WEBVTT - Larry shares his expectations for the NFC West in 2026 with Matt Maiocco

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<v Speaker 1>As you were listening to v Sports Leader in mid days,

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<v Speaker 1>here is Larry Krueger.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, we keep things rolling on a Friday, Larry Krueger

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<v Speaker 2>with you. Matt Mayoko is gonna stop by bottom of

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<v Speaker 2>the hour, and about ten minutes from now, we'll talk

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit about what the Niners have cooking at

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<v Speaker 2>training camp. They're eight days in. They're off today a

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<v Speaker 2>little walk through, not an off day, but an off

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<v Speaker 2>day for the media, and then Niners back in the

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<v Speaker 2>practice field for a regular practice day on Saturday. I

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<v Speaker 2>believe Sunday we might be just talking to the coaches,

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<v Speaker 2>So we'll talk a little Niners coming up with Matt Mayoko.

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<v Speaker 2>One thought on the Oakland A's. God, they fired general

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<v Speaker 2>manager David Force today. He's been there forever a long, long,

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<v Speaker 2>long time, and he's had opportunities to go other places

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<v Speaker 2>and he's always passed it up to stay there with

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<v Speaker 2>Bean in the A's and to get fired like that,

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<v Speaker 2>it's just now the A's have lost twelve series in

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<v Speaker 2>a row. I mean that is a ton so the

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<v Speaker 2>most of the majors this year twelve series in a row,

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<v Speaker 2>and recently they've just been told fodder. But really you're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna you're dumping Forced. I guess they love Kotse so

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<v Speaker 2>much that they can be like, we're not dumping Kotze.

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<v Speaker 2>We love Katse, so we're just blamed. Forced found that

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<v Speaker 2>to be a very odd maneuver, though very strange. Forced

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<v Speaker 2>and being have been together for a long long time.

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<v Speaker 2>I did not see him on the hot seat. But man,

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<v Speaker 2>you lose enough, you lose. I mean they dump their

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<v Speaker 2>pitching coach, you know now they're dumping the GM twelve

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<v Speaker 2>series in a row. Ouch ouch A's have just been

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<v Speaker 2>taking it on the chops. One thing that's going on,

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<v Speaker 2>and we'll talk to talk to Mayoko about, is that

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<v Speaker 2>the forty nine ers I think are really interesting this

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<v Speaker 2>year on a lot of fronts. One, you could make

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<v Speaker 2>an argument that they are old and crepit offensively. Juice

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<v Speaker 2>is older, CMC is older, Evans is older, Trent Williams

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<v Speaker 2>is older, Kittle's older. He's probably not gonna play until November.

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<v Speaker 2>That would be my guess. You got a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>older players there, but not brock Purdy, and brock Purdy

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<v Speaker 2>is not old. Brock Purdy, on the other hand, is

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<v Speaker 2>really heading into the prime of his career. And this

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<v Speaker 2>is year five for him. He's playing his best football.

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<v Speaker 2>He's twenty four for twenty eight the last two days,

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<v Speaker 2>just completing a very high percentage some of these down

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<v Speaker 2>the field big pass plays where he's throwing the ball

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<v Speaker 2>forty forty five yards down the field. So can brock

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<v Speaker 2>Purdy overcome the issues the Niners have on offense? You know,

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<v Speaker 2>if you understay to me, hey, are the Niners gonna

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<v Speaker 2>have a good year this year?

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know. I can't really say. I'm in the

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<v Speaker 2>camp that believes that they've got a lot of good

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<v Speaker 2>young talent and that their top level guys have not

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<v Speaker 2>really taken that step backwards. We don't know about Kittle,

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<v Speaker 2>but the rest of their guys, you know, they're there.

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<v Speaker 2>They're senior players, they're best players, their oldest players. The

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<v Speaker 2>trans The Kittles are the trans, the Bosas, the CMCs,

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<v Speaker 2>the Brendles, the green Laws, the Warners, you know, Bosa, Trent,

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<v Speaker 2>all of them. They don't they haven't taken that I

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<v Speaker 2>can tell from watching practice. They haven't taken a dramatic

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<v Speaker 2>step backwards. It's not like they're regress significantly. So that

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<v Speaker 2>was like one of the big questions how much would

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<v Speaker 2>the Niners core regress? But there is this like there's

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<v Speaker 2>definitely two distinct camps. There's like the people that are like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>it's a pretty good football team, Kyle Shanahan, Rock Purdy,

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of good talent, all three, you know, all

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<v Speaker 2>three phases of the game. They've got some ability here

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<v Speaker 2>and they're a super Bowl contender. And then other people

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<v Speaker 2>are like, no, no, they're old, and you know, they're

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<v Speaker 2>too many guys beat up, not enough talent, and they're

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<v Speaker 2>not a legit super Bowl contender. And I don't know,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know. It's like I could listen to an

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<v Speaker 2>argument either way. I think they are a legitimate super

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<v Speaker 2>Bowl contender. I think they're gonna they're gonna have a

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<v Speaker 2>double digit win season. I think the Rams are one

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<v Speaker 2>of the thinnest Super Bowl favorites I've ever seen. I

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<v Speaker 2>do think the Rams are going to be disappointing this year. Seattle,

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<v Speaker 2>on the other hand, I'm not sure about. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know if you guys have caught any of the hard

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<v Speaker 2>knocks on on the Seahawks. It's pretty good though it's

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<v Speaker 2>been already been pretty good. The first episode, Sam Darnald

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<v Speaker 2>drops the Super Bowl ring out of you know, they

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<v Speaker 2>lowered it down from the ceiling, and then they looked

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<v Speaker 2>at their Super Bowl rings, these massive rings. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>just a ridiculously gaudy ring. It looks like a baseball.

