order of Surfside. Well done. That was my answer. Perfect. Surfside, man. Strawberry. Be honest with you, I wanted the strawberry. It only had the iced tea, which is fine. I like that. The strawberry is a little sweeter. The surf sides are dangerous because I pick it up and I take a gulp and set it down. And then I pick it up. I'm like, really not much left. That's their first gulp. Gulp a little more. Put it down. And then there's just like a little pinger left in the bottom. Like, there's like half an ounce. They just go down so smooth. Go down with the quick. Another freebie for Surfside. A huge sponsors of the show are huge proponents of. We'd love to be equity partners at some point. I just need to throw that out. They were aerating or whatever they were doing. I don't even know. They were doing something over at Norbeck. So we asked if they could just hook us up over at Manner down the street. And then Manner people always been really nice. It was reciprocity. So went over to Manner. Beautiful. Yeah. I enjoy that place. And it was like, you know, it wasn't going that great. Needed a little cocktail. Something to lighten the mood. Yeah. Pick me up. And we said, where are the Surfside? Is there no Surfside? Right. No Surfside in here. She said, everyone's asking for the Surfside. Everyone's. And we're working on it. Made a phone call. Yeah. Next day. Surfside's delivered. Manner. Now. Stop. So all the members over there can thank your boy. I hooked you. Made a call. Bobby Blickie. And now they've got it. Fantastic. I lose. And I hooked Bobby Blickie because I gave him a new account. Hooked everybody. Good thing. All the way around. Well, these pretty good. I actually did the same thing at a club. I did the same thing to it. Northwest. Technicals just spreading out. I love it. Yeah. No. The next people. Bobby owes us a kickback. Yeah. I could use a couple cases. I got some guests coming to the house this weekend. Coming today, Lurch. How many? Is this a bad move? My friends, dear friends of ours, flying in from Tampa. But my daughter has a massive game today. And so I told them to take an Uber to the house. It's fine. Is that okay? Of course it's okay. What do you guys show for? You're supposed to, you're expected to pick them up. I mean, it's not as close as you're available. When I put it this way, when I go to Tampa and visit, they pick me up in the air. Right. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. I feel bad. You'll get over it. Is this the week where you have all the people coming in? You got a big catering deal? Yeah. On Saturday. All the people. All the people. All the people. Sounds expensive. That's another reason why your head was exploded. Yeah. It's why they clean the house. Houses. Yeah. I cleaned it, painted it. Put, I mean, angels finally done today. You know what? You know what I'm going to do? You know what I'm going to do? Last second. When I go home, I'm going to do this. Sleep. I'm going to wake up and be like, oh, it's time to drive the MGM missing cards. I'm not going to do any work. Oh, but you know what? October 2nd, though, your boy. I'm putting you on the schedule. Thank you. You're on the schedule. Yeah. Hotel. Make sure I have my... You'll be good. Whistle. You'll be covered. Don't you worry. That's if you eat that. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You gotta have a poker table. No. You can't do that. You get thrown right out of the room. Here's the thing. Here's the thing. Oh, I hate this. Limitations. J.C. Allen joins us now from Tampa, Bucks coverage for Bucks Game Day. He's been over here. Now at T-Mobile, get four 5G phones on us and four lines for $25 a line per month when you switch with eligible trade-ins. All on America's largest 5G network. Minimum of four lines for $25 per line to a month without a paid discount using debit or bank account. $5 more per line without auto pay plus taxes and fees and $10 device connection charge. We had 24 monthly bill credits for world qualified customers contact us before canceling entire account to continue bill credits or credit stop and balance on a required finance agreement to bill credits and if you pay off devices early ctmobile.com. Hey Mike Villetti here, host a cash to ticket alongside my partner Jim Costa. It's really simple. Are you tired of podcasts claiming there are a bunch of pro betters when they live in their mommy's basement? Are you tired of podcasts that claim they hit 80% of the games when really they just lose like most of us? Think cash to tickets the spot for you. We're real. We're transparent. We're having a hell of a good time with it and we sit there and we're there for the sweat with you guys. We're just trying to figure it out just like you. Follow and listen to Cash the Ticket on the free Odyssey app or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey and SI now JC what up man. Thanks for joining us. Hey how are we doing guys? We're doing good man. We are curious what you got down there. Obviously Tampa had the big playoff win last year. I think surprised a lot of folks. Todd Bowles defensively we know what that is. You lose the offensive coordinator that works so well with with Baker Mayfield. How are folks feeling in Tampa? I think the optimism is pretty high. You know you go into an offseason where there's so many question marks. First as you mentioned you lose Dave Canal so you're replacing a offensive coordinator. But names like Levante David, Mike Evans, Antoine Winfield Junior, Baker Mayfield, all free agents. Some of them expect to hit the market but the Bucks go in and they bring in Liam Cohen from the Rams. Which you know help bring back Mike Evans, help bring back Baker Mayfield as well. Who had spent time with him similar system. They get Antoine Winfield with a franchise tag and then sign him to what was the largest contract for defensive back before Patrick Sotan just broke that. They bring back Levante David. They sign a key pivotal player missing from the secondary and Jordan Whitehead. And then they reach a long term deal with Christian Work. The law came up as the highest paid offensive lineman in NFL history. So there's a lot of optimism about where the defense is headed. Bringing back a majority of the same playmakers and adding to it with a Jordan Whitehead and through the draft. Second year development and then on the offense. While Dave can also will certainly hurt. You know a little bit I think Cohen comes in and he's a direct branch off that McVay tree where. You know kind of Dave can also from the Shane Waldron and and had some. You know different things in there from Pete Carroll and Daryl Bevel and Schottenheim Marty Schottenheimer that he learned. Or Brian Schottenheimer rather rather and kind of was a