1 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:11,840 Speaker 1: It is a big week for the San Francisco forty Niners. No, 2 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:14,520 Speaker 1: not because it's Seattle week. Because we are joined by 3 00:00:14,560 --> 00:00:17,200 Speaker 1: a host of Good Morning football and analysts on Fox 4 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:20,480 Speaker 1: NFL Kickoff, Peter Schreger joining us on the forty Niners 5 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:23,959 Speaker 1: You've Got Mail podcast sponsored by Manscape Shregs. How is 6 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:26,759 Speaker 1: it going? And we haven't spoke. We were just talking 7 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:30,400 Speaker 1: about this since before the NFC Championship game. It's been 8 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:33,520 Speaker 1: a while, isn't that crazy? Like I think the last 9 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:35,800 Speaker 1: time we spoke and I did the podcast with you, Kiana, 10 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:39,960 Speaker 1: was when the Niners had just beaten the Vikings and 11 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:43,040 Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins and we were going up and it was like, Oh, 12 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:46,000 Speaker 1: everything's great, and then the world has certainly changed, and 13 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:48,840 Speaker 1: yet here we are forty Niners. What's new? Big game 14 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:51,320 Speaker 1: against Seattle. Somethings don't change. This is a big week 15 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:53,639 Speaker 1: for Seattle and big week for San Francisco. So I'm 16 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:56,240 Speaker 1: excited to talk to you this week. Especially Yeah, before 17 00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:58,040 Speaker 1: we talk about the game, we got to talk about 18 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:01,200 Speaker 1: probably the biggest storyline, and that is our guest appearance 19 00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:04,280 Speaker 1: we had last time, which is your son Mel. Mel 20 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:07,880 Speaker 1: was a fan favorite. How treating our guy. He's he's 21 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:10,039 Speaker 1: hanging in there, he's learning about football, he's getting to 22 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:11,920 Speaker 1: meet his dad for the first time because his father 23 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:14,280 Speaker 1: is not in a flight every weekend. Um, but the 24 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:16,880 Speaker 1: big story this week in our household was not the 25 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:21,200 Speaker 1: forty Niners dismantling of another opponent on national TV. It 26 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:25,760 Speaker 1: wasn't necessarily anything to do with the NFL. My son's birthday. 27 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:27,600 Speaker 1: He just turned for so we had a big birthday 28 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:29,840 Speaker 1: party and I'll tell you there was football in the 29 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:32,200 Speaker 1: background on Sunday, but it wasn't the main story, not 30 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:35,080 Speaker 1: at all, not in this house. How is that for? Dad? 31 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:37,240 Speaker 1: You got the birthday party going on, but your job 32 00:01:37,319 --> 00:01:39,160 Speaker 1: is to cover football, So where you trying to peek 33 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:41,640 Speaker 1: at the TV? How did that work? It was great? Um. 34 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:43,640 Speaker 1: Fortunately the forty Niners did me a favor and that 35 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:45,320 Speaker 1: game was over within five minutes, so I was able 36 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 1: to spend some time with with my son. I don't 37 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:50,240 Speaker 1: let Belichick hear me say this, but jeez, that was 38 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 1: something that this week, and it really did do me 39 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 1: a favor because I was able to hang out with 40 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:56,560 Speaker 1: my son on his birthday. You're You're very welcome. I 41 00:01:56,600 --> 00:01:58,880 Speaker 1: think cal Shanahan did that just for you. He knew 42 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 1: it was Mel's birthday. I have to make it a 43 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:03,920 Speaker 1: big deal. But let's talk about that game a little bit. Um. 44 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 1: It's a lot of storylines that we could talk about. 45 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 1: We could talk about if it was you know, what's 46 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:11,079 Speaker 1: I have to say with Cam Newton. We can talk 47 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 1: about the forty Niners maybe dealing with these injuries in 48 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:17,240 Speaker 1: some sort of way. But I want to ask you, 49 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:20,679 Speaker 1: what's your biggest takeaway? What was your top storyline coming 50 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:23,480 Speaker 1: out of that game? Yeah? Look, I mean if I 51 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:26,079 Speaker 1: was doing a Patriots podcast, it would be doom in gloom. 52 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:28,160 Speaker 1: But I'm doing a forty Niners podcast, and I think 53 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:30,720 Speaker 1: you have to be absolutely elated with the way that 54 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:32,960 Speaker 1: team came out and played right from go, Like the 55 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 1: way I look at it is. And I tweeted this 56 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:37,560 Speaker 1: and it got a lot of love. Um, when we 57 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:40,040 Speaker 1: looked at these upcoming games for the forty Niners and 58 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:46,360 Speaker 1: it was like Rams, Patriots, Seahawks, Saints, Titans, everyone's reaction was, 59 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:48,840 Speaker 1: oh my god, the forty Niners have to play these teams. 60 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:51,320 Speaker 1: But after these last two weeks, the way they beat 61 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:53,639 Speaker 1: up on Los Angeles, the way they beat up on 62 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 1: the Patriots. My feeling is these teams have to play 63 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:59,560 Speaker 1: the forty Niners like the forty are tough. They're really tough, 64 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:02,120 Speaker 1: and that's what all these injuries and they are. They're 65 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:04,920 Speaker 1: a beast to deal with. And I've never seen a 66 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:08,079 Speaker 1: Belichick defense, and I've covered a lot of football, I've 67 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:11,520 Speaker 1: never seen a Belichick defense just sliced and diced like 68 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:14,120 Speaker 1: the forty Niners offense did to them on Sunday, especially 69 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:17,120 Speaker 1: in their building with Nanson Romo on the call, Like, 70 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:20,119 Speaker 1: it's very rare you get the Belichick team blown out. 71 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:22,960 Speaker 1: It's really rare they get blown out in their building 72 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:26,080 Speaker 1: in a nationally televised game. There was not even a fight. 