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<v Speaker 2>It's besides of a baseball. It's just so huge and

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<v Speaker 2>there and Donald takes it out and it obviously it's

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<v Speaker 2>supposed it's not supposed to come flying out. It comes

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<v Speaker 2>flying out and falls on the ground and he looks

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<v Speaker 2>over at the camera like, what did that just happen?

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<v Speaker 2>Did I just drop my ten thousand dollars super Bowl

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<v Speaker 2>ring or however much at costs? So that was kind

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<v Speaker 2>of funny. But then there was another scene where Mike McDonald,

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<v Speaker 2>the head coach of the Seahawks, is talking to Nicky

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<v Speaker 2>man Worry and he just starts talking about himself and

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<v Speaker 2>you can just see that Mike McDonald is just an

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<v Speaker 2>ego maniac of the host order. Now, a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>people who achieve great things do have high opinions of themselves,

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<v Speaker 2>but I mean still, I mean he's talking to Nicky

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<v Speaker 2>man Worry and he's like, you know, people think I'm

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<v Speaker 2>one way and they're completely wrong about me. I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>that way. And it's like, you know when somebody starts

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<v Speaker 2>talking about themselves and you're like, you just you're looking

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<v Speaker 2>for the ripcord and you're like, let me get the

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<v Speaker 2>hell out of here. You know, you're standing in a

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<v Speaker 2>room and all of a sudden, somebody starts talking about

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<v Speaker 2>their beliefs, their philosophy, them themselves and well what I do,

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<v Speaker 2>And all of sudden you're like, dude, I can't get

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<v Speaker 2>out of here fast enough. That's where that was Nicky

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<v Speaker 2>man Worri. It's like he's having a conversation with the

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<v Speaker 2>head coach. Coach is like, you know, people think I'm

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<v Speaker 2>one way, but I'm really nothing like the way they think.

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<v Speaker 2>And you can see Nicky man Worry looks at McDonald

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<v Speaker 2>like you're so full of yourself, you ego maniac. And

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<v Speaker 2>he's like, all right, coach, I gotta go see you.

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<v Speaker 2>But yeah, Mike McDonald, he's a great coach. He's got

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<v Speaker 2>a great defensive coach and right now he's got the

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<v Speaker 2>true upper hand on Kyle Shanahan head to head. But man,

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<v Speaker 2>watching that hard knocks. I mean, he just comes across

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<v Speaker 2>like the most arrogant guy of all time. They think

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<v Speaker 2>I'm this way, but I'm really quite quite a bit different. Also,

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<v Speaker 2>before we take a time out, Mike Sando came out

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<v Speaker 2>with his quarterback tears. It's amazing. No matter what Mahomes does,

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<v Speaker 2>he's still at the top of the tier. It's like

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<v Speaker 2>he didn't play well last year. Now he's hurt, but

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<v Speaker 2>he's still number one. Mahomes, Alan, Stafford, and Burrow. That's

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<v Speaker 2>the top tier party. They ranked eleventh overall, which I

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<v Speaker 2>think is about right. If you said, hey, what's brock Purty,

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<v Speaker 2>I would say he's a top ten NFL quarterback, and

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<v Speaker 2>I would say it with my chest out. But to

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<v Speaker 2>put him eleven, it's not a disaster. They've got Lamar Jackson, Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>I'll put that in front of him. Herbert Okay, but

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<v Speaker 2>Herbert doesn't win in the playoffs, and he's five hundred.

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<v Speaker 2>Prescott's better than Perty, I think not Drake May one

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<v Speaker 2>year suddenly he's better than Perty. Jared Goff's better than Purty.

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<v Speaker 2>Perty beat him in the playoffs. Jordan loves better than Perty.

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<v Speaker 2>He beat him in the playoffs. He's tied with Kayleb Williams.

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<v Speaker 2>He beat him head dead. The reality is it's probably

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<v Speaker 2>in whatever order. It's Josh Allen, Joe Burrow, Patrick Mahomes,

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<v Speaker 2>Matthew Stafford, Lamar Jackson. Those are the top five quarterbacks

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<v Speaker 2>in football. If you want to throw Herbert on just

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<v Speaker 2>the ridiculous talent that he has, or Drake may Off

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<v Speaker 2>of one year, you know, six seven on the list, fine,

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<v Speaker 2>but then I would have brock Perty in front of Caleb,

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<v Speaker 2>in front of Love, in front of Golf, in front

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<v Speaker 2>of may in front of Prescott. I can. I'll give

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<v Speaker 2>you Herbert if you want Herbert. Maybe I'd even give

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<v Speaker 2>you Jayden Daniels, might even give you a Baker Mayfield

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<v Speaker 2>on the right day. But Brock's a top ten quarterback.

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<v Speaker 2>I think that if you want to say what where,

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<v Speaker 2>what can you say definitively? You can say, definitively, brock

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<v Speaker 2>Perty is an in the NFL. It's a top ten quarterback.

