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Mike Jones tells JP Finlay that Jayden Daniels is the best of the rookie QB class so far
“I have been encouraged by what I’ve seen of him, and the way that he’s being used,” Jones said. “Of the rookie quarterbacks that are playing right now, he looks the best of them for sure.”
Fred Smoot gives JP Finlay a different comp for Jayden Daniels
JP had comped Daniels to Deshaun Watson, but Smoot had other ideas: “My true comp for him is prime Randall Cunningham. Both of them have an elongated throwing motion and a running style where they’re really more gliding.”
JP Flaim goes off on a rant about the Commanders name after a caller suggests a terrible replacement
“When are people going to get over this? I don’t think they’re going to change the name, and let me you something that gets under my skin: these people grasping with the petitions, it’s not happening! They’re not going back to the Redskins!” JP said.
The Junkies are…kinda bummed they have to wait until Monday night for the Commanders?
“I’m a little bit bummed that the Commanders don’t play until Monday. I kinda wanna see that game on Sunday,” Cakes said. “Early season, feels like the Commanders-Bengals should be like a 1 p.m. kickoff, but you gotta wait until Monday night.”
Capitals 'expect' to place T.J. Oshie on long-term injury reserve to start 2024-25 season
In a team release Wednesday, the Capitals announced that Oshie completed a medical exam and his status is ‘injured,’ and they expect to place him on the long-term injury reserve list to start the season.
Neil Greenberg tells BMitch & Finlay why not to take much stock in some of the Commanders' analytics
“I don’t think this is a team you can really analyze with the metrics the way we can a more established team,” Greenberg said. “There’s a lot happening that is divorcing their actual performance and underlying stats to what coaches are trying to do.”
Mike Rizzo tells Junkies what he hopes Nats accomplish in final games of season
Nationals GM Mike Rizzo reveals what he hopes to see from the young team in the last 11 games, plus updates on two of the Nats’ top prospects and a look ahead to the 2025 Opening Day roster for Washington.
How is Austin Ekeler doing it all? As he tells G&D, practice makes perfect
“What’s really unique about the NFL is that we have kind of a base offense, but you game plan for every opponent and install new things every single week based on matchups and philosophies we have to counter,” Ekeler said. “It’s always evolving.”
Matt Simms tells BMitch & Finlay that Jayden Daniels is the best rookie QB so far
“I’ve been super impressed with Jayden Daniels. There is no doubt in my mind that he is the best performing rookie, looks to be the most comfortable rookie quarterback in the NFL,” Simms told BMitch & Finlay Tuesday.
Zach Leonsis made a big announcement Tuesday: the Junkies are now on the Monumental Plus app!
Zach, the President of Media and New Enterprises for Monumental, joined the Junks live at the MSE studios Tuesday to announce the new app - which allows you to watch The Junkies for free!
Capitals training camp opens Thursday and Spencer Carbery is fired up for Year 2
“Potentially, on opening night, there may be as many as nine or 10 new faces in the lineup compared to the 20 that dressed last opening night,” Carbery said. “We’ve added a lot of great players to the roster, and we’re looking forward to it.”
Will Dawkins gives the Junkies the lowdown on Wizards' prep for training camp
“We’re about two weeks away, and we have a lot of our guys in town, which is great; they’re volunteering on their own coming in, so you get to watch a little bit of that as they get used to the gym and build some camaraderie,” Dawkins said.
G&D: Jay Gruden impressed with Jayden Daniels' progression from Week 1 to Week 2
“Solid. Second game and he did not turn the ball over, which is critical. You have to win these close games when your defense is playing pretty good and the other team’s been struggling, and that’s what happened,” Gruden said.
Jon Allen tells Junkies: Commanders got win over Giants, but 'need to clean up' some things
It is always easier to learn lessons after a win than after a loss, and after the Commanders got a 21-18 win in a “weird game” over the Giants, defensive tackle Jon Allen tells The Sports Junkies there are some things they “need to clean up.”
Joe Theismann: Kliff Kingsbury did 'a masterful job' getting Jayden Daniels comfortable on Sunday
“I thought Kliff Kingsbury did a masterful job early in that football game to give Jayden a chance to find some comfort,” Theismann said. “The first half they hardly threw the ball down the field at all, just really got the ball out of his hands.”
Junkies: What can the Commanders do to improve on defense?
Daniel Jones, who was under fire almost the whole game in New York’s Week 1 loss, was sacked just once and hit only four times while averaging 6.4 yards per carry when he ran, and Devin Singletary also had a good game on the ground.
SNIDER: Commanders finally cash in with slice of luck
New York lost their kicker on the opening kickoff and had to eschew PATs and field goals, while Washington’s fifth of the calendar year booted a franchise-record seven field goals in a 21-18 win. Sometimes, it’s better to be lucky than good?
BMitch & Finlay are good with Kliff Kingsbury's defense of Jayden Daniels' Week 1 rushing numbers
“I think that is really, really fair to describe Jayden’s run volume in Week 1. I think he’s gonna run, man; he ran in college, it’s not going away, and he’s also really freaking good at it,” JP said.
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