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2:02910 the fan, 105.1 FM in Richmond, where you can listen to MP on the mic after us, our boy A-Wod. Of course, you can watch us on the Monumental Sports Network with celebrating 30 years of the Junkies in 2026, presented by Main Street Bank, cheer local, bank local. Main Street Bank is a business focused community bank, proudly serving the DMV since 2004. Visit mstrebank.com to learn how to put their team in your office. Main Street Bank member FDIC, Equal Housing Opportunity Lender. It's Fish, Cakes, EV and JP. Schedule to join us to talk some college hoops. It's Jerry Palm, longtime college basketball, Brockatology expert, the four one-seeds. Think he's a Purdue guy. He is a Purdue guy, yeah. The four one-seeds are Duke, Florida, Arizona and Michigan. Who'd we have on the show that said Michigan was the best team in the country? Tim Brando. Tim Brando. Yeah, and I disagreed with him.

3:03I said, I said Duke and Florida, we're on a collision course, but now Duke has two significant injuries. Michigan has a significant injury to point card as well. But yeah, we'll see. I mean, at this point, you're vindicated because they were the one-one overall. Yeah, I mean, I don't know. I mean, I based it on a lot of it on head-to-head when they played each other head-to-head and Duke won. Yeah, yeah. But it's going to be, you know, the tournament's just going to be crazy. It's just going to be awesome. Are you pulling for anybody? Pulling for Howard. I don't know. I was on one Howard to win the UMBC game, just so they do play Michigan. You have to see what you want to say and that's because we have at the high school with two of the coaches there with the head coach. Of course, can you Blake me and Rod Blombs? Who am I rooting for? It kind of depends on who I get my pools and. I'm most intrigued. I mean, I'm such an NBA guy and with the wizards potentially having a topic. I'm most intrigued by watching how Darren Peterson performs for Kansas. There are four seed,

4:04Debanza, Demonsa, the top guys. BYU. The top five or six guys. Did the wizards pick up the potentially guy? Boozer obviously with Duke. Yeah. And then you were hyping up the kid from Arkansas who's just stud. Oh, he's awesome. Yeah, I like to see them do well. I saw one of the guys, I don't even recognize some of these guys on ESPN anymore, be honest with you, saying he thought there was going to be more upsets, but not as many like Cinderella, Sweet 16 team. You know, like one one and Dunners, you know, that that's a scenario you could see. A lot of first round upsets, but not something that necessarily continues, you know, when you have, you know, a Cornell, like 2010 in the Sweet 16 or a bigger, bigger upset than that. Well, yeah. I mean, now you've had teams like VCU make the final four. George Mace make the final four. Right. You'll get runs. I think you'll get a team with a run. Yeah, it's going to be interesting to see. Sure, you'll have one.

5:04The ones and twos, because the ones and twos were just, you know, so dominant for most of the year, especially the ones in terms of overall record. But like I said, I mean, Duke haven't significant injuries and then Michigan without the point guard, and you kind of saw how that affected him yesterday against Purdue. Braden Smith is just, I mean, he's awesome. But it's certainly affected. Which of these top teams has kind of like the most returning guys? Like it's not just a one year produce. Got a lot of guys back. They got a lot of guys that have been there two, three years in a program. Yeah, yeah, Braden Smith and lawyer and all those guys. Uh huh. Florida's got some guys who've been there a few years. Yeah, what's his name, Condon? Yeah, Arizona. They've got a lot of freshmen. I mean, Duke's got all five new starters. I mean, especially if Foster's not there. Yeah, I mean, that might be teams. I mean, Houston's got a stud freshman point guard. We already talked about about a cuff.

6:07No, Florida's got a couple returns, because I remember I was States got some transfers. Their leading score is Thomas Hough. Yep. He's been there for a while. And Alex Condon's been there for a while. Yeah, I mean, they've got, they've lost, they lost some guards from last year, but Condon's a junior. They're, they're just really, really good. But they just ran into a hot vanity team. Vandy couldn't miss when they played Vandy. Bogey Flann to transfer. He was at, uh, he was with, I think he was with Arkansas. Um, under Coach Cal, but then he transferred to Florida. So he's new, but yeah, they got some new guards, but they're the big guys are their best friends too. It does kind of sting that there's not a lot of local representation from the area of schools. Now you've got Howard. You've got, you've got, you put a damper on the turban. You've got UMBC, which isn't really local. Okay, Howard, okay, that's great. But I mean, one of them is going to get knocked out. Then one is going to be cannon fodder for a one seed. Correct. Correct. I feel like UMBC's local, I mean, that's right there. BWI airport, like right there.

