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Grant & Danny think Jayden Daniels should play in the second preseason game against the Lions.
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00:00Back to the Commander's quarterback situation.
00:03So this Dan Quinn talking about Jaden Daniels in the preseason,
00:07he was asked,
00:09will the injury of Mariota change how you're going to operate with Daniels?
00:14What I wanted him to say was, no, of course it's not.
00:19We weren't going to play him for four quarters,
00:22but he's got to get some reps in a new offense that he's never run before
00:26with Stephon Diggs, who's been here for three hours.
00:29We'd like him to play in a game.
00:31That's not a crazy ask.
00:32This was Dan Quinn when he was asked about that yesterday.
00:35Yeah, definitely thinking, you know,
00:37that was like a question on the top of my head,
00:39and I was staying in the block this week really
00:41before we get into the preparation for that as far as the game goes.
00:45So not right now it doesn't, Nicky.
00:47I recognize the question for sure,
00:49but right now we're kind of going into like these two days
00:52as still like a training camp mode.
00:54That'll be like Tuesday and Wednesday and big padded stuff.
00:57So as far as like how much and starters and what we do,
01:00some of it will depend on what I'm seeing on Tuesday and Wednesday.
01:03So we've got a bunch of situations that I'm trying to work through,
01:07two minutes, four minutes, you know, some goal line stuff.
01:10So this is kind of like our most heightened training camp block coming up.
01:14So I'm excited to see that,
01:15but we haven't got in terms of like planning of the game yet of that part.
01:21Jaden Daniels needs to play against the Lions.
01:23He threw zero passes in the preseason last year.
01:26And as the year went on,
01:27even the guys that loved that he didn't play in the preseason
01:30for whatever dumb reason that they loved that he didn't play in the preseason
01:33kind of acknowledged maybe he should have done something in the preseason
01:36because it was symbiotic of, I think,
01:39symbolic is the word I'm looking for,
01:40of them kind of thinking they'd arrived a little bit.
01:44That was the film.
01:44Off the NFC championship game, Daniels playing like an MVP.
01:47Why would we get any reps with the young quarterback who's in his second year
01:51who, you know,
01:52could benefit from going out there and slinging it around with these dudes,
01:56by the way,
01:56because McLaurin had barely been back that maybe he could get a little work with.
02:00They chose not to.
02:02If he doesn't play at all this preseason,
02:04to quote Dan Quinn,
02:06I think you'll have missed it.
02:07That doesn't make any sense to me.
02:10Play football.
02:12The way to get ready to play football is to play football.
02:17That's not even my own take.
02:19I've now mastered this take.
02:21I've stolen this.
02:22But that was said to me on these airwaves by Herm Edwards one time.
02:27You play football?
02:28Football players play football, guys.
02:31They do.
02:31They do.
02:32Not around here in August.
02:33But typically, they do.
02:35So here's my big but.
02:37No, here's my slight pushback.
02:38If I felt like training camp, joint practices,
02:43if they were just pedaled to the metal
02:45and it's like, you know what, man?
02:47We understand we're not on easy street.
02:49We're not coasting here.
02:50Like we did last year, frankly.
02:52If there was an acknowledgement that, yeah,
02:53last year was too easy and it was weird,
02:55we're already banged up in July and August
02:57and Terry wasn't here and the whole thing was weird.
02:59We have gone full, again, pedaled the floor
03:03and then these guys have done everything they could possibly do
03:06every single day to be ready.
03:07I'm going to say, you know what,
03:09we're going to preserve the health of Jaden Daniels,
03:10not give him a ton of preseason reps, if at all, et cetera.
03:14They've been off for since Friday.
03:17They did the days off.
03:18The amount of time they're not playing football,
03:20not practicing.
03:21So somebody at some point has to do something football related.
03:24So now he's got to play for me.
03:25Like had they been back at it on Sunday and today
03:28and everything you heard was, my God,
03:30these guys are, you know, really getting after it
03:32instead of kind of the normal Camp Quinn.
