Speaker 1: What's happening? Thanks for Jonas, appreciate it hanging out with
Speaker 1: us on Pharobias ten am to two pm weekdays. Here
Speaker 1: on the Sports Leader, we're gonna have a little uh,
Speaker 1: we're gonna reminisce. It's my good friend Dennis Brown. Dennis
Speaker 1: and I haven't talked for a long time, and uh
Speaker 1: pre half in post we sat in those studios many
Speaker 1: many late nights discussing everything. A little bit of football,
Speaker 1: but a lot of other things as well. And the
Speaker 1: Super Bowl champion Dennis Brown, who did an awesome job
Speaker 1: with Keena and Bob for preseason Game number one, joins
Speaker 1: us here on the UMA guest line, what's happening?
Speaker 2: Hey man, you just went through this whole line about
Speaker 2: you know, the late night talking. Yeah, you never even
Speaker 2: say goodbye, bro? What's up with that?
Speaker 1: They kind of it's kind of like the NFL. They
Speaker 1: just gotta shoot you out of a cannon, like bye,
Speaker 1: So yeah, you go.
Speaker 2: You go. And I remember when I got really you know,
Speaker 2: I went into the locker room and it was just
Speaker 2: a garbage bag, and I was like, that is I
Speaker 2: can't just sitting next to your locker Yeah, yeah, don't,
Speaker 2: don't don't worry about going to the locker. Just take
Speaker 2: your bag and keep it moving.
Speaker 1: But it's good prison man.
Speaker 2: Yeah you doo.
Speaker 1: Man, I was, I got to tell you, man, awesome
Speaker 1: call for a week number one. Man, I was, I
Speaker 1: was digging you guys because I was actually I was
Speaker 1: in the studio watching the game, but it was your call,
Speaker 1: so it was it was your guys call while I
Speaker 1: was watching the game. I enjoyed it, man, it was awesome.
Speaker 2: That's that's you know, first preseason. You know, Fitz carries
Speaker 2: that whole show. He's so great, and Kena has his
Speaker 2: and uh but you know it's it's always inter I mean,
Speaker 2: it's always interesting to me, John, because it's preseason and
Speaker 2: you know, everybody gets hyped up, the crowds hyped up.
Speaker 2: But you know everyone's just happy football is back. And
Speaker 2: you know, we we we do it again. And I
Speaker 2: hate to say it, but you know we we talk
Speaker 2: about the what is it, the Quest for six whatever
Speaker 2: it might be. But yeah, you know, after that first
Speaker 2: preseason game, everyone's got their their look and their views
Speaker 2: and their predictions and it's and it's and it's kind
Speaker 2: of tough, right because you don't see the guys are
Speaker 2: actually be playing the football game. But it's always good
Speaker 2: to see some of these young guys. And I think
Speaker 2: we saw, you know this, this young receiver. You know,
Speaker 2: if you hit on that, you know it's great. But
Speaker 2: I look at the depth and this defensive line and
Speaker 2: and and you know some of the guys that they
Speaker 2: kind of stood out. I mean, you know, no one
Speaker 2: really popped, but you know, you've got a good base
Speaker 2: there and it's gonna be I don't know how it
Speaker 2: works anymore with these preseason games, if starters will play
Speaker 2: this game or they just kind of sit out until
Speaker 2: the regular season, but you know, it's good to see
Speaker 2: football back, and it's good to see some of these
Speaker 2: these guys get an opportunity and take advantage of it.
Speaker 1: No doubt. The great Dennis Brown is downing a Super
Speaker 1: Bowl champion. Had a great call right here on KMBR
Speaker 1: with Keenan Turner and Bob Fitzgerald for preseason game number one.
Speaker 1: Of course, the Chargers. The Niners are down in LA
Speaker 1: with the Chargers with joint practices which we'll get to
Speaker 1: in a minute. But you're area of expertise, obviously, it's
Speaker 1: all over the place. You have you're you have a
Speaker 1: large and vast area of expertise, but played on the
Speaker 1: defensive line. So I look, I love the Osa. Addition,
Speaker 1: I'm a little bit nervous about about Nick and the knee.
