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A devastating, season-ending injury to a star receiver has thrown the Washington Commanders' long-term future into total limbo.
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00:00Guys get hurt.
00:00Key guys get hurt on every team every year.
00:03Not saying, woe is me.
00:04It's just, man, you just go through guys.
00:07You just run through them.
00:09And you never know who it's going to be.
00:10Kept is important.
00:11Drafting is important.
00:12Developing young players is paramount to fielding a successful NFL team.
00:18Because you are going to suffer injuries every single week.
00:22Some of them are short-term.
00:23I mean, Devontae Adams ruptured his hamstring.
00:26He's out six to ten weeks.
00:27Terry tears his patella tendon.
00:29He's done for the season.
00:31I mean, you ruptured your hamstring.
00:32That is a big deal, man.
00:34I assume a rupture is like when my buddy ruptured it and it curled up in the back of his
00:38leg.
00:38I mean, that's hard to come out.
00:40Well, I mean, when I heard it was just six to ten weeks, I thought that sounded short.
00:44I think that sounds short.
00:45For a ruptured hamstring.
00:46I think that sounds short.
00:46Sounds like a devastating injury.
00:48Especially for, I think, Devontae Adams is 32 or 33.
00:51He's an aging wideout.
00:53You need that explosive ability as a wide receiver.
00:56It's tough.
00:57And a patellar tendon, I think it's even maybe a little bit more complicated even than an ACL.
01:03It's a tough one.
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01:17You wonder if you're ever going to see him again.
01:19Again, people thought that this was going to be his last year because his contract kind
01:23of has an out or whatever contract situation.
01:26He's getting up there.
01:27Yeah.
01:28It's kind of been unfortunate.
01:29Ever since the holdout, he's had injury issues.
01:32Yeah.
01:32Kind of played out.
01:33You know, guys over 30, you know, sometimes the injuries can stack up on you.
01:37It's harder to come back.
01:38Yeah.
01:38It's terrible.
01:39And this is one of those deals where hindsight's 20-20.
01:41I know my daughter, Kelsey, she is a rabid Redskins Commanders fan.
01:46She puts it all on Adam Peters.
01:49Adam Peters should have never given him that extension.
01:51Never should have given him that money.
01:54No, I was good with it.
01:55I was good with it.
01:56You never know who's going to, you know, you couldn't predict this.
02:00You could maybe predict drop-off, but you can't predict something like that.
02:05But do you think you're going to see him again line up at wide receiver
02:09for the Washington Commanders?
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02:26I know that he is the type of guy who's going to work his ass off to get back.
02:30Yeah.
02:31Oh, of course.
02:32I think you're going to see him again.
02:33I just don't think it's going to be in a commander's uniform.
02:35Do you think the commanders move on from him?
02:37I would think.
02:38I mean, he's going to be 32 next season coming off a patella tendon injury.
02:42Like you want to get younger, not more in this league?
02:45I think the only way it could happen, and I hope it happens,
02:48would be that he realizes that injuries really plagued him these last two years
02:54and he'd be willing to come back at a deal pretty below market value.
02:59But there's no reason to necessarily do that when you have a limited career
03:02and you might only have a couple years left.
03:04You know, you want to maximize your earnings.
03:06So it would take some graciousness on his part to be here.
03:11Do commanders fans want Terry McLaurin to fight his way back
03:15and be part of this team in the future?
03:171-800-636-1067.
03:20I would at a discount, 100%.
03:22I mean, he's not going to command a huge deal coming off this injury
03:26in his last two seasons.
03:27So his market's going to be down,
03:30but it's going to have to be at a significant discount, I think, to get him back.
03:34If you could get him back for like $10 or $15 million,
03:37I think I would do that.
03:39You would consider it, but I just feel like they need to get younger.
03:43I mean, look at their top two wideouts.
03:44It's McLaurin and Diggs.
03:46Both guys on the wrong side of 30.
03:49But they did draft Antonio Williams.
03:50Understood.
03:51You need to do it again.
03:52He doesn't have to be the number one guy.
03:54I mean, Terry, why can't he evolve into your number three guy?