7:09Yeah, I consider that local, I mean, VCU's in. All we're watching it enrichment. Okay. You can, you can love them in. I get what you say. You're talking about George Tal G W Mason, Maryland. Yes, no, I understand that was bad year for them. Really bad. I mean, they didn't even have winning records. Maryland, there wasn't even close to a postseason sweat. How many people Georgetown made the semis of the biggest, but then predictably got waxed. Made it interesting. How many people are going to be using chat GPT and then of the like to fill out these brackets now? No idea. And how successful will it be? You think that Dom AI knows how to pick your bracket? That's the most depressing thing I've ever heard of. I was watching you, I was watching your mock draft over and over. Yeah, for sure they're going to do it. If you swing commercials for, and maybe this is only happened, have you seen commercials for prop GPT? No, there's an app out there that swears. It's going to help you get your correct props, right?

8:09So why wouldn't you use that? I think I see maybe on the NBA channel or something. Of course I would use that. And so, you know, you go to prop GPT and you get an edge. People are using AI to pick stocks. I mean, they're going to, they're going to be, and you're definitely using AI to help make predictions on games. I mean, I understand, Valdez, you like to joy of picking your own bracket, taking your sharpie out and crossing off stuff and your own bracket. I mean, yeah, but honestly, there's nothing more American than that. I could get it, but this is, if, let's say you fill out your own bracket, so you have that personal identification. And then if you want to win, you, you put it in your AI, side bracket, side hustle, you want to win money. That's the American way. All right. Join us right now to talk some college hoops. Jerry Palm, he jumps on the rude gas hotline, rude is the most reliable heating and air conditioning products in the DMV. Jerry's a long time college bracketology expert. You can visit Palm brackets.com. Hey, Jerry, Jerry will be using AI. No, no, he'll be filling out his own bracket.

9:10That's for sure. Now, I'll be using my eye. Yeah, exactly, exactly. Jerry, did you have Miami O in? I had them all in. You had them all in, yeah, yeah. And VCU, if VCU doesn't win, when the A10, they don't get in because my I would have missed that one because I would have had them in anyway. But, um, so you actually look perfect. Yeah. Is that how many times have you done that before? Very nice. Well done. Three or four, three or four? Five, maybe. Yeah. I don't know. It's been a long, it's been a lot of years. You could keep track of it and, uh, I don't call it anymore. But it's been a little while, basically five or six tough ones, right? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. There's, um, you know, the last few are always, you know, bad in different ways, equally bad in different ways. So just what is this committee going to like? It helped this year, I think that we, we're now more familiar with how important wind above bubble is as a metric when it comes to selections. Um, the committee's been pretty open about that since they added it to the, uh,

10:14team sheet class year. The Wobb. Yeah. Wobb. And, uh, so, you know, that, that makes it easier. There's just some teams that you might otherwise look good, but you see that they're 50 and wind above bubble and that's just not going to get you in. That, that's like an eliminator. So we, we mentioned we had Tim Brando on the show last week and he is a believer in Michigan being the best team in college basketball. What do you think? That's my thick. Um, the, the thing about Michigan is, they're not just good at every position. They, they're a matchup problem. I mean, the guy like Yaxelberg is, you know, he's like a six nine guard type, except for, well, you can play anywhere on the floor. It does play anywhere on the floor. Um, the last night when they were playing Purdue, they were throwing in a Braden Smith to try and throw off their offense and it gave them problems because he's a foot taller than Braden almost. So, um, and, uh, yeah, he's just, he's a unique guy, but they're, you know,

11:15Mara's good, they're guards are good. They're just good at every position and they're kind of a matchup problem. So, um, I like Michigan. I would say this though, but you're a Purdue guy. Yeah. All right. Kasin's injury, I think is a factor. I think Foster's injury is a factor as well and Duke. Okay. But you, you saw the problems they had with a really good point guard yesterday. Yeah. It's, yeah, no question. Um, I might not be as high on Michigan if Duke was 100% right. Um, but I, I still, I might pick Michigan anyway, but, um, I feel better about it with Duke not being 100%. In fact, Duke might not make the final four, you know, it's, it's, it's, just, that's an important guy. Oh, yeah. What are you hearing on those two and, and Michigan states in their region? So, um, it's, uh, and so are you kind of in our region too? Gosh, it can't just, man. What a region that is. Yeah, they're, they're strong. What, what are you, what are you hearing on the, the Duke injuries going over? I haven't heard anything about it. So it's not, it's not looking good. I, I'm thinking, yeah, I'm, I'm going to be surprised if we see him the first weekend.

