Speaker 1: With up Mathefel.
Speaker 2: Welcome back to the forty nine Ers First and ten
Speaker 2: podcast presented by Cisco. I'm your host Brian McDonald. I'm
Speaker 2: with forty nine Ers to reporter Lindsay Kolaris and forty
Speaker 2: nine Ers insider Hazy Sadaa joining in online hazes. Thanks
Speaker 2: for joining us.
Speaker 1: How are you feeling very good? Thanks for having me?
Speaker 1: Very excited to talk about minicamp exactly.
Speaker 2: Football just wrapped up day two of mandatory Mini Caamp. Lindsay,
Speaker 2: we're going to share all the details you were at
Speaker 2: at practice few of those days. What was the energy
Speaker 2: like out there? Is there a fresh vibe? Are people
Speaker 2: excited to be back out playing football.
Speaker 3: I think it's a couple things.
Speaker 4: So definitely it's just that carryover from off season workout programs.
Speaker 4: This team is feeling good, they're feeling healthy, they're feeling energetic.
Speaker 3: About the work that's in front of them.
Speaker 4: And then also too, as we talk about Mini Caamp,
Speaker 4: it was two days and definitely kind of last day
Speaker 4: of school vibes.
Speaker 3: Because after this.
Speaker 4: Of course, the team is going on a four already
Speaker 4: ish day break. They'll come back for training camp, but
Speaker 4: they're gonna have some time off. Obviously they'll still all
Speaker 4: be working out individually. I think that's like something really
Speaker 4: all of the players do, but it's just a break
Speaker 4: away from the facility and that structure. Everybody gets their
Speaker 4: mind right, and then really kind of the season unofficially
Speaker 4: starts with training camp.
Speaker 3: Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 2: We heard from a few people during mandatory mini camp.
Speaker 2: The first two that come to mind when I'm talking
Speaker 2: about this next point are veteran Trent Williams and head
Speaker 2: coach Kyle Shanahan. They talked about the difference in tone
Speaker 2: from this off season to last off season. There are
Speaker 2: two completely different off seasons. Last year it was the
Speaker 2: shortest you could possibly get. This year, it's the longest
Speaker 2: you could possibly get. Hey, zeus, What did they have
Speaker 2: to say about the difference between the two.
Speaker 5: Yes, that's definitely very positive. That's what they were mentioning.
Speaker 5: Like Trent Whaliams, so obviously they had a longer off season.
Speaker 5: So we even get to see Trent Williams at this
Speaker 5: time of the year right at OTAs and obviously in minicamp.
Speaker 5: So yeah, they mentioned that about the longer off season,
Speaker 5: which I think is something positive because they almost all
Speaker 5: the players that so far have been on Impress conferences.
Speaker 5: The coaches have mentioned the longer off season and say
Speaker 5: it has something positive because they all been itaching to
Speaker 5: get back to the practice field exactly.
Speaker 2: And Trent also said this is the first Manastry mini
Speaker 2: camp he's been at in about ten years. But he said,
Speaker 2: you know, every off season is different. What's it like?
Speaker 2: What stood out to you the most in those twodays
Speaker 2: of practices seeing Trent, Botha and Christian McCaffrey out on
Speaker 2: the field.
Speaker 4: I think specifically with Trent Williams. Obviously he is one
Speaker 4: of the more senior veteran players. You know, he's in
Speaker 4: his mid thirty so, but he always gets questions of
Speaker 4: like are you going to keep playing? When do you
Speaker 4: see the end? And I see him and the whole
Speaker 4: rest of the team season. He's energized, he got high spirit,
Speaker 4: it's good vibes. He's looking in shape, as head coach
Speaker 4: Kyle Shanahan said, so.
Speaker 3: I'm like, why don't we just like let him play? Exactly?
Speaker 3: He's looking good.
Speaker 4: And I do think one thing that stood out to
Speaker 4: me that he said is that that youthful energy that
Speaker 4: has come from the new faces the free agents, the
Speaker 4: eleven person draft class that the forty.
Speaker 3: Nine ers have.
Speaker 4: It's infused that excitement and energy that maybe you lose
Speaker 4: a little bit of that when you're you know, in
Speaker 4: year fifteen sixteen in the league. So you know, I
Speaker 4: think all of that is it just leads to the
Speaker 4: good energy. Obviously with McCaffrey just healthy this offseason, which
Speaker 4: is something you know he battled through injuries in twenty
Speaker 4: twenty four, and then both I mean looking like himself
Speaker 4: and I don't think you would expect anything different exactly.
