Jon Allen Could Return for the Commanders this Season

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Grant & Danny react to the news that Jon Allen could return for the Washington Commanders this season.

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00:00Let's start with the commander's news of the day because I thought this was actually pretty

00:05big deal.

00:06The commanders opened the 21 day window for John Allen to return before the end of the

00:13season.

00:14And it sounds like Allen is expecting to potentially play against the Falcons next week.

00:19Pretty crazy that he may very well get to play not once but twice to end the regular

00:23year.

00:24And then in the playoff game, I think a lot of us, when they ruled him out and said he

00:28was going to have surgery, the reports were that he was out for the season with a torn

00:33pec.

00:34That's normally a year-ender and you're back into the offseason.

00:38Apparently he knew right away with surgery that it wasn't as bad a tear as was originally

00:43assumed, which is really good, and that there was a chance he could get back.

00:46He's been working diligently, grinding.

00:48A lot of people have said this along the way, but you and I have talked about how badly

00:51we felt for the guy because he's been here for so many years when they weren't good,

00:54when they weren't 9-5, when they weren't headed to the playoffs.

00:57It was a real bummer that he wouldn't get to enjoy the stretch run.

01:00Well, maybe now he'll get to play in a winning end game against the Falcons next week.

01:05Perhaps he'll get to play in a clincher the week after that, if that's how it works out

01:10in Dallas, and he'll get to play in a playoff game if they make the postseason.

01:14He deserves a lot of credit.

01:16And here's where I'm going with this.

01:18A lot of folks may roll their eyes and just sort of say, you're putting too much money.

01:22You should.

01:23Here's what I'll tell you.

01:24There's a great chance, whether it happens this way or not, I don't know internally what

01:28they're thinking, but there is a, an off ramp here for one of their highly compensated players.

01:32He's got a cat pit next year of 23 million bucks.

01:35They may want to reallocate that.

01:36They may want to just keep him.

01:37I mean, who knows?

01:38But there's a chance he's played his last game in Washington.

01:41This is now with that injury, you're a hundred percent right that he didn't get to experience

01:44the reward.

01:45It would be very, very easy for a guy coming off an injury, looking to, you know, cash

01:52in and sign somewhere else in free agency to have that just have been his last game.

01:56Right.

01:57I mean, you're, you're talking about, I would say rushing back because I was not going to

02:00do anything medically reckless, but doing everything you possibly can to come back,

02:03to be there with the guys that you're laying on the line with just for a couple more games

02:07and maybe the post season.

02:08Really, really cool, man.

02:09I mean, again, a lot of guys have made a lot of business decisions where we wouldn't have

02:13known better either way, because when you hear torn Peck, you're going, he's gone, he's

02:16done.

02:17There's no way he comes back, but doing everything you possibly can to make sure that you can

02:21come back, even if it's for a week or two weeks or, you know, you get three games out

02:25of it.

02:26Pretty incredible, man.

02:27Speaks to the man.

02:28So I'm not surprised at all that John Allen gets back because he is such a worker, right?

02:33A leader of men type Alabama champion.

02:37One of the guys that's run the locker room here for several years.

02:40I do think there are some other factors at play, which is to say, number one, from a

02:44team standpoint, I'm sure he wants to play in the playoff.

02:47He has never gotten to play in the postseason environments that he wants to, to the extent

02:53that he'd like to as a player in Washington here, and I'm sure that's going to mean something

02:59to him.

03:00The other thing is, as you pointed out, I, I do not believe he is likely to be back here

03:05next year based on not having any guaranteed money on his contract.

03:09If that's the case, then he's going to be a free agent to go into free agency off of

03:13a torn Peck, not having played since October 13th against the Baltimore Ravens when he

03:19suffered the injury in week six with a six week sample, where frankly just wasn't playing

03:24it as normal pro bowl caliber level might've cost him more money than if he's able to come

03:29back and play a couple of games at a high level.

03:31And we have no idea, but let's just say he plays against the Falcons, has a sack and

03:36a tackle for loss, right?

03:37Then he plays against the Cowboys end of the year, getting into football shape, makes a

03:41couple more plays in the backfield.

03:43And then he goes out and he has a sack and a half or two sacks or three hits on the quarterback

03:46and a playoff loss or something like that.

03:49There's tape now at the end of the year where number one, the Peck is fine.

03:52Number two, this guy still got it at 29 years old.

03:55This is someone you want to pay if he becomes available.

03:57So I think he can get what he wants out of it, which is to play in a playoff game.

04:02He can get what he needs out of it financially and from a business standpoint, which is to

04:06make some money this off season potentially.

04:08So everybody wins here.

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