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NFL teams are always propping up their star players, but one of Washington’s biggest rivals just blasted their starting QB on social media. Would you be upset if the Commanders posted something like this?
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00:00We wanted to play a little big deal or little deal.
00:03I just posted a video that went viral yesterday.
00:06You can follow us at Junk's Radio on Twitter.
00:10And it's a video of Jalen Hurts getting picked off by his teammate in practice
00:19who then punts the ball.
00:21Most quarterbacks, if not all quarterbacks,
00:26never have their interceptions highlighted in the preseason.
00:30Is this a big deal or a little deal that the Eagles would put out this video?
00:35I mean, they're just not really thinking great.
00:37There's ways you can do it.
00:39The guy that pointed it out, Benjamin Albright, that I saw,
00:43he pointed out the Bills have a clip where Allen throws an interception
00:48and he's barely in the clip.
00:50You just see him in the background.
00:51You can kind of add an amount.
00:53If you want to show the defense make a play, that's fair.
00:55But, you know, that's the highlight.
00:57Hurts that way.
00:59I think it was inadvertent.
01:01I think it's harmless.
01:03What I have heard is the reports are that things might not be going great.
01:06I've definitely heard that offensively.
01:08There's a lot of noise about Jalen Hurts.
01:10I've seen some positive.
01:12I think Jalen Carter said that he's faster.
01:16But remember the preseason rankings that we talked about
01:19where Jaden Daniels, Mike Sandoz list,
01:21where he talks to coaches and scouts and general managers.
01:26I think Jalen Hurts was the last guy on Tier 2.
01:31Jaden Daniels was 13.
01:32I want to say Jalen Hurts was 18.
01:3417 or 18, yeah.
01:35Something like that.
01:36But, so there seems to be kind of this growing sentiment
01:40that he potentially could be on the quarterback hot seat in Philadelphia.
01:45I like to keep my Jalen Hurts slander to a dull roar
01:48because I do think he's a great leader.
01:50And he's just been that way his entire career.
01:52He may not be the greatest quarterback,
01:53but he just seems to be, to me, he's a winner.
01:56So, I don't like to slander him too much.
01:59But I don't think he's the best quarterback in the division by any stretch.
02:03I think Jaden at his best is better.
02:05But I don't like to trash him too much
02:07because I just think that guy's tough.
02:09But do you think it's a big deal that the social media team
02:12posted this clip making their quarterback look bad?
02:16I think they whiffed.
02:18I think it wasn't a great look.
02:19I don't think it matters today, you know, a half hour later.
02:23I don't know the commanders wouldn't do that if J.D. was picked off.
02:27The way you do it is you edit out the quarterback.
02:29If you want to show a DB jumping on a ball, making a play.
02:32You're so clean on Mitchell, making the play.
02:33Then you don't know, was it Mariota that threw it?
02:36Was it Hartman that threw it?
02:38There's a way you could kind of hide it.
02:41So, yeah, I mean, it's kind of an embarrassing look.
02:45But, yeah, I think that there's some turmoil there.
02:50It got over 2 million impressions compared to, I guess,
02:54the one that Eric's talking about with Josh Allen in the background.
02:57Well, this one I see has 14 million now.
03:00Oh, really?
03:00Well, then this must have been an earlier screen.
03:03Ever so, every Eagle fan.
03:04But I don't know.
03:05These view counts are weird.
03:06As of like 137 yesterday.
03:08Now, obviously, that's kind of a ways back.
03:12It was the Jalen Hurts got 2.1 million impressions.
03:16And then the Josh Allen throw that you referenced, Eric,
03:20got 78,000 impressions.
03:22Yeah.
03:23Well, Jalen Hurts is a polarizing player.
03:26Yeah.
03:27Because a lot of people, for whatever,
03:28he has the accolades of a great quarterback.
03:32But for whatever reason, people think he sucks.
03:35Mm-hmm.
03:36So, he's a polarizing figure.
03:39Yeah.
03:40I have a hard time really criticizing him.
03:42It is a great interception by Quinion Mitchell.
03:45Yeah.
03:45Well, apparently, I think part of the deal is,
03:47that's why they say right on cue.
03:48I mean, they're doing a Quinion cue thing.
03:50But also, apparently, maybe he hadn't had an interception so far in camp or something.
03:55Or there was some.
03:56I heard that was kind of going on in the background, too.
