1 00:00:02,360 --> 00:00:04,800 Speaker 1: Welcome back to the forty Niners Official You've Got Male 2 00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:08,119 Speaker 1: podcast sponsored by Manscape. Things are heating up at the 3 00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:11,680 Speaker 1: start of training camp at the h Q, and I 4 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:15,319 Speaker 1: personally couldn't think of a better person to help begin 5 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:19,639 Speaker 1: the discussions around training camp with these updated protocols for 6 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:23,720 Speaker 1: player safety and and what's the perspective on the reigning 7 00:00:23,840 --> 00:00:28,760 Speaker 1: NFC champs other than NFL Networks very own Steve. Why Steve? 8 00:00:28,840 --> 00:00:31,840 Speaker 1: First things first, thank you so much for joining us. 9 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:35,279 Speaker 1: It's an absolute pleasure and I'm looking forward to get 10 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:39,840 Speaker 1: in some of your knowledge on this new, unique, rare. 11 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:41,839 Speaker 1: What kind of words can we use to describe this 12 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:44,360 Speaker 1: training camp? Yeah, keep on breaking out the dictionary and 13 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:49,479 Speaker 1: the source because we're uncharted, we're unprecedented. Um, this is 14 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:55,000 Speaker 1: just as absolute unknown in so many ways. There's there's 15 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:57,639 Speaker 1: a ton of storylines that we can get into. So 16 00:00:57,720 --> 00:01:00,360 Speaker 1: much has changed for all thirty two team, it's not 17 00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:03,360 Speaker 1: just with the forty Niners. But with that, let's let's 18 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:07,800 Speaker 1: jump right into it. So the game of football outside 19 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:11,240 Speaker 1: of fans being in the stands. I know some teams 20 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:14,000 Speaker 1: there will be a certain amount that they've just announced 21 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:18,160 Speaker 1: it's been reduced, not their full capacity. But aside from that, 22 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:20,800 Speaker 1: when you're looking at the game, when you're looking at 23 00:01:20,959 --> 00:01:25,560 Speaker 1: football on the field, will it look any different for 24 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:28,679 Speaker 1: the fans watching at home on the field, I mean, 25 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:31,399 Speaker 1: you know no. I mean you look at what's going 26 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:35,480 Speaker 1: on to the NBA and Major League Baseball, NHL, Major 27 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 1: League Soccer, Premier League Soccer, the product looks the same. 28 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:41,680 Speaker 1: You're just not seeing anybody in the stands. You're you're 29 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:45,160 Speaker 1: seeing fewer people on the sidelines, You're you're seeing players 30 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:48,040 Speaker 1: spaced out on the bench. So that's going to kind 31 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:50,280 Speaker 1: of be more of the big difference. But on the field, 32 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 1: that part should look um like it like it normally does. 33 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:58,000 Speaker 1: You might not hear crowd noise because as you mentioned, 34 00:01:58,040 --> 00:01:59,480 Speaker 1: there's not gonna be a lot of people in the stands, 35 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:02,280 Speaker 1: if any at all. All Um, we actually might hear 36 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 1: was being set on the field. What she makes it 37 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:08,400 Speaker 1: should make it thinks very entertaining. Um. But other than that, 38 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:11,079 Speaker 1: I think football will end up being football once to 39 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:15,120 Speaker 1: these guys get used to the overall dynamic kind of 40 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:19,360 Speaker 1: sounding and feeling more like a practice in a big stadium. 41 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:21,960 Speaker 1: This is gonna take Mike dep to a whole another level, 42 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:24,400 Speaker 1: but the amount of audio you'd be able to hear 43 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:27,720 Speaker 1: on the field. But Steve, you you recently took a 44 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:29,919 Speaker 1: visit and I don't know if forty Niners fans want 45 00:02:29,919 --> 00:02:32,200 Speaker 1: to hear this, but you recently took a trip to 46 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 1: the Rams facility just to show some of the modifications 47 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:37,480 Speaker 1: that the team has had to undergo in a relatively 48 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 1: short amount of time. UM and Hard Knocks debut where 49 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 1: fans were able to see some of those changes firsthand 50 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:47,880 Speaker 1: with both the Rams and the Chargers. For example, you 51 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:51,000 Speaker 1: know now