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Should the Commanders look at signing Stefon Diggs? The Junkies have a little discussion about a possible WR2 addition.
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00:00So we want to get into the latest on Stephon Diggs possibly joining the
00:05commanders and why are the New England Patriots not interested in retaining
00:10his services after giving him,
00:12I believe it was 22 million in guaranteed money upon signing with them last
00:16off season.
00:17Well,
00:17my understanding we had Ben Valin on and he said it here.
00:20He thinks it's in his opinion,
00:22it's maybe a mistake by the Patriots and that it was a financial decision.
00:27They just didn't want to pay him another 22,
00:3024 million,
00:30whatever the hell it would be to have him come back.
00:33I mean,
00:33look,
00:33he's not as explosive as he was,
00:37but he's still in seven of the last eight years,
00:40he's gone for a thousand yards and would have gone over a thousand probably in
00:43the year he tore his ACL.
00:45He's still very productive.
00:48Touchdowns have gone down a lot.
00:50Well,
00:50that might be part and parcel with the yards per catch going down,
00:54but he does catch the ball when thrown to him.
00:58It seems to have,
00:59he seems to still be a big play.
01:01They also might've wanted to get younger at the position.
01:05Of course.
01:05He's all,
01:06he would make the commanders older and they still might make a trade for AJ
01:09Brown.
01:09That's true.
01:10That's the big rumor.
01:11Right.
01:11That's a given.
01:12I think that's where AJ will go.
01:14So I,
01:15I think it's a combo of that.
01:16They figure they're going to upgrade bringing Brown.
01:18They don't necessarily need him.
01:19If they have Dobbs booting and they make a deal for Brown,
01:22I mean,
01:22those are three receivers,
01:24they don't need them.
01:24They don't need them.
01:25But do you think they're tired of his background noise?
01:28No.
01:29Even if he's a good teammate,
01:31not New England,
01:32they got a lot of deal with a lot of noise,
01:34but I'm saying before the Vrabel Rossini thing broke,
01:40just the thought is he's kind of a dramatic wide receiver and maybe you get
01:46sick of it.
01:46And he's,
01:47I don't think there's any indication of that.
01:48That's pure speculation.
01:50At least off the field.
01:51Like we saw the latest iteration of it yesterday in Burtonsville.
01:55Let me pull this up outside of the Isaac's poultry market in Burtonsville,
02:00like in a strip plaza,
02:02you know where that is?
02:02It's just a strip plaza off of 29.
02:04Yeah.
02:04Apparently.
02:05And there's no audio of the clip,
02:08but it's only like six or seven seconds long,
02:10but it's Cardi B.
02:11So there is video?
02:11There's video of Cardi B like yelling at Stefan Diggs.
02:15She addressed it.
02:16She said on her Twitter,
02:18she said,
02:18sometimes I forget I'm a celebrity.
02:20Damn.
02:21Y'all ain't never cussed your baby daddy out when you hungry.
02:24That was her tweet.
02:26So she was hangry.
02:28So what is a big deal?
02:29Is she basically saying it's not even a big deal.
02:31This is just how I am.
02:32Yeah.
02:32I guess that's just her personality.
02:35They have a wild,
02:35maybe they have a wild volatile relationship.
02:37I think it's fairly fair to guess that.
02:39I better guess it's very wild and volatile.
02:41Yeah.
02:41Now he was vindicated all the time in the lawsuit against the chef.
02:46You're saying there seems to be a lot of stuff that surrounds Stefan Diggs.
02:51Absolutely.
02:52I think that that's fair to say.
02:53My understanding is even in high school,
02:55he was known for being wild.
02:56Some schools weren't even super interested maybe in recruiting him.
03:00Right.
03:00But he's also a very productive wide out.
03:03And look,
03:03if you can get him on a team friendly deal,
03:05like I don't know what that would look like exactly for Adam Peters and the commanders.
03:09I think you at least have to consider it.
03:11You think juice weren't the squeeze.
03:13I think he's more of a guarantee.
03:15As a one year,
03:15like prove it type of deal.
03:17Yes.
03:18You'd rather have him than Keenan Allen.
03:20He brought up a bunch.
03:21I'd rather have Diggs.
03:22I think he's still more explosive than Keenan Allen.