12:17Anyway, uh, and then after that, you know, they could get Kansas and Kansas. Kansas for me is kind of a sleeper because, um, you know, when they have Peterson healthy, they're different. Yeah. Yeah, all the, when they, when they haven't had them healthy, then that's one thing. But when he's healthy, you know, they're one of the best teams in the country. And, you know, the problem, of course, is that, you know, his, that, you've been more consistently healthy, wait, we, but it's just been a problem for them this year. They're a foresteed because they couldn't keep them healthy. Hey, Jerry, were you surprised that Purdue's run through the tournament after they dropped four their last six in the regular season? And how do you think they fare as a two seed in the tournament? Um, uh, no, I can't say what's the prize that they've always had that in them. And it's a, it's a team with a lot of grit. So I had a lot of pride and most teams have a lot of pride. Uh, but, uh, yeah, they were, um, you know, Michigan, I thought was kind of a mismatch form, all the other games that thought they were perfectly capable of doing what they did.

13:21Um, but they, they really played well against Michigan too. Yeah. So, um, a cuff was unbelievable yesterday. He was incredible all year, really. Um, he's very, he's very quiet on the court. You can tell he's just, he's got a motor. He, he sees the floor so well, he can score from, you know, he gets in the lane. He sees guys as a great passer. Um, I don't know how great their defenses as a team, they, they look like they kind of have to outscore you. But man, I could see them. If Wisconsin and Arkansas play in the second round, that, that game will be, that's going to be like an NBA game. Yeah. Uh, I, I think it was constant. I like Wisconsin a lot. They're really good off at the team, but I don't know what they do with a guy like Aka. Right. Now it's, I mean, and, and that's not just Wisconsin. That's most of college basketball. You know, what do you do with a guy like that? He's, um, he's an elite player, um, going to make a lot of money starting next year, but, uh, um, in the NBA. But yeah, he's, uh, it's probably making a lot of money this year. Oh, yeah, he's definitely making money. I'm sure he is. Um, but so here's the thing about the college basketball this year is that there

14:25are a lot of times of teams with guys like that, you know, that, that are, you know, one and done college players going to be first round picks in the NBA. At, you know, Boos or Duke and, um, it's, uh, uh, at the bands, uh, um, Peter sent, uh, yeah. Flemmins. Exactly. Yeah, Caleb Wilson. Caleb is going to, um, yeah, and, uh, it's, you know, the, when you've got a guy like that in the NCAA tournament and things aren't going right, sometimes that guy can carry you to the next round. And it's helped to have a guy like that that you can just get on their back and ride them, you know, to, to a game that when things aren't really quick and, uh, you know, for, you know, teams who've got a guy like that and there's, you know, a lot of really good freshmen and college basketball this year. You know, that's a, that's a big boost. Um, so, you know, for a team like producer, pretty wasn't really have a guy like that. Right. He's got several guys that you can, that can carry you, but not on their own, right?

15:28It's, it's in the team concept that they have to carry you. And so, you know, for, um, but if you've got the, like, BYU's, you know, I mean, their standards is out and that's obviously changed them. But the bands that can carry a team now, being carry them to a final four, necessarily. I don't know the rest of the guys are good enough. And eventually you run into somebody else like you, uh, who's a little better. But, um, yeah, it's, uh, I think that that's a helpful thing in the NCAA tournament to have a guy like that. We're joined by Jerry Palm, long time college basketball, Bracketology expert. You can visit palmbrackets.com. So Rick Patino and St. John's wins, they win the Big East. Does Rick Patino have another final four run in them? Well, he might, um, you know, the problem is, look at that, um, that region. Yeah. Duke, Kansas and, and you come again, they might not even have a sweet 16 in them. Don't you think it's interesting, Jerry, that they're three seeds below Yukon after beating them twice and winning the conference tournament?

16:32Well, it's not a free game season, but yeah, I know, I know. Yeah, but they were pretty damn good. Yeah. Oh, yeah, they were. Um, you know, sometimes it's just a matchup thing and, uh, you know, we're St. John's, you know, the tough matchup for Yukon, but, you know, Yukon had a better non-conference part of the season. I mean, they are, they're seated, but they're each seated where they should be. Okay. So you like St. John's a five. All right. So you don't like Duke coming out of the East. Nobody seems to like you. Like you kind of like can't sounds like you like Kansas, if Peterson stays healthy. Um, yes, I kind of do. Although I could see Michigan stake it through as well. Okay, I just think that region's loaded. I mean, yeah, any of the top O five easy could win that. I don't think Louisville. I think we have to draw the line at Louisville, but the other five could all win that region. Okay. And you like Michigan coming out of the Midwest. Yeah. I assume you like Arizona. Maybe you like Purdue coming out of the West.

