WEBVTT - Week 6 49ers vs. Commanders Preview 0:00:01.190 --> 0:00:05.270 It's time to bring the 49ers to the forefront. 0:00:05.730 --> 0:00:08.459 It's go time. This is the best team that they 0:00:08.490 --> 0:00:10.100 can put on the field this year. 0:00:10.640 --> 0:00:12.719 Welcome to Niners Nightly. 0:00:12.740 --> 0:00:14.780 You guys are going to hear the latest from the 0:00:14.820 --> 0:00:17.439 locker room, the latest from the podium, the latest scuttle 0:00:17.480 --> 0:00:18.240 from the players. 0:00:18.540 --> 0:00:25.400 On your proud home of 49ers football, KNBR, the sports leaders. 0:00:26.250 --> 0:00:29.470 Your faithful fix with your host, Larry Kruger, begins. 0:00:29.550 --> 0:00:31.910 We take phone calls. We talk Niners for a full hour. 0:00:31.930 --> 0:00:38.470 Fired up. Really excited. Now. And away we go. Welcome. 0:00:38.490 --> 0:00:41.190 Larry Kruger back with you. Really excited. 0:00:42.010 --> 0:00:48.199 Always really excited for a great hour of 49er dialogue. 0:00:49.920 --> 0:00:53.220 When are the Niners ever going to lose? Are they 0:00:53.240 --> 0:00:56.080 going to run the table? Could they run the table? 0:00:57.150 --> 0:01:01.700 It's something that nobody's done since the 72 Dolphins. Nobody's 0:01:01.730 --> 0:01:06.300 had that perfect season. Could the Niners have the perfect season? 0:01:06.360 --> 0:01:12.080 I don't think so. I don't think so. But it 0:01:12.140 --> 0:01:12.760 is interesting. 0:01:13.020 --> 0:01:13.880 They're 5-0. 0:01:14.740 --> 0:01:17.880 They're putting up 30 a game, and it's really more 0:01:17.920 --> 0:01:20.700 like 35 a game because they've already played the Rams 0:01:20.740 --> 0:01:26.510 tough D, Denver's tough D, Seattle's incredibly tough D. And 0:01:26.530 --> 0:01:28.710 they got a challenge this weekend with the commanders. I 0:01:28.709 --> 0:01:32.690 was talking to Clay Kubiak today down in Santa Clara, 0:01:32.730 --> 0:01:36.069 and he said that the scheme is a challenge, that 0:01:36.090 --> 0:01:40.290 it's a schematic challenge, significant challenge. And Shanahan actually said 0:01:40.350 --> 0:01:44.610 yesterday he thinks that the commanders may present the most 0:01:44.709 --> 0:01:46.810 stiff challenge the Niners have faced. 0:01:48.350 --> 0:01:53.030 I thought, I was like, I'm like, come on. You 0:01:53.050 --> 0:01:56.300 took on the Rams. You played Seattle in Seattle. 0:01:58.040 --> 0:02:01.910 The commanders is the stiffest test you're going to face? 0:02:02.870 --> 0:02:04.510 Or are they just talking up their opponent? 0:02:05.150 --> 0:02:05.610 I don't know. 0:02:06.990 --> 0:02:10.250 I can't put my finger on whether they actually believe 0:02:10.290 --> 0:02:14.410 that or if that's just what they said. But the 0:02:14.450 --> 0:02:20.060 commanders defensively are giving up 29.8 points per game. They 0:02:20.080 --> 0:02:25.359 have the 29th ranked pass defense. So they do blitz 0:02:25.380 --> 0:02:25.700 a lot. 0:02:25.700 --> 0:02:26.720 43% blitz rate. 0:02:29.280 --> 0:02:32.700 It's the same scheme that Minnesota runs, kind of. They 0:02:32.740 --> 0:02:36.620 don't blitz at the same rate. Minnesota's blitzing like 88% 0:02:36.620 --> 0:02:41.280 or some. Flores is just going blitz maniac this year 0:02:41.340 --> 0:02:42.899 because they don't have a very good secondary. 0:02:42.940 --> 0:02:45.620 He knows it. So he's blitzing and blitzing and blitzing. 0:02:45.650 --> 0:02:51.190 Well, these guys in Washington came from Minnesota, and they 0:02:51.230 --> 0:02:53.950 are second in the NFL in blitz rate. 0:02:54.389 --> 0:02:55.410 They blitz 43% of the time. 0:02:57.200 --> 0:03:00.100 The question is, and I asked Brock Purdy about this 0:03:00.410 --> 0:03:03.270 going into the last week. I said, hey, Brock, at 0:03:03.290 --> 0:03:10.470 this point, you're completing 73% against the Blitz with seven 0:03:10.530 --> 0:03:12.160 touchdowns and no interceptions. 0:03:12.220 --> 0:03:14.620 It doesn't look like the Blitz is slowing you down. 0:03:15.060 --> 0:03:19.960 In fact, you actually have a higher completion percentage against five- 0:03:20.000 --> 0:03:24.850 and six-man rushes than you do when teams don't Blitz. So, 0:03:24.970 --> 0:03:27.170 you know, it's like, what's the more difficult thing? And 0:03:27.190 --> 0:03:29.130 I don't want to get too far down the road 0:03:29.190 --> 0:03:31.190 because you don't want to. It's one thing to kind 0:03:31.230 --> 0:03:34.110 of pick his brain and get his thoughts, but you 0:03:34.130 --> 0:03:36.860 don't want to have him saying things. You know, I 0:03:36.920 --> 0:03:39.520 really struggle when teams rush three and drop eight. 0:03:39.620 --> 0:03:40.720 You know, that's never good. 0:03:41.060 --> 0:03:44.100 You don't necessarily want that if you can avoid those 0:03:44.160 --> 0:03:47.920 kinds of answers that give away a quarterback's true intentions. 0:03:47.960 --> 0:03:49.830 And Brock's smarter than that. He's not going to tell you. 0:03:50.450 --> 0:03:53.650 I'm really bothered by this formation. I'm really bothered by 0:03:53.690 --> 0:03:56.930 this coverage. I mean, this front, this blitz package, it 0:03:56.970 --> 0:04:01.370 just absolutely confuses me every time. He's just never going 0:04:01.390 --> 0:04:04.180 to say that. But it's going to be a good matchup. 0:04:04.250 --> 0:04:05.840 It's going to be a good matchup on Monday night. 0:04:05.980 --> 0:04:08.720 I do expect the 49ers to win. A buddy of 0:04:08.740 --> 0:04:10.620 mine sent me a note. We've got a great hour 0:04:10.660 --> 0:04:13.480 for you, by the way. The fantastic Damon Bruce is 0:04:13.500 --> 0:04:15.940 going to join us for a segment. Haven't talked to 0:04:15.980 --> 0:04:18.540 Damon in a while, so we got him back on. 0:04:19.000 --> 0:04:20.750 and he's going to join us here in the next block. 0:04:23.339 --> 0:04:27.539 But a buddy of mine asked me this morning, he's like, Krug, 0:04:28.080 --> 0:04:31.659 I've been out of the country. Catch me up on 0:04:31.680 --> 0:04:35.299 the Niners. I see that they're 5-0. I'm like, yeah, man, 0:04:35.360 --> 0:04:38.880 they beat the Rams in Australia. They got the Miami 0:04:38.900 --> 0:04:42.180 Dolphins in Week 2. They were pretty young. Arizona was 0:04:42.300 --> 0:04:44.040 kind of a tough game in Week 3, but they 0:04:44.080 --> 0:04:48.630 got a win. Denver, it was a you know, tie 0:04:48.670 --> 0:04:52.089 game at halftime, but they won the second half and 0:04:52.130 --> 0:04:53.690 they were the better team in Seattle. 0:04:54.529 --> 0:04:56.200 He's like, are they going to run the table? And 0:04:56.220 --> 0:04:58.460 I'm like, what? And then he's the next question. What 0:04:58.480 --> 0:05:00.900 are they going to lose? I'm like, I don't know. 0:05:01.360 --> 0:05:03.690 I don't know when they're going to lose. I, so I, 0:05:03.900 --> 0:05:06.760 I busted out the schedule and if you want to 0:05:06.779 --> 0:05:09.750 chime in 808 KMBR, but this is kind of how 0:05:09.790 --> 0:05:13.230 I see the schedule. Niners are five now. There are 0:05:13.270 --> 0:05:16.370 three games clear by the way, on the division in 0:05:16.390 --> 0:05:18.919 the loss column. How great does that sound? 0:05:20.060 --> 0:05:21.080 It's unbelievable. 0:05:21.100 --> 0:05:22.820 If you had told me that the Niners would be 0:05:22.880 --> 0:05:26.320 three games clear of the Rams and Seahawks by week six, 0:05:27.200 --> 0:05:27.560 I would have. 0:05:27.500 --> 0:05:30.039 Thought, no way, no how, no chance. 0:05:31.580 --> 0:05:34.349 But that's the NFL in 2026, and that's the way 0:05:34.390 --> 0:05:38.730 it's come down. And Seattle is in a world of hurt. 0:05:38.790 --> 0:05:41.489 You guys saw Sam Darnold last night. Oh, my God. 0:05:41.730 --> 0:05:44.900 Sam Darnold. Sam Darnold's looking like Jimmy G. He's got 0:05:45.140 --> 0:05:47.820 one weapon. His line's not protecting him. They have no 0:05:47.900 --> 0:05:51.060 run game. Pitter-patter feet. He's going crazy. 0:05:51.460 --> 0:05:53.279 Throwing picks. He doesn't see the field. 0:05:53.920 --> 0:05:56.100 You watch Sam Darnold operate and then watch Brock Purdy 0:05:56.120 --> 0:05:57.540 and then tell me Sam Darnold's better. 0:05:58.480 --> 0:06:00.020 I mean, come on. 0:06:00.060 --> 0:06:03.000 Brock Purdy's ten times better than Sam Darnold. I don't 0:06:03.040 --> 0:06:06.229 care Super Bowl ring or no Super Bowl ring. Sam 0:06:06.260 --> 0:06:09.450 Darnold throws a really nice ball in an ideal situation. 0:06:09.529 --> 0:06:13.420 But Man, you saw it when it's on him. You 0:06:15.060 --> 0:06:18.320 make him play quarterback. You make him do it from 0:06:18.339 --> 0:06:21.500 the pocket. He's got one receiver. He's a great receiver, 0:06:21.520 --> 0:06:25.990 but he's got one. In JSN, he looked really uncomfortable 0:06:26.589 --> 0:06:30.170 last night in Denver, and Seattle lost the game. Denver, 0:06:30.370 --> 0:06:35.690 Bo Nix was horrible, and yet still, they beat the 0:06:35.710 --> 0:06:36.270 Seahawks in Denver. 0:06:36.290 --> 0:06:36.490 Okay, so. 0:06:41.220 --> 0:06:44.619 Washington this week, you know, I'm leaning towards a victory. 0:06:46.240 --> 0:06:48.680 I think next week in Atlanta is tough. I think 0:06:48.700 --> 0:06:52.310 that's going to be a tough one. Three weeks from now, 0:06:52.500 --> 0:06:53.500 home against the Raiders. 