Speaker 1: Everybody. I just you know, by the grace of God,
Speaker 1: Ricky Pearsall's here with the team and doing really well,
Speaker 1: and just wanted to address that situation from a team perspective.
Speaker 1: We just all feel incredibly blessed, you know, was able
Speaker 1: to be down at the hospital. And if I heard
Speaker 1: it from one person, I heard it from so many
Speaker 1: down there. There's nothing short of miraculous that he came
Speaker 1: out of this as good as he did, you know,
Speaker 1: on behalf of Ricky and his family. I talk with
Speaker 1: Ricky this morning. He just wants to express and the
Speaker 1: team wants to express our gratitude to a variety of people.
Speaker 1: Number One, the San Francisco Police Department. They were incredible
Speaker 1: in their response. They were incredible at the hospital. You know,
Speaker 1: I want to in particular, recognized Joel Herel. I've met Joel.
Speaker 1: I met her husband, Frank, who happened to be in
Speaker 1: charge of everything at the hospital at San Francisco General.
Speaker 1: But his wife was the first on the scene. And
Speaker 1: I think we've all seen the measures she went to
Speaker 1: to to make Ricky comfortable and and she was. She
Speaker 1: was there for him in a real rough time, and
Speaker 1: I know how appreciative Ricky is of that. We're appreciative
Speaker 1: to the entire police department. They just were tremendous, from
Speaker 1: the police Chief Bill Scott on down the folks at
Speaker 1: San Francisco General, the care that they gave Ricky and
Speaker 1: his family, the respect, the way they handled things was
Speaker 1: just was was unbelievable and we're we're eternally grateful for that.
Speaker 1: I want to I want to shout out our staff.
Speaker 1: Austin Moss was was the first that heard of this,
Speaker 1: our our senior director of player Affairs and Engagement, and
Speaker 1: Austin was just tremendous in his handling and helped identify
Speaker 1: where Ricky was. And you know, from Austin to and Little,
Speaker 1: our our head trainer, to our doctors, Tim McAdams, Nino,
Speaker 1: our Corey and his staff, everyone just pulled together when
Speaker 1: we needed to be together. The best description I've ever
Speaker 1: heard to what the Niner culture is all about is
Speaker 1: Steve Young talking about one time Ronnie Lot came up
Speaker 1: to him early in his career and said, hey, I
Speaker 1: got You're back, and we had Ricky's back. And I'm
Speaker 1: real proud of our team with the way they've responded.
Speaker 1: I you know, I wanted to touch on you know,
Speaker 1: at at at the time of all this going on,
Speaker 1: we had a team party that was scheduled. When I
Speaker 1: got to the hospital and visited with Ricky, is one
Speaker 1: of the first things he said, mister Lynch, what's going on.
Speaker 1: You know, I would really like everyone to go to
Speaker 1: that party, and I'd also like to talk to some
Speaker 1: of my teammates. I said, Ricky, you take care of yourself,
Speaker 1: but you know, kind of a cool moment. Were able
Speaker 1: to pipe Ricky into the party and he FaceTime the
Speaker 1: entire group, and that show of love and respect was
Speaker 1: was a real special moment for our team. I uh,
Speaker 1: you know, before I take a couple questions, yeah, first
Speaker 1: of all, that we did put Ricky on n FI
Speaker 1: non football injury. It's it's similar to PUP, but it
Speaker 1: just happened away from the field, so we had to
Speaker 1: we had to act quickly with that decision. I wish,
Speaker 1: I wish we had some more time to make it,
Speaker 1: but ultimately we felt the number one thing we had
Speaker 1: to be concerned with was Ricky's well being physically, emotionally, mentally,
Speaker 1: and ultimately decided that the best thing for Ricky was
Speaker 1: to have a little bit of time, and he's going
Speaker 1: to need that time physically, he's going to need that
Speaker 1: time emotionally mentally. And we made that decision, and uh,
Speaker 1: you know, when we drafted Ricky, we did it for
Speaker 1: the long term. And Ricky's going to be a fantastic
Speaker 1: player here. He's eager. He was he was disappointed, but
Speaker 1: understood that we that we put him on on that
Speaker 1: list and and what that entails, it's it's four weeks
Speaker 1: at least, and you know, we're we're just going to
Speaker 1: take this as it comes. His Ricky's parents are are
Speaker 1: are so grateful. They were incredible. They got up here
Speaker 1: real quick from the Arizona area. Rick and Aaron, his
Speaker 1: girlfriend was tremendous. It just, uh, you know, there's a
Speaker 1: lot of questions. There is an active police investigation going on,
Speaker 1: so please be respectful of I. You know, I'm not
Speaker 1: going to get into all the details. And and then finally, I,
Speaker 1: you know, the only thing I'd like to say, we're
Speaker 1: real proud to be part of this community. We live
Speaker 1: in a special place. What this makes me recognize, what
Speaker 1: this should make us all recognized, We we all can
Speaker 1: be better, We all need to be better to each
Speaker 1: other and uh, hopefully this this makes everyone step back
Speaker 1: and pau and like I said, it's miraculous. The kid's
Speaker 1: doing as well as he is. He's in good spirits
Speaker 1: and we're just gonna we're gonna put our support and
Speaker 1: love behind Ricky and work through this. And and you know,
Speaker 1: with that being said, it is a it is a
Speaker 1: game week, but this really makes you stop and reflect
Speaker 1: on how precious life is. And he's a very fortunate
Speaker 1: young man and we're just we're we're so grateful for
Speaker 1: so many people that allowed the outcome to be as
Speaker 1: good as it could possibly be. So with that, I'll
Speaker 1: take some questions.
