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The Commanders have passed on several free agents this offseason, but the Junkies can’t figure out why they haven't signed Stefon Diggs yet. Do you expect Washington to sign Stefon Diggs?
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00:00So we've been speculating as to when these veteran free agent wideouts
00:05would start landing in new spots.
00:07Debo Samuel is the first.
00:10He gets a one-year, up to $7.5 million deal.
00:13With his former employer, he lands back in San Francisco with the Niners.
00:18They're dealing with a bunch of injuries on their offense.
00:21Ricky Pierce saw a promising young wideout.
00:24He has a knee issue.
00:25Looks like it could sideline him for the entire 2026 season.
00:30So they bring Debo back.
00:31That means the two biggest names still out there are, of course,
00:35Stephon Diggs and Keenan Allen.
00:37There's been a lot of buzz and speculation that Diggs could wind up either here
00:42with the Commanders.
00:42Maybe he's a fit with the Baltimore Ravens.
00:45That's what Mike was saying.
00:46They seem to like to grab guys late in their careers
00:50and give them second or third chances.
00:53He's from here.
00:54That makes a lot of sense from the land of either of these two teams.
00:56I just don't understand why they're waiting.
00:57I mean, I know everyone says, well,
00:58that's because they're probably asking for too much.
01:01But I don't know.
01:02Don't you want to get the guy in camp?
01:03Can't you figure that out pretty quickly?
01:05Seem like they figured it out fairly quickly with Debo.
01:07Maybe it'll be like in a draft.
01:08Like here's the run on receivers that are out there.
01:11Maybe it'll finally get done.
01:13I know that Nicky put out a tweet yesterday, Nicky Jabbala,
01:18where it got a lot of traction.
01:20My assessment of the first two days of Commanders Camp from Nicky,
01:23it's a meme or video, whatever you want to call it,
01:27gif of Diggs saying, I'm him.
01:32In other words, they need some help there, in her opinion.
01:36Interesting.
01:37Now, do they need help or is it just the fact that the defense is going to
01:41just have an inherent advantage heading into the first couple days of camp
01:44and it's just going to take more time for Jaden and the receivers to get in sync
01:49with the new offense?
01:50I mean, I think most people think just based on, again,
01:53I think that guys will step up.
01:55When given an opportunity, it often happens.
01:57But, you know, I don't know if you have the sharp clips from yesterday
02:01with J.P. Finley, but he talked about at one point,
02:04I remember he ranked the receivers, and I don't know if he was saying
02:07at the end of last year or going into this camp or whatever,
02:09I think he had them something like 31.
02:11Right now, we have the Commanders.
02:12I know your fans are going to like to hear this,
02:14but we have them ranked as the number 31 best wide receiver room around the NFL.
02:20And if they can somehow get Steph Diggs, they absolutely need to.
02:23I posted this earlier today on Twitter.
02:25I just think this is a great example of a team that went out
02:30and supported its quarterback on a rookie contract.
02:34Drake May was drafted in 2024.
02:37His OC at the time was Alex Van Pelt.
02:39They had the fifth cheapest wide receiver and tight end core,
02:43did the Patriots, and their starting three wide receivers that year
02:47were K.J. Osborne, Pop Douglas, and Type 1 Thornton.
02:51Just two years later this season,
02:53they now have a new offense coordinator in Josh McDaniels,
02:56who's far better than Alex Van Pelt.
02:58They have the number nine most expensive receiving core between wide receivers
03:03and tight ends.
03:04And their three starting receivers this year are A.J. Brown,
03:07Romeo Dobbs, and K. Shambuti.
03:09That is the, when a team and a GM says,
03:13we believe in our young quarterback and we're going to try to surround him with talent
03:17while he is at his cheapest he will ever be.
03:20Jaden Daniels is in the same situation,
03:22but he's just not getting that influx of talent at the receiving position
03:27to make his life easier.
03:30Makes sense.
03:31I mean, last year you kind of thought it was going to happen
03:33because they brought in Debo,
03:35but McLaurin was shot and didn't have a great year.
03:39So if McLaurin and Debo are both on the field,
03:43both healthy numbers would have been Jaden,
03:45obviously numbers would have been good,
03:47but he brings up a good point.
03:49I mean, I know they drafted Williams,
03:50but he's a draft pick.
03:51You don't know how good he's going to be.
03:53I mean, the Patriots,
03:54they traded draft capital for A.J. Brown,
03:56and they spent a lot of money in free agency on Romeo Dobbs.
04:00We know the commanders were in on Dobbs too,
04:02but the Patriots beat them out for his services.
