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The Brandon Aiyuk saga has taken ANOTHER turn, which The Junkies look at as they Hit the Skins today!
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00:00So, we wanted to bring up this latest Brandon Iyuk video that he posted yesterday.
00:05Man, he's weird.
00:06It's a 47-second long video.
00:09And in the video, he's singing along to a song.
00:14I don't know what the song is.
00:16He's in a bathrobe.
00:17Yep.
00:18And he's just dancing and just preening for the camera and singing to the camera.
00:25Right.
00:25And he's just a strange guy.
00:29He's a weird dude.
00:30He's a weird guy.
00:32I don't know how else to describe him.
00:34I honestly have got to the point.
00:36I was very pro on signing him.
00:38And now, it's not that I'm just neutral on it.
00:41I don't care either way.
00:42If they sign him, I assume they know something I don't know.
00:45So, I'm neutral on it.
00:46I don't care.
00:47I'd rather sign somebody who had 1,000 yards last year.
00:52But there's no denying he's a weird dude.
00:56Why would you want that?
00:57There's no denying it.
00:58I mean, I know if he's 100% healthy, he's talented.
01:00But he's just so strange.
01:03He's an eclectic cat, is what he is.
01:05Now, you know, people are evaluating this.
01:07And it's kind of like daily.
01:09You're getting like a daily dose of IU.
01:10And it seemed like he waited until post-June 1.
01:14And now, it seems like he's frustrated they haven't released him yet.
01:17I can only figure that this is his way of trying to force them to let him go.
01:21Who knows?
01:22I don't know if it's going to backfire.
01:23I don't know.
01:23People seem to say if he just shows up, that'll do it.
01:26Because if he trips and falls, he could say he got hurt, and they'll owe him his full salary.
01:31Then the money becomes guaranteed.
01:33So I don't know why he doesn't just do it.
01:34Just suck it up, show up, and force him to cut you.
01:37And then you'll be on your way.
01:38But people seem to think he's not going to go that route.
01:41This is the route he's chosen.
01:42Definitely where, dude, people are trying to interpret where is he.
01:47They're trying to look at the windows.
01:48They're trying to look at the house.
01:51They're wondering, is he here in Northern Virginia?
01:54I mean, are those like 100 different degrees that are up on the wall behind him?
01:58I can't quite figure out what that is.
02:01So the speculation is it's some sort of Airbnb.
02:04Okay.
02:05He's rented some sort of house somewhere.
02:07Is that Great Falls?
02:09Is that San Jose?
02:12I don't know.
02:13People are just trying to figure out where in the world is Brandon I.
02:17But here's the flaw.
02:18Remember, he had the location on his last post that said Washington, D.C.
02:22But you can just alter that.
02:23You can manipulate it.
02:23Yeah, so that doesn't mean he could be in San Francisco.
02:27He could be anywhere.
02:27He's leading you to believe that he's here, potentially.
02:32I don't know.
02:33I don't know what to make of any of it.
02:35That's just crazy.
02:36Other than he's definitely a weird dude.
02:37What is the dance he's doing?
02:38What is that?
02:39I don't know.
02:39I don't understand it.
02:40I guess he titled the post, coming to an end zone near you.
02:44So is this going to be his end zone dance?
02:46Is this going to be his scores?
02:47He actually titled it, and this kind of tilts me out.
02:49I'm not the biggest grammarian-like person.
02:52Coming to a end zone near you.
02:55Yeah.
02:55Yeah.
02:55It should be an end zone.
02:58Right?
02:59Yes.
02:59Coming to a end zone near you.
03:01It's not that big a deal.
03:02It sounds like you're a six-year-old.
03:05All right.
03:05Not that big a deal.
03:06It said it was persnickety.
03:08It's me being persnickety.
03:09It's me being a little persnickety.
03:10And I'm not usually that persnickety when it comes to grammar and language.
03:13I mean, is he going to release three of these videos a week until he's on another team?
03:19I don't know.
03:20But if he's doing it to agitate the Niners, I don't think that John Lynch and Shanahan
03:26are looking at this and saying, well, now this is going to spur us to release him earlier
03:31than we have to.
03:32They have a plan.
03:33They don't care if he's dancing in an Airbnb in D.C.
03:41They're going to do whatever they can do to make their team better.
03:44Correct.