Speaker 1: Eric Branch wrote a piece today that the second knee
Speaker 1: injury is obviously more difficult to come back from. He
Speaker 1: had one in high school as well the ACLU. But
Speaker 1: what do you think of like these younger guys Like
Speaker 1: I like Grayson Halton, he looked pretty good. I've always
Speaker 1: been a CJ. West guy. Really like Alfred Collins, I think,
Speaker 1: but he needs to take a step. And then there's
Speaker 1: a couple of guys in Eason and Thompson who are
Speaker 1: free agent guys. So I like all this depth. It's
Speaker 1: just that it's unproven depth. So it makes me a
Speaker 1: little bit nervous.
Speaker 2: Yeah, like I was saying, I mean, you know, Grayson,
Speaker 2: I think he had some nice plays on the inside there.
Speaker 2: Valdez had a nice sack there, just kind of running
Speaker 2: over the running, pushing that guard back that outside shoulder
Speaker 2: and just getting that sack. There's some nice games ran.
Speaker 2: You know. James Thompson, I mean he he you know,
Speaker 2: he had a nice little game there at one point.
Speaker 2: Uh and then you know, Bryson eaesen is Is is
Speaker 2: a guy that you know, he's quick, good first step,
Speaker 2: he's strong. These guys just you know, I was at
Speaker 2: practice on I think it was on Sunday. These guys,
Speaker 2: it's just tough for me to watch. These guys are
Speaker 2: just you know, they look like they all look like linebackers,
Speaker 2: but they're quick and they're strong. So, you know, I
Speaker 2: think I think in the middle. You know, I'm still
Speaker 2: kind of old school, you know. I look, you know,
Speaker 2: kind of with what what the Seahawks did last year
Speaker 2: with those two guys in the middle, I think you
Speaker 2: just need some big guys in the middle that can
Speaker 2: just kind of absorb some double teams. And Keeno likes
Speaker 2: to talk about, you know, letting letting linebackers flow, but
Speaker 2: that is the kind of the key to this defense.
Speaker 2: But there were some you know, some young guys. I
Speaker 2: mean look at you know, Titus Leo, you know, big
Speaker 2: number ninety six. I mean, he had he had a
Speaker 2: couple of plays. You know, he's gonna have to learn
Speaker 2: kind of how to not to get pushed outside that
Speaker 2: I mean, have that outside contained, but also be able
Speaker 2: to squeeze that hole because you know that nine technique,
Speaker 2: you really got to be able to squeeze it. So
Speaker 2: there's no run laying in between you. But I mean
Speaker 2: there's some young guys, but there's only game one. I mean,
Speaker 2: you know, the expectations of the next game is these
Speaker 2: guys that we just talked about to kind of make
Speaker 2: you know, that next step. You know, Valdez is a
Speaker 2: guy that was on the team or didn't make the
Speaker 2: fifty three man roster, but they really liked them last season.
Speaker 2: You know, they call him Hercules. He's a strong dude.
Speaker 2: He's just got to kind of, you know, work on
Speaker 2: a counter move from that bull rush, get a rip
Speaker 2: or get some kind of handslap thing going. So I mean,
Speaker 2: you know, CJ. West and Alphad College is going to
Speaker 2: be interesting to see how they develop. But you know,
Speaker 2: again it's it's football's back, you know, Harball. It'd be interesting.
Speaker 2: Last week there's a lot of fights. I don't think
Speaker 2: Harball allows that fight and stuff. But I like seeing
Speaker 2: the physicality and I think, you know, but Fay, I
Speaker 2: mean with that rush when he ran over that fullback
Speaker 2: or that running back. I mean, I like the physicality,
Speaker 2: like that, so you know, this defense has to be
Speaker 2: you know, a lot stouter, especially against the run. This season.
Speaker 2: I think the secondary is gonna look good once Upton
Speaker 2: Stouts gets himself together and they figure out, you know,
Speaker 2: that other safety position. But you know, this defense has
Speaker 2: to be stronger against the run and then you know,
Speaker 2: get some interceptions, you know, and that all starts with
Speaker 2: the with that front four and getting after it or
Speaker 2: a front five whatever they're gonna run.
