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JP and BMitch debate whether the Commanders should still have any kind of interest in Brandon Aiyuk if he truly decides to come back.
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00:01Brandon Iyuk signed with an agent, a real reputable NFL agent.
00:05There's no way he was signing Drew Rosenhaus was going to sign Iyuk unless he said,
00:09Yo, you have got to file your paperwork and go to San Fran.
00:13That's the only way to get these wheels a-moving.
00:15That's the only way I'm going to deal with you.
00:17The paperwork has been filed.
00:19He probably, I wonder if he still faxed.
00:22You think he faxed the league?
00:23Probably just docu-sign.
00:24Yeah, you got all kinds of facts.
00:25You can docu-sign, you can fax, you can email it.
00:28You can put a jot-not-pro on your phone and email it.
00:32How do you think Iyuk filed his paperwork?
00:34Hey, Drew, man, what do you think I should do?
00:36All right, send me a picture of your signature.
00:39I'll do it for you.
00:41That's what Drew probably did.
00:43Because he wanted to get it done.
00:45Yeah.
00:45And he knew that the other person wasn't going to get it done by himself.
00:48Correct.
00:49So paperwork has been filed, and the reports suggest Brandon Iyuk is going to show up to the Niners facility
00:54Friday.
00:55I got a question for you.
00:58Isn't there a warrant out for his arrest?
01:00It was.
01:01In Santa Clara County?
01:02It was.
01:04Yeah.
01:05Maybe that's why they're not saying when.
01:06He's saying he's going to go Friday.
01:08Right.
01:08He might go today.
01:10Well, it is interesting.
01:12I don't want to go a step too far with this, but I do wonder if Iyuk doesn't deserve some
01:20credit.
01:21I don't know this, but if his plan is to go Friday afternoon, that lets the Niners have their week
01:28of practice because they play on Sunday.
01:30And by Friday afternoon, that facility is damn near empty.
01:33So if he's rolling in Friday afternoon, it's not to cause a distraction to his former teammates.
01:38I think that if that's the case, then it's all because of Drew saying that's what we're going to do
01:42it.
01:42Fair.
01:43If you're going to make this big of a mess, that is the right move of how to re-approach
01:48this thing is to go Friday afternoon.
01:50Practice will be long gone.
01:51Players will be out of there.
01:52Coaches, some coaches might even be going by Friday afternoon.
01:56Most of them will probably still be there.
01:57But the heavy hitters, the decision makers, if Kyle and John Lynch know he's coming in Friday afternoon, they'll be
02:03around.
02:04I don't know what will happen.
02:06The Niners do have massive injuries at the receiver position.
02:09What is scale of 1 to 10, likelihood, Iyuk returns and just plays for San Francisco again.
02:16Damn near zero.
02:17I agree.
02:19Scale of 1 to 10.
02:21I'm going to still get a percent.
02:22I'm going to go 0.9%.
02:24We can just say percent out of 100.
02:26Shout out to Dan Orlovsky.
02:28So you're saying 9% chance he still plays for the Niners.
02:31Or 0.9%.
02:33On a scale of 1 to 100.
02:350.9%.
02:36Okay.
02:37So about 1%.
02:38Yeah.
02:39Can't close the door on anything in the NFL.
02:41Nothing.
02:41But that shift seems to be.
02:44See, the thing about he's healthy and he's ready to get back to playing.
02:47We think.
02:48Is he in football shape?
02:51There's no way he's in football shape.
02:52He hasn't played in over two years.
02:54Now, he could be in shape, but not in football shape.
02:57A lot of people say football shape when they first come back, they're not in it.
03:00Right.
03:01I just think, is he in that football shape?
03:04That's a fair question.
03:06I think 1%, 2% chance he plays for the Niners.
03:08And it might be lower than that.
03:09Yeah.
03:10Yeah.
03:11What are the chances you think he shows up and calls their bluff and they cut him?
03:20Making him available to the rest of the National Football League.
03:2345.
03:2445.
03:26If he shows up, they got to do something.
03:28They have to do something.
03:28Because he gets on those books then.
03:31And once he's on the books, that's when problems start for them.
03:35What are the chances he shows up, they don't cut him, they figure out a trade by Tuesday?
03:42That's not a high percentage.
03:43You think there's a better chance he gets cut than gets traded?
03:46Yeah.
03:47Interesting.
03:50Washington was rumored to have interest should IU hit free agency, right?
03:54Washington was saying we're not going to pay to trade for him.
03:57But if he's a street free agent, if he's out there, we're interested.
04:02A lot happened since that was the reporting.
04:06Including IU, he made a zillion videos, which were progressively weirder.