17:33Who do you like there? You know, I pick Arizona, um, but, you know, Purdue, if Purdue gets there, um, you know, they're, they're a problem. I mean, Braden Smith, you know, running the offense is a problem, but Arizona's a problem too. I mean, we talked about a great freshman. They got at least two of them. Oh, um, you know, it's athletic. We Arizona concerns me for Purdue. Um, but I don't know that they're that much different than say Michigan, uh, in terms of a matchup problem. And yet they, they got through the Wolverine. So I, you know, Purdue was pretty even number one, not for nothing. So I wouldn't rule them out. And then Florida coming out of the South. What do you like Houston or maybe even, I don't know, Illinois? Yeah, Illinois is my sleeper for that region. Really? But that's a team that's kind of tailed off just a little at the end of the season, but they've got a great guard and Wagner, another freshman. And it's got really good size. I mean, there are another team that's a bit of a matchup problem.

18:36So I could see, I mean, I may pick Florida, but, you know, Illinois, the team that I think is, is pretty, pretty difficult to get ready for and short notice. Um, because they're hard to replicate in practice because of their side. Jerry, you're sitting on your back deck and you're the lovely birds in the background. Yeah, birds, the birds I hear are roosters. Oh, nice roosters around. Nice question for Jerry. Oh, you live on a farm? Arguably nobody knows more about these teams going into the tournament, but Jerry, how do you do in the brackets when you enter? Well, you know, some years are better than others. I did really well last year. Um, and I did, I did really well the year that pretty went to the final four. So that's I guess two years in a row. Nice. I don't, I haven't really entered too many pools, you know, like schools of friends and stuff, but, um, but the, you know, the, it's a single elimination tournament.

19:37There are a lot of bakeries involved in that. Right. You know, great team has one bad day and they're gone and everybody brackets up and smokes. And we can imagine how bitter you are. The Jerry palms in your back. Like he's in your house. You're, you're crumpled up, throwing away immediately. No, no, it's, no, it's completely different. People invite me so they can try and beat me. Oh, they like that. They like the bracket. I got you. I got you. All right, my friends, my friends are competitive. Yeah. Jerry, appreciate the time. It's Jerry Palm. Check out palm brackets.com. Thanks, pal. Thank you, buddy. All right. Thank you. All right, congratulations to him. He got a perfect, uh, he picked all the, uh, at large teams. That's pretty impressive. Yeah. So he also likes Michigan. Tim Brando and Jerry Palm. Yep. What's the thing you can read the injuries and just the way the path for Duke just looks a little tougher. Coming up next and update on what the commanders are doing or are doing in free agency at wide receiver. We'll tackle that next here in the junkie. Testing season is right around the corner. And this is when confidence really matters. When kids take time to review key concepts and strengthen their skills

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22:41So last Monday when the NFL tampering period started out, the commander's first target apparently was Alec Pierce. I'm sure they were targeting different people at the same time. He was at the first one that was reported was they're going after Alec Pierce, the wide receiver from the Indianapolis Colts. Ultimately, he decided to stay in Indianapolis for big money. Some fans actually said at that price, they were happy that the commanders didn't get it. I'm actually in that camp. So once Alec Pierce was off the board, we started looking at the board and we're like, well, maybe they should have to Romeo dobs. Apparently they did. He signs elsewhere. Close but no cigar. The dust settles and the commanders have signed 11 guys. The majority of them have been defensive players which they desperately needed. They did sign VFRHC a tight end. Yep. Chig. But wide receiver remained this whole.

