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Grant and Danny on the fan and we are fired up to welcome Austin Echler back to the show and is normally Tuesday scheduled appointment right at 5 p.m. here to get trusted insight from trusted insiders as we do here on the fan. Thanks to our friends at IT cadre where DC sports insiders share their exclusive perspective. Austin Echler via IT cadre on the hotline with us on Grant and Danny Austin. It is great to talk to you again. How are you? I'm doing great. I'm doing great. Good to be back on boys. How we been? We were nervous. No Austin Echler. We thought everything was going to come screeching to a halt. But the boys survived the week and Jeremy McNichols you were right. You told us he could play. He'd be just fine. He went out and he bald and the next man up league. It went very well. Hey, hey, yeah, man. I mean, and look, look, we got a lot of playmakers on the offense. So, you know, yes, if I'm not there, you know, we lose one of the players. But look, we got a lot more guys that are showing up and doing the thing. Obviously, Jayden's doing his thing, Terry looks good, coming alive. I'd love to see that too and so on and so forth. So they took care of business and I'm glad to be back with them now. How are you feeling, buddy? And kind of what's the latest on you working your way back? Yeah, you know, I'm just continuing to complete the processes of concussion protocol. You know, I'm working my way through. I'm feeling like myself. Hopefully you can tell a little bit, you know, more with it today than our last conversation. And so that's all a good sign to getting back as hopefully hopefully this week. That was the question. Do you think you're tracking toward the possibility of being able to play this weekend? Well, absolutely tracking towards being able to play. And so that's a good sign, you know, especially when you're talking about your head. Hey, you want to make sure everything is how it's supposed to be. It's not one of those like ankles where you can put some tape on it, you know, like, this is my brain I'm talking about. So want to make sure that everything is feeling normal and is, you know, reacting normal and is where it's supposed to be. And things are definitely trending that direction. Sounds very good. Austin Echler here on Grant and Danny Weekly appointment with us will be with us all season long Tuesdays at five o'clock on the fan. What was it like watching from home? Oh, man, I have so much anxiety when I'm not there, man. Oh, I feel like I'm a fan, you know, where it's like, you don't want him to do so well, but you're just so, you know, helpless. Like you can't do anything. You know, I could just send your screaming at the, you know, the screen with my wife every, basically every commercial. I'd make us get up and do some stretches. Gotta stay up. Let's keep moving. Just to blow off some steam and then come back to it. But obviously as they started to get a lead, it definitely helped me kind of come to a little relaxation a little bit from the couch at home. So that was my view and experience. Do you pick up stuff when you're, you know, totally, as you said, removed from it, watching just like schlubs like Grant and I? Like, do you see something where you go, oh, I can't wait to do that when it comes to, you know, when I'm back in action. Do you pick up stuff from watching the TV copy or is it, you know, it's all all hat? I definitely pick up stuff, but it's not like, not necessarily like that. But like, I know what the plays are, right? Like, I'm seeing different signals. Like, I hear Jayden talking when they like show the audio from the field. And so I know like, I have like the ultimate insight of knowing what's going on because I, I'm just part of the ecosystem, obviously. So that's kind of cool to know what's coming. Like, I'm telling my, oh, this is past right here. This is the past. Like, as if you even care, I'm still telling her, you know, oh, it's going to be run to the right, you know, like things like that. So it's pretty cool to have that knowledge, not going to be at the sideline, but I guess I can still be in tune that way. What was the most important part of that game? I always think of some of the old coaches and cliches about, you know, you're going to play every play like it's your last play. We play hard because you never know when the key plays going to happen. From your perspective, what was the most important part of that game that led Washington to eventually run away with it? Yeah, I think it was a collective of small things. And it was really, I think, the lack of mistakes. Like, the ball was getting to places. Guys were in the right spots on the right timing. Obviously, that comes down to play calling as well. And so making sure that, hey, we don't have to force anything. I know Jayden threw a pick, kind of, you know, had Terry there, but it just seemed like he just carried away on him. But other than that, it was like really good, solid, fundamental football. And you were basically able to just chip your way. It wasn't a ton of huge plays, but really just, you know, tipping your way down the field, staying on, converting on third downs, you know, running the ball, good mix of run, pass, Jayden moving with his feet as well. Like all of these small little things that don't seem very tough, but are tough at the NFL to stay consistent with that we're really connecting with our team. And multiple players, you know, not just a few, but really all over the place. And so really good team