73 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 1: That one was over after seven minutes, blown away by 74 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 1: that forty Niners performance. All credit goes to the players 75 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:33,400 Speaker 1: and the coaching staff for that one. Yeah. I love 76 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 1: that you mentioned your tweet, and I was gonna get 77 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:36,400 Speaker 1: to that in just a second, cause I do want 78 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:38,880 Speaker 1: to talk a little bit more about what lies ahead 79 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 1: for San Francisco. But a term that's been flying around 80 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:45,480 Speaker 1: is identity. What is this forty Niners identity? You're coming 81 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 1: off of that Super Bowl loss and they talk about 82 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:50,840 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl hangover. You have those crushing losses against 83 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:53,600 Speaker 1: the Dolphins and the Eagles, and people are saying this 84 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:56,800 Speaker 1: team should have been six and one, but instead sitting 85 00:03:56,840 --> 00:04:00,080 Speaker 1: here at four and three. But do you think this 86 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:03,480 Speaker 1: team may have found something over these last two weeks, 87 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:06,640 Speaker 1: These these two wins, did that kind of jump start 88 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 1: something for this team? I think they might have found 89 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:10,880 Speaker 1: something in those two losses. Sometimes it works like that. 90 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:14,000 Speaker 1: You galvanize around hitting your rock bottom, and I'll tell 91 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:16,800 Speaker 1: you rock bottom was probably Bosa and Solomon Thomas riding 92 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:18,600 Speaker 1: in pain and the on the turf. It met life 93 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 1: early on in the season. But they found a way 94 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:22,360 Speaker 1: to win that game. They win the following week after 95 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:24,000 Speaker 1: being in West Virginia, and then you lose those two 96 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:26,359 Speaker 1: games and you're like, all right, back down to earth. 97 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:29,960 Speaker 1: This team has too many injuries. The quarterback can't do anything, 98 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:32,440 Speaker 1: and he's he's no good and all of stuff. And 99 00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:34,840 Speaker 1: just when everyone got off the forty Niners band, like 100 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:37,599 Speaker 1: literally everybody it was empty, and Jimmy Garoppolo was being 101 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:39,600 Speaker 1: called to be going to the bench, they put it 102 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:41,720 Speaker 1: together two of the best wins any teams have had 103 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:44,120 Speaker 1: to see, Like the Rams are really good, and the 104 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:47,120 Speaker 1: forty Niners did the thing to them, and then the Patriots. 105 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:48,840 Speaker 1: I think a lot of people expected them to bounce back, 106 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:50,640 Speaker 1: and the four Niners didn't even make it close. So 107 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:52,840 Speaker 1: I think they have their identity for sure, and that's 108 00:04:52,839 --> 00:04:55,280 Speaker 1: a great word to use. I don't know when they 109 00:04:55,279 --> 00:04:57,000 Speaker 1: found it. I don't know if they found it after 110 00:04:57,080 --> 00:04:59,400 Speaker 1: losing inexplicably to the Dolphins. I don't know if they 111 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:02,359 Speaker 1: they found it on Sunday night losing to an Eagles 112 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:05,080 Speaker 1: scene with Travis Fulgum and John high Tower making plays 113 00:05:05,080 --> 00:05:07,559 Speaker 1: on them, or if they found it once they started 114 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:09,400 Speaker 1: winning and said, wait a second, look around the locker room. 115 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 1: We've got some good players and we can win with 116 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:13,640 Speaker 1: these guys. I love what they've got going on right now, 117 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:15,400 Speaker 1: and I love the playmakers that are doing it. To 118 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 1: see Kittle smiling, and to see use Check making plays, 119 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:21,000 Speaker 1: and of course to see all these different running backs 120 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:23,719 Speaker 1: stepping up when called upon the offense is just fine. 121 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:27,360 Speaker 1: And and Jimmy Garoppolo, whatever you want to say about him, 122 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:29,880 Speaker 1: Kyle Shanahan found a way to get him going the 123 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:31,960 Speaker 1: past two weeks, and it might not be the same way. 124 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:35,839 Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes plays or Lamar Jackson or even Justin Herbert now, 125 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:37,840 Speaker 1: but he does what he has to do to win games, 126 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:40,360 Speaker 1: and they've been winning games in really good fashion lately. Yeah. 127 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:42,400 Speaker 1: I got the chance to talk to Fred Warner earlier 128 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:44,320 Speaker 1: this week and I asked, well, what was it was? 129 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:48,360 Speaker 1: Maybe maybe those losses, especially that embarrassing loss to the Dolphins, 130 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:51,200 Speaker 1: did that maybe kick starts something? Was that a spark 131 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:53,400 Speaker 1: for you guys? And that's what he said, He said, 132 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:55,360 Speaker 1: That's exactly what it was. It lit a fire under 133 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:58,159 Speaker 1: this team. So, I mean, I don't want to call 134 00:05:58,279 --> 00:06:00,400 Speaker 1: a loss of positive, but this could have and something 135 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:02,839 Speaker 1: that helped the spoting Niners team as they're looking ahead. 136 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:05,680 Speaker 1: And we'll talk about those matchups and a bit, But 137 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:09,760 Speaker 1: what stands out to you and and maybe this team 138 00:06:09,839 --> 00:06:12,520 Speaker 1: and I when I'm talking, I'm talking about the loss 139 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:14,799 Speaker 1: of You brought up the nick bos of the Solomon Thomas. 140 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:17,440 Speaker 1: You don't have our Richard Sherman there, losing a number 141 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:21,159 Speaker 1: of starters, and this team still remains to find ways 142 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:25,000 Speaker 1: to stay afloat. Does this happen often in the league? 143 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:27,760 Speaker 1: How is this team overcoming this? No? And it would 144 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:31,920 Speaker 1: have been the easiest excuse, right, Like, Okay, it's coronavirus year, 145 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:33,960 Speaker 1: and we lost all of our best players the first 146 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 1: couple of weeks of the season. Goodnight, we're done. We'll 147 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:38,120 Speaker 1: go four and twelve or five and eleven, or maybe 148 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:40,120 Speaker 1: we'll fight till seven and nine. Instead, they found some 149 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:42,880 Speaker 1: fight in them, and gosh, what I love about this 150 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:45,320 Speaker 1: team is that it's not unlikely players, but guys that 151 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:48,039 Speaker 1: have been doing the job who are healthy. I like 152 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:50,799 Speaker 1: stepped up even more so so Fred Warner. You mentioned 153 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 1: he's an off the ball linebacker, so he's not gonna 154 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 1: wrap up sacks. He's not gonna necessarily lead the league 155 00:06:56,520 --> 00:06:58,480 Speaker 1: in tackles, but like, gosh, if you watch the Niners 156 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:01,400 