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Jayden Daniels will travel to London, but will he actually play? Grant & Danny debate whether or not they will actually have him playing just 14 days after dislocating his elbow.
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00:00So we both think that this is subterfuge.
00:02They're just kind of keeping the door open.
00:04What's yours based on?
00:05Mine is just, I can't do one plus one equals two that he plays.
00:09Like, I just can't get there.
00:11Meaning, the injury, he's so important.
00:15This is not respectfully like you're a rotational guard that's got to play limited.
00:19This is such a major, important figure.
00:22And we know he needs surgery at some point.
00:25He's not coming back in a week.
00:26He just can't, right?
00:27I think that's a long-winded way of me saying his arm.
00:32Remember what it looked like two weeks ago?
00:35Why?
00:36That would be what I would say.
00:37Why?
00:38What is the point of rushing this?
00:41Back in the day, Robert Griffin had this thing where he felt like he could never miss time.
00:47And in hindsight, you wonder, was it because he didn't want Kirk Cousins on the field?
00:52Because maybe he comes out there and lights it up.
00:55And you see the offense can look different.
00:56And then the one-game Cousins starts.
00:58They have their highest passing yardage total they had in 2012.
01:01Like, you wonder.
01:02Jaden Daniels has nothing to worry about.
01:05You have no reason.
01:06Like, I hate vacation.
01:09I understand liking to work and feeling accountable to your team.
01:14Like, all of these things.
01:15I get it.
01:17But at what cost, man?
01:18Like, by coming back sooner, if I was going to lose my voice or not be able to take the
01:24trip on Friday, I'd wait an extra day.
01:26There's a long game here for him.
01:28And you just bought time with that win and how Mariota played.
01:32He was very good.
01:34Let's go to Paul, who's in D.C. on the fan.
01:36Paul, do you think that he actually has a chance to play?
01:40Why else bring him along?
01:42No, I don't think he should be playing.
01:45I don't think he has a chance to play either.
01:47I think they just take him along for, you know, Tom Riley and just, you know, that kind of thing
01:52like that.
01:52But I want to say that Mariota looked very comfortable on Sunday, man.
01:57And it kind of makes me wonder, is he more prepared to run this offense than Jaden is, you know?
02:03But I think it's zero chance that he played because Mariota looked too good.
02:06Well, I wonder if that's part of it, too.
02:09That's a wild call we just got.
02:10I mean, if you're wondering when would we get our first, is Mariota a better fit in the offense, 3
02:15-10 on September 29th, if you want to jot that down.
02:19I didn't mean that part of it.
02:20I just mean that you kind of breathe a sigh of relief.
02:22Because Mariota, it was up and down last year, if we recall.
02:24There was plenty of good, but he showed why he's a long-term backup than he is rather than being
02:29a starter.
02:29The more he plays, the more it'll remind everybody there's a reason he's your number two.
02:35And I think Daniels, you're at practice, you know.
02:40That caller is making the point inadvertently that I'm making where there are times where the starter has to rush
02:46back because you've got to show I'm the guy.
02:50This is not one of those times.
02:52I know that call just happened, but seriously, I promise you, it's not.
02:56So it's a good thing if he runs the offense very well.
02:59Like last night, Case Keenum was exceptional.
03:01That does not take away from Caleb Williams.
03:04Not at all.
03:04He's so far along in the clearly he's going to get the second contract and he's proven he's a franchise
03:10quarterback race that if Keenum had three of those in a row, it doesn't matter.
03:15So what is Caleb Williams doing?
03:17He's giving him a big hug in this emotional exchange after the game, thanking him for keeping the season on
03:22track.
03:23He's in his robe in the post-game locker room screaming for him to give a speech.
03:29Like you're rooting him on.
03:29It's the same way with Daniels and Mariota.
03:31This is not a don't look over your shoulder, you know, Kirk Cousins because Fernando Mendoza's waiting.
03:38Like that's not what's happening here.
03:40Let's go to Rod in D.C.
03:41What's up, Rod?
03:43What's up, Rod?
03:44Rod, thanks for taking my call.
03:45Hey, buddy.
03:46Zero percent chance.
03:48I think it's a zero percent chance he plays.
03:50I don't even know why he left the door open.
03:53Perfect quick-in call, Grant.
03:55Like did we see the same elbow team today?
03:58Like why would there be a chance he plays?
04:00And for you, Danny, one plus one equals 11.
04:02He doesn't play at all.
04:04But also, like I feel like the Seahawks' win bought us another two weeks.
04:08So let's take it slowly.