03:35Then I could maybe see, well, okay, you've earned it
03:38because you guys have gone hard and gotten the reps
03:39and gotten the time on the grass and worked at it.
03:41They haven't.
03:42Play him.
03:42Now he's got to play as far as I'm concerned.
03:45It's not even that complicated for me, honestly.
03:49Josh Allen played the other day.
03:52Like why is this group above it?
03:56The Rams for a couple of years,
03:57everyone always points to their like,
03:58well, Sean McVay, man, he doesn't like playing guys.
04:01He would sit guys the entire camp.
04:03I'm not the Rams.
04:05They're one of the best teams in the conference
04:07every single season.
04:08If they're healthy,
04:09if Matt Stafford shows up and plays football,
04:13they're playing in an NFC championship game probably.
04:16Like that's kind of where we're at.
04:19That's not what I am.
04:22I got to worry about myself.
04:24And there's someone out there that will say something
04:26to the effect of, look, it's just not,
04:29juice isn't worth the squeeze.
04:30It's not worth the risk.
04:31I don't think for the commanders,
04:33it's as much about thinking he's going to get hurt
04:35or fearing he's going to get hurt.
04:37You could be ultra protective.
04:40Isolate and insulate him in the pocket
04:42if that's the best way to do it.
04:43Keep in extra protectors at tight end.
04:46Maybe move the pocket with bootlegs
04:48and get him moving in a way that
04:50keeps him away from the pass rush
04:52where he can run out of bounds or slide
04:54or really protect himself
04:55and dictate whether or not he gets hit.
04:58I just can't believe that a year later
05:01we're back to a possibility where he may not,
05:03like last time he played in the preseason,
05:05he just so happened to drop back
05:06and run for a touchdown.
05:08I don't remember who that was against at home.
05:10The Bengals or something?
05:11Second game, yeah.
05:13He like rushed for a touchdown
05:14and that was his one drop back
05:15and he never threw a pass.
05:16But there is this momentum now
05:20that, well, Mariotta's hurt
05:22so you can't play him against the Lions.
05:24Why?
05:27Workshop that for me.
05:28What is the logic on Mariotta's injury
05:30affecting Jaden Daniels?
05:32Meaning you have no answer in week one
05:34if Daniels gets banged up.
05:36They've already said,
05:37with both their words and actions,
05:40that they're pretty sure,
05:41they're confident,
05:41they know that Mariotta's back
05:43for week one as it is.
05:44By the way, if Daniels is hurt anyway,
05:46it's Marcus Mariotta's the savior
05:48and he's the godsend?
05:49No, but the theory is,
05:50and again, I'm workshopping.
05:52I'm asking for it.
05:53The theory is that
05:54we think Mariotta's going to be back,
05:56but if he's out for week one
05:58and would be fine by week two,
05:59that's okay as long as we have Jaden Daniels.
06:01So then Jimmy Garoppolo's your starter
06:03and it's the same thing as Marcus Mariotta.
06:05Which we've done before.
06:06They would just sign him the Sunday,
06:09a week from yesterday,
06:10after the Lions game,
06:11in this hypothetical where Daniels got hurt
06:13and he's out a month
06:13and he may not be back for week one
06:15and now you've got a month
06:16to get another scrub backup ready
06:18to play in week one
06:19and it's not that different.
06:22Right.
06:23I guess the...
06:25Trying to work back from it.
06:27So we're not sure
06:28that Mariotta's going to be back.
06:29We think.
06:30So we don't have to go sign someone else
06:32and have this awkward deal.
06:33I'll just say really quickly,
06:34if they weren't sure,
06:35they'd be signing a quarterback today.
06:37Fair enough.
06:37Fair enough.
06:38I think this is a very minor MCL.
06:40Yeah.
06:41So that's how we view it,
06:42but he's not going to be able to practice.
06:43And we need Daniels on the field for practices
06:45when we get our twice a week practice in.
06:48Like it's a rec team.