dominant win. Going back and watching what you guys are doing. It's so amazing and complicated and fun in the running game, just the different ways that Kingsbury setting things up, like on the opening drive, which was a lot of no huddle for runs that are all different conceptual plays at a different formations, essentially. I'm wondering from a personnel standpoint, like running on and off the field or just getting aligned. Is this any more complicated than offenses you've run in the past? Because that's not necessarily normal that you'd have like different formation families and then different concepts on for straight runs like that. Oh, yeah, you know, I think, I think what, what Cliff does a good job of that. I've never done anywhere else. I mean, we have, we have so many walkthroughs that we have so many times to practice being in different positions. Hey, this is your, this is your details on this route and you're going to probably do that in a walkthrough probably 15 times a week. And that's including practice as well. And so you have a lot of practice being in different spots. You get comfortable. Okay, this is my responsibility. Even though, you know, I thought I'll be about playing quarterback, you know, either RB direct snap or if I'm shipping on the edge or I'm out wide or I'm doing a motion. Like we get really comfortable in running these plays that we have drawn up for the week, which allows us to go out there and play fast. And so now to the viewers, like, oh, look, they're all over the place. But for us, it's just we're running that one specific play that I've already wrapped 30 times this week. You know, Austin Eckler with this here on GND. So Austin, as you work your way back, this is, you know, obviously you're not a fellow player. You're cut differently than than than most folks. But like if I like stub my toe, I'm ginger about it for like days at a time and like I'm afraid to put weight on it. You've got to go out and get in a bunch of car wrecks, you know, this coming Sunday against a bunch of guys that want to knock your head off. What's sort of that first thing where you are maybe tentative about coming back and then you go, okay, I'm good to go. What's that first marker where you're like, yep, I'm me again. I'm ready to rock. I think, you know, during practice, you know, we try not to hit each other as much as we can. I mean, you don't want to save our bodies for the game just because it is so intense. And so you don't really get that full contact hit in practice. And so that's what I would say is that gets me ready to go. Is that full contact hit like that first pop in a game. And that's really if I'm injured or if I'm not injured coming back like that first hit, you know, is that kind of like a wake up like it almost like jolts more adrenaline through your body. And I feel like you kind of like come alive in a sense. Like, you feel rejuvenated in a kind of weird, twisted way that your body's neck now alert to go and, you know, have more car racks, basically. So that's what I would say. That's what I would say. Austin Eckler did tell us a couple of weeks back that he's happy to take questions from you guys on the phone. So we can open up the phones for some questions today. We'll get a couple on the back end of the conversation here at 800-636-1067. Let Austin touch the people a little bit 800-636-1067. You want to talk with one of Washington's best offensive players through the first quarter of their season on Grant and Danny. Are you aware? It seems like maybe because you stayed back and you've been around the area here the last few days, maybe you would have picked up on it. But the three straight wins is one thing to get people excited. I mean, you got to go back to 91 the last Super Bowl year to find the last time this team in back-to-back weeks has done what it has offensively. People are really starting to get excited. Are you feeling that? Is that tangible within the building at all? Yeah, man. It seems like this community has definitely gone through some tough times. And so it really feels good to be a part of, you know, giving you guys some early success because, you know, I'm seeing people making videos about, you know, growing men. I'm about to start tearing up and talking about, like, man, like we're back. Like, you know, people in the comments are like, you know, it finally feels like it's not just like a spur of the moment that we're actually have a team. And so it's like, it's really cool to be a part of kind of the new era and the new feel of what we're doing here with Dan Quinn and our new ownership and the rest of this team. And so it's been awesome, man. It's been awesome to see, you know, kind of revitalizing the community and hate more to come because that's what we're about. You heard Dan Quinn. I heard him before, you know, I jumped on this. The quote he was saying is like, we are in relentless pursuit to continue to be the best that we can. So the best is yet to come. We're just getting started and more, more is on the way. Along those lines to home game after a couple straight on the road. First time you guys have played at home since the Giants home opener when you broke a kick return for a touchdown to get called back to open the home slate. But a lot of us, you know, that have been around for a while are just kind of curious to see what it looks like. I've heard from so many fans this week that are going to their first game at the stadium in 10 years that didn't want to give Dan Snyder money or, you know, weren't happy about the name