00:00Got to thank the United Football League.
00:01They just brought over the UFL trophy.
00:03You and I were getting pictures and some videos with the beautiful trophy
00:08they're going to give out for the first time ever at United Bowl 1,
00:11United Bowl 2026.
00:12The defenders are actually at home for the championship game this Saturday,
00:17kickoff at 3 o'clock, June 13th.
00:20They're taking on the Louisville Kings with a chance to win a second title
00:24in as many years.
00:25They're doing it without Jordan Ta'amu, who got hurt.
00:28They had lost the final few games of their season
00:30and then won with a backup quarterback in the playoffs.
00:33So we'll see if they can win a championship with a backup QB.
00:37That happens on Saturday, and tickets are still available,
00:41but the trophy was heavy.
00:42Trophy's heavy.
00:42That's the takeaway.
00:44I like a good heavy trophy.
00:4650 pounds?
00:47You lift weights.
00:48I would say 40, 50.
00:49It's a dense trophy, and it's unevenly weighted, so it feels heavier.
00:54It really is like holding a toddler.
00:57That's kind of how it felt.
00:58It's very dense, thick in that midsection there.
01:01But yeah, I like a good heavy trophy.
01:03That lets you know that it's of substance.
01:05That light trophy that you're just raising with one hand?
01:07No, no, no, no, no.
01:08Give me that good heavy trophy.
01:10You've got to have a flex a little bit.
01:11It was so shiny.
01:12It was so shiny.
01:12I feel bad about putting fingerprints on it.
01:14Smudgy.
01:15Yeah.
01:15I feel terrible about that.
01:16Smudgy.
01:17I wanted to kiss it and do the I just won the trophy bit,
01:21but I was like, ah, they're watching,
01:23and they're going to have to clean it, and that's weird for them.
01:24But all eyes are on Jason Bean, the backup quarterback for the Defenders,
01:28former Kansas product, who got the win in the playoffs
01:30and is now trying to win a title.
01:32It would be a pretty cool deal for him,
01:34just kind of accidentally stubbing your toe into a starting job
01:36in a UFL championship game.
01:38I want to get to Brandon Ayuk, though, Danny,
01:40because we got another Ayuk video released yesterday.
01:44New Ayuk just dropped.
01:45This is becoming the Brian Fantana Panda Watch.
01:48In fact, Darius, I know we're going to Williamsburg,
01:50and you're going to be busy, but if he keeps doing this,
01:52we're going to need some type of production,
01:55Fantana style, with like Brando Watch or something,
01:59like the Ayuk Watch.
02:01But the new video is every bit as strange, confounding,
02:09as the first one.
02:10This is what Brandon Ayuk had to say.
02:12And another thing, you want to know why they're really mad, though?
02:17They're mad because they're stupid.
02:19They're dumb.
02:23They're mad that they paid me $50 million in eight months
02:27and then voided my guarantees for 2027.
02:32And I'm about to be on a new team in 2027.
02:36They're mad at they sales for real.
02:38They're acting like they're mad at me,
02:39but they're stupid-ass mad at they sales.
02:44So here's what I took out of this video.
02:46Tell me what I'm getting wrong.
02:48He's making fun of the 49ers for paying him money.
02:53That's what he just did.
02:55He referred to them as stupid and dumb for giving him money.
03:02What am I missing exactly?
03:04That is not the flex that you think it is.
03:06They're stupid and they're dumb.
03:07They paid me $50 million.
03:09By the way, I'm looking for $50 million
03:10if anyone wants to pay me again.
03:12But I'm calling the last team that did it stupid and dumb.
03:16Is he referencing that they're dumb
03:17because of how they structured the contract?
03:20Because he was able to get $50 million from them
03:22in eight months before voiding the rest of his contract
03:24and guarantees?
03:26Maybe that's what he's saying.
03:27I hadn't really thought about that.
03:28He's dunking on them.
03:29Because, you know, yesterday you and I were asking, Danny,
03:32why did he accept the contract if he hates him so much?
03:35Well, is he claiming I actually got $50 million in cash
03:38for the very little amount of time that I was still on the team?
03:41And then I got to pull the nonsense that I have.
03:45The rest of the money I'll never see.
03:47But I still made $50 million.
03:49I stole $50 million from them, gave them nothing,
03:51and they're the idiots.
03:53Is that what he's saying?
03:55Did he actually make $50 million after signing?
03:58I don't know.
03:58I'm assuming he must have.
03:59I'm not great about looking at those
04:01and the difference between what the contract says,
04:04the cash, or whatever was up front,
04:05or what was guaranteed.
04:06I don't know.
04:07I mean, the guaranteed salary,
04:08there wasn't much to it on those deals,
04:12according to SpotTrack or Over the Cap.