03:44And they're hoping somebody, I mean, I think this is insane to think this, they're hoping
03:48somebody's going to offer something in a trade to acquire him.
03:52I don't think that's going to happen.
03:53Why would anybody offer a trade for that?
03:54I think they know that's not going to happen, Cakes, but I think they just don't want to
03:57capitulate and just give this guy what he wants when they feel, probably rightly so
04:04and so on, that they were screwed.
04:05I think the bet that he is released, I don't know, a day before the season starts or maybe
04:11the week before the season starts, it's probably a great bet.
04:13They're going to spite him as much as possible.
04:16They hate his guts, and he hates them.
04:19That's the dynamic between those two parties.
04:23There is no love lost between Ayuk and the Niners and vice versa.
04:27The thing is, don't you think, man, if you just took $50 million from your employer, okay,
04:30you have a beef about how maybe you handled your rehab or whatever.
04:35There's obviously some sort of beef there in the center.
04:36Don't you feel some guilt that you took $50 million from him?
04:40Don't you feel some responsibility?
04:42He doesn't appear to have any.
04:43He doesn't appear to have any.
04:45He doesn't have that in his head.
04:46I don't know if he has that gene.
04:47And I know initially when the first video came out, I said, and I wasn't saying I didn't
04:52want him.
04:53I was just saying, dude, he's weird.
04:55He's a weird dude.
04:55And I got attacked.
04:56Now I'm even seeing some of the most vociferous HTTC guys starting to go, why, Brandon?
05:03Why?
05:04Why are you doing this every day?
05:07Is this giving you pause?
05:10I know, I feel like it's giving a lot of Skins fans second thoughts.
05:16Are people starting to flip on Brandon Ayoub?
05:18800-636-1067.
05:21Because if you didn't know anything about it, you're watching it from afar, you go, okay,
05:24disgruntled player, contract situation, injury situation, that happens.
05:28But now that he's putting this out there, is this giving you pause?
05:33I got to believe, in fact, I know it is.
05:36I know it's giving a certain percentage.
05:38What percentage?
05:38I don't know.
05:39Maybe that should be our poll of the day.
05:41And it's nothing harmful.
05:43No, it's just weird.
05:44It's nothing criminal.
05:45But it's just strange behavior.
05:48And if you're Dan Quinn and Peters, and you're seeing these barrage of videos that have come
05:53out in the last seven days to ten days, they have to be having inner dialogue behind the
06:00walls at the Big Bear Performance Center, whatever it's called now, saying, is this really the
06:05guy we want to introduce into our locker room in a pivotal year?
06:08He could be releasing videos, I've said this five billion times, he could be releasing videos
06:12two, three times a week of him just balling, catching balls, running, looking great.
06:17Yeah.
06:18And the Commanders fans would be all in.
06:21That would be different.
06:22Yeah.
06:22But now, when he's released, this is number three or four.
06:25It's at least a third, I think.
06:27The Commanders fans who originally were in, you're right.
06:30I think a high percentage of them are out.
06:32I don't know what the percentage is, but there's certainly a percentage.
06:34Or at least they're iffy.
06:35They're iffy.
06:36There's certainly guys that were super supportive of them, didn't really mind the first video
06:42or two.
06:42Now they're starting to say, why?
06:44Why, dude?
06:45What are you doing here?
06:47And what good is going to come of this video that you're putting out?
06:51Now, there's also some rumors out there, I don't know if it's true, it may be that amidst
06:58all this, he may be estranged from his agent, even?
07:03That's possible?
07:05And some are speculating that Jaden's mother, who I believe, isn't she now a certified agent?
07:11Yes.
07:12She might be overseeing some of this now.
07:17Which, you know, you're just doing the math.
07:19Okay, he's best friends with Jaden.
07:20Jaden's mom says, hey, you know, I can help.
07:23People are just guessing on that.
07:24People are just guessing, as far as I can tell.
07:26But they're doing some math here.
07:29I'm telling you, people are swearing.
07:30That's so weird.
07:31If that's...
07:33She's a certified agent.
07:34I mean, that's just a whack...
07:36That's got to be a wackadoo theory.
07:38There's no way, like...
07:40Jaden's mom's representing Brandon?
07:42Yeah.
07:43Potentially, or at least advising him?
07:45There's no way.
07:46I can't believe...
07:47I refuse to believe that.
