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The Sports Junkies debate if the Washington Commanders should trade for Brandon Aiyuk.
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00:00Brandon Ayuk of the San Francisco 49ers we have audio of the Niners GM John Lynch speaking to
00:07reporters a few days ago I believe this is on the 25th about their plans going forward for Brandon
00:13Ayuk can I ask the dreaded question of any Brandon Ayuk update now that the draft's about done and
00:20what your plans are with him uh no no new update right now um you know we're available uh give
00:28us
00:28a call um and uh you know like like I said earlier I think it's the prudent thing to do
00:35he's extremely
00:35talented player he's been a extremely effective player uh in our league um situation didn't work
00:42itself out here that's not to say that it can't be rekindled somewhere else and uh we'd be happy to
00:48to uh to do something with anyone if if the opportunity presented itself I mean what what
00:55GM in the league currently with even a quarter of a brain is going to give up any draft capital
01:01to acquire Brandon Ayuk when all you have to do is wait it out let them release him not take
01:09on his
01:09poisonous contract whatever's left of it and just get into I don't think there's gonna be a bidding
01:16war for Brandon Ayuk I would be shocked I mean yeah but there might be a couple teams interested
01:20so you're saying what team would do it be a team that doesn't want to have other teams in the
01:25mix
01:26I mean somebody somebody tweeted this here's here's a hypothetical okay if you knew you could get this
01:32done would you ship McCaffrey to San Francisco so he can play with his brother for Brandon Ayuk
01:40no of course I wouldn't do that because I still I still feel like Luke McCaffrey like there's
01:47something to work with there I don't know if the if the situation with Brandon Ayuk is going to work
01:52out if I acquire him he could still be a weirdo and a flake and not want to play football
01:57and he's
01:59just happy with the money that he's made and he's just out on football at this point yeah doesn't seem
02:04to me like he's really into playing NFL football maybe it's just he doesn't want to play for the
02:09Niners and that's the whole thing and once he's free and clear of this weird situation yeah he'll
02:16be totally different snap back to be the guy that he was before he was agitating his way out of
02:21San
02:21Francisco but I can't take that I can't take that chance and chip off a player who's actually
02:28semi-valuable as a kick returner and I feel like might be able to develop into a decent wide receiver
02:34yeah I mean I would if I was a GM I wouldn't trade anything for him either but the risk
02:39is if you
02:40don't trade for him and he's a free agent well he's going to go where he wants to go that's
02:44fine
02:45unless you offer him a boatload of money which you're not going to do I so that that's the thing
02:50so
02:50if you want to offer a seventh rounder and you get out you for for seventh rounder all right maybe
02:55it's a steal maybe it blows up in your face but at least you get him and you're if you
03:00let him go
03:01pick his own team you're obviously out I'm okay living in a world where if he gets released
03:05and I can't sign him if he wants to go sign elsewhere I would be too he can go be
03:11somebody
03:12else's headache yeah I I mean maybe Adam Peters just knows him so well it just feels like if he
03:19gets him in his building he'll buy into the whole Dan Quinn brotherhood and camaraderie bit that's
03:24so effective that he'll kind of fall under that spell but I don't know I would think most
03:31commanders I think I would think most commanders fans feel the way you do that it's just too risky
03:37I mean if you could guarantee he was going to put up the numbers he did two years ago okay
03:40and he's
03:40going to be good teammate put up numbers uh he'd be a legit if not a number two a number
03:46one yeah
03:47but you just can't bank on that I'd rather they roll the dice with Tyreek Hill
03:52I mean you just you just want all sorts of like just weird guys I don't necessarily want
03:58Brandon Iyuk you didn't ask me if I would do it um Tyreek Hill is the one that intrigues me
04:05if he's healthy again let's say we just don't know that's a huge if can he come back we don't
04:10know about Iyuk we don't know about Tyreek Iyuk just hasn't played in so long I know and
04:20I don't know I don't think Peters is going to go after him
04:24I I know it's kind of the scuttle chance he might I know it's the scuttle but I just think
04:28it's way
04:28too risky this this sounds weird for me to say this I would rather and I I'm not trust me
04:35I'm not in
04:35love with this guy I'd rather give Trelon Burks more opportunities and see if he can become the guy
04:41that the Titans thought he was when they picked him so high out of Arkansas I'd rather do that
04:46than bring in Brandon Iyuk and just I just feel like you're bringing a circus into your building
04:53if you bring in Brandon Iyuk yeah he could be a headache but if he if he's too much all
04:59right
04:59you just cut his ass yeah and again you're not you're not if you bring in Brandon Iyuk you're not
05:04going to give him 20 million dollars no like you're going to sign him to a relatively modest deal
05:09with a lot of incentives and it's going to be a one year prove it type of deal like five
05:15million
05:15bucks yeah five six million this is your this is your one year rehab deal you rehab your image you