23:45Now, they have filled the whole stopgap-wise with one name you're familiar with. And another one, actually, you might be familiar with both. Well, you know both names. I mean, Van Javerson is the second. I don't know if your average fan knows that much about Van Javerson, but the name you're familiar with is Diyami Brown is back in DC. So Diyami Brown who left and signed a pretty lucrative deal to be with the Jacksonville Jaguars is back VFRHC. Last year with Jacksonville, he gave you 20 catches. You know what? Last year with Jacksonville, he was Diyami Brown. Right. 20 catches, 227 yards. One touchdown. And he was deactivated during the playoffs in Jacksonville. Four years in Washington, he did have a career high. 30 catches in 2024. His career high and touchdowns is two. Well, what this tells me is they're not done adding to wide receiver. Right. Like, especially if Jeremiah loves this guy. If he's picked before they pick at number seven

24:48and Carnell Tate is there, these signings indicate to me that Carnell Tate is clearly in play to be selected at number seven. Sure. So the second name, one year signed, Diyami signed for like one year, three million. Jefferson's numbers haven't been disclosed, but it's also a one year deal. Again, this does not preclude them from taking. I don't think this is the second name in his van just. Right. Yeah. Just just to set it up, Van Jefferson last year, 29 catches, 350 yards and a touchdown. In 2021, he had a career high six touchdowns with the last couple of years. You know, kind of Diyami Brown type numbers. He's like a 20 catch guy, maybe a touchdown or two. Yeah, they're just a guy. These are bottom of the wide receiver room type signings. Yeah, but the idea I think is, is that it upgrades your bottom of your, and so instead of having Chris Moore, and some of these other guys at the bottom. Yeah, I'm fine with you. What's the guys from the Jets who changed his name? We don't have from the movies.

25:49So instead of those guys, some guys maybe, yeah, I'm fine with a little younger, a little more in their prime. Yeah, you're right. There's your bottom. But these guys are battling for the fifth and sixth wide receiver spots on the roster. I think that's kind of what they should be at this point in my career. I think so. But you got to have guys. They need, they don't have enough guys. So Brandon, I you could still out there. Yeah. And people want to connect the dots and say he's going to end up here in Washington. I mean, I'm convinced he's going to be here. He convinced. I've been convinced for a couple of weeks now. Convinced. Unless they just do something to completely sabotage it, you know, and just hold on to him as long as they can. And maybe that maybe there are some sort of like signing bonuses due or something that the commanders wouldn't want to pay. What if Brandon? I you surprise you and signs in Chicago. But possible, but it seems to me he torpedoed an entirely beautiful situation for one reason. Okay, he did that. But there's still 31 other two. You think it's for the one reason that you just reunite with Jaden. But whatever reason he wants to play with Jaden.

26:50Yeah, they're best buddies. And he loves them. He wants to play with that. That's what it appears to me. A feel. I'll take the field. I mean, obviously a million things can happen. They can hold on to him. Are they best buddies? I don't know what the contractual obligations are in terms of if they release him now, they still owe him the, I don't know how that works. Tonight here at Jaden Daniels, the best buddies with the running back. They just brought in. Yeah, he's got a lot of best buddies. Oh, with, um, always job white. Yeah, they're tight. Yeah, they played. They played a day. I know, but which ones is best? But like our brain and I you can Jaden, really that close. I understand that they weren't some point. They're pretty tight. They're pretty tight. Remember, I told you they were tight before the draft. Yeah. But getting back to the position, they clearly are going to address it. Either with a guy like I youke or in the draft. I think they're going to address it with both. Yeah, I think they're going to try to get I youke and I think they're going to draft the receipts. This also tells you they're out of the Debo Samuel business. It seems like it or else he would have already been sorry. Because Debo's price is $20 million.

27:51Dealian case. But why not? But what if his price going down now you get for $7 million a year? Why wouldn't you sign it? I mean, you just never know. I just, I wouldn't. I think they would have signed it by now. Could I collect on that bet already? What the $20 million? You already owe me three bucks. Not yet. From different bets. That's just like a lost truck. But I do think also that's how you $20 million. Oh, I think I still owe you guys money for the. Yeah, you do. You owe me like a five. They're deaf. Put it this way. Oh, you five. And then EB would owe cakes five. Like we split on that projecting the commander's free agent deal. That's right. I do believe that love is out of the equation. Actually, there's no scenario where he's going to be available. It's the seventh step. Jason, I stay corrected because he got one right too on the francy. So you owe each of us $166. Is that right, dude? I'll let you handle that. If you're paying attention online to any of sort of the gossip, apparently the giants now cover them. Heart balls all in right. And the Titans cup.

