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The Washington Commanders have five days until they have to cut their roster down to 53 players. There’s tons of tough decisions that Washington will have to make before week one in Philly. What’s your crazy prediction for someone that will/won’t make the Commanders roster?
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00:00preseason game against
00:01the Lions. I only say that
00:03not because we lost, but just because
00:06even
00:07Dan kind of talked about
00:09unsettled and
00:11wasn't super happy
00:13with the way they ended
00:15some of their drives.
00:17He said it was
00:19a performance in disarray.
00:22Disarray was the word that he used.
00:23It's not a great word.
00:24So he changed
00:27Monday's schedule
00:28from a planned walkthrough to a full
00:31practice, although relatively short
00:32approximately an hour practice
00:34with some limited 11-on-11
00:37work. He
00:38described it as a chance to get
00:41three good days in
00:43a row now leading into the Ravens
00:45joint practice, evaluate the roster
00:46more thoroughly, and give extra reps to
00:48players that are kind of moving around, different positions
00:51etc. I think specifically
00:52he talked about
00:55Gulbin? Was it Gulbin?
00:56They played some at guard, but they're just going to keep him at center
00:59for now. So I've seen him at guard, now they keep him
01:01at center. Still, that
01:03position is something that they're still obviously
01:05they're keeping an eye on.
01:07He is trying to say it's not
01:09just purely a knee-jerk
01:11reaction to the Lions game, but
01:13he was dissatisfied
01:16with their performance.
01:18And the quote
01:20was that that wasn't
01:21us. So
01:23reportedly, starters
01:24received significant
01:25reps. That
01:27will continue as a theme this week.
01:29Jaden Daniels is expected to get substantially
01:31more work in Wednesday's practice
01:33than the three plays he got in the
01:35scrimmage against the Lions.
01:38So that joint practice
01:39with the Ravens. I have all the dates
01:41I'll give you that to you in a little bit.
01:43Reportedly, highlights included
01:44Stefan Diggs
01:47making a big catch from
01:49Daniels. Some big runs
01:50from Robert Henry Jr.,
01:52Ketron Allen in practice.
01:55Amik Robertson
01:56is continuing to pop.
02:00Fabian Moreau
02:01made a play, breaking up a pass to Terry
02:02McLaurin. Some of that stuff was noted.
02:04Quan Martin,
02:05apparently,
02:07is continuing to pop.
02:09So, injury is still an
02:11issue.
02:13Obviously, you're
02:14long-term guys.
02:15You don't even need to keep bringing up
02:16Tunsil, although I think I saw a report
02:18that Tunsil ordered a food truck.
02:20He came back to the park yesterday
02:23to be with the guys.
02:24He had a food truck,
02:25and it was on him, and everybody
02:26could just practice.
02:27They had barbecue.
02:28Nice move by him.
02:29Barbecue everywhere.
02:30That's nice.
02:30And remember, he had said
02:31there was some concern that,
02:33you know, not concern,
02:34but just,
02:35wow, what a loss having this
02:36veteran leader
02:38go back home or wherever he wants
02:40and do his own rehab.
02:40No, he's going to stay around here,
02:42largely,
02:43and rehab around here
02:44so he could still have an impact
02:45on the young guys
02:46and on that offensive line.
02:47Can you imagine how much barbecue
02:48Laramie Tunsil could sit down
02:50and eat in one sitting
02:53just so he could eat it all?
02:55I mean, Mark, Mark,
02:56can you tell people
02:57what you had this week?
02:58I can't remember where you were
03:00when you told me your order.
03:02Yeah, so on Sunday,
03:03I mean, there's a restaurant,
03:05popular chain,
03:06that just religiously gets destroyed
03:08online, specifically on social media.
03:10People just crush it.
03:11Go ahead.
03:12Let me give a free plug.
03:13Arby's.
03:14Okay.
03:15Arby's is still swinging a hot bat.
03:17I love Arby's.
03:18I hadn't been there in a year.
03:19I got the number one
03:20beef and cheddar,
03:21curly fries,
03:21white cheddar,
03:22mac and cheese,
03:23buffalo chicken slider,
03:25pummeled it Sunday morning.
03:26That's a pummel.
03:27That is a lot.
03:28It was so damn.
03:28Can you say that again?
03:29You got the beef and cheddar,
03:31that's a standard.