06:49So that I can buy.
06:50Yeah.
06:51Like they're doing,
06:51you know,
06:52like a community flag football league.
06:54Maybe that's it.
06:54I don't know.
06:55It is puzzling to me
06:56how one affects the other.
06:57How much have we talked about
06:59the hitting the ground,
07:00sprinting,
07:01the first three weeks of the season,
07:02the toughest part of the schedule?
07:03I think we've talked about it.
07:05I don't know that they have.
07:06You don't want your quarterback
07:07to get any reps.
07:08Not,
07:08not,
07:08not one.
07:10You got a new starting left tackle
07:12and a potential,
07:13I guess,
07:14Alegrity's coming back.
07:15So you'll have the entire
07:16offensive line intact.
07:17You don't want them to work
07:18behind those guys for a play.
07:19Now,
07:20I was at the joint practice on Wednesday.
07:22I was out there.
07:23Watched it.
07:23They got a lot of good work in
07:24against a really crappy
07:26Dolphins first team defense
07:27and terrible team,
07:28right?
07:29Actually have a couple good players
07:30on the defensive front.
07:32If you don't want to play them
07:33in the first preseason game
07:34because of that joint practice,
07:36Danny,
07:36watch me.
07:37Cool.
07:38Thumbs up.
07:39The third week
07:40against the Baltimore Ravens,
07:42a pretty good team
07:43that might go to the playoffs.
07:44Let's schedule that practice
07:46so that we get work in.
07:48Let's go out there
07:49and work our asses off
07:50for two hours and 27 minutes.
07:53Let's give Jaden 800 reps
07:55and let's,
07:56while he's wearing a penny
07:57and can't be touched,
07:58get him the work he needs
07:59and guess what?
08:00You're not going to play him that week
08:01and I'm going to go like this.
08:03Are the Lions here this week?
08:04Yes.
08:05No, no, they're not.
08:06Oh.
08:06For a joint practice?
08:07Oh, they're not.
08:08No.
08:08No.
08:09They're not.
08:10I missed that.
08:10Yeah.
08:11You missed that part.
08:11I got it wrong.
08:12I jumped to Kalucha.
08:12I thought I had,
08:13I thought it was lead,
08:13I thought you were leading me
08:14and I was like,
08:14yeah, they are.
08:15Oh, for the game.
08:16You're going to Detroit
08:17this weekend
08:18and there's no joint practices.
08:20Mm-mm.
08:21See that little field out there?
08:23Yep.
08:23Between those white lines?
08:24Uh-huh.
08:25You go out there
08:26and you play football.
08:27Do you want to know why?
08:29Because you're a football player.
08:30And what do football players do?
08:34Danny?
08:35I thought Herman was going to say it.
08:36No, I'm going to play football.
08:37Yeah, that's it.
08:38Herman got it.
08:38Football players play football, guys.
08:40Coach Herman got it.
08:40Football players play football.
08:42This is not some tough guy talk.
08:44I don't need them to play four quarters.
08:46I don't want them to play 12 quarters
08:47in the preseason.
08:49Play football.
08:52It's always a different excuse.
08:54It's always a different reason.
08:55Last year, you didn't need it.
08:57It backfired.
08:58Play football.
08:59I'm asking you to do it one time
09:02against the Detroit Lions.
09:02For just a little bit.
09:03For like two drives.
09:04If that's too much to ask,
09:06I don't want to hear one excuse
09:08when you lose in week one.
09:09I don't want to hear one peep
09:11when they're 0-2.
09:13I just don't understand.
09:14I just don't get it.
09:16Sure you do.
09:17Remember the fat guy
09:18that was telling you
09:19that everyone needed to play
09:19against the Lions?
09:20Play football.
09:23Play football.
09:24One time.
09:26For two series.
09:27Play football.
09:28Back to you.
09:30Again, I would say
09:35better safe than sorry
09:36because of the season-altering
09:39preseason injuries
09:40that have happened
09:40in Washington history.