04:14So I don't know that he got the cash up front.
04:16I don't know.
04:16I'm terrible with those sorts of NFL contracts.
04:19And you need to be, frankly, a genius.
04:20A guy like Joel Corey could probably break it down
04:22for us as to exactly what he got and what he didn't get.
04:24But if he got $50 million in cash
04:26based on signing bonus, old money, new money,
04:28in the first year of that deal,
04:30and his point is my bank account hit
04:33with a $50 million payment from San Francisco,
04:37and then they voided the rest,
04:38so the rest of the contract's null and void,
04:40but I still got $50 million from you,
04:42and all you got from me was a headache.
04:44So you're the idiots?
04:46That is not the flex that he thinks it is.
04:48Well, of course not.
04:49It's lunacy.
04:51It's like imagine on your wedding day,
04:53I now pronounce your husband and wife,
04:54and you go to your wife,
04:55Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, idiot!
04:57You married a stupid person!
05:00Ho, ho, ho, you should be embarrassed!
05:04Whatever this is needs to stop.
05:06God, I hate it.
05:07You say that, but...
05:08I hate it.
05:09Is there any way this actually helps him?
05:12I don't mean in the court of public opinion
05:14where any sane, reasonable, normal person
05:16will watch this and say,
05:17this is an unserious, immature, unprofessional
05:21person that I want nothing to do with.
05:23There are fanboys who,
05:25because he wore a commander's hat
05:27with his shirt off that time,
05:28that say,
05:29he loves my team, I love him!
05:30B.A., I can't wait to you!
05:31You come here, bro!
05:32Let's make sweet music together!
05:34Those people are out there, too,
05:36and you're allowed to think that
05:37if that's what you want.
05:38But a normal grown-up
05:39who's just a functioning member of society
05:40who wants to, like,
05:42see people acting well,
05:43get good things,
05:44and people act like idiots,
05:45get whatever comes for that idiocy,
05:48like, most people are going to watch
05:49these videos and go,
05:50this is a person
05:51who is unserious, unprofessional,
05:53and acts like a child.
05:56But what if it gets him out of San Francisco faster?
05:58Eric Bickle tweeted this.
05:59We were going back and forth on X today.
06:01I hadn't thought about this,
06:02but he said,
06:03you know, everyone's making fun of Brandon Ayuk
06:04and saying that he's a moron, basically.
06:07But if the Niners decide
06:09he's too squeaky of a wheel,
06:11this is too much of a distraction,
06:13these videos are too constant
06:14if he keeps doing one a day
06:16or one every two days,
06:17maybe they cut him sooner.
06:19Maybe that's what he's trying to do
06:20is just be such a squeaky wheel,
06:24such a loud distraction
06:29that they have no choice
06:30but to move on from him
06:31sooner than they would otherwise.
06:32I will not give him credit
06:34for playing three-dimensional chess.
06:36I won't.
06:36I won't give him credit
06:37for Machiavellian lever pulls
06:39from behind the scenes
06:40while he twiddles his mustache
06:41because he's so smart.
06:42If he was smart enough,
06:43he would just show up
06:44to offseason stuff
06:44to start the clock
06:45to make them release him.
06:46It doesn't seem like
06:48he's going to outsmart
06:49the billion-dollar team.
06:50Yeah.
06:51To your point.
06:52So, like,
06:53if the 49ers decide
06:54they're sick of it,
06:55this wasn't some genius move
06:57by somebody.
06:59You see what I'm saying?
06:59Like, if they decide
07:00they're sick of it,
07:01it's because they're sick of it,
07:01not because,
07:02oh, what a savvy thing
07:04he made these nonsensical
07:06blathering videos
07:07and he forced their hand.
07:08Oh, genius.
07:09Nope.
07:10Boob.
07:10This is a boob
07:11who's spouting nonsense.
07:14If these videos continue,
07:17could they end up helping him?
07:18I want to ask people
07:18that will open up the phones.
07:20800-636-1067.
07:22I'm also curious,
07:23was anybody that was
07:24in on signing Ayuk now out,
07:26has anybody seen these videos
07:29and changed their opinion?
07:30Because I think people
07:31are so dug in
07:32that it doesn't really matter
07:33what he does.
07:33The people that are excited
07:34that he was wearing
07:35Commander's gear
07:36and likes Jaden Daniels,
07:37because so do they,
07:38they're going to be really high
07:39in advocating for him
07:40and excited to advocate for him.
07:42And the people that don't want
07:44anything to do with him
07:44are going to see these videos
07:45and it's going to confirm
07:46their priors.
07:47But that would be
07:48my second question is,
07:50do you think
07:51that this could actually affect
07:53how the commanders feel
07:54about him?
07:55800-636-1067.
07:56Grant and Danny on the face.
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