mix of that and no experience as a play caller and. You bring in Cohen he's got that experience. He's bringing that same system over so there's a lot of similar terminology a lot of similar. Things that they're doing as far as systematically and I think that leads to a lot of optimism that the book. You know can go out there and repeat this division camp. Well it's a lot optimism and I think that brings great expectation but it's a confidence totally in. Baker Mayfield will have the year like he had last year. Yeah I think so I think when you look at Baker Mayfield is kind of an enigma as a quarterback right he's never really had. Success and back to back years but when you kind of look at into the why behind that you start to realize he's never really been given a chance. You know he comes into a terrible organization and you know he loses his head coach is fired and then offensive coordinator is fired. You know you go through the changes and by the time he lands in Tampa he's had eight different head coaches and nine different offensive coordinators somewhere around there. That's crazy. It's kind of like kind of like Alex Mipolas with the Chiefs you know and I kind of compare their careers. Not the way they play or anything but kind of like not given really a great chance you know as that number one pick to succeed. You know he had some success in 2020 and then you know whether it's through his own ignorance or arrogance or whatever he tried to play through injuries and you know numbers aren't the same. Remember this Brown team was Chad Henny to stop on a 12 yard scramble from the AFC Championship game that year. Maybe we're looking at Baker still with a Brown. So I think the consistency of the continuity with the offense the upgrades they made to the offensive line. Bringing a guy like Cohen who's worked with him giving him more responsibility. It just bodes well for finally for back to back good seasons for Baker to go out there and kind of swing the rock and nobody's doing an understanding and you got to remember two last season. Going into it he was in a competition through training camp so. You know he wasn't getting all the reps with the ones and kind of still developing that chemistry throughout the first couple weeks of the season. Now they're locked in ready to go and he's poised to have a really strong year this year. Yeah you know who helps is Mike Evans and the guy I feel like he kind of never gets talked about in the top top wide outs but just continues to deliver year after year house Evans and kind of the skill position players looking. Yeah I mean Evans is finally starting to get his flowers now and it's long overdue you know this 10 straight thousand yard seasons and you know Mike Evans is going to be Mike Evans he's going to be. 10 straight thousand yard seasons it's great not. Right he's going to be a vertical threat but what he's also really underrated for is his route running. He's probably one of the better route runners in the NFL probably like top 5 top 10 and that doesn't get talked about enough but you know with him and then moving. You know he's played at least 50 that's crazy. 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He's looking like pre ACL Godwin before he suffered that injury and Cohen said he's going to play a Cooper Cup style role. In this offense so perceptions galore coming his way. And then Jalen McMillan has looked really well coming on as a rookie. They dropped him on third round could end up being one of the fields of the draft. I think he's on the same page with Baker. He's just very fluid, very smooth. You talk to guys like Antlo and Winfield Junior Levante David guys who have been around and seen some of the best. And they just say he's like a savvy veteran out there. He kind of knows the soft spots in zone. He knows you know how to get open, how to create separation. And one of the question marks with him was you know, can you play through physicality coming off the line and going across the middle. And he's shown that he can do that. And I think he's going to be a pivotal part of this offense. Tabos likes to blitz is that still his mindset coming out of the locker room. Making sure your quarterback is ready. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. I mean he's going to come up with an exotic look exotic pressures. You can kind of look last year he had Vita Bay and Cladgett Kansas off ball linebackers. So he's going to come up with certain things and he's going to send it from everywhere. And I think that's one of the things about Tabos defense. Would he thrive with a you know double digit consistent sack artist and one of these top premier ed rushes in the league. Yeah, but the way he is defenses, you know, he brings it. He brings the pressure from all different areas. So it'll always keep in quarterbacks on their toes. Could be coming from the nickel of the corner. Sons, loops, different twists, all sorts of different things he's going to do. A simulated pressure. He's going to bring it in ways that are going to keep a quarterback wondering a where it's coming from. And make them have to get rid of the ball so quickly. And that's part of the reason why the sack numbers from their edge Russia is having been as high because it's an emphasis that offensive coordinate is put in. Hey, we've got 2.5 seconds to get rid of this ball. If not, they're coming. Someone's coming from somewhere and you need to get that ball out. So it kind of it helps and it hurts the box as well. Especially the defense because, you know, they want to get those sack numbers. But when the quarterbacks know that the book that they're coming, you've got to get that ball out quick. And it kind of sometimes limits their opportunities to do so. You said he had vida bear coming on off the line. And the line better. That should be legal to have that dude getting a run. I mean, Vida is something rare. I mean, I've seen this guy be five yards deep in the backfield and run 20 yards down the field and tackle running back. He's a he's a rare breed. And he's down that season too, making him. Slim down to one. 3.30. Yeah. 3.20. He was at 3.50 or 3.60 last year. So he's not 3.20. I slept 3.20. That's a big problem. I'm talking with JC. JC Allen here. You can give him a follow at JC Allen NFL. Bucks reporter, writer, Bucks game day SI now. Check out the podcast. He's got it all cooking down there in Tampa. All right, dude. Obviously this game Sunday four o'clock. The bucks are installed as a favorite. What do you think happens? Yeah. So I think, you know, in the beginning, it's going to, there'll be some figuring it out, right? You haven't seen a lot of this Washington commanders team. Especially not Jaden Daniels. So there'll be a lot of figuring out