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<v Speaker 2>All right. You know who's a top ten Niner? Beat

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<v Speaker 2>writer Matt Mayoko, and he's going to join us next

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<v Speaker 2>on the Sports Leader.

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<v Speaker 1>As you were listening to V Sports Leader middays, here

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<v Speaker 1>is Larry Krueger.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, we keep things moving on a Friday, joining us

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<v Speaker 2>on the UMA guest line. Matt Mayoko does a great

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<v Speaker 2>job covering the Niners for NBC Sports Bay Area, and

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<v Speaker 2>he's on the UMA guest line to talk a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit about the Niners. Eight days into training camp. Matt,

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<v Speaker 2>how are you?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I'm doing great, enjoying this Friday. Don't have to

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<v Speaker 3>get in my car and drive to Santa Clara. So

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<v Speaker 3>we be back at it on Saturday and Sunday when

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<v Speaker 3>the traffic's a little bit lighter. But no, everything's everything's

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<v Speaker 3>going well. We're both enjoying camp.

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<v Speaker 2>Are we. Oh yeah, it's always it's always enjoyable. Now

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<v Speaker 2>you are the pro who has the big camp hat.

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<v Speaker 2>I did buy a big camp hat. I just haven't

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<v Speaker 2>been able to really. It's like I can't. I don't.

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like I can't wear it. I you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm wearing baseball hats. I've got other hats because I

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<v Speaker 2>just don't. I can't wear I bought like a World

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<v Speaker 2>Cup sombrero, and it's just I don't know. I feel

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<v Speaker 2>like it's gonna be too big of a statement to

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<v Speaker 2>wear it out there. So I've kind of I have it,

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<v Speaker 2>but I haven't actually busted it out yet.

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<v Speaker 3>I even saw you wearing a backwards hat the other day. Yes,

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<v Speaker 3>I was, yeah, I mean you look like you know,

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<v Speaker 3>you got the baggy shorts, you got the the backwards hat.

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<v Speaker 3>You're you're appealing to the young crowd. Craig, there you.

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<v Speaker 2>Go, thank you, thank you. Yes. So then I don't

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<v Speaker 2>get you know, people donating to my channel saying calling

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<v Speaker 2>me unk. I'm getting a lot of a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>unk lately. You know what I wanted to ask you about,

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<v Speaker 2>Raheem Morris, because Jaden Dugger, the rookie from Louisiana, is

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<v Speaker 2>a very unique prospect. He was he's very young, he's

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<v Speaker 2>the youngest guy on the team. He's long, he's rangy

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<v Speaker 2>thirty five inch arms. But he was running with the

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<v Speaker 2>first team defense this week, and that kind of surprised me.

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<v Speaker 2>Obviously it's a very positive sign. But then we kind

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<v Speaker 2>of heard from Drake Greenlaw, the Fever linebacker. He mentioned

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<v Speaker 2>the Fever linebacker, and then Raheem's talking about, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>kind of that hybrid player who's a kind of a

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<v Speaker 2>star player, or he used the word a spinner outside

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<v Speaker 2>edge defender who can cover the slot receiver and tackle

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<v Speaker 2>the running back and rush the pastor. And I feel

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<v Speaker 2>like this is kind of a new frontier here. What

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<v Speaker 2>are you expecting. Do you think Jadan Dugger is kind

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<v Speaker 2>of a one of one or does he fit into

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<v Speaker 2>a category with guys like Nick Martin and Larry Worth.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, it is interesting. It's a whole new kind

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<v Speaker 2>of wrinkle.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I think he's completely different than those guys. And

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<v Speaker 3>you know, I do want to get Raheem at some

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<v Speaker 3>point to explain and maybe the next time he's up there,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, kind of explain maybe the job descriptions of

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<v Speaker 3>those different titles. But the way I see it is,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, they're certainly doing whether it's experimenting or whether

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<v Speaker 3>it's this is what we're doing. I think it'll be

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<v Speaker 3>a little bit of both here in training camp and

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<v Speaker 3>certainly in the joint practices and everything else. But I

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<v Speaker 3>think Jaden Dougger's background makes him uniquely qualified for what

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<v Speaker 3>the forty nine ers are looking for as they deploy

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<v Speaker 3>more of those five man fronts. You know, he's got

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<v Speaker 3>the size, he's got the length, he's got the athleticism,

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<v Speaker 3>he's got the versatility. He played safety at Georgetown, he

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<v Speaker 3>played edge at Louisiana Lafayette, then he played stack linebacker

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<v Speaker 3>Louisiana Lafayette. So he's done a little bit of everything.

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<v Speaker 3>And when you have a five man line and if

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<v Speaker 3>they're only defensive lineman, there's going to be some shortcomings

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<v Speaker 3>because quite obviously, on passing situations, not all five guys

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<v Speaker 3>are going to be rushing on the same play, So

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<v Speaker 3>there will be times when that happens, but there'll be

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<v Speaker 3>a lot of dropping and trying to create confusion for

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<v Speaker 3>the offensive line and for the quarterback. And so Doug

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<v Speaker 3>gives them a guy that is, you know, would be

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<v Speaker 3>I think by definition, their best cover guy dropping into coverage,

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<v Speaker 3>but he also has the pass rush skills to do

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<v Speaker 3>that as well as playing the run and everything else.