0:06:53.520 --> 0:06:55.810 I think that's a win. 0:06:56.450 --> 0:07:00.250 Niners own the Cowboys. They're going to beat Dallas and Dallas. 0:07:00.290 --> 0:07:04.430 I feel very confident in that. Minnesota is a tough 0:07:04.490 --> 0:07:07.810 place to play, but they're not playing in Minnesota. They're 0:07:07.850 --> 0:07:11.680 playing in Mexico City. And 90% of the crowd are 0:07:11.700 --> 0:07:13.540 going to be rooting for the Niners. Still going to 0:07:13.560 --> 0:07:16.850 be a challenge because Flores blitzed at an 88% clip. 0:07:17.410 --> 0:07:21.110 So it's going to be Brock Purdy making plays left 0:07:21.170 --> 0:07:23.310 and right. But I like the Niners to win there. 0:07:24.590 --> 0:07:28.830 So where are they going to lose anywhere? November 29th 0:07:29.720 --> 0:07:34.280 or 8th against the Seahawks at Levi's. It's going to 0:07:34.300 --> 0:07:34.800 be a tough game. 0:07:36.440 --> 0:07:36.740 No doubt. 0:07:36.800 --> 0:07:39.290 That's going to be a really tough game. The next week, 0:07:39.310 --> 0:07:43.890 they play the G-Men at MetLife. Early morning start. No, 0:07:44.010 --> 0:07:47.810 that's a win for the Niners. December 13th, Rams come in. 0:07:48.380 --> 0:07:50.660 That's a tough game. These are teams that are going 0:07:50.680 --> 0:07:55.260 to want payback off the first loss. At Chargers, mid-December, 0:07:55.800 --> 0:07:58.020 I think that's a win. I don't like the way 0:07:58.060 --> 0:08:01.700 the Chargers look. At Kansas City, two days after Christmas, 0:08:02.420 --> 0:08:03.700 it's going to be freezing cold. 0:08:04.480 --> 0:08:05.460 That's going to be a tough game. 0:08:06.470 --> 0:08:09.620 Philly at home. You know, Philly's always a challenge, but 0:08:09.700 --> 0:08:11.040 I think the Niners are going to get that win. 0:08:11.180 --> 0:08:12.610 At Arizona, I think the Niners are going to get 0:08:12.620 --> 0:08:15.250 that win. So if you look at the schedule, are 0:08:15.270 --> 0:08:17.030 they going to run the table? I would say no way. 0:08:17.450 --> 0:08:21.190 They're going to lose. We just don't know when. We 0:08:21.230 --> 0:08:23.130 don't know when exactly where it's going to come, but 0:08:23.150 --> 0:08:27.820 they're going to lose. And I would say the toughest 0:08:27.860 --> 0:08:32.320 games on the schedule would be at Atlanta, Seattle at home, 0:08:33.500 --> 0:08:38.340 Rams at home, at Kansas City. Those are the four 0:08:38.420 --> 0:08:40.599 games that I could easily see them losing. 0:08:41.500 --> 0:08:44.730 Easily. I mean, a lot of people are like, Atlanta? Really? 0:08:44.809 --> 0:08:47.809 No, but Atlanta's good. Atlanta's good on the line of scrimmage, 0:08:47.850 --> 0:08:51.350 and they've got Bijon, they've got weapons, Michael Penix. 0:08:52.429 --> 0:08:53.110 I like Atlanta. 0:08:53.250 --> 0:08:55.150 In fact, I think I may like Atlanta this weekend 0:08:55.170 --> 0:08:59.900 against the Bears in Atlanta there, in their brand-new Mercedes-Benz place, 0:08:59.960 --> 0:09:03.400 or whatever they call it. So anyway, we always start 0:09:03.440 --> 0:09:05.620 with today in Niner News, and today. 0:09:06.929 --> 0:09:09.390 Today is a Thursday or a Friday, but it's a 0:09:09.450 --> 0:09:14.150 Thursday schedule. So tomorrow is a Friday schedule and it's Saturday. 0:09:14.190 --> 0:09:19.820 So tomorrow we'll have the details on who's playing definitively. 0:09:20.390 --> 0:09:24.280 Today was their most substantive practice of the week. And 0:09:24.760 --> 0:09:27.700 we can just tell you what we saw today. Grayson 0:09:27.740 --> 0:09:31.120 Halton did not practice. He's got a quad injury and 0:09:31.140 --> 0:09:33.520 he was working on the side field. So it kind 0:09:33.540 --> 0:09:36.069 of makes me think he's not going to go. We'll 0:09:36.110 --> 0:09:42.840 find out more definitively tomorrow. Mike Evans, ribs, Achilles, probably 0:09:42.880 --> 0:09:47.160 still sore hip, worked on a side field. Is Evans 0:09:47.200 --> 0:09:49.280 going to go? I think that's one of the big questions. 0:09:50.220 --> 0:09:52.300 And if not, what receiver is going to be up? 0:09:53.590 --> 0:09:55.610 Because you're not going to have Debo, and then you 0:09:55.630 --> 0:09:58.630 may not have Evans. Carver Willis was back at practice. 0:09:58.650 --> 0:09:59.530 He had a toe injury. 0:09:59.550 --> 0:10:00.510 He missed touchdowns. yesterday. 0:10:00.550 --> 0:10:05.310 Nick Bosa, they say may go Monday night, but he 0:10:05.330 --> 0:10:08.510 didn't practice. But, you know, once again, practice is not 0:10:08.530 --> 0:10:10.360 a prerequisite for playing for Bosa. 0:10:10.380 --> 0:10:11.040 I mean, he didn't play. 0:10:11.300 --> 0:10:13.400 I didn't see him practice before he went to Australia. 0:10:14.260 --> 0:10:18.790 And yet he played in Australia. So. I think they're 0:10:18.820 --> 0:10:22.199 going to baby Bosa because there's no reason not to. 0:10:22.240 --> 0:10:25.920 You're 5-0. You're getting it done up front. But I'd 0:10:25.960 --> 0:10:28.680 love to see him back for this game. Now, James 0:10:28.720 --> 0:10:33.459 Thompson Jr., the rookie defensive tackle from Illinois slash Wisconsin, 0:10:33.480 --> 0:10:36.540 has the high ankle sprain. He returned to practice, and 0:10:36.559 --> 0:10:38.800 they're saying that he might go. And maybe the most 0:10:38.860 --> 0:10:42.480 amazing was Kyle Juszczyk, who almost had his knees taken 0:10:42.640 --> 0:10:47.590 out literally two weeks ago. Missed one game. I mean, 0:10:47.610 --> 0:10:49.370 when I saw that injury, I thought, he's done for 0:10:49.390 --> 0:10:54.829 the year. Hyper-extended the knee? That can't feel good. I 0:10:54.830 --> 0:10:58.380 don't know about your knee, but my knee only bends 0:10:58.580 --> 0:11:03.940 one way. To think of it bending beyond its full 0:11:04.160 --> 0:11:07.080 stretched-out point is kind of like, what? And that's what 0:11:07.100 --> 0:11:08.990 happened to Kyle Huchek. He took one week off, but 0:11:09.000 --> 0:11:12.770 he practiced today. And maybe he'll be out there on 0:11:12.830 --> 0:11:15.620 Monday night, they're saying. So, I mean, that just shows 0:11:15.640 --> 0:11:18.120 these guys are just made a little differently. I mean, 0:11:18.140 --> 0:11:20.780 that's crazy. But he's supposedly going to be out there. 0:11:21.179 --> 0:11:27.150 And the Niners are 5-0, and they're looking good. Garrett 0:11:27.210 --> 0:11:30.410 Wallow was a practice on the side field. He's got 0:11:30.429 --> 0:11:32.270 the hamstring. He's not going to go. You know who 0:11:32.330 --> 0:11:33.290 did practice today, though? 0:11:33.309 --> 0:11:35.470 Christian Kirk. And I talked to him in the locker 0:11:35.490 --> 0:11:37.949 room yesterday, and Lynch told Murph and Marcus this morning 0:11:38.450 --> 0:11:41.370 that Kirk came to them and said, hey, man, I'm 0:11:41.410 --> 0:11:44.510 ready to roll. I'm ready to play. His last game, 0:11:44.550 --> 0:11:45.170 he caught eight. 0:11:45.070 --> 0:11:47.910 Balls for 144 yards and a touchdown in the wildcard 0:11:47.970 --> 0:11:52.230 round for the Texans against the Steelers. And I think 0:11:52.250 --> 0:11:54.510 he's ready to roll. I think he's ready to contribute. 0:11:55.700 --> 0:11:59.020 This is the best team he's been on. And it'll 0:11:59.040 --> 0:12:01.559 be interesting to see what he can produce. So he 0:12:01.600 --> 0:12:03.459 was great at Texas A & M. I mean, like, 0:12:03.580 --> 0:12:08.760 really great. And had some moments with the Cardinals. We 0:12:08.800 --> 0:12:11.079 talked about him. I talked to him at his locker 0:12:11.100 --> 0:12:14.160 a couple days ago about this. First touchdown of the NFL, 0:12:14.460 --> 0:12:17.500 of his NFL life, was right there at Levi's. Josh 0:12:17.559 --> 0:12:19.740 Rosen went up top. It was an early season, maybe 0:12:19.760 --> 0:12:23.680 a week one game, maybe week two. I forget what year, 0:12:23.900 --> 0:12:27.420 but Rosen went up top, hit Kirk for a touchdown. 0:12:27.540 --> 0:12:32.329 Cardinals were in biz. So he's going to go, it 0:12:32.370 --> 0:12:33.309 sounds like. He practiced. 0:12:33.330 --> 0:12:35.610 I mean, he's got to practice again tomorrow, but he's 0:12:35.650 --> 0:12:38.630 probably going to go. Now, John Lynch stopped by this morning. 0:12:38.670 --> 0:12:41.170 He said a number of interesting things. He mentioned that 0:12:41.230 --> 0:12:43.980 Jaden Duggar, You know, they really like the way Jaden 0:12:44.000 --> 0:12:46.280 Duggar's playing. I talked to Jaden today at his locker. 0:12:47.320 --> 0:12:49.220 Terrific kid. I mean, this is a really young guy. 0:12:49.240 --> 0:12:51.479 He's one of the youngest players in the NFL. He's 0:12:51.620 --> 0:12:56.200 played defensive back. He played safety at Georgetown. You think 0:12:56.220 --> 0:13:00.459 of Georgetown, you think of Patrick Ewing, Michael Graham, Hoya Paranoia, 0:13:00.500 --> 0:13:04.110 you think of hoops. But he played football at Georgetown, 0:13:04.510 --> 0:13:07.790 and he played safety. And because of that, they feel 0:13:07.850 --> 0:13:10.070 confident playing him as a. 0:13:10.050 --> 0:13:12.890 Coverage player in like a big nickel position. you know, 0:13:12.970 --> 0:13:14.250 version of their defense. 