WEBVTT - odd Husak Breaks Down the 49ers: Nick Bosa, De'Zhaun Stribling & Key Position Battles 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:05.600 Listen to B Sports Leader anytime anywhere, telln Mode knbr 0:00:05.880 --> 0:00:10.000 B Sports Leader app. Murph and Marcus continued live for 0:00:10.160 --> 0:00:13.120 the Casino Matrix Progressive Jackpot Studios. 0:00:13.320 --> 0:00:15.920 Casino Matrix Progressive. 0:00:15.440 --> 0:00:16.360 Jackpots are here. 0:00:16.480 --> 0:00:19.680 Where are you just drop in one eight hundred gambler? 0:00:19.920 --> 0:00:22.360 All right, let's do it, man, Todd Hussac on our 0:00:22.440 --> 0:00:26.479 faves Tuddle. Todd listens, he sends in comments on Twitter, 0:00:26.720 --> 0:00:30.480 and uh, always enjoy on our DMS and tell stories 0:00:30.520 --> 0:00:32.880 back and forth, Little league tales. He's had a kid 0:00:32.880 --> 0:00:34.479 go through it now. Actually I think he's kids in 0:00:34.520 --> 0:00:35.159 high school now. 0:00:35.840 --> 0:00:37.120 Anyway, I digress. 0:00:37.240 --> 0:00:39.800 Let's get into the football team forty nine Ers Titans 0:00:39.800 --> 0:00:42.120 tonight and what we're looking for? What can we get 0:00:42.159 --> 0:00:45.559 out of tonight five o'clock kick? Todd will be there 0:00:45.600 --> 0:00:49.080 on our pre and post on The Leader. So Todd Hustock, 0:00:49.120 --> 0:00:51.199 welcome back to your boys, Murph and Marcus. 0:00:51.200 --> 0:00:52.839 Happy football season, dude. How you doing? 0:00:52.840 --> 0:00:55.840 Man? Hey? What's up? Todd? Oh? I'm doing awesome, looking 0:00:55.840 --> 0:00:58.400 forward to kickoff tonight. I will be there at Leevi's. 0:00:58.440 --> 0:01:00.920 I'm doing pre and posts for all games again this 0:01:01.040 --> 0:01:03.279 year and figure you guys would want to know him. 0:01:03.320 --> 0:01:05.920 Out walking my dog this morning a little after six o'clock. 0:01:06.440 --> 0:01:08.280 My neighbor saw me. He pulls over to stop and 0:01:08.280 --> 0:01:10.160 talk a little Stanford football. He rolled down the window. 0:01:10.160 --> 0:01:13.800 He's got you guys on. You got some listeners here 0:01:13.800 --> 0:01:14.839 in West Menlo Park. 0:01:14.920 --> 0:01:17.520 So that listener was not the usher from the ballast, 0:01:19.080 --> 0:01:20.160 you would have been a little night there. 0:01:21.560 --> 0:01:23.640 Oh man, you guys talking a little Stanford ball, all right? 0:01:23.680 --> 0:01:25.520 I like it, all right, John, So let's just say 0:01:25.600 --> 0:01:33.240 like number one thing you are looking at tonight, it's 0:01:33.920 --> 0:01:34.479 it's tough. 0:01:34.600 --> 0:01:37.839 We're all excited about football, but we'll see who actually 0:01:37.880 --> 0:01:40.000 ends up playing. I think Curtis work has a chance 0:01:40.040 --> 0:01:44.360 to show up. We haven't seen much of him in preseason, 0:01:44.400 --> 0:01:46.720 really any of him, and so a chance from the 0:01:46.760 --> 0:01:49.240 show what he can do and maybe solidify that third 0:01:49.280 --> 0:01:52.760 spot behind Brock and Mac. I'll be surprised if we 0:01:52.840 --> 0:01:55.360 see much of Mac. I mean, he was so valuable 0:01:55.440 --> 0:01:58.360 last year, do you It's really having a coach's balance 0:01:58.600 --> 0:02:01.840 risk of injury for upside, and I think you want 0:02:01.840 --> 0:02:04.040 to see more of the younger guys get a chance 0:02:04.080 --> 0:02:06.520 to play. A lot of the bubble guys, whether it's starters, 0:02:06.720 --> 0:02:09.920 or roster guys, And unfortunately, I would have loved to 0:02:09.919 --> 0:02:12.560 see Kylen Black today and I think he has a 0:02:12.639 --> 0:02:15.760 chance to be the best backup, but they've had under 0:02:15.760 --> 0:02:19.000 Shanahan and behind McCaffrey. We'll have to wait a little bit, 0:02:19.080 --> 0:02:23.040 but I think there's some Watkins. Can Jordan Watkins step 0:02:23.120 --> 0:02:25.080 up