00:00More Brandon Iyuk yesterday.
00:04I don't know.
00:07I don't think it makes a lot of sense anymore.
00:10I think the level of immaturity and just the possibility that he's just a bit too off.
00:20I'd rather they do something with Diggs right now.
00:24I'd rather they go do something with Diggs.
00:26And I know that Diggs, trust me, I'm a Diggs guy.
00:30And I've always loved Stefan Diggs, going back to his days at Maryland.
00:34He's not what Brandon Iyuk, he would not be in this upcoming season what Brandon Iyuk would be in this
00:42upcoming season if Iyuk plays like he did at the end of 2023.
00:47Iyuk's ceiling in this discussion, as far as I can tell, is much higher than Diggs' ceiling.
00:55He's younger.
00:56Diggs has become a little bit more of a possession receiver.
00:59I still think he's a deep threat.
01:01I still think you have to respect his speed.
01:02I do.
01:04But Iyuk's ability vertically is unquestioned if you get that player.
01:10His ceiling's higher.
01:12But now, with everything that's going on, I'm getting to that level where it's like, all right, even if you
01:19get him for a song on a total prove-it one-year deal, and you can get out of it
01:26whenever he decides that he doesn't like you anymore.
01:30And goes, you know, full-scale social media on you.
01:35I just wonder how much pressure this is going to put on Jaden.
01:41If a lot of this has to do with the Super Bowl and him not getting targeted enough, imagine he's
01:48on a one-year, $8 million deal with a lot of incentives, and the incentives deal with receptions and yardage
01:55and touchdowns.
01:56Not to mention those incentives leading to a new deal.
02:02I want Jaden to throw the ball to where he is supposed to throw the ball.
02:07I don't question that he would kowtow to his friend from Arizona State.
02:11But it's how his friend from Arizona State would handle games in which he didn't get targeted enough with a
02:20chance to reach the incentives.
02:21And I don't even know if incentives are what incentivizes him.
02:25You know, I think he wants to be a star receiver, and he was on his way to being that.
02:35I just, watching that video yesterday, seeing another video where this guy has had opportunities to face his employer and
02:46work it out.
02:47I mean, he's got an agent that apparently isn't in the mix right now.
02:53There are just a lot of red flags all over this guy.
02:57And again, what I've been saying all along still applies.
03:02Even though I've changed my mind on the way I would kind of hope that this works out.
03:09I, it's very possible that he's just completely misunderstood.
03:14And that he is going to be an absolute delight when he gets into a spot that he's comfortable in.
03:20But he's already shown a lot of true colors.
03:24And you don't, you do not want to, you know,
03:31You don't want to diss him because it'll turn on you quickly.
03:35Now, big difference between the 49ers and Washington.
03:38The 49ers gave him a stupid deal that he thinks he fleeced them on.
03:45He kind of did, considering that it's zero production, essentially, for the $50 million that they paid him.
03:53301-230-0980.
03:55Max, where are you?
03:56I didn't ask you.
03:57Oh, man.
03:58At this point, it's getting harder and harder to be an IU guy.
04:02Especially after the video that Stefan Diggs put out yesterday.
04:05Do you see that?
04:06Yeah, the workout video.
04:07Yes, the workout video at Maryland.
04:09With Washington throwing them passes.
04:11Exactly.
04:12Running routes.
04:12Crisp as ever, by the way.
04:14So, yeah.
04:14Yeah, I think I'm leaning, leaning.
04:17I'm all the way on the Diggs camp now.
04:19Yeah, I mean, I'm not, I guess I'm not asking Diggs or IU.
04:23I mean, because, you know, I'd get the same thing, neither or both.
04:28I'm asking where people are today on Brandon IU because the story is moving here.
04:36It hasn't, every passing video, you learn a little bit more about the guy.
04:42Every passing video from somebody about the situation that might be close to the situation
04:48is an add-on to this story.
04:53I just, for whatever reason, yesterday, last night, I watched that video and I watched the
04:59Richard Sherman thing and I'm like, yeah, if I were Adam Peters, at this point, it would
05:05reach the level of off-putting where the talent wouldn't be able to surpass it.
05:13The tantalizing, you know, what if, because you're bringing a guy into the building that
05:19literally will go scorched earth on you at the drop of a hat that isn't dropped properly.
05:26And I don't know if that's what you want in your building.
05:30And I think this is the problem with this strategy that he is employed.
05:34And I don't think it's a thought-out strategy.
05:36I think it's just emotion.
05:37I think it's petulant.
05:38I think he's a child, legitimately super immature and super unprofessional, obviously, as an extension
05:47of the immaturity.
05:49I also just wonder what each one of these videos does to, you know, make people wonder
05:55how much contact, if any, Washington's had with him when he suggests, you know, get, you
06:02know, get rid of me and I'm going to sign with the commanders.
06:05Like there's this, this implied notion, uh, uh, that he knows they'll sign them when he
06:13becomes available.
06:14You can't, you can't set up your future employer for any kind of, Hey, what's been going on here?
06:22You know, you're not allowed to tamper in this league.