04:11In a lot of dancing, a lot of burgundy.
04:14Well, he wouldn't have to worry, he already had a house here, right?
04:16Apparently.
04:18He certainly has gear.
04:20Certainly has commander's gear.
04:21That much we know.
04:24Dick's more than good.
04:26I do believe there are some people in this building he has stayed in touch with.
04:30But he also had a video over the summer where he made fun of Jaden Daniels and his mom.
04:38I would guess that's a bridge too far, but I don't know.
04:42So, I don't think it's happening here.
04:45I don't know what's going to happen.
04:47I will open the phones.
04:49Brandon IU is at least taking the steps towards reinstatement in the NFL.
04:53And I find it very hard to believe he plays again in San Francisco.
04:56My guy, Manny, in Southeast.
04:59What's up, Manny?
05:02Manny, what's going on?
05:04What's up?
05:05We're chilling, dude.
05:06Eating German chocolate cake.
05:07Y'all already know what I said, right?
05:10Once that guy starts putting it back to get that thing in order, we're going to start calling him B
05:15.A. again.
05:16You know what I mean?
05:17Because of the simple fact that as long as he's getting in order, he got Drew Rosenhaus.
05:21So, I'm not worried about none of that.
05:23All of the business is going to be taken care of because Drew is about that money.
05:28He had T.O.
05:29He had Randy.
05:30We're not worried about none of that.
05:31So, that's going to be taken care of.
05:33As long as the business is taken care of.
05:34As for him being traded, now I don't think he's going to be traded because y'all already say he's
05:38not in football shape.
05:39How?
05:39Who going to take him?
05:41He's going to the cutting block.
05:43Now, would I pick him up?
05:45Yes, indeed.
05:47I'd pick him up and train him until his tongue falls on his mouth.
05:51I'd pick him up.
05:53I'd pick him up because we're going to get him for slightly less than nothing.
05:57And then if he come back as any part of the IU that was with the 49ers, we came off.
06:03So, I'm not going to – I gave up on him because he was being a bomber.
06:08Now, he's handling his business.
06:09Let's get back to the football.
06:11So, he makes our team better.
06:13See, my objective is to make our team better.
06:15For trades, I don't want to trade for nothing.
06:17They ain't going to go in front of Jaden Daniels and block with him and keep him off his back.
06:22Period.
06:24Appreciate the call.
06:25In 2024, he could pick up five dudes from Eastern, two dudes from Dunbar, and go to the NFC Championship.
06:33That's what he did.
06:34You know what I mean?
06:35Even though we had Tury, but he got us there with people that, you know, on paper, we supposedly got
06:42better talent than we had then.
06:44If we can keep him off his back, if we can keep Bama from stepping on his toes and making
06:49him fall and, you know, stuff like that, then give him a set of 1.5 and 2.3 seconds.
06:55Give him the actual three that he should get.
06:57Man, we'll be better on the offense.
06:59The defense, if we put up points, I think the defense can do enough because he can change the schemes.
07:05You know what I mean?
07:06Appreciate the call, Manny.
07:08Thank you, buddy.
07:08You know, that's Manny.
07:09My favorite line from Manny there, Manny was a staunch caller, supporting, acquiring Brandon IU, and then he finally gave
07:18up.
07:19He said, I gave up on him because he was being a Bama, but now he's taking care of his
07:23business.
07:24We'll see.
07:24We'll see if he does.
07:27Elijah's in D.C.
07:27Eli, what up, man?
07:29Yo, what's going on, fellas?
07:31Thanks for taking my call.
07:32Thanks for calling.
07:33I leave him where he at, man, for a few reasons.
07:36One, at the record that we have, it's almost like a kid who didn't do what they were supposed to
07:43do.
07:43I mean, it's like if your room ain't clean, certain stuff ain't done, what you mean?
07:47You ain't know.
07:48It's just straight out.
07:49We don't get it.
07:50So it's almost like for what?
07:52At what point to do what?
07:53You're going to do what with him?
07:54Go on a run?
07:55So not to say it's like they're week to week right now, and we don't even know if D.C.
08:00is going to be here.
08:01And I think the best thing he can do, low-key, is to stop doing stuff and just do his
08:05job, like do what he's supposed to.
08:07And we ain't worried about trades right now because if you're not here, the next coach will be like, bro,
08:12if you don't work out, we kind of going to be in the same situation.
08:15So I think it's going to be very important for Adam Peters and Harris that they actually sit down and
08:23say, yo, what is the future actually looking like?
08:25Is it continuing to get guys because we're trying to make up the gap, because we're trying to say, okay,
08:31we got to either Jaden's going to be here or he's not.
