00:00So, Stefan Diggs was in town over the weekend where he held a Mother's Day event.
00:06And our own Wes Clark, Wes does a lot of our social media work, does it for both stations, 106
00:14.7 The Fan and 980.
00:17Wes was in here producing on Monday before Max got back from vacation yesterday.
00:23Wes went out and actually asked Stefan Diggs about playing here.
00:30For Washington, here's what Diggs said.
00:34As a D&B guy, you know, you're coming into free agency.
00:37Have you talked to some of the commander players?
00:38Yeah, a little bit. A little bit. I'm familiar with the city and I'm familiar with the people.
00:42So, we're going to see down the pipe over these next couple months what looks good, what makes sense.
00:47I definitely want to shed some light on them and, you know, might go check them out for a little
00:50bit.
00:51You know, just it's love. It's hometown. So, you know, it makes sense.
00:55But right now, you know, I kind of like take a breath.
00:57I've been training. I've been doing everything I'm supposed to.
00:59But I'm more targeting on the charitable stuff right now.
01:03And then, like, everything else will fall into place.
01:06There you go. That's what he said.
01:08You know, I definitely want to shed some light on them.
01:11Check them out for a little bit. It's love. It's hometown.
01:14So, it makes sense.
01:15But certainly not a commitment to or even expressing any sort of desire to play for Washington.
01:23But that didn't stop Pierre Garçon from weighing in on social media.
01:29The, you know, longtime wide receiver here in D.C.
01:33Prior to that in Indianapolis and then with the 49ers said with – there was a tweet that went out.
01:41Stefan Diggs' preferred place to play in 2026 is with the commanders.
01:46That was from some site called NFL Rumors.
01:49That's a trolling tweet because he didn't say that, obviously.
01:55But Pierre Garçon tweeted out, this would be really good for both sides.
02:00Lots of, you know, hands in the air praying for it to be true.
02:07And then he wrote, I believe it will happen.
02:10That was from Pierre Garçon.
02:13I actually don't believe it will happen.
02:16I would love for it to happen if Diggs is healthy and ready and hungry.
02:22And, you know, the Brandon Iyuk situation is going to be a long slog.
02:27Because that's what it's shaping up to be right now.
02:30Even if Brandon Iyuk is likely to Washington once he gets released,
02:36will the team want to wait it out, which could last, could last, until the end of August?
02:42Or would you rather get Stefan Diggs signed and in before training camp begins?
02:50And then, by the way, and many of you suggested this when we talked about it last week,
02:55what about both of them?
02:57Sure.
02:58Why not?
03:00None of these is going to be super expensive.
03:03The Iyuk deal is going to be all sort of prove it in terms of the format of the deal.
03:09It's going to be a one-year deal.
03:11It's going to be low on base.
03:12And it's going to be very high on incentives.
03:15Stefan Diggs has played more recently.
03:17Went for over 1,000 yards last year.
03:1985 receptions.
03:21Led the Patriots in both receptions and yards.
03:24He's probably going to get a lot of activity that would be beyond a prove-it deal.
03:32I'm sure there will be some comfort in the deal that he signs in terms of potentially more than one
03:39year
03:40and some guaranteed, real guaranteed money.
03:43But it's not going to be top-of-the-market wide receiver money for Stefan Diggs
03:48and probably not even middle-of-the-market wide receiver money at this point.
03:53But I'll tell you what.
03:55The more, and I've said this before, and Diggs for one season in this offense with Jaden Daniels,
04:03having a receiver like Terry on the field with him, he's never had that.
04:08The closest thing would be Adam Thielen when he was in Minnesota.
04:12And he was the number one and Thielen was the number two.
04:15Here you could make the case Terry's the one, Diggs is the two.
04:18He's never been in that position.
04:20Not in Minnesota, not in Buffalo, not in Houston for the eight games,
04:24although Nico Collins was on the roster, and then not last year in New England.
04:29It could be a really beneficial situation for Diggs and the offense.
04:36Diggs can still do it.
04:40And there's no doubt about what he is on game day, man.
04:43He is a big-time dog, man.
04:47This guy is truly competitive and does whatever it takes to win.
04:54Yes, when he's not being fed the football, there is potential that it could go sideways.
04:59But not to the degree that I think sometimes the reputation says.
05:04You know, maybe he is short dose, small dose.
05:09But one year here with maybe, you know, a second year where you could move on without much pain,
05:17I'm all on board for Stefan Diggs.
05:21And then if, you know, IU becomes available via waivers, you could do that too.
05:28They have a chance next year to be a good football team.