0:13:15.190 --> 0:13:17.110 But I talked to him, and he said, hey, man, 0:13:17.130 --> 0:13:19.410 they're keeping it simple for me, and I'm playing fast, 0:13:19.450 --> 0:13:22.589 and I'm having fun, and I'm listening to Dre, and 0:13:22.610 --> 0:13:26.579 I'm listening to Fred, and I'm listening to KJ, listening 0:13:27.240 --> 0:13:29.550 to Johnny Holland, and I'm just doing what they tell me, 0:13:29.580 --> 0:13:30.420 and I'm having fun. 0:13:30.440 --> 0:13:32.420 And I said, hey, that's the way to do it, man. 0:13:32.760 --> 0:13:35.400 You don't work football. You play football. 0:13:36.179 --> 0:13:38.120 And you got to have fun. You got to have fun, 0:13:38.140 --> 0:13:41.679 and he's having fun. Lynch also said, hey, we've made calls. 0:13:41.740 --> 0:13:45.800 We've taken calls. NFL trade deadline, I believe, is November 10th. 0:13:46.620 --> 0:13:50.440 But the made phone calls, not surprising. The taken phone 0:13:50.480 --> 0:13:53.600 calls is kind of surprising. I would imagine it's for 0:13:53.640 --> 0:13:56.020 Mac Jones. I don't think the Niners are going to 0:13:56.059 --> 0:13:57.780 move Mac Jones, but I thought it was interesting to 0:13:57.800 --> 0:13:58.420 hear John. 0:13:58.820 --> 0:13:59.740 Say that this morning. 0:14:00.300 --> 0:14:02.600 He also said that George Kittle asked him about possibly 0:14:02.640 --> 0:14:04.780 trading for Khalil Mack. We asked George about it at 0:14:04.820 --> 0:14:06.439 his locker, and he said, yeah, you know, when Lynch 0:14:06.460 --> 0:14:08.700 is up there on the patio, And I'm walking off 0:14:08.720 --> 0:14:10.340 the practice field, and I see him up there. 0:14:10.860 --> 0:14:12.800 I'll say to him, hey, we getting this guy? We 0:14:12.820 --> 0:14:14.840 getting that guy? I said, you know, people are like, 0:14:14.860 --> 0:14:17.300 what did he say? What did John say? And he's like, no, 0:14:17.320 --> 0:14:20.420 he doesn't say much. He's noncommittal. 0:14:21.040 --> 0:14:24.970 But George Lynch shared that with the morning audience this morning, 0:14:24.990 --> 0:14:28.330 that Kittles asked him about the availability of Khalil Mack 0:14:28.370 --> 0:14:29.350 and are the Niners trying. 0:14:29.210 --> 0:14:30.670 To get him. That would be nice. 0:14:30.690 --> 0:14:33.370 Could you imagine Khalil Mack on one side and Bosa 0:14:33.410 --> 0:14:33.970 on the other side? 0:14:34.490 --> 0:14:36.840 He's got three sacks. He looks pretty good. Chargers are 0-5. 0:14:37.890 --> 0:14:39.930 Make it happen. I don't know what it's going to take, 0:14:39.970 --> 0:14:40.590 but it'll be nice. 0:14:42.510 --> 0:14:45.090 So the big questions are, is Kirk going to play? 0:14:45.250 --> 0:14:48.230 He practiced today. Is Halton going to play? He didn't 0:14:48.270 --> 0:14:52.630 practice today. Is Evans going to play? I don't think so. 0:14:52.930 --> 0:14:56.950 He didn't practice today. Is Bosa going to go? You know, 0:14:58.170 --> 0:15:00.430 all we got from Lynch this morning was, we'll see. 0:15:01.370 --> 0:15:03.470 They don't want to rush him back. You know, this 0:15:03.530 --> 0:15:08.270 is his third ACL. So, A lot of interesting stuff 0:15:08.310 --> 0:15:12.410 there in Ninerland today. The big question is that wide receiver. 0:15:13.410 --> 0:15:15.910 You know, what do you do with Mike Evans? He's 0:15:15.950 --> 0:15:23.350 got Achilles soreness. I'd sit him out. You're 5-0. You're 5-0. 0:15:23.730 --> 0:15:26.810 You lose Mike Evans to a ruptured Achilles, and the 0:15:26.970 --> 0:15:30.580 odds in Vegas will change on your Super Bowl chances. 0:15:31.340 --> 0:15:35.380 I mean, it will dramatically impact the rest of your season. So, 0:15:35.600 --> 0:15:38.000 I mean, I'm letting him rest. I think you can 0:15:38.020 --> 0:15:40.640 beat the commanders without them, but I mean, I know 0:15:40.680 --> 0:15:42.900 it's been rough at wide receiver, no Pierce all done 0:15:42.940 --> 0:15:45.540 for the year. Deebo's out with the hammy, probably through 0:15:45.560 --> 0:15:48.660 the by D robs out with the high ankle. That's 0:15:48.680 --> 0:15:53.190 DeMarcus Robinson, probably through the by striplings out with the 0:15:53.330 --> 0:15:59.270 deltoid ankle surgery, ligament, whatever, until probably week 15, week. 0:15:59.090 --> 0:16:02.130 14, something like that. Somewhere at the, towards the end, 13, 14, 15, 0:16:02.110 --> 0:16:07.540 16 in that window. Um, So what do you got? 0:16:07.560 --> 0:16:10.860 You know, you got Jordan Watkins. You got Jacob Cowling. 0:16:11.540 --> 0:16:13.920 You got Christian Kirk in his first game since the 0:16:13.980 --> 0:16:15.180 AFC wildcard round. 0:16:16.380 --> 0:16:16.800 And you. 0:16:18.980 --> 0:16:23.760 Got Brandon Cooks. And then Evans would be the fifth 0:16:23.800 --> 0:16:27.400 wide receiver up. If he can't go, your only other 0:16:27.540 --> 0:16:30.840 options are the practice squad group. And it probably would 0:16:30.860 --> 0:16:33.780 be Malik Turner. But they also have Xavier Smith, who's 0:16:33.800 --> 0:16:38.420 very dynamic. He's a punt returner. They have Wesley Grimes, 0:16:38.520 --> 0:16:42.020 who was walking around the locker room today. That's a 0:16:42.040 --> 0:16:46.590 guy I want to see. This kid's 6'2. He's 195 pounds. 0:16:46.610 --> 0:16:50.310 He's got 4'3 speed. He's got 38-inch vertical. He's an 0:16:50.470 --> 0:16:53.630 awesome athlete. I mean, this kid is an awesome athlete. Now, 0:16:53.990 --> 0:16:56.530 he may be a little bit more developmental, and the 0:16:56.550 --> 0:16:58.360 fact that he's not out there right now probably tells 0:16:58.400 --> 0:17:01.200 you that he is kind of more of a developmental player. 0:17:01.220 --> 0:17:06.460 He didn't play tons at NC State, but, man, I mean... 0:17:06.810 --> 0:17:09.109 You look at this kid running around the football field, 0:17:09.130 --> 0:17:11.020 and you're like, that is what you want. 0:17:12.220 --> 0:17:15.899 He's big. He's fast. He's got huge hands. He plucks 0:17:15.940 --> 0:17:18.959 it with his hands. He looks confident. He's tough. He 0:17:19.000 --> 0:17:19.859 can take a hit. 0:17:20.460 --> 0:17:24.300 Not afraid. Doesn't tiptoe across the middle. This kid's got talent, 0:17:24.580 --> 0:17:27.080 a lot of talent. It would be interesting to see 0:17:27.100 --> 0:17:29.959 if they put him out there on Monday night or 0:17:30.030 --> 0:17:32.609 if they go with Malik Turner. My guess is it's 0:17:32.830 --> 0:17:35.730 going to be Malik Turner. They also have Will Pauling. 0:17:36.440 --> 0:17:41.200 The former Notre Dame punt returner played at Wisconsin, played 0:17:41.220 --> 0:17:42.200 a lot of college football. 0:17:43.060 --> 0:17:44.219 So that's kind of interesting to me. 0:17:44.240 --> 0:17:46.270 The other thing I think is kind of interesting is 0:17:47.010 --> 0:17:49.350 the Niners are going to, Mayoko made this point to 0:17:49.390 --> 0:17:52.869 Lund earlier today, and he's totally right. Yeah, do the 0:17:52.930 --> 0:17:54.770 Niners need wide receiver help? Yeah, but they got a 0:17:54.790 --> 0:17:56.660 bunch of guys that are going to be coming back. 0:17:56.980 --> 0:18:00.700 Do they need D-line help and reinforcements? Yeah, but Sam 0:18:00.780 --> 0:18:04.670 O's coming back. CJ West is coming back. Bosa could 0:18:04.690 --> 0:18:08.149 be back soon, if not Monday. James Thompson Jr. is 0:18:08.190 --> 0:18:11.590 coming back. So you've got some depth coming back. All 0:18:11.630 --> 0:18:14.109 four of those guys can really play. Not to mention 0:18:14.130 --> 0:18:17.169 you've got guys like Viliami Fajoko and Kevin Givens and 0:18:17.190 --> 0:18:20.670 McKinley Jackson who are practicing every day with your team, 0:18:20.890 --> 0:18:22.420 and they're on the practice squad, and all three of 0:18:22.430 --> 0:18:25.460 those guys can play. And I think play at a 0:18:25.460 --> 0:18:28.239 pretty decent level. So they're kind of fortified. I mean, 0:18:28.260 --> 0:18:29.780 do they need help up front? Yeah, it would be 0:18:29.800 --> 0:18:31.680 nice if they got another D lineman, no doubt. 0:18:32.420 --> 0:18:34.460 But I think they're pretty fortified. 0:18:34.780 --> 0:18:37.960 By the way, trend-wise, Washington in their last 30 games 0:18:38.000 --> 0:18:39.420 on Monday Night Football, 8-22. 0:18:41.060 --> 0:18:44.770 Wow. 0:18:44.790 --> 0:18:49.129 8-22. That is not good. But I still think, and 0:18:50.250 --> 0:18:53.670 Kubiak said it today, and he's totally right. The Niners 0:18:53.710 --> 0:18:56.920 are going to get the Commanders A game. A lot 0:18:56.960 --> 0:18:59.720 of talk about the head coach of Washington getting dumped. 0:19:00.220 --> 0:19:03.119 If the Niners destroy Washington, that could happen at the 0:19:03.180 --> 0:19:07.260 bye week. He's coaching for his coaching existence in the league. 0:19:07.700 --> 0:19:09.080 You think he's going to have his guys ready? I 0:19:09.119 --> 0:19:11.969 think he is. They just had a game where they 0:19:12.030 --> 0:19:15.629 should have won and they blew it and tied because 0:19:15.650 --> 0:19:18.450 they couldn't get the ball snapped in time and the 0:19:18.490 --> 0:19:21.270 quarterback fell asleep and the head coach fell asleep. I mean, 0:19:22.090 --> 0:19:25.970 everybody is going to be focused at commander's practice this week. 0:19:26.450 --> 0:19:28.020 Offense, defense, special teams. 0:19:28.800 --> 0:19:31.100 They are going to show up Whatever they got, I 0:19:31.560 --> 0:19:33.900 don't know what they got, but whatever they got, they 0:19:33.940 --> 0:19:36.740 are bringing it on Monday night for sure. 0:19:37.160 --> 0:19:38.159 All right, let's take a timeout. 