00:00Were the commanders annoying to you the other night
00:02when they didn't start over 40 players
00:04and then got just bludgeoned?
00:06It wasn't annoying to me that they benched those guys.
00:08I would have benched them.
00:09It was annoying to me that their scrubs were that bad.
00:12Yeah, that was super annoying.
00:14To me, it was like that game didn't even exist.
00:15They were just going through the motions,
00:17sideline 40-plus players.
00:19They just want to get to Philadelphia.
00:23That game was a formality.
00:25The optics on it aren't great,
00:26but I'm not going to read basically anything into it.
00:30I read a little bit into it that they were so flat.
00:33I mean, it's troublesome on the heels
00:36of the Wednesday scrimmage news.
00:38Kind of.
00:38Yeah.
00:39Kind of.
00:39Things aren't looking rosy.
00:41It's not looking great.
00:41If you have a super rosy projection right now,
00:45then God bless you.
00:46I wish I had that outlook on life.
00:48The Ravens, with their backups,
00:50they're about 100 times better than the commanders.
00:52Yeah.
00:53I mean, it's actually stunning.
00:54It's not even close.
00:55We will get into it later,
00:56but if you actually look at the sheer volume
00:58and number of guys they let go,
00:59you're saying it's crazy.
01:02But, yeah, nobody distinguished themselves
01:04in that preseason game.
01:06I do think that preseason is largely meaningless,
01:09but it's a pretty unsettled time right now.
01:11So, I do think the roster on the whole,
01:13we'll go through it, I'm sure,
01:14throughout the show,
01:15is better than last year,
01:17but it might be bad enough in certain spots
01:20that might not be too visible.
01:22We'll have to see.
01:23I'd be more worried about training.
01:24It's just a lot of questions.
01:26Trey Amos starting the season on,
01:27you know,
01:28basically not playing in the first four games.
01:30That's not great.
01:31That's another issue.
01:32That's not great.
01:33The cornerback room is pretty thin.
01:35It's not great.
01:36No.
01:36Well, they're going to make moves.
01:38We'll get into it.
01:39There's certain guys that are for sure
01:41going to be signed today.
01:42But, yeah, it's wild.
01:44And there were moves around the league
01:46to buffer the center position.
01:48They decided not to at this point.
01:50Maybe they're going to see if anybody else
01:52is available today.
01:54There aren't a lot of big names that are available.
01:56What it tells me is they think that
01:59Allegretti's healthy,
02:00and I guess they think that they can survive
02:02with Goulbin if he's not.
02:05At this point.
02:06It's a big if.
02:08That's a big if.
02:08That calf better be ready in two weeks.
02:11Yeah.
02:12Or else Matt Goulbin's going to get a baptism by fire
02:14in week one against the Eagles.
02:16Yeah.
02:16We'll see.
02:17When the real bullets are flying,
02:18it'll be totally different.
02:19And, frankly, I think we all know this.
02:21We've been through this so many times
02:22for decades.
02:24Especially when you're an uneven team
02:26like Washington typically is.
02:28Let's be fair.
02:29We're typically a very uneven team.
02:31You never kind of know what to expect
02:32other than 2024 and, you know,
02:35the latter half of 2012.
02:36For the most part, we're an up-and-down team.
02:40Tending to be mediocre.
02:41You never know what you're going to get
02:43week to week.
02:44So you could go out there
02:45and play a great football game,
02:47and then the next week play terrible,
02:49and then you could play a terrible football game,
02:51and then the next week kind of shock
02:53like Pittsburgh on national TV
02:54or shock the Packers and Aaron Rodgers.
02:57You know what I mean?
02:57You get these one-offs.
02:59These random.
02:59Yeah.
03:00You just don't know.
03:01And, unfortunately, I think at this point
03:04until proven otherwise,
03:04you have to put this group in with all the others
03:08over the last 20 years or so.
03:10Until proven otherwise.
03:11And I love Jaden.
03:12We'll see what he can do.
03:13But he's going to have to do a lot of lifting
03:16to make this an awesome season.
03:18Yeah, and a lot of it's going to fall on him.
03:20And not just him.
03:21A big chunk of it falls on him.
03:22Big chunk of it.
03:23But, you know, they've got a defense
03:24with a lot of new parts.
03:26They need to step up.
03:27Defense is going to be better,
03:28but how much better?
03:29Also, defensive pieces that need to see the field.
03:32Like, Owe hasn't practiced that in two weeks.
03:34Amos is going to start the first month sidelined.
03:38I didn't think Amos was going to be ready anyway.
03:40I mean, he didn't practice at all.
03:41Yeah.
03:41He wasn't going to be ready.
03:43Well, it was kind of stunning how it developed, though,
03:45because they cleared him.
03:46They practiced for one day, and then that was it.
03:48It was kind of wild how it happened.
03:50Yeah, I didn't expect him to be back.
03:52But, yeah, it's going to be interesting
03:53to see what happens in the Philly game.
03:56Today will be interesting.
03:57But there were so many trades yesterday.
03:59You know, obviously guys getting cut,
04:01but guys getting traded.
04:02Yeah, I think there were three centers,
04:04three interior linemen.
04:05And I thought that the commanders
04:06were going to do something yesterday,
04:08but didn't see anything besides the cuts.
04:10They did not do it.
04:12So they were either unmoved by those guys,
04:15or they secretly think that Allegretti will be fine,
04:20and that if they have to play Goulbin in a pinch,
04:23that he'll be good enough at this point.
04:26That appears to be the plan.
04:28So you were saying that it was a busy weekend?
04:30What did you have going on?
04:31No, just, I don't know.
04:32Just family stuff?
04:33Yeah, nothing.
04:34Just busy weekend.
04:36I don't know.