28:52I mean, I just don't see a scenario. And that's okay. That means Carnell Tate will be available or a past rusher that they want to add to the mix falls down to seven. What if they whiff on IU, Keebee? Okay. I don't buy people. I don't consider a whiff if they miss on IU. I think it's probably. I know you're anti-IU. But if I use signs with whoever, I throw out the bears. So if he signs with the bears, because he wants to play with Caleb, who's not necessarily his boy, whatever, but they lost to receive it. Well, you go. You go. You go. You go. I think he more is gone. They're going to get whiff on him. I want to go. Because how they could whiff on him, is they actually get a team dumb enough to get them a seventh around her and they trade him to somebody else. Right. And then tell you whiff on him. I think if he's available via free agency, they're going to get him. I think they're going to get him. And I would rather have a person. But he can't happen till after the draft. Correct. I said, allegedly, but they're threatening now. But who knows? That's the way they're posturing. They may find somebody else that they want the roster spot for and they see that no one's biting. I'd just worry about a guy having seen play in a couple of years.

29:53I'd be worried too. Oh, you should worry about it. I mean, that's a serious injury. If I'm out of Peter's, I'd worry about it too. That's why they're not going to give him much. But I'd like the first crack at him. And it sucks. Cut his ass. Who cares? I'm not saying that. Well, then you didn't address the position, because you were banking on a guy. Dude, they're addressing. Well, you don't know what they're going to do with the draft. It's not just I euked to solve the problems. No, I'm almost convinced they're going to draft one with that first pick. I don't think they're going to get love. I think they've done a pretty darn great job. They could drop the corner. They could drop somebody in the second area. They still could go down. You just say down. I'm sorry. He said corner. No, corner. But I do think down. They could go down just a dynamite player. How do you feel about the RB position now after adding those two guys? I mean, it's okay. Yeah. I mean, it's better than it was. I'd rather have love. Sure. But I don't think love is going to be available. I think he's going to be the second. What for modesty? Towards a decent player. He's decent. Yeah, he's not bad. And he's played. He's played. He's been durable. Right. Like I said, And he's not old. He's 26, I think. If you don't have like a love or a sake one or somebody

30:56that you think is a game changer, I think you can pick up a running back at Harris Teeter. And I think they've kind of done it. I think they've kind of said that we should do a bit. It's not, but he should do a bit. We do a YouTube mic mark and we get you with your phone and do a YouTube video bit where he means, like, he's out of here. He's running back at a Harris Teeter. He's, he's looking for a man. Look at him. Come out of there. Come out of there. He's right next to the kimchi. Oh, no. Find a guy that's cutting the beef. Yeah. People can look like he probably played high school football. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Just saying, will you sign? Yeah, Harris Teeter. I mean, like how fast is your 40? I don't know, Harris Teeter. You're going to, but the one I go to, I don't see any guys who look like drone forward. We've had a lot of, uh, say, parkly, you don't see a lot of talent. I like the bit. I do like the bit. I mean, I appreciate it. You could use Harris Teeter. Any retail. Sure. Of course, man. Go to Best Buy. Bonne Sille. Bus driver. I mean, you know, any young guy kind of lost by his way,

31:57UPS, whatever. We could find, we could find an R.B. Well, they found a couple of them. Yeah, they found a couple of them. I said this five years ago. I got roundly mocked. No, but I still think there are guys where I have the first. I just think, yeah, I do too. If those guys are on another level, I think they are worth the top 10 pick. That that's right. It's what I've been saying for years. You little make them want to take anybody to first round. You were a little adamant that no part of my position has been crystal clear on this. If you have an all-around player like Christian McAfry, Barkley, not just a two-down platter that has to come out on third downs. And you think he's a different smaker? You can take him to the top 10. I do think that love is going to be that guy that people, that he might be the non-quarterback that somebody could actually trade up. I mean, if he touches them all 20 times per game between rushing and receiving, he's going to be worthy of that pick. And he's as good as advertised. So I think it's a, I think it's a dream to think he'll be there at seven. So then you got to move on. And I think the receiving core

32:57is middling at best right now. I actually like Deami. I think they could find a way to use him as a fourth guy or something. He'll give you 20 catches again and maybe a couple of touchdowns. But that's obviously not what the need is. The need is, you need a guy that's going to catch. A true number two. 60 to 70 balls, maybe get 800 to 900 yards and five or six touches. Like we need somebody like that. Yeah. And I don't think we have that. No, you could be that. You could be that. You could be that at 90%. This is the guy that from two years ago, yes. You could be that I think at 90%. So the wide-out room, it's got McClore and it's a clear one. Then if you take, take, I think you just pencil him in as your number two wide-out. Right. Then you somehow cobble together a number three wide-out stats from Lane and McCaffrey. Because both of those guys are drafted pretty high. Deami's your wide receiver four. Well, Chick could probably catch 60, 65 balls. They're going to split him out wide, so I'm too. Then if I use signs, he clearly, you know, cracks the top three or three. Always in the top three, a hundred percent.