03:59That's fine.
04:00If he wants to be a mentor and take a lesser deal, like a one-year deal.
04:03Well, he's not going to get $50 million on the open market.
04:06No, certainly not.
04:07It's over.
04:09Now he's going to have to start playing for, you know,
04:12Stephon Diggs this year is playing for, what, $10 million?
04:15$9 or $10 million, yeah.
04:16Yeah, I mean, it's going to have to be something.
04:19And Stephon came up over a 1,000-yard season.
04:211-800-636-106-70, if I'm going to chime in.
04:25Unfortunately, Terry McLaurin out for the season.
04:27So, so far this year, McLaurin had only had 15 catches for 230 yards
04:32and just one touchdown.
04:34So, if you had kind of estimated what he was going to do this year,
04:38he wasn't going to get to 1,000 yards.
04:40He was going to be in the 700 to 800 range.
04:43So, the production was already coming down.
04:47Yep.
04:48That said, I'm with you, EB.
04:5031, I don't write people off at 31, 32 years old.
04:54I know that's not the norm for your top receivers in the NFL,
04:57but it doesn't have to be a top receiver.
04:59He's going to be a No. 3 guy.
04:59You go out and draft your top guy and let Terry be a 2 or a 3.
05:04Yeah.
05:04I'm perfectly fine with that.
05:06He'd be a great No. 3 guy.
05:07Now, I don't know if he's willing to accept that.
05:08The problem is the cold reality is going to be, dude,
05:10the market's not anywhere near what it was two years ago.
05:13It's not going to be hot for him.
05:15I think at 32, coming off a major injury.
05:17Smart person.
05:18He's made a lot of money now.
05:19Trying to see how much has he made in his career, okay?
05:22Because I'm on spot track.
05:23His career earnings are $105 million.
05:25All right.
05:26So, he's done very, very well for himself.
05:28Generational wealth.
05:29It just depends.
05:30If he's trying to max out every dollar, he won't be here.
05:34That's for sure.
05:35You know, think about Santana Moss' last couple of seasons.
05:38But Santana Moss was a beast here in Washington for three or four seasons, right?
05:44I mean, I'm looking at Moss' production.
05:46He had seasons where he had 79 catches for 1,044 yards.
05:5093 catches for 1,100 yards.
05:54He hung around for four or five more seasons where he was in kind of the 40 range.
05:59Now, his last season, he only caught 10 balls.
06:00But he could be like what Santana was, where you're still getting touchdowns.
06:07You're still getting catches.
06:08You're just not the 1A guy.
06:10Right.
06:10That's my argument.
06:11I just wouldn't want him to get in the...
06:13I would not want him getting in the way of developing younger guys.
06:16I don't think that would.
06:17Like Antonio Williams and whoever else you're going to draft.
06:19Or if you sign a free agent that's 25 or 26 years old.
06:23The Santana Moss role is the perfect example.
06:25Yeah.
06:26The perfect example.
06:271-800-636-1067.
06:29Let's go to the phones.
06:30All right.
06:31Let's go to Mike in D.C.
06:321-800-636-1067.
06:34Mike, what's up, bud?
06:35Going with the jokes.
06:36Hey, Mike.
06:38Mike, are you there?
06:39Valdez, we punched up?
06:40Yeah?
06:41There you go.
06:42Mike, that's you, my friend.
06:44Thought I'd hear him.
06:45Hey, what's up, bud?
06:46How you doing?
06:46How you doing?
06:47Good.
06:47Hey, congratulations on 30 years, guys.
06:49You're a long-time listener.
06:50First time caller.
06:50Very nice.
06:53I totally agree, guys.
06:54You know, like, you know, Terry McLaurin, we've taken him on for so many years.
06:59You know, he's not a number one receiver in my eyes, but he is a lifer for, you know,
07:04the Red Scans commanders.
07:05You know, I think we need to, you know, really, like, move on from him.
07:08We have to realize that until we want to, you know, get to the point where we're actually
07:12going to be a viable team with a real threat at receiver.
07:17We need a Jamar Chase.
