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Brandon Aiyuk just keeps posting - is he digging the hole deeper? The Junkies discuss all the latest noise around Aiyuk here!
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00:00Brandon A.U. continues to post videos, and the latest was he posted almost a three-minute video
00:06trying to explain his, essentially, his breakup with the 49ers, and he's upset that the general
00:17manager came to his house to pay him a visit, and he apparently told his wife to turn her car
00:24around, turn that car around, because John Lynch was there, and there's some stuff with
00:32the coach, now he's complaining about NFLPA, he was complaining about his agent, do you
00:39think that he has scared away everybody in the NFL by all of this, including Adam Peters,
00:45who is tight with John Lynch?
00:47I don't know.
00:49Allegedly.
00:49I don't know what to think about that.
00:52I've heard so many things.
00:54Common sense tells you yes.
00:56Common sense tells you why would any franchise want to be associated with that, the way he's
01:01acting, but Eric has the theory that maybe they just kind of know he's kind of goofing
01:06off, and he's a different guy once he puts the pads on, and he's good in the locker room.
01:12I wouldn't want to be a part of it now.
01:14I mean, I was an A.U. fan when he was there in San Francisco healthy, because he was a
01:18stud,
01:18but now it's a totally different situation.
01:20The problem would be, if he has this sort of axe to grind against the Niners, why would
01:24you not grind that same axe against the Commanders if things go sideways, and things don't go
01:29the way that he's expecting them to?
01:32I just don't know why you would want to get into the Brandon A.U. business.
01:36Now, if he's the A.U. of three or four years ago, and he's going to go for 1,300
01:41yards and
01:41score 10 touchdowns, it would be worth it.
01:44But we don't know if that's the player that would wind up here.
01:47Is there anybody out there sympathetic to his plight?
01:52I think he's lost all sympathy.
01:54Well, the one guy, the beat writer that we talked about last week, he still supports him.
02:00What's the guy's name?
02:01Cohen or Cohen.
02:02I think he was on with Grant and Danny.
02:04He's a supporter of him.
02:05I just don't think he has many supporters at this point.
02:08I think he's kind of on an island.
02:10The question is, does he have support in Ashburn?
02:14That's the question.
02:15I wish I knew.
02:16Well, maybe he's losing that support.
02:17He could be.
02:18Like, if he just was quiet.
02:19I know.
02:20He could be.
02:20But he continues to rattle the cage.
02:23He said something to the effect of, I'll never play again in Levi's Stadium, except for
02:30when the Commanders play there.
02:31Didn't he say that?
02:33I believe so.
02:34He said, I'm never going to play there again, except, wait a minute, on whatever date.
02:37Right.
02:37It's like week 6, I think.
02:38October 17th or something.
02:40Yeah.
02:40Because I will play there October 17th, because that's when the Washington Commanders play
02:43there.
02:43Yeah.
02:44By the way, we have a programming update.
02:47Alex Tuck postponed.
02:48Ugh.
02:49Just to let everybody know.
02:52All right.
02:52Not surprised.
02:53Hey, I don't really care if he comes on the show, as long as he can score a bunch of
02:56goals
02:56and then get good again and make the playoffs.
02:58I'd like to meet him.
02:59I'd like to meet one of the Caps' new players.
03:01But I'd also like him to score 30-plus goals.
03:04Something he's done three of the last four seasons.
03:07Well, since I brought it up and I was just trying to buy a little time, can you get the
03:11audio of Ayuk?
03:13I'm just wondering if there's, like, is there anything he can do for you, Cakes, to buy in?
03:22It would just have to, what could he do to make you feel confident that he would be a
03:30good move for the Washington Commanders?
03:33I guess the one thing he could do is just try to get released as quickly as he could
03:37by the 49ers.
03:39Just put all the differences aside.
03:42Go in.
03:43Have an adult conversation with Lynch, Shanahan, whoever it is.
03:46Say, look, just cut me so I can move on with my life.
03:50If he's able to do that and, like, do an adult responsible move like that, that makes me
03:56realize, okay, now he's serious about moving on to his next stop, wherever that is.
04:00Even if it's not here in Washington.
04:02But you need to see him, like, try to make amends with the Niners or else this stalemate
04:08is going to keep continuing.
04:09Are you asking what he could do social media-wise?
04:13It could be social media.
04:14It could be something totally different.
04:16What if he came out with a video and go, fellas, I'm just kind of goofing around the
04:20last three weeks with all these posts.
04:23I'm not really like that.
04:24I'm kind of goofing around when I'm dancing and saying, and then this is what I'm really
04:28about.
04:28And then show footage of him working out, catching balls, looking great.
04:32And then say, this is what I'm about.
04:35This is why the Commanders should want me.
04:37He shouldn't say, I'm going to be playing for the Commanders.
04:39Just say, I really want to play for the Commanders because Jayden's my guy.