that may maybe lead to some early plays by the commanders. But I think after the half. Bubbles will get it kind of figured out. There's like this thing going around about how he's, you know, not great against quarterbacks, rookie quarterbacks. But it's actually 10 and five since during the bucks. One of those was a game he didn't play a starter. So I think the bucks win this handily probably around like by 10 points or so. I think there's just too many moving parts for the commanders right now. I think they're going to be a good team. But it takes time for that chemistry to come into kind of in a game setting and Washington and play a lot of their starters in the preseason. They have pretty much a whole new defense other than their interior and a couple of defensive backs and the back there. I think they're very promising team. I think the trajectory is certainly pointing up on them. But I think with the offensive line and I think with, you know, some of the pieces on defense, it's going to lead to some miscommunication and some big plays that we made by the bucks. And I think they win probably. It's early so offenses aren't always good. Probably somewhere around like 27 to 17 or something like that. Yeah. I mean, Washington's got a lot of questions. Tampa's bringing just about everybody back. But, you know, the reason you watch the games, you never know what's going to happen. JC, thank you for the time. Really appreciate it. See you Sunday. All right. Hey Mike Valenti here, host a cash to ticket alongside my partner Jim Costa. It's really simple. Are you tired of podcasts claiming there are a bunch of pro betters when they live in their mommy's basement? Are you tired of podcasts that claim they hit 80% of the games? When really, they just lose like most of us. Think cash to tickets, the spot for you. We're real. We're transparent. We're having a hell of a good time with it. And we sit there and we're there for the sweat with you guys. We're just trying to figure it out just like you. Follow and listen to Cash the Ticket on the free Odyssey app or wherever you get your podcasts. Now at T-Mobile, get four 5G phones on us and four lines for $25 a line per month when you switch with eligible trade-ins. All on America's largest 5G network. Minimum of four lines for $25 per line per month without a paid discount using debit or bank account. $5 more per line without auto pay plus taxes and fees and $10 device connection charge. Phones will be at 24 monthly bill credits for well qualified customers contact us before canceling entire account to continue bill credits or credit stop and balance on a required finance agreement to bill credits and if you pay off devices early see T-Mobile.com. That's J.C. Allen from Tampa. It covers the bucks for Bucks Game Day and SI now. He's not wrong. On paper, this thing looks kind of one-sided. Honestly, they don't play the games on paper. Dalton Wasserman at 11. From the mind. The future bet you can make on the commanders is to either go over or under that total. So let's proverbially walk up to the window here, Danny. I want you to pick a side and we'll open up the phones for you guys right now. It should be fun. I want to take the temperature of our listening audience on this via you guys at 800-636-1067-800-636-1067. Would you bet on the commanders to go over or under six and a half wins? It's over but slight for me. I've got them right at seven. I think this is probably the range they should be in, which again is why, as our buddy Chris Russell says, the boys in Vegas. Just it's a group of three or four people in Vegas. Just these boys got them around deciding these types of odds. I was sitting next to Russell at Josh Harris's press conference last weekend over at the ex. And Harris said at one point, like... I remember he goes, "I'll leave that to the guys in Vegas." Exactly. He's like, "I'll leave that to the folks out in Vegas," or whatever. And I literally, as Josh Harris is talking in the second row, turn around to Russell who's right behind me. And I go, "The boys in Vegas." The boys in Vegas. Anyway. Yeah, but that's right where they belong, I think. Both in terms of turning over the roster, in terms of new regime, new quarterback, all these types of things, there is not a ton of precedent for a team that just jump up and win nine or ten games. Our eyeline is ruined because of what CJ Stroud, the remarkable turnaround that Houston endured last year, but what's far more typical is incremental improvement. Plus, I forget the exact number. I don't have it in front of me. I was trying to look it up real quick from Warren Sharp. They have one of the more difficult schedules in the NFL. And as you start to tally it up here, you're not in terms of the gimmies in terms of how dominant they're going to be. I think they'll be competitive in every game, but it feels like that six or seven win plateau to me. So I'd probably say seven. The other nugget I would offer is from the folks of the SPN who did that very nerdy statistical breakdown, Mike Clane Company, they have a win probability of north of 50% in only one game. And that's a team that they haven't beat very much at all over the last handful of seasons in the Giants. So it doesn't mean that you lose every one of those games where you're of 34% favored or of 48% favored, et cetera, but it just means just on paper. So when you add it all up, I don't see the banner season. A lot of folks are talking about in terms of nine or 10 wins. I'm okay with that, by the way. I've got them right in that seven win range. So I would take the over with some hesitation. Twelve easiest schedule in the NFL via Sharp analytics. Obviously, there are other metrics you can find. Most places have them somewhere between fifth and sixth easiest to about 10th. I think Sharp actually is one of the least favorable toward Washington schedule. And he's got him still top 12. So schedule should not be an issue at all. You know how I do my strength of schedule bit. I don't do it the way a lot of people do where they look at the teams based on last year. The way I look at strength of schedule is quarterbacks that are on your schedule. You know, what QBs do you actually play? That's what I care about. Now that can change too with injuries and generally it only gets easier. It doesn't get a lot harder because it's not like teams are going out and adding at the quarterback position. But if you look at their early season schedule, I think they've got to start pretty quickly. You know, they play the Bucks and the Giants in weeks one and two. I think both of those games are winnable. And I could actually see them being two and O going to Cincinnati from Monday night football. But I know that if they're going to be over six and a