Speaker 1: week to week, he's in on every single play, and 157 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:04,240 Speaker 1: Fred Warner all of a sudden out of you know, 158 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:06,400 Speaker 1: with I don't want to say out of nowhere, because 159 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:08,320 Speaker 1: he's been really good last year, but for him to 160 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:11,080 Speaker 1: be a Defensive Player of the Year candidate, no one 161 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:12,960 Speaker 1: would have said that before the season. As good as 162 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:15,160 Speaker 1: he is, I don't think anyone thought so. But when 163 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:16,960 Speaker 1: you lose a d Ford, and you lose a Bosa, 164 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:19,120 Speaker 1: and you lose Sally Thomas and you lose Richard Sherman, 165 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:20,440 Speaker 1: and you loose I can go on and on and 166 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:21,920 Speaker 1: on and on. That's the crazy thing. I think they're 167 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:24,920 Speaker 1: down eight defensive starters and save everything, and Fred Warner 168 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:27,160 Speaker 1: is stepping up and looks like the best linebacker in 169 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:30,239 Speaker 1: football this year. So I love that. And of course 170 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:32,720 Speaker 1: to see the rotation of the running backs, when one 171 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:34,480 Speaker 1: goes down, the other one lifts the other one up. 172 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:38,040 Speaker 1: I wouldn't be shocked if it's Ja Michael Hasty running 173 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:40,840 Speaker 1: wild this weekend. I wouldn't be shocked if Tevin Coleman 174 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:42,840 Speaker 1: gets back in the lineup and it's he who goes nuts. 175 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:45,640 Speaker 1: That's the beauty of this team. It's like, you know, 176 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:48,120 Speaker 1: one fallen soldier, the rest of the guys lift each 177 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:51,120 Speaker 1: other up. And there's been no excuses, and there's been 178 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:53,560 Speaker 1: a lot of reasons for excuses, and they would be 179 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:55,360 Speaker 1: really easy for a team to look at each other 180 00:07:55,360 --> 00:07:57,320 Speaker 1: and say, well, you know what, we're a super Bowl 181 00:07:57,320 --> 00:08:00,360 Speaker 1: team last year, but we just got a bad hand here. 182 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:02,920 Speaker 1: And gosh, if we only had Ronald Blair, if we 183 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:05,960 Speaker 1: only had Nick Joey Bosa or Nick Bosa, if we 184 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:08,560 Speaker 1: only had they don't do that they go out there 185 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:10,560 Speaker 1: and they fight and they win, and now Fred Warner 186 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:13,600 Speaker 1: is their leader, and and eventually we'll see all these 187 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:16,320 Speaker 1: guys back debo and hopefully Jeff Wilson and all them, 188 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:19,559 Speaker 1: and who knows, maybe we're playing January football yet again. 189 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:23,000 Speaker 1: Manscaped is the official below the waste grooming partner of 190 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:26,120 Speaker 1: the forty Niners. Try manscaped and get twenty percent off 191 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:30,000 Speaker 1: and free shipping with code forty Niners at manscaped dot com. 192 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:34,439 Speaker 1: That's code forty Niners for twenty off at manscape dot com. 193 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:37,560 Speaker 1: It's so funny. Someone actually said today they were saying, 194 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:39,920 Speaker 1: with the number of injuries the forty Niners dealt with, 195 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:41,839 Speaker 1: when you get a player back, it almost feels like 196 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:44,120 Speaker 1: the forty Niners just grabbed some big time free agent, 197 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:46,720 Speaker 1: because that's just how it feels. When you're getting you're like, oh, yeah, 198 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:48,680 Speaker 1: this guy's on i R and he's coming back. So 199 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:52,199 Speaker 1: fortunately for the San Francisco forty Niners, not every player 200 00:08:52,679 --> 00:08:56,079 Speaker 1: is that season ending i R designation. Some guys are 201 00:08:56,120 --> 00:08:59,960 Speaker 1: coming back and one is potentially Tevin Coleman. We saw 202 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 1: last week Jamichael Hasty and undrafted rookie step up with 203 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:06,559 Speaker 1: Jeff Wilson Jr. Going out and wheemoastered on I R 204 00:09:06,679 --> 00:09:09,120 Speaker 1: Tevin Coleman on I R Well forty Niners open the 205 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:12,240 Speaker 1: practice window up for Tevin Coleman and being the You've 206 00:09:12,240 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 1: Got Male podcast, it wouldn't be right if we didn't 207 00:09:14,679 --> 00:09:18,079 Speaker 1: have fanned questions. So Kevin Douglas wants to know if 208 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:20,760 Speaker 1: Tevin Coleman plays, you think he'll get the majority of 209 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:23,600 Speaker 1: the work or will we finally let Ja Michael has 210 00:09:23,880 --> 00:09:26,960 Speaker 1: a k A. He wrote, Minnie Marshawn run loose. I 211 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:29,840 Speaker 1: want to ask you what's been your impression of Hasty 212 00:09:29,880 --> 00:09:32,800 Speaker 1: and this forty Niners run game limited action two weeks 213 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:35,839 Speaker 1: ago and then last week when Wilson goes down and 214 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:38,800 Speaker 1: having a career day, Hasty just picks up right away 215 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:41,600 Speaker 1: and just takes it from there. So I would think 216 00:09:41,679 --> 00:09:43,760 Speaker 1: if Tevin Coleman is coming off this injury, they're not 217 00:09:43,760 --> 00:09:45,520 Speaker 1: gonna rush him back and give him the bulk of 218 00:09:45,520 --> 00:09:48,679 Speaker 1: the carries. I would imagine Hasty will be the guy. 219 00:09:48,720 --> 00:09:51,200 Speaker 1: And I don't think it really matters because they all 220 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:53,640 Speaker 1: are running well and the offensive line is creating wholes. 221 00:09:53,640 --> 00:09:56,520 Speaker 1: So different types of body types, different types of players. 222 00:09:56,520 --> 00:09:58,320 Speaker 1: Of course, Tevin Coleman is a great edition, and if 223 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:01,319 Speaker 1: Derek's out there, Jet will be fine too. But this 224 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:03,200 Speaker 1: might be the Jamichael Hasty game. I would I would 225 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 1: point to ja Michael Hasty as the guy that will 226 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:07,440 Speaker 1: get the bulk of the carriers in this one. It 227 00:10:07,520 --> 00:10:09,560 Speaker 1: was a topic that you guys talked about on Good 228 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:12,040 Speaker 1: Morning Football and it really sparked a light bulb in 229 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:14,480 Speaker 1: my head, and the question was posed, what is it 230 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:18,080 Speaker 1: about Shanahan's offense that makes it so plug in play? 231 00:10:18,120 --> 00:10:19,679 Speaker 1: And I would love to get your take on that. 232 00:10:20,679 --> 00:10:24,320 Speaker 1: It's it's again identity, Like you learn this offense and 233 00:10:24,520 --> 00:10:26,440 Speaker 1: there are places you go and there are holes to 234 00:10:26,480 --> 00:10:28,120 Speaker 1: be hit, and that is what it is, and it's 235 00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:30,760 Speaker 1: the long tree of it, like it starts with Mike Shanahan, 236 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:33,360 Speaker 1: of course, but then trickles down even stuff they do 