0:19:38.619 --> 0:19:39.990 We're going to talk a little bit with Damon Bruce, 0:19:40.010 --> 0:19:42.530 get his thoughts on a number of topics, where the 0:19:42.570 --> 0:19:46.730 Niners sit in relation to the trade deadline, what needs 0:19:46.780 --> 0:19:49.620 and all that kind of stuff. We'll look ahead to 0:19:49.660 --> 0:19:52.200 the Commanders game and get his thought on what he 0:19:52.240 --> 0:19:55.740 thinks is going to happen Monday night. It's Niners Nightly 0:19:56.000 --> 0:19:57.460 on a Friday on the Sports Leader. 0:20:00.260 --> 0:20:03.960 Now, back to Niners Nightly with your host, Larry Krueger, 0:20:04.410 --> 0:20:07.150 on KNBRVB Sports Leader. 0:20:07.210 --> 0:20:14.639 Sports Leader. All right, welcome back to Niners Nightly. 0:20:14.680 --> 0:20:17.770 Larry Kruger with you on this Friday and joining us 0:20:17.869 --> 0:20:20.710 on the UMA guest line, Damon Bruce, to talk a 0:20:20.750 --> 0:20:23.630 little bit about the Monday Night Affair. 0:20:24.310 --> 0:20:25.510 Damon, how are you? 0:20:26.030 --> 0:20:27.729 I'm good, Larry. I mean, come on. 0:20:28.130 --> 0:20:32.080 How much more set up could the 49ers be? This 0:20:32.230 --> 0:20:37.240 week six begins. with a NFC West loss on Thursday 0:20:37.280 --> 0:20:40.280 night football and hopefully ends with an NFC West win 0:20:40.480 --> 0:20:43.240 on Monday night football. The 49ers, believe it or not, 0:20:43.540 --> 0:20:46.100 they beat the Commanders. Larry, they're going to be the 0:20:46.160 --> 0:20:48.290 winningest team in the history of Monday night football with 0:20:48.310 --> 0:20:51.770 their 56th victory. They're tied right now with the Steelers 0:20:51.830 --> 0:20:56.109 at 55. So go Niners, get yourself set up at 0:20:56.130 --> 0:21:02.830 6-0 and assume Monday night royalties. with the ultimate win total. 0:21:03.130 --> 0:21:05.359 So go ahead, go Niners. I like the way they're playing, 0:21:05.390 --> 0:21:06.540 and I think that they're going to pick up a 0:21:06.560 --> 0:21:06.900 win on. 0:21:06.859 --> 0:21:07.360 Monday, Larry. 0:21:07.859 --> 0:21:11.720 I feel the same way. John Lynch stopped by with 0:21:11.800 --> 0:21:14.220 Murph and Marcus. Now, he normally stops by in the 0:21:14.220 --> 0:21:17.440 8 o'clock hour on Thursdays, but this being the Monday 0:21:17.480 --> 0:21:21.540 night game this week, or in week six, they pushed 0:21:21.619 --> 0:21:24.900 it from Thursday to Friday. So he was on this 0:21:25.040 --> 0:21:28.490 morning with Murph, And on the KMBR morning show and 0:21:28.570 --> 0:21:31.090 go to KMBR.com and you can listen to the interview 0:21:31.130 --> 0:21:32.190 in its entirety. 0:21:31.850 --> 0:21:32.850 If you so choose. 0:21:33.330 --> 0:21:36.660 One of the highlights was that Lynch said that George 0:21:36.700 --> 0:21:40.580 Kittle asked him Thursday about the possibility of acquiring veteran 0:21:41.119 --> 0:21:45.640 edge rusher Khalil Mack, who's got three sacks for the 0:21:45.660 --> 0:21:50.600 0-5 Chargers, who most doubtedly are kind of out of it. 0:21:51.910 --> 0:21:52.470 What do you think? 0:21:52.790 --> 0:21:56.260 How is Khalil Mack the final piece to the puzzle 0:21:56.380 --> 0:21:58.980 for the 49ers and their bid for their sixth Lombardi? 0:21:59.740 --> 0:22:01.740 I'm not going to say he's the final missing piece, 0:22:01.800 --> 0:22:03.780 but what he is is the insurance. I would like 0:22:03.820 --> 0:22:07.690 to see this team go ahead and sign up for 0:22:07.730 --> 0:22:11.990 this insurance policy. This 49ers defensive line, Larry, has just 0:22:12.190 --> 0:22:16.149 over-delivered on any expectations you might have for them. Khalil Mack, 0:22:16.210 --> 0:22:19.310 to me, is someone who is just a plug and play, 0:22:19.390 --> 0:22:21.540 don't even think about him, don't worry about him type 0:22:21.580 --> 0:22:21.990 of player. 0:22:22.020 --> 0:22:25.300 He is gettable. He is gettable for a reasonable price. 0:22:25.500 --> 0:22:29.240 And George Kittle isn't really asking John Lynch about Khalil 0:22:29.280 --> 0:22:31.600 Mack as much as he's saying, hey. 0:22:31.640 --> 0:22:33.080 Dude, 5-0. 0:22:34.380 --> 0:22:37.040 One of the two remaining undefeated teams in the NFC. 0:22:37.380 --> 0:22:40.340 You owe this locker room something here, John. You owe 0:22:40.380 --> 0:22:42.500 this locker room one more move. And whether that be 0:22:42.540 --> 0:22:47.140 Khalil Mack, whether it be help, again, for Mike Evans insurance. 0:22:47.440 --> 0:22:51.139 I'd like to see that. It's time that this team 0:22:51.680 --> 0:22:53.790 gets one more piece to go to war with. And 0:22:53.850 --> 0:22:57.330 I do think that Khalil Mack is gettable, obtainable, and 0:22:57.350 --> 0:23:01.609 an instant fit. I've been talking about Khalil Mack for 0:23:01.650 --> 0:23:03.869 two weeks now too. And I really don't want this 0:23:03.890 --> 0:23:05.690 team to wait around to the trade deadline, Larry. I 0:23:05.710 --> 0:23:07.690 want to see them make a move, get aggressive, pay 0:23:07.710 --> 0:23:08.090 a little. 0:23:07.950 --> 0:23:08.810 Bit more today. 0:23:09.330 --> 0:23:11.810 So you've got Khalil Mack when you walk into Atlanta 0:23:13.170 --> 0:23:15.719 next weekend. I'd like to see that. And I'd like 0:23:15.740 --> 0:23:17.460 to see this team seven and O before the buy 0:23:17.510 --> 0:23:19.310 with cool. Leo Mack already on the roster. 0:23:20.230 --> 0:23:20.350 Yeah. 0:23:20.369 --> 0:23:22.290 I mean, I'd love to see them load up, you know, 0:23:22.310 --> 0:23:24.350 I mean, do the Niners have a great chance to 0:23:24.369 --> 0:23:25.010 win the Superbowl? 0:23:25.050 --> 0:23:27.130 Yeah. But would they have a greater chance if they 0:23:27.170 --> 0:23:28.149 loaded up? Yes. 0:23:28.950 --> 0:23:31.709 And, you know, Lynch was asked about making calls on, 0:23:31.850 --> 0:23:34.530 in the interview on KMBR. And he said, just because 0:23:34.570 --> 0:23:35.890 the trade deadline is approaching. 0:23:35.910 --> 0:23:36.230 Yes. 0:23:36.430 --> 0:23:39.669 This is, that is our job to do that, to 0:23:39.730 --> 0:23:42.000 talk with our counterparts around the league. 0:23:42.060 --> 0:23:47.160 We've received calls. And we've made calls. That's interesting. We've 0:23:47.200 --> 0:23:49.520 received calls. Who do you. 0:23:49.580 --> 0:23:55.220 Think other teams are calling the Niners about? That's interesting because, 0:23:55.290 --> 0:23:59.490 I mean, they're a Super Bowl contender, Damon. Most Super 0:23:59.510 --> 0:24:04.370 Bowl contenders would never trade away anybody on their roster. 0:24:04.510 --> 0:24:07.590 So it makes you think, is it for people calling 0:24:07.609 --> 0:24:11.590 about Mac Jones? Are they calling about your former Indiana Hoosier, 0:24:11.650 --> 0:24:15.500 Curtis Rourke? I kind of wonder about that. It can 0:24:15.780 --> 0:24:19.380 only be Mac Jones, right? Who would the Niners possibly 0:24:19.970 --> 0:24:21.909 put on the block right now? And I don't even 0:24:21.930 --> 0:24:23.669 think they put Mac Jones on the trading block, to 0:24:23.710 --> 0:24:25.850 be totally honest with you. I don't think he's gettable, right, 0:24:25.869 --> 0:24:28.430 to be completely honest. I mean, I'm sure everybody's gettable 0:24:28.450 --> 0:24:31.710 if you offer enough, but I don't think anybody's offering 0:24:31.770 --> 0:24:32.609 what the Niners want. 0:24:34.040 --> 0:24:34.300 No. 0:24:35.190 --> 0:24:36.439 And what would that be? 0:24:36.520 --> 0:24:39.120 What would be the offer that would make me come 0:24:39.200 --> 0:24:41.669 off of Mac Jones right now? It would have to 0:24:41.730 --> 0:24:44.409 include a player like Mac Jones can't be traded for 0:24:44.550 --> 0:24:46.879 any tomorrow promise because as you and I have been 0:24:46.910 --> 0:24:50.200 talking about on our YouTube channels, I really don't care 0:24:50.240 --> 0:24:53.420 about the 2027 49ers at all. I don't give a 0:24:53.520 --> 0:24:57.980 rip about them. They should be only used as a 0:24:58.300 --> 0:25:04.060 tool to build and better the 2026 undefeated San Francisco 49ers. 0:25:04.200 --> 0:25:07.680 That's all I want to see all in on 2026. 0:25:07.680 --> 0:25:10.670 I'd like to see this team at a wide receiver here, Larry. 0:25:11.140 --> 0:25:12.540 And it doesn't need to be a big name. They 0:25:12.560 --> 0:25:14.500 don't have to give up a first for Garrett Wilson 0:25:14.540 --> 0:25:16.820 or something like that. But God forbid something happened to 0:25:16.859 --> 0:25:19.140 Mike Evans, who I think could maybe use a week 0:25:19.180 --> 0:25:24.200 or two off here. They've got to either make a 0:25:24.280 --> 0:25:26.960 move for a player that they will throw the ball to, 0:25:27.180 --> 0:25:28.840 or they need to start throwing the ball to either 0:25:28.880 --> 0:25:31.280 Cowling or Watkins, or they got to call up one 0:25:31.300 --> 0:25:32.770 of these guys from the practice squad. 