Speaker 2: We also got to see more of the rookies. Lindsay,
Speaker 2: I want to know, what are your early impressions of
Speaker 2: this class. Who's injured, who's out on the field, what's
Speaker 2: the state of the twenty twenty five rookie class? Looking like?
Speaker 4: Yeah, so not to sound any alarms, I think, especially
Speaker 4: with many camp be short.
Speaker 3: The guys were not in pads.
Speaker 4: Just a couple like I think nix and bruises, like
Speaker 4: really just not things you need to worry about. But
Speaker 4: MIKEL Williams had I believe a tight hamstring, so definitely
Speaker 4: a reduced workload. You saw him doing some individual drills,
Speaker 4: but really pretty minimal for him, and then also Marquis Siegel.
Speaker 4: I don't think he's expected to be really practicing with
Speaker 4: the team until training camp. Other than that, there's some
Speaker 4: other injuries that we can go over. But for the
Speaker 4: rookie class so far, looking good. I think Jordan Watkins
Speaker 4: has been an early standout for a lot of people,
Speaker 4: just looking really comfortable and explosive early on. Obviously, again
Speaker 4: this is a non contact practice, but I think just
Speaker 4: early flashes are.
Speaker 3: Good to see.
Speaker 2: Yeah, hey zeus. Trent Williams said that this class has
Speaker 2: some steals. Who do you think stands out to you?
Speaker 2: Who flashes out on the field.
Speaker 5: Well, like Robert Salah said on Wednesday, right on his
Speaker 5: press conference, it's very hard to have, by the way,
Speaker 5: right now because they obvious they don't have the paths on.
Speaker 5: But what we're looking at so far, I really like
Speaker 5: what I have seen from Jordan Watkins, the rookie wide receiver.
Speaker 5: I think he looks really good. He's been catching most
Speaker 5: of the passes he had a chance to get.
Speaker 1: Also, he looks really fast.
Speaker 5: Remember that was one of his main attributes when the
Speaker 5: forty nine ers drafted him. So I really like what
Speaker 5: I have what I've seen from him, and then on
Speaker 5: the defensive line side of the ball. On the defensive
Speaker 5: side of the ball, I like also a lot of
Speaker 5: what I've seen from guys like West.
Speaker 1: His hands are like really strong.
Speaker 5: So yeah, I'm looking forward to training camp when they
Speaker 5: get the paths on to be able to see those
Speaker 5: kills better.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 2: Speaking of the defensive side of the ball, We've got
Speaker 2: some big news in the Bay. The forty nine Ers
Speaker 2: have acquired defensive lineman Bryce Huff from the Philadelphia Eagles
Speaker 2: in exchange for a mid round pick in the twenty
Speaker 2: twenty six NFL Draft. Lindsay, when you first heard this news,
Speaker 2: what did you think for our D line?
Speaker 4: You know, I think just more additions to the D line.
Speaker 4: Is that was what the forty nine ers were looking
Speaker 4: to do this offseason.
Speaker 3: I think a very good get.
Speaker 4: You know, you have to call back to that pre
Speaker 4: existing relationship between Robert Sala when he was at the
Speaker 4: Jets and Bryce Huff only spent one one year with
Speaker 4: the Eagles previously, it's spent four seasons with the Jets.
Speaker 3: Had a tend sax.
Speaker 4: Season in twenty twenty three. Hard to ignore that double
Speaker 4: digit sack number. And really I think there's just that
Speaker 4: pre existing relationship, a lot of faith in the work
Speaker 4: and effort that he's going to bring to the Bay.
Speaker 4: And I think one of the things that Robert Sala
Speaker 4: highlighted is that Bryce Huffy says, has you know, the
Speaker 4: most explosive get off the ball stat you know that
Speaker 4: we like to talk about here at the Niners.
Speaker 2: So just an early highlight for him. Yeah, heze's how
Speaker 2: does he fit into our d line? How is Robert
Speaker 2: Sala going to use him and scheme him up this year?
Speaker 5: Well, I think he fits perfectly to the forty nine
Speaker 5: scheme because obviously he was with Robert Sala with the Jets.
Speaker 5: But also I think defensive line Chris Cuserk explained it
Speaker 5: really well. Remember like about a week ago, more than
Speaker 5: a week ago, we had the chance to speak to
Speaker 5: the different coaches, right like defensive line coach or receiver coach,
Speaker 5: and christ CAUs Serek was mentioned, and that with the
Speaker 5: forty nine ers, he fits perfectly because he's been used
Speaker 5: to his whole career to play with him with his
Speaker 5: hand on the ground. He's not a stand up linebacker
Speaker 5: like in Philadelphia. Mostly that that's what he did, right.
