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With ongoing distractions and social media posts it feels more and more like Washington will want nothing to do with Brandon Aiyuk.
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00:00Adam Schefter is, tell me if you disagree, but Adam Schefter is the preeminent NFL insider.
00:06Yeah.
00:06That's fair to say, right?
00:07Yeah.
00:09And Schefter has relationships all over the NFL.
00:12Yeah.
00:13Schefter has every coach's number, every GM's number, and probably every owner's number.
00:18There's not a story he can't get.
00:22That said, there are teams and coaches and staffs that he goes way back with.
00:30And one of those is Mike Shanahan.
00:34Yeah.
00:37100%.
00:38Adam Schefter.
00:39Didn't he write his book or whatever?
00:43I thought he did.
00:45We'll see if White Bryant can confirm that for us.
00:46But I know Adam Schefter was working in Denver when Shanahan was coaching out there.
00:50Schefter was at the Denver Post.
00:51And I know that when things were going nuclear in 2013 between the Redskins organization and the Shanahans, that Schefter
01:02was the one every Sunday morning had a new bomb.
01:04Every Sunday morning, there was a new bomb coming from Schefter about how broken that organization was and about how
01:12broken the situation between RG3 and Mike Shanahan was.
01:18And probably correct, but one way or the other, it was always pointed towards Robert, not towards the coaches.
01:26So I just, I always have that in mind.
01:30And now we've got this latest Schefter report.
01:33This was something he said on SportsCenter.
01:39And I think he could be right on this.
01:41I just have this in the back of my mind.
01:43This is Schefter talking about Brandon Ayuk with the social media stuff.
01:49I think every time he opens his mouth, he damages his standing with other teams, and he scares other teams
01:54from bringing him into their organization.
01:56And speaking with teams, everybody's saying, what's wrong with this guy right now?
02:00It's unsettling to watch him, and it's scary to see how he's handling himself.
02:04I got to be honest.
02:05I'd love to see, I'd love to get the audio of these comments so we can be sure this isn't
02:09just some fake post.
02:11Because the language in there seems strong, right?
02:15To say unsettling and these kinds of things.
02:19But I, basically, part of what he's saying, I mentioned that to you yesterday.
02:24If this keeps going, they have avenues of harming and hurting father.
02:30So at one point, either you show up or stop.
02:34Stop giving him ammunition.
02:36Because that's what he's doing.
02:40Shetzer went so far as to say the Niners could fine Ayuk for the social media outburst.
02:47It's called CD.
02:50Conduct detrimental.
02:51Conduct detrimental to the team.
02:53Listen, all of that stuff, you're still in the contract with them.
02:56They could throw all kinds of stuff at him.
02:59As I stated yesterday, it keeps dragging.
03:03They can mess this thing up for another year.
03:06That's why I always want to, I keep saying, I know what fans are thinking, but I'm like,
03:10when do you get to the point where you say, I'm going to be on my team going forward with
03:13what I have
03:13instead of waiting for something else?
03:17I do wonder because
03:20it's an interesting situation that
03:23everybody thought June 1st would kind of be this deadline, right?
03:26June 1st is come and gone.
03:27It's almost July 1st.
03:29The 4th of July is next weekend.
03:31We will not be here, by the way.
03:34And
03:36like, the Niners are clearly
03:40taking this as far as they can go.
03:42Yeah.
03:42And
03:44it's hard to think that's not out of anything but malice.
03:48But he probably also keeps pissing them off.
03:53I mean, think about the Instagram videos
03:55at this point.
03:57He called them stupid for paying him.
04:00Called them little ass boys.
04:02Called them
04:03female dogs.
04:05I'm not
04:07exaggerating here.
04:07This is the language he used.
04:10And then
04:12if that's not
04:13conduct detrimental,
04:16V,
04:17you played in an era without social media.
04:20However,
04:21if you ever had a teammate,
04:23whether
04:24it was in a holdout,
04:26bizarre situation like this,
04:29can you ever imagine your teammate
04:32posting
04:32a video
04:33or in your era,
04:35like going
04:35on the radio
04:36or telling a television reporter
04:38or a newspaper reporter
04:40rooting for another team?
04:42Can you ever imagine that?
04:44Yeah.
04:45There's some crazies playing with me too now.
04:48Listen,
04:49JP,
04:49I'm not that old
04:50where I didn't see any level of social media.
04:52Social media when I played.
04:53Now,
04:53hold on.
04:54Yeah.
04:54So I saw some at the end.
04:55Yeah.
04:56But I didn't mean it as like a...
04:57There are some crazy people, bro.
04:59But like,
05:00if I were close enough to them,
05:02I would be like,
05:02look, man,
05:03hey,
05:03let me put you caught there for a little bit.
05:06You're not helping yourself.
05:08And that's
05:09the thing I am wondering.
