Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to the forty nine Ers First and
Speaker 1: ten Podcast, ten minutes of the most up to date
Speaker 1: forty nine Ers news first Thing in the morning. I'm
Speaker 1: your host, Brianna McDonald, and I'm joined by forty nine
Speaker 1: Ers team reporter Lindsay Polaris. In today's episode, we are
Speaker 1: welcoming the faithful to week two of OTAs. This week,
Speaker 1: the forty nine Ers OTA sessions take place on May
Speaker 1: thirtieth and thirty first, then June second, and the team
Speaker 1: will have an open practice today the thirty first for
Speaker 1: the media to watch and report on. Lindsey, as you
Speaker 1: take the practice field today, what are some things that
Speaker 1: you're going to be keeping your eye on.
Speaker 2: Yeap Bray, I think the thing everyone has circled on
Speaker 2: their calendar that may tentatively happen today is the quarter
Speaker 2: Rock Party is likely going to be starting his throwing program.
Speaker 2: That was news that came out of last week's open
Speaker 2: OTA practice.
Speaker 3: Again, everyone pretty vague about it, but head coach.
Speaker 2: Kyle Shanahan said he's expected to start throwing sometime this week.
Speaker 2: In terms of open practices, the only one we can
Speaker 2: observe would be today. So my best guess is that
Speaker 2: we will see brock Purty finally switch out the tawel
Speaker 2: that he's been training with and opt for.
Speaker 3: That football, which is all very exciting news.
Speaker 2: I know that in the off season that three month
Speaker 2: post surgery benchmark was one that head coach Kyle Shanahan,
Speaker 2: general manager John Lynch, and brock Purty himself we're all
Speaker 2: pointing towards as that big date when he could finally
Speaker 2: pick up a football and start practicing those throwing motions.
Speaker 3: He actually had his surgery on.
Speaker 2: March tenth, so if we're counting down by dates, he
Speaker 2: is a little bit ahead of schedule. But again, during
Speaker 2: those press conferences last week, all three were pretty hesitant
Speaker 2: to say that brock Purty is ahead of schedule. We
Speaker 2: heard Kyle Shanahan say that he's on schedule, and then
Speaker 2: brock Purty again also pretty vague, but he said he's
Speaker 2: going by what doctors and physical therapists are telling him
Speaker 2: and that they've been great throughout his entire recovery process.
Speaker 1: Yeah, so should we see Brock out on the field
Speaker 1: making passes today? Like you said, he'd be on track
Speaker 1: with his rehab schedule, and that the team and head
Speaker 1: coach Kas Shanahan are anticipating for him to be ready
Speaker 1: to go by week one of the regular season. Here's
Speaker 1: what Brock Purdy had to say about his recovery timeline.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm not necessarily sure, like in terms of, you know,
Speaker 4: the timeline and are we on schedule. We've just been
Speaker 4: taking it, you know, from what the physical therapists, surgeon,
Speaker 4: what they've said, what it looks like with guys that
Speaker 4: they've worked on, like, hey, this is like the next step,
Speaker 4: and we've just been following the play in and really
Speaker 4: it's just how your arm feels on a day to
Speaker 4: day basis and a week to week basis, and you
Speaker 4: go from there and you make decisions from there. So
Speaker 4: that's just where we're at. I feel good, arm is
Speaker 4: feeling good. So to say I'm going to be ready
Speaker 4: by this time or this time, I just you know,
Speaker 4: we're not trying to label any kind of timeline like
Speaker 4: that for sure, though, Like that's a that's a goal,
Speaker 4: right to you want to be ready for you know,
Speaker 4: the season, and if that's the case, great, But like
Speaker 4: I said, we're just staying it one day at a time.
Speaker 1: So as San Francisco's off season program began, Brock's been
Speaker 1: more so behind the scenes while recovering and learning in
Speaker 1: team meetings. How excited do you think he is to
Speaker 1: pick up a football again and participate alongside his teammates.