03:25So Diggs top of the pile.
03:27What's the farthest point on the planet?
03:29I could get away from Brandon.
03:32I use like Antarctica.
03:33Sure.
03:33Well,
03:34yeah,
03:34the North or South pole.
03:35Cause you were,
03:36that is,
03:37that's where I want to be on Brandon.
03:38You were a Jennings guy.
03:39He's off the board.
03:40Jennings signed with the Vikings.
03:42So Stefan Diggs is the new apple of your eye.
03:44He's the new,
03:45but I've always had a soft spot for Diggs.
03:47He's a local guy.
03:48He a Terp,
03:49you know,
03:49he's spurned.
03:50Is he the only guy?
03:52It's a Gaithersburg guy.
03:53That's the only strike against him.
03:55He's a Gaithersburg guy.
03:56He did go to good counsel.
03:57Yeah.
03:58But he's,
03:58he's a local guy.
04:00I'm always going to root for him.
04:01Yeah.
04:01Even though like,
04:02I think,
04:03I think you do better than Cardi B personally,
04:06but that's just me.
04:07I'm with you.
04:08That's my personal thought.
04:10I'd love to see him in a,
04:11in burgundy and gold.
04:12I just think he's a kind of a sure thing.
04:16Receivers are oftentimes divas.
04:19I mean,
04:19it's just part of the deal.
04:20Isn't the receiving room better.
04:22If McLaurin is your one dig slots in is your two.
04:25Antonio Williams plays.
04:26And then,
04:27then you have other guys like McCaffrey and Diami Brown.
04:32The depth pieces.
04:33The only thing I could figure is that there,
04:37they've just decided they're going to wait out and they want.
04:40And Iuke they've just decided they're going to wait it out and they're
04:44going to sign.
04:45I mean,
04:45I mean,
04:46the only thing I could think sleeping on Debo's return.
04:49Yeah.
04:50We didn't really talk about Debo.
04:51I mean,
04:52Debo is still floating.
04:53I like Debo.
04:54I think I might,
04:54I think I might rather have Debo back than Diggs.
04:58That's a good question.
04:59Because I can live with either of those guys back.
05:02I just feel like they need another piece.
05:04I feel like it's an incomplete puzzle.
05:06No,
05:06I agree.
05:06I agree with that.
05:07If you have Terry Debo and Antonio Williams,
05:11it's pretty good.
05:12I kind of like it.
05:13And Deami and all those guys.
05:15Yeah.
05:15That's pretty good.
05:16I still need to make a wildly optimistic Antonio Williams rookie catch.
05:20That was somebody.
05:21I'm vulnerable.
05:22Just to let you guys know.
05:23I just don't know why.
05:24I'm ready to be taken advantage of.
05:25Well,
05:25you got to wait to see if they sign another guy.
05:27You know how to sign a true number two.
05:29There's no buzz about Diggs,
05:31really.
05:31I feel like there's a little momentum in the last few weeks.
05:33Like,
05:34with guys talking about it and bringing it up and asking questions.
05:39There's no buzz on Debo coming back.
05:42Less than zero.
05:43It's bizarre because my understanding is the team loved him.
05:47He loved playing in D.C.
05:49But it's obviously been communicated on some level that maybe he should look elsewhere.
05:55I don't know.
05:55Oh,
05:56I'm sure that's been communicated to him.
05:57It's weird.
05:58I just read the report and I'm a sucker for these reports.
06:02They all say them.
06:02It happens every year.
06:04He's in the best shape of his life.
06:06He's in the best shape of his life.
06:07He's working out.
06:08Trainer,
06:09you know.
06:09Well,
06:09we were wondering why.
06:10It literally came out yesterday.
06:11Guys like Jawan Jennings took so long to sign and he finally signed.
06:14And we kind of know why Diggs didn't sign anywhere.
06:17He had that court issue with the girl that sued him.
06:23But why hasn't Debo signed with anybody?
06:24I see rumors on Debo.
06:26I think they get these visions that are going to make $20 million in their head.
06:29And when those offers don't come in, they just can't believe the situation that they're in.
06:35They know that.
06:36So he ended up playing in 16 games.
06:3772 catches,
06:38727 receiving yards,
06:40five touchdowns.
06:43Rumors have him linked with?
