00:01Danny, we stumbled
00:03into this yesterday, said we wanted to circle back
00:05to take some calls on this and touch the people
00:07today.
00:09After Brandon Ayuk's most
00:11recent post, where
00:13he claims that he
00:15will not file for
00:17reinstatement, which
00:19is literally the only leverage he
00:21has to force the 49ers' hands
00:22to release him, which he claims is the
00:25thing that he wants. Because to distinguish, there's
00:27hope, and as my
00:29grandfather used to say, fill your
00:31hand, one hand with hope, the other hand with bleep,
00:33see which one fills up faster.
00:35The hope is, if you agitate
00:37enough, that the 49ers will just
00:39kind of get sick of it and then do it
00:41because they feel like it, or something to that effect.
00:43This is the direct
00:45path to get what you want, and he said
00:47he's not doing it. Now, I don't believe
00:49that. I think it's an easy thing to say
00:51and it's tough guy talk. To pretend like
00:53you're not going to do business with him, you won't
00:55file for reinstatement.
00:57Eventually, you're going to cave and you're going to have
00:59to if you want to play in the league again. So, my guess
01:01is, whether it's in a week or two weeks
01:03or a month, eventually he will file
01:05for reinstatement. But he's claiming he's not going to
01:07and it's the thing that now the Niners are
01:09essentially waiting for
01:10is the next move in this divorce and in this charade.
01:13He's basically claiming, I'm not
01:14filing for divorce. Divorce me!
01:17And they're going, nah, we're good.
01:19You could just legally be bound
01:21to us and you can't actually get married to anyone
01:23else. And he's going, divorce me!
01:24Yeah, so the reason I think I actually do
01:26buy that he won't, A, he's irrational
01:28and a clown shoe, but the other part is
01:30this way he gets to play the victim.
01:33See what I'm saying? Like, the big bad
01:34bullies won't let me out. It's a big part
01:36of it. If you do get reinstated
01:39and then released,
01:41the brand
01:42that you've built here of this
01:49mistreated and
01:51screwed over player
01:52that's basically all he's
01:55posted about being
01:56for months on end
01:57changes.
01:58And I don't know. I mean, are you ready to
02:00like, do you actually want to play
02:01more than you want to be able to play
02:02the victim?
02:03It's a good question at this point.
02:05But here's what I want to post
02:07to people on the phones
02:08and on social media.
02:09You can hit us up
02:10at Grant Paulson on X
02:11at Grant H. Paulson on Instagram.
02:13Danny's at Funny Danny.
02:15Is there anything
02:16that could lead to the
02:18IUK supporters in this fan base?
02:20Actually waving the white flag
02:22and saying,
02:23all right, man.
02:25I'm done.
02:26Or
02:28you guys were right.
02:30The same people here
02:31throughout this process
02:32that said
02:33this is not a person
02:34worth defending,
02:35worth advocating for,
02:37worth suggesting
02:38Washington should sign.
02:40I'm joining you.
02:41Because the way I'm
02:42watching it right now,
02:44it's like we're on
02:45the 15th floor
02:46looking down at a
02:48debate.
02:50And you have to
02:51cross over the midline
02:53to like switch sides
02:54on the debate.
02:56And we might
02:57now be,
02:58I think the majority
02:59of people now
03:00don't want Brandon
03:00IUK.
03:01And a lot of people
03:02have crossed the line
03:03and they've decided
03:05that they're going to
03:05stand with the
03:06this is a bad idea.
03:07But there's a lot
03:08of holdovers.
03:09There's a lot of holdouts.
03:10People that are still saying,
03:12well,
03:12the Jaden Daniels thing
03:13was a joke.
03:14Think about what he's
03:15done this week
03:16that has not led
03:17to people throwing
03:18their hands in the air
03:19and going,
03:19why am I defending
03:20this person?
03:21And I'm talking
03:22about Commanders fans.
03:23I'm not talking
03:23about Niners fans
03:24who have an axe
03:25to grind with the GM
03:27for some reason,
03:28John Lynch,
03:28or the head coach
03:29Kyle Shanahan,
03:30or Arizona State fans
03:31who really like IUK.
03:32I'm talking about
03:33random Commanders fans
03:35who had no horse
03:36in this race
03:37until he started
03:38putting on a
03:38Commanders cap
03:39and saying,
03:40get your tickets
03:40at Commanders.com.