opening doors with your foot, you see these 52 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:53,839 Speaker 1: these meeting rooms and people are distant. You know, they're 53 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 1: saying nobody in the first four rows. Was there something 54 00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 1: on on the trip to the RAM facility that stood 55 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:04,400 Speaker 1: out to you when you were there where you were like, wow, 56 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:08,520 Speaker 1: I think things have certainly changed. Yeah, Look, and every 57 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:11,640 Speaker 1: facility is gonna be a little bit different, UM because 58 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:13,560 Speaker 1: the way they're structured. The one thing about the Rams 59 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:17,520 Speaker 1: during a temporary facility, their business operations are in a 60 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:21,160 Speaker 1: different building, so it is a football only facility, so 61 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:27,200 Speaker 1: they're dealing with smaller territory, fewer people, so it's really 62 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:31,760 Speaker 1: streamlined compared to most NFL facilities. But the thing that that, 63 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:34,000 Speaker 1: you know, a couple of things really stood out. One 64 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:37,920 Speaker 1: touchless entry, right, they set up hand censers, so nobody 65 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 1: opens doors. Right, they wave their hand, a door will open. Um. 66 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:46,520 Speaker 1: Every team is gonna have separated lockers, like there's distance 67 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 1: between lockers. We saw pictures of the Cowboys locker room. 68 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:53,640 Speaker 1: There's plexiglass between lockers. But other things that that really 69 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:56,680 Speaker 1: took me. With the RAMS, every player will have his 70 00:03:56,800 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 1: own water bottle. You know, usually you have like a 71 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 1: trainer running out there and he's he's you know, four 72 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:05,960 Speaker 1: or five guys are passing this around. None of that. 73 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:11,960 Speaker 1: You have these ultra violet mouthpiece sanitizers that every player 74 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:15,320 Speaker 1: after practice has got to put his things in to 75 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 1: to clear things out. But it's it's the overall restructuring 76 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:23,000 Speaker 1: of the facility that really took me. Right, So what 77 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:26,680 Speaker 1: what was the media room is now an ancillary locker 78 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:31,679 Speaker 1: room with thirty lockers. Um and with the RAMS. Because 79 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:35,160 Speaker 1: of the gorgeous weather we have here in California, they 80 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:38,479 Speaker 1: put up a huge tent. It is like a circus tent. 81 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:41,920 Speaker 1: You could probably fit a basketball gym with thirty five 82 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:44,920 Speaker 1: hundred seats and a concession stand in there, and they're 83 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:49,279 Speaker 1: used a tent for their their meetings. Because you've got airflow, 84 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:52,120 Speaker 1: you can space people out and then when the meetings 85 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:56,239 Speaker 1: are finished, they can fold up the chairs, move them 86 00:04:56,400 --> 00:05:00,760 Speaker 1: and do their walk through under this tent keeps guys cool, continues, 87 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:05,520 Speaker 1: the airflow keeps everything in kind of a certain area. 88 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:08,839 Speaker 1: And and so that's kind of one of the unique 89 00:05:08,839 --> 00:05:12,240 Speaker 1: things that teams in southern California are going to have. 90 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:16,520 Speaker 1: Just because of the climate that let's say Buffalo or 91 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:20,440 Speaker 1: New Orleans, which is blazing and they practice indoors, they're 92 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:22,960 Speaker 1: not going to be able to do. So every team 93 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:25,039 Speaker 1: is gonna be dealing with the zone set of circumstances, 94 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:28,200 Speaker 1: but there are baseline protocols just in terms of how 95 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:29,960 Speaker 1: many people can be in the training room at one 96 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:32,120 Speaker 1: time or in a hot tub or something like that. 97 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:36,080 Speaker 1: I think there's a big benefit as you mentioned for 98 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:39,320 Speaker 1: teams like the Rams. Teams like the Chargers, the forty 99 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:41,440 Speaker 1: niners are going to throw in there too. One, you 100 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:44,560 