00:00The Commanders had a wildly long injury report yesterday.
00:04I mean, there were like 30 dudes on it.
00:06We got some level of updates today.
00:10Just some players back on the field, some players not on the field.
00:14Terry McLaurin not on the field.
00:16He was already yesterday, right?
00:17Yes, he was there yesterday.
00:18Been told that's just a rest day for a veteran player that was dealing with a soft tissue hamstring thing.
00:26McLaurin was listed as limited yesterday with a hamstring,
00:29but they're saying it's a rest day today.
00:32Steph Diggs was out there today.
00:35He was a DNP yesterday.
00:40He was out there and dressed.
00:42If he's actually going to practice, we're not entirely sure, right?
00:46Percy Butler was back out there.
00:49Tyler Owens was back out there.
00:51Those are all players that were not out there yesterday.
00:57Still some questions with Bill, I would say.
00:59I think the Bill situation is something to watch.
01:03Looking at this injury report, B, Butler back out there, good news.
01:08Bill, we're waiting for an answer.
01:10Diggs was a DNP yesterday, back out there today.
01:13That's positive.
01:15Marcus, because they didn't put Marcus on IR, he's going to continue to be on the injury report.
01:19That's just like the nuts and bolts of it all.
01:22Tyler Owens back out there is certainly a positive.
01:25I talked to Austin Eckler yesterday.
01:29Eckler's on the injury report listed as limited with a chest issue.
01:32He was in a non-contact jersey.
01:35I asked him, though, I kind of asked him,
01:38what's it like having the extra day this week kind of dealing with the tie aftermath?
01:44And he said, listen, the tie already happened.
01:46It's over.
01:47It's great to have an extra day just to give your body rest because this game is brutal.
01:52And I think, so to me, Eckler will be out there.
01:56Quan Martin on the injury list with an illness, I think he'll be out there.
02:00Fabian Moreau.
02:01Obviously, you'd love Trey Amos to play this week.
02:06I talked to Rashad White yesterday.
02:08He seems fine.
02:08McNichols seems fine.
02:12Brian, some of the injury report with people getting worked up, like Marcus is out.
02:16They're just not putting him on IR.
02:18Yeah.
02:18But Amos, Chason, Cross, Jaden, Kinlaw, McNichols, and Rashad White are all full.
02:25So, like, those are guys that are fine for lack of –
02:29obviously, with Cross, you've got to get the medical clearance.
02:33But of players you'd like to see on the field, my highest level of concern, Brian, is Bill.
02:41After that, it's probably Amenahu, who missed last week.
02:45Yeah, I'd like to see him.
02:45And you'd like to get him back out there.
02:46He has some good games.
02:48What's your concern level for Bill?
02:50I don't know.
02:52Like you stated, he didn't have any snaps.
02:54It was, what, 14 minutes and something left in the fourth quarter.
02:58And they play overtime.
02:58He didn't have any carries.
02:59I haven't looked to see.
03:00But if him being on the field and not carrying the football, it's like him not getting snaps, in my
03:06book.
03:07Because I think Bill is a – when he's on the field, he's a runner for you for the most
03:11part.
03:12You know, and if he's not getting any carries, then something is ailing them they're concerned about.
03:20So, Bill not out there for a second consecutive day.
03:24Eckler's out there in a non-contact jersey.
03:26I think – I very much think Eckler's going to play.
03:29Rashad White today in the non-contact jersey.
03:32I think that's more preventative for a dude that's dealing with a pretty ginger shoulder, I would say.
03:38Probably so.
03:40What do you think the roster looks like Monday night?
03:43Maybe I asked you this earlier in the program.
03:45Who gets the most carries for this commander's team?
03:49And I said Rashad.
03:52That's where my mind is at this point.
03:58Yeah.
03:59Now, I – I wonder if Bill's not playing.
04:04I don't know.
04:06The fact that he didn't get much work late in that game when they were running the ball and has
04:11now missed two straight practices.
04:12I saw Bill briefly in the locker room yesterday.
04:17Was not eager to speak with us.
04:20But, like, he also didn't practice, so he doesn't have to.
04:23The Eckler stuff I'm not concerned about.
04:27What do you think the roster move is for them to elevate McNichols?
04:33That's kind of interesting to me.
04:35I don't know if it'll be anybody in the running back room.
04:38I think it'll probably be somebody from another position.
04:40Another – yeah, another position.