07:48Here's the thought process.
07:51That's got to be just some wackadoo HTTC guy.
07:55Could be.
07:55Here's the thought process, though.
07:57All right?
07:57So if it's true that he and his agent are estranged or something's not right...
08:01No, he's already...
08:01We already know he's estranged from his wide receiver coach.
08:03Right?
08:04The guy that worked it up with TJ, who's Mazzotta.
08:06Apparently, he worked out with him and was like, yeah, dude, I can't...
08:09You know, I can't work with the guy.
08:11It's, you know...
08:13If he's also estranged with the agent, you can imagine he's probably getting heat because,
08:18you know, he coordinated this whole deal, got $50 million, you know, all in one year
08:22for his guy.
08:23Now, his guy's kind of going AWOL.
08:24Not a great look for the agent, right?
08:27Well, why would he be mad at his agent?
08:30Well, who knows?
08:31The agent might be mad at him.
08:32For acting like this.
08:33Who knows?
08:34Who knows?
08:34Just work with me.
08:35And then Jaden's mom is a certified agent.
08:39People are wondering, where the hell is he?
08:42People are swearing those aren't California trees.
08:45I don't know the difference between a California tree and a Virginia tree.
08:48We have arborists watching the show or breaking it all down.
08:51He had the thing where he clearly was trying to insinuate that he was out this way.
08:57Some people are wondering, is he living in a Jaden guest house?
09:01What's going on?
09:02How can you tell if it's a tree in California?
09:04I can't.
09:05Or if it's not.
09:06Well, we can't.
09:08I think you're deep in the Ayuk rabbit hole.
09:12I mean, just looking at theories out there.
09:14Just looking at theories.
09:15Just trying to figure out what's going on.
09:17You know what?
09:18I don't think that's his house.
09:20So he's clearly in a different location.
09:23Also, not a very good dancer.
09:25I expected him.
09:26I know he's doing a wacky bit.
09:28He's doing a bit.
09:28Probably a great dancer.
09:30He wants it to look weird.
09:31Yeah, well, you know what he's doing?
09:32He's achieving that.
09:33He's succeeding.
09:33Is it possible?
09:34He's pulling it off.
09:35Is it possible that Peters and Jaden, those guys, that they know him, and they know he's
09:41just being goofy, and they don't even care?
09:44I guess it's possible.
09:46Yeah, because they were with him for a few years.
09:49Jaden's known him for longer than that.
09:51He was probably like this back when they were playing.
09:52And behind the scenes, they know he's just kind of a goofy guy, and it's just Brandon being
09:56Brandon.
09:57Is it possible?
09:57Of course it's possible.
09:59We have no idea.
10:00That is entirely possible.
10:01We don't know how much Peters likes or dislikes him.
10:03Man, I'd be reluctant to bring him in.
10:06What's going to be weird is if when, because he has to report to training camp or he gets
10:11fined 50K per day.
10:12Right.
10:13What's going to be weird is when he's there at training camp with San Francisco.
10:16Well, they're saying if he shows up, they'll cut him, because if he trips and falls over
10:20a plant, then he could claim he's injured.
10:24But I doubt he's going to sacrifice 50K a day and not show up.
10:28People think he's not going to show up.
10:30That's stupid.
10:3250K a day.
10:32He sacrificed 30 million by not showing up to his rehab when he was supposed to.
10:37But this is more.
10:38It just adds up.
10:39I know.
10:40And if he knows that there's a chance they're going to cut him, if he is going to show up.
10:44Jason, does it look like he appears that he's going to show up?
10:47I don't know.
10:48I don't know.
10:49I can't predict what he's going to do on a day-to-day basis or what video he's going to
10:55put out next.
10:56Is it going to look like a desperate team if they sign him?
11:02Is it going to actually be a bad look for the Skins?
11:06It could almost backfire.
11:09To me, it kind of wreaks a desperation.
11:11It tells me you guys aren't really sold on your wideout room if you bring this hot mess
11:18in.
11:19That's kind of the way I look at it.
11:21But this could all be wasted breath.
11:22They may not touch him with a 100-foot pole.
11:25That's entirely possible.
11:26I feel like he knows something, though, Jason.
11:28I feel like he knows something.
11:30We're just guessing.
11:31I don't know.
11:31But all they're doing is praising the wide receiver group.
11:34Right.