33:59If you have eye-uke tape and McCormons, this guy right here is, if you get eye-uke back to what he was a couple of years ago. They're not going to try it out some broken receivers. If he's broken, he'll be cut or he won't be active. It'll be over there. I don't think he'll be broken. They're doing their research, no doubt. Yeah, they're not going to sign some guy. Oh, I would agree. I mean, if you guess what he was, even if he's not 100 percent, but pretty close to what he was in San Francisco, and then you get tape, well, now you do. Now you're legit. Am I the only one that's seen the video of him post-surgery, running routes in like sweats before he had signed? I don't know what he was doing. I don't know what was going on there, but it was post-surgery. I didn't see it. He looked great. I mean, I must say he was at a hundred percent. I didn't know where his head space is at. I'm fine with him on the field. You're fine with the physical health. Yeah, I need to know where his brain is at. My day's brain will be telling him where to go. He's going to go. I don't know, because the IU I've seen over the last year, year and a half

35:00doesn't seem like that guy. I think he took a very bizarre, ill-advised way to orchestrate himself out of there. Now, if you read other accounts, he felt very slighted by San Francisco for various reasons. And, you know, I think he took an ill-advised way, and he blew a lot of money. Yeah, but he basically punted away $30 million. It's a bizarre way to doing it, and an ill-advised way of doing it, but he has his own reasons for why he acted the way he acted. Wouldn't advise it, but I'm not as anti-Iyuk as you are. I would just be wary of him. I'd be concerned. Do you trust Jayden Daniels character, like his, yeah, his re-enginement of character? I mean, he's a smart guy. I would lean towards trusted and wandering. I didn't seem like a pretty character-driven guy. Yeah. I'm wondering if John's guy, I don't know. If John Lynch and Shanie are so pissed at Iyuk that they're trying to find anybody

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39:03now on the free audacity app or wherever you get your podcasts. So today's going to be a little hairy, apparently weather-wise. I know this. I kid's out of school 1230. I know the school's going to be out of early. Why are you just talking? He should have to be home. Yeah, because that's prime nap time. Yeah. You can happen, let her do her thing, right? You can't really. It's a little trifling. She's old enough, hold. She's eight, almost nine. Yeah, she can hang around. Yeah, she can. Daddy's got a nap. Give her an iPad. You know, do your homework. Make some cookies. Make some cookies. She's going to make cookies. Eat some cookies, you know. I got no problem. So she's out at 1230. Early dismissal. Assume that is Montgomery County. We're a private school, but usually go by Montgomery County rules. I'd hate schools doing the same thing. I think they're out at noon. When's the last time school systems let out early because of a... Sometimes they would do that. Thunderstorm. Not really a thunderstorm. Potential tornadoes. It's a tornado. It's the wind stuff that's scaring the poop out of everybody.

40:04And honestly, even me as an adult who's lived here for basically my entire life, 53 of my 56 years, I've lived here. And they say, well, this happens like three times a year. You get this weird formation where you could have some tornadoes. And I know we've had occasional tornadoes here and we've had some horrifying ones the one in college park years ago. Lifted the two girls over. I can never lose that image out of my mind. But by and large, we're not a tornado alley. That really, you know, I remember we had the derecho that traumatized one of my kids. Well, the plate I got pummeled. The plate I got pummeled years and years ago. But that's different area. It's not really this DC area. Southern marijuana. I just don't think of this. So it... But I watch all these news and I watch all this, this, uh, I almost feel like they're doing it for ratings almost. All the scare tactics. The scare tactic that kind of worked either on me. I'm like, man, I don't know. You're going to be in your basement. I'll probably be in my basement. I'll probably go down at 5.30. Put a duck camera. Check out what's going on. Yeah, like a three-fold buck.

