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The Washington Commanders suffered a few injuries in their week 2 loss vs the Dallas Cowboys, but the biggest one being Quarterback Jayden Daniels. Many fans of the Commanders are already claiming that the season is over, but is that actually the case? Kevin Sheehan gives his analysis on if the Commanders' season is finished, in jeopardy or still alive!

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00:00Is the season over? I think in the moment a lot of people normal emotional reaction was
00:06sick for Jaden but then like this season's over before it even started. God does this
00:15absolutely suck. All of the power rankings are coming out for the NFL week two post week two.
00:24Washington's basically anywhere from 27 to 30. So those people think the season's over they think
00:33essentially only Miami Atlanta and maybe maybe the Browns in Tennessee are worse. Yeah.
00:43We're gonna have a an elbow upper arm extremity arm extremity orthopedic surgeon on the show with
00:53us at 12 today. It's a big Tony recommendation but actually it's a legitimate high level local
01:03orthopedic that deals in this kind of area elbow. So we'll have him on at 12 noon. All right so
01:10the
01:11question is is the season over? I say no. It's way too early for it to be over. Part of
01:19it is I can't
01:20bail on a season after two weeks. I mean we just spent six months more than that right?
01:28Seven months, eight months since they played their last game gearing up for this thing and I think
01:35I've watched too much NFL football to know that things happen and Marcus Mariota is more than capable
01:42of playing quarterback in the NFL. He's not going to give you what Jameis gave you last night. That was
01:49that was horrible although I guess Marcus is capable of some bad performances. We've seen some of those
01:54but he's also capable of running the offense and being a playmaker and he's experienced. I think the
02:02key though if the season is going to remain alive for a period of time however long that is
02:09before Jaden Daniels comes back they have to be a much better defensive football team much better
02:17defensive football team and the signs were not there on Sunday. Max is the season over before I
02:26hit the phones? Oh man I was really hoping you weren't going to throw it to me but I am
02:31worried in
02:32terms of long-term success uh going forward there are a lot more questions that are raised about
02:36Jane Daniels long-term health and in terms of success for this season and playoff success I
02:42think it probably is I'm leaning more that way especially I mean we still don't know if he's
02:48going to get surgery or not or if he's going to do the Kurt Warner thing and decide to wear
02:51a brace
02:52oh do you have that Kurt Warner sound? I do I forgot to put it on the rundown but I
02:55do have it yeah it's
02:56not on it's not on my rundown so I want you to play it but finish your thoughts sorry no
03:00I'm just I'm
03:01worried about the long-term success and I don't think that we're going to see much playoff uh my
03:06playoff hopes are pretty much dashed especially after an 0-2 start I mean even with a healthy
03:10starting quarterback for you only like what 16 percent of teams have made the playoffs so yeah
03:15for me it's over season is over for uh for for Max by the way that 16 percent number is
03:22a little bit
03:22deceptive because since the 17 game schedule came into play the percentages of 0-2 teams making the
03:30postseason or higher the last two years we've seen uh in excess of 30 percent of the teams that
03:36started 0-2 come back to make the postseason that 17th game obviously helps um but anyway um I digress
03:44look the question really is is the season over from the perspective of having a chance to play
03:52truly standings meaningful games when we get to the latter portion of the season late November
04:02December etc I say it's not over yet uh I do want to play the Kurt Warner sound if you
04:09haven't heard
04:09what Kurt Warner said on NFL Live yesterday about the time that he dislocated his elbow it is an
04:16interesting take from a Hall of Fame quarterback we'll get to that shortly but Phil go ahead is the
04:23season over thank you guys so much for taking my call I'm glad I called today and not yesterday I
04:30spent the day driving around for work and listening to calls and people were obviously on a cliff
04:34I've had the night to sleep I don't think it's over yet I think there's still meaningful football to
04:40be played I will say I'm encouraged in a weird way that there is we're not the only team that's
04:46suffering some pretty major injuries to key players right I'm old enough to remember the
04:51preseason when when there were four games and your starters played the third preseason game at least a