04:01So, and that's why they kind of said right on cue.
04:03All of a sudden, he makes a play.
04:04You know how the Philadelphia media is, the radio and et cetera.
04:08Yeah.
04:08If you haven't seen the clip, you can check it out at Junk's Radio.
04:13I don't think it's a big deal.
04:15It's not that big of a deal because it's training camp.
04:17Right.
04:18And every guy gets picked off.
04:19It's just something to talk about.
04:20But it's just kind of embarrassing that their star marquee guy is kind of.
04:25Yeah, I don't know why they would highlight the actual video.
04:27Highlight it in a negative way.
04:28All right.
04:29Big deal or little deal.
04:30But, I mean, look.
04:31I mean, just everyone sees it.
04:33But, obviously, the beat writers recap every practice and say, yeah, Jalen Hurts was picked
04:39off by Quinion Mitchell.
04:40Also, it's.
04:42They don't go crazy if they read that.
04:44Right.
04:44The obsession we have with quarterback now is in it as well.
04:50Like, the tier, the rankings.
04:52This player is better than that player.
04:54This is that.
04:55It's almost separate than the games themselves.
04:59The scrutiny is as high as ever at quarterback.
05:02And making it on them uneven.
05:03But I'm with you.
05:04I mean, Jalen Hurts.
05:06He's been to two Super Bowls.
05:07Yep.
05:08One-one.
05:09Yep.
05:10He was MVP.
05:11Yeah.
05:12He's a polarizing guy.
05:13Wasn't he the MVP?
05:14He's up and down.
05:15And when he's hot, he's really hot.
05:17When he's down, he's down.
05:19But his entire career, dating back to college, starting as a freshman in Alabama, that guy's
05:24just been a leader.
05:25I respect him.
05:27All right.
05:27Big deal or little deal.
05:29It's looking more and more likely that the Chicago Bears may be moving to a new stadium
05:35in Indiana.
05:36Just don't think it's that big a deal.
05:38So it's not that far away.
05:42I don't know.
05:42I was talking to some guys.
05:43I mean, it's just right over the line.
05:44Yeah.
05:44I was talking to some guys over there that live there.
05:46And I just don't think it's that big a deal.
05:49That's because we don't really think about it.
05:50Well, there's a possibility.
05:52A reporter said.
05:52The skids have been playing in PG County in Maryland.
05:54There's a reporter who says that they may now have Indiana in their name.
06:00That's a pretty big deal.
06:01If they change it to the Indiana Bears, I would say that's a big deal.
06:04I don't know.
06:05Why would they do that?
06:06I would bet my life they don't do that.
06:08I was going to say, why would they do that?
06:09If they did do that, I would grant you a big deal.
06:12If they change the name to the Indiana Bears, massive deal, earth shattering.
06:17This is from a reporter.
06:18I don't think it's going to happen.
06:19Ben Devine in Chicago.
06:20He says, a finalized stadium deal is expected tomorrow with the Chicago Bears landing in Indiana.
06:24Per source, Indiana is so heavily incentivizing the deal as to include a name change with Indiana in the team
06:31name when the stadium completes.
06:33I'd be stunned if that happens.
06:34So they're putting up so much money that they're willing to change the name.
06:37They're not going to change the name from the Chicago Bears to the Indiana Bears.
06:40I wouldn't think so.
06:41I would literally bet my life, my life force, my blood, everything.
06:46Cut my head off.
06:47I wouldn't bet my life on it, but I don't think it's going to happen.
06:50I'll bet my life on it.
06:51We can do the live decapitation on the air.
06:52Yes, you can.
06:53They're not going to change the name of the Green Bay Packers.
06:55They're not going to change the name of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
06:57They're not going to change the name of the Chicago Bears.
07:00I bet my life on it.
07:02If the, I mean, the commanders didn't change their name to the Maryland Skins.
07:07Right.
07:08They don't call them the Jersey Giants, do they?
07:10I don't think they do.
07:11Yeah.
07:12They're not going to do that.
07:13Maybe they'll have Indiana where some, I don't know.
07:16How bad would that sound?
07:18The Indiana Bears.
07:19That would be awful.
07:20Maybe it'll be the Chicago Bears from Indiana Field.
07:24I don't know.
07:25I don't know what they're going to do, but they're not changing the name.
07:27They're always going to be the Chicago Bears.