04:37Mine was definitely busy,
04:38because I went down to AWOT's football fest in Richmond.
04:41It was good.
04:42He's like the king of Richmond.
04:43How long did it take you to get down there?
04:45It wasn't bad at all.
04:45Like two hours, 15 minutes.
04:48The kid works hard.
04:49He does work hard.
04:50He grinds.
04:50That was a long event, too, right?
04:52Oh, my God.
04:53It was 4 until 8.
04:54I saw some pictures.
04:56Maybe it was this morning that I saw the pictures.
04:57Rooster was there, too?
04:58Rooster was there.
04:59Mike Jones was there.
05:01Michael Phillips was there.
05:02There were other college football luminaries from the area that call football games in the Richmond area or in Virginia.
05:11Hot Wings contest?
05:12There's a sticky nugs eating contest.
05:14Okay.
05:15Yes, so that happened during the event.
05:18Good turnout at River City Roll.
05:20It's like this big bowling complex, entertainment complex bar.
05:25He's the king of Richmond, that AWOT.
05:28Yeah.
05:28He's on his grind.
05:29That people respond to him well.
05:31Definitely.
05:31Yeah.
05:32Good.
05:32Good turnout.
05:33So that was half of my weekend, because my son and his wife, they were hosting a party down in
05:39Durham for all of Kurt's residents, people that he works with.
05:44Yeah.
05:45And I was like, you know what?
05:46I'm halfway down to Durham by being in Richmond.
05:49So as soon as I was done with the appearance, hopped in my car, drove down to Durham.
05:55Oh, wow.
05:56And hung out at a party with like 40 people.
05:58I was clearly the oldest person at the party.
06:00Right.
06:01It's all like 28 to 30-year-olds.
06:03And they had a keg in the garage.
06:06They had drinking games galore.
06:09It was a fun time.
06:10Right.
06:11I stayed up till 2 in the morning.
06:12Hopefully none of those residents were on call.
06:14No, they were all off work.
06:15They were all off duty.
06:17So that was Saturday night you did that?
06:19It was Saturday night.
06:19So you got there at 10?
06:21I got there at about 10.45.
06:24Wow.
06:25And the party's still going strong?
06:26Party had just started like at 9.30.
06:28Wow.
06:28I walked in.
06:29I was like, well, this is an old school keg party.
06:33But it's like with 30-year-olds or 29-year-olds.
06:36Yeah.
06:36But it was a good time meeting a bunch of the people that my son worked with.
06:39Stayed up till 2?
06:40Stayed up till 2 a.m.
06:41Wow.
06:42Woke up at 7.20.
06:44And then you were on the road.
06:45No, no, no.
06:45Went to the Publix.
06:47Bought stuff to make breakfast.
06:48Oh, jeez.
06:48Including Gatorade.
06:49With the breakfast.
06:51Had to hydrate a little bit.
06:52Wasn't too bad.
06:53Wasn't too bad.
06:54Now, I had a few more beers than usual.
06:56Because, I mean, hello, there's a keg sitting in the garage of my kid's condo.
07:01Was it good beer at least?
07:03Yeah, it was good from a local brewery.
07:04Nice.
07:05It was delicious.
07:05Just, they had a bit of a problem where the pump malfunctioned about an hour into the
07:10party.
07:11And two of the guys who were there had to go back to the brewery, get a new pump.
07:14They were the heroes of the day.
07:16Brought it back.
07:17Keg was back up and rolling.
07:18Right.
07:18We were good to come.
07:19Man, you had a lot going on.
07:20Big weekend.
07:22Then drove back like at 9.30.
07:24Headed home.
07:26My daughter was at a party.
07:28I think it was in the Hamptons.
07:30If it wasn't in the Hamptons, it was some part of like, some part of Connecticut or something
07:37where it was a white party.
07:39Okay.
07:39And it was all Cornell grads.
07:41And they're hitting biodegradable golf balls into the ocean.
07:46Only a Cornell grad would care if it's biodegradable.
07:49I mean, it's just so bizarre.
07:50They're hitting golf balls in the ocean.
07:52Then later, they're doing keg stands.
07:54I mean, they're just doing all the stuff.
07:55They're all dressed up.
07:57You know, like they're going to like a fancy event.
08:00It's, and my daughter's sending me pictures.
08:03It's crazy.
08:05Glad I wasn't there.
08:06I had a dead weekend compared to you boys.
08:08Busy.
08:08Busy weekend.
08:09A lot happening.
08:10Good.
08:11John Paul?
08:12I didn't have much.
08:12A lot of soccer.
08:13I hope next weekend is much more low-key.
08:15Yeah.
08:16Well.
08:17But it was good.
08:18Finally, football's here.
08:20Love it.
08:21Yeah, we had college football over the weekend.
08:23Hey, how about that Bill Belichick?
08:24Gets a dump.
08:25Yeah.
08:26He did.
08:27Didn't TCU drum them last year?
08:28Yeah.
08:28I think they lost by like 30 or something last year.
08:30It was kind of a sloppy, ugly game, but it was a big win for Bill.
08:33Hold on.
08:33He needed that one.
08:34And then Scotty, wrap things up.
08:37I watched Michael Block.
08:39I recorded the senior open so I could watch Michael Block last night.
08:43Oh, you did?
08:43You're the only one.
08:44Trust me on that.
08:45Yeah.
08:46I like him.
08:47I get a kick out of him.
08:47I know people don't like him.
08:48I like him.
08:49Hey, we're going to have John Kime on the show coming up at 7.
08:52ESPN's Commander's Reporter.
08:53We can talk to him if there are any trades brewing.
08:56But when we come back, let's tackle some of the roster cuts.
08:59Who's staying with the team and who's gone?
09:02We'll get into that next here on The Junkies.
09:03We'll get into that next.
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