00:00So we've done an awesome job as a show.
00:02In fact, why don't we just give ourselves a little credit with a round of applause.
00:06Oh, sure, yeah.
00:07Ignoring Brandon Ayuk at all costs for the last week and a half or so.
00:10Good job by you.
00:11Good job by Darius.
00:13Good job by Strober, right?
00:15I would say.
00:16Toby, not so much.
00:16He keeps bringing us the stories generally.
00:18And we're like, no, get out of here.
00:21Toby, every day when we're in the show meeting, we're like, what should we talk about?
00:24We're coming up with good stuff.
00:25Toby's like, we've got to be talking to Ayuk, guys.
00:27This is a big deal.
00:28This is what the people care about.
00:30This is what the people want us to discuss.
00:32But there is a new wrinkle here that I think we've got to discuss.
00:37Number one, he announced yesterday on social media.
00:40And I don't know what's real and what isn't.
00:41I never really know with him if he's like hiring actors at this point and just trying to perform some
00:48type of trick.
00:48Like if this is skullduggery and chicanery or what this is.
00:51But he announced yesterday that he bought a home in Loudoun County for $10 million.
00:58He had the real estate agent, who's like a real person with a real social media account, in the picture
01:03with him.
01:04And he's like standing in his new home doing a like just sold thing that you've seen all your buddies
01:08do on Facebook.
01:08Or like just bought like new home, new owners, whatever.
01:12$10 million in Loudoun County.
01:14Seems like a terrible business decision.
01:16Because as of right now, it doesn't feel like the momentum is trending toward Washington wanting to sign him.
01:21And it's only been a couple of weeks since he tried to pick a social media fight with the team's
01:24quarterback, who is supposedly or was supposedly one of his best friends.
01:28So I guess it could still very well be that he's signing.
01:31And maybe this is an indicator of that.
01:33Maybe he knows more than we do.
01:35And they're still going to sign him as soon as he gets cut.
01:38And the Jaden Daniels social media fake beef was just a joke that they were both in on.
01:43I don't know.
01:43But he is saying, he is telling people, announcing that he has bought a $10 million home in Loudoun County.
01:52Usually a good investment, right?
01:54Property values and the like and real estate.
01:56And there's only so much crown.
01:58So maybe that's what that is?
02:00They're breaching?
02:01I don't know, dude.
02:02Yeah.
02:02Read the room.
02:04Respond to a cue every now and again.
02:05You know what I mean?
02:06I don't want to say the ship has sailed, but the ship is boarded.
02:09You know what I mean?
02:09The captain is letting everybody know to fasten the seatbelt signs.
02:12We're about to depart the dock.
02:14I don't know, dude.
02:14Well, here's where I'm at on this now.
02:16I was thinking about this last night.
02:17I was actually talking with somebody else who covers the league.
02:21And they're like, is there a chance that he just does something completely wacky?
02:26And I was like, yes.
02:26Yes, there is.
02:27Yes.
02:28But their point was that he shows up at the facility at training camp.
02:32He's standing in the crowd with fans, watching practice and screaming and literally begging
02:37to be signed with a sign that's like, sign me.
02:39Or if he does the thing that the guy who played D3 football does, where he stands outside of
02:45Ashburn's Commander's Park on Loudoun County Parkway with his cleats around his neck like,
02:50give me a chance, I'm ready.
02:51Like, I could totally see him doing something like that.
02:55I know it sounds ridiculous, but don't you think there's like a non-zero chance that
02:59he shows up at the facility during training camp or some other really weird thing like
03:03that happens?
03:04Yeah.
03:06I'm not even doing a bit.
03:07Yes.
03:07I do think something like that is possible.
03:09Like, this is, again, we're not applying, like the mistake that we make, I'm not saying
03:17you and I, but everybody makes in general, is to apply our normal sensibilities of rationality
03:23and, well, that would be foolish or that wouldn't make any sense, applying those things to someone
03:27who's clearly demonstrated that they are irrational, right?
03:30So, when you sort of use your moral compass or use your normal decision-making skills where
03:36you go, well, that's a terrible decision, that's downside, and then your crazy friend
03:39or the person that you know does the crazy thing again, despite you go, well, that didn't
03:43make any sense.
03:43It did to them.
03:44Like, every one of his beats and every one of his steps, not just stupid social media videos
03:49because that's, you know, easily dismissible and you can say what you want about him,
03:53but again, the path that led us here, so many decisions were all nonsensical.
03:57So, a move like that that would require, like, security or law enforcement to remove him because
04:04he's trespassing is totally within the realm of possibility.
04:07Honestly, it is.
04:08I can't stop thinking about what that might look like because he is as actively as possible
04:17on social media and as frequently as possible, basically just acting out for attention.
04:23It's antics and hijinks and it's just fun to him, right?
04:27And he loves the juice.
04:29Assuming the team isn't somehow in on this and hasn't already told him, yes, we're going
04:33to sign you as soon as we can.
04:35We just can't yet, so hold tight.