half, they probably have to have one of those two. I don't like the idea of O and two going to the Bengals for a prime time game on the road. That's going to be a difficult place to play. You then play the Cardinals through four games you should be two and two. You know, if you're not at least one in three, you're in big, big trouble. But the Giants and Cardinals games are going to be toss up type games. I know the Cardinals is on the road, but you could very easily be 500 through four games. Then you've got the Panthers, the Bears and the Giants in a stretch right around Halloween. You get one of those at least maybe two of those. But if you just run through it, I mean, it's the quarterback schedule includes Will Levis, Derek Carr, Daniel Jones twice. Hurts the way he played last year is is no insurmountable task. They almost be Philly twice. Deschaun Watson has not been good. They have Kyler Murray of Arizona, Baker Mayfield of Tampa Bay. So it's just, it's not a arduous schedule in that regard. So I'm going over as well, Danny. I'm a little more bullish maybe in the over than you are too. We've got seven sounds about right, but I wouldn't be surprised if they're able to win eight or if Jayden Daniels is really, really good, if they got to nine. But we're in lockstep in saying over six and a half, which is a little scary. Yeah. I mean, they're in the range among the bottom five or six, maybe even seven teams in the NFL in terms of win totals, right? Like there's a couple that are four and a half. I think there's a couple that are five and a half and a couple other that around, you know, six, six and a half depends on your sports book and depends on where you're looking. So, so the world isn't, isn't terribly bullish and I, I totally get your, your, you know, quarterback approach, like looking at it that way. That's as good a way to do it as any because as you said, I don't know any. Well, as Joseph said, rightly, we're basing a lot of it in the last year. I'm trying to also put in what I think a team is going to be, but again, that's the beauty of this league is you think you've got somebody figured out and then they're totally different. How many people thought Houston tenants, tenants, tenants haven't last year with rookie of the year, division winner, how many people, you know, we're, we're 100% sure that, you know, Detroit would be within a point or two away of winning the NFC title or, you know, the green baby will go on the run that they did. I mean, there's a million different things that we try to predict and we can't. The Philadelphia would start 10 and one and fall apart. You don't know when you play a team. The old Chan had axiom. But to me on paper, if they're explosive and high ceiling enough to win some of these games that, you know, just, if it got high scoring at times in the last couple of seasons, they had no chance for the most part, right? Except maybe with the exception of one of those Philly games or the Broncos going back and forth. But if you're like playing in one of those high level NFL games, it was like, okay, you're going to leave this team in a distant review. If they've got the wherewithal, maybe to win a couple of those games because to your point, Daniels is doing something explosive and you steal one against, I don't know, Philadelphia on the road there, then you can kind of start to creep up that total a little bit to me. I mean, I just, you don't have to play my homes. You know, that they do have to deal with Jackson and Burrow, but no, Alan Herbert Stafford. You know, last year you played the Jets didn't have to deal with Rogers, but would have. It's probably a middle of the pack quarterback schedule if you do it that way from the. CBS Sports.com put out an article where they do the ceiling and the floor. The ceiling and the floor predictions for every team in the NFL. For wins or just for this week for the entire season. Okay. So for wins. So they're prediction for the commanders. They're sealing for the commanders is an eight and nine finish missing the playoffs. And here's how here's the write up for it. Plenty of reasons to be excited and Washington with Jayden Daniels having the keys of the offense and his rookie year. He'll be a player to watch every week, especially since he provides a threat to get first downs on the ground. Daniels gets a reliable wide out in Terry McLaurin and a promising rookie tight end and Ben Sinett to pair with Zach Earths running back Austin Eckler is looking for a bounce back year as well. Dan Quinn is charged with fixing a defense that was arguably the worst in the NFL last season. The commanders will have multiple new starters on the revamp unit with linebackers, Bobby Wagner and Frankie Louvoo, Chase's neighbor. I threw that in there, significant upgrades from last year. Things are looking up in Washington. So that's the ceiling case according to CBS sports.com for the commanders. And what is the floor case? Yes. Their floor. Ooh, five, 13, or 13, five, five, 12, fair to guess a floor for the commanders according to CBS sports.com. I mean, if Jayden goes down, it could be like, yeah, three or four, if Jayden goes down, but if he stays healthy, I'm pretty optimistic. CBS sports.com has the floor for the commanders as six and 11, obviously missing the playoffs. The commanders have improved, but this is still a rebuild. The secondary was the worst in football last year and it's still a work in progress, especially at corner. The past rush improved with Dorn's Armstrong, yet these Deron Payne and Jonathan Allen to play at their 2022 levels. The old line was poor last year and Daniels may be running for his life needing center Tyler Beottish to solidify it. This roster is still evolving, but the commanders will be better in Quinn's first year. This is maybe why you want to lean more towards the ceiling. I just saw this and I posted this on our Instagram page. Give us a follow at sports junkies radio. The athletic surveyed 31 agents. They do an annual agent survey. And the team voted as having the best off season, the Washington commanders. That's the agents. I would rather be personnel people than agents, but still that's, that's a positive feeling with personnel. I would say the ceiling is higher than what they have. My ceiling would be 10 wins. Jayden Daniels has the CJ Stroud like season and they are this year's Houston, Texas. So I would say the ceiling is higher. My floor would be lower because there's a possibility from all the reports, it doesn't seem likely, but there's a possibility that Jayden Daniels has a Bryce young like rookie season or he gets hurt. There's a good possibility. The secondary stinks and the offensive line struggles and a lot of things can go wrong is more possible with Jaden, the