41:05I'll probably, you know... What time is it supposed to really be that? They say around three o'clock, it's going to start maybe. The worst? The worst of it's going to be later, though. Three or four. And then I think after dinner, it might, might be worse than three or four. But I think they're talking about that. And then when are you out of the woods? Like 9 p.m.? Yeah. But are they talking about a max of like 60 or 70 miles per hour? Or no, you're hearing higher. I've heard 80 mile an hour wind gusts possible. That's pretty brutal. I don't know what it was last week. I told you. Last week my one block walk. It was super windy one of those days. Yeah. Can't imagine anything. I feel like we've, yeah. But that's a gust that just blows through. It's powerful, but it's not sustained, right? So... Yeah, it's not sustained. I am worried about my big cage. I have it in my backyard. I haven't pieed down. If that thing blows, if that thing... It's better to put some extra... It's better to set ties on to something. I'm going to text my boy DK right now. How bad are the winds going to be today? Was it windy this weekend here in this area? Because I was in Richmond and when I got home,

42:07there were all kinds of branches I'd just scoop up for my yard. It must have been. Not of Adrian's. I wasn't on the branch. A lot of branches. A lot of cliffs. Yes. It wasn't too bad. One too bad. But the derecho, I remember, and that traumatized one of my kids. You actually need a therapy. It mowed through our neighborhood. And you could see the visible damage. And I think that, though, was like 150 mile an hour. That was like a super thing, right? It wasn't like 80 mile an hour. That was like, maybe even like... I don't know how fast the rate chose it. I didn't think it was 150. I mean, it was like super fast, but it like a blur. Maybe a hundred. Like a blur that just blew through. And it was like all one time thing. It wasn't like something that could swirl around. I don't know. It looks like a big footprint, though, of where you could be in some trouble. I know people are going to make sure they're right now. We could be very serious. Huh? I know people were tweeting about this a week ago.

43:08I'd never even heard the term category four, whatever they were saying. Me neither. I'm just what I was saying. I feel like as a grown-ass man who's lived in this area for 53 plus years, that I should not be sweating this, because I can't think of maybe two incidents in my entire time living here where I've been somewhat traumatized. It's just better hope a twister does a roll through your neighborhood because that's going to get dicey. I'll be stunned beyond flabbergasted if there's one in... I would be hesitant. I mean, blow me away. Yeah, blow you away. You can put all your patio furniture away and everything. No, my wife asked me and I just said, no, I've never done it before. They say this happens three times a year. I've never done that before. Yeah, I guess I should take the chairs and do the old... I guess I'll bring them in the garage to bring them in the garage? No, heavy, Mike. That's what I did. Yeah. You're more responsible homeowner than me. I don't own a home. I rent a home. Where? These are big. I got big wooden off-and-bockers chairs.

44:09Where am I going to put those things? Garage. No chairs. Yeah. That would be a herculean effort. What? To go all the way around the house with those big heavy chairs. No, what you could do? Get some of your 25 pound plates and put them on top. The chairs are big heavy wood. Oh my god. Now, the ones we've got the debris... Those are lights. Those metal lights are light. All right, mate, you've got to make sure you don't park near a tree. Yeah, you know, you're a dead tree. You don't want that thing to blow over or sticks fall or branches fall. That is worrisome. I've always worried about that because I have massive trees in my backyard. Massive. Now, I've had people look at them. They're old. I've had people look at them and they're healthy. They're prime candidates to topple over. Yep. They all know your fence. Pumble your golf set up. I have not as many as you. That would probably be rising. Almost more so than my house. I have four pretty massive trees that kind of are on the outside of my lawn. And they might be dead

45:11because I'm telling you, I come back and there's always branches all over the lawn. Yeah, that's what's terrifying. If you have somebody that could check out your trees and just make sure they're alive, I think that's helpful. The way mine, I live kind of like on a slope. The way mine are tilted. I think I would dodge it. I think it might hurt others. Not at my house. You know what I mean? The way the hill is sloped. I feel like it would probably go in a different direction. But you never know. All I know is those guys who drive the ash-bloomed orange trucks are going to be making bank over the next few days. Bank. There's going to be a ton of trees down and they're going to be printing the dollars. So it's going to be sure by a wood-chipping truck. I would love the first thing to do with it. What would I do with it? You just take the branches and trees and throw it in there. I'm not manly enough. When you murder someone, you put the body in the wood.

46:11Put them in the wood chipper like in Fargo. That's the move. I mean, there'd be evidence everywhere. DNA shooting all over the yard. I will do that. Earlier in the show, we were talking about the world baseball classic United States advances to the final as they beat. They won two to one last night to get the beat of the Dominican Republic. Sorry. Yeah. I need some more sleep. That's the problem with staying up late. Brain doesn't fire, but they beat the Dominican's two to one last night to advance to the final of the world baseball classic. We'll talk to Chelsea Jains from SNY MLB inside or next here on the junkies. Presented by T-Mobile, the official wireless partner of Odyssey Sports. With an awesome network and great savings, there's never been a better time to join T-Mobile. Visit your neighborhood store to make the switch today.

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