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<v Speaker 3>So I think for what the forty nine ers are

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<v Speaker 3>looking at, I think that makes a lot more sense

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<v Speaker 3>than saying, have Luke Gifford as the third linebacker or

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<v Speaker 3>you know the linebacker slash d n that hybrid guy

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<v Speaker 3>who's you know, lines up on the at the line

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<v Speaker 3>of scrimmage. So I do think that early on, even

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<v Speaker 3>when they drafted him, he kind of thought like, Okay,

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<v Speaker 3>how exactly does he fit? And now as we watch

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<v Speaker 3>practice two weeks into practice, now we can see like, Okay,

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<v Speaker 3>that makes a lot of sense why they would take

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<v Speaker 3>him and how they can find a way to get

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<v Speaker 3>him on the field right away.

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<v Speaker 2>Matt, I've seen reports of twenty guy, the ninety man

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<v Speaker 2>camp roster dinged up. Some of these guys are it's

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<v Speaker 2>more precautionary. I think that if there was a game,

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<v Speaker 2>they probably would be playing. But still it's a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of injured guys. Chris Furster was asked the question the

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<v Speaker 2>other day at the presser, Hey, are the joint practices

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<v Speaker 2>with the Titans you know in jeopardy? And he made

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<v Speaker 2>it seem like absolutely, not that it's like a full go,

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<v Speaker 2>But then the way he kind of stated it, it

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<v Speaker 2>almost sounded like, you know, maybe like he's obviously it's

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<v Speaker 2>not his call directly, but he is kind of the

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<v Speaker 2>messenger at this point. Do you do you think that

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<v Speaker 2>the Tennessee joint practice is is it up in the air.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you think it's a slam dunk that it's gonna happen,

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<v Speaker 2>or do you think.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know, I would think that they're gonna happen.

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<v Speaker 3>It's gonna happen. Uh, but we'll see. I mean, I'm

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<v Speaker 3>gonna stake my you know my claim on that one,

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<v Speaker 3>but you know, for the Titans, they would want to know.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, if if we were to happen, I think

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<v Speaker 3>they would have or if it wasn't gonna happen, I

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<v Speaker 3>would think that they would have already canceled it because

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<v Speaker 3>the Titans aren't going to be coming out here. What

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<v Speaker 3>would that be three days early for a preseason game,

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<v Speaker 3>So you know, they have to kind of figure out

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<v Speaker 3>what they're going to do. If you know, they're not

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<v Speaker 3>going to fly out on a Monday to practice on

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<v Speaker 3>Tuesday in Santa Clara and then the game's on Thursday,

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<v Speaker 3>so that's when practice is scheduled to happen. The joint

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<v Speaker 3>practice would be on Tuesday.

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<v Speaker 2>You know.

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<v Speaker 3>I guess I'm less alarmed by the actual reality of

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<v Speaker 3>the injuries during training camp than just putting out the

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<v Speaker 3>list every day. Of these are the guys who aren't practicing.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, the.

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<v Speaker 3>One injury that's the big one, and I think it's

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<v Speaker 3>far and away the biggest one. And I don't even

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<v Speaker 3>know if there's a number two injury that would be

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<v Speaker 3>a reason for concern. It's Ricky Pearsall. Why because he's

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<v Speaker 3>out for the season. He's not gonna play this season,

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<v Speaker 3>but every other injury. Maybe next on the list would

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<v Speaker 3>probably be Venerian Low, the swing tackle who got injured

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<v Speaker 3>on the very first day of practice and has a

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<v Speaker 3>high ankle sprain, so that's usually a four to six

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<v Speaker 3>week injury. But I don't know that any of the

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<v Speaker 3>other injuries. Maybe Jacob Cowing with the hip fluxuer, I

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<v Speaker 3>don't know. I mean, I don't know that any of

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<v Speaker 3>these are at all concerning as it relates to impacting

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<v Speaker 3>the regular season. You know, the adductor injury of Kylon Black,

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<v Speaker 3>it depends on how serious that is. Keon White has

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<v Speaker 3>the same injury, at least described the same way, the adductor,

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<v Speaker 3>which is basically growing. But I really see him out there,

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<v Speaker 3>already see him out there working. I don't think the

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<v Speaker 3>Mike Evans thing is any big deal. I don't think

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<v Speaker 3>Christian Kirk at this point is a big deal because

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<v Speaker 3>it looks like he's running pretty well. Stribbling is already back.

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<v Speaker 3>So you know, the one that I thought, oh, that

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<v Speaker 3>could be a bad one was Grayson Halton. You know,

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<v Speaker 3>a bone bruise of the knee. We've seen that turn

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<v Speaker 3>into something bad. But he's already back and making an

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<v Speaker 3>impact felt. So I don't see the injury situation. I

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<v Speaker 3>know it's you know, people love to talk about it

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<v Speaker 3>because of where that practice facility is located and everything

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<v Speaker 3>else in the history, but I don't at this point. Again,

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, things can change, but at this point, I

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<v Speaker 3>don't see the forty nine ers being that adversely impacted

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<v Speaker 3>from by injuries other than Pearsaw. I mean, I look

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<v Speaker 3>around the league and I see, you know, Jayalen Walker

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<v Speaker 3>with the Falcons out for the year, Nick Scorton out

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<v Speaker 3>for the year, the other the draft pick for the

0:17:16.400 --> 0:17:21.000
<v Speaker 3>Panthers as well, Chris Brasel out for the year. So

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<v Speaker 3>and the New York Giants lost their seventeen games starting

0:17:25.359 --> 0:17:29.000
<v Speaker 3>nose tackle out for the year. So I don't see.