05:21come through the the Dan Quinn car wash get nice and sparkly and clean and you keep your head on
05:25straight and you prove to everybody not only the commanders you prove to the whole league that you're
05:30still into playing NFL football because that's to me that's the big question does he still want to
05:37play football because he basically punted away 30 million dollars because he wouldn't go to the
05:44Niners facility and rehab his knee like twice a week for a certain amount of time right right like
05:51who just punts away 30 million dollars for having to go to rehab a couple times a week
05:56uh for like it doesn't sound like he's right in the head that sounds like a bizarre sort of behavior
06:01like you said at the top of the show teams are having trouble getting in touch with them right
06:09not only the Niners other teams are having a hard time getting in touch with Brandon I mean is his
06:14agent
06:15returning calls if teams are reaching out to his agent is he returning calls or texts let me ask you
06:20this if Jane Daniels wasn't the quarterback would you still have this same interest in now you
06:26or is it just because of this relationship that you feel like you can repair his his image I think
06:33it's twofold I think it's the Jaden Daniels relationship with him and the Adam Peters
06:38relationship with him because he was in San Francisco previously so those spider webs are connecting them
06:45basically but yeah if there were no Peters or Jaden Daniels like remove that from the situation like
06:52if you're the Jacksonville Jaguars could you have any sort of affinity or try to trade for Brandon
06:57Iuke I would think the answer is oh yeah I don't think if there was if there was no connection
07:01if
07:01Peters came from you know Tennessee instead of San Francisco right and then and Jaden never played
07:07with him I don't think there would be any interest I think that's the only reason there's interest
07:12because of the past but we don't know we have no idea if Peters really likes him 800-636-1067
07:18is the number what is your reaction to the latest on Brandon Iuke where it seems that the Niners are
07:26having a hard time contacting him as our other NFL teams yeah commanders fans do you want to take a
07:31chance on Brandon Iuke knowing that how he acted in San Francisco completely separating himself from the
07:41from the team not returning calls not showing up for rehabs also factor in and I think this is even
07:47bigger he had a pretty serious freaking injury man and he hadn't played in a year and a half I've
07:51seen
07:52no video of Brandon Iuke working out earlier in the show you showed the video of Jaden and Deami Brown
07:5972 hours with the commanders in LA I've seen none of that from Brandon Iuke I went to his Instagram
08:04because there was a supposedly a new picture I can't remember which site put it out and it you know
08:11again it looks a little bit like a chubby Brandon Iuke he's just some of the some of the pictures
08:17is like standing by like his SUV I I see no workout oh we don't see it doesn't mean he's
08:24not the last
08:25thing we saw was him speeding away from the park right yeah the video well there's a video of him
08:32driving past Levi's Stadium yeah like at 100 miles an hour on the dashboard I mean it's well and then
08:39we also got we saw the picture of him getting off the plane with his dogs right yeah he's got
08:44a little
08:44Antonio Brown in him except he's not as good as Antonio Brown was well Antonio Brown was a I mean
08:50he was a criminal I'm not gonna put him on that but he was just weird yeah it's very strange
08:56he's got he's strange he has shown me enough red flags that I I want nothing to do with him
09:03whatsoever I just don't I'm not willing to take that game and I realize Stefan Diggs isn't the
09:09greatest locker room guy either but I think I'd rather go with Diggs for one year over oh yeah I
09:19I'd rather especially since Diggs isn't coming off a major injury I'd rather go with that old dinosaur
09:23Keenan Allen Keenan Allen right because you know what I here's what I can do with Keenan Allen
09:29I can trust him I can rely on Keenan Allen well he's a professional I know Keenan Allen is going
09:34to come in and he's going to give me whatever he's got left yeah and I know he's not good
09:39he's not
09:40going to be half-assing it he's not going to do something weird with his rehab like he's going to
09:45be
09:45a pro or correct or you don't worry about any of those guys that have question marks yeah you just
09:51go
09:51with De'Ami Brown as your number two he loves De'Ami or Antonio Williams who they just drafted
09:56Williams out of Clemson you got you got T-Mac you got De'Ami and you got Williams those are
10:01your top
10:01three unless one of those other guys have a great camp and they they uh they jettison into the top
10:06two or three but I'd rather throw the ball to Van Jefferson and I know he's not one-fifth of
10:12the
10:12player that Brandon Iuke is or was at his peak and in his prime but again he's a pro
10:20there's there's something to be said for professionalism when you when you're in the
10:25NFL and you reach the highest level like are you going to show up and be a pro every single
10:30day
10:30and handle your business or are you just going to be weird and we can't contact you and you go
10:35dark
10:35and you go radio silent and nobody knows where you are or what your plans are King Allen at least