07:18We need a JSN.
07:20We need a Justin Jefferson.
07:21Jeremiah Smith.
07:22I mean, everybody needs one of those guys.
07:25Yeah.
07:25But he's not going to go 1-1.
07:26Absolutely.
07:27So we might have a shot at him.
07:28Right, right.
07:29Or Jeremiah Smith.
07:29He's not going to go 1-1.
07:31I'd be surprised.
07:32There's a good chance he does.
07:34I'd be surprised if he goes over a quarterback.
07:35They just gamble on quarterbacks.
07:38Yeah.
07:38Right, right.
07:39But I think we need to get to this point in time where we can realize that, okay, Terry
07:44was a good, you know, rally guy, good culture guy, good leader.
07:48He's going to get his name in the ring of fame, but we need to move on and say, okay,
07:52we need
07:52a rope threat for JV5.
07:54He's going to be our franchise quarterback for a year to come.
07:56You know who I'm intrigued by?
07:58Thanks, Mike.
07:59Appreciate you, buddy.
08:00And we'll see how it plays out the rest of the year because he's going to get a bigger
08:03role.
08:04It seems like when Trelon Burks is on the field, he produces.
08:07Now, he only has nine catches, but he's got a couple of touchdowns.
08:10Now, he's going to get more time.
08:12Yeah.
08:12This is a guy who was a first-round pick.
08:14You know, sometimes it takes time for guys to figure things out.
08:18How old is he now?
08:19About 27, 28?
08:20We mostly see that with quarterbacks like Sam Darnold, for example.
08:24First few seasons in the NFL, struggled.
08:26He was starting, whatever, but now he's kind of figured things out, although he's back to
08:30throwing a bunch of picks.
08:32Maybe Trelon Burks can develop into what people thought he was going to be when he was drafted
08:38so high.
08:39He was the 18th pick in the draft.
08:41He's an athletic player.
08:42I like him.
08:42He's shown that he can go up and make spectacular, acrobatic catches.
08:45But he's never going to be your one, I don't think.
08:47He could be maybe your two.
08:49Wish he could have come down with that.
08:50He could be a good two.
08:51I saw some people arguing, well, he had the ball, and the ball hit the pylon, hence it's
08:55a touchdown.
08:56He never fully controlled the ball.
08:58Yeah, he didn't finish it.
08:59It was a great effort.
09:00It was a great effort.
09:01It would have been awesome had he finished it, but that was not a touchdown.
09:05No, it wasn't a touchdown.
09:05It was a hell of an effort.
09:07I wish there was a touchdown, but it was not.
09:08And unfortunately, I think if it was Mike Evans, it would have been a touchdown.
09:13I even think if it was Terry, it would have been a touchdown.
09:16There's a big gap between Mike Evans and obviously Trelon Burks.
09:20By the way, when he was drafted, that was a heavy wide receiver draft.
09:24Looking back at the draft, the eighth pick was Drake London.
09:27The 10th pick was Garrett Wilson.
09:29The 11th pick was Chris Alave.
09:32Then Jameson Williams was drafted eighth.
09:36The Commanders at 16 drafted Jahan Dotson.
09:42And then Trelon Burks was drafted.
09:44He drafted a shrimp.
09:46Shrimp with mediocre speed.
09:48They could have drafted Chris Alave.
09:50Because remember, they traded out of that pick.
09:52And they're like, oh, look at this bonanza we got.
09:55All these picks.
09:56We got Sam Howell.
09:57They turned into Brian Robinson.
09:59Who else?
09:59There were at least one or two other players that were involved in that hall.
10:04And then the Saints come up and pick Alave.
10:06Also, Pickens was drafted in the second round.
10:09George Pickens.
10:09Yep, pretty good wide-out talent in that draft.
10:13That was a whiff.
10:14But I'm intrigued by Trelon Burks.
10:15And we'll see if he steps up even more here the next couple weeks.
10:18I mean, they seem like they like to run him on go routes.
10:22Sometimes to clear out for an underneath route.
10:25I know that they did that once.
10:28But I don't know.
10:29He's flashed a little bit.