Speaker 5: They play a different scheme, but with the forty nine ers,
Speaker 5: he's going to be with his hand on the on
Speaker 5: the ground most of the time, so that that fits
Speaker 5: perfectly to his skill set.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you've covered the team for a while now. Shanahan
Speaker 2: and a lot of the coaching staff says that Rice
Speaker 2: have reminds them sort of like a d Ford. Would
Speaker 2: you agree with that statement.
Speaker 5: Yeah, definitely, because even Kyle Shanahan went into detail, right,
Speaker 5: he mentioned that on Thursday in his press conference that
Speaker 5: he's like the best get off the ball guy.
Speaker 1: That they had since Defour.
Speaker 5: So that caught my attention because obviously I remember when
Speaker 5: they had the four back in twenty nineteen and they
Speaker 5: went to that Super Bowl in Miami. It was amazing, right,
Speaker 5: so so much speed coming off the edge. And then
Speaker 5: also Chris kuserre mentioned the same thing. He didn't compare
Speaker 5: it to Dfour, but he said he spoke about his
Speaker 5: get off ability. I even talked to him about that,
Speaker 5: and yeah, he said he loves his speed.
Speaker 1: And then also even Trent Williams.
Speaker 5: Trent Williams wasn't with the team during that twenty nineteen season,
Speaker 5: but he said during his press conference they asked him
Speaker 5: about about BRICEE. Coff and he said, yeah, he compared
Speaker 5: like to D four in a way. He remember when
Speaker 5: they had D four and the Niners went to that
Speaker 5: super Bowl and in that twenty nineteen seasons. So in
Speaker 5: a way, I think they're trying to replicate like what
Speaker 5: they had back then on that differensive line. Obviously Bosa
Speaker 5: is the only remaining piece from that year from twenty nineteen.
Speaker 5: But in a way, I see, obviously Brice had like
Speaker 5: kind of like your D four guy. Then Mikel Williams.
Speaker 5: Remember he can play outside or he can play inside,
Speaker 5: and obviously you have Alfred Collins, you have a C.
Speaker 1: West.
Speaker 5: So some of those two guys that play on the interior,
Speaker 5: they could be like you're the Forest Wagner or you're
Speaker 5: Eric Carms. So in a way, I think personally, I
Speaker 5: think they're trying to replicate what they had back in
Speaker 5: twenty nineteen with that defensive line.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Bryce I have mentioned that he watched a lot
Speaker 2: of defour tape back in his time with the Jets,
Speaker 2: So it'll be interesting to see how that will materialize
Speaker 2: and how he'll add his own flavor. Definitely another amazing
Speaker 2: weapon to the d line. But lindsay, we've also got
Speaker 2: a new look to our special teams. There's sort of
Speaker 2: a reset during this off season. Could you share what
Speaker 2: those details look like for the faithful?
Speaker 4: Yeah, so we have a new long snapper and punter
Speaker 4: and they were brought in alongside Greg Joseph who is
Speaker 4: a new kicker for the forty nine ers, as well
Speaker 4: as Jake Moody, who is now in his third season
Speaker 4: with the team, So a.
Speaker 3: Completely new operation.
Speaker 4: During mini camp, basically the way the workload was split
Speaker 4: up is Jake Moody to the first day of kicks
Speaker 4: and then Greg Joseph took day two. I think right now,
Speaker 4: it's just the acclamation period, right, Thomas Moore said, who
Speaker 4: is the new punter came in and fairly recently, So
Speaker 4: it really is just getting to know each other, making
Speaker 4: sure that you're in tune because, as we know, a
Speaker 4: kicking operation it really does take all equal parts. So yeah,
Speaker 4: I think it's getting to know each other. Obviously that
Speaker 4: relationship will continue to develop in training camp, but it's
Speaker 4: something that the Niners, you know, really need to see
Speaker 4: develop over the course of the summer.
Speaker 2: Yeah, they've also got a new special teams coordinator and
Speaker 2: Brent Boyer hazews. How do you think that he'll put
Speaker 2: his fingerprint on the special teams and what should fans
Speaker 2: expect from him?