237 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:35,839 Speaker 1: out in Green Bay, what the floor does is all 238 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:38,400 Speaker 1: Shanahan stuff, and what McVeigh does is a lot of 239 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:40,720 Speaker 1: Shanahan stuff. And then Kyle's the master of it. I 240 00:10:40,760 --> 00:10:44,800 Speaker 1: think I have no problem saying Kyle Shanahan is with 241 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:48,240 Speaker 1: Andy Reid and maybe Sean pay and and maybe Sean 242 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:51,520 Speaker 1: McVeigh a top five play caller in the league. And 243 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:53,600 Speaker 1: I said it last year after stuff they were doing 244 00:10:53,920 --> 00:10:56,200 Speaker 1: UM with Kittle and with use Check and what they 245 00:10:56,200 --> 00:10:57,760 Speaker 1: got Deebo doing at the end of the season, like 246 00:10:58,280 --> 00:11:01,040 Speaker 1: last year might have been the greatest UM play calling 247 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:02,920 Speaker 1: we've ever seen by a coach in an NFL season, 248 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:05,959 Speaker 1: what he did with those guys. So it's plug and 249 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:08,160 Speaker 1: play because the plays are so well drawn up that hey, 250 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:09,840 Speaker 1: just go and do your job and it will work. 251 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:12,080 Speaker 1: Like trust me, it will work. You don't have to improvise. 252 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:14,720 Speaker 1: You don't have to be some crazy heroic play on 253 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:17,160 Speaker 1: your own. And if George Kittle wants to stiff arm 254 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:18,839 Speaker 1: seven New Orleans Saints on the way to a first 255 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:20,960 Speaker 1: down in a field goal opportunity for Robbie gold Shore, 256 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:23,200 Speaker 1: that works. But he might not have to every single 257 00:11:23,240 --> 00:11:26,280 Speaker 1: play because Kyle just draws it up so beautifully. As 258 00:11:26,320 --> 00:11:28,280 Speaker 1: we talked about a number of players, we talked about 259 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:29,920 Speaker 1: often Steve, as we talked about the running backs, we 260 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:33,400 Speaker 1: talked about Fred Warner. Steve Fox from Livermoore, California said, 261 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:37,760 Speaker 1: in your viewpoint, which forty Niners maybe surpassed your expectations 262 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:43,720 Speaker 1: so far this year? Good question, um exceeding my expectations. 263 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:47,959 Speaker 1: I have high expectations for for Kindle, all the rookie 264 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:52,080 Speaker 1: I have high expectations for a uk Uh. You know 265 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:54,079 Speaker 1: who you know who really has exceeded my exchanges. I 266 00:11:54,120 --> 00:11:56,439 Speaker 1: know he's always battling injuries. Jason Varette. I think that's 267 00:11:56,440 --> 00:11:59,599 Speaker 1: a great story. And I think Varette after playing I 268 00:11:59,679 --> 00:12:01,679 Speaker 1: think what they said in the broadcast was crazy that 269 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:04,160 Speaker 1: he's played in like ten games since two thousand fifteen 270 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:06,319 Speaker 1: when he was a pro bowler. Ten games and he's 271 00:12:06,360 --> 00:12:07,960 Speaker 1: been on a team all these times. Like for Jason 272 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:09,640 Speaker 1: Verrette to step up and really be the star that 273 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:12,480 Speaker 1: Sunday night game and win that game against the Rams, 274 00:12:12,520 --> 00:12:14,800 Speaker 1: I think Jason Verrette has has gone above and beyond. 275 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:17,720 Speaker 1: I think Mosley at corner has played really well too. 276 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:20,960 Speaker 1: So you lose Richard Sherman and Jimmy Ward goes down. 277 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:23,440 Speaker 1: There's all these questions about or Tart or whatever it is, 278 00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:25,599 Speaker 1: and who's gonna be in defensive backfield because that was 279 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:28,679 Speaker 1: a week spot last year at times. Gosh, Jason Verrette 280 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:31,520 Speaker 1: is has really exceeded expectations, has been a wonderful addition 281 00:12:31,559 --> 00:12:34,720 Speaker 1: to that defensive backfield. Yeah, definitely a story looking at 282 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:37,280 Speaker 1: his career and came back for one game last year, 283 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:40,360 Speaker 1: was placed back on injured reserve. UH. Forty Niners still 284 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:42,040 Speaker 1: had a lot of faith of him bringing him back 285 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:44,560 Speaker 1: for another year, and he just it's incredible to watch 286 00:12:44,679 --> 00:12:46,760 Speaker 1: him play at the level that he is what he 287 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:49,800 Speaker 1: does to this defense, especially having the injury luck that 288 00:12:49,880 --> 00:12:52,400 Speaker 1: he's had. But he has a tall task ahead of 289 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:54,880 Speaker 1: him this week. But I guess we can start previewing 290 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:58,520 Speaker 1: Week eight forty Niners heading UH to the Pacific Northwest 291 00:12:58,559 --> 00:13:02,320 Speaker 1: to face the Seattle Seahawks and I fanless Century Link Field. 292 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:05,520 Speaker 1: I mean, that's that's got to be a huge, like 293 00:13:05,640 --> 00:13:08,000 Speaker 1: sigh of relief for an opposing team to go into 294 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:10,240 Speaker 1: that stadium with no fans. Yeah, I mean that's huge. 295 00:13:10,280 --> 00:13:12,679 Speaker 1: And I don't know, I feel like the forty Niners 296 00:13:12,760 --> 00:13:14,720 Speaker 1: kind of slid a dragon last year in Week seventeen, 297 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:17,000 Speaker 1: and I don't know if you could thank Dred Greenlaw 298 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:20,120 Speaker 1: or whoever else, but like I just pictured Joe Staley 299 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:22,320 Speaker 1: and that ends on spiking the ball, being so excited 300 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:26,560 Speaker 1: and finally finally beating the Seahawks in Seattle. I wonder 301 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:29,360 Speaker 1: if that that that looming shadow or that elephant in 302 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:30,959 Speaker 1: the room has now been slayed. I don't even know 303 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:32,880 Speaker 1: if it's a good analogy, elephant in the room, whatever, 304 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:35,520 Speaker 1: it is the dragon that is going into that building 305 00:13:35,559 --> 00:13:38,640 Speaker 1: where the free Ns have struggled so many years. But gosh, 306 00:13:38,679 --> 00:13:40,559 Speaker 1: the fans are such a key role to that, to 307 00:13:40,640 --> 00:13:43,240 Speaker 1: that Seahawks home field advantage. And I don't know if 308 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:45,680 Speaker 1: there's any team in the league who's playing worst defense 309 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:48,880 Speaker 1: right now than what Seattle is. They just can't stop anybody. 