04:06I just don't understand why they're waiting.
04:08I personally, it's just my head is exploding.
04:11Or maybe tomorrow's the day.
04:13Why are you waiting?
04:15I mean...
04:16Hold on, so they should have been in on A.J. Brown?
04:19No, maybe.
04:20I mean, it's not like Adam Peters isn't drafting wide receivers.
04:24No, I know, and I am very high on Antonio Williams, actually.
04:27Very high on Williams.
04:29Probably too high.
04:30I haven't gone as much, you know, I'm not really...
04:33He's just an unknown right now.
04:34I know he's an unknown.
04:35But I'm not willing to say he's going to have 50-plus catches or whatever.
04:38I mean, they're drafting receivers,
04:39but they're drafting him in the third and fourth round.
04:41Yeah, but I do think Williams is the real deal.
04:42We'll see.
04:43You could mock me.
04:44He could just be another, like, McCaffrey.
04:46Oh, he could be.
04:46But if you brought in Diggs,
04:48then the room gets considerably better.
04:50Yeah.
04:51Yeah.
04:51I just don't want it to take away opportunity from Williams,
04:54but I guess that's...
04:55And you can even go back...
04:56You've got to win.
04:56You can even go back a couple years in the draft
04:58when they took Connerly.
05:00They could have taken Luther Burden at that point.
05:02Yeah.
05:03And there's a lot of buzz around Luther Burden
05:06incoming this year.
05:08Like, having a much bigger role in that Chicago offense.
05:10Like, if Connerly struggles
05:13and Luther Burden becomes, like, a fringe Pro Bowl receiver,
05:17you're going to look at that and be like,
05:18well, could have had him here.
05:21Yeah.
05:21He could have been Terry McLaurin's number two.
05:25Yeah.
05:25Like, already established.
05:28So, I don't know.
05:29It's, you know, it's revisionist history at this point,
05:32going back and dissecting draft picks like that.
05:34But Adam Peters has chosen, for the most part,
05:38to go relatively cheap at wideout.
05:40Well, we'll see.
05:41I mean, they've got the money to spend.
05:44I mean, it's Warren Sharpe's opinion
05:46or whatever, you know, numbers he puts together.
05:48Well, you're not going to be able to argue
05:50that this group, as unproven as it is,
05:52is much higher.
05:53Correct.
05:54Correct.
05:54You're not going to make it.
05:55So, Diggs just makes sense.
05:57Yeah.
05:57And I think he said later,
05:59as he said in that clip,
06:00that, you know, it gets him maybe
06:02the middle of the pack, you know.
06:04You'll take that.
06:05Which is a big upgrade.
06:05So, should the commanders be
06:07Stephon, Diggs, or Bust at this point?
06:10800-636-1067.
06:12Here's the other part I want you to play.
06:14I think Valdez found it, too,
06:16where he reiterates,
06:17and I know it was my gut,
06:19but as soon as this schedule came out,
06:20literally, I had this pit in my stomach.
06:22I wanted to puke.
06:23When I saw how difficult
06:25I thought this schedule was,
06:27here's his take on it.
06:28The commanders right now
06:29rank as the fourth toughest schedule
06:33in the NFL.
06:35That's going to be a problem for them.
06:37And in fact,
06:38over the first 11 weeks,
06:40I have you guys pegged as
06:42the number two most difficult schedule
06:45in the NFL.
06:45And if you look across the board,
06:47the weakest team that you're going to play
06:50through week 11
06:51is the New York Giants,
06:52who are predicted to win
06:53about seven and a half games,
06:55but they're being bet towards the over.
06:57The markets are excited
06:59that Malik Navers looks a little bit healthier
07:01than he was expected to look.
07:02We'll see if that ends up panning out.
07:04But you've got,
07:05obviously,
07:06difficult games against
07:08playoff teams in 2026.
07:10These teams should make the playoffs,
07:11including the Eagles,
07:13the Seahawks,
07:14the 49ers,
07:15the Eagles,
07:16again,
07:16the Rams,
07:16and the Bengals,
07:17all within the first 11 weeks
07:19of the season.
07:19So it results in the number two
07:21most difficult schedule
07:22through that stretch.
07:24And I have you guys,
07:26one of the reasons
07:27that I also look at the change
07:29in the movement
07:30is I want to know,
07:31is your schedule getting harder
07:33or easier?
07:34And your schedule
07:35has gotten the second most difficult.
07:37It's seen the second largest
07:39increase in difficulty
07:40since June 1st.
07:42And that's because
07:43you are playing
07:44the Cowboys twice
07:45and the Bengals.