Speaker 2: Can you just how Ricky is physically right now?
Speaker 1: And are you confident you know, you're setting is probably
Speaker 1: maybe a premature question, but are you confident that he
Speaker 1: can make a contribution and get on the field this season? Oh? Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: he's doing remarkably well. You know he Uh, it's un
Speaker 1: chartered territory. It's not every day deal with something like this.
Speaker 1: But we just felt ultimately, probably if it was just
Speaker 1: this scenario, he hadn't had the other shoulder and all that,
Speaker 1: it was just a lot for him to work through.
Speaker 1: If you just were looking at it physically. I thought
Speaker 1: too much to ask, and I relied on our medical experts.
Speaker 1: They felt too much to ask to come back within
Speaker 1: the next four weeks. But so we made that decision
Speaker 1: to at least give him that time. And but he's
Speaker 1: doing remarkable. He's so much better today than he was yesterday.
Speaker 1: Really really miraculous. Didn't touch organs. Did it feels like
Speaker 1: all the nerve stuff is good. I mean, it's it's
Speaker 1: pretty pretty remarkable.
Speaker 2: Did they pull it, strike a rib or what kind
Speaker 2: of damage did it do?
Speaker 1: No, it didn't. It was through and through and through
Speaker 1: is kind of how they describe it. And you know,
Speaker 1: like I said, multiple people down there said, this is
Speaker 1: about as good as outcome as you could have in
Speaker 1: this situation. So monitor or tell players what to do
Speaker 1: at all times. But does this make you rethink or
Speaker 1: readjust things you tell players about their personal security. We're
Speaker 1: always concerned about that. Tim Uh. You know, the young
Speaker 1: man had done an autograph signing and was down buying
Speaker 1: some luggage. That's what he was doing. He was buying
Speaker 1: some luggage for our road trips. We had some time
Speaker 1: off this weekend because of the kind of the bye
Speaker 1: week before the season that that now is and so
Speaker 1: we should we should all be able to do that.
Speaker 1: And so we always are talking to our guys about
Speaker 1: being safe and being aware. And Ricky was tremendous the
Speaker 1: poise he showed during the during the ordeal. But yeah,
Speaker 1: I worry about my own kids. I feel like our
Speaker 1: players are like kids. We're all family, and so yeah,
Speaker 1: you do worry, But uh, I think we all got
Speaker 1: to live life too, and and just we should be
Speaker 1: able to do that and not be concerned with those things.
Speaker 1: Should have a plan to help him through any PTSD
Speaker 1: that he made potentially experience them. Yeah, of course, of
Speaker 1: course we do, and we're gonna you know, we have
Speaker 1: tremendous resources with that, and you know that's that's all
Speaker 1: gonna we'll certainly, we we have made it available. I
Speaker 1: think Ricky embraces that and that's gonna be on his call.
Speaker 1: But will help them through this in every way. Is
Speaker 1: there an injury that needs a like a rehab of
Speaker 1: any sort or is it just a matter of kind
Speaker 1: of a healing, kind of healing healing of of of
Speaker 1: the wound. And obviously when something like that happens, there
Speaker 1: is some level of trauma.
Speaker 2: So, yeah, Car, didn't you well be at the game
Speaker 2: one day?
Speaker 1: I hope, So, I hope. So, you know, we'll stay tuned.
Speaker 1: I think there will be some cool stuff, tragic situation
Speaker 1: just from afar. Have you been able to kind of
Speaker 1: look at what kind of impact the whole thing has
Speaker 1: had on the group team? Sobering? Uh? It was, It
Speaker 1: was very sober. And you know, you never love to
Speaker 1: to to get any call with regards to your players
Speaker 1: where they're in danger apparel and and man, their earliest
Speaker 1: calls that I received were were extremely scary. Ah. You know,
Speaker 1: we we believe Ricky's been shot in the chest and
Speaker 1: that outcome is not usually a good one. So it
Speaker 1: was a tough, tough Saturday. It was a tough ride
Speaker 1: down to uh San Francisco General and uh just so
Speaker 1: so grateful that uh everything worked out the way it did.
Speaker 2: Nice, have you given Ricky? Being that it's been s
Speaker 2: a whirl win of a year. You go from the draft,
Speaker 2: coming into preseason injured, you practice a little, you're injured again.
Speaker 2: You come back or at least you're working your way back,
Speaker 2: but then something like this social manic happens. What have
Speaker 2: you been able to kind of mentor him or say
Speaker 2: to him in the time you've talked to him to
Speaker 2: kind of keep his mind a day.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I you know, I think some of his earliest
Speaker 1: concerns is when he could play. Uh, he's asking me,
Speaker 1: he's asking this, I don't know you know this. Uh,
Speaker 1: but the surgeon was there and and helping him through
Speaker 1: those type of thoughts. But you know, Ricky takes a
Speaker 1: lot of pride in being available and uh, you know,
Speaker 1: one continues to point out that, I promise you I'm
Speaker 1: not I'm not injury prone, Ricky. This is not being
Speaker 1: injury prone, like something out of your control happened. And
Speaker 1: Ricky's gonna be great. He's gonna be a fantastic player
Speaker 1: that the times we've seen him out on the play,
Speaker 1: he's exactly what we envisioned and more and can't wait
Speaker 1: to see that take place in due time. But we
Speaker 1: first and foremost, we're gonna make sure that he's all
Speaker 1: good and ready to go, you know, you know, more
Speaker 1: than ready by the time we bring him back. Yeah,
Speaker 1: thank you, guys, appreciate it.