04:10Oh, and a point you made a couple shows ago, Grant.
04:14Same injury happened to Drew Brees in the Pro Bowl.
04:16They rehabbed the thing.
04:17Let's just take our time.
04:19Be patient.
04:19This kid's our future.
04:21Marietta looks good.
04:22We're still doing our thing.
04:24We're still on pace.
04:24Yeah, I was already taking issue, remember, with the idea that they're going to have the
04:28same plan they had last year that didn't work.
04:30Right.
04:30But it's actually not the same plan.
04:32It's less rehab in a sense.
04:34Right.
04:34It is a quicker recovery.
04:36And I know how they feel.
04:38They feel like it's the left elbow, man.
04:43He's going to put a brace on it.
04:45And now it's not going to dislocate anymore.
04:48And it's just pain tolerance for a limb and a body part that doesn't affect him.
04:53It would be insane for him to miss time for this.
04:56That's how they're treating it.
04:57Like it's strep throat or something.
04:59Like, it's his throat.
05:00He could go out there and play football.
05:02It's fine.
05:02Who cares?
05:03Yeah, antibiotics.
05:03He's fine.
05:04And I'm going, oh, you mean like the Vikings game when he was wearing the brace and he
05:07came back and he landed on the elbow and was immediately on the sideline?
05:10And then you got to, without reps, rush a guy onto the field in Mariota to play in
05:14a game he's not prepared for, change a bunch of stuff, mid-flow of the game.
05:19There's a world where that would be worth it.
05:21If Mariota just looked awful.
05:22If he looked like Jameis Winston looked.
05:24Deep cut here.
05:25But coming off the bench when Dark got hurt on primetime for the Giants, where it was
05:30like, dude, did you practice this week?
05:32Have you seen the football?
05:34Did you just think you weren't going to play so you didn't prepare for this quiz?
05:38If that's how Mariota looked, then I'd understand all of this because your season's on the line.
05:42You lose to the Seahawks.
05:44He threw a clunker.
05:45Terrible game.
05:46And you're 0-3.
05:48This would actually make sense.
05:49But it doesn't match with what's happening.
05:51Yeah, I love his line.
05:52The caller's about it.
05:53They bought themselves a couple weeks because that's what happened.
05:55To me, I mean, even if you're 1-3 after this, you'll be bummed.
05:58It stinks.
05:59But it's not the apocalypse.
06:01Whereas 0-4 is the apocalypse.
06:02Your season's on the line at 1-3 if you lose to the Giants.
06:05Right.
06:05Great.
06:06Jaden Daniels has another two weeks or whatever it would have been at that point.
06:09And didn't make the trip and just sat at home rehabbing and is ready to go in that gotta-have
06:14-it game.
06:14Let's go to Damon in Suitland on Grant and Danny.
06:16Why do you think he's making the trip?
06:18You think he could play?
06:20There's always a chance he can play.
06:23But we forget.
06:25Mariotta got hurt in that game when we was up and winning.
06:29I almost had to bring in the rookie.
06:32And if I'm not mistaken, it's the same injury that Mariotta had in the preseason.
06:36So I see it as an emergency quarterback in parentheses, you know, circumstances only.
06:43So if we're winning the game, we don't want to go ahead and bring in the rookie.
06:47Let's go ahead and tell our starter out there and finish the game up for us.
06:52Just that simple.
06:53So you're saying he'd be active anyway as a backup.
06:57I disagree with that.
06:59But in that world, if you can play in a pinch, then he should just start.
07:03My point is I don't think he's going to be active.
07:05I think he goes out there.
07:07You get some work in.
07:09So you go instead of going zero to 100 next week where you like if they had practices in
07:13Ashburn Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and then they flew out when we fly out Friday night
07:16on the red eye, then Jaden could do a few things this week to get them a little closer
07:21to playing next week.
07:22But in a world where they fly out today, and that means there's zero practice all week.
07:27Well, basically, I've had two practice two weeks of zero practice.
07:30So you're going zero to 100 next week.
07:32Maybe they feel like this is zero to 50 this week with a couple of first
07:35team reps and a lot of scout team stuff, and then you get them to 100% next week, and
07:40that buildup is better.
07:41That's kind of what I'm thinking.
07:42But yeah, I don't think there's any world where he would be the backup.
07:46If he's able to be on the field, then he would start.
07:49If Mariota's starting, then Kali Ekmanis is the two, and Jaden's deactivated.
07:53Right.
07:53That's how I'd anticipate it.
07:54But again, there's merciness here.