06:45The rumor I saw,
06:46I'm going to guess,
06:48the Chargers.
06:48Chargers are one.
06:50And the Bears are the second team.
06:54The Bears?
06:56Ben Johnson likes a versatile guy.
06:58And they lost,
07:00they lost DJ Moore, right?
07:02DJ Moore leaves.
07:03Okay,
07:03I can maybe see that.
07:04I mean,
07:04I know that when I get more balls of Luther Burden.
07:07Luther Burden in year two.
07:08They have Loveland.
07:10Colson Loveland had a pretty good rookie campaign too.
07:13I have to admit
07:14that I occasionally bring up Debo.
07:17What about Debo?
07:17I love Debo.
07:21As much as I bring it up,
07:22I forget about him just as much.
07:24If they announced today
07:26that they signed Debo Samuel,
07:27I think I would be a lot,
07:29I'd feel a lot better.
07:30Yeah,
07:31you'd feel more at ease about the offense.
07:33You'd feel more like,
07:34okay,
07:34there's another weapon for Jaden to throw to you.
07:36Like,
07:36I feel better.
07:37Like a proven weapon.
07:38And I really believe,
07:40I don't know at what point,
07:41but maybe like week four,
07:42week five,
07:42whatever,
07:42he got hurt.
07:43And I just don't think we saw the explosiveness
07:46that he still might have.
07:47But he was still out there.
07:48But he's still out there playing for the most part.
07:49I think maybe he missed one or two games.
07:51Yeah.
07:51But,
07:52if you want to weigh in on Diggs
07:53possibly coming to the Commanders,
07:55you're welcome to do so on an open line Thursday,
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08:14Hey, Valdez,
08:15see if you can find
08:18that clip of Diggs
08:20when he's being asked
08:22and interviewed on Mother's Day.
08:23And they ask him about playing in D.C.
08:25and he talks about how,
08:26you know,
08:26he'll think about it later.
08:28Right now he's focusing on Mother's Day.
08:29But it just sounds so freaking charming.
08:31He's a charismatic guy.
08:33Charismatic guy.
08:34His girlfriend's not charming.
08:36I'm not saying that doesn't mean
08:36he doesn't have a chaotic part to his life.
08:38He obviously does.
08:39I don't know if he would,
08:40I don't know if he would categorize her
08:42as his girlfriend.
08:44Like,
08:44I think it's just a,
08:45like a,
08:47one of the multiple women's
08:49had one of his babies.
08:50Another woman who's got a,
08:51I don't know.
08:51I don't know.
08:52Like,
08:52if you went up to
08:53Stephon Diggs right now
08:54and said,
08:54who's your girlfriend?
08:56He'd be like,
08:57I don't know.
08:58I don't know which one to name.
08:59Have you done a poll yet?
09:01No.
09:01All right,
09:02here's your poll.
09:03I know we've done Diggs.
09:04We've done a bunch of Diggs polls.
09:06And Iuke.
09:07Now you've got to do
09:08Diggs,
09:09Iuke,
09:09Debo.
09:10Pick one.
09:11Who do you want?
09:12Throw Keenan Allen in there
09:14if you have four options.
09:15Throw Keenan Allen.
09:17I feel like that's not a serious option
09:19for Washington,
09:19but maybe it is.
09:20Just because of his age.
09:22I know,
09:23just because of his age.
09:24Yeah,
09:24he's old.
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09:38I'll have it up momentarily.
09:39How old is Keenan Allen?
09:40He's definitely four years older than...
09:41I feel like he's a year or two older,
09:43but maybe...
09:4434, 35?
09:45Might not be that much older than he is.
09:45I mean,
09:46if they sign any of those guys,
09:47they're not getting younger.
09:48Those guys are all like 30 plus.
09:49Except for maybe Debo,
09:5129 or 30.
09:52Yeah.
09:52He's the youngest of the group.
09:53Keenan is 34.
09:54He'll be 35.
09:55He just turned 34, actually.
09:57I might...
09:57You know what?
09:59I might lean now towards Debo.
10:02Just boomerang back to Debo?
10:04Boomerang back to Debo.
10:05Everyone loved him, apparently.
10:07Like, he was really well-liked.
10:11We've all seen what he could do
10:13to a football team
10:15to energize the sideline.