and make some plays the practice I've seen, he 0:02:25.200 --> 0:02:28.000 just hasn't. He's got a lot of opportunities in practice, 0:02:28.040 --> 0:02:29.960 he just hasn't been that guy that can make the 0:02:29.960 --> 0:02:32.280 plays down the field. We'll see if maybe he can 0:02:32.320 --> 0:02:34.120 step up on game day. So there's a handful of 0:02:34.160 --> 0:02:36.560 guys in the offensive side that you want to see 0:02:36.560 --> 0:02:39.640 something from it. Again, how much are the starters going 0:02:39.680 --> 0:02:42.240 to play? There's still that left guard spot that I 0:02:42.240 --> 0:02:45.919 think is a big battle this preseason and who ends 0:02:45.960 --> 0:02:48.560 up there on Week one in Melbourne. And then on 0:02:48.600 --> 0:02:50.680 the defensive side, we saw it last year with so 0:02:50.800 --> 0:02:53.919 many injuries that young secondary didn't get much of a 0:02:54.040 --> 0:02:56.160 chance to play together. Do we see a little bit 0:02:56.240 --> 0:02:59.760 more of that first unit or that maybe those guys 0:03:00.280 --> 0:03:03.519 for spots, whether it's starters or backups, and it's a 0:03:03.560 --> 0:03:05.560 chance for these guys to make plays. Right, We've seen, 0:03:06.240 --> 0:03:08.880 they've gone through a few weeks of camp. Lights are on, 0:03:09.720 --> 0:03:11.280 they're going to watch the tape and not just for 0:03:11.320 --> 0:03:13.399 the Niners, but maybe other teams around the league. Who 0:03:13.440 --> 0:03:16.120 shows up when those lights come on? And so it's 0:03:16.120 --> 0:03:20.520 always exciting. Every team's undefeated. Uh So a chance for 0:03:20.639 --> 0:03:22.400 all fans to have some hope. And I think the 0:03:22.480 --> 0:03:24.320 area fans need a little bit of that right now 0:03:24.360 --> 0:03:28.120 because Giants, Warriors, Sharks are on the way up. But 0:03:28.160 --> 0:03:31.560 the Niners have a chance to do something special I 0:03:31.600 --> 0:03:32.160 think this year. 0:03:32.280 --> 0:03:34.000 Yeah, Todd, I'm on the same page as you're looking 0:03:34.040 --> 0:03:35.840 forward to seeing some of the younger players tonight. And 0:03:35.880 --> 0:03:38.560 let's start with the wide receiver room. You mentioned Jacob Cowen, 0:03:38.640 --> 0:03:41.480 Jordan Walkins, but everybody wants to see Dejon Stribbling. How 0:03:41.520 --> 0:03:43.440 much do you think he's going to play tonight? And 0:03:43.480 --> 0:03:45.640 even outside of just tonight's performance, what have you seen 0:03:45.680 --> 0:03:48.480 from him throughout training camp stepping into Kyle Shanahan's offense. 0:03:49.520 --> 0:03:52.800 Well, I think he's that guy that we talked about 0:03:52.840 --> 0:03:55.160 Jordan Watkins being that guy can take the top off 0:03:55.160 --> 0:03:57.880 the defense, the four to three speed, the ability to 0:03:57.960 --> 0:03:59.920 get down the field, which the forty nine ers lacked 0:04:00.080 --> 0:04:04.040 badly last year and Stribbling has he looks like that 0:04:04.120 --> 0:04:08.480 guy stronghands, big wingspan. I think what he's been really 0:04:08.480 --> 0:04:10.880 impressive with is his body control and the ability to 0:04:10.920 --> 0:04:13.560 make plays in traffic. I go up and high point 0:04:13.560 --> 0:04:16.680 it out jump the defensive pack. Mike Evans has made 0:04:16.800 --> 0:04:19.120 a career off of that, a Hall of Fame career, 0:04:19.640 --> 0:04:21.800 So I think he's a great opportunity for Stribbling to 0:04:21.880 --> 0:04:24.040 learn from somebody like that. But he looks like that 0:04:24.040 --> 0:04:27.200 guy that can win over in the middle those fifteen 0:04:27.279 --> 0:04:29.760 yard routes that brock Perty is literally the best in 0:04:29.760 --> 0:04:33.560 the NFL at completing. He can separate. He's quick, but 0:04:33.600 --> 0:04:35.720 he more so he's big and strong, and I think 0:04:35.800 --> 0:04:38.640 can use that body to create that separation