03:32That's the number one.
03:33That's a pretty good sized sandwich.
03:34for a reason, too.
03:35I mean, you look at the menu top left,
03:36number one beef and cheddar
03:37right there.
03:38It's very good.
03:38And you get that Mike's way.
03:39You don't make any alterations to it.
03:41You get all the fixings on it.
03:42Right.
03:43And then the white cheddar,
03:45mac and cheese,
03:46that's new.
03:47I saw that on the billboard outside
03:48when I was walking in.
03:49Yeah.
03:50They got you.
03:51Yeah, buffalo chicken slider.
03:52And then I was going to get
03:53the cheese steak.
03:54And curly fries,
03:55did you say?
03:56How do you eat a buffalo chicken slider?
03:57Hold up.
03:58What is it?
03:58We have the meat.
03:59So the buffalo chicken slider
04:00is in a smaller little burger.
04:02Yeah.
04:02It's pretty nuts.
04:03I mean, it's like four or five bites.
04:05You can pummel it pretty easily.
04:06Yeah.
04:07But, um,
04:07and then I was going to get the cheese steak,
04:09but that was just way too much.
04:10I mean, that's just gluttony.
04:11Yeah.
04:12No shake.
04:12No shake.
04:13Dr. Pepper.
04:14Wash it down.
04:15And then on the way back,
04:16I cleaned up.
04:16Curly fries, of course.
04:18Totally seasoned curly fries.
04:19That's a lot of food.
04:20It is.
04:21That's probably about 19,000 calories.
04:22Yeah.
04:23And it was like $20,
04:25a little more than $20.
04:26Yeah.
04:26I wasn't expecting it to be that much,
04:28but it's so worth it, man.
04:29But online,
04:30it just gets destroyed.
04:31So when I told you yesterday,
04:32I was expecting you to crush it as well.
04:34There's an Arby's.
04:35Take me over there.
04:36I've never seen this before.
04:38They're hard to find.
04:38A McDonald's shutting down,
04:40and Arby's taking its place.
04:42Oh, I know what you're talking about.
04:43In Durwood.
04:43Yeah.
04:44Oh, that's huge.
04:45Close to my hood.
04:46Really?
04:46I can actually,
04:46is it open now?
04:48I don't think it's open yet.
04:49Oh, it's on like the intersection of Montcaster.
04:51Yes.
04:52Yes.
04:52I drove by there.
04:53I put it in my thing.
04:55I wanted,
04:55McDonald's,
04:56I can't remember what it was in.
04:57I put it in my thing,
04:58drove up,
04:58thing was shuttered.
04:59Dead.
05:00It wasn't,
05:01but on my GPS,
05:01it happened.
05:02How is that possible?
05:03There's another McDonald's within about eight or ten minutes,
05:06so maybe they're just like,
05:07it's cannibalizing sales.
05:09I don't know.
05:10It's hard to fathom.
05:12McDonald's going down,
05:13and the Arby's taking its place.
05:15That's big news.
05:17That's a big one.
05:17But you know what?
05:18I'm glad you reminded me,
05:20because can you tell me when that opens?
05:21Like the day of,
05:22so we can go to the grand opening.
05:23I don't know if I can give you the day of,
05:25but I'll try to keep you abreast of it.
05:26I love Arby's,
05:28and when they shut down the Arby's on Rockville Pike,
05:30that hurt.
05:31That was like a day of morning.
05:33I agree.
05:34I was the only person in there.
05:36That actually went to McDonald's now.
05:37Yeah.
05:38It was deserted, man.
05:40Not a soul in there besides me and my buddy,
05:42and then I was just keeping tabs on the drive-thru.
05:45Within 40 minutes,
05:46not a single car.
05:47Really?
05:48Really.
05:49That's not good for business.
05:50Why do people sleep?
05:52There's a lot of sleeping going on at Arby's.
05:53It's such a great menu.
05:55So many different things.
05:56Maybe it's too much for people.
05:57No, it's stacked, dude.
05:58That menu is sweet.
06:00There was a lot of stuff that I was looking at,
06:01like the cheesesteak and some other stuff that I didn't get that I'm like,
06:05yeah, I might have to come back around.
06:06Maybe they lost their identity a bit because it used to be all beef and cheddar,
06:09and now they're going off a little bit with sliders and all this other stuff you're getting.