04:37I don't know.
04:38Why buy a house?
04:39I mean, one of two things has to be happening.
04:41Either he knows that they're signing him soon and he bought a house because we're wrong
04:47and he's going to be signed and, oh my God, if that happens.
04:49Or, the other thing is, he did the craziest thing of all the stuff he's done yet that's
04:54completely ridiculous and insane and he just bought a house for part of the bit.
04:59It was a $10 million bit.
05:01And if he's willing to buy a house when he's not going to be signed, if they haven't told
05:05him that, for $10 million, you can't tell me he's not willing to come to the open practices
05:10or stand outside the facility with a sign and talk to Channel 5 every day or whatever.
05:16Chad Ricardo is going to be interviewing him about where he wants to play in the offense
05:21or whatever.
05:23Anything's on the table at this point.
05:24I want to play quick audio here.
05:26This is from George Kittle.
05:27Kittle, his longtime teammate and at one point in time, very good buddy in San Francisco,
05:33talking about Brandon Ayuk.
05:35This was on NBC and he's being interviewed.
05:37Pro Football Talk Programming by Chris Sims.
05:40I feel like I know basically everything that's happened and what's gone on and I can't share
05:43all of that because it's not my business to share or tell.
05:46But I just want to know that I feel like the Niners have done a very good job throughout
05:50the entire process and have tried.
05:52Kyle has tried.
05:53John has tried.
05:54Teammates have tried.
05:55And this is where we are.
05:57And so I think the organization itself has done a really good job.
06:02And like I said, I know plenty of things and I don't ever want to single out a player.
06:06I don't ever want to point a finger at anybody.
06:08But I've been here for 10 years and I've been treated with nothing but respect and love
06:12my entire career.
06:13I feel like I've done it the right way as long as I can.
06:16You know, contract negotiations are also, those are all always hard for everybody.
06:19Yeah.
06:20And you just try your best to not be sensitive about it.
06:23Noah, if you get offended by something and you hold on to it, that's kind of on you because
06:27everybody goes through contract negotiations and they're all difficult.
06:31I mean, at the end there, he might have gotten into the most important part, which was a
06:36window into, he got mad during the contract dispute and he never let it go.
06:40But obviously George Kittle is an idiot like we are and he doesn't know what he's talking
06:45about.
06:45And the loud people on Twitter are right.
06:47And Brandon Ayuk is a victim in all of this.
06:49But that was the latest person who doesn't know anything from the San Francisco 49ers
06:54discussing Brandon Ayuk.
06:57Oh, but yeah, I mean, the thing that I care about the most and what everybody's doing who's
07:03still calling me names and calling you names and arguing for it or whatever is you guys
07:09are just mad that he's acting up on social media, he's not committing any crimes or whatever.
07:12And I keep pointing back to, no, this is a manifestation of the thing.
07:18What happened was football happened.
07:21The business of the NFL happened.
07:22And by the way, it's not a crime to not like it.
07:24It's not a crime to not like the business of the NFL.
07:26Many people have walked away.
07:27It's not fair.
07:28It's dirty at times.
07:30It is a mean and cutthroat business.
07:33The instant that they think they can do better than you, cheaper, this is like any business,
07:36but especially in the league, they will turn you away.
07:39They will get rid of your ass.
07:40And I understand being put out by that.
07:42I understand being aggrieved or annoyed, et cetera, but nothing remarkably bad happened
07:48to him as far as we know.
07:49And again, all I've ever left open was the opportunity for him to say, what was the actual
07:54bad thing?
07:56Did like someone said something so horrendous to you that you never got over it in negotiation
08:00or whatever?
08:01And even still, we could call balls and strikes on that.
08:03But my point is all it's ever been were these weird half stories that, you know, guys
08:10yelled at him in practice.
08:11That's the worst defense I can find is that a football practice happened, that a coach
08:15who's probably a bit ornery and tough to be around with a whole bunch of winning on his
08:19resume, by the way, was like yelled at him in practice about something.
08:23The grievance that began this whole thing to me as what we know right now is so insignificant
08:30and so mild that his reaction is so disproportionate and so over the top and so crazy and incendiary
08:36that it's disqualifying.
08:38That's what I care about far less than him putting money on the ground in Instagram video
08:42or who the little ass boy is or whatever the other bullcrap is.
08:45I don't care about that anywhere near as much.
08:47It's the why were you so upset?
08:51And, you know, again, the opposite is Terry McCorn probably didn't have a great time during
08:55his contract negotiation.
08:56I'll wait for his.
08:58I'll wait for his version of this.
09:00Right?
09:00You let me know when he buys a house in Cleveland because he's going to play for the Browns though
09:05because it's near Ohio State.
09:07I'm sure.
09:08Grant and Danny on the fan.
09:10Coming up at the top of the hour, the Nats are playing a massive playoff caliber game tonight
09:16in the heat of July.
09:18Biggest series since 2019 probably.
09:20We'll set the table for their matchup with the Diamondbacks here on the show.
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