11:34They love him.
11:35All of the coaches.
11:36They like what's in-house.
11:38Mm-hmm.
11:39Well, we'll see if that's just lip service.
11:41If they pick him up, like, at the end of training camp.
11:45I call me gullible, but when someone says something, I usually believe it.
11:47Yeah.
11:50He is a strange cat.
11:52And he's going to release another one probably Thursday.
11:55I just don't know why he doesn't go the extra mile and just show him.
11:59Post a Debo video.
12:01By the way, I'd rather have Debo at this point.
12:04Debo was such a stud.
12:06And even in a sort of a down year, Debo made plays for us.
12:11Mm-hmm.
12:11And you don't have to deal with questioning where the guy's head's at.
12:16You know what I mean?
12:17Yeah.
12:17It'll be strange if they go with Brandon Ayuk over Debo.
12:23After the way he's acted.
12:25Right.
12:26To his old employer.
12:27Putting all these videos out.
12:29Coming off a major injury.
12:31And they're going to skip Debo and go to Brandon?
12:34That's weird.
12:35I know he's younger, but come on.
12:37Let's go to Reggie in D.C.
12:40Reggie, what's up, buddy?
12:41What do you think?
12:41Has this changed your whole sort of mindset on this Ayuk deal?
12:45The videos?
12:46Look at me, Reggie.
12:47Absolutely.
12:48Absolutely not.
12:49Because when he wasn't saying anything, we wanted him to say something.
12:52Post something.
12:53Now he's getting a little bit outrageous.
12:55But he's posting stuff now.
12:57Like, he has to show up for training camp.
12:59He's on some type of exempt list or not showing up or whatever.
13:02The list is, and from what they're saying in San Francisco, he has to, like, file for some type of,
13:07like, reinstatement or whatever.
13:09And then he has to show up for many camps.
13:11Because if he doesn't show up, they can keep him on that, like, report or whatever the hell they put
13:16him on.
13:16And now he doesn't count as, like, a roster spot.
13:19It's the reserve left squad list.
13:22Yeah.
13:22Yes.
13:23Yeah.
13:23So you think he will show up?
13:26Okay.
13:26Fair enough.
13:27I think he will, too.
13:27Because I have seen mixed reporting on that.
13:29There has been recent reporting suggesting that if he doesn't show up, they could maybe hold him indefinitely.
13:35Yes.
13:36That's what the – they can hold him indefinitely.
13:38And then think about it, most of the – and, again, I know it's a contract issue, but all of
13:42them show up.
13:42Like, which athlete doesn't show up?
13:44What is it?
13:45The hold in there, which is, like, the new thing.
13:47So just think about the first day of training camp when he's there.
13:52Every freaking question is going to be about him.
13:54They're going to have the cameras looking at him on the side.
13:57And if I'm him, I'm coming in in full gear.
13:59I'm a sprint.
14:00Ready to play.
14:01So, man, you're not going to have a choice but to cut me because if I'm freaking twitching my ankle
14:05or whatever it is and I can't play, now you owe me my full salary.
14:08All right.
14:08What do you make of the videos, though, Reggie?
14:11Just from a character perspective, do you just say it's nothing or do you acknowledge it seems weird?
14:19We like old school.
14:20So this is the new youngins.
14:22You know, this is what they do now.
14:23Everybody posts everything on social media.
14:26So I'm not even – the one that I –
14:28All right.
14:28But what about just the way he's acting?
14:30Yeah, but when he didn't have a shirt on and he looked like he was in shape, that's the only
14:34one I wanted to see.
14:34Everything else I could care less about.
14:36That's the one I wanted to see because everybody was like he was pudgy or, you know, when he had
14:40a hoodie on, he looked like he was fat.
14:43Nope.
14:43He looks like he's in shape.
14:45He's two years old, removed from an injury.
14:47I want to get the boy on the football field because he's going to play with a different type of
14:52passion and energy.
14:53The little videos that he's posting, that's what this generation does.
14:57Everybody posts everything.
14:58What do you think his motivation is?
14:59What do you think his motivation is?
15:02I think, honestly, it's going to come out.
15:06Something happened between him and the front office where this guy is, he's maybe $50 million.
15:13I'm rich.
15:14Now I'm standing on principle.
15:16Something happened behind the scenes between – and I think, again, everybody is saying that Shanahan is like a jerk.