at the 0:04:38.720 --> 0:04:41.440 last minute. And you can just some guys you can 0:04:41.560 --> 0:04:43.920 watch and you're like, that guy has it. He has that. 0:04:44.000 --> 0:04:47.960 There's just this quality and whether it's body control or separation, 0:04:48.120 --> 0:04:51.119 just that quickness and then the ability to high point 0:04:51.120 --> 0:04:53.440 it and catch it in traffic and not get alligator arms. 0:04:53.440 --> 0:04:56.000 He seems to have all those little traits that frankly, 0:04:56.040 --> 0:04:58.360 we'd love to see from Cowing and we'd love to 0:04:58.400 --> 0:05:02.080 see from Watkins number one haven't stayed healthy enough to 0:05:02.120 --> 0:05:04.440 do it consistently and number two and they have had chances, 0:05:04.480 --> 0:05:07.480 haven't really made those plays. So Stribbling looks like a 0:05:07.520 --> 0:05:10.000 guy who's trending to be one of those top three 0:05:10.000 --> 0:05:12.600 wide receivers for I think a new look for a 0:05:12.680 --> 0:05:15.280 nitter passing game with some of the additions that they've 0:05:15.279 --> 0:05:17.080 made in the offseason. Again, I would have loved to 0:05:17.080 --> 0:05:20.080 have seen Christian Kirk and how he's assimilates in to 0:05:20.120 --> 0:05:21.960 this offense and is there a spot for him. We 0:05:22.000 --> 0:05:25.320 haven't seen any of him in camp, so that means 0:05:25.360 --> 0:05:28.000 there's opportunities for other guys, other young guys to step up, 0:05:28.040 --> 0:05:29.760 and Stribbling I think has made the most of his 0:05:29.880 --> 0:05:32.760 chance this camp because he's been in the talk of 0:05:32.800 --> 0:05:36.159 the camp with his athletic ability, understanding of the offense, 0:05:36.160 --> 0:05:38.560 and I think that would be a weapon that frankly 0:05:38.680 --> 0:05:42.159 Shannan hasn't had much of in his time calling plays 0:05:42.160 --> 0:05:42.880 with the forty nine ers. 0:05:42.960 --> 0:05:44.760 Yeah, it's all very true, Todd, who'sack the voice he 0:05:44.760 --> 0:05:46.840 hears your listened to Cambierre AM and Camberre FM CERI 0:05:46.880 --> 0:05:49.520 sco D sports leader, a Cumulus Media Station three o'clock 0:05:49.520 --> 0:05:52.080 pre game More forty nine or Talk five o'clock kickoff 0:05:52.400 --> 0:05:54.919 actual game forty nine Ers Titans. Should be fun just 0:05:54.920 --> 0:05:57.120 to see some reps and some red and gold on 0:05:57.160 --> 0:06:00.400 the grass. It's following up on Stribbling because he definitely 0:06:00.440 --> 0:06:03.520 has won the summer so far. But there's that nagging 0:06:03.560 --> 0:06:06.160 thought of Kyle doesn't like rookies. Kyle doesn't like rookies. 0:06:06.680 --> 0:06:07.280 You look it up. 0:06:07.320 --> 0:06:10.640 Deebo Samuel as a rookie fifty seven catches eight hundred 0:06:11.279 --> 0:06:14.080 two yards three touchdowns, also carried the ball fo. 0:06:14.000 --> 0:06:16.080 One hundred and fifty nine yards and three rushing touchdowns. 0:06:16.520 --> 0:06:19.240 And then Brandon at sixty catches seven hundred and forty 0:06:19.240 --> 0:06:22.000 eight yards five touchdowns in twelve games. So those are 0:06:22.000 --> 0:06:25.320 two examples of rookie receivers who had pretty good seasons. 0:06:25.360 --> 0:06:27.719 Now would you say Stribbling should kind of shoot for 0:06:27.760 --> 0:06:29.600 that kind of production or would we even say the 0:06:29.640 --> 0:06:31.720 sky's the limit and he can eclipse that. 0:06:33.600 --> 0:06:35.560 I think he has the ability to eclipse it, not 0:06:35.760 --> 0:06:39.080 just because of his ability in the way Shanahan has 0:06:39.120 --> 0:06:41.799 grown as a play caller. I think rookie wide receivers 0:06:42.000 --> 0:06:45.080 historically have not done much in the NFL coming out 0:06:45.120 --> 0:06:46.840 of the gates. I think the last few years we've 0:06:46.880 --> 0:06:49.080 seen the development of the wide receiver position