04:57half and everybody used to do that and we don't see that anymore now all of a sudden we got
05:02a lot of
05:03players on teams banged up a lot of key guys so it's unfortunate for I think the beginning of the
05:10season was always going to be tough but I think we have games out there with Indy and with the
05:15Giants
05:16especially if Dart is a little banged up and who knows what's up with neighbors if we can get to
05:20two and four through the bye I think we have a stretch of games that will be favored in regardless
05:27who's a quarterback and I hate to say it for everyone who's listening this morning but if we want
05:32Jaden to be our long term he's going to need to have surgery and I think that's really the only
05:38way to
05:39really ensure we give him and the team the best platform moving forward we can't just put a band-aid
05:45on
05:45this wound we probably need to if it were something small where he gets a brace I think we would
05:51have
05:51heard by now and that's why I think Dan was so you know consistent on you'll hear Thursday or Friday
05:58we really want to wait we really want to wait because I think they know already but that's all
06:03I really appreciate it there's meaningful football to be played anything can happen any game thank you
06:08yeah as far as that last part about he needs surgery I have no idea if he needs surgery or
06:14not
06:14I mean I think what was interesting in sort of following um the social media sports doctor uh
06:22you know reactions after you know in the moment on Sunday and then after the game and for much of
06:28Sunday night into Monday morning it was we we told you he should have had surgery last year I'm like
06:34huh I never heard people talking about surgery last year um should have should have worn a brace
06:40uh none of that was discussed Dan Quinn actually answered multiple questions Scott Abraham asked him
06:47about surgery said no it was never considered Ben asked him about a brace and he said look hindsight's
06:522020 but no it was healed and it was strong and you know the recurrence rate on these things is
06:59very low
06:59um and then uh Tommy asked him about you know did anybody say he was more susceptible after uh the
07:06one last year and he said no so what you saw yesterday was like almost a 180 degree turn on
07:14yeah he he should be able to to play with a brace once it's healed this was Kurt Warner let's
07:21play the
07:21Kurt Warner thing real quickly because I don't want to uh lose um lose that in in in playing it
07:28because we
07:29we we mentioned it and it was a very interesting take from a hall of fame quarterback about an elbow
07:35dislocation this was Kurt Warner yesterday only thing I would say is I suffered the exact same injury
07:40back in 07 and I played the next week I braced it up obviously a couple shots along the way
07:45I had to
07:46hand the football off with my right hand in both directions but this to me is something because it's
07:51a left arm if he wants to play through that and get back out there and help his team I
07:56believe he can
07:57it's not going to be one of those things that affects the throwing part of things does it affect
08:01his movement does it make him running or some of the things they want to do by design maybe but
08:07I do
08:07believe this is something that he can come back from and because it's a left arm I don't think it's
08:11something we worry about long term and go oh should we extend this guy because he's had this type of
08:16injury and had this injury twice I believe it's something he can play through I wonder if the subpar
08:21offensive line and not having the left tackle they lost Cosme in this game too is one of their best
08:25offensive linemen to injury you know but do you factor in as an organization what if you're the
08:29player though I mean you say I can brace it up and go I don't care yeah I don't care
08:34about all that
08:34stuff let me go out and play I want to be out there with my guys as opposed to thinking
08:39about this a
08:40year or two down the road so that was the conversation you heard um uh Orlovsky Mina Kimes Mina Kimes
08:47Mina Kimes and uh Dan Orlovsky way in there uh yeah I mean I I think you know anybody that
08:55isn't
08:55in this field that is saying gotta get the surgery I don't you know it doesn't seem like it
09:02and a lot of the social media uh orthopedics that weigh in on sports injuries all the time
09:08are also saying yeah he could play with a brace and if he really needed surgery he could get it
09:13after
09:13the season's over um yeah we'll see we'll see and again I'm gonna have somebody that deals in
09:19those types of injuries on the show at 12. Is the season over let's go to Ayan I anybody want
09:29to guess
