00:00All right, let me switch subjects real quickly.
00:02So the other day we played the George Kittle sound from Pardon My Take,
00:09the podcast that he was on, when he was asked about Brandon Iyuk.
00:16This is what he said.
00:18The last time I saw Iyuk was, call it week six, seven, or eight.
00:22I don't really know.
00:23But I used to make it a habit of mine to go out early in the morning
00:27before meetings to watch him train because he'd always be out there early.
00:30And I watched him run over 22 miles an hour and stop on a dime.
00:33So he's still got it.
00:36Or at least, you know, that was a year, I mean, eight months ago.
00:39So I don't really know.
00:41But, yeah, you guys have fun with that, I guess.
00:43Yeah, thank you.
00:45I'm going to have a lot of fun with that.
00:47Perfectly put.
00:47Still got it.
00:48Have fun with that, I guess.
00:49Yeah.
00:49Yeah, you have fun with all that comes with it.
00:54So that last part, you guys have fun with it.
00:57You guys have fun with all that comes with it.
01:00I said to you yesterday, was it yesterday or Monday that we played this sound?
01:05I forget now.
01:06Yesterday.
01:06Yesterday.
01:07But I basically said, you know, he gave you the good.
01:11You know, he gave you hope that, you know, as recently as week eight or week nine of last year,
01:16he looked like Brandon Iyuk physically.
01:18But then he also gave, I think, a simultaneous warning.
01:23This from my guy Stan, who hasn't emailed me in forever.
01:27Stan wrote, this was so obvious from George Kittle.
01:32Kittle's giving you a buyer beware.
01:38He went into some sort of description after that.
01:42But basically a banner that says buyer beware.
01:46Uh, I think some people took the Kittle as, whoa, there's some hope there that physically he's going to be
01:54good.
01:55And by the way, he's got a good work ethic.
01:58He's the first out there training, you know, last year before they started, before they, you know, he went AWOL
02:06and before they started voiding all of his money.
02:10I don't know.
02:10I think that there was as much of a buyer beware.
02:14I agree with Stan.
02:16I think that there was, hey, he can really go.
02:20There's no doubt about it.
02:22But be careful with him.
02:25Did you, did you hear it that way, Max?
02:27That's the way I heard.
02:28Oh, absolutely.
02:29Yeah.
02:29Okay, because I, I, I think a lot of people, and I just looked after our show yesterday at some
02:35of the reactions, a lot of people said, man, Kittle is really pushing Ayuk, really thinks he is ready to
02:44go.
02:44I think there was definitely a buyer beware there.
02:48Um, yeah, I want to play this part of it too.
02:51Yeah, you're right.
02:52I wouldn't be happy either after a team paid me $130 million.
02:54I know that can be, well, the taxes in California, he's probably like, oh, oh, this sucks.
02:58I got so much tax.
02:59Yeah.
03:00More money, more problems, right?
03:02Yes.
03:03So yeah, we'll take him.
03:04He'll make less money and he'll be happier.
03:06And then he'll stop posting weird stuff on social media.
03:09Yeah.
03:09This is clearly, I mean, I don't, I don't know the, I don't know who, who was he talking to?
03:15So he's talking to PFT, PFT is the, the resident Washingtonian, uh, and Washington fan on that show.
03:21So he's kind of the one talking about it, but yeah, it's very tongue-in-to-one.
03:25Yeah.
03:26It's, there's, there's just a bit of sarcasm there.
03:30Yeah.
03:30I mean, he didn't make 130 million, but he made, he got paid 50 and that's a lot of money.
03:37And, uh, yeah, I mean, it's George Kittle, who is a very optimistic, always has been out in San Francisco
03:46teammate and a cheerleader of all, including Jimmy Garoppolo.
03:50I remember nobody was a bigger cheerleader for Garoppolo, even when Garoppolo wasn't great.
03:55Uh, he's essentially saying, yeah, the dude can really go, but beware.
04:01Cause he a bit crazy.
04:04Yeah, that's, that's Brandon Ayuk in a nutshell right now.
04:08I mean, we don't have all the details clearly, but yes, he can really go, you know, Javon Kinlaw would
04:16be listing him as a player that can really go with a few expletives, uh, as, as adjectives.
04:23But he a bit nuts right now, that's, that's the problem.
04:29So I saw, um, uh, sports illustrated put out like the three teams for Brandon Ayuk and projected 2026 stats
04:40for Brandon Ayuk.
04:42Well, Washington is the front runner, of course, and they even describe the chase for Ayuk is kind of a
04:50one team race, even though they list New Orleans and Carolina as two teams that would be interested in Ayuk,
04:57two other teams that would be interested in Ayuk.
05:00Um, and the projected 2026 stats for Ayuk, 71 catches, 762 yards and six touchdowns.
05:14I think I would take that right now.
05:16Wouldn't you?
05:16In his first season, because let's, you know, say that Terry's at 70 something and 900 plus yards with a
05:25true number, you know, a one a don't ask me to put them in order.
05:30Which is one, which is one a, cause I don't want to upset everybody because I don't even know if
05:34this guy can even play football, but you know, 700 plus yards, six touchdowns and combine that with Terry with
05:43900 plus yards and another 80 catches and another nine touchdowns.
05:50And then you got Chig, who's going to probably be somewhere in the neighborhood of 60 to 70 catches, 500,
05:59600 yards.
06:00Five, six touchdowns.
06:02Yeah.
06:03I'll take that right now in terms of his projected stats.