Speaker 1: By the way, I'm going back a minute here, but
Speaker 1: I I like how you brought up a number ninety
Speaker 1: six making a play because you wore ninety six. You
Speaker 1: do that often when we talk about Washington players. But
Speaker 1: it's okay, I got it. How much you know, obviously
Speaker 1: they've missed they missed drag Greenlaw when he was he
Speaker 1: was gone for a year. He's still kind of bang up.
Speaker 1: But if if he's healthy with Fred, I know, they
Speaker 1: got a lot of young defensive you know, young defensive
Speaker 1: linemen still kind of figuring their way outside of demo
Speaker 1: as far as the secondary is a little bit young
Speaker 1: as well. But but how much do you think that
Speaker 1: Drey will help? His return will help.
Speaker 2: I mean, it's gotta help I mean, you know he
Speaker 2: you know, when he was when he was h know,
Speaker 2: when he was back when he was with the forty
Speaker 2: nine ers a couple of years ago. I mean him
Speaker 2: and him and Fred Warner, they easily were the best
Speaker 2: duo linebackers in the National Football League, and at three
Speaker 2: accident in the Super Bowl, you know, kind of set
Speaker 2: them back. But you know, other guys get to learn, right,
Speaker 2: you know, other those other linebackers. Uh uh. You know
Speaker 2: Nick is a guy that played well in the preseason.
Speaker 2: He popped a little bit, then he kind of disappeared.
Speaker 2: I mean Nick gets to learn from him, Nick Martin.
Speaker 2: So you know, all these guys, you know, they get
Speaker 2: an opportunity to be around, you know, these two linebackers,
Speaker 2: and it's got to be you know, in the meeting rooms.
Speaker 2: You know, I played with two great linebackers. I played
Speaker 2: with Ken Norton Junior, a fantastic linebacker. Uh. And then
Speaker 2: you know Gary Gary Gary.
Speaker 1: I forget his name now, Gary Plumber.
Speaker 2: Plumber. Yeah, jeez, Alzheimer's kicking in, but yeah, Plumber. I
Speaker 2: mean those two linebackers, I mean, they help may help,
Speaker 2: may help you, you know, get a lot better. You know,
Speaker 2: I shouldn't joke about that because it's gonna happen here.
Speaker 2: But yeah, I mean it's great.
Speaker 1: I don't even I didn't even play.
Speaker 2: Yeah, uh, you know, and it's and it's and it's Uh,
Speaker 2: it's got to be great to be in the locker
Speaker 2: room with those guys, are in the media rooms with
Speaker 2: those guys. I mean, they're familiar with them, with with
Speaker 2: each other, but they're gonna help all these young guys
Speaker 2: get a lot better. I mean, what how about you
Speaker 2: know Romelo Height. I mean this kid, I mean I
Speaker 2: know he's a he's kind of a whip linebacker and
Speaker 2: outside linebacker, but I mean he's a guy when you
Speaker 2: look at when you look at him, you're like Jesus,
Speaker 2: guy long. He's got long arms. It's quick. But again,
Speaker 2: you know we're talking preseason. You know, you got to
Speaker 2: prove yourself, you know, regular season in the big games.
Speaker 2: But like always on paper, you know, right now, everyone
Speaker 2: looks fantastic, but you know, when the lights come on,
Speaker 2: we kind of see what happens. I am very interesting
Speaker 2: to see what this who plays in this this next
Speaker 2: preseason game here, and I think that's coming out as
Speaker 2: another Thursday.
Speaker 1: Game game, right yeah, I think it's is it Sunday
Speaker 1: that they're playing the Chargers, But like you said, I mean,
Speaker 1: I think this is the one that you play in
Speaker 1: and then nobody plays in the last preseason game, even
Speaker 1: though there's only three. So but uh, maybe just maybe
Speaker 1: now because you and I are no longer doing those
Speaker 1: shows than in the because people don't realize we did
Speaker 1: a postgame in Miami after the Super Bowl loss. We
Speaker 1: did a post game in Las Vegas after that loss. Man,
Speaker 1: it was like, that's a terrible like you're just sitting
Speaker 1: there and you're watching the confetti of the other team,
Speaker 1: which of course both times is Kansas City and it's
Speaker 1: close to what the forty nine Ers have that confetti,
Speaker 1: but the players doing the doing the snow angels and
Speaker 1: stuff like that or confetti angels, and you and I
Speaker 1: had to just sit there and watch that.