07:47Both teams
07:48have been bet towards the over
07:49at the number one
07:50and number two highest rate
07:52in the NFL.
07:53The Bengals have been bet
07:54towards the over a lot
07:55since June,
07:56as have the Cowboys.
07:57In addition,
07:58you've got the Rams,
07:59Texans,
08:00Giants twice.
08:01Those three teams
08:03all rank top seven
08:04in terms of teams
08:05that have bet
08:06towards the over.
08:07The expectations
08:08are even stronger
08:09for those teams.
08:10And so,
08:10you're just playing
08:11a bunch of these teams
08:13that have ranked
08:14in the top seven
08:15in terms of
08:16the betting markets.
08:17And this is not just
08:18like some sort of
08:18an odds maker
08:19sitting off in the corner
08:20changing the numbers
08:21because it's his
08:22personal opinion.
08:23This is like
08:24hundreds and thousands
08:25of bettors,
08:27many of them sharp
08:28who are moving the markets,
08:29are betting
08:30on these other teams
08:31who you have to play.
08:33Not only are the
08:34first 11 weeks
08:35really difficult,
08:36then after that,
08:38it's a short week
08:39where they have to go
08:40face the Cardinals
08:41in Arizona.
08:43That's a relatively
08:44long trip.
08:45And then they're
08:45at the Titans
08:46the following week.
08:47Now,
08:47those are going to be
08:49two of the lower teams
08:50in the league.
08:50We don't win those games.
08:51We ain't doing anything.
08:52But those are
08:53back-to-back road games
08:54coming off that gauntlet
08:56of the first 11 games.
08:57Yeah.
08:58So,
08:58it looks like
09:00kind of an easy spot
09:01in the schedule,
09:02but is it really
09:03that easy
09:04playing back-to-back
09:05road games?
09:06It's not.
09:07I don't feel like
09:07we have a competition
09:08No,
09:08not on the road,
09:08especially on a short week,
09:09but just based
09:11on the expectations
09:13of those two teams.
09:14I don't feel like
09:14Arizona's some great
09:15home field advantage
09:16for them other than
09:17the time thing.
09:18I'm just talking about
09:18the travel
09:20for the crowd
09:20is more than the opponent.
09:22Yeah.
09:22Especially,
09:23I mean,
09:23they could be beat up
09:24by week 11.
09:25We don't know
09:25what the roster's
09:26going to look like
09:26after 11 weeks
09:27of playing tough competition.
09:29We just don't know.
09:30All right,
09:31let's go to the phones.
09:31800-636-1067.
09:34Should they
09:34just make the move now?
09:35This might be the time.
09:36If you're going to do it,
09:37it might be now or never,
09:38right?
09:38Like,
09:39you're in a draft,
09:40all of a sudden
09:40they start drafting
09:41the quarterbacks.
09:42The Niners felt like
09:43they needed to make a move.
09:44Boom,
09:44they signed Debo.
09:45He's on the roster.
09:47This could be the run
09:47on the veteran
09:48free agent receivers,
09:50the elite ones
09:51that are still out there.
09:52Are they going to stand by
09:54and just let Diggs
09:56make a deal
09:56with the Ravens?
09:57Or are they going to
09:57go in there
09:58and just grab them,
09:59be done with this?
10:00Let's go to Shane.
10:01In Fairfax,
10:02are they happy
10:03being,
10:04in some of these guys' minds,
10:06the 31st ranked
10:07wide receiver room?
10:09Shane,
10:09what's up?
10:10Good morning to you.
10:11Hey, buddy.
10:11Good morning,
10:11John.
10:12How y'all doing this morning?
10:13Happy Friday to y'all.
10:14Yeah, you too.
10:14I think they're happy.
10:15I think right now
10:16they're happy
10:17because they got a chick.
10:18And I think that
10:19they're going to use him.
10:20And I think that's what that's...
10:22I think he's going to be
10:23our number two.
10:24I hate to say that.
10:25I think they should go ahead
10:26and put the trigger on Diggs.
10:28You ain't got nothing to lose.
10:29What do you got to lose,
10:30right?
10:30Right.
10:31You're going to sign him
10:31to probably a minimum deal.
10:33And he's going to be better
10:34than anybody you've got
10:35in your room right now.
10:37He's produced it.
10:38What?
10:38You got Lane?
10:39Come on,
10:40let's go.
10:40And plus,
10:41look at that schedule.
10:42I've got them going
10:43one and eight.
10:45Wow, I mean,
10:46if that happens,
10:46everyone's getting fired.
10:47Who are they going to beat?
10:48I mean, that could happen.
