00:00B. Mitch and Finley, 106.7 The Fan, breaking news out of Ashburn.
00:06Dan Quinn has made it clear that Jaden Daniels will be the starting quarterback this weekend.
00:11Sam Cosme, good to go, back at right guard.
00:15Stephon Diggs, however, is out.
00:17No Diggs this weekend for the Commanders.
00:21Brian, what do you think?
00:26As I told you when we were talking earlier, I would love to have Steph out there,
00:32but I think having a guy who's already shown me thus far how mature he is as a receiver
00:38and Antonio Williams kind of takes a little bit of that off.
00:41And I believe that Traylon Burks has come up as well.
00:45And then you flip it over, De'Ami is still getting looked and starting to take the top off of
00:50stuff.
00:51I believe they may try and bring up another receiver.
00:54And Jefferson or somebody else like that, which I think will help out.
00:57Jefferson has the experience.
00:59You know, we can say Luke, but Luke don't have that experience like a Jefferson has.
01:03But I think Antonio Williams has shown me a lot thus far, and I think that'll help a little bit.
01:09Yeah, it's interesting.
01:10Diggs has been the most targeted receiver, leading receiver in Washington through four games.
01:1631 targets, 18 catches, 170 yards, three touchdowns.
01:21But you're losing volume.
01:24You're losing productivity, certainly.
01:26But maybe Antonio Williams can step in and fill that role.
01:30Williams through four games, 19 targets, 12 catches, 124 yards, one touchdown.
01:36Now, those numbers look a lot different without that illegal shift.
01:40Jeff, if that was 13 for 200 with two touchdowns, it would feel a lot different.
01:47He'd be the leading receiver on the team.
01:48Jeff, you wanted to react to the Diggs news.
01:51I think we lost our best receiver this week.
01:55We're just going to have to have the other guys step up.
01:58But I hate that I have to say this, but I told my boy I would say it because we
02:03argued about this.
02:04But it's just a certain wiggle that Steph has that helps him get open.
02:09And it's like we're finally seeing it.
02:12So the other guys just got to step up.
02:14I think, like you said, this may be the A-wheel breakout game.
02:20I think that was the first game.
02:22He's already shown what he's capable of.
02:24Yeah, but I think B, like –
02:27And then that run, after he caught that foul pass and went?
02:30Yeah.
02:31I think he got a chip on his shoulder from that.
02:33I know it's not an individual accolade thing, but I think he has a chip on his shoulder from that
02:38being called back.
02:40And I think he's just going to go off this weekend, rain or shine.
02:45I really like Antonio Williams.
02:47And I think Terry – Dan Quinn was very noncommittal on McLaurin.
02:52He said, Terry looked good today.
02:54We'll see how he is for Sunday.
02:56So no word there.
02:58But I don't think – I don't think we should undersell what not having Diggs means.
03:04Through four games, he's the leading wide receiver.
03:08Also, I like Diggs in the red zone a lot.
03:10That slipperiness and kind of that veteran savvy has shown in the red zone, three touchdowns through four games.
03:18Williams can step up.
03:19There are certainly other guys that can step up.
03:21Not having Diggs, though, it's not great news.
03:23No, it's not great news by no stretch of the imagination, but ain't a damn thing you can do about
03:27it when he's not there.
03:28Somebody has to step up.
03:30No other choice, right?
03:31Yeah.
03:32I mean, I know when you don't have the best out there, that's okay, but the game still goes on.
03:37And if you feel – like you said, we were talking earlier about having that delusion in your mindset.
03:41You feel you can win the game, somebody in that locker room need to be looking at this as an
03:45opportunity to go show what you're about.
03:49But I think having Cosme back, that's a major plus.
03:54If you can get the run game going.
03:56Yeah.
03:56And maybe you can get Chig going.
03:59Like every loss on a football field is an opportunity for another player.
04:06100%.
04:06It doesn't mean it has to be another wide receiver.
04:10True.
04:10I thought Eckler looked really good last week.
04:13Maybe there's more opportunities for Eckler in the pass game.
04:17Certainly, though –
04:18Any talk about – what's it called?
04:22Rashad?
04:23I believe White is in this week.
04:27So White and Eckler, whoo-hoo, put them on the field at the same time.
04:33Run some receivers, I'll let them – and let those dudes come and work underneath.
04:36That takes a lot of little pressure off of some people as well.
04:39Dan Quinn also talked about the release of Katron Allen, said it's just roster management.
04:43He hopes to work with Katron again.
04:46We'll see if that comes to fruition, if they bring him back to the practice squad, however that might work.
04:51If you have – I mean, on the active now, you have Bill, White, and Eckler.
04:56Maybe this McNichols promotion isn't happening.
05:00It may not be happening this week, but it may be something else that they're trying to do.
05:04So, it's like – this may be a thing down the line or whatever, but I think McNichols will be
05:10a part of this team before all is said and done.
05:13I agree with that.
05:15Dan Quinn also made clear that Lucas Patrick is the commander's starting center going forward.
05:20That, to me, seems fairly obvious.
05:24I think we're tracking towards Nick Allegretti being inactive on Sunday.
05:31I mean, he was –
05:32He had him for Achilles and a calf or something like that, a knee?
05:36Well, and he was a DNP yesterday.
05:38Yeah.
05:39So, that is – I don't know.
05:42That'll be interesting.
05:43The big news, Stephon Diggs will not play Sunday against the Giants.
05:48Terry McLaurin is TBD.
05:50B, last week in London, I got there early and was watching, waiting to see if Terry came out and
05:56did a workout.
05:56Typically, if you're on the fence for playing, you're going to come out early on game day and get a
06:01workout with trainers and coaches watching you to see where they think you're at.
06:06How much do you think – I think this is an honest spot where the weather could have an impact.
06:11Like, if it's a 1 o'clock kick.
06:13Like, say you'd get Terry out there early, early, like 10, 30, 11 for a workout.
06:19If that's when the rain is coming down at its heaviest or the heavier portions, as Doug said to expect,
06:26how much does that impact a potential McLaurin workout test the hammy?
06:33When you're working out by yourself, when you don't have to do stuff at an impromptu type of situation, it's
06:38going to make a difference.
06:39Because if they tell him run 10 yards and cut, he knows he's about to cut.
06:43So, he's going to be able to gather himself to cut.
06:45It's not like run 10 yards and cut and somebody shows up at 9.
06:48You know what I'm saying?
06:49Right.
06:49Yeah.
06:50Or you get bumped by a linebacker or something like that to knock you off.
06:55It's going to be really interesting.
06:57I still think having Jaden Daniels is by far the biggest deal.
07:03And because that's been our expectation really since last week before the Colts game was that he would come, at
07:09least for you and I and our listeners, we've been saying we expected Jaden on the field this week probably
07:15since last Wednesday or so.
07:17So, I think because we've all wrapped our brains around that already, we're not as focused on what getting the
07:26star quarterback out on the field means for this team.
07:28And there's been so much attention and focus on the receiver position.
07:32I think getting Jaden back is by far the biggest deal.
07:36Losing Steph's not great, though.
07:37Not going to pretend this is good news.
07:39He's the team's leading receiver.
07:41What is good news?
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