08:34So it's like, so come on, man.
08:36Stick with the program.
08:38You're going to have to draft.
08:39You're going to have to do what the good teams actually do.
08:42Watch how we do.
08:43They know the season's over, but we already know Philly's not going to be down for long.
08:47I don't like saying their name, but the truth is it is what it is.
08:50We're going to have to take care of who we have.
08:52We're going to have to actually do the process correctly, and when these moments come up, we can't be, oh,
08:58oh, oh, any talent.
09:00We can't really just be going for talent in that type of way because other teams aren't doing that.
09:06There has to be a better process internally, what we're doing and how we're moving.
09:10We can't just jump up.
09:12It starts with the line play.
09:15Obviously, we're going to have to work on the depth.
09:17If we have offensive and a defensive lineman came up, you got it.
09:21But the skill position at 1.5 seconds, nobody's getting down the field.
09:26And Brandon, how long before he get here, before Brandon's like, bro, come on?
09:30So, no.
09:31Even where he's at, if the off season happens and it works out, cool.
09:34But for right now, no, thank you.
09:38All right.
09:38Thank you for the call, Eli.
09:40Appreciate you.
09:40Phone lines are open.
09:41800-636-1067, 800-636-1067.
09:45If I've learned anything in the Brandon Ayuk saga is I'm not going to make premature declarations.
09:51Like, let's see him show up at Santa Clara.
09:54Yeah.
09:54Let's see him.
09:55He'll probably have to use a car service because I don't think he should be driving over there.
09:59They might be looking for that car.
10:01He shouldn't drive the car that he was flying in, no.
10:03Certainly.
10:04But then again, this is where I'm at with it.
10:07You had all this time.
10:09And now the week before you have to, you finally do it.
10:14That's not what he wanted to do.
10:16No.
10:16Somebody forced him into doing it.
10:18So, my thing is if you have to be forced into trying to get your money and get yourself free
10:22to go make some money,
10:24I don't know if I want to deal with it.
10:27Yeah.
10:27You wonder what the motivations are.
10:30And I think there certainly could be a financial element to it.
10:34At least based on the Instagram videos, Brandon Ayuk seems to live a lavish lifestyle.
10:40And these guys make a lot of money, but that lifestyle costs a lot of money.
10:43And we've seen the reports that he bought a house at Creighton Farms.
10:46Wasn't that house listed for like $12 million?
10:50That's not nothing.
10:51It's my understanding he still owns his home in California.
10:54And the sale in Virginia was pending upon selling his home in California.
11:00So, if he's buying a 10 here, I'm guessing he's got a 10 there.
11:04Cars.
11:05The 10 there is a lot smaller.
11:07That probably is.
11:09Less land.
11:11I don't think it'd be, I think it'd be foolish or naive to not consider a financial element here.
11:19And if you're another team, let's like exclude Washington from this discussion.
11:23Let's just talk about it kind of league wide.
11:28If the Steelers need receiver help and that thing's going well and you're 6-2, do you want to add
11:33a dude that you don't know what the motivation is?
11:35Maybe he just loves ball and finally is willing to do what's required to get back on the field.
11:40Maybe, right?
11:41Like you've got to leave that possibility open.
11:43Maybe it's financial.
11:44Maybe it's competition.
11:45If that was the case, it wouldn't have taken two years.
11:48I would have that question.
11:49And that would be a real question for me.
11:52Maybe it's a combination of those.
11:53Maybe he loves ball and wants some money.
11:55Maybe he recognizes that the sand in the hourglass is running low.
11:59And he's got to get back out there and prove it.
12:02If the Niners do cut him, what the hell kind of deal do you think he's getting?
12:09Incentivating.
12:10Veteran minimum guarantees.
12:14We don't know, bro.
12:15We're going to give you this.
12:17But you can make this if you do this, this, this, this, this, this.
12:21That's how it should be.
12:24Totally.
12:25When you're paying certain levels of money, the one thing that you have to have with a person if you're
12:30going to just give it to them is trust.
12:32There's no way to be trusting.
12:33And I'll ask the question.
12:33Who's trusting to just do everything he's supposed to?
12:38I mean, you have a number of former Niners assistants around the league, and maybe there's guys that feel like
12:44they have a relationship where they could trust him.
12:47I'm not entirely sure that's the case.
12:50Pittsburgh says they want wide receiver help.
12:53What's funny is the Niners actually need wide receiver help.
12:57But, I mean, hell, the Rams just lost Adams.
13:03Now, Adams, they're saying, should be back mid-December, I think.
13:09I don't know.
13:10It's kind of interesting.
13:12I'll kick it to the boys in the aquarium.