10:49If that happens,
10:49everyone's getting fired.
10:50Dan Quinn will be gone.
10:52Dan Quinn will be gone
10:53mid-season one.
10:54Look at that schedule.
10:55It's too brutal.
10:56Who are they going to beat?
10:57Who are they going to beat?
10:58I don't know.
10:58They're going to have to steal
10:59a couple early.
11:01Giants.
11:01And the Giants
11:02give us a fit
11:02every time we play them.
11:03Hell, if you look about it,
11:05the Giants should have
11:05beat us every time.
11:06An offside,
11:07a missed field goal.
11:08So, like,
11:10look,
11:11Dan Quinn's in trouble.
11:12And we've got two
11:14new coordinators.
11:15It doesn't really fare well
11:17if you've got two new
11:17coordinators as a head coach
11:18coming in.
11:19And one that's never called
11:20an offensive play.
11:22Come on, man.
11:23Let's go.
11:23That schedule's brutal.
11:24It is brutal.
11:25Appreciate it.
11:26I do.
11:26Don't fall, baby.
11:27Well, I mean,
11:28if they're one and eight,
11:29Dan Quinn's getting fired
11:30mid-season.
11:31Oh, yeah.
11:31That's what he said.
11:32Yeah.
11:32I mean, that's,
11:33but they're not going to be
11:33one and eight.
11:34No, but
11:36I'm not saying nothing.
11:37I have no idea.
11:38The schedule scares
11:38the poop out of me.
11:39I do think maybe
11:41we could shock people
11:41in week one.
11:42Maybe Jalen will be
11:43a little off.
11:44He has, you know,
11:44he has a tendency
11:45to be up or down.
11:47Maybe, you know,
11:48they don't have AJ.
11:49I don't know.
11:49Maybe we can steal one.
11:50They've had a lot of
11:51turnover at wide receiver.
11:52They have a new OC, too.
11:54Yeah, Sean Mannion steps in.
11:56Maybe we could steal one there,
11:58get a little momentum,
11:58and then who knows
12:00after that.
12:01We've got to get
12:01one of the first three.
12:03I mean, you go 0-3
12:04to start the year,
12:05that's going to be
12:06difficult to bounce back.
12:07That's going to be tough.
12:07And the first three,
12:08we're going to be
12:09decided dogs in all of them.
12:10So we're going to have to
12:12steal minimum one of them.
12:14Let's go to Larry,
12:15South Carolina.
12:16800-636-1067.
12:18Don't want to be doom and gloom,
12:19but we should be realistic.
12:21Larry!
12:22The Commanders are catching
12:23four and a half
12:23in week one
12:24against the Eagles.
12:25That's the current line.
12:27Larry, what's up, man?
12:29Hey, guys.
12:30How you doing?
12:30We're waiting for Jason
12:31to come down to this area.
12:33He'll be about 40 minutes
12:35north of me in Southport.
12:37So we're waiting for you, Jason.
12:38All right, man.
12:39I love it down there.
12:40It's great.
12:40So where is he?
12:41Where are you, Larry?
12:42What part?
12:44My town is Little River,
12:45South Carolina.
12:46I'm right over the border.
12:47So right up 17 is Southport.
12:50Southport's a gorgeous area.
12:51Jason, I know you're
12:52going to love it.
12:53You've already seen it.
12:54Oh, yeah.
12:54But it's a great spot.
12:56Great part of the world,
12:57my friend.
12:58It is, Jason.
12:59You're going to love it.
13:00And I moved down
13:02about two years ago
13:03and it's been awesome.
13:04So I know you're
13:05looking forward to it.
13:06And I'm about seven years
13:08older than you guys.
13:09So it's a great spot.
13:10All right.
13:10What's the deal with Diggs,
13:12your opinion?
13:13I think they ought to.
13:15They should have drafted
13:17him 11 years ago.
13:18The Redskins drafted
13:20Jameson Crowder instead.
13:22And I think we've been
13:24running that.
13:24He wasn't Diggs,
13:25but he was decent.
13:26But yeah, you're right.
13:26He wasn't Diggs.
13:27He was decent.
13:28He wasn't Diggs, though.
13:29I mean, they drafted him
13:29and they drafted Crowder
13:31in the fourth round
13:31and then Diggs went
13:32the fifth round
13:33in Minnesota.
13:34And he blew up
13:34in Minnesota.
13:35He had a great run there.
13:36So I mean,
13:37I think that was
13:37a big mistake.
13:38No, I mean,
13:38we're the 31st ranked
13:40wide receiver room.
13:41I mean,
13:42did you see Nick Chivala's
13:44tweet yesterday?