Speaker 2: So yeah, so yeah, we could have been the problem.
Speaker 2: We could have been the problem. So you know, those
Speaker 2: are not whole nights. Yeah, those were not. And they
Speaker 2: were long nights too. You're talking, you know, way into
Speaker 2: the next morning. So and you know, hopefully you know,
Speaker 2: guys kind of remember that. Guys like one of Nick
Speaker 2: Bosa they to remember stuff like that. And you know,
Speaker 2: I was fortunate enough never have to experience that as
Speaker 2: a player, but I have been able to experience it
Speaker 2: just kind of covering the squad. And I was in
Speaker 2: New Orleans, you know when that lost, So I really
Speaker 2: could be the problems. So three losses. So but again
Speaker 2: it's high hopes right now. You know, everyone's fired up
Speaker 2: about it. Everyone's fired up about. All I hear about
Speaker 2: is how great uh quarterback plays you know by both
Speaker 2: Mac and Brock Kurdy in camp. And you know scribbling
Speaker 2: is is doing an outstanding job, this young receiver. So
Speaker 2: everybody's hyped. You know, Debo's back, you know, Mike Evans
Speaker 2: is here. You know we got receivers are going to stretch.
Speaker 2: The defense is going to be a lot quicker. But again,
Speaker 2: you know you kind of have to wait till till
Speaker 2: it kind of happens to see what happens. And this
Speaker 2: team is notorious about I mean, well, what do we
Speaker 2: say every year, John, If the team can stay healthy,
Speaker 2: you know they're they're in contend for a Super Bowl.
Speaker 1: So all right, that leads us into our big pole.
Speaker 1: We have a big pole today. We want you to
Speaker 1: participate in it. So today's big pole is very simple. Uh,
Speaker 1: you can through through magic which I which I have,
Speaker 1: you can keep one forty nine ers player healthy all
Speaker 1: season long. They are they will not get injured. Now
Speaker 1: you can go with ours or you can go yeah,
Speaker 1: they will not get injured. So now I'm throwing Brock
Speaker 1: out because he would he would absolutely landslide this thing. Obviously.
Speaker 1: Although mac Jones is pretty good, maybe we should have
Speaker 1: put him in here, but I didn't. It's my fault,
Speaker 1: but I put we put CMC, Fred Warner, Nick Bosa,
Speaker 1: Trent Williams, or you can go off the board. So CMC,
Speaker 1: Nick Bosa, Fred Warner, Trent Williams or go off the board.
Speaker 2: I would say CMC, I mean just because I mean
Speaker 2: he I mean, unless especially right now. You know he's
Speaker 2: banged up, but he's kind of always kind of banged up,
Speaker 2: but these he really after him Who is it? I mean,
Speaker 2: who you got? Who you got gonna runs the problem?
Speaker 2: And we saw we saw last year that you know,
Speaker 2: he he was the engine, right you know, Jordan's Jordan
Speaker 2: James has heard you know, Black has got you know,
Speaker 2: expectations out the out the out the roof, you know,
Speaker 2: over over the I mean everything McCormick.
Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, well that's the problem. I really didn't
Speaker 1: think of this with with brock which you know, Mac
Speaker 1: Jones can win some games. I don't think he's brocked,
Speaker 1: but he can win some games. But like you said,
Speaker 1: gets hurt, Yeah, it falls off, he gets hurt.
Speaker 2: Patrick Taylor, Patrick Taylor, You're you're back. I mean, I
Speaker 2: think he's a good possession guy. He's a good red
Speaker 2: zone guy. But I don't think Patrick Taylor's gonna run
Speaker 2: this offense. So you know, if McCaffrey can stay you know,
Speaker 2: healthy throughout the season and the playoffs, I mean, that
Speaker 2: would that would be my guy. I mean, just because
Speaker 2: the depth is just not there. It's just not there,
Speaker 2: you know. And and you know how Kyle Shanahan does.
