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Speaker 1: Welcome to the forty nine Ers. You've got mil Podcasts

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Speaker 1: presented by Delta Dental. I'm your host, Lindsay Polaris, Happy

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Speaker 1: new league year, and faithful. How are we feeling? The

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Speaker 1: forty nine Ers have been incredibly active in these first

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Speaker 1: two weeks of free agency, signing twelve new players to

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Speaker 1: the roster as of Friday, March twenty second. That's all

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Speaker 1: in addition to a slow of signings that took place

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Speaker 1: immediately after the end of the twenty twenty three season.

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Speaker 1: I had the opportunity to sit down with some of

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Speaker 1: the newest members of the forty nine Ers as they

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Speaker 1: came through HQ to put pen to paper. There are

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Speaker 1: a lot of big smiles and excitement from them as

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Speaker 1: they enjoyed their first day as a member of the organization.

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Speaker 1: If you want to see pictures and videos of those signings,

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Speaker 1: make sure to head to forty nine ers dot com

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Speaker 1: and our YouTube page. As you've probably guessed by now,

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Speaker 1: this is our free agency recap episode. Our first interview

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Speaker 1: is with defensive lineman Leonard Floyd. He's a veteran edge

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Speaker 1: rusher and Super Bowl champion. That's been last season with

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Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills. Floyd is familiar with San Francisco because

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Speaker 1: he played three seasons in the NFC West as part

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Speaker 1: of the Los Angeles Rams. Here's his first interview as

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Speaker 1: a member of the Red and Gold.

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Speaker 2: Oh it feels good to be here. I'm excited about it,

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Speaker 2: and it's been all those since.

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Speaker 3: I got here, Leonard. In your first message to San Francisco,

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Speaker 3: you said, San fran I'm giving you my best yet.

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Speaker 3: What is that best that you're hoping to accomplish with

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Speaker 3: the forty nine Ers?

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Speaker 2: Uh, the best yet, meaning like my best efforts as

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Speaker 2: far as anything that comes to the game, as far

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Speaker 2: as showing up earlier to work, get my work done.

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Speaker 2: Just anything to fit winning. I'm buying into that. I'm

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Speaker 2: selling out to do anything that pertains to win it.

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Speaker 3: You're heading into year nine in the league. You've already

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Speaker 3: got the Super Bowl ring as you're fielding the offers

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Speaker 3: in free agency. What made the forty nine Ers the

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Speaker 3: right fit for you?

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Speaker 2: Oh? What made him a right fit? It was because

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Speaker 2: they are a Super Bowl contended team, and I wanted

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Speaker 2: to come into a team where I knew I would

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Speaker 2: have a chance to not only to rush the quarterback,

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Speaker 2: but also the chance to win the Super Bowl, which

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Speaker 2: is those MC goal.

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Speaker 3: You've already spent three years in the NFC West with

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Speaker 3: the Rams. In that time, seven meetings with the forty

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Speaker 3: nine ers. The only win was in that NFC Championship

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Speaker 3: game during the twenty twenty one season. What's your biggest

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Speaker 3: takeaway about the on the field product of this team?

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Speaker 2: My biggest takeaway from playing them all those time is

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Speaker 2: this is all It's a team that come out with

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Speaker 2: guys this violent, physical and just grown man's football. That's

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Speaker 2: the type of that's the type of energy this ball

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Speaker 2: club blarance.

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Speaker 3: When you look at your resume, one of the first

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Speaker 3: things that pops off the page. You haven't missed a

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Speaker 3: game in six seasons. What goes into being available and

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Speaker 3: healthy year over year?

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Speaker 2: I just from something I learned from an old coach.

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Speaker 2: He always told me the best of the best ability

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Speaker 2: is availability, So always make sure I tend to my body,

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Speaker 2: make sure I stay on top of my body and

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Speaker 2: helps me get the games.

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Speaker 3: You're being brought in to be available and help bookend

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Speaker 3: that defensive line along with twenty twenty two Defensive Player

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Speaker 3: of the Year Nick Bosa. How will your skill sets

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Speaker 3: compliment each other in order to wreak havoc on opposing offenses.

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Speaker 2: I believe our skill sets will compliment each other. Well,

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Speaker 2: we both been guys who've been getting sacks in this league,

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Speaker 2: and I'm just gonna come in, man and do my job,

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Speaker 2: do my part, and that's to come in and help

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Speaker 2: them affect the game and get pressure on the quarterback.