0:25:33.160 --> 0:25:34.830 It is time to see what you have. 0:25:35.480 --> 0:25:39.310 You know, you cannot have players occupying roster spots that 0:25:39.450 --> 0:25:42.369 aren't contributing on game day yet are causing the log 0:25:42.410 --> 0:25:44.960 jam that means you will not be adding any more 0:25:45.020 --> 0:25:49.560 players at this position. Albert Breer from Sports Illustrated basically 0:25:49.619 --> 0:25:53.220 said the issue right now for the 49ers is roster 0:25:53.240 --> 0:25:57.770 spots you're allocating to the receiver position. Well, you can't 0:25:57.810 --> 0:26:03.710 have guys just wasting roster spots. And I want the 0:26:03.750 --> 0:26:07.100 best for Cowings and Watkins, but I'm not seeing it. 0:26:08.130 --> 0:26:11.230 And Purdy doesn't have any confidence to throw these guys 0:26:11.250 --> 0:26:14.229 the ball. I don't think I have much confidence in cowing, 0:26:14.780 --> 0:26:19.120 even on special teams. So figure it out this week. 0:26:19.580 --> 0:26:21.480 You know, you can't come out of this game against 0:26:21.520 --> 0:26:25.460 the commanders thinking, yeah, Watkins may be cowing. Maybe not 0:26:25.480 --> 0:26:27.720 like make, make a decision on these guys, make a 0:26:27.760 --> 0:26:29.100 decision or replace them. 0:26:29.980 --> 0:26:31.679 I'm with you. I'm with you on this one. 0:26:33.460 --> 0:26:36.140 You know, find out what this is. The, You know, 0:26:36.220 --> 0:26:38.500 this is the period where you find out what you got. 0:26:39.160 --> 0:26:41.980 If Mike Evans is really having soreness in his Achilles, 0:26:42.020 --> 0:26:44.580 I wouldn't play him on Monday night. You're five and oh, 0:26:45.020 --> 0:26:47.360 and I think I totally agree with what you just said. 0:26:47.940 --> 0:26:50.340 You got to know what you need. You got to 0:26:50.359 --> 0:26:54.100 know what you got. And so I would find out. 0:26:54.500 --> 0:26:56.520 I would find out if I if I feel like, 0:26:57.260 --> 0:27:00.570 you know, Wesley Grimes or Will Pauling off the practice 0:27:00.590 --> 0:27:01.680 squad could do something. 0:27:02.109 --> 0:27:04.190 Might be worth promoting them and taking a look. 0:27:04.990 --> 0:27:08.369 If I think Christian Kirk is the guy, then I 0:27:08.390 --> 0:27:09.930 talked to him yesterday in the locker room. 0:27:09.970 --> 0:27:12.390 He's ready to roll. He says he's healthy. In fact, 0:27:12.470 --> 0:27:13.669 Lynch was on this morning. 0:27:14.050 --> 0:27:17.670 He says Kirk's got a chance to play this week, 0:27:17.730 --> 0:27:20.140 depending on how the rest of the practice week goes. 0:27:21.780 --> 0:27:24.420 You know, he Kirk, you know, came to the team 0:27:24.460 --> 0:27:27.139 and told them that he wanted to start practicing because 0:27:27.180 --> 0:27:30.660 he was feeling good. John told the guys this morning 0:27:30.720 --> 0:27:33.609 he's had a really good Last couple of weeks, the 0:27:33.640 --> 0:27:39.110 plan was a little further downtime down the road. But 0:27:39.190 --> 0:27:41.990 he came to us and said, guys, I'm feeling great. 0:27:42.250 --> 0:27:44.840 And with Debo going down, we saw it fit to 0:27:44.920 --> 0:27:47.399 open his practice window. So they have three weeks to 0:27:47.440 --> 0:27:48.979 either put him out there or put him on the 0:27:49.140 --> 0:27:49.740 season ending. 0:27:49.760 --> 0:27:50.340 I are. 0:27:50.820 --> 0:27:52.880 But yeah, it's time to find out about Christian Kirk. 0:27:53.080 --> 0:27:55.400 It's time to find out about Jordan Watkins. It's time 0:27:55.440 --> 0:27:59.550 to see, see how much, you know, Jacob cowing can contribute. 0:27:59.869 --> 0:28:01.810 And then if you get, if you get a bad 0:28:01.869 --> 0:28:05.170 answer there, Damon, if you look, if Watkins can't catch 0:28:05.210 --> 0:28:09.210 a cold and cowing can't hold on and, and Kirk is, 0:28:09.350 --> 0:28:11.710 you know, can't stay healthy, whatever it is, you try 0:28:11.750 --> 0:28:15.100 these three guys out and they are, they're not the answer. 0:28:15.220 --> 0:28:19.100 Then, you know, going into the trade deadline, got to. 0:28:19.100 --> 0:28:21.840 Pick up a Jerry Judy or or somebody like you 0:28:21.859 --> 0:28:24.910 got to go hunt for a veteran wide receiver but 0:28:25.570 --> 0:28:28.969 I kind of agree with you know with Breer and 0:28:28.990 --> 0:28:31.869 the people that are kind of handicapping this this roster 0:28:32.470 --> 0:28:34.650 it would be foolish to go at a receiver right 0:28:34.710 --> 0:28:38.540 now when you don't even really know of the guys 0:28:38.560 --> 0:28:41.240 that you have who can do the job and who can't. 0:28:41.360 --> 0:28:44.540 Right and look Debo's coming back striplings coming back who 0:28:45.360 --> 0:28:49.270 D-Rob's coming back. Marcus Robinson's coming back. So how many 0:28:49.290 --> 0:28:50.630 guys do you want to put in front of them? 0:28:50.990 --> 0:28:53.750 But then again, you're one injury away from that entire 0:28:53.790 --> 0:28:59.050 room reshuffling. To me, look, I don't want to be 0:28:59.330 --> 0:29:03.670 like rough here on cowing. But the truth is, if 0:29:03.710 --> 0:29:08.200 you're not about to contribute from scrimmage, you're just not 0:29:08.260 --> 0:29:11.720 doing enough on special teams to still be here. You know, 0:29:11.780 --> 0:29:15.410 right now, I look this up, cowing, It's his third season, right? 0:29:15.430 --> 0:29:18.060 He's played 20 games. He played 15 games his rookie year. 0:29:18.100 --> 0:29:20.200 He's played five games this year. He didn't play at 0:29:20.220 --> 0:29:23.220 all last year due to injury. He's had a grand 0:29:23.280 --> 0:29:27.980 total of 11 targets in 20 dressed games for the Niners. 0:29:28.580 --> 0:29:31.790 Five catches, 89 yards. So he is a straight up 0:29:32.370 --> 0:29:36.010 invisible blind spot in this offense. So he really is 0:29:36.130 --> 0:29:39.490 on this team for special teams. Well, he fumbled in Seattle. 0:29:40.120 --> 0:29:42.600 and he ranks 21st in total punt returns and he's 0:29:42.640 --> 0:29:45.800 tied for 27th in punt return yards with an average 0:29:46.240 --> 0:29:50.030 of 4.2 yards brayden willis can give you that larry 0:29:50.450 --> 0:29:53.290 and you can put austin pleasance back there and he 0:29:53.310 --> 0:29:55.630 can get you 4-2 a return i mean you know 0:29:55.710 --> 0:29:59.590 i mean like There is no reason to keep cowing 0:30:00.070 --> 0:30:04.940 on the roster to be decidedly untrustworthy and unspectacular on 0:30:04.980 --> 0:30:08.260 special teams and completely useless from scrimmage as well. 0:30:09.610 --> 0:30:13.490 So it's time. to either say we're throwing him. 0:30:13.390 --> 0:30:16.150 The ball in an actual game and going to use 0:30:16.190 --> 0:30:19.050 him in an actual game from scrimmage, or we're moving 0:30:19.190 --> 0:30:22.790 on because this could be replaced by anybody like Isaac 0:30:22.830 --> 0:30:25.110 Garenda with a torn pectoral. 0:30:24.510 --> 0:30:25.390 Can get you. 0:30:25.950 --> 0:30:28.490 I don't know about that. No, but I hear you. 0:30:28.610 --> 0:30:28.969 I hear you. 0:30:29.790 --> 0:30:34.100 I think it's a, it's an interesting point. Cowling gives 0:30:34.150 --> 0:30:37.930 you big playability. I don't think they need big playability. 0:30:38.030 --> 0:30:38.770 You've got one of the. 0:30:38.750 --> 0:30:41.670 Best offenses in the game without the big plays. So 0:30:41.710 --> 0:30:43.490 what are you even talking about? 0:30:43.990 --> 0:30:46.310 Even if he offered you a big playability, it's like, 0:30:46.350 --> 0:30:48.170 that's not what you need out of that right now. 0:30:48.890 --> 0:30:51.790 You have an offense with Evans and Purdy that's scoring 0:30:51.790 --> 0:30:54.670 30 a game against good defenses. Wait until they play 0:30:54.710 --> 0:30:56.640 bad defenses. They're going to put up 40 in a 0:30:56.680 --> 0:30:59.240 game this year. They got a big time offense. What's 0:30:59.340 --> 0:31:01.880 more important than a big play on from your punt 0:31:01.920 --> 0:31:03.560 returner is catch every punt. 0:31:04.340 --> 0:31:07.480 Catch every punt. And to me, I'd rather put juice 0:31:07.540 --> 0:31:11.260 back there. I think he'd be more reliable. And you 0:31:11.280 --> 0:31:11.620 know what? 0:31:11.720 --> 0:31:13.830 I was, I mentioned this to Christian in the locker 0:31:13.850 --> 0:31:16.709 room yesterday. I said, Hey, Christian, how does, how's, how 0:31:16.750 --> 0:31:18.990 does your brother catch punts? And he's like, he catches 0:31:19.010 --> 0:31:23.190 them well. And he, we both smiled. He knew exactly 0:31:23.210 --> 0:31:25.160 what I was getting at. There's a lot of talk 0:31:25.460 --> 0:31:29.480 that if the Niners beat the commanders Monday night, that 0:31:29.830 --> 0:31:33.210 the commanders that during the bi-week may release Luke McCaffrey. 0:31:33.280 --> 0:31:37.660 He's like wide receiver seven for them. I'd be interested 0:31:37.700 --> 0:31:39.720 in him. If he's got, he's got an ability as 0:31:39.760 --> 0:31:42.040 a kick returner. He's got ability as a punt returner. 0:31:42.560 --> 0:31:45.560 I'd be very interested in Luke McCaffrey. My point is just, 0:31:46.440 --> 0:31:48.680 I'm not, I don't, I don't care about big play 0:31:48.720 --> 0:31:53.170 ability from my punt returner. I want a guy back there. 0:31:53.250 --> 0:31:56.010 Who's going to catch all the punts. And I don't 0:31:56.090 --> 0:31:59.390 trust Jacob cowing. And I don't know that the Niners 0:31:59.430 --> 0:32:01.460 do either. When Shanahan was asked about it, are you 0:32:01.480 --> 0:32:02.160 going to make a change? 0:32:02.180 --> 0:32:05.620 He's like, not yet. Well, that's the yet being the 0:32:05.680 --> 0:32:06.440 key word there. 0:32:06.580 --> 0:32:09.440 So not is that not is the highlighted word there 0:32:09.580 --> 0:32:11.140 yet is the highlighted word. 0:32:11.460 --> 0:32:11.760 Right. 