changer for whatever reason I've stopped going to games and all of a sudden, maybe they're opting back in. What are you guys anticipating in terms of a home advantage maybe this weekend. Yeah, absolutely. You know, I'm not going to lie, the first game too. I mean, we were popping in there. It was loud. You know, I don't know if it was because we had some good energy and we were, you know, beating a division rival and going back and forth, but it was definitely, you know, appreciative of that crowd that was there. But I'm expecting this one to be, you know, just as good. If not, if not better for sure now that we're getting some momentum going and, you know, sports, it's an emotional roller coaster for the fans, you know. And so when the time is right and things are going well, you definitely, you know, we're going to pull people out of places where they've been hiding for a while because they haven't been excited or for whatever reason, like you were talking about. They didn't want to go and support. And so, hey, I think we're opening some new doors, you know, and we're getting people excited about something. So guess what? You're going to get more input. And so, yeah, I'm expecting that place to be rocking. I'm looking forward to it. Listen, to kind of to your point, what's happening now is just so much damn fun. It's so awesome. And you're an integral ingredient to it kind of changing this culture, changing the perception and changing kind of the way everybody, you know, locally and around the league. Views Washington. So my question is before you came here, like how where were you of sort of that, that same perception that wasn't very positive. This wasn't a destination. This wasn't a place where feelings were very good. How cognizant of that were you and how important was it to say we're going to go change that. Look, I had no idea. I had no idea. I kind of learned about the culture from guys that were here before me and basically everything I said was like, look, I don't care what the hell was going on here before. I got here because this is now and this is new and we got a whole new team, whole new staff, whole new players, whole new ownership. And like, we're a whole new face at this point. Like, so whatever you all did in the past, you know, that's all gone. Like most of those players are gone too, right? So this is a whole new refresh start. You know, and I've been, I've been a part of, you know, teams that we had a lot of talent and didn't come out and there's expectations or an end in the opposite where, hey, you don't know what's going to happen and you actually end up being, you know, a solid team making a run. And so coming into this new culture was pretty awesome actually to be a part of a lot of new things because we're all learning together. We have high expectations for ourselves. We really don't know how it's going to play out because we haven't played with each other yet. And so now to see all of this new stuff coming together, getting in a rhythm, right, a culture being set, and I've said this over and over and over again. If I wanted to be a head coach, I'd want to be like Dan Quinn because I love what he's about all about that culture, all about the brotherhood. It makes it super inviting place to play and not only that, but a competitive place and a place that you really are hungry to continue to get better for the guy next to you. And so when you put all those pieces together, man, I mean, it's a combination for good things. It doesn't guarantee wins, but it's definitely going to help. Did you have a favorite play in terms of design, execution, call, how it looked? Just watching the game at home like the rest of us that stands out to you looking back at the 42 points. I actually wanted to say this. Make sure you watch our kickoff team. Our kickoff team is freaking relentless. I would not want to go against our kickoff team. Like those guys, oh, you're talking about coverage, right? I'm talking about kickoff coverage. Like our cover team or this. Oh my, there's some dogs out there, man. They are going to hunt. They're going to eat and they are doing just that, man, because it is straight carnage. It was hilarious. That's something that doesn't get a lot of love, but definitely watch our kickoff team. That was my curveball for y'all, but it's fun to watch because the guys are crazy. It was a little barisito breaking ball. My buddy sitting next to me. I think it was Senate. Somebody had a huge hit. Big tackle. The whole sideline went crazy on a kickoff play coverage play and he's like, oh, yeah. Am I wrong? Or do we always destroy people and kickoff returns? He's really wild to watch. I feel bad for their returner because they do not know what to happen or they do and they can't stop it. Wow. So far, it sounds like you are a big fan of the new kick return. I don't know why anyone wouldn't be. We're getting more returns. It seems like it's fun. It's opened up a little bit. I mean, you should be a big fan. You can't lean in the league and kick returns. You've ripped off like simple. You know, we've got a couple out there. It's supposed to be safer, right? It's supposed to take some of the bigger collisions, you know, out really for the frontline guys. Those are where less big collisions are happening, I guess, but for the returner, I mean, it's still, I mean, it's still full bore. Like, you know, we're getting messed up. If you, you know, getting, if the guy gets beat up front, you don't make someone miss. It's still a football, still a dangerous place, still has some of