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Speaker 3: We talked a little bit about this off camera, but

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Speaker 3: what's your familiarity with Bay Area culture?

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Speaker 4: Oh?

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Speaker 2: My, the thing almost familiar with it is probably two

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Speaker 2: Short That's one of my favorite rappers growing up in

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Speaker 2: e forty.

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Speaker 1: Before we meet our next player, a word from our sponsor, Niners.

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Speaker 1: Malik Collins comes to the Bay by way of trade,

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Speaker 1: so he's technically not a free agency signing, but certainly

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Speaker 1: a new face. The forty nine Ers sent the Texans

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Speaker 1: a seventh thron pick in exchange for Collins. He's entering

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Speaker 1: year nine of his career and was brought in to

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Speaker 1: help bolster the interior portion of the d line. He'll

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Speaker 1: have the opportunity to play alongside a defensive tackle Javon Hargrave. Malik,

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Speaker 1: unlike the rest of the players that are headed to

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Speaker 1: the Bay during free agency, you are arriving here via trade.

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Speaker 1: What was your initial.

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Speaker 3: Reaction when you find out you're headed to the forty

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Speaker 4: Immediately I was shocked. I didn't really I was like, dang,

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Speaker 4: they come out of surprise. But you know, it's no

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Speaker 4: better place for me to be with my skill said

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Speaker 4: and what this team already brings. I just want to

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Speaker 4: come in and contribute.

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Speaker 3: Take us into that moment.

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Speaker 4: What were you doing when you.

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Speaker 2: Got the news.

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Speaker 4: I was putting my car in part, I was leaving it.

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Speaker 4: I was leaving Houston Facility. I put my car in

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Speaker 4: part and I seen Miko call me. You know, he

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Speaker 4: thanked me fair for my services there, and he said,

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Speaker 4: I was going to a great organization with great people,

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Speaker 4: and this is the best situation for me, and I

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Speaker 4: appreciate it them. I thank him for that. Soon after that,

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Speaker 4: I start getting calls. My phone started blowing up, and

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Speaker 4: I booked my flight to get out here.

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Speaker 3: Malik, you're a veteran. You're entering year nine, fourth stop

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Speaker 3: of your NFL career. What's the most exciting part about

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Speaker 3: that fresh start?

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Speaker 4: Just what's been built here, what the GM giant Lynch

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Speaker 4: has built, what Shanahan has done here with Crystal Shart,

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Speaker 4: you know, somebody I'm going to play with my whole career.

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Speaker 4: He did my my pre draft stuff, he did my

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Speaker 4: pro Dade did my you know, my Top thirty visit.

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Speaker 4: It just comes for a circle, you know, and I'm

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Speaker 4: excited to be here, you know, being a Bay.

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Speaker 3: A quick look at the tape. A couple of things

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Speaker 3: that stand out. That explosive first step for you, the

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Speaker 3: way you command double teams. What's the most important skill

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Speaker 3: well that you hope to bring to this defensive line?

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Speaker 4: Get off the ability to win one on one disrupt

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Speaker 4: I don't think it's just one skill set. It's just

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Speaker 4: you gotta come in here and just be yourself.

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Speaker 2: You know.

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Speaker 4: It's not just bringing one thing. It's enhancing everything and

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Speaker 4: bringing it all together.

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Speaker 3: We spoke about this off camera. You are familiar with

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Speaker 3: Javon Hargrave. You're gonna have the opportunity to play alongside him.

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Speaker 3: Think about that.

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Speaker 4: I'm excited playing with a player of that caliber. Interior,

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Speaker 4: the type of respect and the type of command of

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Speaker 4: attention that he gets. I'm excited for what that might

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Speaker 4: look like for myself.

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Speaker 3: You're coming from Houston to the Bay. What's the first

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Speaker 3: thing on your California bucket list?

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Speaker 4: I grew up on Bay music, so E forty mac Dre.

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Speaker 4: There's probably some people off right know about like so

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Speaker 4: like Messi, Marv Mozzi. You know, we grew up around

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Speaker 4: all that type of music and being influenced by that culture.

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Speaker 4: So you know, I'm excited to be out here. I'm

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Speaker 4: excited to be a part of this organization, to be

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Speaker 4: in the city and impact this commodity any way I can.

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