09:43If the report
09:44from every person
09:45that's out there every day
09:46was,
09:46my God, the intensity.
09:48My God,
09:49you have to pull these guys
09:50off each other.
09:51My goodness,
09:52they have to put the brakes
09:53on these dudes.
09:54There's no off days.
09:55The veterans are getting after it.
09:56Dan Quinn has really learned
09:57his lesson.
09:58From previous years.
09:59Knowing that they've gotten off
10:01to these slow starts
10:01and there's a buzzsaw
10:02to start the season.
10:04He's apologetic
10:05to some of the vets
10:05but they ain't no vet days off.
10:07We're not doing this thing
10:08where a guy practices
10:09for one day
10:09that can't be bothered
10:10to come to the field
10:11for three more
10:11and the only thing
10:12you're doing
10:13in the week of a game
10:14is one walkthrough
10:15and now they're off
10:16for three days.
10:16If this was a
10:18I promise you
10:19they're getting the work in
10:20to the highest degree
10:22knowing what's coming
10:23down the pike
10:24and knowing
10:24that to me
10:25that was the bigger issue
10:26last year
10:27than playing a guy
10:27for a series or two
10:28in a preseason game
10:29was
10:31NFC champs
10:32we're going to walk
10:33we'll just throw the uniforms
10:34out on the field
10:35and walk right back to it
10:36we've arrived
10:36we're great
10:37that arrogance
10:38that feeling
10:39that kind of oozed off of them
10:40translated into the preseason
10:42translated into their offseason work
10:43translated into training camp
10:44and then
10:45they walked into the regular season
10:46and got their ass kicked
10:47a whole bunch
10:47if that energy felt
10:49so profoundly different
10:50and like
10:51it was chasing them
10:52like that big ball
10:53in Indiana Jones
10:54the stone
10:55when he replaces
10:55the idol
10:56if that terrifying feeling
10:59of
10:59we can't do anything
11:01like we did last year
11:02because that's a dire emergency
11:04and anybody that advocates
11:05doing anything
11:06like we did last year
11:08when everybody probably
11:09deserved to lose their jobs
11:11we can't do anything like that
11:12so we're going to have
11:13the opposite approach
11:13it's not the opposite approach
11:15you've left it
11:16so that you have to play
11:17starters in the preseason
11:18does that make sense?
11:19I'd love for you to have earned it
11:20but you haven't
11:21you got it
11:22somewhere we got to get working
11:23somebody's got to do it
11:24man
11:24someone's got to go to the facility
11:26and try
11:26the chat is popping me
11:28the YouTube chat
11:28on 106.7
11:29the fan
11:30a bunch of people
11:31in just all caps
11:31are saying
11:32play football
11:32let's put that on a t-shirt
11:34football players play football
11:35play football
11:36what do they do?
11:37play football
11:37they play football
11:38football players play football guys
11:40hello
11:41just once
11:42it's
11:43it's just
11:45it's so funny
11:46like I'm
11:47I'm begging
11:48and pleading
11:48for the most
11:49minute ask
11:51it's like my wife
11:52being like
11:53um
11:54I'm sorry
11:55sorry
11:57she's been at home
11:58with the kids all day
11:58like she's made the dinner
11:59she's done everything
12:00and she like comes up to me
12:02at the end of the night
12:02as I'm like sitting on my laptop
12:03and she's like
12:05can you take the trash out please?