04:42I respect David Blau, blah, blah, blah, blah.
04:43But it's got to be a proof-of-life style video.
04:47He better hold a newspaper with today's date on it.
04:53I'm with Jason.
04:54So what if he's catching balls from Taylor Heineke?
04:56Didn't Taylor Heineke retire?
04:58He did retire recently.
04:58So for some reason, he's got a relationship with Taylor Heineke.
05:01He gets Heineke out there, and he's running routes, and you can see his speed is there
05:05and all of that stuff.
05:07Heineke's throwing yellow balls over his head.
05:09And look, I brought this up the other day.
05:10I'm just going to bring it up again because there was another tweet that got under my
05:13skin.
05:15Somebody, it was some sort of Brandon Iyuk post that we had.
05:19I think I posted the latest video, and I put, as the Iyuk turns.
05:23Because it's a soap opera.
05:24So as the world turns, as the Iyuk turns.
05:26And the guy responded, 106.7, the Klan.
05:29What I don't get is, I lobby for Tyreek Hill.
05:34You lobby for Stefan Diggs or Keenan Allen.
05:37And last I checked, they're black.
05:39I don't understand.
05:40Just like Brandon Iyuk.
05:41The Klan.
05:42What an idiot.
05:43The real hardcore HTTCers, it's a special bunch of people.
05:49It drives me nuts.
05:51They're living on another planet.
05:52We're racist because we don't want Brandon Iyuk.
05:55They're insane people.
05:56Well, that person, whoever that person is, might just want a reaction from you.
05:59Yeah.
06:00And he's getting it.
06:01You can't rationalize with insane people.
06:03You just have to let them be insane on their own.
06:05Right.
06:06But he may not.
06:07I tweeted him back.
06:07Like, we want some people to lobby for Debo.
06:09He may not truly believe that.
06:11He just wants a reaction.
06:12He knows JP's going to go off on him.
06:15I mean, literally, you've lobbied for Debo, Diggs.
06:18Diggs.
06:18Tyreek Hill.
06:19Keenan Allen.
06:20I said last week.
06:21They're all black guys.
06:22I discriminate against white wide receivers.
06:24I can't make it any more clear.
06:26Like, if you have a team loaded with white wide receivers, I'm going to show you a team
06:29that's probably going to be 4-13 in the NFL.
06:32Well, unless you have, like, Cooper Cup at the height of his powers.
06:37Wes Welker.
06:38I mean, come on.
06:39What are we talking about here?
06:40All right, let's Dwight Clark.
06:41There's a small portion of the fans that do want Ayuk, even with all the question marks,
06:47but there are some that do not.
06:49Let's go to Gary in Fredericksburg.
06:52Gary, what's up, buddy?
06:54Good morning.
06:54Hey, Gary.
06:55Good morning, Gary.
06:56I've been listening to you all since practically day one.
07:00Nice.
07:00All right.
07:01I'm 60 years old.
07:02I've been going to the Redskin Games, and I call them that still because I'm 60.
07:07Okay.
07:07Since day one.
07:08Mm-hmm.
07:09I cannot believe that the media, and even you guys, I'm more disappointed in you all than
07:15anything, that you can, God, keep talking about and bringing up this Brandon Ayuk, who
07:20is a nutball canter to a team, which hurts your character, that is not what the commander's
07:28team is looking for now.
07:31I don't care if he's Superman running a rouse.
07:33It doesn't matter.
07:34You've got to think about that character and canter, what he's going to do to a locker room
07:38when you're trying to build a team.
07:40Joe Gibbs proved that.
07:42Three different quarterbacks.
07:43Anyway, I just wanted to throw that at you guys.
07:46I really do appreciate your show, and I continue to listen to you every day.
07:49But you are.
07:49Shout out to Top 51.
07:51But Gary, you said you're disappointed in us that we're talking about Brandon Ayuk.
07:55Man, it's disappointing to keep hearing it day in and day out, day in and day out.
08:00Pull back the curtain.
08:01I know it's part of the media.
08:02The reason we're talking about him is because he's agitating about coming and signing with
08:07the commanders.
08:08Yeah.
08:08If he was talking about signing with the Dolphins, we wouldn't care about it.
08:13We'd barely bring it up.
08:14Yeah.
08:14But he's talking about signing with the NFL team in this city that we cover.
08:19So, of course, we're going to talk about it.
08:21I get that part.
08:23I do understand.
08:23And I hope you understand my part that he's not worth talking about that much.
08:27Period.
08:28But anyway, I do enjoy your show.
08:30I can say this.
08:31Unless he signs with some other team, we're probably going to keep talking about it.
08:37Yeah.
08:37I know.
08:38But you know what?
08:39I can't believe Adam Peters will be that stupid to sign him.
08:43He might not be.
08:44He might not be.
08:45I really don't think.
08:46Except it's a low-risk proposition, right?