04:43Because of the guys that are eligible and tracking towards coming back from the IR, you've got Amos, you've got
04:50McGee, you've got McNichols.
04:52Like, let's be real.
04:54Of the other guys on IR, Tunsell, if he comes back – we're talking Thanksgiving.
04:58We're still months away from that even being a conversation.
05:02Johnny Newton's out for the year.
05:04Chennault out for the year.
05:05Lane out for the year.
05:07McGee's an interesting one, but I think the most pressing two are McNichols and Amos.
05:13Right now, Isaac Yadam, I hope I'm saying that right, is on the active.
05:20I think that's a fairly easy swap if you get Amos back, that Isaac gets released and then they'll try
05:26to sign him back to the practice squad.
05:28The McNichols one is a little more complicated to me because they're carrying three backs.
05:36I don't think they'd want to release any of them.
05:40Well, I think the fact that –
05:42But carrying Bill, Eckler, and Rashad.
05:43Three of those guys have injury.
05:46It may be a change of plans moving forward to make sure you keep four around.
05:53Because Bill has his consistent stuff.
05:55Rashad has his shoulder.
05:56Eckler, you said a chest.
05:58You know, so – and then again, coming off of – he's still coming off of that injury from last
06:03year.
06:04So, you might want to have a forward guy just be around.
06:06Yeah.
06:07So, another position may have to take a hit.
06:09Yeah, I'm trying to kind of look around here.
06:15Tojii has been on this roster for a while.
06:18Now that you have Lucas Patrick as your center, you have Allegretti as just a backup now.
06:24Now, you have Matt Golbin as a backup now.
06:30I don't believe Tojii has gotten any snaps.
06:33Austin Keys is a linebacker.
06:35They added from the practice squad.
06:38I wonder if you just save the – I wonder if Tojii or Austin Keys are kind of next on
06:45that list.
06:45But I wonder if Keys, you keep up until you're ready to have McGee because that's a linebacker for a
06:51linebacker.
06:52You don't love to impact your offensive line depth.
06:57But I'm not sure Tojii is a guy they would ever intend to play.
07:03Unless it's a serious emergency.
07:05Right.
07:08The receiver position is kind of interesting right now.
07:11You've got Deami, Burks, Diggs, McCaffrey, McLaurin, Williams.
07:15I don't think you make a move there.
07:18I would think if you're promoting Amos, it's pretty easy for Isaac Yotam.
07:25If you're calling up McNichols, I wonder if it's Tojii.
07:29And then with McGee, I would think that's Keys.
07:32And it's not all that complicated to get done.
07:37I mean, the other part of this is depending how significant these injuries are.
07:44I doubt it would be weird for this to happen at this point, but like you almost wonder if somebody
07:49has to go back to IR or something.
07:52I doubt it.
07:54I don't see a back getting released.
07:56Do you?
07:57No.
07:58Not out of those four.
08:00I don't either.
08:00But what is interesting, Eckler was available a long time.
08:04And they didn't bring him back until...
08:07But when they brought him back, he was in negotiation with another football team.
08:11I think he was on the Panthers practice squad.
08:14Or was he just talking to the Panthers?
08:16I thought he was supposed to be talking to the Panthers or someone and about to sign when Washington swooped
08:21in and signed him.
08:23Entirely possible.
08:27They officially signed him back September 29th.
08:30So, was that when we were going to London?
08:33Yep.
08:34London was October 4th.
08:36The game.
08:37Yeah.
08:37So, they added Eckler when they put Chenal to IR.
08:43Eckler had worked out for the Panthers.
08:45He wasn't signed by the Panthers.
08:48But it's certainly interesting.
08:50I don't think they want to get rid of Eckler.
08:53It's also possible that, like, they didn't bring him in or along earlier because he's still recovering from the Achilles.
08:59That's a significant injury.
09:03And, honestly, the timeline on it, he ripped that Achilles, I want to say, week two in Green Bay last
09:09year.
09:10And then you bring him back, whatever that is, week four.
09:13So, he probably needed the full year of recovery.
09:15Totally.
09:16So, the backs will be really interesting.
09:19Going through the roster there, there's obviously space you can make for McNichols, especially if Bill is down this week.
09:26Bill hasn't practiced yet this week, which to me means he could be down.
09:30Um, plenty to watch, man.
09:34It's never a dull moment in Ashburn.
09:36That much I know.
09:37I want to go around the NFL, look at some games this week.
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