310 00:13:48,920 --> 00:13:50,599 Speaker 1: So if you're fourt Niners fan, you gotta have a 311 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:52,880 Speaker 1: lot more confidence this year than maybe previous years going 312 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:55,320 Speaker 1: into that building. Yeah. Absolutely, I think I found a 313 00:13:55,360 --> 00:13:57,800 Speaker 1: little fun fact. It was something like they're giving up 314 00:13:57,920 --> 00:14:02,440 Speaker 1: the most yard words and I think it's it's since 315 00:14:02,480 --> 00:14:04,560 Speaker 1: in the Super Bowl era. Is something like that going 316 00:14:04,559 --> 00:14:05,960 Speaker 1: on in Seattle. I'll have to look back at that. 317 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:09,320 Speaker 1: But if we're looking at this NFC weston I say it, 318 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:11,520 Speaker 1: and I'm comfortable enough saying it that this is the 319 00:14:11,559 --> 00:14:14,280 Speaker 1: toughest division in the NFL. There are some tough ones 320 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:16,480 Speaker 1: out there, but it's something about this NFC West Division 321 00:14:16,960 --> 00:14:19,520 Speaker 1: what has surprised you most. When you're looking at this 322 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:22,440 Speaker 1: entire picture. We have Seattle that's hanging up there right 323 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:25,640 Speaker 1: behind him. You have the Arizona Cardinals, who I feel 324 00:14:25,640 --> 00:14:28,080 Speaker 1: like just this year just came in and took a 325 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:30,840 Speaker 1: lot of people by surprise, especially with the addition of 326 00:14:30,920 --> 00:14:33,560 Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins. You have the Rams, who, like you said earlier, 327 00:14:33,560 --> 00:14:36,600 Speaker 1: are a tough team, and you have the reigning NFC 328 00:14:36,760 --> 00:14:39,920 Speaker 1: chants sitting there at the bottom. Uh. But what surprised 329 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:42,480 Speaker 1: you most when looking at this entire picture. Yeah, I 330 00:14:42,520 --> 00:14:45,080 Speaker 1: think before the season, I had to make my playoff predictions, 331 00:14:45,120 --> 00:14:46,920 Speaker 1: and there's seven teams to go to the playoffs now, 332 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:49,480 Speaker 1: so you get one division winner and three wild cards. 333 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:50,880 Speaker 1: And I said, there's a good chance that all four 334 00:14:50,920 --> 00:14:52,880 Speaker 1: of these teams just go to the playoffs this year. 335 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:55,400 Speaker 1: But I didn't. I said the Lions are another wild 336 00:14:55,400 --> 00:14:58,320 Speaker 1: card team. And I went nine Ers as division champions, 337 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:02,200 Speaker 1: and I said Cardinals, Rams as wild cards, and Seahawks 338 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:05,360 Speaker 1: on the outside looking in. And five six weeks into 339 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:07,320 Speaker 1: this season, everyone said I was crazy and you made 340 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:09,400 Speaker 1: a mistake, and Seahawks are the best team in football. 341 00:15:09,760 --> 00:15:12,120 Speaker 1: If the Niners beat them this week, suddenly you know 342 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:15,440 Speaker 1: that looks a little different. And my biggest surprise is 343 00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:18,080 Speaker 1: that the Niners bounced back from those injuries. I look, 344 00:15:19,280 --> 00:15:21,160 Speaker 1: you've covered this game. I've covered this game. When you 345 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:22,640 Speaker 1: lose the heart and soul of a lot of these 346 00:15:22,680 --> 00:15:25,880 Speaker 1: teams through injuries, it's very easy to pack it up 347 00:15:25,920 --> 00:15:27,360 Speaker 1: and say we're done. And I think the Niners the 348 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:30,640 Speaker 1: most pleasant surprise that despite what happened in week two, 349 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:33,600 Speaker 1: and despite what happened in week three on that you know, 350 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:37,240 Speaker 1: MetLife turf, this team is relevant and they're very much 351 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:38,840 Speaker 1: in the thick of it. And I'm telling you no 352 00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:41,040 Speaker 1: one wants to play them right now because they're rolling. 353 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:44,520 Speaker 1: And that's exactly what you'd hope would have happened if 354 00:15:44,520 --> 00:15:46,320 Speaker 1: they were all healthy, that they'd be in this situation. Well, 355 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:48,680 Speaker 1: guess what, a lot of those guys are injured, and 356 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:50,920 Speaker 1: they're still just about where you'd expect the Niners to 357 00:15:50,960 --> 00:15:55,040 Speaker 1: be after seven eight weeks of the season. It's crazy. 358 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:58,040 Speaker 1: We were already going, We're already heading into week eight. 359 00:15:58,360 --> 00:16:01,600 Speaker 1: We're almost at that halfway mark. And you know, the 360 00:16:01,720 --> 00:16:05,960 Speaker 1: main thing on fans mind, playoffs are the Candice forty 361 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:08,360 Speaker 1: Niners team make it back to the playoffs. When you're 362 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:12,160 Speaker 1: looking at the entire NFC picture, you're looking at teams 363 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:14,840 Speaker 1: like the Saints, or maybe you mentioned the Lions or 364 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:18,440 Speaker 1: the Bears. So Stephen clink Scale from Rochester, New York said, 365 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:23,360 Speaker 1: do you see the forty niners as a potential playoff team? 366 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:25,640 Speaker 1: I know going into the season you said that. Now 367 00:16:26,080 --> 00:16:30,760 Speaker 1: you have that extended wild card asounding yes, resounding yes. 368 00:16:30,840 --> 00:16:32,800 Speaker 1: And guess what the best part about it is, if 369 00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:34,640 Speaker 1: they make it, they earned it. They didn't have to 370 00:16:34,680 --> 00:16:37,000 Speaker 1: rely on another team. They didn't back in like they're 371 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:39,520 Speaker 1: gonna have to win games against that gauntlet of an 372 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:42,640 Speaker 1: NFC West. They've already beaten the Rams, right, they lost 373 00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:44,400 Speaker 1: to the Cardinals early on, but they'll get their chance 374 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:46,680 Speaker 1: at him again. And then this next few weeks they 375 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:49,080 Speaker 1: play so many good teams that it's like, all right, Like, 376 00:16:49,200 --> 00:16:51,480 Speaker 1: you can't question what we've done. It's on our resume. 377 00:16:51,520 --> 00:16:54,320 Speaker 1: We played a first place schedule and we were the 378 00:16:54,400 --> 00:16:56,760 Speaker 1: NFC champions and we still did the job. And so 379 00:16:56,840 --> 00:17:00,560 Speaker 1: many of these teams that go to the Uber Bowl 380 00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:03,320 Speaker 1: and they fall apart the next year. Again, it could 381 00:17:03,320 --> 00:17:05,600 Speaker 1: have very easily happened with the schedule and the injuries 382 00:17:05,600 --> 00:17:08,280 Speaker 1: and all that. Instead here they are, so yes, they've 383 00:17:08,320 --> 00:17:10,640 Speaker 1: got a winner's mentality, they've got one of the best 384 00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:13,120 Speaker 1: head coaches in football, and they've got guys stepping up 385 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:15,200 Speaker 1: left and right who want to play for each other. 386 00:17:15,240 --> 00:17:18,160 Speaker 1: So my friend from Rochester, fellow New Yorker, I would 387 00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:22,879 Speaker 1: say absolutely, And gosh, those Rochester, those Rochester fans are 388 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:24,959 Speaker 1: probably pissed they didn't get to see their forty Niners 389 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:30,240 Speaker 1: weeks two and three. This was the years. Oh that's painful. 390 00:17:30,359 --> 00:17:33,040 Speaker 1: That definitely painful. A lot of messages from Fancy and 391 00:17:33,080 --> 00:17:34,760 Speaker 1: we wish we could have been there to see your 392 00:17:34,760 --> 00:17:37,240 Speaker 1: team come into your city, and you can't even watch him. 393 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:39,760 Speaker 1: So that's tough. I want to go back to your tweet. 394 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:41,840 Speaker 1: Now is the time. I want to highlight this tweet. 