him getting hurt than him, having a Bryce young like type season. I just don't see him having that poor of a stat line. They don't have great weapons for him. Yeah. But I think the difference is you're discounting his legs and the fact that, I mean, he could run for eight or 900 yards as a rookie if he stays healthy, discounting on it because I'm not betting on that, but I'm just saying that I think the floor is lower than the six wins and they have, they could ever repeat season. Their defense was dead last last year, you know, think they're markedly better defensively. I think their linebackers are better. I think that their pass rush is a huge question mark and their secondary is weak. Yeah. And then I think the offensive line struggles. We don't know if Noah Brown is going to be a good number two receiver or whatever the heck they do. I know you've got confidence. They might not have enough for him. I think, but yeah, I do think, look, I said the ceiling should be higher. I don't know. What is your range? I think the ceiling, I think the ceiling could be 10 and seven. That's exactly what I said, ceiling of 10. And I think like the floor, I think their floor is close. Like I, I don't think, I don't think they're worse than like a five win team. If they're, if they're right where they were last year with Ron or God forbid worse, then the first year of Dan Quinn is just, it's not a mitigated disaster. If you want to chime in, you can call us on the MGM National Harbor listener lines, 800 six, three, six, one, oh six, seven. What do you think the floor and the ceiling are for the Washington commanders this season? So my four, four wins repeat of last year, just dreadful. Everything goes wrong. Ceiling 10 wins there this year's Houston, Texas. Yeah. I'm going to put a, put some stock into the coaching staff and how they're just more, you're going to be more prepared each week. I think the defense will be better. I don't know how much better, not going to be dead last. I mean, they could be five, six, seven spots better in the league, but that is still a significant difference to me offensively. I think that, um, markedly better, yeah, I would agree. And I also think that they'll, they'll be more balanced offensively because Kingsbury is going to do a much better job than the enemy did. Right. I still, I still, I still have concerns about the, the wide out threats because if I'm a defensive coordinator, I'm just taking McLaurin out of the game and I'm making those other guys beat me. All right. If they start beating me, I'll adjust. But that's what I would do. What about, what about, we're forgetting about our tight ends and Echler and Robinson, those guys coming out of the backfield like catching balls. Yeah. Yeah. I think that that's going to be a factor. I just don't know yet. I don't know, because we just didn't see enough from Daniels. By the way, I botched the thing about Robinson as a rookie. He was, he was put on the pop list and missed the first four games. Right. I'd forgotten. I blocked that out. I know. And we just let you. Come back in week. Yes. Did you play in that fifth? I think so. Who knows. Now you have them as a seven win team, I believe, when we went through the schedule, we're going to do it again during our crab kickoff on Thursday, I think my first official, there's still not a schedule prediction in their four, but Jason, give me your four, your ceiling. I think ceiling's probably nine wins. Um, I think that'd be a great year because if you win nine games, that means your quarterback played pretty darn well. You might be getting swept up in Jayden, mania, personally. I still have to see and what you're getting, there's not, there's no way they're going to be four and 13. I could be wrong. I would say their floor is probably six wins. I think my schedule prediction, my crab cake schedule prediction is going to be, it might start with a one really, and there might be another number at it's not going to just be one, one in 16, like, yeah, there's going to be a second number after the one, right? Whoa. And it probably looks like this. Oh, are we drinking a strong that like two out of the last three seasons, are we drinking a strong IPA on Thursday? Uh, I guess. Did you think they were going to win double digits with Fitzpatrick? You can have a little, I was swept up in Ryan Fitzpatrick, mania. Yeah, I, I fell for Fitzpatrick. I feel like, I didn't know he went on a water slide and injured his hip before you're just sure to E.B. on the collage drinking of the commanders. I might be ladling the Kool Aid with, with Jaden Daniels. I D.B. What's your floor? What's your ceiling? I, I mean, can I, it's, it's an impossible question to ask. It has to be. It's actually not impossible. It is. It is because it can't. It's actually the easy question. No, it's not. There's an answer. No, it's not. There has to be a caveat is does Jaden stay healthy? But that's the point. Yeah. You build that into your floor. We can't read the future. You build that in your floor season hinges on him. So if he gets hurt, what, what did it, how many games they win? I can win zero. Okay. That's not your floor. Zero wins. He gets hurt? Sure. Yeah. I mean, the whole season. He's like Aaron Rodgers plays four snaps. All of them. He cares. We have to go to Mariota. Mariota. Yeah. Mariota. Whatever. So your floor then would be zero. My floor would be, what did the, how many did Mariota win when he marioed away? I can't even say that the guys, he's so not good that no one knows his name. His Marcus mariota mariota when he jabs idle, when he played before he quit on in Atlanta. How many wins did he have before he quit? They were almost 500. I guess six or seven. Well, I just don't think he can do it. What's your ceiling? Can you answer that? Yeah. 10, 11. Nice. Yeah. Let's go. Yeah. 10 or 11 is my ceiling. 