that factor of, you know, a traditional kickoff. It's just, it's just different. You know, when you change anything, it takes a while for people to get used to it. So I think that's just what we're experiencing right now with the new kickoff rules. So earlier in the show, we were taking calls just a bit ago, trying to find a nickname for this offense, right? A great show on turf for the Rams. You guys don't punt. You need a, you're the best offense in the league right now. You need a nickname. So here are some that we came up with. We wanted to bounce off of you and you tell us if you like any of these. Alright, let's hear it. Alright, we got the thrill on the hill, homage to Capitol Hill and DC. Ooh, okay. Thump and dump, which sounds inappropriate, but it's about the offense. Thump and dump. Wait, something dump? No, thump and dump. Oh, thump and dump. Okay, okay. Yeah, we've got East Coast offense juxtaposed with West Coast offense. Okay. Run DMV. Run DMV. And then DNC or. Yeah, exactly. And then Danny, you had the no punt offense, AK the NPO. Like playing off the RPO, except it's an NPO. I think the first one was definitely the best option. What was that one again? Thrill on the hill. Thrill on the hill is good. I like it. So just so you know, on the polling, run DMV is running away with it. Running away with it. Like 71% of votes. I was going to say that, but I just didn't know if people would, you know, know the reference or be a fan or, yeah. So I thought the thrill on the hill was a little bit more balanced of a name, but I could definitely see the run DMV for sure. Yeah, all the old people. My age, you're going, I remember them, that one. And they're clicking on it. Right. Right. Austin. So Cliff Kingsbury's had great offenses over over the years, right? He's, he's, you know, pelts on the wall. Offends have been good. He's never been known for like having an exceptional rush offense. It's been good. But I think by some, some quarterbacks that are athletic. I was thinking about this this morning. I think we're underrating having Anthony Lynn on this staff as the run game coordinator. I know you played for him, you know, earlier on in your career. I feel like he's instrumental in kind of helping you guys make this run game balance sophisticated, powerful and explosive. Yeah, absolutely. I mean, there's, there's two sides to, you know, making the run game work. Well, I really three, right? Having a great past game absolutely helps. Having the offensive line and receivers that are willing to, and able to, you know, actually convert the run that we're trying to make work work and then, you know, having the running back self to do it as well. So from the physical side, we need to have those, which I'm loving the pieces that we brought in the team that we put together because we've definitely been meshing well. And then you got bringing, you know, Coach Lynn and he's either guru. And when it comes to the running game, he's been, you know, really a specialty or specialist at that for the last 20 years and bringing him in and helping him get what he's really good at. And what I really like about Coach Lynn is he puts specific players and people in the right space to do certain things that they're best at. Hey, what are we best at? Hey, we, against this team, you know, we are strong going to the right or we're strong with Austin, you know, inside zone this game. And he's really thinking about the details of, Hey, what are the probabilities based off of the players that we have and the capabilities that we have in our matchup that we're going to face. And so that's what he lives, breathes and sleeps. And so, yeah, matching that with Cliff and what he's been doing with Jaden as well has been, has been a matchmaking heaven for both sides. Austin Echler on Grant and Danny. All right, let's bring in Dante who's in Waldorf wants to say hi to Austin. Dante, what's up? Hey, how you doing? Hey, also, man. God speak to you, man. First thing, what's the vibe like NBC right now? I mean, sorry, you're on a locker room right now. Ooh, good question. So everyone just got back yesterday, man. And, you know, winning solves a lot of the culture and the, I would say the, the, the feeling of, you know, the drag of the season. And so when you're winning, you're on a run, like people are bouncing into the, you know, the locker room, like smiles on faces. Like there's a, there's a sense of confidence. There's a sense of, Hey, we have a mission. We got to keep going. Like, we got to keep the pedal down. We have an expectation that is even higher now because of how we started. So I would say as far as vibes go, we're in a good zone. You don't want to ever get too high, too low, but we're in a zone where, Hey, we want to maintain this and keep building on what we have. Let's go to Chris, who's in Brandywine wants to hop in with Austin Echler on Grant and Danny's with us every Tuesday at 5pm, given us trusted insight. He is our insider presented by IT, cadre, where DC sports insiders share their exclusive perspective. What's up, Chris? How are you? Hey, thanks. Don't roll. Thanks. Take my call. I'm a Prince George County teacher and looking forward to have my school apply for Austin's program that he has a nonprofit program. But my, my question for him today is you've been apart as a veteran. You've been a part of many different teams and with San Diego or LA. And is it how is the energy or vibe compared to what you're experiencing now? Do you feel like there's something special going on here? Do you think is run