06:25He's under contract.
06:27He's with another team.
06:29Of course, he doesn't think about things like that.
06:34All right.
06:35Uh, Mo in Hyattsville, Iuke, in or out?
06:44Mo, you there?
06:45Put Mo on hold.
06:47Let's go to Bobby.
06:47Bobby, in or out?
06:51Hey, Kevin, good morning.
06:52Um, I'm still all in, man.
06:54Um, he's just being, um, a little bit, probably immature, but I, I mean, I just don't think
06:59it's a deal.
07:00I mean, he's on Instagram.
07:01I don't give a crap.
07:02If he passes his medicals here in a few weeks, you know, and Kevin, I really believe he just
07:08wants to go ahead and get released.
07:09That's why he's being stupid like this on this.
07:11No, no, no.
07:12He, he, he could have gotten to that point already.
07:15Bobby.
07:15I know that he had any balls, he would have shown up at OTAs.
07:19There's a lot about his character that's being revealed here over the last few weeks.
07:24He, he went AWOL.
07:26He's afraid to face them.
07:30Like go, Kevin, apply for reinstatement.
07:33Go tell him you want out.
07:35Be, be a professional.
07:39It happens all the time.
07:41I understand, but I'm going to trust AP too.
07:44Well, I am too.
07:46I am too.
07:46If it was a distraction for Adam or Dan or ownership, they would have probably whispered
07:52something into Jaden's ear and said, look, tell your boy to cool his jets a little bit
07:55because he's getting out of hand.
07:57And Kevin, don't you think also...
07:58Maybe they have.
07:59If this works...
08:00Well, you don't think people have, you don't think people have reached out to him to say,
08:03dude, this isn't the way.
08:06This, that's another thing.
08:07He's, he's clearly not coachable when it comes to how he's handling this.
08:13You got to be careful with tampering.
08:15Okay.
08:15They don't want to get involved with this.
08:16Okay.
08:17Cause tampering is probably a different animal.
08:19They got that fight, you know, to all, they're probably just laying low and let him do his
08:22thing.
08:23But don't you think if he passes his medicals and before we resign, they bring him in and
08:28say, look, cause it's going to be a prove it deal.
08:31So the money's out.
08:31You know, that's not even worth talking about.
08:34It's a prove it deal.
08:35Look, we want you.
08:37We think you can help us.
08:38But if you don't walk a straight and narrow path, guess what?
08:41You're going to be gone.
08:42Okay.
08:43No harm, no foul.
08:44You're going to be out of here.
08:45Well, that's a given.
08:46He didn't have any of these issues when he was playing.
08:48Okay.
08:48Nobody, nobody ever heard of him off the field stuff and Instagram and all the 49ers.
08:53You're right about that.
08:54He's just bored right now.
08:55He's probably bored.
08:57You know, is he mature about it?
08:59No, he's very immature of what he's doing.
09:01But he's just probably sitting there bored.
09:02And the more people that comment on it, the more he's liking that.
09:05He's thriving off that now.
09:06But if he passes his medicals, I'm all in still, Kevin.
09:10He's going to help us, man.
09:11I mean, he's still a gamer.
09:13So, but that's how, I mean, my mood hasn't changed at all.
09:15I say, if he's able to, you play for us here in a few weeks, guess what?
09:19He'll be one of us and we'll roll with it until he gets out of hand.
09:23But if he gets out of hand, they're going to probably have him on a short lease.
09:26They're going to tell him, you know, you're going to be out of here.
09:28So.
09:29Look, the idea of him on the field, fully healthy, what he was in 23, fully happy, coachable,
09:39growing, maturing.
09:41You know, you can't, people get second and third chances.
09:44And especially when you have talent and he has talent.
09:47I mean, that's been the vision for me all along, but God, Bobby, at this point, hasn't,
09:54hasn't somebody said, dude, stop, stop with this.
10:00Not to mention you're, you're putting your potential future employer in an uncomfortable
10:06situation.
10:07Don't do that.
10:08You already did that two summers ago when you put the video out from their OTA practice
10:13or their mini camp practice.
10:14I mean, that was obviously stupid and immature.
10:19There's just so many at some point, you know, you do need legitimate human beings in your
10:26building that you feel good about.
10:29And it's not a sport that fills its locker rooms with all good human beings.
10:33I understand that.
10:35That's why I'm saying immaturity and crazy have never been disqualifiers.
10:40Felonies haven't been disqualifiers.
10:43And I want to win.
10:45I want them to win.
10:46And I want another weapon offensively.
10:49And I know how good he is.
10:52I was sitting here back in 23, taking calls from people saying, you think Iuk's as good
10:57as Terry?
10:58Yes, I do.
11:00I think he's potentially better.
11:04But man, I can't imagine that he's helping himself get out of San Francisco with his behavior.
11:13That's part of it.
11:14It's like if you really want to play in Washington, take a deep breath and figure out the right
11:20way to get out of San Francisco because this hasn't worked so far.
11:25Now, Schefter and others think it'll happen at the beginning of training camp.
11:28We'll see.
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