13:14I'm curious where you are.
13:15We'll start with Stallion.
13:17What do you think actually happens with IU?
13:19Do you think there's a possible, not even a reunification, but a role for him here?
13:24I do not.
13:26I don't think there's a role for him here.
13:28I think he does eventually get cut by sometime early next week, but I don't think he signs anywhere.
13:33I think he's got to get in shape.
13:34I think he has to kind of get his ducks in a row, figure out what he wants to do.
13:38But if I'm the commanders, I want nothing to do with this guy.
13:41I don't care if he writes Jaden a letter.
13:43I don't care if he writes Jaden Daniels' mom a letter.
13:47You cannot do what you did this past offseason and think that that's okay.
13:51Like, I'm so out on this guy.
13:52So out, they should not even be close to signing him.
13:57Jeffrey?
13:58Yeah, he got to get jumped in if he want to be a part of this team.
14:00There's no way you try to insult the starting quarterback and his mom and think it's just going to be
14:06all gravy.
14:07I don't want an apology.
14:09I want the roster, whoop him.
14:13Then he get his jersey, he in.
14:14If he's going to come and produce, he just got to get jumped in.
14:17That's where I'm standing.
14:18That's a unique take.
14:21I'm curious why Brian?
14:22There's rumors the Giants might want to add at receiver.
14:25Would you be at all interested in Brandon Ayuk?
14:28No, thank you.
14:29I think he'll be a Philadelphia Eagle.
14:32Really?
14:33Why?
14:34Howie doesn't care about late-round picks, and he'll send one over and take the chance on a great player.
14:42That's interesting.
14:43How about the Chiefs, though?
14:45Chiefs would be – Andy Reid is a guy that is taking chances on people.
14:48He'll give people second chances.
14:50Could you see him doing this one?
14:53Like, if Andy was to sit down, Brandon, that's a coach you know well.
14:56I think he's going to let Pat sit him down and let Pat talk to him.
14:59Like, what would your questions be if Ayuk gets released?
15:04Or, let's be honest.
15:05Man, you love football.
15:06Well, you don't give a damn about money.
15:10What do you mean?
15:11You didn't want your money.
15:13And as a professional athlete, one thing we care about is our cheddar.
15:18Why did you – what's the reasoning behind all the stuff you did?
15:22And let me answer that question.
15:24Because I do think ballplayers realize – I mean, I know, not to the extent an athlete does,
15:33the amount of BS that goes on from organizations is significant.
15:40There is a lot of chicanery and hijinks and sophomoric behavior by decision makers across the NFL.
15:47Yeah.
15:48Like, that's a real thing that has happened for generations.
15:50Mm-hmm.
15:51So it is entirely possible the Niners screwed Ayuk in some capacity.
15:56And he felt wronged to a degree.
15:59Now, he hasn't played in two years.
16:00I don't care how wrong I feel.
16:02A year of that is –
16:02I don't care how wrong I feel.
16:04I'm not walking away from my money.
16:06Agreed.
16:07And if I have any kind of ability to fast – get it moving fast as to where I can
16:14start getting it again, I will.
16:18So, I mean, anybody out there want to say, well, he's not you, you know what?
16:21You're right.
16:22Because I would have been – I would have went back to the building a long time ago.
16:26They would have cut me a long time ago.
16:28And I would be in somebody's camp right now, balling.
16:32I don't know what's going to happen with Ayuk.
16:34I – do you think Brandon Ayuk in the 2026 NFL season has a game with multiple catches?
16:48Two counts.
16:50Jay, I don't know if he's going to be on the team.
16:52So I can't go that far.
16:54Right.
16:55That's kind of my point.
16:56I still don't know what the heck's going to happen.
16:58There are still physical questions, although there was that George Kittle comment in an interview that, yeah, I saw him
17:03on the practice field.
17:04He was hitting – to quote Dan Quinn – hitting all his markers.
17:09The Ayuk thing, at this point, it's also really worth pointing out, specific to the Burgundy and Gold discussion, they
17:17signed Diggs.
17:18Diggs has been really good.
17:20Diggs is not a headache whatsoever.
17:23He's a leader and, like, a valued member in that locker room.
17:27He's been good.
17:28He's their leading touchdown guy through seven games.
17:31He's got five touchdowns in seven games, and he missed a game.
17:34I think the calculus might be different if you had lost McLaurin for the year and you didn't have Diggs,
17:41but you do.
17:42You have Diggs.
17:43You have a third-rounder you're excited about.
17:45You have a former first-rounder in Trey Burks that's producing and playing well.
17:49I don't see this happening here, and I imagine that ship –
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