where they're 0:06:49.080 --> 0:06:52.800 more NFL ready year one, and that's frankly been a 0:06:52.960 --> 0:06:55.479 bit we see in the draft. These guys are premium 0:06:55.920 --> 0:06:57.960 weapons on offense. When you can find a guy that 0:06:58.000 --> 0:07:00.719 can come in and do things early in their careers, 0:07:01.160 --> 0:07:03.440 I would expect Scribbling if you're looking at it at 0:07:03.480 --> 0:07:04.880 the end of the year, how does it project. I 0:07:04.880 --> 0:07:08.520 think you got Mike Evans, you got Debo, and you 0:07:08.560 --> 0:07:12.600 have Stribbling right now, the healthy guys, how do the 0:07:13.040 --> 0:07:16.680 you know, two hundred completions get distributed amongst those guys. 0:07:16.680 --> 0:07:18.360 I would expect them to be kind of in that 0:07:18.440 --> 0:07:21.800 sixty range and anything above that would be big time. 0:07:21.840 --> 0:07:25.680 And I think he has Mike Evans has that big playability, 0:07:25.680 --> 0:07:29.040 but Stribbling could be that guy that opens up the offense, 0:07:29.120 --> 0:07:31.880 not just for himself by running by people to catch 0:07:31.920 --> 0:07:35.200 and run, the ability, the yack opportunity. I think he 0:07:35.680 --> 0:07:39.440 has that big play kind of strike where they have 0:07:39.640 --> 0:07:43.760 needed that way too many twelve fifteen play drives last 0:07:43.840 --> 0:07:46.640 year that thankfully finished in the end zone. But the 0:07:46.640 --> 0:07:49.680 forty nine ers. If they can find that four play 0:07:49.760 --> 0:07:52.680 drive for a touchdown and stretch of defense, that makes 0:07:52.760 --> 0:07:56.160 Christian McCaffrey's job easier. That makes consa's job easier. Everybody's 0:07:56.160 --> 0:07:58.160 going to be a little more open. Run game is 0:07:58.160 --> 0:08:00.200 going to be a little more open and certain the 0:08:00.240 --> 0:08:03.080 other wide receiver. So all of a sudden, now, defensive coordinator, 0:08:03.120 --> 0:08:05.680 who do they look to stop. I think everything focused 0:08:05.680 --> 0:08:07.800 on McCaffrey last year, which is why he didn't have 0:08:08.440 --> 0:08:11.280 those big explosive plays, and a big part of that 0:08:11.360 --> 0:08:14.240 was they didn't have anybody who could push those safeties back. 0:08:14.360 --> 0:08:17.200 So they're going to be seven yards deep and when 0:08:17.200 --> 0:08:19.160 the ball snapped, they can come up and stop the run. 0:08:19.280 --> 0:08:23.360 So everything should work together if it goes well. If 0:08:23.440 --> 0:08:26.160 guys stay health A big if with the forty nine ers, 0:08:26.200 --> 0:08:31.280 but I think for him, but everybody else should benefit 0:08:31.360 --> 0:08:34.080 from his ability. If he can show up early in 0:08:34.080 --> 0:08:36.560 the season and be that guy, it's I think we're 0:08:36.559 --> 0:08:39.599 going to see a different forty nine ers offense, and 0:08:39.640 --> 0:08:41.400 we've seen the last few years Todd. 0:08:41.440 --> 0:08:44.040 There hasn't been a lot of open competition for starting 0:08:44.080 --> 0:08:46.400 spots on the forty niners roster throughout training camp, but 0:08:46.440 --> 0:08:48.760 one of those spots is left guard. You mentioned it earlier, 0:08:48.840 --> 0:08:51.880 So going into tonight, do you expect to see Robert Jones, 0:08:51.920 --> 0:08:54.880 Connor Colby, Carver Willis all those guys get opportunities that 0:08:55.000 --> 0:08:56.840 left guard and do you have a favorite between the 0:08:56.880 --> 0:08:59.079 three of who potentially could be that Week one starter. 