Speaker 2: You know, I think it's one of the things that
Speaker 2: we've heard from Rock Party throughout this entire rehab process
Speaker 2: that one of the biggest challenges for him was to
Speaker 2: find that patience in himself because he wants to be
Speaker 2: out there with the team, and he's told us himself
Speaker 2: in press conferences and we've heard it from the head
Speaker 2: coach as well. He's as involved as he is physically
Speaker 2: capable of being at this point. So he's in meetings,
Speaker 2: he's watching film, he's you know, doing everything he can
Speaker 2: with the towel drills.
Speaker 3: So I think he's chomping at the bit brat you know.
Speaker 2: I know that he is one of the most studious
Speaker 2: players that the forty nine ers have. That's been something
Speaker 2: that they've been really proud of with Brock Purty. But
Speaker 2: at some point you want to stop, you know, just
Speaker 2: studying and actually get out to the practice field, I
Speaker 2: would imagine. So my guess is that he's pretty excited,
Speaker 2: But you know, Brock Purtty. He is cool, calm and
Speaker 2: collected always. That is one of the things that's kind
Speaker 2: of become his signature. So even when he talks about it,
Speaker 2: it's with tempered expectations. But my guess is, you know
Speaker 2: he's pretty excited.
Speaker 3: To be out there.
Speaker 1: Yeah, definitely. Well, while we're talking offense, we saw last
Speaker 1: week that seventh round draft pick Ronnie Bell really shined
Speaker 1: on the field and he was active with the team's
Speaker 1: wide receiver group. Who else from the rookie class are
Speaker 1: you going to keep your eye on in today's practice?
Speaker 2: Yeah, so I think my eyes are actually on the secondary.
Speaker 2: So we saw a really nice flash from cornerback Darrell
Speaker 2: Luder Junior. He had a nice pass breakup last week.
Speaker 2: I'm curious to see what he builds on this week.
Speaker 2: And then I think we're all really excited to see
Speaker 2: what safety day or Brown brings to the table. He
Speaker 2: was one of two gold helmet prospects for the forty
Speaker 2: nine ers, so a consensus draft pick for the front
Speaker 2: office in the coaching staff. So I think everybody's just
Speaker 2: eager to see what he can do out on the field,
Speaker 2: how he's adjusting and acclimating to these pro level practices. Obviously,
Speaker 2: no contact allowed yet in these OTAs, so everything is
Speaker 2: a little bit watered down, but you want to see
Speaker 2: flashes from your rookies. And then I think also everybody's
Speaker 2: continually going to have eyes on kicker Jake Moody.
Speaker 3: We don't get to see a ton of special teams practices.
Speaker 2: During the workouts, but I'm curious to see some more kicks.
Speaker 2: He's been doing really great from what we've been able
Speaker 2: to observe during those open periods.
Speaker 3: So just a few guys to keep an eye on today.
Speaker 1: Yeah, two players that defensive coordinator is Steve Wilkes trying
Speaker 1: to light on when it comes to the defense is
Speaker 1: d lineman Drake Jackson and Javon Kinlaw. He said that
Speaker 1: they've really been committed to the team's off season program
Speaker 1: and they've been putting that work in. Wilk said they're
Speaker 1: looking great, although these OTA practices are non contact. What
Speaker 1: did you take away from seeing the defensive line last week?
Speaker 2: I think, if nothing else, just the energy, the enthusiasm.
Speaker 2: It's all there, and like you mentioned, with offensive line
Speaker 2: as much as defensive line OTAs in this whole off
Speaker 2: season programing. Before we get to training camp probably hinders
Speaker 2: these two groups the most because without contact, you can't
Speaker 2: really practice.
Speaker 3: What is the heart of each of these positions.
Speaker 2: Right, But you always see coach Chris Kasiak and coach
Speaker 2: Tap out there. They're screaming, they're yelling, they're excited, and
Speaker 2: I feel like the players really feed off of that
Speaker 2: competitive energy.
Speaker 3: You see it from them.