05:33It starts with the quarterback being healthy.
05:37It then goes to the defense, has to be improved.
05:41And then it goes to, you know, what else do they have in terms of true, you know,
05:47A players, A- players, B- players.
05:51Add one or two more offensively.
05:56Hey, I'm with Pierre.
05:58I think it would be good for both sides.
06:01I don't think it'll happen though.
06:03And here's why I don't think it'll happen.
06:05I think the IU thing is real.
06:08I think the team is willing to wait for IU.
06:12And I think it's, if Stefan Diggs knows that, he sizes up this opportunity
06:19where you would have Terry and IU.
06:21And he probably wants to be a number one or, you know, worst case, a 1A somewhere.
06:30And wouldn't choose here.
06:32He's going to have some choices.
06:34Stefan Diggs is too good at 32 years old.
06:36Played too well last year not to have some choices.
06:40Now that, you know, everything related to the felony charge, the misdemeanor charge,
06:46that's all behind him now.
06:48Found not guilty on both.
06:51The felony strangulation and assault and the misdemeanor assault and battery.
07:00I definitely would consider Stefan Diggs.
07:04I think the idea of Diggs and IU can Terry and Chig, a con quote, all out on the field
07:11next year
07:12with a healthy Jaden Daniels, I think that would scare a lot of teams.
07:17I think offensively they could be really good.
07:20Yeah, there's going to be a little bit of an adjustment to the new scheme.
07:24To the, you know, Ben Johnson, Kevin O'Connell, Shanahan, whatever Blau rolls out.
07:30You know, there was an adjustment for, you know, Caleb Williams last year.
07:34I actually think Jaden's more capable of adjusting even faster.
07:41I think this fit will be a good one.
07:44I think more play action pass attempts into the offense will be a great thing for a quarterback
07:49like Jaden Daniels.
07:50But man, it'd be nice to add more explosive playmaking ability on the field with him.
07:57I'd totally be in to Diggs.
08:01I kind of feel like, Max, we've done a lot of Diggs and IU conversation even together.
08:07But I'm not sure, phone line-wise, we've offered up this.
08:13You can only pick one, Diggs or IU.
08:18Which of the two would you select?
08:21They come with different timelines more likely than not.
08:25Diggs is here and ready for camp.
08:28IU perhaps is not and doesn't get added until midway through camp or maybe shortly before
08:34the regular season begins.
08:36And there's one thing about the Stefan Diggs.
08:38Like, if we were to bring him in before IU became available, don't you think that that
08:43would take a lot of the 49ers leverage away from us since we wouldn't be as desperate to
08:50sign somebody like IU as a wide receiver too?
08:54Well, I think the 49ers right now are in that mode of, I'm not doing him or any of my
09:04competitors
09:05any favors by turning him loose well in advance of when I have to.
09:11You know, they don't have to release him because they don't have to pay him until September 1st
09:17any money.
09:18So why not wait it out, whether it's Washington or somebody else, somebody could get desperate
09:24during training camp with injuries to wide receivers and say, fine, we'll give you a seventh
09:29round pick.
09:30The problem with trading for IU, as I've pointed out now for months, is that if you trade for
09:36him, you get his contract as well.
09:38And nobody wants to pay him $27.5 million next year and be on the hook for another $28 million
09:45in 2027.
09:47Not with his recent, you know, shenanigans over the last year and a half.
09:53So I personally don't think that anybody would get so desperate as to trade for Brandon Iuke,
10:00but the 49ers don't have to, to, to cut him yet.
10:05And so whether Washington signs digs or not, I don't think that that changes the 49ers mindset.
10:11I think the 49ers mindset is you really, you know, screwed us.
10:19You really kind of did something that's borderline unprecedented so much.
10:24So we were able to avoid 30 to $40 million in guaranteed, you know, contract money.
10:32And we don't feel like we should do you any favors.
10:35More importantly, we don't feel like we should give a competitor, you know, especially if the
10:40teams in the NFC, a chance to have you for a complete training camp so that you can adjust
10:46to your new squad.
10:48We'll turn you loose and you can, you know, on August 31st, and you can take six, seven
10:55weeks to get adjusted to your new team or however long it would take.
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11:06You have to choose one or the other, digs or iuk.
11:12This isn't a neither and this isn't a both.
11:16You get one or the other, which would you take?
11:20Again, the difference is timelines.
11:23The difference is age.
11:24The difference is upside.
11:26The difference is fit.
11:28There's a lot of differences between the two, but you only get one.
11:32Who would you pick?
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