0:09:00.320 --> 0:09:03.400 But I think that the frustrating part is Colby was 0:09:03.440 --> 0:09:06.800 the guy he came in with I think full confidence, 0:09:06.840 --> 0:09:08.920 and I don't know if it's a step backwards, but 0:09:08.960 --> 0:09:11.720 there's been talk that he has reverted back to some 0:09:11.760 --> 0:09:15.880 of the mistakes he was making last year, which they've 0:09:15.880 --> 0:09:17.640 got to be better at that spot. We saw it 0:09:17.880 --> 0:09:19.800 in the last two games against the Seahawks that he's 0:09:19.840 --> 0:09:21.760 got to be better on that interior at the center 0:09:21.800 --> 0:09:24.760 two guard positions. So all of a sudden, that opens 0:09:24.840 --> 0:09:26.880 up the competition again. I'm not sure how much we're 0:09:26.880 --> 0:09:29.440 going to see the night of that starting offensive line. 0:09:29.600 --> 0:09:32.959 It'll be. I think it's more critical in practice when 0:09:32.960 --> 0:09:35.839 that unit works together, when your next Trent Williams and 0:09:36.080 --> 0:09:38.680 the rest of the offensive line, how do they sort 0:09:38.760 --> 0:09:41.040 through their calls? How are they getting off the ball? 0:09:40.880 --> 0:09:44.600 All of those working together. But you could see all 0:09:44.640 --> 0:09:46.960 three of those guys compete tonight and how do they 0:09:46.960 --> 0:09:49.520 do in one on one matchups? Are they firing off 0:09:49.559 --> 0:09:51.120 the ball in the run game? Can they set their 0:09:51.120 --> 0:09:54.280 feet and protect? Can they pass off glitz and stunts? 0:09:55.480 --> 0:10:00.000 So I'd love to see Colby solidify it, But if 0:10:00.240 --> 0:10:02.839 if he keeps taking that step backwards, that's got to 0:10:02.880 --> 0:10:06.080 be a position that they figure out, because especially in division, 0:10:06.520 --> 0:10:09.439 with the Rams getting better up front, with the Seahawks 0:10:09.440 --> 0:10:12.839 coming back off Super Bowl and they have lost many 0:10:12.840 --> 0:10:15.200 pieces up front, so they're gonna be tough to stop. 0:10:16.000 --> 0:10:19.520 Can can they get solid at that position? I think 0:10:19.559 --> 0:10:21.560 you're right, that's one of the big question marks, and 0:10:21.600 --> 0:10:23.680 there's only a few weeks left to figure it out. 0:10:24.320 --> 0:10:25.520 Todd whosack the voice you here. 0:10:25.559 --> 0:10:27.320 He's going to be on our pre and post all 0:10:27.480 --> 0:10:29.800 season long, looking forward to forty nine ers football man, 0:10:29.840 --> 0:10:30.240 He's right. 0:10:30.240 --> 0:10:33.080 I mean, other than the Sharks possibilities to have. 0:10:33.000 --> 0:10:35.360 A really good season, and the Bay Area needs some 0:10:35.440 --> 0:10:37.160 love and hopefully the fort NOWSI give it to us. 0:10:37.200 --> 0:10:39.320 I'm looking at Yahoo Sports this morning and they have 0:10:39.360 --> 0:10:43.320 a chart from about the NFL preseason and QB One's 0:10:43.720 --> 0:10:45.959 is in our lifetime Todd two thousand. 0:10:45.960 --> 0:10:47.000 What year were you in the league. Were you in 0:10:47.000 --> 0:10:47.880 the league in two thousand? 0:10:48.760 --> 0:10:50.680 Drafted in two thousand? Yeah, they have a couple bicks 0:10:50.679 --> 0:10:51.480 beyond Tom Brady. 0:10:51.640 --> 0:10:54.120 The number of that's awesome. 0:10:54.559 --> 0:10:58.640 The number of preseason the percentage of preseason quarterback snaps 0:10:59.000 --> 0:11:01.680 by QB one and two thousand was thirty two point nine, 0:11:02.200 --> 0:11:05.320 and the number of QB one snaps in preseason last 0:11:05.360 --> 0:11:06.440 year was nine point eight. 0:11:07.040 --> 0:11:08.160 Do you like this trend? 0:11:11.280 --> 0:11:14.240 Well, I think it's way more important to keep the 0:11:14.320 --> 0:11:16.840 qbs healthy right now because you look at the teams 0:11:16.840 --> 0:11:21.040 that have had success regular season playoffs, it's been teams 0:11:21.080 --> 0:11:26.920 with a healthy, really top tier quarterback, and so you 0:11:27.000 --> 0:11:29.960 lose a guy like that, your chances of winning. I 0:11:29.960 --> 0:11:32.120 think there used to be not as big of a 0:11:32.200 --> 0:11:35.840 drop off between QB one and QB two, where now 0:11:35.920 --> 0:11:38.640 it's that's a huge