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Commander starters are going to play in the second preseason game and what the heck happened to that joint practice?

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It's J.P. Finley.

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I'm here with the big man, Mr. Mitch Tishler.

We're brought to you by MGM National Harbor. We love that spot. You will too. Go check it out, play some slots, whatever you're into. Big Man, Thursday morning, we got some news. The Ravens put out a statement. They've canceled joint practice. I asked DQ about it. He says, yeah, it's a bummer, but it doesn't impact our plans to

play starters against the Bengals. Now, he didn't give any information about which starters and how much,

but like a lot of information there in a fairly short period of time. Yeah, in a training camp that's

been short of information across the board. It certainly was one of the first times, so we really got something.

That was bizarre.

I mean, the Ravens and the commanders both knew the schedule when they decided that they were going to do this joint.

Months.

Right.

And to decide a week out, hey, we don't want to go out to Ashburn, is at the best bizarre and weird.

Now, all right, let's not put words into people's mouth, even if we all have our own theory.

He's like, this isn't saying the Ravens decided they don't want to go to Ashburn.

Like the way it was, the way it was stated anyway is the Ravens have their second preseason game on Saturday against

the Cowboys. And then the commanders don't play until Monday night against the Bengals. So like in your,

in the world of like ramping up, ramping down recovery days, practice days, like they are on

different schedules. I mean, let's be real. This Monday night preseason game for Washington has been a giant pain in the butt.

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