10:30You're going to see a lot of Antonio Williams.
10:33You've seen what Chig has done since he's been healthy and has been targeted more.
10:37Or he's going to have an elevated role, obviously, with Terry out.
10:40He should have had an elevated role freaking week one.
10:43I don't know.
10:44My Chig bags might be filling up.
10:46I made a lot of Chig bets.
10:47Yeah, we're going to need him.
10:48We're going to need him.
10:49And I think he's showing.
10:50You know, feed him the ball.
10:52He's showing why Adam Peters was willing to give him $10 million per season.
10:55Let's go to Jerry in Rockville.
10:58Jerry, what's up, man?
10:58You're all with the junks.
11:00What's up, Jerry?
11:01Hey, guys.
11:02I think it could be something like a Chris Cooley situation where maybe he's seen for a couple years.
11:08Maybe he goes back to Indianapolis.
11:09And he goes back home for a year or two and then decides, hey, I want to end my career
11:14in Washington.
11:15He's going to be a ring of fame guy.
11:17So I could see something like that happening.
11:19I don't think Indy's going to give him a lot of money, though.
11:21That's the thing.
11:21I don't think he's going to get a big deal anywhere.
11:25Probably not.
11:26But, I mean, Indy could use the help.
11:27They signed Keenan Allen.
11:28And Alec Pierce has been sidelined.
11:31So, I don't know.
11:31Maybe there would be interest there.
11:34Yeah, I mean, let's say Indy says, you know what?
11:35We do recognize you've been hurt, but we feel like, you know, you keep yourself in good shape.
11:38It was a good shot.
11:39You can maybe get back.
11:40We give you two years $20 million and the Redskins offer him one year $8.
11:45Yeah.
11:45Probably take the two years $20.
11:47You would think.
11:48Especially if it's more guaranteed money.
11:50Yeah.
11:51I mean, it would suck for him to go somewhere and then come back and, like, retire as a commander.
11:56But he should, though, at the end of the day.
11:58I would like him, if he goes elsewhere, to retire here as a commander.
12:02Sure.
12:02I mean, he spent the bulk of his career here.
12:04I mean, it's kind of a silly little thing where they get to the desk and they sign the paper.
12:07Yeah.
12:07And they're the one-day contract.
12:09Yeah.
12:09But I think he should be one of those guys that if he wanted to, he could be a Brian
12:15Mitchell type.
12:16Absolutely.
12:16He could never pay for a haircut here.
12:18Totally.
12:19He could play free golf here for the rest of his life.
12:20He put up with so much nonsense through the bulk of his career while Dan Steiner owned this team.
12:26He can have a midday radio show.
12:30He's got cart launch.
12:31He can do whatever he wants.
12:32Yep.
12:33Let's go to Mario in Fairfax.
12:35Mario, what's up?
12:36You're all with the junks.
12:39Hey, fellas.
12:40Hey, what's up, man?
12:42So, I think it's time.
12:44Time to kick the tires on Brandon Iyuk.
12:47I hate that idea.
12:48Oh, jeez.
12:48That's a horrible idea.
12:50Did you see?
12:50You're well aware of that, right?
12:51There was a funny picture, I guess a meme, of Brandon Iyuk allegedly at a Jiffy Lube.
12:57It's the worst that AI has to offer.
12:58No, but it actually made me laugh.
13:00It's actually the worst.
13:00And what was he doing?
13:01He was wearing the Jiffy Lube thing.
13:02It said Brandon.
13:03He was wearing the outfit.
13:04He had his arms crossed.
13:05He didn't have a Commander's jersey on.
13:07No, no, no, no.
13:07He was wearing his Jiffy Lube outfit.
13:09He had his arms crossed, Jiffy Lube outfit, watching Commander's Niners on TV, looking at it like,
13:15I should be here instead of in this AI slop picture that's on the internet.
13:21It makes me laugh.
13:23AI is just horrible.
13:25It's a horrible downturn for society.
13:27I think the ship has sailed on Iyuk.
13:30Pretty sure.
13:31Pretty sure Adam Peters will not have interest.