the course or how do you feel about your experience so far? Yeah, I appreciate that, Chris. And yes, we can get, you know, weight room or some resources over to the school. Definitely hit up the, hit up our. Can I ask before you answer the question? Because I, you've told us so much about your ventures, you know, with the app and different things you're doing. What's the, what is he referencing? I'm not familiar. Yeah, so I have the Austin Network Foundation where we put resources back into communities that are in need. And so obviously that's very vast. But we've done things like washers and dryers, you know, schooling supplies. Our main, our main avenue is weight rooms for high schools or just schools in general. It's fantastic. This is a bunch of different resources that we've been putting back into the communities that and looking to get more into the, to the DC area, the DMV area here. So that's what he's dressed to be there. That's awesome. And then specific to like the vibes with this team compared to the past, does it feel similar or unique? Yeah, I think the vibes of the team is something that can be established early on, but the season 100% affects that. Because there's so much for stake when you're playing in the season, right? Like wins, losses, how the team's doing, how individuals are doing, how the leadership is doing. All of that has a little piece that's going to affect how the feeling of the team is on a personal level as well. You know, if you're winning, you know, it definitely helps. If you're losing, it doesn't, right? It plays a lot on your mental, trying to figure out, you know, a method to go forward. And so whatever right now, what I think is really good as far as like coaching from Dan Quinn is, you never want to get too high where you're like, hey, we're, we're the best thing ever on turf. You know, like you guys make nicknames for us and all this stuff. Like, that's great. We'll let you guys have that fun. We got to still locking on the mission. And that's continued to win games, continue to go because the job's not done. We only play four games. Like everyone's excited. That's great. You know, you guys be excited for us. We're excited too, but we guess what we still got work to do. And so as far as what I've been around, that's where we're at right now. It's still in that mode of, hey, let's continue to lock in. We can be excited, you know, after, you know, we get our job done at the end of the season. But right now it's, it's continued to, yep, take the, take the compliments. You know, take them as they are, but also understand that, hey, we still got a job to do and they can flip in an instant. And so don't, don't get too high. Don't get too low. You guys stay medium. We're going to do the go crazy thing at three and one. We could be irresponsible. We've been waiting for three and one. Hey, Austin, focus on winning games. So you guys can keep going crazy. Awesome avenue on the show, man. As always, glad you're feeling better. And looking forward to seeing you on the field on Sunday. Thanks for the time. Thank you. Thank you. I appreciate the fans for the questions too. Thank you guys. Yeah, definitely. Thank you as we go forward. That's Austin Echler on Grant and Danny. Always tremendous. We're looking forward to that segment. 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We're brought to you by FEMA and the Ad Council. They haven't heard from them. I haven't talked to them. I don't know. I don't really know exactly what that was about. It was a lot of people out there that saw it and wondered what was going on. I haven't spoken to them. Honestly, it's hard to comment on. I'm not sure you would imagine. It's one of the situations where I just keep my head down and keep doing my thing and let the ships fall where they make it as it pertains to that. I haven't. Yeah. There's been no communication with anybody from the tapes since that became a thing. But you know, it's kind of just like the weekly "This Up with Tay" thing. You know, it's always some sort of drama. That was Devontae Adams with Kay Adams on The Adams Show. Welcome back, Grant and Danny on The Fan. They should do a podcast together called The Adams Family. You're welcome. Adams and Adams. I think he's on her show every week. It's like their version of Rodgers with McAfee. I don't know what they call it. I don't know if the fact that their last name is the same. Has anything to do with the title of the segment? Don't really know. Haven't seen it. But that audio is from that segment. And the reason we played it for you is because Devontae Adams wants to be traded. That's the report from NFL Network today. He wants out. The Raiders, as we told you last hour, are upset with him. Antonio Pierce, the head coach of the Raiders, said without naming him, that Devontae Adams made business decisions in the game that they played against them. They said that they played against the Panthers when they lost and he had four catches for 40 yards a couple weeks ago. He didn't play against the Browns. He was injured, I guess. And so he was unavailable. But there was a post that he may have played his last down with the Raiders, that the head coach of the team Antonio Pierce liked. That's what the question was about from Kay Adams that he was responding to there. And he was not going to be able to play against the Raiders, but he was going to be able to play against the Raiders. And he was going to be able to play against the Raiders. He was going to be able to play against the Raiders. He was going to be able