08:48They're not going to have to pay him a bunch of money.
08:51And then he may work out.
08:54Jason talked about it.
08:55Jason's a 49ers fan.
08:56He was a stud at one point.
08:57Thanks, Gary.
08:58Appreciate the call.
08:59He's not 35.
09:01No, he's young.
09:02He's just coming off a serious injury.
09:05Even though he's young, he still might not be the same player.
09:07And if you do sign him, you sit him down and you say,
09:11we're not going to put up with the shenanigans that you were doing
09:15trying to get released from the Niners.
09:17Or you're cut.
09:17Yeah.
09:17If that's the way you're going to act here.
09:21I'm guessing he probably wouldn't act that way.
09:23I wouldn't think.
09:25I think this is largely performative.
09:28Like, if you didn't see this sort of behavior from Ayuk before he had
09:31this clear, he's locked in a death struggle with the 49ers.
09:35He hates them.
09:37They hate him.
09:38The feeling is mutual.
09:40And I think once he gets past that, hopefully he's able to just lock in
09:44on being a productive NFL wideout in filling the name of the city,
09:49whether it's here or signs with the Packers or whoever might show
09:54interest.
09:55Correct.
09:56I think he still has time to get his career back on track,
09:59but he's got to get away from this daily posting and just spouting off
10:04against his employer.
10:05Like, it's not, it's not a great look.
10:07I think he can turn it around though.
10:09I wasn't totally on board with everything that Jason said,
10:11but let's say a video came out.
10:13It doesn't even have to be him.
10:15Apparently he doesn't have an agent.
10:17He fired his agent, right?
10:18So he's got no agent.
10:19So what if he hires an agent, one of the respected agents, not only expecting
10:23a respected agent to do it, but the agent, number one, you know, he has an agent
10:30and I do want that workout video.
10:32That might be a selfish thing, but the agent set something up for him and he's
10:36like, look, uh, yeah, maybe he does a mea culpa kind of like you says, like you
10:41said.
10:41And then he says, Hey, I have an agent.
10:44I'm focused on being back on the field and proving that I'm one of the best wide
10:48receivers in the game.
10:49Yep.
10:50No more videos except for this one, which is the workout video.
10:54Yeah.
10:54This is what I can do for the commanders if they want me.
10:57Yeah.
10:59I also think that since he doesn't have an agent, why wouldn't he want to do some
11:04local media here just to get kind of the commanders fans on board?
11:07We need to reach out.
11:08I mean, he's, we should be reaching out.
11:09He has carte blanche.
11:10He can, he can appear whenever he wants.
11:13We'll give him a full hour of the air.
11:15He's been on the show today.
11:17He's been on the show as much as Alex Tuck.
11:20But that was a good idea you had JP.
11:23I mean, I don't know how to get in touch with him.
11:24I guess just DM him through social, but he only has four followers or, or he's
11:28only following, but if he wanted to get the city on board with him and he could
11:33kind of show his real character, not the goofball that's wearing all the
11:36commander's hats and dancing, doing all the goofy dances.
11:40I think he would, he should do it for some reason.
11:43I'm remembering.
11:43I don't know.
11:44He won't do it, but I think he should do it.
11:45I don't think we had him.
11:47And this is before social media was, was in existence.
11:51Didn't we try to get Mark Chimura on the show?
11:53Cause he was having dinner at the Palm with Dan Snyder.
11:56We did like, we had a source and it was like, Oh, Mark Chimura, he's at the Palm.
12:00Yeah.
12:00Let's get him on the show.
12:02That's going way back.
12:03Yes.
12:03That's going back to, I mean, what's the last year?
12:06Mark Chimura played NFL football.
12:08It's been quite a while.
12:08Late, not early 2000s.
12:10Probably.
12:10Did he have a sexual assault allegation against him?
12:12Not sure.
12:13I feel like something about him in a hot tub.
12:16Yeah.
12:16I never saw him.
12:17It's kind of bubbling to surface.
12:19It's very fuzzy for me too.
12:21Now I need to look it up.
12:23Now I need to go back in time.
12:24Mark Chimura's last year in the league was with the Packers, 1999.
12:30Did he have some sort of hot tub deal?
12:32I think Cakes is on it.
12:33I don't remember that, but I'm in legal trouble.
12:36Cues of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old.
12:38It was a babysitter.
12:39The quote is, he put himself in a bad situation by being in a hot tub drunk with kids in
12:44his underwear.
12:46Oh, jeez.
12:47He said a 38-year-old bar manager from Janesville, Wisconsin.
12:52So that's from 2001.
12:54That's weird.
12:55I just remember we were doing a nighttime show.
12:57Yeah.
12:57We got that intel.
12:58We're like, we got to get Chimura on the show.
13:00Yeah.
13:01I'm going to guess he's not doing too many interviews.
13:03Probably not.
13:04Probably not.
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