06:12Maybe they just need a good spokesperson, spokeswoman, you could say.
06:16Maybe a Hope Solo or someone with some roast beef tied to it.
06:20Hope Solo.
06:21Hell yeah.
06:22There's a good thing somewhere there.
06:23I know where it's going with that.
06:24Dude, that didn't come off the top of your dome, did it?
06:27You've been sitting on that one?
06:28I've been sitting on it for like 30 seconds.
06:30Like while you were talking, I was like, how can they come back to prominence?
06:34And then I found the Hope Solo one.
06:36Pretty good.
06:37Is there any other legendary Arby's lovers?
06:42Well, I know Sophie Cunningham said something like a month ago.
06:45No way.
06:46I don't believe that.
06:46No, no, she said something.
06:47She said, didn't she, Valdez?
06:49I don't know the exact quote, but it was something like, you know,
06:53hot girls love Arby's or something like that.
06:55I've got an Arby's Hall of Famer.
06:57This is an old school name, but you're going to recognize it.
07:00Go ahead.
07:00Jody Arias.
07:01Yeah.
07:03Look.
07:05She's like the guy that slaughtered her boyfriend in the shower.
07:09Hey, yeah.
07:09Sophie Cunningham is an official spokesperson for Arby's.
07:12Oh, very good.
07:12Right.
07:13Good for her.
07:13Okay.
07:14Officials for like the restaurant.
07:16Yeah.
07:17Yeah.
07:17I refuse to admit.
07:18I refuse to acknowledge that Sophie.
07:21I don't think so.
07:22Yeah.
07:22She had a custom t-shirt that said, hot girls eat Arby's.
07:27Nice.
07:28She's all over the place.
07:29I like her.
07:29Man, this Arby's menu is, there's, I mean, it majors in roast beef,
07:33but they've got like crispy chicken.
07:35They've got chicken tenders.
07:36They've got everything.
07:37I love it.
07:38It might not be an Arby's problem.
07:39It might be a roast beef problem.
07:41Yeah.
07:42Yeah.
07:42Roast beef has a bad connotation right now.
07:44Maybe like fast food roast beef.
07:46People kind of thumb their nose at it.
07:47Yeah.
07:48So I don't know.
07:49I love, I love Arby's.
07:51Will you get one?
07:51I'll break my fast forward.
07:53Will you get some beef and chelos?
07:54With horsey sauce.
07:54Yeah.
07:55What today?
07:55It's that location because I've gone to many Arby's in the last year and they're
08:00usually pretty productive.
08:02I don't know if they're packed, but they're doing all right.
08:05I don't know.
08:06I never.
08:07I never saw one.
08:07I think my wife gets like the number 13.
08:09Maybe it's just a drive-thru spot.
08:11Again.
08:12If you go to the Arby's menu and if your girlfriend or wife, and I work with me here,
08:17orders the half pound roast beef meal, you better run for the head to the hills, my friends.
08:22That thing is enormous.
08:23I mean, that's the biggest sandwich I've ever seen.
08:25I can't believe Mike Maher didn't order that.
08:27Yeah.
08:27That's like something shackley.
08:28I mean, look at that thing.
08:29You can't even open your mouth.
08:30That thing's gigantic.
08:32And they occasionally have brisket there, too.
08:33There's no way they sell that.
08:35I mean, there's no way.
08:36It's half pound roast beef meals right here on the menu.
08:38I know, but my point is nobody buys it.
08:41You'd be surprised, man.
08:41Some big girls can put it down at Arby's.
08:44That half pounder might not be too hard for them.
08:46I don't know how.
08:47I'm supposed to be hitting the skins.
08:48Now we're just hitting the fast food joints.
08:49Well, you brought up the barbecue.
08:51You're hitting the beef.
08:52You're hitting the beef.
08:53All right, so get back to the hit the skins.
08:55The injuries.
08:56Let me see here.
08:57Tim Settle and Rashad White limited on the field.
09:01Limited.
09:02There's still some key guys that are expected to be out.
09:06They're targeting next week for potential availability.
09:09Those guys are Adafi Owe with the calf.
09:12Kalevon Chason with the knee.
09:14Alegretti with the calf.
09:16They all, at this point anyway, appear unlikely for the joint practice.