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<v Speaker 3>To me, the bigger concern is when's Kittle coming back?

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<v Speaker 3>When's Mikel Williams coming back off the pup list from

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<v Speaker 3>injuries last year?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? No, I think you're right, and we don't know

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<v Speaker 2>the answer to those questions quite yet. Robert Jones suddenly,

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<v Speaker 2>out of nowhere, went from the backup to Connor Colby

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<v Speaker 2>at left guard to the starter at left guard, with

0:17:47.560 --> 0:17:50.119
<v Speaker 2>Colby running with the twos and threes and running some

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<v Speaker 2>reps at right guard. Do you think this is a

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<v Speaker 2>momentary thing. I mean, Barrows had written a piece that

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<v Speaker 2>Colby had commandeered this job, and it's almost like the

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<v Speaker 2>Niners said, hey, no, he has it, you know, we

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<v Speaker 2>Jones has got to say some say here too. It's like, literally,

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<v Speaker 2>after that story hit the press, it's like Jones was

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<v Speaker 2>inserted as the starter at left guard. Do you think

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<v Speaker 2>Jones is going to be the starter at left guard

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<v Speaker 2>or do you think it's he's the starter for the moment?

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<v Speaker 3>I would I would think it's still Connor Colby. But

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<v Speaker 3>that was interesting I did early in training camp. I

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<v Speaker 3>asked Chris Firster, you know, is it possible that there's

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<v Speaker 3>no competition? You know, is it possible because open competition

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<v Speaker 3>implies that one guy's running with the ones one day,

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<v Speaker 3>the next day or maybe even later in the same practice,

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<v Speaker 3>the other guy's running with the ones, and they have

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<v Speaker 3>a competition. And it appeared to me that if Colby

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<v Speaker 3>Kolby was just going to stay in that job as

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<v Speaker 3>long as he gave the forty nine ers no reason

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<v Speaker 3>to replace him. First also said that, well, yeah, we'll

0:18:55.640 --> 0:18:57.520
<v Speaker 3>end up going with the best guy. But if the

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<v Speaker 3>best guy is Connor Colby from start to finish, then

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<v Speaker 3>then what you said is true. There won't be any

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<v Speaker 3>kind of back and forth. Let's have this guy work

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<v Speaker 3>with the one. So it was a little bit surprising,

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<v Speaker 3>and to me it's an indication that whatever they're looking

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<v Speaker 3>at behind the scenes, film study, everything else, player evaluation

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<v Speaker 3>looks to me like it means that it's not a

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<v Speaker 3>fait a company that Connor Colby is the starter. I

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<v Speaker 3>don't know that Robert Jones had a great day of

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<v Speaker 3>practice yesterday when he was running with the Ones, so

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<v Speaker 3>I would still kind of expect Colby to be that.

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<v Speaker 3>But I think it's also probably a reason for concern

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<v Speaker 3>that they felt the need to put somebody else in there,

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<v Speaker 3>because ideally you'd want your five starting guys to just

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<v Speaker 3>line up day one and be that way, no deviations

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<v Speaker 3>at all through the end of the season, and that

0:19:56.280 --> 0:20:01.040
<v Speaker 3>certainly wasn't the case. So certainly be watching during practice

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<v Speaker 3>on Saturday to see who's out there with the Ones.

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<v Speaker 2>Two quick hitters, will Pauling, Junior Berg and Jordan Watkins.

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<v Speaker 2>All these guys to me look like they're outshining Jacob

0:20:10.480 --> 0:20:15.240
<v Speaker 2>Cowing Bergins really surprised me. But I while Pat Pauling

0:20:15.320 --> 0:20:18.159
<v Speaker 2>is coming on, he looks very solid catching punts. Watkins

0:20:18.200 --> 0:20:22.600
<v Speaker 2>looks bigger, stronger, faster. Do you see the same thing

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<v Speaker 2>I'm seeing that. It seems like Cowing is falling behind

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<v Speaker 2>these other receivers.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I would say falling behind the other receivers, but

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<v Speaker 3>his ticket is not as a receiver. I mean, what's

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<v Speaker 3>the same way that that Sky Moore, you know, was

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<v Speaker 3>a factor for the forty hours last year. He was

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<v Speaker 3>a factor without ever really stepping on the field and

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<v Speaker 3>playing offense. So Pauling is interesting. He would be kind

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<v Speaker 3>of a guy that could come out of the out

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<v Speaker 3>of the shadows and win that job. To meet Jordan

0:20:53.040 --> 0:20:58.760
<v Speaker 3>Watkins seems a little less comfortable handling punts. That's the key.

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<v Speaker 3>Whoever is the sure handed, the most reliable, the most

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<v Speaker 3>comfortable handling punts is going to be one of the

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<v Speaker 3>receivers on the team and one of the guys who's

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<v Speaker 3>going to have a uniform on game days. So I

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<v Speaker 3>still think it's it's Cowing. However, this hip flexer that

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<v Speaker 3>we just talked about, if that keeps him out a

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<v Speaker 3>period of time, then that does open the door for

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<v Speaker 3>somebody else, But I would agree as far as you

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<v Speaker 3>know plays being made as a wide receiver Cowing, it

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<v Speaker 3>hasn't been able to you know, last year he had

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<v Speaker 3>a lot of momentum going into camp and got injured.