100% if we're balling. Sure. And what is as good as Jason and I think if Earth is, could stay healthy or they play Senate. I think Earth's gonna have a bunch of catches. I think he's gonna have a bunch or I think Senate could do it. Because there's no established number two. But he hadn't stayed healthy for years. I understand. But the last time he played 15 games a few years ago, he had a lot of catches in equipped Kingsbury offense. Yeah. That's fine. But again, staying healthy is. I understand that. Very easy to do. That's a big question for him. It can happen. Yeah. If we pressure, I mean, you know what? I know we lost Chase and Monteso's good. Yeah. They didn't really do that much. Monteso had moments. It's not like we lost on anything. So these bums we brought in, why can't they be as good or better than the bums we got rid of? Did I bet on them for the stupid sack record? I think I might have. Yeah. Those guys. We act like we lost something. They didn't really do anything. You love addition by subtraction. It's addition by subtraction of Dorn's Armstrong. And honestly Fowler, I'm not going to say bus proof on Jaden. I'm going to say can't miss her. He's a can't miss her. Seems like a can't miss her. He's a can't miss her. Very similar to bus proof. I'm going to say. They're like, no. Right? That's what they can't. It gives me a little more leeway. Can't miss her. He's Jaden Daniels will be a star and asleep. I would say save that can't miss her. They'll be very good. It's the bus proof. I know. Same. They're basically the same. I know. I know. Look. Star. Not just. Pretty good. Yeah. No. A full-blown superstar. Not necessarily by week three. But when this is all said done, we're going to look back and say this was the transformative guy. Right. That's the direction of the franchise. God willing. He's not Haskins. He's not how he's not Wentz. He's not Fitzmagic. He's way better than Robert. I think you're a guy. I mean, the only guy that could say that for sure will be tough to surpass what actually be Kirk because Kirk has been really good. It's been very good. All right. Let's go to the phones. 800-636-1067. What do you think the floor is for the commanders and what do you think the ceiling is? Let's go to Jim. Jim is just a negative Nellie. Go ahead, Jim. Go ahead. Just bring everybody down. Hey, Jim. Hey, guys. Love your show. Thanks, man. Here's my take. I might be five and a half. I think the coaching staff, the organization might jump it up at one and a half games, but we got to be really serious about the offensive line. We can talk about the two new players, but we can also just talk that I don't see a tremendous improvement. I think we're equal or maybe just a hair back on the receivers. Maybe we're equal. I don't know. We're basically saying Peter's strategy of let's put together a committee that's going to work better than John Johnson. I really don't know. In terms of-- and I asked you this question before I make my final points. What did CJ Stroutl-- was that 10 wins for him? The Texans, yeah. Last year, yeah. Okay. Well, he's the absolute-- he's the ceiling on Royds. I mean, he is the top. Anybody who says over 10 is in a different planet, but I think seven would be solid. It also just takes into consideration a really strong start by Daniels, but not perhaps a Strout performance. Do you believe when it's all said and done, that Jaden Daniels will be a star NFL quarterback? I think 80% star at least. Yeah. I really do. I think he's got everything you need. He's got-- also, he's got-- looks like he's got real strong confidence, so I think people don't weigh into as much. I just think he's going to go in there and see what's going to work. It's a quiet confidence. It's not an arrogance that is off-putting like other guys we've had around here. Like Robert. Absolutely agree. Yeah. Absolutely. Love you guys take. Yeah, thank you. So the Texans in 2022 were 3, 13, and 1, so slightly worse than what Washington was last year. It's the 10 and 7 last season. But also, I always bring up Indianapolis, I mean, played the Texas last game. The winner was going to go to the playoffs, like they were that close to the same type of turnaround. We can't overstate how much better our coaching staff is than those losers. So much better. Losers. Top to bottom. Okay. That we had. I generally agree with you, but Quinn's resume is just like Ron's when he took over. I'd take the whole thing, take the whole staff. We like to tell Rio as the defensive coordinator when he took over, I understand, but we were wrong. We were all wrong. Not wrong. Okay. The Jayden Daniels rushing prop. What do you think it is? I'm going to save 475 yards for the game. I'm sorry for Tampa. 68. No, it's got to be lower than that. 47 and a half. All right. Would you go over under that? It's going to go over. It's lower. It's lower than that. Let's go over 39 and a half. Can I borrow money from you to make that bet? Yeah. And from you, Brian Robinson's rushing prop. What do you think it is? 61 and a half yards. Would you go over under? I would go over, over, over. You guys think they're going to run like 200 yards. No, no, no. It's way under that. What is it? 37 and a half. 42 and a half. Oh my God. Put your entire 401k on it. All right. Hold on. Hold on. Put your entire 401k on B-Rob over 42 yards. You better be Twix's ankle. Cakes. That. And all my years of doing the show. How many years have we been doing this? I've prescribed. 20, Rick. 20. That's the biggest lock I've ever heard. All right. Pass in the preseason event. You can play it on me. You can play it on me. They'll put it in. He had it in. I'm right now. I will. What? It carries in the preseason. I know. For 42 yards. I have it for the rest of the season, Rick. You talk about evaluators. They just need to see a few minutes. That's all elite guys like me. That's all we need. I don't need 50 carries to see how was silly. You thought Carson went to a silly. No, I didn't. I was 51 49 on when it's go to the tape. I said cautiously optimistic. All right. Passing props for Daniels from the mind. If you missed any of our interview with Pete Presco, get on the honestly app and hit rewind because he was really good and he really, really likes Jaden Daniels. And I think a lot of folks listening to us probably feel the same way. I think you would enjoy listening to that if you missed it. If you're just getting in your car, I mean, wake up earlier, I don't know where the hell you've been doing. Yeah. We've been talking about football since the show began. All football coverage. I'm not saying today's something wrong with you. Yeah, dude. All the football coverage on the fan is presented by T-Mobile switch to T-Mobile and you get tons of benefits and still save on every plan against AT&T or Verizon. User savings calculator to find out how T-Mobile dot com slash switch. Slash switch. Why you do that real slow, don't you? Slash switch. That's a tough combo for me, but I've been getting it. I've been getting it. I don't believe this will happen really in any capacity and a lot certainly a knowledgeable football analyst with a very large platform between ESPN and social media and everything else. But let's hear this Mina Kimes audio about the possibility of Devontae Adams moving on from the Raiders. I think the Raiders are going to be a bad football team. Yes. And while I don't think the commanders, you know, I don't have them as a playoff team I think by midseason they will have won enough games and seen enough with Jaden Daniels where they want to invest in him midseason. And the thing about Devontae Adams, guys, you know, like because I was