12:08it's like the most minute
12:09and I'm like
12:10oh
12:10sorry
12:11sure no problem
12:11yeah
12:12whatever you need
12:13sure
12:13I'm not asking you to play three games
12:15I would never
12:17ever
12:17ever
12:18ask you to play
12:19a series
12:20in three games
12:21of the preseason
12:22that would be outrageous
12:25I'm not even gonna ask you to play two
12:27because
12:28man would that be crazy
12:29a series
12:31in two games
12:32in August
12:33in 2026
12:35no way
12:36Jose
12:36not me
12:37I'm not a crazy person
12:40just one
12:41in the game
12:42sandwiched between the weeks
12:44where you've got those
12:45joint practices
12:46that are
12:48the secret sauce
12:49to getting you ready
12:50for the season
12:50okay
12:51last year went off the rails
12:53because the Ravens
12:53turned you down
12:54for two hours
12:55so you didn't get those
12:56two hours with the Ravens
12:57so you were filling it
12:58for 11 weeks thereafter
12:59no problem
13:00but in that one little
13:01sandwich week
13:02that little meat and cheese
13:03week with the Lions
13:04that little salami right there
13:05that little
13:06that little provolone
13:08and roast beef
13:09tell you what we're gonna do
13:10we're gonna play football
13:11on Saturday night
13:13and I'm not asking for a half
13:14I don't even need it
13:16to be a quarter
13:16but I need you out there
13:18for a couple series
13:19playing football
13:21and the deal is
13:22like yes
13:23could
13:23Sam Cosme
13:25or somebody important
13:25have an injury
13:26we just saw it
13:27with Marcus Mariota
13:30the response
13:30is always like
13:31see
13:31see it shouldn't have happened
13:33now what
13:33now what do you say to that
13:34and to that I say
13:35I'm one of these guys
13:36that feels like
13:37it would have happened
13:37maybe inevitably anyway
13:38like Jeremiah Love
13:40as an example
13:40got hurt
13:41did you see this
13:42over the weekend yeah
13:43yeah so I think
13:44he had 14 carries
13:45or he got a lot of work
13:46probably more than
13:47I would have given him
13:48more than I would have given him
13:48absolutely
13:49but my take on that is
13:52sometimes
13:52like depending on
13:53what the injury is
13:54maybe it would have happened
13:5514 snaps in
13:57two games from now
13:58or in week one
13:58on 14
13:59his 14th snap
14:00or whatever
14:01you gotta play
14:02so whatever happens
14:04happens
14:06but my point is
14:07if you don't put the work in
14:09nothing matters anyway
14:10I've just seen it
14:11too many times
14:12and this year especially
14:14I need you to be operating
14:16at 98% in week one
14:18you don't get to ease
14:19into this thing
14:20if you're easing
14:21into this thing
14:21you're 0-3
14:22and it's curtains
14:22now I don't think
14:24they're gonna be 0-3
14:24because I trust them
14:25to do this right
14:26I think that last year
14:27was a wake up call
14:28but I kind of had
14:30the rumblings
14:30and the spidey senses
14:31my Tom Holland instinct
14:33told me
14:35that
14:37they were going
14:38to play their starters
14:39against the Lions
14:40and that Jaden would
14:41get some work
14:42now
14:43listening to that answer
14:44from Dan Quinn
14:45after the Mariota injury
14:46we built on a trap door
14:47we better or may not use it
14:48I think they might
14:49backtrack that a little bit
14:50and use this as the out
14:51to go
14:51actually
14:52no
14:53which by the way
14:54now all
14:55like there's so many
14:56decisions to make
14:58you're just
14:58it's four quarters
14:59it's eight quarters
15:00and two games
15:01of Hartman
15:01and
15:02Ethan Kaliak-Manus
15:03that that's the
15:04decision making process
15:05is how those two guys
15:06get the ball
15:07to those receivers
15:10that's not good enough
15:10for me
15:11nor I
15:12nor I
15:13but I want to hear
15:13from people on this
15:14800-636-1067
15:16do you think
15:17Jaden Daniels
15:17will play against
15:18the Lions
15:18I have thought
15:20all along
15:20he was going to
15:21and now I'm kind of
15:2250-50 skeptical
15:24should he play
15:25against the Lions
15:26probably not a surprise
15:27to you guys
15:27I think he should
15:28you're on record
15:29saying he should
15:29yeah I think he should
15:30this is Grant Paulson
15:31saying what
15:31I think he should
15:32play football
15:33we'll get Danny's answer
15:34we'll hear from you guys next
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