Speaker 5: I think a lot of great things because definitely Bran
Speaker 5: Boyer is one of them, opinion, one of the better
Speaker 5: special teams coordinator in the in the NFL. And when
Speaker 5: we had a chance to talk to him, I think
Speaker 5: it was before before at A started, he talked to
Speaker 5: the media and he was saying some things like really interesting,
Speaker 5: like like he mentioned that his philosophy is to obviously
Speaker 5: make his guys love playing special teams, like because a
Speaker 5: lot of them can make a career out of playing
Speaker 5: special teams in in the league. For example, the guys
Speaker 5: have really good special teams before even bron boy And
Speaker 5: got to the team, like George George autumn in the past,
Speaker 5: we had Raheem Moster, who for the most part was
Speaker 5: a special teams guy. Then he finds a way to
Speaker 5: become a very solid running back in the league. So
Speaker 5: so yeah, he was speaking about that that passion that
Speaker 5: you need to have to play a special team.
Speaker 1: So so I think we're going to see.
Speaker 5: A lot of energy a lot of a lot of
Speaker 5: passions on that on that unit.
Speaker 2: Awesome. Yeah, we've covered the defense. We got a new
Speaker 2: look at our special teams unit. Let's talk a little
Speaker 2: on offense. Some of the biggest stories from this off
Speaker 2: season was Brock Purty getting his contract extension. We got
Speaker 2: to see him move around on the field. Now after
Speaker 2: that contract extension, how is Purty building with the new receivers?
Speaker 2: How does he look out on the field now?
Speaker 3: I mean, I think he looks like he hasn't skipped
Speaker 3: to be right for him.
Speaker 4: This is now second fully healthy off season, no injuries
Speaker 4: to come back from. So that's an ideal situation, and
Speaker 4: I think there has to be some sort of security
Speaker 4: mentality that comes from like, Yeah, I'm going to be here,
Speaker 4: this is my team. I'm here to stay for the
Speaker 4: next five seasons. So, you know, I think that energy
Speaker 4: is very much there, But I don't I think that
Speaker 4: you would have gotten that with Brock Purty regardless of
Speaker 4: the contract situation. I think obviously having that in place
Speaker 4: is a great thing. But I think we've gotten some
Speaker 4: conflicting reports on whether Brock Purtty is more vocal or not.
Speaker 4: Kylie Chanhan said he's the same Brock but then we
Speaker 4: hear George k Hittle saying that he's speaking up and
Speaker 4: having more of a voice.
Speaker 3: I think it's probably somewhere in the middle.
Speaker 4: But I did like what Kyle Shanahan said last week
Speaker 4: that there are no new expectations of brock Party because
Speaker 4: he is trying to be the best at his position
Speaker 4: at all times, and the way he leads this team,
Speaker 4: like we've seen it, it works. So that extension is
Speaker 4: just they want more of the Brock Party they've had,
Speaker 4: and that Brock Party continues to build every off season,
Speaker 4: and I do think some benefits that He said that
Speaker 4: Ricky Piercel and Jacob Cowing went to train with him
Speaker 4: in Jacksonville, so obviously there's chemistry building there. He had
Speaker 4: great things to say about the Ricky Jordan Watkins, and
Speaker 4: also really good things to say about DeMarcus Robinson, who's
Speaker 4: coming this offseason as a free agent from the Rams.
Speaker 4: Just having his veteran presence there in that wide receiver
Speaker 4: room has been a good addition.
Speaker 2: Jyzeus pads are no pads getting loud, not getting loud?
Speaker 2: Have you seen signs of leadership with Brock Party as
Speaker 2: he enters another season in with the forty nine ers.
Speaker 5: Oh yeah, definitely, definitely, because I think lead ship is
Speaker 5: one of the natural trades that Brad Perry has and
Speaker 5: and that's something that you either have it or you don't.
Speaker 1: And and when and.
Speaker 5: Since his rookie year, I think he showed that and
Speaker 5: even guys like Trent Williams. I remember, uh that year,
Speaker 5: his rookie year when when he played well, when he
Speaker 5: when he came in for for Jimmy Garoppolo and that
Speaker 5: game where where Jimmy got Injura against the Dolphins, and
Speaker 5: after that game when the Niners ended up beating the Dolphins,
Speaker 5: I remember, the media had a chance to speak to
Speaker 5: Trent Williams and he was saying, yeah.
Speaker 1: It's amazing.
Speaker 5: I mean he he immediately took command of the huddle,
Speaker 5: and for for a rookie, that's that's really impressive.
Speaker 1: So immediately he gained the respect of guys.
Speaker 5: Like like like Trent Williams, like like George Kittle.
Speaker 1: So that's very amazing.
Speaker 5: And and right now even with more experience, like like
Speaker 5: Lindsey was saying.
Speaker 1: That, I remember, yeah, Kittle. Kittle had a very good quote.