07:57There's just enough to me where it's gamesmanship.
08:00There is a chance that he plays.
08:01It seems like their acting is very nonchalant about all of this.
08:04I bet they rule him out.
08:06Like, this is not going to linger game time decision.
08:08I think they'll rule him out either, I'll say Friday morning, which I don't know how
08:13the time zones work and what time they're practicing.
08:15Friday night's there, Tuesday morning here, whatever.
08:16I don't know.
08:17Yeah.
08:17So that would be our Friday morning.
08:19They'll have already been on the practice field Friday.
08:22So before we're on the air Friday, I bet you we know he's not playing.
08:25And if they leave it open at that point, now I'm going to feel like it's total gamesmanship.
08:30Dominic, Tampa, Odyssey app.
08:32What's up?
08:34Hey, Danny.
08:35How are you guys doing?
08:35Good, buddy.
08:37Yeah.
08:38No, I think there's like a less than 5% chance that he plays.
08:44I think they're just bringing him along, you know, to be that presence, to be that extra,
08:48you know, motivation for, you know, Caliak Maness and for Mariota.
08:54And honestly, I wouldn't, I wouldn't even, wouldn't even want to, I don't want to bring
08:58him back until after the bye.
09:00You're coming off the most emotional win to date.
09:07So why, why, why take that away from, from Mariota?
09:12Why take that away from the team when you, you just beat the Super Bowl champions?
09:16You know, it's more of a, this is more of an emotional move than anything.
09:21You know, keep, keep that, keep that, that emotion going, you know, with, with the team
09:26and, and, and keep on Mariota who, who, who everybody had actually zero chance, zero
09:31thought that he was going to beat, you know, Seattle last week and he ended up doing it.
09:35So I'm not, I'm not, I'm not pulling that.
09:39I'm not, not putting Jaden on the field.
09:41I'm not putting him in on the field until after the bye week.
09:43Appreciate you.
09:44Yeah.
09:44It would just feel like, aside from the standings and all of the reasons that winning was important,
09:51like why wouldn't you take advantage of last week?
09:54What, what was the point of the, the amazing reaction of winning with your backup and not
09:59for, to, to buy you a little more time to get Daniels back?
10:03Anthony Calvert, you're on GND.
10:04What's good?
10:06What's going on, guys?
10:07Hey, dude.
10:09Hey, uh, so I agree with basically most of your callers and your commentary.
10:15Yeah.
10:16I don't, you don't start him.
10:17You take advantage of the momentum and you let him meet his, I mean, he's on the roster
10:20anyway, right?
10:20He's not on IR, so he's, he's going to be, he's going to be available to be active.
10:26You can activate him if you want, but you know, I don't know.
10:29I don't want to see the advantage in that, but if you had to, you could pull him off
10:32the bench as a last minute, you know, option, but I wouldn't do it.
10:37You know, let, let, uh, let Mario play.
10:39And by the way, um, I got the perfect, uh, England, um, you know, extracurricular activity
10:44for you.
10:45What do you got?
10:47All right.
10:47So there's a meddling midget who lives over there.
10:50Find his yacht, cut all the ropes, tie it to one of them and set it adrift.
10:55If we can find it.
10:57Where does he, where's that yacht now?
10:59Where is the yacht tracker?
11:01Do we have the yacht?
11:02Did the yacht tracker retire?
11:03By the way, Dan Snyder's yacht tracker.
11:05We're calling on you.
11:07We want to find out where that yacht is.
11:09That by the way is on Darius's greatest hits album.
11:13With guys, guys, guys.
11:15Yeah.
11:15Guys, guys, guys.
11:16That went platinum.
11:17I mean, that was the number one hit and underrated.
11:19It's not a B side.
11:20Cause it wasn't like unreleased.
11:22The yacht.
11:23The where in the world is Dan Snyder's yacht and jet song.
11:26Pretty, pretty awesome.
11:28Yeah.
11:29Yeah.
11:36Well, she sneaks around the world from Kiev to Carolina.
11:41She's a sticky-fingered filter from Berlin down to Belize.
11:45She'll take me for a ride on a snow boat to China.
11:49Tell me where in the world is Dan Snyder's yacht and jets.
11:53Oh.
11:54Oh.
11:55We got to find Dan Snyder's yacht.
11:57Yeah.
11:57While we're over there.
11:59Maybe we can do dinner with him.
12:00Just catch him out about everything going on with the command.
12:03What if we were able to get in touch with him and just say,
12:05Hey, man, you want to sit down?
12:06Do you want to just go to a local pub and chop it up?
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