03:42Or who fell in love
03:43with him because
03:44you think Jaden Daniels
03:45loves him.
03:46Because you think
03:46Jaden Daniels is
03:47advocating behind
03:48the scenes for him.
03:49Because you think
03:50Jaden Daniels wants him.
03:51And if that's the truth,
03:53and if that's the case,
03:55then that's enough
03:56for you.
03:57Whatever Jaden wants
03:58goes,
03:58and that's fine.
03:59I don't have a problem
04:00with that either.
04:00But maybe that's not
04:01actually what's happening
04:02here.
04:03So when they
04:05seem to have been
04:06beefing,
04:06when IUK went
04:07at Jaden Daniels,
04:08which to me
04:08was disqualifying,
04:09should have been
04:10the end of the road,
04:11should have led
04:11to a universal rebuke
04:13from the fan base of,
04:14we don't want this guy
04:15this is ridiculous,
04:16our franchise quarterback
04:17doesn't need to be
04:18dealing with any kind
04:19of nonsensical drama
04:20from a Diva-wide receiver.
04:23That was not the response
04:24by a lot of people
04:25that have supported him.
04:26They've claimed,
04:27oh, he's just kidding.
04:29Oh, this is just a joke.
04:30He's trolling you.
04:32They made an excuse for it.
04:33It may or may not be accurate.
04:35I don't think it is,
04:35but that's,
04:36they don't know that
04:37it's definitely a troll.
04:39That's the assumption.
04:40Then,
04:41subsequently a day later,
04:43he admits,
04:44I'm not doing the thing
04:45I'm supposed to do to play.
04:47I'm screaming about
04:49how badly I want to play
04:50into a megaphone.
04:51I'm making
04:52how badly I want to play
04:53the number one story
04:54on social media
04:55for the NFL
04:55over the last few weeks.
04:57But I,
04:58there's two things
04:59I could do
04:59to help myself play.
05:00One,
05:01get an agent
05:01to help get me back
05:02and advise me.
05:03Hasn't done that.
05:04Two,
05:06get reinstated.
05:07And I'm not going
05:08to be doing that.
05:09So if he can go
05:10at Jaden Daniels,
05:11I don't think
05:11there's anything worse
05:12for a person
05:13that wants to play
05:14for the commanders to do
05:15than call out
05:16the quarterback
05:17and his mother
05:17for some weird reason.
05:19And you go,
05:20nah,
05:20he's just kidding.
05:22Okay.
05:23Now he says,
05:24I'm not going
05:25to get reinstated
05:26unless they cut me.
05:28I'm sitting and waiting.
05:29I'll wait as long
05:29as I have to.
05:30And I look over like,
05:32surely you'll condemn that,
05:33right?
05:33That's pretty ridiculous.
05:34It's like,
05:35oh,
05:35he doesn't really mean that.
05:36Don't worry.
05:38Can he do anything
05:40that would lead
05:40to these people
05:41that are saying,
05:42sign him,
05:43waving the white flag
05:44and acknowledging
05:45this is a bad idea?
05:46In that TV show
05:47with Jason Bateman
05:48and Jude Law
05:49that was on Netflix
05:50called The Black Rabbit,
05:51there's a song
05:51at the beginning
05:53called We've Been Had
05:54by DC's own The Walkman,
05:55right?
05:56And it's about them
05:58just getting kind of
05:59put on and glossed over
06:00by people in the industry
06:02and in the song,
06:04it says,
06:04I close the book
06:05on them right there,
06:06meaning I already know.
06:08The IUC folks
06:09have closed the book.
06:11There's nothing
06:11that anybody can say.
06:12Look at the later chapters.
06:13Look at what other things
06:14that are happening.
06:15The book is closed
06:16for them,
06:17meaning he wants to be here.
06:19He's friends with Jaden Daniels.
06:20He's a receiver.
06:21He's still somehow
06:22the same guy
06:22that went for 1,300 yards
06:23and seven touchdowns.
06:25All the logical lily pads
06:27and prisms,
06:28you have to dodge lasers.
06:30Like, you know,
06:31you're in Ocean's 12
06:32getting the object, right?
06:35In the maximum security thing.
06:37You have to go through
06:37all this kind of stuff
06:38and you're just dodging it
06:39like you're in the Matrix
06:40because they closed the book.