thinking about which teams would trade for him and like you're tempted by teams where it's like they just need the final piece, you know, whether it's like the Ravens or the Bills or the Jets or whatever. But his contract is actually very, I think, attractive to a team that wants to keep him around for some time. It's very tradable. I mean, it's $35 million a year after this season, but that's all salary. So you could trade for him, restructure it, keep him in the building for a long time. And I still think he's an incredibly, incredibly elite wide receiver. Obviously, he was not thrilled with the situation in Las Vegas last year, but the commanders strike me as a team that have both, they're going to be like just feisty enough to want to do this. And I think they're also going to be motivated to improve the circumstances of their young quarterback. But it all starts from Deshawn Jackson and his podcast. And you know what he always says, it doesn't come from the horse's mouth is BS. And he says he's only talked Deshawn four times in his life. He'd never mentioned anything to him about that. So you don't know where that came from. You said Deshawn Jackson. You mean? Yes. Sean Watson. No, Deshawn Jackson. Devontay. Adam went on Deshawn Jackson. No, he didn't go on podcast. Deshawn Jackson in his podcast was discussing Deshawn Tays dislike in Oakland and with the Raiders. Yeah. He never talked to him before times in his life, and he never, he's never talked to him about this topic. Deshawn. They said that of Deshawn Jackson. Yeah. Yeah. And that's where a lot of that stuff started as he said. That makes sense. I mean, there were rampant rumors last year connecting Devontay Adams with the Jets. Then Rogers gets hurt. So why would you make the move? Yeah. Devontay Adams in the now, the Netflix documentary of last season with the Raiders, clearly unhappy, clearly, clearly unhappy, openly talked about it at various points, specifically the quarterback situation. I don't expect him to become happier this year with Gardner Menchoo and Aidan O'Connell as the starters. But dude, they just had ample opportunity to trade for Brandon Ayuk. And who knows if it actually would have happened, but like they could have done that if they wanted to. They didn't. Ayuk is significantly younger than Adams. Now he's not as good. Devontay Adams is a first ballad Hall of Fame receiver. Ayuk is good. Just Devontay Adams is great and at various times has been the best receiver in football. He might be the best red zone receiver in football in the last like 20, 25 years, depending on what Randy Moss's category would be. Devontay Adams is fantastic. I just, to make this move at the deadline, I don't see a, see the way I look at it. Keep telling us is a long-term thing. Every time somebody was going to be out there, be free, Washington used to be the name that popped up. Right. And the way I'm watching Adam works, Adam don't seem to be old just because it hasn't make tons of sense. So I'm kind of with you. I don't see that happening. And then again, that's automatically saying that nothing is going to look good here before then. What if everything is working out perfectly at that point? You don't just make that deal just to make it. I just, I don't, I think it was the same podcast earlier this year where they said that like Cliff Kingsbury could be on the hot seat and I was like, "Hot seat, you just got here." One year? Yeah. Damn. Or the Dan Quinn could be on the hot seat if the, I know this came from a me and a college podcast that Dan Quinn could be on the hot seat if the offense looks really good and the defense doesn't. I just, I don't see any of that. Like I, I don't see this team, honestly the type of moves I could see this team making at the trade deadline would be if they are out of it and they're three and six, you've got a couple veteran pieces that a contending team might be very interested in. Yeah. And analytically there would be a, a easy support for that. We saw it last year, trading chase was one thing, perhaps that was more complicated, but trading montes, there was reasons not to want to do that from a football perspective and they did it and I wouldn't be shocked if you see another year of that. I think this team is far more likely to be a seller at the deadline than a buyer at the deadline. Yeah. I think a lot of people in that, that makes these type of comments, they have a reputation of being, you know, very good at the job, but you know, I think a lot, that hot takes thing in so much competition in sports today. I think some things are said just to be, if I, I'm going to say it, I don't have no proof on it. I'm going to say it. And if it happens, I said it first. I think that happens too often with the, even some of the people that at the top. The only part I would add about Tivante Adams, he's going into the third year of a contract extension. He's 17 million guaranteed money, he's got a $25 million cap hit, okay? The Raiders couldn't really do anything with him this year. Next year though, there's no guaranteed money on that deal. It would be a $16 million cap hit, but it would be a $28 million cap savings if they released them. If they gave them a post June 1 designation, which is, if you're considering that move, certainly what you do, the dead money goes down to about eight mil and you save 36 mil on the cap. Like, if I answer this question, you think they want to not have him around and don't get something for him? Perhaps. I'm not saying they might not try to trade him, like I can understand that. He's, he's not sure they're trying to get something for him. This thing could go, when you have a player that's this unhappy and I wouldn't be shocked if the Raiders season goes poorly, if that's yet another new GM, roster redo, you know, I wouldn't be shocked if that's a release, honestly, with a $44 million cap hit versus compared to a $35 million, now who knows, maybe plays great this year and they just keep them. I just like that, a guy like that, that people still will want on their roster. You try to make a trade for him. You don't just release him and get nothing for him. Sure. When do you do it? You can't do it now because ideally you, you want him on your team to try to win games. Yeah. Maybe you want him. Adams becomes, I also wouldn't look past, we know who's running the show for the Jets. We know it. Yeah. Aaron Rodgers. Yes. Yes. Aaron Rodgers with the owner. And if the Jets are good by the trade deadline, I would have a hard time looking past that as the absolute top option to get the Bonta. Yeah. I grew. I think that's. 