10:41played last year gave you 81 catches yeah I would take that in a heartbeat and you know what you
10:46can probably sign him relatively cheap cheap at this point because he's getting older is he 33 or 34
10:51gotta be up there getting up there in years but I know I can count on him I'm not sure
10:56I can count
10:57on Brandon Iuke all right let's go to Mike 800-636-1067 commanders fans can you trust and do you
11:06want
11:07Brandon Iuke as part of the roster Mike what's up hey what's going on guys it's Mike Mashburn hey big
11:15Mike what's up big Mike what's up guys nice to meet all you guys by the way last week definitely
11:20I absolutely positively run as fast as you can I do not want the guy in the building I don't
11:26care
11:26what Jaden Daniels lost this is a it's an executive big boy decision from an up top and you don't
11:32want
11:32that guy in the locker room you don't want him him and Jaden you're going to be boys and then
11:36they're going to exclude themselves some other people on the team I can see the whole thing going
11:40on I think we stick with what we got wait and see if there's a late release which there usually
11:44is
11:45every year at the after camp and if there's a good veteran out there pick them up and that's the
11:50route
11:50I go stick with what you got if we can pick somebody up great is Devo gone by the way
11:54did somebody
11:55ever pick up Devo he's still out there he was he was great man I mean he did his job
12:00when he was
12:01when he was healthy I mean I mean he'd probably be cheap as could be too I mean why not
12:05put him
12:06in the he was solid he was not great well yeah but for what we have I mean yeah he's
12:11as good as what
12:12we have now if not better yeah I agree with that thanks big Mike talk to you soon bud um
12:18yeah I mean
12:19Devo's numbers weren't great but again if he had Jaden thrown to him for the entire year his numbers
12:23would have been better but at least I mean that's obvious but again he's reliable Devo see Devo's a pro
12:30he's not just gonna like disappear and be flaky and not be in contact with the team yeah yeah and
12:38who knows what Jaden Daniels thinks about Brandon and Iuke at this point I know that they were tight
12:42once yeah and they're and they're boys but we have no idea maybe this behavior is is even you know
12:48like affecting Jaden like Matt like maybe Jaden's thinking their relationship could be affected yeah
12:53maybe he's thinking well this isn't the Brandon Iuke that I played with at Arizona State's a different
12:58guy I mean think about it Matt that video we were just talking about he wasn't on that video no
13:03he's
13:03not working out with Jaden trying to get ready for the season I would actually after watching that
13:07video this morning yeah I would I would guess I mean this is just a theory that that Jane's Jane's
13:14relationship with Yami Brown might be greater than the relationship with Brandon Iuke yeah and
13:19they were working out in LA correct you know at UCLA like if he's so tight with Brandon Iuke he
13:24could
13:24have said hey man we're gonna be on the UCLA campus on fill in the date why don't you come
13:29it was April 2nd I'll throw some balls to you we'll hang out we'll you know I'm bringing
13:33Jami Brown and some of the other fellows we'll have a good time we'll get some training in
13:37yep yep didn't see Brandon Iuke there I mean how how long ago was their relationship
13:42three four years ago more than that Arizona State Arizona State so six years six years ago
13:49something I mean maybe they're not as tight as you do you still do you still have the same
13:54friend group as six years ago it's six years ago it's a good question yeah I mean we just
13:58have no idea it's a massive friend group yeah it's a great question all right Jason Jason do you still
14:03do you still talk to you regularly the same people six years ago that you do now and by the
14:08way this
14:08is like a this is a 25 year old kid yeah yeah whose whose friends probably change every year
14:14come you know in and out of your life but I look I understand what you're saying and I question
14:20it
14:20too I really do we have no idea how tight uh Jaden is with Brandon Iuke they cross paths six
14:27years
14:27ago it doesn't mean that they're still doesn't mean they're talking every day yeah exactly it's
14:31actually maybe seven because Iuke graduated from Arizona State in 2019 the number one factor for
14:38adult friendship psychologists say this is proximity they haven't had proximity when they're
14:44at Arizona State they're 3,000 miles hanging together all the time yeah they couldn't be
14:48further apart so here's the question for the Commanders fans are you willing to roll the dice on
14:55Brandon Iuke are you willing to trade a seventh rounder or wait until he's released and sign him to
15:02a one-year cheap deal and bring him into Ashburn I wouldn't trade one brand new NFL football
15:07right now for Brandon Iuke let alone a seventh round pick I mean the Commanders got Bill for a
15:13seventh round pick correct I mean that's that's pretty valuable last time I looked 800-636-1067
15:21what's your view on the latest from Brandon Iuke Adam Schefter says the Niners and other teams are
15:26having a hard time getting a hold of Brandon Iuke as the team attempts to trade him as a Commanders
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15:33are you in or out on acquiring Brandon Iuke will take more of your calls on that next year on
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