395 00:17:41,840 --> 00:17:43,840 Speaker 1: It was my tweet of the week. I co host 396 00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:46,800 Speaker 1: a show called Armchair Quarterback on NBC Sports Bay Area, 397 00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:49,120 Speaker 1: and I highlighted your tweet right there in the show 398 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:52,080 Speaker 1: because it needed I needed everybody to see this. If 399 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:53,480 Speaker 1: you missed it on Twitter, you needed to see it 400 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:55,760 Speaker 1: on TV. But you said every week we were told 401 00:17:55,760 --> 00:17:57,800 Speaker 1: who the forty Niners have to play up coming up 402 00:17:57,800 --> 00:18:00,760 Speaker 1: on their schedule. My response, after the last few weeks 403 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:03,960 Speaker 1: those teams have to play them. I feel like that's 404 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:06,159 Speaker 1: a similar narrative that we had last year. It was 405 00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:08,919 Speaker 1: so many people talking about that gauntlet of teams at 406 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:11,200 Speaker 1: the forty Niners had to match up against, and forty 407 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:14,480 Speaker 1: Niners came out of there. I mean, I can't remember. 408 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:16,400 Speaker 1: I know that's when they had New Orleans. They had 409 00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:22,200 Speaker 1: all the Ravens exactly exactly. So now as we're looking ahead, 410 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:24,600 Speaker 1: so Seattle this week, you're followed up with Green Bay 411 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:26,639 Speaker 1: on a short week, you're at New Orleans, you have 412 00:18:26,720 --> 00:18:29,639 Speaker 1: your By. After you're by, you're going to l A 413 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:33,119 Speaker 1: against the Rams and then the Buffalo Bills. Now it 414 00:18:33,240 --> 00:18:38,479 Speaker 1: begs the question, are these matchups as scary as we 415 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:41,720 Speaker 1: think when we see them on paper? Right now? When 416 00:18:41,760 --> 00:18:45,840 Speaker 1: you list them out, they sound brutal, don't they tweet? 417 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:48,560 Speaker 1: And then you say those teams and I'm like, oh god, uh, 418 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:51,400 Speaker 1: they owned the Packers. I don't know if Kyle Shanahaner's 419 00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:56,040 Speaker 1: has some brain power over La Flora, who was his apprentice, 420 00:18:56,080 --> 00:18:57,600 Speaker 1: But like, I'm not scared of the Packers if I'm 421 00:18:57,600 --> 00:18:59,679 Speaker 1: the forty Niners, because last year was too the biggest 422 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:03,120 Speaker 1: blowout in the NFL, so I wouldn't worry about that. 423 00:19:03,480 --> 00:19:05,400 Speaker 1: If I'm if I'm the forty Niners. I mean, obviously 424 00:19:05,440 --> 00:19:08,320 Speaker 1: I might pick the Packers when that game happens, but um, 425 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:11,080 Speaker 1: they beat the Saints in New Orleans last year. Can't 426 00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:14,680 Speaker 1: be scared of the Saints. Rams. They've already beaten Seattle, 427 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:18,440 Speaker 1: They've taken care of the Bills. I've seen get absolutely 428 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:21,560 Speaker 1: blown out by the Titans and lose to the Chiefs 429 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:23,840 Speaker 1: at home, like they have to play the forty Niners. 430 00:19:23,840 --> 00:19:25,639 Speaker 1: The fort Nighters are really good, the fortners of the 431 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:27,439 Speaker 1: Super Bowl last year, and the forty Niners just ran 432 00:19:27,480 --> 00:19:30,360 Speaker 1: the ball all over a Bill Belichick defense and through 433 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:35,800 Speaker 1: the wall with ease, all over a number two ranked Ramsey. 434 00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:39,560 Speaker 1: I don't know, Aaron Donald was invisible against the forty Niners. 435 00:19:39,560 --> 00:19:41,960 Speaker 1: So you're telling me that suddenly I've gotta lose sleep 436 00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:46,359 Speaker 1: over at Oliver and Buffalo or you know, Kenny Clark 437 00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:48,480 Speaker 1: in Green Bay or whoever is coming from the Packers. Like, 438 00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:50,639 Speaker 1: I don't know. I just feel like this. This is 439 00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:52,640 Speaker 1: the NFL, and the forty Niners are one of those 440 00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:55,840 Speaker 1: teams that are the toughest weekend and week out. They're 441 00:19:55,880 --> 00:19:58,840 Speaker 1: the hardest to beat, but they're also just mentally tough 442 00:19:58,880 --> 00:20:02,080 Speaker 1: and there's such a tough, tough team to get out 443 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:03,640 Speaker 1: of your way. So I would almost look at those 444 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:05,960 Speaker 1: teams and say, oh wait, we might have some easier 445 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:07,840 Speaker 1: teams on the schedule, but that one we've got a circle. 446 00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:09,560 Speaker 1: We've got to face the forty Niners. So it's all 447 00:20:09,560 --> 00:20:12,480 Speaker 1: about philosophy and the way we discussed it in the media, 448 00:20:12,560 --> 00:20:14,520 Speaker 1: But it's an easy We called a full screen on 449 00:20:14,560 --> 00:20:16,200 Speaker 1: Good Morning Football, and it's like you just tossed to 450 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:19,480 Speaker 1: a graphic and that graphic takes up the full screen 451 00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:22,040 Speaker 1: and it's the schedule, and it's like, let's see the 452 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:25,119 Speaker 1: full screen upcoming games and you list them off like 453 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:28,199 Speaker 1: that k and you're like, wow, that is a brutal stretch. 454 00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:29,920 Speaker 1: But then you think about them game by game and 455 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:31,960 Speaker 1: you're like, oh, I feel bad for the forty Niners. 456 00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:33,920 Speaker 1: I feel bad for the Packers. I mean, I feel 457 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:35,800 Speaker 1: bad for the Saints, feel bad for the Packers, And 458 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:37,680 Speaker 1: suddenly it's like those things have to face forty Niners 459 00:20:37,720 --> 00:20:41,320 Speaker 1: for nners are really good. Yeah. This podcast is sponsored 460 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:44,480 Speaker 1: by Manscaped, the official Below the Way Screaming partner of 461 00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:47,760 Speaker 1: the forty Niners Try Man Escaped and Get Off and 462 00:20:47,840 --> 00:20:51,520 Speaker 1: Free shipping with code forty Niners at manscaped dot com. 463 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:55,840 Speaker 1: That's called forty Niners off at manscaped dot com. Well, actually, 464 00:20:55,840 --> 00:20:57,560 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go back to what you just said. I 465 00:20:57,600 --> 00:21:00,919 Speaker 1: remember when the schedule first came out, Shannahan said. You know, 466 00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:03,280 Speaker 1: he was asked, when you look at the schedule, you 467 00:21:03,320 --> 00:21:05,600 Speaker 1: know this far in advance, and you see that stretch 468 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:08,439 Speaker 1: of games, what comes to mind? Are you a little worried? 469 00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:11,800 Speaker 1: And something that stood out? He said, Well, things changed 470 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:14,280 Speaker 1: throughout an NFL season. What happens in week one can 471 00:21:14,280 --> 00:21:18,360 Speaker 1: look completely different by week five, six, seven, eight. Injuries happen, Uh, 472 00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:22,080 Speaker 1: teams don't play up to par. Anything can happen, And 473 00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:24,120 Speaker 1: I think we're seeing a little bit of that right 474 00:21:24,119 --> 00:21:27,520 Speaker 1: now because I don't think, at least myself covering this 475 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:30,880 Speaker 1: team that Seattle's defense would be struggling the way they 476 00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:34,560 Speaker 1: have been through midway point of the season. So anything 477 00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:37,840 Speaker 1: can change. And uh, I wouldn't get two worked up 478 00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:40,960 Speaker 1: about the upcoming schedule for a lot of forty Niners 479 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:43,399 Speaker 1: fans out there listening. But all right, we talked about 480 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:46,000 Speaker 1: at forty Niners traveling to Seattle to face the Seahawks. 