to play against the Raiders. He was going to be able to play against the Raiders. And he was going to be able to play against the Raiders. And he was going to be able to play against the Raiders. He was going to be able to play against the Raiders. So I hope you enjoyed the first episode. Stick aside, he threw out the entire series of Netflix was not painted very well. I'm sure part of that is the editing process. But he was a gigantic pain in the butt to deal with. Like an absolute problem for that coaching staff. He advocated for the benching of Jimmy Garoppolo. He had some influence and some power, but he wanted Josh McDaniel's fired. He just seemed like a malcontent. Didn't come off very well. This is one of my favorite players in the league for a long, long time, because I always thought he was kind of the anti diva at wide receiver. And that clearly the last couple of years is just not been the case. He's not happy understandably. A lot of people that aren't happy in their job aren't good soldiers and it seems like he has not really fallen in line. He's a six time pro bowler, a three time all pro, a French Hall of Famer, one of the best receivers of his era. And even last year in a quote unquote down year where they had bad quarterback play, he caught 100 passes for a fourth consecutive season. And he went for 1100 yards. He has gone for 1000 or more yards every single year but one since 2017. So I say all this Danny to ask you with national analysts saying Washington's one of the teams that should be calling the Raiders about Adams. You're Mr. Go get a receiver. Go get a receiver. Go get a receiver. You broke records for how much you talked about that in the off season. How quickly would you pick up the phone to call the Raiders about the Vante Adam? This would be more of a courtesy call, but I don't think this one makes a lot of sense for Washington. And I know that sounds crazy given the, you know, as you said, my viewpoints and my rhetoric. That was before they averaged 40 points again in the last two weeks. I was going to say, so this is a massive sea change for you because right before the season, you were desperate for them to trade for Brandon IU. Yeah, because my, to me, it was pretty simple. They had assets. They had salary cap space. They had draft picks available. And they chose to do very little at a dire position of need that directly affects their quarterback. I thought that was a huge unforced error. And I post the video about this. I've said it all day yesterday. I'm saying it today. I'll say this often as it comes up, I was wrong. I was 100% wrong. They don't need to go all in just yet on a guy that you're going to have to rework in terms of contract because the next two years in the mid 40s in terms of salary cap hits and that's just prohibitive. You'd have to rework a deal and I'm not necessarily that excited to do that for a guy that'll be 33. How much of your lack of interest in De Monte Adams is his contract? That's a big part of it. So meaning you have to restructure or, you know, sound and do an extension. And now we're talking about doing that again for a guy that's about to be 33 years old. Yeah, it's 32 and he's got a five year, $140 million contract. You could wiggle out of it the end of this year if you wanted to with 15.7 and dead money. And if you traded for him, I doubt you would take on all of that money. I would think the Raiders would have some type of penalty as well. So maybe be a little bit less than that. But what would make more sense because he's under contract. And if you're trading for Adams, it's not for this season. You would then give him an extension and spread out the massive cap hits over more years. You did some void years on the back end. You could even lower the number more. But 44.1 is the cap hit each of the next two seasons, which is untenable. So you would have a multi-year extension. You know, he'd have four or five years left. Let's say on the deal till his age 37 season. And he kicked a can down the road for a few years with a number one receiver. My interest in him is very, very low. I would say almost zero. The money is a very small part of it for me. Maybe that's the difference. Number one, he's been a complete malcontent for the better part of a couple of years. I don't do that when I can avoid it. Number two, I don't think they run an offense where a guy like Devonta Adams is going to eat. I really don't believe that. Like the whole point of his annoyance on Netflix was if I'm not a part of a great offense by catching a lot of passes, I'm not happy, essentially. And I'm paraphrasing, but the gist was, you know, if we're never punting and scoring a lot, and I never catch the ball, I can find a way to be okay. But I get paid to catch passes. And if you're not giving me a chance to, I don't like that very much. But this offense is about playing point guard. One week, it's going to be Noah Brown. The other week, it's going to be Alamedes Aquias. The beauty of having Terry MacLaurin is your number one is that he never rocks the boat. When he's unhappy, he's just kind of quiet. And he's not as smiley. You know, he's never going to say anything or bring a lot of attention negatively on himself or the team. And for two weeks, when the quarterback wasn't involving the receivers at all, Terry MacLaurin didn't mind it. He just said no problem. And then the week that he got to catch all the passes, he became a star again and he was happy to go lucky Terry. But I think bringing in an A list wide receiver for this offense, the way