0:32:12.440 --> 0:32:14.490 So that, I mean, that kind of shows that, you know, 0:32:14.690 --> 0:32:18.150 clock's ticking and they see all let's talk about Bosa. 0:32:18.370 --> 0:32:21.250 John Lynch this morning was asked about Nick Bosa. Are 0:32:21.270 --> 0:32:22.950 we going to see Nick on Monday night? John said, 0:32:23.520 --> 0:32:26.200 He said, we will see. Nick's making really good progress. 0:32:26.220 --> 0:32:28.850 We're encouraged by that. We're always towing that line. We 0:32:28.880 --> 0:32:30.400 want to make sure that when we get him back, 0:32:30.460 --> 0:32:33.090 we have him back for good. You know that he's 0:32:33.150 --> 0:32:36.010 not going to re-injure it. You know that there's no 0:32:36.070 --> 0:32:39.410 assurances there. There's no absolutes. See if he can get 0:32:39.470 --> 0:32:43.490 out here today. You know that extra day helps. We 0:32:43.530 --> 0:32:46.390 have kind of a fluid situation there. So the Niners 0:32:46.430 --> 0:32:49.290 are getting a really good rush right now. Raheem Morris 0:32:49.310 --> 0:32:51.330 is doing an amazing job. Chris Kocerec is doing an 0:32:51.370 --> 0:32:55.590 amazing job. They had a pretty relentless rush against Seattle 0:32:56.070 --> 0:32:59.170 in week five, but Bosa's a totally different animal, and 0:32:59.190 --> 0:33:02.490 if you can get him back, I mean, I agree 0:33:02.510 --> 0:33:04.370 with John. You want him back for good, so if 0:33:04.410 --> 0:33:08.690 he needs to wait another week, then so be it. But, man, 0:33:08.730 --> 0:33:10.970 if they get Nick Bosa back, how good could their 0:33:10.990 --> 0:33:12.170 defensive front become? 0:33:12.670 --> 0:33:15.150 Well, look at how good they were in Seattle without him, 0:33:15.170 --> 0:33:17.320 and if that's an indicator of what's to come, yeah, 0:33:17.780 --> 0:33:22.090 it feels like this is the perfect time bow on 0:33:22.110 --> 0:33:29.100 the perfectly wrapped package. Um, it's impossible to undersell what 0:33:29.150 --> 0:33:31.800 Nick Bosa means. And I know that he hasn't exactly 0:33:31.880 --> 0:33:34.520 delivered a gaudy sack total of the last few years, 0:33:34.600 --> 0:33:38.560 but his relentless pressure means an awful lot. And I 0:33:38.600 --> 0:33:41.990 just think that the, the number one offensive trait of 0:33:42.010 --> 0:33:45.030 the Washington commanders that scares me, and I guarantee you 0:33:45.250 --> 0:33:48.170 bothers Raheem Morris is is what Jaden Daniels can do 0:33:48.210 --> 0:33:50.050 with his legs. Here's a guy who just ran for 0:33:50.250 --> 0:33:53.690 over a hundred yards on nine carries with two touchdowns 0:33:53.750 --> 0:33:56.490 against the giants in a game that finished in a tie, 0:33:57.390 --> 0:34:02.060 but Daniels can play. He can really beat you with 0:34:02.100 --> 0:34:05.640 his legs. And I just think that Bosa, so Bosa 0:34:05.680 --> 0:34:07.520 is so good at beating the guy in front of 0:34:07.560 --> 0:34:09.860 him and just crashing down to still make a play 0:34:10.320 --> 0:34:12.940 in the middle of the chaos, having him out there 0:34:12.980 --> 0:34:17.839 against Daniels, having Bosa and Mike Kell, Williams setting the 0:34:18.000 --> 0:34:20.200 edge against Daniel sounds like it goes a long way 0:34:20.219 --> 0:34:24.779 to beating the commanders. I also just think that this 0:34:24.820 --> 0:34:28.950 game is entirely played in the red zone. If everything 0:34:28.969 --> 0:34:31.150 that has been happening this season continues to happen in 0:34:31.170 --> 0:34:34.469 this game, the Niners will be 6-0. The commanders are 0:34:34.590 --> 0:34:38.930 dreadful in the red zone defensively, and the Niners are 0:34:39.130 --> 0:34:41.969 the best team in football in the red zone offensively. 0:34:42.810 --> 0:34:44.790 If both of those things hold true, and I think 0:34:44.830 --> 0:34:47.710 with Bosa playing, that's got a better chance of holding true. 0:34:48.270 --> 0:34:51.770 The Niners, the Niners could really, I think do damage 0:34:51.790 --> 0:34:55.549 in this game. You know, they've got a, uh, Durante 0:34:55.610 --> 0:34:58.520 Jones is a first year defensive coordinator for the commanders. 0:34:58.580 --> 0:35:01.640 And I just think Kyle can go ahead and take 0:35:01.719 --> 0:35:04.650 what is a, you know, a, a, This is a 0:35:04.690 --> 0:35:08.920 blitz scheme defense built around stunts and picks and pressure 0:35:08.980 --> 0:35:12.379 coming from everywhere. And the fastest way to take that 0:35:12.420 --> 0:35:16.760 apart is with pre-snap motion and make this defense declare 0:35:16.820 --> 0:35:19.680 what it's doing before the ball is even snapped. And 0:35:19.800 --> 0:35:25.250 I just see the 49ers bullying the commanders schematically in 0:35:25.290 --> 0:35:25.689 this game. 0:35:27.050 --> 0:35:28.910 Niners looking good. They're dominant. 0:35:29.130 --> 0:35:32.550 They've been dominating on both sides of the football. On offense, 0:35:32.570 --> 0:35:35.390 they're scoring 30.8 points per game. It's third best in 0:35:35.410 --> 0:35:39.219 the NFL. On defense, they're giving up 18.6 per game. 0:35:39.260 --> 0:35:42.020 That's third best in the NFL. They're the only team 0:35:42.060 --> 0:35:44.960 in pro football that's top five in both offensive and 0:35:45.020 --> 0:35:49.819 defensive scoring. They've got a quarterback who looks like the 0:35:49.880 --> 0:35:51.609 MVP of the league. They've got a coach who looks 0:35:51.620 --> 0:35:54.410 like he's the coach of the year. You've got a 0:35:54.710 --> 0:35:58.820 linebacker in Fred Warner that looks like he's the DPOY. Um, 0:35:58.890 --> 0:36:01.779 Grayson Alton might be up for the defensive rookie. 0:36:01.480 --> 0:36:03.080 Of the year. He is just awesome. 0:36:03.460 --> 0:36:05.859 You know, I don't mean to cut off your rant here, 0:36:05.900 --> 0:36:09.120 but I really feel that Fred Warner is almost entering 0:36:10.560 --> 0:36:15.750 the Steph Curry territory of, he plays such a consistently 0:36:15.969 --> 0:36:18.250 good game that you just take. 0:36:18.090 --> 0:36:18.610 It for granted. 0:36:19.430 --> 0:36:21.469 You know, the Steph Curry is hardly a topic around 0:36:21.489 --> 0:36:23.969 the golden state warriors because he just is Steph Curry. 0:36:23.989 --> 0:36:25.029 And he's basically Steph Curry. 0:36:25.130 --> 0:36:28.450 Every single time he's out there, Fred Warner is, is 0:36:28.510 --> 0:36:31.669 the most consistent defender maybe in all of football right 0:36:31.730 --> 0:36:34.310 now and has been when healthy over the last, his 0:36:34.370 --> 0:36:40.069 entire career. He's just on fricking believable. And we talk 0:36:40.110 --> 0:36:43.110 about Fred being the best among his time and that's appropriate. 0:36:43.150 --> 0:36:44.790 We don't need to get over our skis and start 0:36:44.830 --> 0:36:47.509 having an all time conversation on anyone who's playing well, 0:36:48.030 --> 0:36:51.390 but Fred Warner is truly entering like the, this is 0:36:51.530 --> 0:36:55.180 one of the 10 best linebackers in the history of football, 0:36:55.340 --> 0:36:55.660 isn't he? 0:36:56.120 --> 0:36:56.920 Like he really is. 0:36:57.520 --> 0:36:59.719 Well, he keeps getting better, Damon. I mean, that's the 0:36:59.739 --> 0:36:59.960 other thing. 0:36:59.980 --> 0:37:02.780 He's the best coverage backer I've ever seen, but now 0:37:03.090 --> 0:37:06.570 he's punching that out, the ball out with such consistency 0:37:07.090 --> 0:37:10.230 that he's changed his value. I mean, you know, he's, 0:37:10.550 --> 0:37:12.589 he's a more valuable player today than he's ever been 0:37:12.630 --> 0:37:16.550 before ever because of the, the way he gets turnovers. 0:37:16.630 --> 0:37:18.370 Yeah, no, he's, he's absolutely incredible. 0:37:18.770 --> 0:37:23.450 And then, you know, the smarts, the leadership keeps everything together. 0:37:23.989 --> 0:37:25.760 You know, he gets guys ready. I mean, I'm there 0:37:25.800 --> 0:37:26.299 at practice. 0:37:26.860 --> 0:37:30.089 He gets, you know, on a low energy ebb day, 0:37:30.170 --> 0:37:32.550 he's the guy that gets everybody going. 0:37:33.790 --> 0:37:36.710 And those guys are invaluable. So, yeah, he'll. 0:37:36.570 --> 0:37:39.830 Be doubly valuable this week because no Dre Greenlaw. And 0:37:39.850 --> 0:37:41.819 if you're looking for a guy who is, you know, 0:37:42.620 --> 0:37:46.100 going to soup up everybody into a frenzy to play football, 0:37:46.320 --> 0:37:48.580 Greenlaw is like on the top of that list. So 0:37:48.780 --> 0:37:53.799 extra duties for Fred. for a suspended Dre Greenlaw this week. 0:37:53.820 --> 0:37:57.719 Who do you think really fills the Greenlaw role this week? 0:37:57.960 --> 0:38:01.950 Is it going to be Duggar? Is it going to be– 0:38:02.540 --> 0:38:05.060 I mean, I know he's– is Tatum Bethune going to 0:38:05.100 --> 0:38:06.239 be healthy enough to play this week? 0:38:06.960 --> 0:38:10.279 Well, he's– no, Tatum Bethune's healthy. He's just been inactive 0:38:10.340 --> 0:38:12.620 because they've got numbers. So it could be Bethune. 0:38:13.520 --> 0:38:14.160 He could be up. 0:38:15.080 --> 0:38:18.020 I think Duggar is the guy. Duggar, you know, last 0:38:18.080 --> 0:38:21.940 week I thought– He's not that great. Well, Martin could be, 0:38:22.280 --> 0:38:24.120 could be, but we'll get, we'll find out, you know, 0:38:24.160 --> 0:38:26.359 we'll find out, you know, as the week progresses here 0:38:26.440 --> 0:38:28.720 where Martin is, but yeah, I'd like to see Martin. 