07:30They might hide Indiana in a lower corner somewhere.
07:33So if they did change the name, which they won't, that would be a big deal.
07:36That would be earth shatting.
07:37To answer your question.
07:38Yeah, we'd have a live suicide on air.
07:41I mean, I just don't think that's going to happen.
07:43Save it for the 8 o'clock hour.
07:44Yeah, whatever prime time is.
07:47When are they saying that stadium would be ready?
07:49I mean, they haven't finalized the deal.
07:51It's still speculative, but it seems like it's coming, and some of these reports are
07:56they're going to make an announcement today.
07:58Okay.
07:58So I'm guessing five years down the road.
08:00I mean, we know the timeline here.
08:05It's like five, six years out from when they finally decided it's going to happen.
08:09So we were talking about the Commander's Dolphins joint yesterday.
08:12I drove by the facility.
08:15This is your new thing.
08:16You just drive by to kind of see.
08:17I just want to see what was going on.
08:18Look at the parking lot.
08:20I mean, it's not even a parking lot.
08:21Go to the grass field.
08:22Yeah, yeah, yeah.
08:22To see all the cars.
08:23Well, you can see where the fans are parking.
08:25They're parking out on the main street.
08:27See people walking to the bubble area.
08:28Loudoun County Parkway, but I mean, I couldn't believe how freaking packed it was.
08:33I mean, obviously joint practice, you're going to have a lot of fans there, but I mean,
08:36just how many players slash coaches slash people on the fields.
08:41No, there's a lot of excitement.
08:43I know.
08:43When they have joint practices.
08:44When they had the military day, appreciation day, there were tons of fans there.
08:48Yep.
08:49So they're limiting it.
08:51Fans aren't there every day.
08:53What are the Dolphins going to do today if there's no joint practice?
08:58I don't know.
08:59Maybe they're right in the field and they're just going to do their own little practice.
09:02Hang out of Topgolf.
09:02Go to One Loudoun.
09:03Just resting.
09:03I don't know.
09:04Maybe they are, yeah.
09:05My understanding is.
09:06Hanging out at the hotel.
09:07Skins are off today.
09:07That's what you probably should do.
09:08That's what Nikki told us yesterday.
09:10Stalk One Loudoun for the restaurants.
09:13Topgolf.
09:13I bet you'll run into some.
09:15You'll see Chop Robinson.
09:16No, I'm going to stay away from that.
09:19I did call the hotel to see if it was open.
09:23That's hilarious.
09:24Because my next door neighbor is a huge Dolphins fan.
09:27Huge.
09:28And he actually asked me.
09:30He said, hey, do you know where they're staying?
09:31Do you want to get a bit and go to the bar?
09:33I said, do you want me to call the restaurant and see if the hotel bar is open?
09:37He said, that would be awesome.
09:39Maybe we'll see some players.
09:40I said, all right, let me call.
09:41They said, no, close to an event.
09:43Right.
09:43So I told my buddy that and he said, oh.
09:45Right.
09:46But yeah, I mean, if the commanders are off, yeah, maybe they are doing a quick practice somewhere.
09:51Maybe they're renting a field somewhere and just doing their own thing.
09:53I don't know.
09:54Speaking of the Bears, big deal or little deal, their head coach, Ben Johnson, flat out said that they are
10:03trying to be the highest scoring team ever.
10:05He said, you've got 31 other teams coming to training camp saying our goal is to win the Super Bowl.
10:10I want more than that.
10:11I want to have the highest scoring offense ever, which happens to be the 2013 Denver Broncos.
10:17I know how many points per game they scored.
10:2037.9.
10:21And I want to surpass them.
10:23I want shutouts.
10:24I want blowouts.
10:25I think it's great.
10:27If I was a Lions fan, I'd be excited.
10:29The only thing is that's not really greater than being Super Bowl champs.
10:39Well, it's not going to happen.
10:40It could be the highest scoring team in the league and not Super Bowl champs.
10:44Yes.
10:45So I don't know how that's a greater goal.
10:48Like, that's better.
10:49I want better.
10:49I want to be the highest scoring team in NFL history.
10:52I think it's a great goal, but I just quibble with the way he couched it.
10:58Like, that's bigger than the NCAA.
10:59Who was the highest scoring team last year?
11:01Well, I don't know last year.
11:03I'm guessing the Rams in terms of points per game.
11:09But I don't have to look it up.