09:29what Ayan's answer is because he thought it was over before it started so Ayan go ahead of course
09:35you're saying it's over yeah I this season's over my predictions on two of them the season one was
09:43six and eleven and Dan Quinn would be fired and Jane Daniels would be under on the total number
09:49of games I think you said it at 12 and a half or 13 and a half 13 either way
09:54I think all three of those
09:56are going to come to fruition um I think the reason you were so upset Kevin on Sunday isn't just
10:03about
10:04this game or this season it's about really asking yourself man I've really invested so much of my
10:13radio time these past couple of seasons and Jane Daniels and he might not be the guy for injury
10:20sake not talent but for injury sake going forward I don't know how anyone if he puts a brace on
10:28does
10:28surgery he can feel confident about him playing anytime he gets hurt often and he looks like an
10:37NBA player he looks like Brandon Ingram Cole Lanky and he doesn't look like he doesn't look like a
10:47football player and again he is exceptionally talented but I have questions about his mental
10:53ability and now his physical ability what's the mental ability question all the stuff with the mother
11:00that we talked about that's a concern I disagree with that I let me just say that it is true
11:07what
11:07Ian said um about why I probably and maybe many of you uh felt the way we did I mean
11:16legitimately one of
11:18the worst feelings I've had as a sports fan in a long time seriously I just felt so like you've
11:27got to be
11:28kidding me it's and I'll tell you of course what made it worse is we saw the electrifying
11:35electrifying version absolutely leading up to that um look the truth is that it hold on for a second
11:44the truth is that the narrative that he was injury prone was incorrect because he hadn't been injury
11:54prone until last year but it doesn't mean that the projection that he was going to be injury prone
12:00was definitely incorrect because that that was still possible uh the frame was a concern the irony
12:07actually is it has nothing to do with the frame and the shots he takes and the I mean he
12:13got hurt
12:14tripping over his offensive linemen and trying to keep his balance with his off arm and his elbow
12:21dislocated we're not talking about this guy in the concussion tent over and over again with you know
12:28knees and shoulders and this and that because he's taking a beating that's not really what's happened
12:34but it is true now that it's it's in play that this guy could be one of these guys that
12:45just can't
12:45stay healthy by the way Joe Burrow can't stay healthy all the time he doesn't get anywhere near
12:51the publicity that Jaden does because of last year um but Joe Burrows missed half of his career
12:58because of injuries so this happens in football it happens at the position but you're not wrong
13:04about you know it's not just invested in him it's invested in what this team could be with him and
13:12I
13:12don't see this team being what I would hope the team what I hope the team would be without him
13:20and
13:21kind of envisioning this up and down uh of the next you know because they're going to sign him by
13:28the
13:28way guys he's going to get a long-term contract you don't come across these kinds of talents very
13:33often he's going to end up getting a contract will it be what it may have been you know prior
13:40to last
13:40year and this year maybe whatever's in store maybe not but he's going to get he's going to get a
13:46big
13:47contract you just don't have guys like him uh that fall out of trees I mean he's very very rare
13:55in his
13:55elite level talent but yeah um part of that's true in terms of the mental thing I completely
14:02I completely disagree with you on that um there's nothing that says that he's mentally fragile
14:07uh because of his mother nothing can I rebut some of these points sure quickly though because people
14:16really do get get sick hearing you after a while me too but more so you so I agree with
14:24you that Joe
14:25Burrow Lamar Jackson are injury prone and they did not have injury history prior but they don't
14:31look like Jane Daniels does Jane Daniels looks like a player that will get hurt and you're got it
14:37I know it was my number one concern coming out even as much as I loved him what's your next
14:43rebut
14:48Ion what's your next rebuttal
14:52oh you can't do that can't can't cut Ion off I cut I I I'm the one that cuts Ion
14:59off
15:00um Ion had I think the other thing that he was going to rebut was going to be something about
15:06how
15:06his leadership let me speak for him his leadership is compromised by his mother's involvement
15:13many people agree with that I don't there's no evidence of that
15:17you
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