10:16Like, the plays that he makes,
10:19you know,
10:19you get jacked up
10:21when Debo makes a play.
10:23I might be...
10:24I might be...
10:25I might be pro-Debo.
10:28All right, you have the...
10:31All right, this is Debo.
10:33I guess he's being interviewed by who?
10:35By Wes.
10:36By Wes.
10:37This is Debo or Diggs?
10:38Or Diggs, I'm sorry.
10:39Diggs being interviewed by our guy, Wes,
10:41that works time to time with the junks.
10:44As a D&B guy,
10:45you know,
10:46you're coming into free agency.
10:47Have you talked to some of the commander players?
10:49Yeah, a little bit.
10:50A little bit.
10:50I'm familiar with the city
10:51and I'm familiar with the people.
10:53So,
10:54we're going to see down the pipe
10:55over these next couple months
10:56what looks good,
10:57what makes sense.
10:58I definitely want to
10:59shed some light on them
10:59and, you know,
11:00might go check them out
11:01for a little bit.
11:01You know,
11:02just...
11:03It's love.
11:03It's hometown.
11:04So, you know,
11:05it makes sense.
11:05But right now,
11:06you know,
11:07I kind of like take a breath.
11:08I've been training.
11:08I've been doing everything
11:09I'm supposed to,
11:09but I'm more targeting
11:11on the charitable stuff right now
11:13and then like
11:14everything else
11:15will fall into place.
11:16Somebody tweeted us,
11:18Diggs is a clown
11:19and a problem.
11:20Stay away.
11:22I think there's going to be
11:23that opinion.
11:23Again,
11:23you can vote at Chunk's radio.
11:25I don't know that he is
11:26on the field.
11:27Yeah,
11:27I was going to say,
11:27off the field,
11:28I could see why people say that.
11:29I think he's got a chaotic life.
11:31I think that's fair to say.
11:32But on the field,
11:33he's out there
11:33for every play,
11:34every game
11:35and he does make catches.
11:36All right,
11:36let's go to Dwayne
11:38in Bowie.
11:39Dwayne,
11:39what's up,
11:40buddy?
11:41Hey,
11:41good morning.
11:42How are you guys?
11:43Doing great.
11:43How are you?
11:45I'm well,
11:45thank you.
11:45So real quick,
11:46before I get to Stephon,
11:47real quick,
11:48Jason,
11:49two days ago,
11:49you were asking
11:50who Asia Wilson was
11:52and then ironically,
11:54this morning,
11:55you talk about
11:55how Aces blew out
11:57the Connecticut,
11:57right?
11:57Did you check
11:58the box score
11:58of that game?
12:00I did not.
12:02I know they won by 30,
12:03but I didn't look
12:04at the box score,
12:04no.
12:05Okay,
12:06first of all,
12:06Asia Wilson
12:07is top three
12:09maybe top two
12:10WNBA best player
12:12after Caitlin
12:12and EB,
12:13you mentioned that
12:13yesterday.
12:14I'm shocked you guys
12:15didn't know who
12:16Asia Wilson was also.
12:17No,
12:17I knew who she was.
12:18No,
12:18I knew who Asia was.
12:19I'll be honest,
12:20I don't pay attention to it.
12:21She's better than Caitlin
12:22Clark right now.
12:23She's down on my radar.
12:23Oh,
12:24yeah,
12:24yeah.
12:24Absolutely,
12:25absolutely,
12:25JP,
12:26and not only that,
12:27she's a fiancé to,
12:28guess who?
12:30Bam,
12:30Adebayo,
12:31your 83-point man.
12:32Oh,
12:33there you go.
12:33I didn't know that.
12:34Those 83 points
12:35should have counted.
12:37Counterfeit.
12:38A smart
12:38to Kobe Bryant.
12:40Now,
12:40let me get back
12:41to Diggs real quick.
12:42EB,
12:43right now,
12:43on the commanders,
12:45who gets off the field
12:47news?
12:48None,
12:49right?
12:49Nobody.
12:49What's the question?
12:50Slow down.
12:51Who gets off the field news?
12:53Like,
12:53who's the problem?
12:54Oh,
12:54we're pretty good with that.
12:55Who's the problem
12:55in the commanders right now?