11:11Yep, Rams, points per game.
11:13And what was their number?
11:15Is it over 30?
11:1530 and a half.
11:1630 and a half.
11:17And the 2013 Broncos.
11:18What did the Bears give you last year?
11:20The Bears gave you, they were about 10th, 8th, 9th or 10th.
11:25They gave you 25.
11:27Almost 26.
11:28Almost 26.
11:28They got to do some work.
11:29I mean, he's trying to get them to be better than Peyton Manning's Broncos when Peyton was
11:35at the height of his powers in Denver.
11:37I know, but what did they score?
11:39What was their average?
11:40He just said 25.
11:40No, no, no, no, no, no.
11:42He's talking about the Denver Broncos.
11:43No, it was 37.9.
11:44It was 37.9.
11:45Yeah, man, that's a huge, huge jump.
11:48There was a story about Ben Johnson a couple days ago.
11:52So let's say you're a fan of the Bears.
11:54You hear this.
11:55Some people would be like, hey, zip it, right?
11:59Zip it.
12:00Quit talking smack the core.
12:03Some people think he's too brash.
12:04Like, don't make these proclamations.
12:07He didn't say we're gonna.
12:08He said, that's what I wanted.
12:09He said, that's their goal.
12:10Yeah.
12:10But there was a story a few days ago that Ben Johnson was kind of looking raggedy in the
12:18morning.
12:19And one of his players said that he showed up to training camp.
12:25He's a rookie tight end.
12:26And he was going there to lift weights.
12:27And he said that Ben had bed head.
12:30And then he found out Ben Johnson was sleeping at the facility.
12:33Pulling a Gibbsy.
12:35I thought Gruden used to do that.
12:38I wouldn't doubt it.
12:40I wouldn't doubt it.
12:41Do you want your coach sleeping at the facility?
12:44And this is one thing which Dan Quinn could never be accused of.
12:47He's not gonna have bed head.
12:48It's true.
12:50I'm sure coaches do that.
12:51I'm not sure if they do it every night.
12:53But I thought I'd remember John Gruden sleeping at the facility when he was coaching.
12:57Coaching is so hard on your body and your life.
13:00It's gotta shorten your life expectancy.
13:03It's got to.
13:04The stress level's insane.
13:06But I mean, depending on the schedule, I'm sure a lot, not just head coaches, but a lot
13:10of coaches probably do.
13:10But which coach is it that you said was doing that?
13:12Ben Johnson.
13:13Ben Johnson.
13:14Yeah.
13:15Good on him, man.
13:16I don't really care for the guy, but good on him.
13:20We've talked about depth charts.
13:22Big deal or little deal that, though he says that both quarterbacks are going to be a
13:30shot to start in the first two preseason games, that Deshaun Watson is scheduled to start
13:35the first preseason game for the Cleveland Browns on Friday night.
13:38And not Shador?
13:40Kind of a big deal.
13:41You think so?
13:42I think it's kind of a big deal.
13:43That guy hasn't played at a high level in like five or six years.
13:47I mean.
13:48You know, it's been hurt.
13:49I'm just surprised he's still on the roster, but if he's looked at as the best guy in camp,
13:56I mean, if you want to see your number one starter play a few series, I don't think it's
14:01that big of a deal.
14:02I would think he would beat out Shador Sanders.
14:04Their depth chart did the whole orbit.
14:07So, for their first depth chart, for starting quarterback, it says Watson or Sanders as
14:15the starter.
14:16Well, we did that.
14:17We had the orbit on a couple spots.
14:19I know.
14:19Not a quarterback, obviously.
14:21They had that at linebacker and a couple other spots.
14:24I think kicker, for sure.
14:27If you're a first-year coach in Todd Munkin, you want to win games, so if Watson is clearly
14:35better, you start them, but I'm thinking if I'm first-year head coach, and let's say
14:42they're close, which all reports are they're close, I'd go with the young guy just because
14:47he has a chance to develop and be your future quarterback.
14:50Now, most people think their future quarterback's not on the roster.
14:54Probably not.
14:55But let me say this.
14:57If he has gotten himself back together by some way, he still, I believe as of today,
15:02he's still only 30.
15:03I think he'll be 31 any day now.
15:05He could play, if he found a way to get back to a high level, he could be your starting
15:10quarterback for another five, six years.
15:12Sean, sure.
15:12Yes.