chasm, and so keeping those guys 0:11:38.679 --> 0:11:42.360 healthy it makes sense. It's funny. I go back to 0:11:42.440 --> 0:11:44.199 when I was a rookie North Turner. It was me, 0:11:44.320 --> 0:11:47.320 Brad Johnson and Jeff George, and I loved it because 0:11:47.360 --> 0:11:49.959 Jeff George said, I don't go in with the backups, 0:11:50.520 --> 0:11:54.120 So Brad Johnson would take his kind of series, and 0:11:54.240 --> 0:11:55.880 that it was me for three quarters, so I got a 0:11:55.880 --> 0:11:58.920 lot of works. I appreciate the Jeff's generosity in that one, 0:11:58.920 --> 0:12:02.560 but I think there is it's it's I talked about 0:12:02.600 --> 0:12:05.480 it earlier. It's such a balance between are these guys 0:12:05.520 --> 0:12:07.760 ready and I think the veterans, guys who have been 0:12:07.800 --> 0:12:10.360 in the league for four or five years, and certainly 0:12:10.400 --> 0:12:13.000 some of the older guys don't need that preseason work, 0:12:13.800 --> 0:12:15.760 and it's it's more critical to get some of those 0:12:15.800 --> 0:12:19.160 young guys under fire. Can they handle it? So all 0:12:19.200 --> 0:12:22.160 of those things and also once of the just quarterbacks, 0:12:22.200 --> 0:12:24.680 all of the starters played right. I mean, I go 0:12:24.760 --> 0:12:27.199 back to I think week three of the preseason with 0:12:27.360 --> 0:12:30.840 number four when I was there, that that first offense 0:12:30.920 --> 0:12:33.920 with the dand for three quarters, and so that that 0:12:34.040 --> 0:12:35.960 all of that has changed. I think the preseason has 0:12:35.960 --> 0:12:38.400 lost them of its value in that regard. But also 0:12:39.080 --> 0:12:41.400 it's tough to find, you know, fill out the roster, 0:12:41.480 --> 0:12:46.439 and there's there's really a hair difference between that guy 0:12:46.480 --> 0:12:48.360 that gets cut in that last wave and the guy 0:12:48.400 --> 0:12:50.960 that makes the team. So seeing more getting more of 0:12:51.000 --> 0:12:54.199 a body of work for those young guys. Also the roster, 0:12:54.280 --> 0:12:57.240 the preseason rosters are bigger where I think the final 0:12:57.280 --> 0:13:01.160 cuts used to be like seven or eight eyes, so you 0:13:01.559 --> 0:13:04.000 didn't have a big deep bench for the preseason. You 0:13:04.040 --> 0:13:06.360 had to play those starters, so all of those things 0:13:06.400 --> 0:13:10.320 work together. I'd much rather see quarterbacks be healthy for 0:13:10.360 --> 0:13:12.720 the regular season because the product is so much better. 0:13:12.720 --> 0:13:15.160 It gives your team a chance to win and compete. 0:13:15.640 --> 0:13:17.640 Versus watching a guy go down in Week two of 0:13:17.640 --> 0:13:20.199 the preseason. It's just not worth it, Todd. 0:13:20.360 --> 0:13:22.719 Last question for me is about the DC change for 0:13:22.760 --> 0:13:24.880 the forty nine ers, five different defensive coordinators in the 0:13:24.920 --> 0:13:27.240 last five seasons. Raheem Morris will be calling the place 0:13:27.280 --> 0:13:29.320 tonight and I know there's not going to be starters 0:13:29.360 --> 0:13:30.760 out there, but how much do you think we can 0:13:30.800 --> 0:13:33.520 maybe learn from Raheem Morris's defense and what he wants 0:13:33.520 --> 0:13:36.560 to do defensively even without the starters out there throughout preseason. 