05:12I think,
05:12who was it?
05:13You said it was actually
05:14that
05:16somebody,
05:17you asked the question,
05:18the DA asked somebody the question.
05:19Truth tellers.
05:20Who was the guy?
05:21DA asked.
05:21So,
05:22who he asked that to?
05:23Terry.
05:24Terry.
05:25Who are the people
05:26that are
05:27IU's truth tellers?
05:29Who's telling him,
05:31bro,
05:31this is not helping you?
05:33I know you're mad,
05:34but bro,
05:35nah,
05:35nah,
05:36you're hurting
05:36your other chances.
05:38Because let's be real,
05:40there are people around
05:41that may,
05:42he could probably
05:43touch
05:44later
05:45that may want to help
05:46do something
05:47that won't touch him
05:48because he's like,
05:48nah,
05:48this dude,
05:49this is a little off.
05:50You saw what he did
05:51to this person,
05:52but I'm not going to
05:52give him a chance
05:53if they get mad at me
05:54and what he's going to do.
05:54You know what I'm saying?
05:55So,
05:56who's the people
05:57telling him stuff?
05:58Who's pulling him aside
05:59and say,
06:00not right now?
06:00We've heard by and large
06:02that he's kind of
06:03gone off the grid.
06:05Like,
06:05he's not in communication
06:06with a lot of people
06:07very often,
06:07at least former teammates.
06:09The thing about it,
06:10even his agent at one point
06:12said I hadn't talked to him
06:12in a while.
06:13But that's what I'm saying.
06:14Listen, man.
06:16If you're unwilling
06:17to listen to your boys
06:19or your dudes,
06:20whatever,
06:22what makes anybody
06:23think they're going
06:23to listen to him
06:24when he gets pissed off again?
06:28Here's my question
06:29for the phones,
06:30and I want to let people
06:30chime in if they want to.
06:31800-636-1067.
06:34800-636-1067.
06:37Do you think
06:38Brandon Iyuk's
06:39social media antics
06:40have gone so far?
06:42Because I do believe,
06:44I believe his,
06:45I know this,
06:46I've reported it,
06:47I've said it repeatedly
06:48on the show.
06:49When the Niners
06:50were trying to trade him,
06:52there were two AFC teams
06:54very interested.
06:55Two AFC teams
06:55thought they were going
06:56to get to the finish line.
06:58Then at the end,
06:59he says no.
07:00And re-signs
07:01at San Fran.
07:02And that very much
07:03bothered those two
07:04organizations to the point
07:05where they were then
07:07out of the Brandon Iyuk
07:08business.
07:10People talk about
07:11the Wiz bidding
07:12against themselves
07:12for Trey Young,
07:13which I disagree with.
07:14With the new tanking rules,
07:16there were going to be teams
07:17that were going to pay
07:18Trey Young.
07:18It's not like the Wizards
07:19invented that number
07:20that other teams
07:21could pay him.
07:23Are the Commanders
07:24the only team
07:25interested in this dude
07:26at this point?
07:26What do you think
07:27his marketplace is like?
07:29I don't know.
07:30Like, listen,
07:32I've been around
07:33the NFL long enough
07:34to know if you can play,
07:35you're going to get
07:35opportunities.
07:36Sure.
07:37Okay?
07:39And I've seen guys
07:41have injuries
07:41and come back
07:42better.
07:43I've seen guys
07:43have injuries
07:44that have them
07:45hindering them.
07:46I've seen guys
07:46come back from injuries
07:47that never,
07:48ever get back
07:49to what they were.
07:50So I don't know
07:51which direction
07:51he's going to go,
07:52but he's going to be
07:53given opportunity
07:54by somebody else,
07:55whether it's here
07:56or somewhere else.
07:57I think it's here.
07:58So he's going to be
07:58given opportunity.
08:00But when you're,
08:01when you,
08:02when the preach,
08:03when you preach
08:05a command this way
08:06and brotherhood
08:07and all that type of stuff
08:08and, you know,
08:09being a guy
08:10that's going to take command,
08:11you eventually
08:12have to sometimes
08:13turn away
08:15from other people.
08:16It's just the way it is.
08:17So this is just like
08:20when you say
08:21it has to work,
08:22that better work.
08:23If, if you drink that,
08:24if you make that move,
08:25it better work.
08:27Totally.
08:28And I just,
08:28I wonder now
08:30Adam Peters
08:33was in San Francisco
08:34when they drafted
08:35Brandon Iyuk.
08:36He probably scouted him.
08:39Adam Peters
08:39is going to know
08:41what has actually
08:41happened in San Fran.
08:43Whatever,
08:44whatever this quarrel
08:45is about,
08:46whatever the wedge
08:47that has been driven
08:48that is so significant
08:49between Iyuk
08:50and that organization,
08:52Peters is going to know
08:53the real story,
08:55which is probably
08:56a huge part of this
08:57that we don't know.