Speaker 2: And head coach Kyle Shanahan said last week in his
Speaker 2: presser as well that he was very, very satisfied not
Speaker 2: just with participation level, but also enthusiasm, willingness to be there,
Speaker 2: and the fact that pretty much everyone is at to
Speaker 2: OTAs and again this is all a voluntary portion of
Speaker 2: the off season programming. I think that's a really good sign.
Speaker 2: And you mentioned Drake Jackson pretty much consense. His takeaway
Speaker 2: is that over this offseason he's put on a little
Speaker 2: bit of muscle weight. That's something that head coach Kyle
Speaker 2: Shanahan and coach Wilbs both mentioned was a good thing.
Speaker 2: And as far as Javon Kinlaw, basically everybody's seen him
Speaker 2: in the building just continually working this offseason. So again,
Speaker 2: a lot of enthusiasm for those two guys on the
Speaker 2: defensive line.
Speaker 1: The long told story in the NFL is that once
Speaker 1: a player reaches their second year of playing in the league,
Speaker 1: that they shake off all that rookie dust and they
Speaker 1: just make a huge jump in that sophomore year. Who
Speaker 1: are you looking for to make that big progress for
Speaker 1: the twenty twenty three season, Yeah, Ry, I think you've.
Speaker 3: Got a lot of players to choose from.
Speaker 2: I think we saw a pretty immediate impact from offensive
Speaker 2: line and Spencer Burford. He was splitting time with Daniel
Speaker 2: Brunskill last season, so I'm really curious to see his
Speaker 2: development and.
Speaker 3: What's going to happen at that right guard position.
Speaker 2: So it could be a breakup with another veteran that
Speaker 2: was brought in, it might go all the way to
Speaker 2: Spencer Burford. I think everything is up in the air,
Speaker 2: so we'll see what happens there. I'm also curious to
Speaker 2: see a Sam Wollmack, who I think made also a
Speaker 2: pretty big slash his first year on special teams.
Speaker 3: I think he.
Speaker 2: Had a couple of very very timely plays on special
Speaker 2: teams that caught a lot.
Speaker 3: Of people's attention.
Speaker 2: I'm curious to see his competition for that open nickelback
Speaker 2: position in the secondary.
Speaker 3: I think it could go either way. There, so somebody
Speaker 3: to look at.
Speaker 2: But yeah, a lot of rookie players from last season
Speaker 2: going to be making a jump in here too.
Speaker 3: We'll see what happens.
Speaker 1: Finally, we have some exciting news for forty nine Ers fans.
Speaker 1: Former linebacker Patrick Willis was inducted into the Bay Area
Speaker 1: Sports Hall of Fame alongside San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey,
Speaker 1: NBA legend Gary Payton Senior, former undefeated professional boxer Andre Ward,
Speaker 1: and FIFA Women's World Cup champion and two time Olympic
Speaker 1: gold medalist Julie Fondi. As you've seen the pictures of
Speaker 1: Patrick at the Hall of Fame induction and how happy
Speaker 1: he was to be honored, how big of a moment
Speaker 1: is this for Patrick's legacy and really for the faithful
Speaker 1: as he's been a fan favorite over the years.
Speaker 3: I think you said it right there, Brie.
Speaker 2: I don't know anybody that is not a Patrick Billis
Speaker 2: fan if they are a forty nine Er fan. One
Speaker 2: of the most beloved players in recent history, and again
Speaker 2: he was part of this amazing linebacker duo with Navarro
Speaker 2: Bowman in the twenty ten So I think just an
Speaker 2: amazing accomplishment for him, he got that first nomination for
Speaker 2: the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Speaker 3: All of this is just credit where credit is due.
Speaker 2: He had an amazing eight year NFL career, was a
Speaker 2: Niner for a life, beloved by everyone in the Bay Area.
Speaker 2: So congratulations to him, and I do think plenty more.
Speaker 3: To come for him.
Speaker 1: All right, well that'll do it for today. Be sure
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Speaker 1: so much Lindsay for joining me in this off season update.
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