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<v Speaker 3>This year, you know, the ford AMers expected him to

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<v Speaker 3>kind of step in where he left off last year

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<v Speaker 3>before he missed the entire season, and I don't know

0:21:44.040 --> 0:21:46.960
<v Speaker 3>that that's happened. So there is definitely a lot of

0:21:47.000 --> 0:21:50.000
<v Speaker 3>gray area when it comes to how that wide receiver

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<v Speaker 3>depth chart will look and how the punt return aspect

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<v Speaker 3>will really impact their final decision, because it certainly looks

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<v Speaker 3>like Deebo Samuel is going to be the kickoff but

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<v Speaker 3>now who's going to be the plan returner.

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<v Speaker 2>Matt Mayoko with us on the Yuma Guest Line, covers

0:22:06.000 --> 0:22:08.000
<v Speaker 2>the Niners for NBC Sports Bay Area and does an

0:22:08.000 --> 0:22:11.160
<v Speaker 2>amazing job. Mattie will let you go, but today I'd

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<v Speaker 2>be remiss if I didn't ask you one about our

0:22:13.440 --> 0:22:16.640
<v Speaker 2>our friend, our our fallen friend, the Great Late Great

0:22:16.720 --> 0:22:20.840
<v Speaker 2>Dwight Clark. Today is August seventh. Today is my twenty

0:22:20.840 --> 0:22:24.000
<v Speaker 2>seventh wedding anniversary, but it is also Dwight Clark day.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know, I grew up as a kid in

0:22:27.320 --> 0:22:30.359
<v Speaker 2>this city. You know, I was eleven when he scored

0:22:30.359 --> 0:22:32.280
<v Speaker 2>that touchdown in the corner of the end zone, and

0:22:32.640 --> 0:22:34.880
<v Speaker 2>he was my idol. And then he became a friend

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<v Speaker 2>of mine and we had a chance to go golf

0:22:36.480 --> 0:22:39.120
<v Speaker 2>a few times and do some events, and I miss

0:22:39.200 --> 0:22:41.800
<v Speaker 2>him terribly. I thought he was one of my favorite Niners,

0:22:41.840 --> 0:22:43.639
<v Speaker 2>and then when I got to know him, he became

0:22:43.720 --> 0:22:45.960
<v Speaker 2>my favorite Niner. You got to spend a lot of

0:22:45.960 --> 0:22:47.639
<v Speaker 2>time with him and did a lot of great things

0:22:48.480 --> 0:22:51.640
<v Speaker 2>with d C before he passed, and got a chance

0:22:51.680 --> 0:22:55.159
<v Speaker 2>to visit with him. Just your recollections of Dwight Clark

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<v Speaker 2>before we let you go.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, you know, I remember watching the catch on my

0:23:00.040 --> 0:23:04.960
<v Speaker 3>ouch in the in northern California and little community Richfield,

0:23:04.960 --> 0:23:07.320
<v Speaker 3>where we could only get two channels at the time,

0:23:07.920 --> 0:23:13.119
<v Speaker 3>And to get to know him as you did. The

0:23:13.240 --> 0:23:18.240
<v Speaker 3>private thing that strikes me is it was the most

0:23:18.240 --> 0:23:21.600
<v Speaker 3>important play in forty nine Ers history and one of

0:23:21.640 --> 0:23:25.880
<v Speaker 3>the most impactful plays in NFL history, And for it

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<v Speaker 3>to happen to the organization, for him to be the

0:23:29.160 --> 0:23:32.040
<v Speaker 3>author of that play. He always joked, you know, to

0:23:32.119 --> 0:23:35.240
<v Speaker 3>Joe Montana. They called it the catch, not the throw

0:23:36.400 --> 0:23:39.680
<v Speaker 3>for it for it to be him. He was the

0:23:39.720 --> 0:23:42.960
<v Speaker 3>perfect person for that because of how he embraced it

0:23:43.440 --> 0:23:45.959
<v Speaker 3>and how he made every fan who came up to

0:23:46.040 --> 0:23:48.840
<v Speaker 3>him feel special when they would ask him about the

0:23:48.840 --> 0:23:53.520
<v Speaker 3>play or whatever. He acted like it was always the

0:23:53.560 --> 0:23:56.399
<v Speaker 3>first time anybody had ever come up to him and

0:23:56.520 --> 0:23:59.440
<v Speaker 3>asked about that. And so I remember one time going, man,

0:23:59.480 --> 0:24:03.040
<v Speaker 3>does it ever? I'm sure we were someplace and two

0:24:03.160 --> 0:24:05.520
<v Speaker 3>or three people came up to him separately and they

0:24:05.680 --> 0:24:08.439
<v Speaker 3>walked away, and I said, does that ever get tiring

0:24:08.520 --> 0:24:10.840
<v Speaker 3>for you to talk about that? And he just stopped

0:24:10.840 --> 0:24:12.800
<v Speaker 3>dead in his tracks and he looked at me and

0:24:12.840 --> 0:24:16.720
<v Speaker 3>he goes, would you ever get tired about talking about