08:58Yeah.
08:58Frankly,
08:58probably never will.
09:00We know now
09:01that
09:03Iyuk's going crazy
09:03on the organization,
09:04won't report,
09:05hasn't played for him.
09:07I am confident,
09:08however,
09:09that the Niners have part,
09:10I think that's a two-way street.
09:11I don't think anybody's innocent
09:13in this thing.
09:16That said,
09:18at what point
09:20does Peters
09:21even start to have pause?
09:22Even understanding
09:23the backstory here,
09:24understanding what's going on.
09:26Here's what Adam Schefter
09:27said on his podcast
09:29about all the
09:30Brandon Iyuk
09:30social media drama.
09:32What's going on with him
09:33and what do we think
09:35is ultimately
09:35going to happen there?
09:36Because he did
09:37basically come out
09:38and say like,
09:38hey,
09:38I want to play
09:39for the Commanders.
09:40I think every time
09:41he opens his mouth,
09:43he damages
09:44his standing
09:44with other teams
09:45and he
09:47scares other teams
09:48from
09:49bringing him
09:50into their organization.
09:52And
09:52I just think
09:53he doesn't realize
09:55that he thinks
09:55he's helping the situation.
09:56I don't believe
09:57that to be the case.
09:58And speaking to teams,
09:59everybody's saying,
10:00what's wrong
10:00with this guy right now?
10:01Like,
10:02it's unsettling
10:03to watch him.
10:04It's
10:05scary to see
10:06how he's handling himself.
10:08And
10:09by the way,
10:09he's still a member
10:10of the 49ers organization.
10:12Still,
10:12the team that paid him
10:13and he's
10:14saying go Commanders,
10:15which clearly
10:16is the team
10:17that he would like
10:17to go play for,
10:18being that he played
10:19with Jaden Daniels
10:20at Arizona State.
10:21So we'd like to go
10:22rejoin Jaden Daniels
10:23in Washington.
10:24I haven't asked Washington.
10:25I'll have to give him a call.
10:27Their thoughts on
10:28signing brand
10:29that I bring him in.
10:30Maybe for all we know,
10:31they're planning on doing that
10:32and it'll get done.
10:33But
10:33I know
10:34having spoken to them
10:35leading up to the draft,
10:36they had some questions
10:37at that point in time.
10:38And I would imagine
10:39they still exist.
10:40What I would think
10:41happens here
10:42is
10:43most of the NFL
10:44is shut down.
10:45They're not in the building.
10:46This is the one time
10:47that everybody can get away.
10:49And I would imagine
10:50that when the 49ers
10:51get back
10:52and reconvene
10:54for training camp
10:55right around there,
10:56I would think
10:58that they wind up
10:59releasing Brandon Ayuk.
11:01So the question is
11:03lots of other teams
11:04are probably turned off
11:05by this.
11:06Not just this,
11:06but everything along the way
11:09are the commanders.
11:10Do you think
11:10this has gotten
11:11to a point where
11:11AP is
11:13Jaden, dude,
11:14we can't do this.
11:14It's just too much.
11:17I can't tell you
11:18what he's thinking,
11:19but I'm sure
11:21he's had that conversation
11:23with some people
11:24about,
11:24listen,
11:25is this
11:25too hot right now?
11:27You know what I'm saying?
11:28Do we need to let this thing
11:29cool off or something
11:30or do we still
11:31want to make this move?
11:32Let's go to Joe
11:33and Booey.
11:34Joe,
11:34has this just gone too far
11:36that it's just
11:37they can't do it?
11:40It's insane
11:41you can't do it
11:44because
11:46one thing,
11:47if he's acting
11:48like he has no sense
11:49and everybody sees it
11:51and you bring him in
11:54and he does
11:55what he's shown you
11:56he's going to do,
11:57then you got to go.
11:59Not just him,
12:00but you got to go
12:01from bringing him in.
12:02Hey, watch this.
12:04B. Mitch
12:04wouldn't bring him up
12:05in there
12:07because B. Mitch
12:08is about
12:08getting the job done,
12:11working on
12:12your game,
12:13working on
12:13so you ain't got time
12:14for that foolishness.
12:16Now, am I lying,
12:16B. Mitch,
12:17or am I
12:19telling the truth?
12:21You're not lying.
12:23Thank you, bro.
12:25Thank you, bro.
12:25It will give me pause,
12:27bro.
12:27I'm serious.
12:30Listen,
12:32people are
12:33just,
12:33they get
12:34so caught up
12:35in fandom.
12:37That locker room
12:38is a delicate thing,
12:39bro.
12:40And players
12:41will go with you
12:42as long as you're helping,
12:43but if they ever see you
12:44start playing that stuff,
12:46they'll turn on you
12:47in a heartbeat.