they run the football a lot, throw the ball horizontally, the way Jaden Daniels operates kind of toward the sidelines, not so much middle of the field. It doesn't really make a lot of sense to me. I just don't see it as a big fit or even a necessity. And then you throw the money into the equation. I would say I have almost no interest. The fit part is interesting. I think part of this, why they're doing it this way is one part. It's the style. It's the offense to your point. And they've, and where their weapons are. It's Echler, although he wasn't available this week, but it's, it's Echler. It's Echler. It's Hertz. It's underneath. It's quick hit stuff, et cetera. And that's what Kingsborough is going to major in. But when he had a true honest to God number one in Dondre Hopkins, he went for 1400 yards and I think nine or 10 touchdowns. So like to me, Adams, I think is still right now. I don't know what he's going to be in a year or two years or three big receivers like that. I feel like they tend to age like big running backs. I think a lot of times they go off a cliff. But if you're legit and awesome, I bet you they find looks for you. You know, I think they're doing it this way, partly out of necessity, partly because they want to the thump and grind. So to speak, they want to hand the ball off a bunch and soften defenses up that way and utilize all the skill sets. You would think they want to do the thrill in the help situation. I think if you've got a number one receiver, things look different, meaning you can get that guy will get the ball because he's just open all the time. Would you go after Devontae Adams now that he is on the trade block? It sounds like yes or no. 800 636 1067. How interested should Washington be? How willing to trade picks to take on big time salary? Should they be? They've talked a lot about this coming year, meaning this off season being when they're going to invest a lot of money. They got a lot of wiggle room, 100 million plus again to spend. Should they use some of that on a true number one receiver? At that point, McClellan becomes a number two. And your wide receiver room is outstanding. I say absolutely not. I'm against it pretty adamantly. You would say I would say no, but a softer. No. Grant and Danny on the fan. Taking you up to six 30 tonight on the fan. We're Grant and Danny. Before we get out of here, we are giving away tickets to see the Deaf Tones in our final segment. So make sure you're listening. So got to pay homage to a couple of former greats in the sports world who passed away over the last day. One final chance for you to go vote right now, Facebook.com slash Grant and Danny, commander's survivor is winding down. You've got to give a player immunity and you've got to kick a player off the island. You can go vote at Facebook.com slash Grant and Danny. We will cast our votes right now. Danny, who are you giving immunity to based on their performance this week? Your options include Brian Robinson Austin Eckler didn't play Terry McClure and Zachar. It's Brandon Coleman and Sam Cosby on offense on defense. Deron Payne, Bobby Wagner, Frankie Louvoo, Benjamin St. Juice, Juan Martin, Jeremy Chin, and the lone specialist remaining is Austin cyber. I give it to Brian Robinson, Jr. I went for over 100. I thought he was effective. Catch a couple passes as well with some hidden yards in there. Thought he was really, really good. So I gave him immunity. I will give Frankie Louvoo immunity. He ripped the ball out for the second takeaway of the season when everyone had kind of quit on a play at the end of the game when no one was really going till the whistle. And that's not a knock as much as it's just reality as they were playing out the string and a blowout win. Not Louvoo. He doesn't have that gear in his back pocket. He just does everything a million miles an hour. He's an energizer bunny. He gets immunity. Tough week to kick somebody off the island. And Echler not playing could be at risk, I suppose, because almost everyone else played well. Who are you kicking off? This isn't fair. This stinks. I voted Quan Martin off. Not a lot of impact for, you know, the first part of the season. He's been fine. I think there's nothing wrong with what Quan Martin did. I think I actually think he's playing decently well, but voted him off just because I think Echler's done too much already, too many deposits, even though he missed this game. I thought about voting off Earth's only 22 yards receiving, but hard to vote off anybody in an offense that scored a million points again. So this one is not fair, but I voted Quan Martin. Yeah, I also voted Quan Martin off. And my reasoning similarly was it was a fairly quiet performance. It's the worst side of the football. And I figured it should be somebody on defense after they scored 42 again, rolled with him. But we will give you the verdict based on your votes for immunity and for who got voted off the island coming up in just a few minutes on G and D. The question for you guys though right now. Should the commanders look to acquired of Auntie Adams as he is on the trade block, a wide receiver one. They're an ascending team. They're three and one and they might be going from club that everyone thought needed a long rebuild to contender this year. Dave's in Woodbridge. What's up, Dave? Hey, guys. So I'm definitely would be all in, but I know you'd have to rework his deal because he won't guarantee money, but while I was a hold, I was thinking, what's the bigger need? I would make a call to Miami for Jalen Ramsey if