09:22Alegretti better get back before the opener because I don't love the chances of Matt Goulbin
09:27having time against Jordan Davis.
09:31That's what I'm saying.
09:32Because that'll be bad news.
09:34Well, also, second week against Dallas, they got some stud DTs.
09:37Now, there are some sites that are starting to put out there, SI.com, their local guy,
09:43Phillip Hughes, he put out, I'm going to give him credit, he put out a list of five or six
09:48guys that are kind of making a name for themselves, working themselves on the roster.
09:53A couple of them I think were no-brainers anyway, but one in particular I want to evaluate
09:57with you.
10:00Do you think that this player has done enough that if they cut him, someone might pick
10:06him up?
10:07Okay.
10:09AK.
10:11Has he shown enough potential?
10:13I think there's less than a 0% chance that they would cut AK-16.
10:19Well, there's been a lot of thought.
10:21All thought has been that they're only going to keep two and the other spot or spots would
10:27be on the practice squad.
10:28That's what everyone has kind of assumed because the trend around the league is two quarterbacks.
10:33I don't think anybody picks him up.
10:34So you think they could expose him, cut him, and bring him as the No. 3?
10:37Oh, I don't know.
10:38Especially with Mariota being still dinged up.
10:40Yeah, because Mariota's hurt.
10:41He might be able to do that.
10:42He's shown enough, I think, to be kept on the active roster.
10:46I think it's a real question.
10:47I think Hartman, he's at least going to be cut.
10:50Everybody knows that.
10:50He's the most gone.
10:51If they bring him back to practice squad, clearly that's just a weird mentor thing.
10:55I think AK stays.
10:56I think he stays.
10:56And they keep him on the other side.
10:57So they're keeping three quarterbacks.
10:59Yeah, just because now with Jaden getting hurt last year, Mariota hurt this year in the
11:05preseason.
11:06And they like him.
11:07They don't want to risk him.
11:07I think it's too risky.
11:08I mean, because for sure they're bringing him back on a practice squad if they expose him
11:13and he stays there.
11:14For sure they're bringing him back.
11:16Here's the thing.
11:17They're going to get a waiver, at least for a week or so, for Dorrance Armstrong because
11:21of the suspension.
11:23There's some talk.
11:24I heard Standig talking about this with Kim Chi, and there's some talk that they could
11:28put McNichols on some sort of injured list, bring him back, right?
11:33Like, so with a designation to bring him back, that could maybe save you a spot.
11:37I know there's been talk and people kind of mock it, but maybe there's a market somewhere
11:42for like a Luke McCaffrey and they could unload a receiver.
11:46And then, you know, because they don't have a lot of spots.
11:52There's not a lot of flexibility on this roster.
11:54If you can move McCaffrey for some offensive line depth, I'd be looking into that right
11:59now.
11:59I think that I'm certain that they are.
12:02But I'm not sure that you could.
12:04Has McCaffrey done enough that someone's going to give up somebody that you think could actually
12:09play and help you like in your interior part of your line?
12:14It's a good question.
12:15I don't know.
12:16Is he that good of a kick returner where a team would want to?
12:19Last year, but it's one year, 10 games or whatever.
12:21I mean, it could be like the Niners and the, was it the Saints?
12:26Yeah, they just did a deal.
12:27Yeah, they dealt a linebacker for Zemir White, a running back.
12:31Because the Saints needed a running back, so they said, let's go out and get somebody.
12:34You could see something like that happening maybe with Luke.
12:36Right.
12:37So my point is, you know, there's a glut of receivers.
12:40You got to figure if they're going to err on the side of caution and have maybe an extra
12:45alignment or two.
12:46There's been a lot of injuries on the D-line.
12:49So, you know, how many guys are actually going to be able to weasel their way on, including
12:53a third quarterback, which is generally a luxury.
12:57Yeah, but I think he's shown too much through the first two preseason games.
13:01Hey, Matt.
13:02He might expose them.
13:03Matt.
13:03I saw the Ravens are having an issue at center, too.
13:07Yeah, the center that they signed got hurt.
13:11Right.
13:11So now they're on to their backup center.
13:14Right.
13:14And keep in mind, they lost Linderbaum to free agency.
13:16So the center position for the Ravens is very thin.
13:19Was it Pinter?
13:19Was it Pocic got hurt?