13:45Yeah, we talked about it.
13:46Hey, this is,
13:47yeah, that's,
13:49to me,
13:50that's very important
13:51that they get him in
13:53because they need to,
13:54it's like the defense.
13:55If we just had a defense
13:56in the middle of the pack
13:58and we have wide receiver
13:59room in the middle of the pack,
14:00I think it'll be,
14:01I think we'll be a lot better.
14:03We're not going to go
14:03one and eight.
14:04I can tell you that.
14:06I don't think we'll go
14:08one and eight.
14:08I do think we market,
14:10we're going to be markedly
14:11better on defense.
14:12And as long as Jaden's there,
14:13he gives you a shot,
14:14you can steal any game.
14:16But we're going to be
14:17underdogs in most of these.
14:19We are going to be
14:20underdogs in most of these.
14:21One and eight
14:22or two and seven
14:23would be a big giant fireball.
14:25Do you think Adam Peters
14:26isn't signing digs?
14:28And he may,
14:28I just don't know,
14:29but it hasn't done it yet
14:30because,
14:33because Josh Harris
14:34doesn't want to spend the money
14:35or because he doesn't feel
14:35like it's a fit,
14:36doesn't need them.
14:37I mean,
14:37what do you think it is?
14:38I'm hoping it's not
14:40financially motivated.
14:41I mean,
14:41Josh Harris doesn't hire.
14:43They're fine cap-wise.
14:44Their cap situation right now
14:45is really good.
14:46I don't think it's money.
14:46And look at the money
14:47he's spent on the Sixers.
14:49No,
14:49I don't think it's money.
14:50I think it's the,
14:50you know,
14:51the calculus he talked about it,
14:53you know,
14:53the chemistry vibe,
14:56the,
14:56they,
14:56they,
14:57they get,
14:57they like the room.
14:58They do.
14:59They kind of do see
14:59kind of roles
15:00for all these guys.
15:02Sometimes you could get
15:03in sort of enamored
15:04with your own guys
15:05and their own potential,
15:06right?
15:07Yeah.
15:07Um,
15:09I don't know.
15:09Maybe they feel like
15:10Traylon Burks is a guy
15:11who can finally
15:13catch 40 balls
15:14in the number two
15:15wider seat role.
15:15Already banged up.
15:16That's,
15:17that's the huge question mark.
15:18Yeah,
15:18but okay,
15:18so let's say
15:19Burks takes himself out.
15:20Nobody could count on Burks.
15:21Let's say he's like a
15:22Cam Simms,
15:23or not even Cam Simms.
15:24He's like a Noah Brown.
15:25Okay.
15:26Right?
15:26Like talented.
15:26He's like a fancier version
15:27of Noah Brown.
15:28Yeah,
15:28talented in the first round.
15:30But gets hurt all the time.
15:31But,
15:32I mean,
15:33De'Ami is making plays.
15:34They keep reporting
15:35he's making plays
15:35every day in camp.
15:36Right.
15:36The reports are
15:37they're loving what
15:38they're seeing so far
15:39from Antonio.
15:40They're loving what
15:41they're seeing with Chig.
15:43Terry's over there
15:43mentoring all the guys.
15:45Maybe they feel like Luke.
15:45Maybe they're just getting
15:46a little enamored
15:47with their own guys.
15:47They might also feel like
15:48Luke McCaffrey's ready
15:49to take the next step too.
15:51Luke was playing pretty well
15:52before he got hurt.
15:53He was emerging
15:54and then he had
15:55the shoulder injury.
15:56I think he suffered that
15:57in the Chargers game.
15:58I just don't know
15:58what bring it in digs
15:59and how it hurts you.
16:00The only way,
16:01it doesn't really hurt you.
16:02It doesn't hurt you.
16:02It only helps you.
16:04Unless you think
16:05it's a chemistry thing,
16:06which I think
16:07most people think
16:07he's great.
16:09I remember there was
16:10a thing there
16:11with Josh Allen, right?
16:13I'm guessing he's probably
16:15good for two or three years
16:17and then he wears that
16:18as welcome.
16:19It's kind of his MO.
16:21Maybe it's the personality.
16:22Maybe they just don't want
16:22to bring him in the locker room.
16:23I don't know.
16:24But from a talent standpoint,
16:26it makes sense to me.
16:27I think it might happen.
16:27I think it might happen soon.
16:29800-636-1067
16:30is the number.
16:31Are you Stefan Diggs
16:33or bust
16:34through two days
16:35of training camp
16:36at this point?
16:37800-636-1067
16:39is the number.
16:40We're the junks.
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