Speaker 5: He said, yeah, he's I think he's very vocal this year,
Speaker 5: even on our route during the the LTAS where I
Speaker 5: think George kill was explaining that j Want stopped running
Speaker 5: or something like that, and then and then Rapporty was
Speaker 5: like a one keep running.
Speaker 1: So yeah, he's like a natural leader.
Speaker 2: Now that we are closing the chapter on mini camp, lindsay,
Speaker 2: how confident are you feeling in this roster heading into
Speaker 2: a training camp.
Speaker 4: I think more than anything, there is going to be
Speaker 4: a good competition at training.
Speaker 3: Camp, and I think that's what you need.
Speaker 4: Right the forty nine ers were able to fill the
Speaker 4: gaps that they needed, bring in some new energy via
Speaker 4: the draft, free agency, most recently a trade. I think
Speaker 4: all the pieces are in place to have a very
Speaker 4: competitive training camp, and I think that's what this team
Speaker 4: really has been setting itself up.
Speaker 3: For all off seasons.
Speaker 4: So now it's just about getting away, keeping your body
Speaker 4: in shape, and then coming back and getting to work.
Speaker 4: So I think they've set themselves up very well.
Speaker 2: Yeah, the players were itching to get back on the
Speaker 2: field and our fans are itching to get to see
Speaker 2: them in action in training camp. He is, what are
Speaker 2: some or who are some players that fans should you
Speaker 2: know be really pleasantly surprised to see a training camp.
Speaker 2: Who might pop during camp.
Speaker 5: Well, out of the guys we drafted, I mentioned obviously CJ.
Speaker 5: West and Jordan Watkins that look really good. How that
Speaker 5: maybe aptonsed out too, But.
Speaker 1: Also with the undrafted guys, remember the forty nine ers.
Speaker 5: Somehow they always find an undrafted player to to take
Speaker 5: a bigger role on the team, like Jordan Mason in
Speaker 5: the past, Kendrick Bourne. There's a season Shire so so
Speaker 5: I think this year it could be on It could
Speaker 5: be Sebastian Baldez. He looks really strong, really strong hands
Speaker 5: and and I think he could surprise a lot of
Speaker 5: people as one of the undrafted guys. And then on
Speaker 5: the offensive side of the ball, I would go with
Speaker 5: another undrafted guy, Corey Corey Kiner. I think Bobby Turner,
Speaker 5: even when he spoke to the media, I asked him
Speaker 5: about Corey Kiner, he said, yeah, he's tough here, runs violent,
Speaker 5: So yeah, I think Corey Kiner on offense and Selvastian
Speaker 5: about this out of the undrafted guys, because I already
Speaker 5: mentioned it, the guys we tunneled, the guys we drafted,
Speaker 5: a cool surprise A lot of people awesome.
Speaker 2: Well. With mini camp also coming to a close, Lindsay,
Speaker 2: there's going to be a few changes before heading into
Speaker 2: training camp. Would you like to share any updates on
Speaker 2: your side of course?
Speaker 3: Yes.
Speaker 4: So this is going to be my final first and
Speaker 4: ten podcast because I am headed back home to La
Speaker 4: So I just wanted to say it has been a
Speaker 4: pleasure being on this podcast. Bri and I started this
Speaker 4: back I think in November of twenty twenty two, So
Speaker 4: thank you so much for tuning in for the better
Speaker 4: part of almost three seasons. It's been awesome, and I'm
Speaker 4: leaving you in very good hands.
Speaker 2: Lindsay, Me and he Zeus are going to miss you
Speaker 2: so much. The faithful fan base is going to miss
Speaker 2: you so much. We're so exped to cheer you want
Speaker 2: in the next chapter.
Speaker 1: His is Yeah, we're gonna miss you definitely a lot, Lindsay.
Speaker 5: I mean, we really appreciate all you do and you're
Speaker 5: definitely gonna we're gonna miss you a lot.
Speaker 1: I don't want that here. I hate to say like goodbye,
Speaker 1: and it's not.
Speaker 3: A goodbye goodbye. I plan on coming back to at
Speaker 3: least be a fan of one.
Speaker 2: Game, so maybe even another guest on a First and
Speaker 2: Tend podcast, maybe a special guest. You never know. We'll
Speaker 2: definitely need to call you up and pick your brain
Speaker 2: on your expertise. Lindsay, thank you so much into our
Speaker 2: fans out there. We are also taking a quick break
Speaker 2: during our summer break that was forty days that our
Speaker 2: players are also taking, so we'll be sure to get
Speaker 2: back to you during training camp. But that'll do it
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