13:20Yeah.
13:20He got hurt?
13:21Yeah.
13:21He's banged up?
13:22Yeah.
13:22Okay.
13:23So now there's kind of a fight between the second and third string to see who's going to get
13:27the snaps.
13:28So it's a whole ordeal.
13:29They're having issues, too.
13:30All right, so if you're trying to plot out your week, make sure you have Wednesday in
13:37mind.
13:37That's the joint practice with the Ravens, and that's going to be out in Owings Mills,
13:42Maryland.
13:43I don't know if we'll get any sneak peeks on NFL Network or some YouTuber or somebody's
13:48going to have something.
13:48I don't know.
13:50Then, of course, Friday, that's the final preseason game.
13:54Yes, the final preseason week is here, Cakes.
13:58Thankfully, it's here.
13:59That's 6 p.m. M&T Bank Stadium.
14:03That's going to be broadcast locally again on WSA 9 and nationally on the NFL Network.
14:09Then you have your roster deadlines.
14:11Got to start thinking shortly after that, right?
14:13So the game's on Friday.
14:15Saturday, it's a big weekend for Adam Peters and DQ and all those guys.
14:21They're all going to be in there crunching the roster.
14:25Sunday, August 30th, 6 p.m., 53-man roster cut down deadline.
14:32They go from 90.
14:33It's a big one, man.
14:3447 guys on some level.
14:37Is that right?
14:3747?
14:38Or 37?
14:4037 guys get their dreams kind of dashed.
14:44Now, they're going to bring back 14, 15, whatever the number is for practice squad.
14:47They'll bring back some guys.
14:49But that's a tough day for guys.
14:51And when they bring back people, the waiver claim deadline, that's August 31st on Monday
14:57at 1 p.m.
14:59That's when you can start putting together your practice squad.
15:03Then, of course, the regular season starts.
15:05Now you've got a two-week break.
15:07Kate always talks about how brutal that is.
15:09Oh, it sucks.
15:10That's Sunday, September 13th.
15:12You've got college football.
15:13I know, but it's not the same.
15:15On Labor Day weekend.
15:16Some of us like NFL more than college.
15:18We like college.
15:18Clearly, you do.
15:19I like college football.
15:20Don't get it crazy.
15:20At least it's something to watch.
15:22It's something, but not necessarily on Sunday.
15:24Okay, so college is great on Saturday, but it's not necessarily a Sunday thing.
15:28There's games on Sunday on Labor Day weekend every year.
15:30Okay, but it's not like the NFL.
15:34Look, I know why.
15:35I'm just saying it's not like there's nothing going on on Labor Day weekend.
15:38You've got something to watch.
15:40But if you're a football guy, if you're an NFL guy.
15:42NFL guy, you've got to wait.
15:43Yeah, yeah.
15:44425 kick.
15:45By the way, I was at Harris Teeter yesterday, and a guy walked in, and he was 6,
15:54he had to have been 6'5 to 6'7.
15:56Okay.
15:57Big dude, black guy.
15:58Yeah.
15:58I mean, he was a player, but I just, I didn't recognize him.
16:02I mean, how many guys are 6'7?
16:04Not a lot.
16:056'5 to 6'7, unless he was just a big dude.
16:08Was he an older guy?
16:09No, he looked like he was late 20s.
16:12Kind of disappointed you couldn't pick out who he was.
16:14I couldn't pull his face.
16:15Is it Dietrich Wise a huge guy?
16:16Ooh.
16:17Is it Dietrich Wise?
16:19Wow.
16:20You know what?
16:20He's a tall dude.
16:21Yeah.
16:22Wait a minute.
16:25He's 6'5.
16:26It could have been him.
16:27He's a big fella.
16:29You know what?
16:29I think it might have been Dietrich Wise.
16:31Yeah.
16:33I think.
16:33Maybe that's a celebrity.
16:34Now, somebody said they haven't seen him a lot lately.
16:36They were kind of insinuating he might be done.
16:38I don't know.
16:39Okay.
16:39All right.
16:40But this guy looked younger than, how old is Wise?
16:43He's probably 27 or 28.
16:45Okay.
16:45So maybe it wasn't.
16:46I think he might have pulled it.
16:47Maybe he's his 30s.
16:48I don't know.
16:48Yeah.
16:49Here's what I do know.
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