0:24:16.800 --> 0:24:20.480
<v Speaker 3>that play? And I'm like, you're absolutely not. I wouldn't

0:24:20.560 --> 0:24:24.560
<v Speaker 3>get tired, and he goes, exactly. So he really embraced it,

0:24:24.600 --> 0:24:28.720
<v Speaker 3>and he was the perfect guy to be the man

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<v Speaker 3>who made the play that changed the organization.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. What a kind soul he was, and man, I

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<v Speaker 2>miss him. I miss him a lot. Matty. Great stuff. Man,

0:24:38.800 --> 0:24:41.480
<v Speaker 2>You always doing an incredible stuff. Incredible job. We love

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<v Speaker 2>your segments on The Leader. Thanks for jumping on all right,

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<v Speaker 2>kurug thanks so much. I'll see tomorrow. Yep, see tomorrow,

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<v Speaker 2>see you down there. Matt Mayoko, NBC Sports Bay Area.

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<v Speaker 2>He's as good as any covering this team, that's for sure.

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<v Speaker 2>All Right, let's do this. Let's take a time out.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll come back with more. As we say goodbye to

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<v Speaker 2>our front two day fill in John Lunn takes over

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<v Speaker 2>this time slot Monday at ten. I'm the Sports Leader.

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<v Speaker 1>As you were listening to V Sports Leader in middays.

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<v Speaker 1>Here is Larry Krueger.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, we're coming down the home stretch. I hope everybody's

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<v Speaker 2>enjoyed the last four hours. I know I have hope

0:25:16.200 --> 0:25:20.520
<v Speaker 2>you guys have. That's gonna do it for us today.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks to Chips McCarthy for producing the great John Curly

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<v Speaker 2>was our booker today and man, he booked up a storm.

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<v Speaker 2>I told Curly off the air, I'm like, man, I

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<v Speaker 2>couldn't have screwed that up, even if you know, if

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<v Speaker 2>I tried, the way you booked that thing. Thanks to

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<v Speaker 2>our guest John Lund, Pablo Sandoval, man, I love talking

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<v Speaker 2>to the Panda, Mark Adams, Andrew Baggerley, Matt Mioko, George Kantos.

0:25:48.400 --> 0:25:50.480
<v Speaker 2>When I did the show with Tolbert. Sometimes Tolbert would

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<v Speaker 2>throw in like names of people that we hadn't talked to.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like, I would like to thank this guy. It's like,

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<v Speaker 2>do we talk to that guy? Uh, Tommy t But

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<v Speaker 2>that is gonna do it us and thanks to Chips,

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<v Speaker 2>thanks to thanks to to Kyle Chung who helped yesterday,

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<v Speaker 2>and of course John Curley. John Curley outstanding one of

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<v Speaker 2>the best in the biz. And we're really excited to

0:26:12.040 --> 0:26:14.919
<v Speaker 2>work with Curly the last couple of days. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>it's never easy to jump in on another time slot.

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<v Speaker 2>It's never easy with the circumstances like this. But you

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<v Speaker 2>know what, you know you if you like doing this

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<v Speaker 2>for a living, you know you gottas. There's an old

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<v Speaker 2>saying that radio begins when everything that you plan to

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<v Speaker 2>do fails. And I'm gonna take some calls. No, you're

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<v Speaker 2>not the guest lines down. I'm gonna book this guest.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh he had to go somewhere, he's sick, he can't

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<v Speaker 2>he's not gonna make it. Oh, well, now what do

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<v Speaker 2>I do? Now? You gotta go make you gotta earn

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<v Speaker 2>your bones, you gonna you gotta make go make that

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<v Speaker 2>money and be a pro. But yeah, it was a

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<v Speaker 2>pleasure sitting in for the last two days. I know this.

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<v Speaker 2>There's a lot of people that have mixed feelings, but

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<v Speaker 2>you know, and I understand and that believe me, we

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<v Speaker 2>all do it the leader we do. We absolutely understand

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<v Speaker 2>the audience and who's our who our listeners are, and

0:27:06.240 --> 0:27:09.199
<v Speaker 2>how much so many of the personalities mean to the

0:27:09.200 --> 0:27:11.960
<v Speaker 2>people who listen to the station, and so I do

0:27:12.040 --> 0:27:15.320
<v Speaker 2>we all understand. But all I would say is, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>John Lunn starts Monday at ten, and give him a

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<v Speaker 2>shot because he's really really good and he's gonna entertain

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<v Speaker 2>you guys and doing fantastic job doing this four hour

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<v Speaker 2>deal every day by himself. And I'm sure he'll he'll

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<v Speaker 2>hit it out of the park because that's what he

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<v Speaker 2>does and he's just you know, one of the one

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<v Speaker 2>of the best pros I've met since I've been doing

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<v Speaker 2>this is the great John Lund. Really looking forward to

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<v Speaker 2>this weekend Giants and Tigers. Brew Baker is the opener

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<v Speaker 2>tonight for Houser Land and Roupe against Jackson Job tomorrow night,

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<v Speaker 2>and we'll be out there for that and then Logan

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<v Speaker 2>Webb one oh five Sunday against Troy Melton. Melton's really

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<v Speaker 2>good seven and one with a one fifty eight ra.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, if you're there to see the opposition, this

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<v Speaker 2>Tigers outfielder Max Clark is definitely worth watching. Check him out.