Speaker 1: have that benefit of being in California where you get 101 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:47,719 Speaker 1: that nice weather. You know, you're not having this blizzard outside, 102 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:49,840 Speaker 1: these snow storms things of that nature, and I mean, 103 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:51,760 Speaker 1: I can probably count the days on one hand that 104 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:55,160 Speaker 1: it rained last season in Santa Clara. But in addition 105 00:05:55,200 --> 00:05:59,599 Speaker 1: to that, not many teams have their training facility and 106 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:04,200 Speaker 1: the same location as their stadium. So how the Rams 107 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:07,240 Speaker 1: are able to transform this tent from a meeting space 108 00:06:07,279 --> 00:06:11,000 Speaker 1: to now a space where they're doing walkthroughs. They have 109 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:13,520 Speaker 1: their training facility there at the stadium. If they don't 110 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:15,520 Speaker 1: have enough room in their meeting spaces, where they have 111 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:19,080 Speaker 1: a stadium right there that they can host different meetings 112 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:22,160 Speaker 1: or or whatever it might be right there next door 113 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:24,479 Speaker 1: at the stadium. Uh. So that was just something that 114 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:26,359 Speaker 1: I picked up on that kind of I feel like 115 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:29,600 Speaker 1: it's a major benefit, especially in this season where I 116 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:31,479 Speaker 1: think a lot of teams are forced to try to 117 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:34,680 Speaker 1: be creative in ways to house their their staff and 118 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:37,360 Speaker 1: their team. Yeah. Absolutely, look that we we saw when 119 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:40,760 Speaker 1: the Chiefs returned to practice. Andy reach it. That's exactly 120 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:44,800 Speaker 1: what they're gonna do because their facility is probably four 121 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:49,320 Speaker 1: yards from, uh their stadium. But he said, because of 122 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:52,520 Speaker 1: the stadium thing, they can have meetings you know in 123 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:56,240 Speaker 1: the shade, in the hallway or on you know some 124 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:58,480 Speaker 1: of the you know, some of the walkways that new 125 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:01,920 Speaker 1: a concession stand like, they can have shaded they've got space, 126 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:05,480 Speaker 1: they can have monitors everywhere. They can use the locker 127 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:09,159 Speaker 1: rooms right there, the home and away locker rooms. So 128 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:12,280 Speaker 1: again having your facility right by your stadium. I know 129 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:15,040 Speaker 1: in in Carolina they've got the same type of set 130 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:18,440 Speaker 1: up as the Niners. UM. So again they've got that 131 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:21,920 Speaker 1: flexibility to keep distance and to keep everybody as safe 132 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:25,560 Speaker 1: as possible. UM. But as you know, once they get 133 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:27,640 Speaker 1: the pads on and things like that, that's where the 134 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:32,680 Speaker 1: social distancing really um goes away. And that's where guys, 135 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:35,440 Speaker 1: you know, the testing and and just how they care 136 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:38,240 Speaker 1: for themselves pre and post practice really becomes you know 137 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:42,120 Speaker 1: something important. Yeah, we've seen that the players will continue 138 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:45,640 Speaker 1: to be daily tested at least through September. But also 139 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:49,560 Speaker 1: I want to talk a little about just the player's safety. 140 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:51,640 Speaker 1: We've seen players that chose to opt out for the 141 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:54,040 Speaker 1: season for their own health and safety, for the health 142 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 1: and safety of their family members. We have the chance 143 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:58,000 Speaker 1: to talk to a few guys on the forty Niners 144 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:01,040 Speaker 1: who said that opting out did really cross their mind, 145 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:03,960 Speaker 1: like Guard Lake and Tomlinson said recently. Also, you've got 146 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:06,680 Speaker 1: people like Raheem Mostard who said he had conversations with 147 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 1: his wife where she cried because she knew that her 148 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:13,239 Speaker 1: husband had to make that sacrifice, and and