15:13Yes.
15:13And at one point, he was a...
15:14So that would be Munkin's probably entire tenure.
15:16But there's big questions on, first of all, how he's looked in training camp, but he hadn't
15:20looked that great.
15:21Well, I haven't heard that.
15:21And he's not the same, physically, he's not the same guy.
15:24He's had injuries, plus he's been sitting out.
15:26He sat out the last year because of the torn Achilles, and he had multiple surgeries on
15:30the Achilles.
15:31But if he's better than...
15:32Than he was when he was...
15:34Than Shador.
15:35Oh, okay.
15:35Yeah.
15:36I just don't think he's going to be...
15:37I would play him.
15:37I don't think he's going to be Deshaun Watson of Houston ever again.
15:41I doubt that will happen, but maybe 80% of him is still better than Shador.
15:46Yeah, maybe.
15:47Maybe 80% of his peak.
15:48Are they playing tonight?
15:50No, tomorrow night.
15:51Tomorrow night.
15:51Okay.
15:51And last one.
15:52Six games tonight, by the way.
15:53Big deal, or a little deal, looks like Tua's going to be named the starter for the first
15:57preseason game.
15:58Like, there aren't many quarterback competitions.
16:00Do you think these naming of the first preseason game starter...
16:04Has Pennix even been cleared to practice?
16:07I know he's had some injury issues.
16:08So did he get some dumb deal?
16:09I thought I saw some clips I've been throwing.
16:10You think it's a done deal that these guys are going to be the starters?
16:15No.
16:16I don't think so at all.
16:17It's the first preseason game.
16:19I would probably bet on them, though.
16:21If I put my money on Tua starting, I'd put my money on Deshaun starting.
16:25So Pennix is recovering from the partially torn ACL.
16:30He is practicing, but hasn't been fully cleared for 11-on-11 team sessions in practice.
16:36Right.
16:36So he basically hasn't...
16:37He's just throwing the ball on the side.
16:38No, no.
16:39He's throwing in like 7-on-7s and stuff like that.
16:41And they can't hit the quarterback, so he's not really in jeopardy.
16:44Yeah, it's not.
16:45He hasn't been a full-time participant.
16:46But he hasn't been fully cleared.
16:48But I've definitely seen clips of him throwing.
16:50Isn't it wacky that they have two lefty quarterbacks there?
16:53I mean, there's just a handful of Southpaw slingers in the NFL.
16:57Might be an advantage.
16:57And two of them are in Atlanta?
16:59Might be an advantage.
16:59Like, what are the odds?
17:00Just random.
17:01Outside of those two and Dylan Gabriel, I can't even think of one.
17:04Yeah.
17:05Who else is a lefty starter?
17:07I mean, there's probably not a lefty starter other than Tua slash Pennix, whoever emerges
17:12as the starter.
17:14Might have to think about it.
17:15I don't think there's one other.
17:16I think you've got 31 righties, and then whoever starts in Atlanta is the only Southpaw
17:22slinger.
17:23I think it might be an advantage if you have two lefties, the offensive linemen and everybody,
17:28just kind of the way they protect.
17:31I don't know.
17:32It might be an advantage if you have both of your guys be lefties.
17:35If your backup comes in and he's a lefty, it's a little different.
17:38There aren't that many.
17:38I mean, a handful of lefties that have started in the NFL.
17:43But I can't think of any other than those two.
17:45There might be a third stringer that we're not thinking about.
17:49That Tua would beat out Pennix.
17:51Yeah.
17:51I don't know if it's a huge deal, but I would probably lean towards not just a little deal.
17:59If you're competing for a job and you have three preseason games and the second one,
18:05everybody, I mean, the third one, everybody says, absolutely meaningless, doesn't matter,
18:10basically just going to play the guys who aren't going to be on the roster.
18:13Starting the first preseason game is kind of a big deal.
18:16I think that means you're the leader in the clubhouse.
18:19Okay, but also, Pennix hasn't been cleared yet.
18:21Yes.
18:22That's a big fact.
18:23That's a difference.
18:23I'm combining this with the Cleveland deal.
18:25Okay, yeah.
18:26I would agree with that.
18:27But if your quarterback isn't fully healthy yet, I don't put that much stock into it.
18:311-800-636-1067 is the number.
18:34It is an open line Thursday, too.
18:362-800-636-1067 is the number.
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