481 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:49,560 Speaker 1: Russell Wilson is still Russell Wilson. Regardless what we say 482 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:52,800 Speaker 1: about their defense. He can still make things happen. Their 483 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:55,040 Speaker 1: defense is another story, but we've seen the forty Niners 484 00:21:55,119 --> 00:21:58,359 Speaker 1: takes strides on both sides of the ball. I just 485 00:21:58,359 --> 00:22:00,440 Speaker 1: want to leave it up to you. What's your projection 486 00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:02,920 Speaker 1: for this game? What are you looking forward to seeing? 487 00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:05,240 Speaker 1: What's the top storyline? Well, I mean you could ask 488 00:22:05,280 --> 00:22:08,199 Speaker 1: any forty Niners fan about Russell Wilson, and as much 489 00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:10,040 Speaker 1: as they want to say they hate him and they 490 00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:12,160 Speaker 1: they hate seeing him, the respect has to be through 491 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:15,240 Speaker 1: the roof. This guy is so good, he's he's so good, 492 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:17,040 Speaker 1: and he's always so good against the fort Niners, and 493 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:18,520 Speaker 1: he's broken your heart so many times that you can 494 00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:21,479 Speaker 1: never take it for granted. Yet here I am on 495 00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:24,200 Speaker 1: this podcast with you, and I just think the forty 496 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:26,440 Speaker 1: Niners are rolling right now and they've got some mojo going. 497 00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:30,040 Speaker 1: It would be dising genuine of me to pick against 498 00:22:30,080 --> 00:22:32,080 Speaker 1: them in this game. I think that the lack of 499 00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:35,119 Speaker 1: fans in Seattle, the lack of defense in Seattle, in 500 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:37,679 Speaker 1: the way that San Francisco has controlled the ball in 501 00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:40,000 Speaker 1: these games, gives me a lot of confidence that they 502 00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:42,080 Speaker 1: could do the job again. I would say forty Niners 503 00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:47,879 Speaker 1: in a surprisingly low scoring game, considering how bad the 504 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:50,480 Speaker 1: Seattle defense is and how good Russell Wilson is. But 505 00:22:50,520 --> 00:22:52,080 Speaker 1: I think the forty Niners take the air out of 506 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:54,439 Speaker 1: the ball. They run it with hasty, they run it 507 00:22:54,480 --> 00:22:57,200 Speaker 1: with whether it's Coleman or McKinnon or whoever, use check 508 00:22:57,720 --> 00:23:00,200 Speaker 1: and Kittle just does the thing. And I think it's 509 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:01,960 Speaker 1: going to be a forty Niners victory, and it's gonna 510 00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:03,520 Speaker 1: be like a one score game. I would say, like 511 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:06,000 Speaker 1: if I was a person to put a score on this, 512 00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:09,800 Speaker 1: I would think this game is like so many of 513 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:11,879 Speaker 1: these games are, whether it be last year on the 514 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:14,760 Speaker 1: Monday night where they lost or the Sunday night crazy 515 00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:17,920 Speaker 1: finish in Week seventeen where they want lowish scoring game. 516 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:21,360 Speaker 1: Russell still does Russell things and pulls a couple out 517 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:22,800 Speaker 1: of his you know what. But I think the forty 518 00:23:22,840 --> 00:23:25,359 Speaker 1: Niners find away. I just want to let you know, 519 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:27,920 Speaker 1: these games give me anxiety, especially when they go down 520 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:30,080 Speaker 1: to the wire, and these last two matchups against the 521 00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:33,400 Speaker 1: Seahawks was no better. Um I probably needed, you know, 522 00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:36,040 Speaker 1: my blood pressures through the roof at that point. Yeah, 523 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:39,520 Speaker 1: So I mean, I'm all for some good football, But 524 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:41,280 Speaker 1: what would you have done in the Monday night game. 525 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:43,040 Speaker 1: Would you have just taken a knee and gone for 526 00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:45,240 Speaker 1: a tie last year when they lost and they gave 527 00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:47,240 Speaker 1: Russ the ball back with a little bit left, or 528 00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:48,679 Speaker 1: would you have said go for it? It's such a 529 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:52,320 Speaker 1: it says a lot of a person's like mentality. And 530 00:23:52,359 --> 00:23:54,240 Speaker 1: I know, in hindsight a lot of people said go 531 00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:56,240 Speaker 1: for the tie and just get out of there with 532 00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:58,280 Speaker 1: a tie against Russell Wilson. But gosh, did I love 533 00:23:58,280 --> 00:24:00,600 Speaker 1: it that Kyle Shannon puts his guy push the gas 534 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:02,000 Speaker 1: pedal on. It's like, let's trying to win this thing. 535 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,840 Speaker 1: I loved it. I don't fault him at all for that. 536 00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:07,119 Speaker 1: And then the one thing that comes to mind during 537 00:24:07,119 --> 00:24:10,639 Speaker 1: that game is a made field goal would have changed 538 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:14,719 Speaker 1: the entire course of that game. It's something that's simple. 539 00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:18,120 Speaker 1: So you can never underestimate the power of the kicker position. 540 00:24:18,119 --> 00:24:20,000 Speaker 1: And I told Robbie Gold that he was actually on 541 00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:22,400 Speaker 1: our podcast last weekend. We were talking about those game 542 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:24,919 Speaker 1: winning moments and and the importance of you know, a 543 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:26,800 Speaker 1: kick in what it could lead to towards the end 544 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:28,960 Speaker 1: of the game. And he said he embraces those moments. 545 00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:30,920 Speaker 1: So Ford and I just didn't have Robbie Gold in 546 00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:34,120 Speaker 1: that first matchup, but got him this week. Is there 547 00:24:34,119 --> 00:24:36,840 Speaker 1: a matchup on Sunday that you're looking forward to most? 548 00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:40,640 Speaker 1: And I'm gonna just spit out mine really quick. Brought 549 00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:42,800 Speaker 1: up Jason Varette and I really liked that answer. And 550 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:48,240 Speaker 1: I think about Jason Varette against the Seahawks receivers, they're 551 00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:51,359 Speaker 1: really good. Um, it could be trouble. Look at Russell 552 00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:53,640 Speaker 1: Wilson has been on fire with those two and it's 553 00:24:53,680 --> 00:24:57,119 Speaker 1: not just DK, it's block it lock. It's unbelievable. With 554 00:24:57,160 --> 00:24:59,760 Speaker 1: the matchup, I would look at it. I would. I'd 555 00:24:59,800 --> 00:25:02,920 Speaker 1: be really curious to see how they're gonna stop Kittle. 556 00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:05,359 Speaker 1: And Bobby Wagner's had success with Kittle in the past, 557 00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:07,959 Speaker 1: but like Kittle's playing at a different universe right now. 558 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:11,240 Speaker 1: I feel like he's unstoppable. So if if this defense, 559 00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:14,880 Speaker 1: which cannot stop anyone, I mean the Cardinals just did 560 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:18,040 Speaker 1: whatever they wanted, can't stop Kittle early, this could be 561 00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:20,520 Speaker 1: a very very long night for the Seahawks defense. So 562 00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:25,800 Speaker 1: I'd say Kittle versus Bobby Wagner slash the entire Seahawks defense. 