they lose another game or two. If we got a number one cornerback, that is way more important than another, either a one A or one B receiver because, you know, Terry is great. I understand our other receivers are not amazing or anything like that. It's a committee. But wouldn't you feel better with a number one cornerback, you know, start reaching out to some of these other teams that are starting to, you know, only with one win or no wins. And try to go after their number one. Definitely. Yeah. I mean, corner is a bigger need. There's no doubt about it. Different conversation than the one we're having. I mean, if the question is, would I try to trade for helping the secondary? Yes. Should they consider trading for a superstar corner? Yes. But specific to the actual topic of the news of the day, Devonta Adams is actually potentially going to be traded. It's not like a see if the dolphins would trade you this guy. No, no, no. I mean, Ian Rappaport an hour ago came out and said the Raiders are looking to trade Devonta Adams. We know he's unhappy and they're not happy with him. Should Washington consider that yes or no? I'm an absolutely not on this. Danny's a softer no. Let's see about Justin and Alexandria. What's up, buddy? Hey, what's up fellow? Thanks for taking the call. Amen. Hey, yeah. So I would say do it, right? I think if this is the beginning of the season, you know, you don't like that trade similar to IU, right? Because you're saying, you know, it's not a rebuild, you know, you're recalibrating, but I think now that they're in that win now mode. I think really Peter's had some decisions to make, right? You get Adams. It's like, you know, like the previous caller said, you really never can have too many receivers or corners. I mean, you think about the Eagles, right? They're down there to number one receivers. The NFL stands for not for long, but that also accounts for injuries, right? So it's a long season. I mean, you go get them just because you have the money, but I would love to hear you guys thoughts on that. Thanks, buddy. Appreciate you. It'd be like Justin and call us at 800-636-1067 here on Grant and Danny on the fan. By the way, Justin's in Alexandria. Join us Friday out in Alexandria. We're broadcasting an Atlas Brew Works on Mandeville Lane. It's the new spot. They've got 15 taps, dozens of TVs, pizza and wings are delicious. We'll be there all day Friday, two to six 30 doing the show ahead of a weekend of football. What do you think of his call? So I mean, it's an interesting perspective talking about like the windows and chances you have to win, et cetera. I'm usually not a fan of sort of deviating from the plan unless something so remarkably exceptional happens. In other words, this to me is a slow build still, right? They're turning over from a bad roster with as evidenced by the number of players that are new. You have so many guys on one year deals. They're trying to start to build something. And one of the tough things you can do is look, we're here. We're ready to go. Smashing, you know, and all of a sudden, not panic, but overestimate maybe where you are and give up future assets and ability to kind of build that title window. So I don't know that I'd be as all in to start trading away future things right now. When I'm in a pretty good position, just because I'm a little bit ahead of schedule, doesn't mean that mid season I'm going to give away every future asset. I agree with most of that. The only thing I'd say is I would be urgent and I'd have an aggressiveness and I would be willing to act because the entire strength of a young quarterback is that you're going to be able to do that. The main quarterback is that you're not paying them. And you got to try to win on that rookie deal. So the quicker you align, the roster, the way you want to around that player, the better. There's no reason to wait until the second, the third, the fourth year of the player to start pushing the chips in so we can do this slow roster build runner vera style. If you think you got the quarterback and he's not making money yet, that's a godsend. Go get everybody else around him as fast as possible. So really, for me, a trade like that wouldn't be for this year. It'd be for next year. I don't need to win this year, but in year two of having, you know, the star player. No, you got them. In other words, yeah, I'm better off. I just don't want Adam specifically. That's not to say I'm not interested in a receiver. I'd have been more interested in Brandon Ayuk a few weeks ago when I said no to that, but I at least had interest. I wouldn't have hated it, but I didn't want to do it. This to me, I would hate. I think it would be a bad decision. He is a veteran, older guy into his mid 30s, who's had quote unquote issues and two straight stops, who was a complete pain in the butt with the Raiders, who's got a crazy amount of money left on his contract. There's just a ton of reasons why I'd say no. Thank you. And now seeing how they operate their offense. I don't think this is a Jaden Daniels feeds a receiver offense. I don't think you can keep the Vante Adams who once touches healthy. Jaden Daniels is not a guy that's going to just force the ball to a wide receiver and is not the kind of passer, frankly, who's going to be going for 300 every single week. He's going to scramble. He's going to run. There's going to be weeks where he's 15 of 23 for, you know, 157 yards. And that's part of it. Like that. This is not the Vante Adams friendly. 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