Speaker 2: He's trying to run the ball thirty times a game,
Speaker 2: so you're you're taking some pounding. So if he can
Speaker 2: stay healthy regular season, uh preseason you know, or preseason,
Speaker 2: regular season, uh, playoffs, I think you know, that'd be
Speaker 2: my guy.
Speaker 1: Dennis Brown joined a Super Bowl champion here on the
Speaker 1: Sports Eater. Are you are you feeding the masses today?
Speaker 1: Are you working in you? Are you taking a break
Speaker 1: because of us.
Speaker 2: So no, no, never, never break. It's interesting though, because
Speaker 2: I have a partnership with a with a great fish
Speaker 2: company distributor here in San Francisco, and I just got
Speaker 2: probably half a palette, which is probably ten cases of
Speaker 2: frozen salmon that I get to cut up today. Oh
Speaker 2: so yeah, so I can give that out on Friday.
Speaker 2: So the game, the game is on Thursday, and I'll
Speaker 2: be back on Have My Have My Pantry. But tonight
Speaker 2: I will be going on smelllegg salmon. So my wife,
Speaker 2: very nice man, very nice.
Speaker 1: Hey, hey, real quick, I'd be remiscent if I didn't
Speaker 1: ask you. This is popped into my head. You and
Speaker 1: I had many conversations about about Roger Craig and and
Speaker 1: I'm sad that it that it took so long, and
Speaker 1: he's health wise, he's not doing as well. But but
Speaker 1: just how big of a thrill was it for you
Speaker 1: as a as a you know, big Roger Craig guy,
Speaker 1: that that Roger finally got in.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean we we spent we had a fantastic
Speaker 2: weekend in Kenton, right uh, and you know what the
Speaker 2: issues that Roger's going through. I mean, you wouldn't have
Speaker 2: known it because he was just excited. You know, us
Speaker 2: as you know, as fans, we watch it and we say,
Speaker 2: you know, why not and why did it take so long?
Speaker 2: But think about Roger, what he's been doing all these years.
Speaker 2: So him, his family. It was just a really fun
Speaker 2: weekend and we had a great time. There were you know,
Speaker 2: we we had dinners, we had we were in a
Speaker 2: parade with him. You know, all the guys were there.
Speaker 2: Of course, all the Hall of Famers were there, but
Speaker 2: there was just there was just it was. It was
Speaker 2: truly a celebration. And you know, I think Roger, I mean,
Speaker 2: we all know he deserves it. I mean, what took
Speaker 2: so long? I don't know. I don't know how that
Speaker 2: stuff kind of works. But now it's behind him. He
Speaker 2: is he is a Hall of Famer, which he deserves
Speaker 2: to be. And he had all his teammates around and
Speaker 2: it was really really I think we left here on
Speaker 2: a Thursday and we spent the whole weekend. We came
Speaker 2: back on a Monday, and it was just all about that,
Speaker 2: all about Roger. Mister d was there. It was it
Speaker 2: was a great party. Uh, the performer was I don't
Speaker 2: know if you know this cat, but his name is
Speaker 2: Morris Day. If you heard of Morris Day.
Speaker 1: Of course, yeah, Purple Rain, Mars Day and the Nights
Speaker 1: or whatever it was the time.
Speaker 2: Sorry, you're gonna have to do a little do a
Speaker 2: little googleman. But it was great. It was a great
Speaker 2: celebration that well deserved, well deserved. It was great.
Speaker 1: That's awesome, man, Hey, thanks for that story. Appreciate it.
Speaker 1: Thanks for taking the time.
Speaker 2: Man.
Speaker 1: I always love catching up to you, and hopefully we
Speaker 1: can do it in person really soon.
Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely hopefully see you at the Old all right man.
Speaker 1: Oh I'll be there. I'll be there.
Speaker 2: Okay, good good, good, good good. All right, I have
Speaker 2: to look you. Thanks go to.
Speaker 1: I was just gonna say, now you're in the v
Speaker 1: I p C. Man, this is the great Dennis Prowd