12:56We're pretty good with that.
12:57We're pretty good with that.
12:59Okay,
13:00good.
13:00So,
13:00Nat,
13:01do you really want Diggs?
13:03Like,
13:03deep in your heart,
13:04do you really want that problem?
13:06He's got a problem?
13:07Do you want that every other day news?
13:08Like,
13:09yesterday or two days ago,
13:10he was at a Burtonville
13:11arguing with Cardi B.
13:12Do you really want that?
13:14Yeah,
13:14I don't know.
13:15I just want to win,
13:16bud.
13:17You know what I want?
13:17He doesn't care about
13:18what he's doing off the field.
13:1945 catches.
13:20I just want to win.
13:21And that's kind of what he does.
13:22And I need one of these guys.
13:23I'm kind of panicking a little bit
13:25because I just feel like
13:26we need to add one more piece.
13:28And I just want to grab one of them.
13:30You know what's going to happen?
13:31You know what's going to happen?
13:32He's going to have him off the field
13:33and then maybe on a Sunday or Thursday
13:35he has a bad game,
13:36you're going to be out on him.
13:37You're going to be out on him so quick,
13:39E.D.
13:39I know you're going to be out on him.
13:40I don't think that happened in New England.
13:42I think they were very happy with him.
13:44He was kind of underwhelming,
13:45I think.
13:46Well, New England and the Washington, D.C. area
13:49is not the same.
13:49There's a lot going on out here, man.
13:51There's a lot going on.
13:52He's home.
13:53He's going to be home.
13:54Think about it.
13:55Yeah.
13:55Okay, thank you, Dwayne.
13:56Appreciate it.
13:58Let's go to Gus in Arlington.
13:59Gus!
14:00What's up, man?
14:01You're all on the junks.
14:02I definitely take a shot at Diggs.
14:04He's always been productive.
14:05And I think it's, you know,
14:07we have Quinn and Peters.
14:09They should have established a culture already.
14:11We have a bunch of culture guys.
14:12We can't be 100% choir boys.
14:14We need to win with talent.
14:16And sometimes that talent comes with, you know,
14:17something's on the side.
14:18As long as it's not disruptive on the field,
14:20I say go for Diggs.
14:21And anything, you give him a tier deal,
14:23you give him a tier deal,
14:25it gives you some leverage
14:25with the Terry renegotiation after next year.
14:28You know, protect yourself with that.
14:30I'm going to sound like an old guy.
14:31I hate doing this.
14:32This is really aging me.
14:34But when Gary Clark was here,
14:37Gary was like my favorite receiver.
14:39He was my favorite.
14:39Of all the guys, he was my favorite.
14:40He was a volatile guy.
14:42He wanted the ball.
14:44Very outspoken.
14:45He had a lot of injury issues,
14:46but he wanted to play all the time.
14:48You could see him kind of ranting on the sideline.
14:50That's a long time ago.
14:52I know.
14:52It doesn't seem relevant to people today.
14:54But I think you can handle and win
14:56with a few volatile guys like that.
14:58I think that's okay.
15:00This is not, you're not going to church.
15:02Diggs in what was considered a down year for him
15:04had 85 catches.
15:06You know how many times Terry McLaurin
15:07has done that in his career?
15:09Once.
15:10Yeah.
15:10One time.
15:11How many times has Stefan done it?
15:12One.
15:12How many times has Stefan done it?
15:13Had 85 catches or more?
15:15Yeah, yeah.
15:15By four or five at least.
15:16Yeah.
15:17Maybe more.
15:18Yeah.
15:18So like,
15:19you can call it unproductive.
15:21That's the thing.
15:22He's down here.
15:23He had 85 grabs.
15:2485.
15:25Could you imagine dealing with
15:26five different babies' mamas?
15:29No.
15:29I think he had five.
15:30No.
15:30Maybe.
15:31It might even be six.
15:33There's an article.
15:34He's got six kids,
15:35according to this New York Post article.
15:37And I think I tallied five different moms.
15:41It's a different culture.
15:44It's what he wants to do.
15:44That's why he's going to be playing
15:47until he's like 38, 39 years old.
15:49He needs to.
15:49Can you imagine how much he's shelling out
15:52in child support?
15:52It's a lot.
15:53All right.
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