06:41The book is closed.
06:42For the hardcores,
06:43they'll never open it again.
06:45Anything that happens
06:46still fits that narrative.
06:48And you could accuse us
06:49maybe of the same thing
06:50because I think he's a buffoon
06:51and I think that's the story.
06:54And even a data point
06:55that looks to the contrary,
06:57I'm still going,
06:57there's a difference.
06:58Well, I know.
06:58I'm right.
06:59All of it.
07:00Well, I don't even mean that,
07:01which seems correct.
07:03But all of his actions
07:06are like you're basing
07:07your logic on what's happening.
07:10Of course.
07:10Other people are going,
07:11this doesn't matter.
07:12It's irrelevant.
07:13And assuming that he'll just
07:15act very differently
07:16when he gets here.
07:16He's going to ball out
07:17for my team.
07:18He likes my team
07:19and that's enough for them.
07:20It's a disagreement
07:21up until the Daniels charade.
07:23As far as I'm concerned,
07:24like you can make the case.
07:26This is just not
07:27my preference style
07:29type of personality,
07:31type of professional
07:32that I want in my workplace
07:34or on the teams
07:35that I care about.
07:37I think it's bad
07:38for the locker room.
07:39I think it's bad
07:39for the culture.
07:40But not everyone
07:41has to agree with that.
07:42You could put together
07:43a team with a lot of guys
07:44like Brandon Ayuk
07:45and win a lot of football games.
07:47That's just a difference
07:48in the opinion of
07:51whether you want
07:51this player on the team.
07:53until the Daniels thing happened
07:55and then I said,
07:56all right, surely
07:57this has to be it.
07:59This is the straw
08:00that breaks your back.
08:01This is the one
08:02where the diehard
08:03Daniels avatar
08:05Commanders fan
08:06who's hosting
08:07his Commanders content
08:09has to say,
08:11all right, my bad guys.
08:12Well, we got it yesterday
08:13right away.
08:14To be fair,
08:15what they did
08:16with this voided salary
08:18was shady.
08:19People tweeting us
08:20right away about that.
08:21It's, okay,
08:23whether you agree
08:24with that timeline
08:24or not
08:25or whatever,
08:26that somehow
08:27justifies all of it.
08:28I'm telling you,
08:29their book is closed.
08:31Whereas I've said
08:32all along,
08:33all I want to hear
08:34is exactly
08:36when you became
08:37aggrieved and why.
08:38And if there's a case
08:40for it,
08:40if,
08:41making this up,
08:42if John Lynch
08:43said something horrendous
08:44to you
08:44or Kyle Shanahan
08:47locked you
08:47in a janitor's closet
08:48or something like that
08:49for six hours
08:50because you missed a play
08:50or something,
08:52okay,
08:53but the best I can tell
08:54is you didn't get enough
08:55targets that you liked
08:56in the Super Bowl
08:57and didn't rehab,
08:59you know what I mean?
08:59Like, I can't figure out
09:00where the actual crime
09:02is that they did to you.
09:03I see a couple incidents
09:04where the results
09:05of you being pissed off,
09:06all I ever want
09:07is the story.
09:08My book's open.
09:09Theirs is closed.
09:10It's just amazing to me
09:11because the same people
09:12supporting and endorsing
09:13Brandon Ayuk all along
09:14and some of whom
09:15who still are,
09:16are the biggest
09:17Jaden Daniels fans
09:18in the fan base
09:19probably.
09:19Yeah, there's the
09:20Venn diagram.
09:21That Venn diagram,
09:22it's the middle
09:22of those two circles.
09:24This dude came
09:25at Daniels.
09:26Now,
09:27they might be
09:28the ones also saying
09:29he was joking
09:30it's a troll
09:31and to that
09:32I just can't relate
09:33and whatever
09:33but can he do anything
09:35that can't be explained away?
09:37Oh, he's just trolling.
09:38Oh, it doesn't matter.
09:40So he's not going
09:41to get reinstated.
09:42So he's not going
09:42to hire an agent.
09:43So he's not going
09:44to do the things
09:44he needs to do to play.
09:45What would lead
09:47to the white flag
09:49being waved in mass
09:51by the section
09:52of the fan base
09:53that wants this player?
09:54That's my question.
09:55806-36-1067.
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