12:48Thanks for the call, Joe.
12:49That could fracture
12:50some stuff,
12:51but we'll see.
12:51And, bro,
12:52we saw it fractured
12:53last year
12:54with the Terry situation.
12:55And just through,
12:57you know,
12:58OTAs and minicamp,
12:59we've seen how much
12:59different it looks again,
13:01how much more cohesive
13:02it looks again.
13:04Let's see what
13:04Saeed in Upper Marlboro
13:06has to say.
13:07Saeed,
13:07do you think
13:08Ayuk has done
13:08some real damage now,
13:10even with his relationship
13:11with Adam Peters
13:12and Jaden Daniels?
13:14I personally don't think
13:15that he's damaged.
13:17Like,
13:18I think it was already
13:19a lot of question marks
13:22several months ago.
13:23I don't think
13:23it's more question marks now.
13:25My thing is,
13:27you mentioned something
13:28that was very key
13:29where you said,
13:30have we ever seen
13:31a player cheer
13:32for another team?
13:34You know,
13:34I can't remember
13:36if I've ever seen that
13:37or heard that,
13:38but I also can't remember
13:39the last time
13:40a team came out
13:41and said,
13:41I think it's safe to say
13:42he's played his last snap
13:44with us,
13:44but we're in no rush
13:45to release him.
13:47Like,
13:47I honestly am starting to,
13:50and I don't want this
13:50to come off
13:51as a conspiracy theory,
13:52but I honestly feel like
13:55there is also a movement
13:57in league circles
13:58that they do not want
14:00players to feel like
14:01they can do
14:02what Ayuk is doing
14:03and everything can work out.
14:07And they want people
14:09like that
14:09to not talk as much.
14:11They want people
14:11like that to shut up.
14:12So,
14:13LaShawn McCoy
14:14and a couple other podcasts
14:16came out
14:16and they said,
14:17hey,
14:17let him do it.
14:18You got to take it
14:19to the owners.
14:20And then 24 hours later,
14:22Schefter comes out
14:23and says,
14:23he's hurting himself.
14:25Like,
14:25it seems very,
14:27very weird.
14:29And part of me
14:30just feels like,
14:32you know,
14:32owners around the league
14:33don't want people
14:34like Ayuk
14:35to get what he wants
14:37at the end of the day
14:38because that's bad
14:39for business for them
14:40when the players
14:41feel like they can go
14:42and talk that talk.
14:43And it's the same thing
14:44with 49ers.
14:46There are other players
14:47thinking that they can
14:48go and do that.
14:49So,
14:49it's a game on both sides
14:50and I'm sure there's a lot
14:51we don't know.
14:52It's a good call,
14:53Saeed,
14:54and it does bring the question.
14:55Thanks, man.
14:57A move like this,
15:00you're gonna,
15:01Adam Peters has a relationship,
15:03but he's got to call Josh.
15:05If you're gonna bring him in,
15:06you're running this up
15:08the flagpole
15:08because you know
15:10anytime you're going
15:11to create a firestorm,
15:14like,
15:14I remember the situation
15:16and this is going years back
15:19when the Skins
15:20picked up Reuben Foster
15:21as he was dealing
15:23with a number of accusations
15:25of domestic violence
15:26and all sorts of craziness.
15:28And that was when
15:29the Skins operated
15:30in a roguish,
15:31we don't care
15:33what anyone thinks manner.
15:35You know what I mean?
15:37That was Bruce and Dan
15:40yucking it up,
15:41drinking Crown
15:42and Coors Lights
15:42and doing what they thought
15:44mattered, right?
15:46That is not
15:46this organization anymore,
15:48but at the same time,
15:49the organization's goal
15:51is to win games.
15:52Totally.
15:53And if Peters
15:54can tell them,
15:55hey,
15:55I know this dude,
15:56I know this has gotten
15:57really weird
15:58and really public,
15:59but once we get him here,
16:00it's not gonna be like that.
16:03Harris has to examine it
16:04through his own lens.
16:05Yeah.
16:06But
16:07what you think
16:08what you think
16:09the comment from Harris
16:11would be like,
16:12better work.
16:14It better work.
16:15Don't let this blow up.
16:16Don't let this blow up.
16:17I'm just saying, man.
16:18Like,
16:19this,
16:20I
16:23lived it
16:23and know it.
16:24When you can play,
16:26you get those chances.
16:28and people could think
16:29what they want,
16:30you're gonna get them.
16:31But I also know
16:33the other side
16:33is always saying,
16:35don't let this blow up
16:36in our face.
16:38That's always there too.
16:41If things could,
16:42if things continuously
16:44blow up in
16:44ownership's faces,
16:46they make changes.
16:48Quickly.
16:49So that's,
16:50the self-preservation
16:52league move here
16:53is probably
16:54to not sign IU.
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