15:23He wasn't really visible as far as vocal when he was here, but everybody says that, you know, that just
15:29blew up to this.
15:31But the dude is 28, man.
15:33He's two years removed from an injury.
15:35This dude is going to ball out, man.
15:36I'm telling you, he's going to ball out.
15:38All right.
15:39You can't wait.
15:39Thanks, Reggie.
15:40He's got the right people in place to get him out of there, but he's going to ball out.
15:43Thanks for the call, man.
15:44Thank you, bud.
15:45We appreciate you.
15:47Reggie wants him.
15:48It's a strange saga, and I'm sure we'll see another video come out from him in the next two or
15:52three days.
15:53I mean, it's just going to continue until –
15:54I guarantee it.
15:55Probably until training camp starts.
15:57It'll be Wednesday or Thursday.
15:57Do you think people would want him if he wasn't friends with Jaden or didn't have a relationship with Jaden?
16:04Probably not.
16:05Like, if there was no history between the two.
16:07If that tie wasn't there.
16:09And he's still putting the videos out?
16:10Yeah, yeah.
16:10And then all of this is still going on, but there's no history between the two.
16:14No, they wouldn't.
16:15I don't know.
16:15It's an interesting thing.
16:16I would say no.
16:18I don't think I want him because he's Jaden's friends.
16:20I think I want him because he's been dynamic on the football field.
16:24Yeah.
16:24I think that's why I want him.
16:27Being honest, right?
16:29But I think you're right.
16:30If he had no connection –
16:32But if he was just – but he had the same resume?
16:34They wouldn't have any interest.
16:35He had the same two seasons?
16:37Yeah, same resume, same injury history.
16:40Everything's the same except divorce it from Jaden's friendship.
16:44To be honest with you, I feel like the friendship with Jaden is almost a deterrent because –
16:50I don't know if I want this guy around him all the time.
16:52I think most people look at it as a positive.
16:56I look at it as like, I don't know if I really want Jaden having to deal with this guy,
17:00manage this guy.
17:00Just another thing on his plate.
17:04Manage this guy.
17:05Yeah.
17:05But I think you're right.
17:06I don't think they – I mean, I'm sure there'd be a small percentage that would still like him
17:10because they don't like the current depth of the receiver room.
17:14But if he had no connection with Jaden, I don't know why Commanders fans would really want him.
17:19Well, because of the production that he's had in the past.
17:21Yeah, but they'd want someone else who's played recent – who played last year.
17:25I mean, that's so long ago.
17:27I agree.
17:28Was it two seasons?
17:30Two seasons.
17:30Basically two years ago.
17:31That's ancient history.
17:32That's ancient history in NFL terms.
17:34It is.
17:34I agree.
17:35But I don't want him because he's Jaden's friend.
17:38I think a lot of people want him because he's Jaden's friend.
17:40That, to me, is irrelevant.
17:41I could care less who Jaden's friends are.
17:43I think that's a huge factor as to why Commanders fans want him is the friendship factor.
17:48I don't understand that.
17:48I think it plays a role.
17:49But I don't understand it, though.
17:50Why?
17:50Because who cares who his friends are?
17:52Because they think it's some sort of connection that all of a sudden is just – it's going
17:56to be microwave offense.
17:59Well, you're only thinking that because of his past production.
18:04Well, of course.
18:05Right.
18:05They're hoping that's baked in and he's recovered from the injury and he'll be back.
18:08Sam Hartman's his best friend.
18:10People want him gone.
18:11If he never played.
18:12Right?
18:12I mean, well, Sam Hartman can go away.
18:14Hartman doesn't have talent.
18:16Brandon Ayuk, at least at one point, had a lot of talent on the football field.
18:19Well, that's why I think they want Ayuk.
18:20That's why my point is I don't think the friendship matters.
18:24Sam Hartman, if he's here this year, it's a joke.
18:27It's a joke.
18:29Well, he'll be in the practice squad.
18:31He won't be on the active roster ever.
18:33No.
18:33He shouldn't even be the third guy.
18:35The Greek kid apparently has shown even more.
18:37Well, yeah.
18:37He'll be the third guy.
18:39Sam Hartman won't be above the kid they drafted from Rutgers.
18:43All right.
18:43Coming up later this hour, we'll give you our World Cup pool update.
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