563 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:29,080 Speaker 1: I love that Kittle might be relied on a little 564 00:25:29,119 --> 00:25:31,560 Speaker 1: heavier not having Deebo Sammu on the fold. So look 565 00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:34,840 Speaker 1: into some of the other of the forty niners offensive weapons. 566 00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:37,960 Speaker 1: Uh in Sunday's game. All right, So as we we 567 00:25:38,359 --> 00:25:41,520 Speaker 1: begin wrapping this up, we're less than a week until 568 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:45,280 Speaker 1: the trade deadline. You see what the Seahawks did got 569 00:25:45,320 --> 00:25:48,160 Speaker 1: Carlos dunlap Um. I know the injuries of forty Niners 570 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:51,600 Speaker 1: have been dealing with. Forty Niners are limited with cap space, 571 00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:53,480 Speaker 1: and they definitely don't want to go into next year's 572 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:56,160 Speaker 1: draft with how they went into this past year having 573 00:25:56,160 --> 00:25:58,920 Speaker 1: just five picks. So with all of that being said, 574 00:25:59,359 --> 00:26:02,120 Speaker 1: do you first see this team making some kind of 575 00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:06,080 Speaker 1: move in the next few days And is that required 576 00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:08,760 Speaker 1: if they truly want to make a postseason run in 577 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:14,360 Speaker 1: this crowded NFC conference. I don't know. Yes, maybe, like 578 00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:16,399 Speaker 1: John Lynch is not scared to make a trade, and 579 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:19,200 Speaker 1: I don't think. I just don't know if they don't. 580 00:26:19,359 --> 00:26:21,120 Speaker 1: They've got such a good locker room and a lot 581 00:26:21,119 --> 00:26:22,920 Speaker 1: of these guys who are available right now are players 582 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:25,880 Speaker 1: who have quit on teams or have asked for their 583 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:29,480 Speaker 1: way out, or are veterans who are really expensive, Like 584 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:31,960 Speaker 1: I don't know who's available, And the fact that they've 585 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:33,760 Speaker 1: stepped up so much at this point. If they didn't 586 00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:35,360 Speaker 1: make a trade in weeks two and weeks three, why 587 00:26:35,359 --> 00:26:38,000 Speaker 1: would you need to upset the apple cart or spend 588 00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:40,080 Speaker 1: a lot of money or give up draft capital At 589 00:26:40,119 --> 00:26:43,400 Speaker 1: this point, I think they're pretty good as they are. Um. 590 00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:46,040 Speaker 1: I love the guys that are the veteran I love 591 00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:48,320 Speaker 1: that the fact that like Carry Hyder found a place 592 00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:52,200 Speaker 1: on this team. I love that Varette and of course 593 00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:55,520 Speaker 1: Alden and Ziggy I'm not Alden, I'm sorry, Dion, Jordan 594 00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:58,760 Speaker 1: and Ziggy all got a shot. Like they've they they've served. 595 00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:01,720 Speaker 1: The deepest of water is to find defensive talent. Don't 596 00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:04,520 Speaker 1: worry they they've looked unless something falls in their lap. 597 00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:06,760 Speaker 1: Like I don't necessarily think they need a guy who's 598 00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:09,040 Speaker 1: gonna be on the trade block from a team, especially 599 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:12,399 Speaker 1: not with the way they're playing the last few weeks. Absolutely, 600 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:16,320 Speaker 1: forty Niners depth definitely serving them well. A big kudos 601 00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:18,120 Speaker 1: to John Lynch and his team being able to find 602 00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:20,000 Speaker 1: those pieces to be able to step up when you 603 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:22,160 Speaker 1: lose a guy like a Nick Bosa or you lose 604 00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:25,359 Speaker 1: Richard Sherman, and the list goes on and on, and 605 00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:28,240 Speaker 1: being able to find that undrafted talent JA Michael Hasty 606 00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:30,639 Speaker 1: doing the things that he's doing. So uh, kudos to 607 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:35,080 Speaker 1: Lynch and co. Peter Schreeger, appreciate having you. This was 608 00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:37,360 Speaker 1: a lot of fun and I think we should keep 609 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:39,959 Speaker 1: this thing going. Um should at the forty Niners. I'm 610 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:42,040 Speaker 1: knocking on wood right now. Should the forty Niners make 611 00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:44,080 Speaker 1: it to that same place next year? I think it's 612 00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:46,960 Speaker 1: it's good luck to have you back on the pot again. Yeah. Look, 613 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:48,880 Speaker 1: every time I come on this podcast, they wouldn't buy 614 00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:50,879 Speaker 1: thirty points and it's a big game. So if they 615 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:53,080 Speaker 1: beat Seattle by thirty points, we'll do it every week 616 00:27:53,119 --> 00:27:56,480 Speaker 1: if you want exactly, if they beat Seattle by thirty 617 00:27:56,760 --> 00:27:59,240 Speaker 1: thirty points each week, we'll set a date. N O 618 00:27:59,359 --> 00:28:03,800 Speaker 1: B Kiana Peter Shreeger talking a little forty Niners. So 619 00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:07,720 Speaker 1: many Niners fans who are like big time celebrities that 620 00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:09,479 Speaker 1: are out there that I that I never would ever 621 00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:11,840 Speaker 1: have any contact with, but because I've done things with 622 00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:14,440 Speaker 1: the Niners and pick the Niners in games. I heard 623 00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:17,520 Speaker 1: from Al Madrigal the comedian out of nowhere. He was 624 00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:21,359 Speaker 1: a big Niners fan. Adam Scott, the actor, he the 625 00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:26,360 Speaker 1: huge Niners fan. I had no idea. Niners fans are everywhere, 626 00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:28,600 Speaker 1: and i live in New York City and I've sent 627 00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:32,399 Speaker 1: photos to members of the Niners coaching staff in front office. 628 00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:35,480 Speaker 1: Any day, at any given time, you will see a 629 00:28:35,560 --> 00:28:38,720 Speaker 1: forty Niners jersey in New York City. The fans are everywhere, 630 00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:41,600 Speaker 1: The faithful are real, and gosh, if they find a 631 00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:43,200 Speaker 1: way to get the Super Bowl with all these injuries, 632 00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:46,880 Speaker 1: then this must be the most rewarding season of all time. Man, 633 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:49,920 Speaker 1: tell me about it. Shregs, appreciate you. You have a 634 00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:52,080 Speaker 1: great rest of your week, and uh hopefully we have 635 00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:54,080 Speaker 1: something exciting to talk about next week on g m 636 00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:56,520 Speaker 1: FB after a forty one. You're the best. Thanks for 637 00:28:56,560 --> 00:28:58,920 Speaker 1: having me on again. Okay, I appreciate it, of course. 638 00:29:00,440 --> 00:29:05,080 Speaker 1: I wan