0:13:37.520 --> 0:13:39.800 Well, I think you mentioned it earlier, and he's much 0:13:39.800 --> 0:13:43.079 more dB friendly than maybe previous defensive coordinators and getting 0:13:43.120 --> 0:13:46.840 these guys to develop and play together. I think the 0:13:46.840 --> 0:13:49.760 forty nine ers they were such a bend but don't 0:13:49.800 --> 0:13:52.200 break unit. Last year they didn't get to the quarterback 0:13:52.240 --> 0:13:55.840 worse than the league. They didn't create turnovers a certainly interceptions, 0:13:55.880 --> 0:13:59.520 I think they're second worst behind the chance of it zero. 0:13:59.640 --> 0:14:02.680 So is it a more attacking defense? Does he feel 0:14:02.720 --> 0:14:05.720 better about that pass rush in front seven and Dre 0:14:05.800 --> 0:14:08.600 greenlove back? Do you rush a little bit more up 0:14:08.640 --> 0:14:11.440 and stout coming off the edge. The only way you 0:14:11.480 --> 0:14:13.480 can do that is if you trust your corners and 0:14:13.520 --> 0:14:16.600 safeties and coverage. You're gonna expose them a little bit 0:14:16.640 --> 0:14:19.840 in one on one matchups. So can he develop Bernardo 0:14:19.920 --> 0:14:21.720 Green to be I think has a chance to be 0:14:21.760 --> 0:14:24.000 a really good player in the NFL. Can he take 0:14:24.040 --> 0:14:27.880 that step forward after maybe a regression last year and 0:14:27.960 --> 0:14:30.280 all of a sudden if you have that secondary working together, 0:14:30.760 --> 0:14:34.560 understanding their schemes, understanding body positions and be more aggressive 0:14:34.560 --> 0:14:37.480 and create some interceptions. I think that's the philosophy of 0:14:37.560 --> 0:14:40.880 the defense. Last year Sala was okay, Well, he didn't 0:14:40.920 --> 0:14:43.720 have the personnel necessarily get to the quarterback, but he'll 0:14:43.760 --> 0:14:46.640 give up some drives and be stout in the red 0:14:46.720 --> 0:14:50.800 zone and hold them to three. Where some defensive coordinators 0:14:50.800 --> 0:14:53.000 like to attack, put guys in third and long, create 0:14:53.040 --> 0:14:56.200 turnovers and understand that you might give up a big 0:14:56.200 --> 0:14:58.840 play here and there, and I think this forty nine 0:14:58.880 --> 0:15:02.560 Ers team might be better built because of that explosive offense. 0:15:02.600 --> 0:15:05.000 If you can get them two extra possessions with turnovers, 0:15:05.040 --> 0:15:07.640 can they turn that into ten or fourteen points, then 0:15:07.640 --> 0:15:09.560 that's how they're gonna win some games where last year 0:15:09.560 --> 0:15:13.880 it was grinded out on both sides. And hope that 0:15:13.960 --> 0:15:16.040 your offense is good enough in the end to make 0:15:16.080 --> 0:15:19.000 that fourth quarter drive. Hope that your defense, like we 0:15:19.040 --> 0:15:21.480 saw against the Bears, is able to make that late stop. 0:15:21.960 --> 0:15:23.680 Last one for me, Todd is about a guy who's 0:15:23.680 --> 0:15:25.360 not going to play tonight, and that's Nick Bosa. 0:15:25.600 --> 0:15:27.800 I just did a little research here. You played on 0:15:27.840 --> 0:15:28.240 a two. 0:15:28.120 --> 0:15:31.800 Thousand Redskins team that had thirty seven year old Bruce Smith, 0:15:32.120 --> 0:15:35.000 my guy. I love Bruce Smith. Ten sacks that year. 0:15:35.040 --> 0:15:37.400 By the way, for Bruce Smith at age thirty seven 0:15:38.160 --> 0:15:40.240 in sixteen games, the leading sacker was a guy named 0:15:40.320 --> 0:15:43.000 Marco Coleman, thirty one year old at twelve sacks. But 0:15:43.120 --> 0:15:45.240 the point is is that those guys are both in 0:15:45.280 --> 0:15:48.120 their thirties, and their sacking quarterbacks nixt twenty eight and 0:15:48.160 --> 0:15:50.520 now is plagued by week to week ten to nightis 0:15:50.560 --> 0:15:52.040 I know you didn't play D line. I know you 0:15:52.040 --> 0:15:54.360 weren't in edge rusher, but you were around NFL locker 0:15:54.440 --> 0:15:55.200 rooms and trainers. 0:15:55.800 --> 0:15:58.920 How serious is this for Nick Bosa in terms. 0:15:58.720 --> 0:16:00.200 Of just I know you don't have the the X 0:16:00.280 --> 0:16:02.920 rays in the MRIs, but just like what you know 0:16:03.000 --> 0:16:05.360 of the league, is this sending up a red flag 0:16:05.400 --> 0:16:07.000 in your brain? Or is this something that could be 0:16:07.040 --> 0:16:08.800 managed and he's going to be elite? 