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What's your answer to that? At the end of this season, 17 games from now, what's it going to take for you to feel like Washington has their answer in Jaden Daniels and not to still be skeptical, not to still need to see more, not to go into next season as a make or break. Let's figure this out in 2025. We'll open up the phones on this, 800-636-1067, MGM National Harbor listener lines, 800-636-1067. So the simple word for me is health, but there's a lot that goes into that. And here's what that entails. That's sliding in the secondary. When you've made the big game, you're making the play and you've got a chance for a first down or whatever you get down, you get out of harm's way. It means you don't hold on to the ball to do that hero play, like Sam Howell was doing early on last season where he got crunched and knocked even in week number one. With the plays dead, you throw it away. It means you stay out of trouble as much as possible. The hits are going to come. It's the NFL. You're going to be hit as the quarterback of a football team, whether you're good, bad or indifferent. When you hit, the bad ones get hit more. You avoid the unnecessary ones. If he shows the ability to do that, I think that's going to go in an awfully long way to sort of believe that a huge amount of anxiety I have about him and his frame and the prohibited take too many hits unnecessarily. To me, if he's able to get through this year without taking those extra ones, don't necessarily knock you out every time, right? You can take some of those bad hits and bounce right back up and be fine until you're not. That's a huge thing for me. It's about that process of him staying healthy. So that's on my list, but it's not at the top of my list. I'll move that one to number three and we'll get to that in a second. Number one, for Jayden Daniels to prove to me this season over the next 18 weeks and 17 games that he's the guy, I need him to prove that he can move in the pocket. I need him to process and get the ball out. I need him to not make life harder on Washington's offensive line. And this goes to the pressure, sack percentage, things that we talked about quite a bit in a nauseum before the draft. I need him to show that he's not going to turn pressures into sacks and that that's not going to be a bugaboo. The reason that was such a talking point that it became annoying to people, especially those that were big Daniels backers prior to the draft was because anybody who looked at the numbers saw this was an alarming rate and there are examples very rarely, but there are examples of guys who have left those problems behind them in college and improved. But it's rare, more often than not, if you have that issue in college, you end up having that issue in the NFL. So that's the first thing I'm going to be monitoring very closely. The second thing is another thing that I had is a question mark coming out of LSU. Is he throwing well in the middle of the field, executing the NFL passing concepts on endbreakers that I think are pertinent? We didn't see that in college. We saw like 95% of the stuff you need to be able to do at quarterback done at LSU and at a really high level, a special elite upper echelon all time, Heisman Hall of Fame and college type level. But there are a few things we didn't like those in breaking things middle of the field majoring in those fit in the ball into small windows. I'll be monitoring that this year when he gets the opportunities to do that. And then the third thing is the decision making in the open field as it pertains to taking hits, opting out of de-cleeding moments, not putting himself in any more risk than he'll already be in with his frame, being as slender as anybody at his height in history basically at the position to go on to have a strong career. Because you already know Danny, you're going to get folded up at times in the pocket. It's a league, man. You're going to get landed on by some giant. Has anyone seen that dude at the University of Florida, by the way, who's like 463 pounds? You mean the two guys that are masquerading has won somehow? That's the biggest dude I've ever seen. Like that guy landing on you will ruin your afternoon. Imagine just Jaden Daniels on his side and that guy falling on him. That's petrifying. Now, he's not in the league yet. He's at Florida, luckily. But there are big dudes, Gilbert Brown-like dudes that are just waiting to fall on you and break your collarbone. So the pocket's scary enough. I need the decisions that he makes outside of the pocket to be made correctly. So those are going to be my things I'm tracking. And if he can find me some wins in those categories, I'll know he's the dude because the rest of it, he's already proven he can do. And now it's about coaching, bringing it out. This was booger McFarland covers college and pro football for ESPN. On the show yesterday, we did an outstanding interview with Boog. This is what he had to say about Daniels as a rookie. Anytime you start a rookie quarterback, they're going to be ups and downs. I think of all the rookie quarterbacks. I think he is in not maybe not the best position, but I think he'll play the best. I think his demeanor, his poise, his maturity. You know, he's got some decent weapons up there, as you guys know, led by Terry McLaurin. But overall, I think he's going to bring a different dynamic to that team. And from everything that I can hear, the leadership, how guys are already following him, I truly think the commanders are going to be pretty good. I think there's a reason for optimism in DC. So the only thing I disagree with in Booger's statement right there is the weapon reign. And the, you know, the, the excellence in the passing game. McLaurin, yes, there's a lot of uncertainty elsewhere. I think they're, they're trying to take things off his plate, right? My smash mouth a little bit, run a little bit, you know, going short and try to get some yards after the catch a little bit, but I don't know how prolific it's going to be. But the rest of it, I agree with the, the positive sentiment talent. Hey, Mike Vellini here, host of cash to take it alongside my partner, Jim Costa. It's really simple. Are you tired of podcasts claiming they're a bunch of pro betters when they live in their mommy's basement? Are you tired of podcasts that claim they hit 80% of the games when really they just lose like most of us? Think cash to tickets, the spot for you. We're real, we're transparent, we're having a hell of a good time with it. And we sit there and we're there for the sweat with you guys. We're just trying to figure it out just like you, following listen to cash to ticket on the free Odyssey app or wherever you get your podcasts. After investing billions to light up our network, T-Mobile is America's largest 5G network. 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