06:07I'd like it to be more in line with what he was in San Francisco in 2023 and his average
06:16yards per catch in San Francisco.
06:19He was close to 18 yards a reception.
06:21That was the most incredible part about his 2023 regular season, 2023 regular season.
06:29Iuke caught 75 balls for 1,342 yards at 18, 17.9 yards per reception.
06:36So maybe I need a little bit more from him in year one, but the combination of he and Terry
06:43and Chig and whatever they've got coming out of the backfield and whatever they got running game wise, if you
06:48could put together, you know, 150 receptions between Terry and Iuke, that'd be pretty good.
06:53That'd be really good.
06:56140 receptions between the two of them somewhere in the neighborhood of, you know, 17, 1800 yards, somewhere around there.
07:05I think we'd take that 12 combined touchdowns.
07:09Iuke, by the way, in 2023, 75 catches, 1342, seven touchdowns on the 17.9 yards per reception.
07:20He was really good that year.
07:23He also led the 49ers and led the NFC in first down receptions that season.
07:30How about that?
07:32I didn't know that part.
07:34Yeah, he moved the chains a lot with, you know, Brock Purdy.
07:40And remember that year, Sam Darnold was quarterbacking some of that team when Purdy was hurt.
07:47Right?
07:48I'm pretty sure he did.
07:50Didn't Purdy miss a couple of games and Sam Darnold was the backup or am I thinking of a different
07:55backup for them?
07:56Was it Josh Johnson?
07:58It was Mac Jones, I think, is who you're thinking of.
08:01No, Sam Darnold.
08:02In 23?
08:04In 23.
08:05Oh, yes, that was Sam.
08:07Yeah.
08:0722 was Garoppolo.
08:12Yes.
08:13And Purdy.
08:14Yeah, because Purdy, yeah.
08:1624 is the season you're thinking of.
08:19It was, no, it wasn't even Josh Johnson.
08:22It was Josh Dobbs.
08:24Oh, man.
08:24What a run on backup quarterbacks the Niners have had.
08:28I feel like Josh Johnson's been everywhere.
08:32He's pretty much been everywhere.
08:33Literally, yeah.
08:34And some twice.
08:37Josh Johnson's career, man, is really...
08:40It's a long list of teams.
08:43Not to mention, I'm pretty sure he played in that UFL, too.
08:47Sure did.
08:49Where is he right now?
08:51What team is he on now?
08:52Cincinnati?
08:53Right.
08:54Oh, my God.
08:55Look at his resume.
08:58It's unbelievable.
08:59It's unbelievable.
08:59He got drafted in the fifth round by Tampa in 2008.
09:05Tampa Bay, 49ers.
09:07The Sacramento Mountain Lions have no idea.
09:11Cleveland, Cincinnati, San Francisco, back to Cincinnati.
09:14Jets, Colts, Bills, Ravens, Giants, Texans, Raiders.
09:18Then here's the thing that I remembered.
09:20San Diego Fleet.
09:21I think they were in the UFL.
09:23Yes.
09:24Then the Redskins in 2018.
09:26Lions, LA Wildcats.
09:28The AAF.
09:30My apologies.
09:31AAF.
09:3249ers, Jets, Ravens, Broncos, 49ers, Ravens, Washington again, obviously, last year.
09:38And now in Cincinnati as a 40-year-old.
09:41What has he made during his career?
09:44I don't think it's a Chase Daniel career.
09:47Because Chase Daniel got paid a couple times as the premier backup, if not a borderline starter.
09:54He's in the Andrew Brandt NFL Business Hall of Fame, all-time business Hall of Fame, making so much money
10:03without ever really playing much.
10:05I can't imagine there's been a player that's been to this many teams.
10:12And so many of these teams more than once.
10:15Google AI overview says 13.46 million over his career.
10:21Has he played as a quarterback for more teams than anybody else?
10:26Yeah, I'm pretty sure.
10:27I can confidently say that he has.
10:32It looks like, if you count up every team, it looks like he played for at least half the league.
10:36Because several of those teams are two and three times.
10:42Cincinnati, Washington, Baltimore, San Francisco, Denver, the Jets, the Lions.
10:46Top player with the most franchised NFL history include Josh Johnson, number one at 14 teams.
10:50Ryan Fitzpatrick, Josh McCown, Andre Roberts, nine teams.
10:54So it's not even close.
10:55Yeah, he's number one.
10:56Number one by far.
10:5714 teams.
10:59Josh Johnson's played for.
11:01Jay Gruden, I've mentioned this before.
11:04Jay Gruden told me that Josh Johnson's one of the smartest players that he ever coached.
11:10And that's what happens when you are that smart.
11:13And, oh, by the way, a really good dude, which apparently Josh Johnson is, teams want you in their locker
11:22room.
11:22Period.
11:23They want you in their quarterback room.
11:26And no matter how many starts you have in your career, and I'll find that out in a second, it
11:33doesn't matter.
11:34You're going to keep getting paid.
11:35If you're smart and you're a really good team guy.
11:39And for him, never demanding, never demanded anything and kind of was okay with his role.
11:46So, you know, he, in, in seven, in 10, how many years, hold on.
11:55So ultimately, he's only played in 10 NFL seasons because of the other leagues and time off.
12:03He's only started 11 games in his career.
12:10Two and nine is a starter.
12:12How did we get on Josh Johnson?
12:14I have no idea.
12:16Kevin Sheehan showed the team 980 and the team 980.com.
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