BMitch and JP react to the Commanders cutting ties with former Pro Bowl defensive lineman Jonathan Allen
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00:00The commanders are releasing two-time Pro Bowl D tackle Jonathan Allen. Washington granted
00:05Allen permission to find a trade. He was discussed in the Debo Samuel trade. Instead he gets
00:09released. Washington saves 16 and a half mil towards the 2025 salary cap, 6 million dead
00:15cap hit. We knew this was coming. I wish John the best man. And I know him pretty well.
00:26I know his wife Hannah. They're very nice people. But this thing was gonna happen, man.
00:33Couldn't get a trade done. Yeah, they tried. They let him try. Now he gets to hit the market.
00:39Right? Like this is how I go. And this is what the teams do that. Try to take care of
00:45people. They got him out there early enough, gave him an opportunity. And now get your
00:50release and then you're a free agent. Go where you want to go. It's kind of crazy that
00:57you're released, John Allen. You know, to me, this is how quality organizations operate,
01:03though. Well, I think they know other teams also understand, as you state all the time,
01:09when you tell a guy you can go look for a trade, you know, you're more likely to release
01:12him. And those other teams are saying, well, why would I offer somebody gonna let him go
01:17anyway? Right. So you let him go, because if you really want to do something, you can
01:21make your move now and go where you want to go. It's like another team isn't going to.
01:31You know, he's going to hit the market. Last year, he missed 12 regular season games. Yeah.
01:43I think he wanted, he wanted an extension. He wants some guarantees. There's none of it
01:48on the current deal. That's probably what if I had to guess now going forward, John gets,
01:54I mean, the announcement will be a three-year deal, but the guarantees will only be this year,
02:00maybe a little into the second season. It's unfortunate, but this is, as Dan Quinn said,
02:05the business, the intersection of business and football. That's the way the league works.
02:10That's the stretch of time. We have entered breaking news. If you just got in your car,
02:14the commanders have released Jonathan Allen. I can confirm it. The first person I saw that
02:19reported it was standing. Good for Benny to get one and not the national guys. If I see that,
02:25right. Who knows? Schefter might've had an hour ago and missed it. B was on this because the chat
02:29was on it, right? It was on it. I'm giving credit to the chat. Shout out to the chat, man. Thank
02:34you. If you just get in your car, John Allen has been released. This should not be a surprise,
02:39man. They talked about this. When you, when you allow a player who seek a trade, you're,
02:46you're telling the player, you're not going to be here, dude. Occasionally things can work out
02:50and you walk comments back. My understanding is that this never really got to a bad place.
02:58I think if you honestly, if you read Debo, Samuel's players,
03:02Tribune article where he talked about, I got no ill will for the organization,
03:07you know, all that kind of stuff. I think that's right. I think it's kind of similar for
03:15John and the organization. I don't think this is, you know, anybody.
03:25I think John, but here's, here's how, you know, they're going to be okay. You release him now
03:31means tampering period, everything, all of a sudden, all the teams that need D tackle help,
03:36that are maybe looking for veteran D tackles. John's available. John is now on their board.
03:41The agent could talk to them. There's a lot of teams with a lot of cap space, right?
03:47And now that John Allen is part of the plan for every team out there.