0:38:29.160 --> 0:38:31.690 They just signed Eugene Asante to the practice squad. So 0:38:31.730 --> 0:38:34.790 they're there. They've added some numbers there, but yeah, I 0:38:34.830 --> 0:38:35.670 think it's Jaden Duggar. 0:38:35.690 --> 0:38:37.550 I think Duggar will be the guy that gets most 0:38:37.590 --> 0:38:40.010 of the run that with green law out and Duggar's 0:38:40.030 --> 0:38:41.890 playing at a high level. What I was going to 0:38:41.930 --> 0:38:44.029 say is that, you know, the Niners have a three 0:38:44.070 --> 0:38:47.070 and a half game lead and the NFC West after 0:38:47.160 --> 0:38:51.050 Seattle loses the On Thursday night football, the Niners are 5-0. 0:38:51.110 --> 0:38:55.910 Seahawks are 3-3. The Rams are 2-3. Arizona bringing up 0:38:55.950 --> 0:38:59.880 the rear at 1-4. But with a three-game lead in 0:38:59.900 --> 0:39:02.700 the loss column, do you play Mike Evans? If Mike 0:39:02.780 --> 0:39:05.940 Evans has a sore Achilles, do you play him on 0:39:05.980 --> 0:39:07.219 Monday night or do you sit him out? 0:39:07.900 --> 0:39:10.779 Larry, put him on a snap count. Put him on 0:39:10.820 --> 0:39:14.030 a big snap count. If Mike Evans says, I can play, 0:39:15.110 --> 0:39:18.450 he should. But maybe only on third down. You know, 0:39:18.850 --> 0:39:19.990 maybe only in the red zone. 0:39:19.989 --> 0:39:22.100 Less is more. 0:39:21.500 --> 0:39:25.860 Of Mike Evans until further notice. 0:39:25.860 --> 0:39:28.959 Well, you know, what did you think, by the way, 0:39:29.060 --> 0:39:31.739 of Sam Darnold and the Seahawks last night? Sam Darnold 0:39:31.760 --> 0:39:39.140 got hit 17 times. The Seahawks, Damon, have 12 giveaways. 0:39:39.140 --> 0:39:45.319 12 giveaways. We're six games in. Only the Chargers, who 0:39:45.360 --> 0:39:49.410 have 13, have more. But how about that? Five picks 0:39:49.469 --> 0:39:52.810 so far for Darnold and 12 giveaways. 0:39:53.210 --> 0:39:54.160 Is Seattle done? 0:39:54.180 --> 0:39:57.399 I don't know if they're done, Larry. There's still way 0:39:57.420 --> 0:39:59.940 too much football season left for anyone to be done. 0:40:00.080 --> 0:40:01.900 You can't be as good as the Seahawks are and 0:40:01.940 --> 0:40:07.640 be done before October is through. But this is how 0:40:07.680 --> 0:40:10.590 they miss the playoffs. Keep turning the ball over and 0:40:10.620 --> 0:40:12.650 you're not going back. There's no doubt. You won't even 0:40:12.670 --> 0:40:15.590 get the opportunity to defend this Super Bowl title because 0:40:15.690 --> 0:40:18.410 I've got the 49ers and Rams. in front of the 0:40:18.460 --> 0:40:21.259 Seahawks right now if Darnold continues to play like this. 0:40:21.320 --> 0:40:25.839 You know, they went through two huge wrinkles offensively. Their 0:40:25.880 --> 0:40:30.489 offensive coordinator, gone, and their running back, who was Super 0:40:30.530 --> 0:40:34.310 Bowl MVP, is now in Kansas City. And if it 0:40:34.350 --> 0:40:36.569 ain't Jackson Smith and Jigba, who's it going to be? 0:40:37.380 --> 0:40:40.460 You know, the Seahawks really did make themselves a bit 0:40:40.620 --> 0:40:44.330 one-dimensional with the decision to not bring Walker back. So 0:40:44.350 --> 0:40:47.090 they sort of made their bed. Obviously, you can't prevent 0:40:47.110 --> 0:40:50.230 a guy from taking a head coaching job. So that's 0:40:50.610 --> 0:40:54.350 a natural thing that this team needs to get through. 0:40:54.770 --> 0:40:57.940 I do think they're still well-coached. I do think Seattle's 0:40:57.960 --> 0:41:01.259 still good. But there is no team in football that 0:41:01.320 --> 0:41:04.920 is truer to the old adage of You've got to 0:41:04.940 --> 0:41:07.219 win the turnover differential to win a football game. If 0:41:07.239 --> 0:41:09.960 the Seahawks are not turning the ball over, they're the Seahawks. 0:41:10.719 --> 0:41:13.680 If they are turning the ball over, they're the Arizona Cardinals. 0:41:15.630 --> 0:41:18.070 They're not running it well right now. And Sam Darnold 0:41:18.130 --> 0:41:20.720 has got happy feet in the pocket. He doesn't see it. 0:41:21.030 --> 0:41:24.670 They have one big-time receiver in JSN, and he's looking 0:41:24.690 --> 0:41:26.890 like he's getting really beat up. 0:41:28.090 --> 0:41:29.009 They don't look good right now. 0:41:29.610 --> 0:41:34.110 By the way, Mayor Daniel Lurie, needs to send the 0:41:34.310 --> 0:41:36.930 mayor of Denver a muffin basket or some sort of 0:41:37.150 --> 0:41:41.650 thank you for the service the Denver Broncos have given 0:41:41.670 --> 0:41:44.290 the San Francisco 49ers. Not only did they lay down 0:41:44.330 --> 0:41:46.990 and die when they were playing the Niners, so there's 0:41:47.010 --> 0:41:49.340 a win for the Niners, they then beat the Seahawks 0:41:49.580 --> 0:41:52.200 and the Rams. There is no team in the NFL 0:41:52.239 --> 0:41:54.120 who is doing more to put the 49ers in the 0:41:54.160 --> 0:41:58.120 postseason than the Denver Broncos. And what's really amazing, Larry, 0:41:58.219 --> 0:42:03.420 is that they beat the Seahawks with 168 yards of offense. 0:42:04.020 --> 0:42:09.739 That's their fewest yards of offense since week one in 1983, 0:42:09.739 --> 0:42:13.460 which was John Elway's debut. 0:42:14.560 --> 0:42:17.299 As a Broncos quarterback. Let me also just say this, too. 0:42:19.080 --> 0:42:22.300 I don't watch the Denver Broncos other than when they're 0:42:22.460 --> 0:42:23.900 in a standalone game or. 0:42:23.860 --> 0:42:25.799 They're playing the 49ers. 0:42:25.960 --> 0:42:28.569 So, you know, the Broncos are on my TV maybe twice, 0:42:28.660 --> 0:42:32.820 three times a year tops. I will send the Denver 0:42:32.860 --> 0:42:36.239 Broncos a hundred dollars a year for the rest of 0:42:36.340 --> 0:42:39.779 my life to just go back to those uniforms. I'm 0:42:39.820 --> 0:42:42.210 going to do those, those orange crushed jerseys with the 0:42:42.290 --> 0:42:45.109 powder blue helmets and the Bronco coming through the big 0:42:45.230 --> 0:42:50.290 D that's the Denver Broncos. That's the Denver Bronco uniform. 0:42:50.530 --> 0:42:52.660 And if you don't mind me saying Seattle, those Steve 0:42:52.680 --> 0:42:54.160 Largents are gorgeous. 0:42:54.660 --> 0:42:56.480 Just stick with those. Seriously. 0:42:56.560 --> 0:42:59.470 I mean, I'd love to see most of the NFL 0:42:59.489 --> 0:43:01.730 teams go back to their old unis. I'd love to 0:43:01.750 --> 0:43:03.089 see the dolphins go back to. 0:43:03.050 --> 0:43:03.830 Their old unis. 0:43:03.910 --> 0:43:06.620 I'd love to see, you know, I'd love to see 0:43:06.640 --> 0:43:08.240 the Oilers still be in the league. 0:43:08.300 --> 0:43:09.660 I'd love to, you know, the. 0:43:09.580 --> 0:43:13.120 Patriots with the, you know, with, with the gold, the 0:43:13.180 --> 0:43:15.779 old Pat, the Patriot on the helmet with Steve, the 0:43:15.840 --> 0:43:17.649 one that Steve Grogan used to wear. 0:43:18.230 --> 0:43:18.870 I agree. 0:43:18.930 --> 0:43:21.410 I like some, I like some of the older, older unis. 0:43:21.730 --> 0:43:26.570 Let's finish up with this Niners commanders Monday night. Give 0:43:26.830 --> 0:43:29.130 me a thought or two on the game and a 0:43:29.150 --> 0:43:30.450 prediction before we get out of here. 0:43:31.610 --> 0:43:34.129 Yeah, I just think that the 49ers have way too 0:43:34.190 --> 0:43:37.790 much for the Reds, excuse me, the Commanders to handle. 0:43:39.170 --> 0:43:43.990 Pre-snap motion, I think, undoes their defensive aggressiveness. I think 0:43:44.010 --> 0:43:46.880 that Shanahan is going to be able to pick on 0:43:46.920 --> 0:43:53.680 this Commander's defense. This Commander's defense gets scored on routinely. 0:43:54.280 --> 0:43:58.020 in the red zone and the 49ers are just hotter 0:43:58.060 --> 0:44:00.390 than a pistol right now in the red zone. I 0:44:00.430 --> 0:44:03.529 think that Brendel and Trent Williams are going to give 0:44:03.590 --> 0:44:07.469 Connor Colby all the help he needs to absorb all 0:44:07.510 --> 0:44:11.790 of this interior stunting and defensive line play. And I 0:44:11.850 --> 0:44:14.290 think that the fastest way to Jaden Daniels is going 0:44:14.310 --> 0:44:16.370 to be right through the middle of that offensive line 0:44:16.489 --> 0:44:19.930 and the way that Grayson Halton and Sebastian Valdez are 0:44:19.969 --> 0:44:22.930 playing right now. I just got an awful lot of 0:44:22.989 --> 0:44:25.650 confidence in the Niners this week, and I'm not someone 0:44:25.690 --> 0:44:29.150 who picks the Niners to win every single week. I 0:44:29.250 --> 0:44:31.509 am picking them to win this week. I'm picking them 0:44:31.550 --> 0:44:34.820 to win decidedly this week. I think they cover, I 0:44:34.840 --> 0:44:38.100 think they win, and I think Tuesday, the entire football 0:44:38.160 --> 0:44:41.779 world is talking about how dangerous this Niners team is, 0:44:42.580 --> 0:44:44.480 and they are very much in play to win a 0:44:44.500 --> 0:44:44.900 Super Bowl. 0:44:45.560 --> 0:44:47.839 It's a desperate Commanders team for sure. I think we'll 0:44:47.860 --> 0:44:49.870 see their A game on Monday night, but I do 0:44:49.910 --> 0:44:53.220 like the 49ers to to try to keep Jaden Daniels 0:44:53.260 --> 0:44:55.300 in the pocket. Don't let him run for a hundred yards. 