0:16:10.800 --> 0:16:13.840 Well, if if he's not healthy, that takes away his 0:16:13.920 --> 0:16:16.280 explosiveness and the ability off the edge. He can still 0:16:16.280 --> 0:16:18.720 be an edge setter in the run game because he's 0:16:18.720 --> 0:16:22.480 so strong and plays low and has great hands, But 0:16:22.600 --> 0:16:25.560 if he lacks that explosiveness that get off that allows 0:16:25.600 --> 0:16:28.480 him to get to the quarterback, I'm more concerned about that. 0:16:28.760 --> 0:16:31.760 Can't I'd rather have him be healthy, you know, take 0:16:31.840 --> 0:16:34.000 some time and be healthy in one hundred percent. Maybe 0:16:34.000 --> 0:16:39.920 it's fewer plays, but they need that MVP Nick Bosa 0:16:40.440 --> 0:16:43.040 or Defensive Player of the Year versus a guy at 0:16:43.080 --> 0:16:45.320 seventy five percent is just not as effective. So I 0:16:45.360 --> 0:16:47.640 think it is a concern coming off another knee injury 0:16:47.720 --> 0:16:52.840 and having problems in this preseason. They need the Nick 0:16:52.840 --> 0:16:55.160 Bosa from three years ago and not the guy that 0:16:55.880 --> 0:16:58.200 can't stay healthy. And when he is healthy, he's not 0:16:58.400 --> 0:17:00.840 much of a playmaker. He's just not not as effective 0:17:00.840 --> 0:17:02.680 as he once was. Can he still be a good player, 0:17:02.720 --> 0:17:05.359 of course, but I think it's a big year for him. 0:17:06.040 --> 0:17:08.320 You know, he's already proven he can. He is one 0:17:08.320 --> 0:17:10.959 of the best in the league win healthy. We need 0:17:11.040 --> 0:17:13.800 him healthy. The forty nine ers need him healthy so 0:17:13.880 --> 0:17:17.160 that defensive unit can work together, get to the quarterback 0:17:17.280 --> 0:17:21.560 way more. And he's such an integral piece. So it's 0:17:21.640 --> 0:17:25.320 tough and another preseason with so many injuries and he 0:17:25.400 --> 0:17:29.160 is such a cog, not just from a playmaker standpoint, 0:17:29.160 --> 0:17:31.240 but a leadership standpoint. I mean, they lost Bosa and 0:17:31.280 --> 0:17:34.720 Warner last year. Credited that the solid staff and keeping 0:17:34.720 --> 0:17:38.240 that group together, but they need somebody up front who 0:17:38.280 --> 0:17:42.480 can have set the pace and become that defensive front, 0:17:42.480 --> 0:17:45.119 that front seven that is fierce bead. Last year they 0:17:45.119 --> 0:17:48.240 were not. So I'm hopeful that he can come back 0:17:48.280 --> 0:17:50.439 healthy and to be one hundred percent, And if he 0:17:50.480 --> 0:17:52.919 has to miss some time, so be it. But I'd 0:17:53.000 --> 0:17:55.760 like to see one hundred percent Bosa and back to 0:17:55.800 --> 0:17:56.840 the player that he once was. 0:17:57.080 --> 0:17:58.480 Good breakdown awesome. 0:17:58.560 --> 0:18:00.680 Loved it and will listen to more three to five 0:18:00.800 --> 0:18:02.840 and then the post game where we just talk football man. 0:18:02.840 --> 0:18:05.320 Forty nine football back in our lives. Todd Husseck will 0:18:05.359 --> 0:18:06.600 be on the coverage at three o'clock. 0:18:06.800 --> 0:18:10.840 We appreciate you, man, We appreciate your neighbor who listens. Yes, yeah, 0:18:10.960 --> 0:18:11.439 I love it. 0:18:11.480 --> 0:18:13.919 I got best punter. I played with. 0:18:13.840 --> 0:18:17.000 Tom Tupa, Tommy Toop. I remember that guy. I remember 0:18:17.000 --> 0:18:18.800 that guy, yeah, I do. I do remember too. 0:18:19.920 --> 0:18:23.560 He was also the backup quarterback. Yes, he played quarterback 0:18:23.600 --> 0:18:26.800 in like Ohio State, I think. And so that guy through. 0:18:26.920 --> 0:18:28.480 I want to say, I gotta go back through. But 0:18:28.520 --> 0:18:30.600 I bet he threw like seven or eight touchdowns in 0:18:30.640 --> 0:18:32.440 his NFL career, so. 0:18:32.840 --> 0:18:33.760 Well, I looked at it. 0:18:34.080 --> 0:18:35.800 I was looking at forty nine punters, you know, because 0:18:35.800 --> 0:18:38.240