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<v Speaker 2>Forty nine ers can do off today or they had

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<v Speaker 2>to don a walk through today, but they'll be back

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<v Speaker 2>on the practice field tomorrow. I'll be back down there tomorrow,

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<v Speaker 2>Saturday or Sunday. I believe we're gonna meet with the

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<v Speaker 2>offensive and defensive coaches. So we got more coming from

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<v Speaker 2>forty nine er camp. And make sure that you listen

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<v Speaker 2>all next week because every night at six o'clock we

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<v Speaker 2>have Niners Nightly, and when there's Giants baseball or something

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<v Speaker 2>going on on six p' eighty, you'll catch it on

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<v Speaker 2>the CAMBR YouTube channel every night. So listen for me

0:28:37.440 --> 0:28:41.360
<v Speaker 2>every night Niners Nightly six to seven o'clock, either on

0:28:41.400 --> 0:28:43.120
<v Speaker 2>the radio or if you don't hear it on the radio,

0:28:43.160 --> 0:28:45.760
<v Speaker 2>go to the CAMBR YouTube channel and we'll be doing

0:28:45.880 --> 0:28:50.920
<v Speaker 2>the show via the YouTube channel. Interesting stuff talking to

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<v Speaker 2>Matt about you know, the forty nine er situation. There

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<v Speaker 2>there's a this is a moving you know, evolving situation

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<v Speaker 2>as far as the roster, and you know Jacob Cowing,

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<v Speaker 2>I personally don't think Jacob Cowing is gonna make it, don't.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't see it. I really don't. Will Pauling catches

0:29:08.880 --> 0:29:11.880
<v Speaker 2>the punts better, Junior Bergen catches the punts better. Watkins

0:29:11.920 --> 0:29:16.960
<v Speaker 2>is stronger, faster, bigger. Bergen and Will Pauling and Watkins

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<v Speaker 2>are all made more plays than Cowing. So I kind

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<v Speaker 2>of think Cowing, even though he's got the punt return ability,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know. Something tells me the Cowing maybe on

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<v Speaker 2>the outside. Looking in. The Robert Jones Connor Colby competition

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<v Speaker 2>at left guard suddenly got juicy. It looked like it

0:29:35.800 --> 0:29:38.480
<v Speaker 2>was gonna be Colby's job, and now Robert Jones is

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<v Speaker 2>the starter, and we'll see where that goes. To me,

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<v Speaker 2>the biggest thing that you're gonna notice in the preseason

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<v Speaker 2>with the forty nine ers is all the additional speed

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<v Speaker 2>at wide receiver. I mean Dejon's stripling, you know Jordan Watkins,

0:29:54.200 --> 0:29:57.440
<v Speaker 2>you know Wesley Grimes, Will Pauling. They're all sub four

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<v Speaker 2>for forty guys, so there's a lot more speed. I

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<v Speaker 2>didn't ask Maddie about Ogbo Acaranquo, but he really looks

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<v Speaker 2>like he can help their past rest quite a bit

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<v Speaker 2>as well. And then you know, talking to Matt there

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<v Speaker 2>about you know this this new Raheem Morris wrinkle to

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<v Speaker 2>their you know, the Niners have the same D line coach,

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<v Speaker 2>and so they they're gonna do a lot of wide nine,

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<v Speaker 2>but they want to be more multiple on their coverage front,

0:30:23.800 --> 0:30:26.880
<v Speaker 2>on their coverages and their fronts. And I think they're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna see Raheem use some linebackers as defensive lineman and

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<v Speaker 2>walk a linebacker up and and take that from like

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<v Speaker 2>a four to three, you know, look to you know,

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<v Speaker 2>a five man surface and a five man front and

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<v Speaker 2>just kind of make quarterbacks pause a little bit. And

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<v Speaker 2>we'll get more out of Raheem as he talks more

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<v Speaker 2>about you know, this star position or this this spinner

0:30:52.400 --> 0:30:55.360
<v Speaker 2>position that Bruce Irvin was so good at, which is

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<v Speaker 2>kind of a combo. It's a it's basically one player

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<v Speaker 2>that can you know, cover the receiver and then that

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<v Speaker 2>same player can make tackles in the box against the

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<v Speaker 2>running back, and then that same player can out of

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<v Speaker 2>a two point stance rush the quarterback and put some

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<v Speaker 2>heat on the quarterback and move him off his spot.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know, I think Raheem's going to be really

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<v Speaker 2>interesting to watch. How does he utilize Jaden Dugger, How

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<v Speaker 2>does he utilize Larry Worth the third? Nick Martin? Does

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<v Speaker 2>he find players that can play these hybrid roles? And

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<v Speaker 2>what is that looking like? So anyway looking that's what

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<v Speaker 2>I'm looking forward to seeing in the weeks ahead. Forty

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<v Speaker 2>nine er camp wise, that's going to do it for us.

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<v Speaker 2>Adam Copeland and Derek Poppa, they're at fifty eight Social

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<v Speaker 2>outside the ballpark getting you're ready for the Giants and

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<v Speaker 2>the Tigers Game one of three. Enjoy the fellas they

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<v Speaker 2>are next. Thanks to everybody behind the scenes. We'll see

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<v Speaker 2>you later on these Sports Leader