0:44:55.540 --> 0:44:58.719 Don't turn it over. Washington's number, number two and a 0:44:59.160 --> 0:45:01.890 turnover differential. As long as the Niners don't turn it 0:45:01.969 --> 0:45:04.160 over and don't let Daniels just run up and down 0:45:04.180 --> 0:45:07.069 the field on them. Um, I love the 49ers to 0:45:07.110 --> 0:45:10.469 win this game. I'm going to say, I'm going to 0:45:10.550 --> 0:45:13.150 say 27, 17. I like the Niners to win comfortably 0:45:13.190 --> 0:45:16.130 by 10 and that's a win and a cover for 0:45:16.150 --> 0:45:16.489 the 49ers. 0:45:16.510 --> 0:45:17.900 Damon, I know you're. 0:45:17.780 --> 0:45:20.779 Blowing up on YouTube, TikTok. Tell people if they want 0:45:20.820 --> 0:45:24.440 to find you and your content and consume what you're 0:45:24.460 --> 0:45:26.779 putting out there, where is the best place they can 0:45:26.840 --> 0:45:28.550 find you on all the different platforms? 0:45:29.140 --> 0:45:29.759 Thank you, Larry. 0:45:29.780 --> 0:45:33.610 It's Damon Bruce Plus. Whether you be on YouTube, on TikTok, 0:45:33.790 --> 0:45:36.730 go over to Twitter. You can find me at Damon Bruce. 0:45:36.950 --> 0:45:38.810 And thank you very much. Always fun to be with 0:45:38.850 --> 0:45:39.270 you here. 0:45:39.190 --> 0:45:39.910 On Niners Nightly. 0:45:40.310 --> 0:45:40.649 Hey, man. 0:45:40.670 --> 0:45:41.810 Good to see you. We'll do it again. 0:45:42.650 --> 0:45:42.989 You got it. 0:45:43.770 --> 0:45:47.480 Damon Bruce, we got more straight ahead. It's Niners Nightly 0:45:47.540 --> 0:45:49.240 on a Friday on the Sports Leader. 0:45:51.219 --> 0:45:56.140 Faithful Niners Nightly with Larry Krueger now continues on your 0:45:56.219 --> 0:45:58.590 proud home of 49ers football. 0:45:58.730 --> 0:46:01.750 KNBR, the Sports Leader. 0:46:03.750 --> 0:46:06.530 Well, we're coming down the home stretch. It's Niners Nightly. 0:46:06.550 --> 0:46:08.560 Thanks to Damon Bruce. Thanks to Kyle Hart. 0:46:09.060 --> 0:46:10.720 For being our producer tonight. 0:46:10.739 --> 0:46:14.080 The great Ted Ramey is warming it up in the pen. 0:46:14.760 --> 0:46:18.480 He'll have you for sports phone tonight. And he's got 0:46:18.500 --> 0:46:20.650 the commanders play by play guys. So it's going to 0:46:20.660 --> 0:46:22.690 be good. He'll talk a little Niners in advance of 0:46:22.710 --> 0:46:25.650 the Monday nighter. Make sure you check out 49 or 0:46:25.710 --> 0:46:26.950 forecast 10 a.m. 0:46:26.989 --> 0:46:27.810 Tomorrow morning. 0:46:27.850 --> 0:46:31.110 We go for two hours, breaking it down, talking a 0:46:31.170 --> 0:46:34.270 lot of Niners and commanders and all the, all the 0:46:34.469 --> 0:46:37.180 big time matchups in that game. We will break it 0:46:37.219 --> 0:46:40.760 all down tomorrow at 10 a.m. One final thought before 0:46:40.800 --> 0:46:45.760 we bolt for the door here. You guys have probably 0:46:45.800 --> 0:46:49.290 heard this before, but Brock Purdy is five pass attempts. 0:46:49.330 --> 0:46:55.610 He's closing in on the number of games played that 0:46:55.650 --> 0:46:59.350 it's going to take and passes attempted so that he 0:46:59.590 --> 0:47:05.430 officially qualifies to be the all-time leader in passer rating statistics. 0:47:06.780 --> 0:47:09.880 Purdy would be number one. Right now his QB rating 0:47:09.940 --> 0:47:14.700 is 105.4. And if he had five more pass attempts, 0:47:15.120 --> 0:47:18.730 and I'm sure we'll get them, he'd be number one 0:47:18.790 --> 0:47:26.830 quarterback ever in quarterback rating. And the top five right now, 0:47:27.070 --> 0:47:28.759 Lamar Jackson's number one. 0:47:28.800 --> 0:47:31.560 So Purdy would be one. Lamar would be two. Aaron 0:47:31.600 --> 0:47:34.440 Rodgers would be three. Joe Burrow would be four. 0:47:35.180 --> 0:47:38.339 Patrick Mahomes would be five. And then so you sit 0:47:38.380 --> 0:47:39.980 there and you're like, well, okay, it does seem to 0:47:40.040 --> 0:47:43.580 kind of favor the modern quarterbacks. We're talking about greatest 0:47:43.600 --> 0:47:45.800 quarterbacks in history. They're all guys that play now. 0:47:46.280 --> 0:47:49.089 That's interesting. So then you look at the rest. 0:47:49.130 --> 0:47:50.950 I was looking at the list of the top 25 0:47:50.950 --> 0:47:55.670 of passer rating. Number nine on the list, Jimmy G. 0:47:57.410 --> 0:48:03.470 So number 11 on the list behind Jimmy G, Tom Brady. 0:48:05.320 --> 0:48:08.650 Number 14 on the list, five spots behind Jimmy G, 0:48:09.590 --> 0:48:16.390 Steve Young. Number 20 on the list, Josh Allen. Not 0:48:16.610 --> 0:48:22.210 in the top 20, Joe Montana. So, and by the way, 0:48:22.610 --> 0:48:24.969 you know who checks in at 17, three spots ahead 0:48:24.989 --> 0:48:30.739 of Josh Allen? Tua Tagovailoa. So, you know, it's like 0:48:30.800 --> 0:48:35.040 once again, I mean, do you basically just go, oh, well... 0:48:35.290 --> 0:48:39.130 There you go. Quarterback reading me. Quarterback rating means Jack. 0:48:40.830 --> 0:48:41.750 They asked. 0:48:41.910 --> 0:48:44.520 I didn't ask the question, but somebody else asked Clay 0:48:44.540 --> 0:48:48.759 Kubiak today about his thoughts on quarterback rating and where 0:48:48.800 --> 0:48:51.540 Brock sits and this and that. And I love I 0:48:51.580 --> 0:48:54.839 love Kubiak because he's very honest and he's he's he 0:48:54.950 --> 0:48:57.390 you know, he could have easily been like, you know, 0:48:57.450 --> 0:49:00.649 Brock's just great and just left it at that. But 0:49:01.170 --> 0:49:03.710 he knows that and he's like, I'm not a big 0:49:03.750 --> 0:49:06.180 stats guy. You know, I don't like to use stats 0:49:06.200 --> 0:49:10.080 that much, but he did say that in his opinion 0:49:10.880 --> 0:49:16.650 that the quarterback rating are guys who play inside efficient offenses. 0:49:18.250 --> 0:49:20.859 And obviously, if you have the top five guys all 0:49:20.920 --> 0:49:24.000 playing right now, it maybe tells you that offenses in 0:49:24.000 --> 0:49:26.980 2026 are much more efficient than they used to be 0:49:27.020 --> 0:49:29.620 in the 80s, 90s, and 2000s. 0:49:29.700 --> 0:49:30.799 I think that's probably true. 0:49:31.880 --> 0:49:34.560 So when you see Jimmy G number nine, you know, 0:49:34.600 --> 0:49:38.390 that's really because he played in a very efficient Patriots 0:49:38.790 --> 0:49:40.290 and 49ers offense. 0:49:41.050 --> 0:49:41.910 That's why he's number nine. 0:49:42.530 --> 0:49:44.870 And it's really more about, it's about the efficiency of 0:49:44.910 --> 0:49:47.770 the offense more so than, I mean, is Brock Purdy great? 0:49:47.830 --> 0:49:50.410 Sure. But is he the greatest quarterback that ever lived? 0:49:51.469 --> 0:49:51.689 No. 0:49:52.830 --> 0:49:55.230 And the greatest quarterback that ever lived, in my opinion, 0:49:55.650 --> 0:49:59.180 Joe Montana, isn't in the top 20. Do you see 0:49:59.200 --> 0:50:04.160 where I'm going with this? It's Tua Tagovailoa is better. 0:50:03.880 --> 0:50:04.820 Than Joe Montana? 0:50:04.840 --> 0:50:04.900 No. 0:50:06.570 --> 0:50:09.219 Jimmy G is better than Tom Brady and Steve Young? 0:50:09.280 --> 0:50:09.480 No. 0:50:10.940 --> 0:50:13.040 So way to go, Brock. Takes nothing away from Brock. 0:50:13.080 --> 0:50:15.060 And Clay made the point to, hey, this is nothing 0:50:15.100 --> 0:50:15.700 against Brock. 0:50:16.300 --> 0:50:16.980 Brock's awesome. 0:50:17.400 --> 0:50:20.719 And by the way, Brock in the fourth quarter of 0:50:20.739 --> 0:50:26.399 the game against the Seahawks was phenomenal. Brock Purdy took 0:50:26.440 --> 0:50:29.540 that thing over in the fourth quarter, folks. He was 0:50:29.660 --> 0:50:32.080 so good in the fourth quarter. He had like a 0:50:32.060 --> 0:50:33.900 145 rating in the fourth quarter. 0:50:36.790 --> 0:50:37.810 Of Niners Seahawks. 0:50:38.969 --> 0:50:41.259 So that, you know, Brock Purdy, when he needed to 0:50:41.300 --> 0:50:44.399 step up, man, he stepped up in a huge way. 0:50:44.440 --> 0:50:46.680 Him and Mike Evans kind of took the thing over 0:50:46.719 --> 0:50:49.719 at the end. But is he the greatest quarterback of 0:50:49.760 --> 0:50:50.220 all time? 0:50:50.300 --> 0:50:50.500 No. 0:50:51.040 --> 0:50:53.029 But by the way, in the fourth quarter, I just 0:50:53.050 --> 0:50:56.530 found it, in the fourth quarter last week against Seattle, 0:50:56.530 --> 0:51:02.090 7 of 8. That's 87% completions. 76 yards, 9.5 yards 0:51:02.150 --> 0:51:04.490 per attempt. So it wasn't like he was just dumping 0:51:04.530 --> 0:51:07.710 it off in the flat. a touchdown, no sacks, and 0:51:08.150 --> 0:51:13.150 a 145.3 quarterback rating in the fourth quarter. And now 0:51:13.190 --> 0:51:17.469 he's 5-0 in Seattle in the regular season. So, yeah, 0:51:17.510 --> 0:51:21.560 Brock Purdy's playing really, really well. But quarterback rating, oh, 0:51:21.620 --> 0:51:24.380 he shows he's the best of all time. Eh, it's 0:51:24.400 --> 0:51:25.779 a little flawed. It's a little flawed. 0:51:25.800 --> 0:51:27.620 That's all I'm saying. All right, that's going to do 0:51:27.660 --> 0:51:29.000 it for us. Enjoy Ted Ramey. 0:51:29.020 --> 0:51:31.140 We'll see you tomorrow morning, bright and early. 0:51:31.219 --> 0:51:34.880 Be there, 10 a.m. for 49er Forecast, right here on 0:51:34.920 --> 0:51:35.520 The Sports Leader.