she stayed 149 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:15,400 Speaker 1: in Ohio while he came out here for work because 150 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:18,040 Speaker 1: she's also expecting a young child. So you have these 151 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:21,520 Speaker 1: guys that are making these they're making all of these 152 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:24,800 Speaker 1: sacrifices to continue playing on the field. But you also 153 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:27,560 Speaker 1: have the guys that say that they've never felt safer 154 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:32,319 Speaker 1: given these testing measures and distancing, these walls being knocked 155 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:36,000 Speaker 1: out to spread out. While nothing is full proof, but 156 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:40,040 Speaker 1: from your experience just walking through buildings, your conversations with 157 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:44,800 Speaker 1: people around the league, how in depth from your perspective, 158 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:49,000 Speaker 1: are these protocols to keeping these players safe? I mean, 159 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:51,840 Speaker 1: they're beyond I mean. And that's why the key to 160 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:57,400 Speaker 1: everything is the education of the players, because you know, 161 00:08:57,440 --> 00:08:59,520 Speaker 1: some of these guys, you know, they don't live, you know, 162 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:02,439 Speaker 1: in Santa Clara in the off season, right so where 163 00:09:02,520 --> 00:09:04,720 Speaker 1: they are, some of the protocols and some of the 164 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:10,040 Speaker 1: conversation around this might not be exactly what it is 165 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:14,199 Speaker 1: here in California. So they've got to teach these guys 166 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:16,080 Speaker 1: a certain way to do things and and a certain 167 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:18,400 Speaker 1: you know, things that they have to follow. But in 168 00:09:18,559 --> 00:09:21,120 Speaker 1: terms of the precautions that these guys are having to take, 169 00:09:21,920 --> 00:09:25,120 Speaker 1: it is as safe as possible. Things are sanitary. The 170 00:09:25,160 --> 00:09:27,760 Speaker 1: way they just they clean everything. They've got all of 171 00:09:27,760 --> 00:09:30,679 Speaker 1: these kind of aerosol things they go around and to 172 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:33,880 Speaker 1: sanitize everything is possible. It's just the main thing that 173 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:37,040 Speaker 1: they've got to make second nature with everybody is the 174 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:41,520 Speaker 1: human behavior. Don't go cracking towels to snap at somebody. 175 00:09:41,920 --> 00:09:44,440 Speaker 1: Don't go, you know, hugging up your teammates after they 176 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:48,000 Speaker 1: make a good play. It's it's things like that that 177 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:50,760 Speaker 1: have to be taught. But the overall concern, and you're 178 00:09:50,800 --> 00:09:54,680 Speaker 1: hearing it in every sport, is once guys leave the facility, 179 00:09:54,760 --> 00:09:59,440 Speaker 1: because that's where this behavior of being so careful and 180 00:09:59,480 --> 00:10:02,959 Speaker 1: respectful of others can go away. And that's the reason 181 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:04,840 Speaker 1: why you're gonna hear over and over it is a 182 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:09,000 Speaker 1: constant education um to teach these guys the importance of 183 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:11,600 Speaker 1: being safe away from the facility, because when they're in 184 00:10:11,640 --> 00:10:14,920 Speaker 1: the facility, everything, as you said, is about as fool 185 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:18,240 Speaker 1: proof as it possibly can be. I feel like when 186 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:21,000 Speaker 1: I was watching hard knocks and I can't remember who 187 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:23,200 Speaker 1: it was, but it was a quick segment where he 188 00:10:23,280 --> 00:10:24,920 Speaker 1: was just saying, you know, you go to practice and 189 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:26,920 Speaker 1: you go home. That's the best way to stay safe. 190 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:29,040 Speaker 1: And I feel like a lot of guys, especially when 191 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:31,520 Speaker 1: you're in training camp, your focus is on earning that 192 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:34,560 Speaker 1: roster spot. You're maybe not going out as much as 193 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:37,280 Speaker 1: you normally would. You're not going out to the bars 194 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:40,560 Speaker 1: or the restaurants. Um So things will certainly be a 195 00:10:40,559 --> 00:10:43,320 Speaker 1: little different once seasons up and running. But how much 196 00:10:43,360 --> 00:10:46,040 Speaker 1: do you think that the NFL is kind of keeping 197 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:48,880 Speaker 1: their eye on what's going on in the MLB right now? 198 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:51,680 Speaker 1: I feel like that's probably one of the closest correlations 199 00:10:51,679 --> 00:10:55,360 Speaker 1: to the NFL season. Oh no, it's it's it's a 200 00:10:55,440 --> 00:10:57,960 Speaker 1: microscopic lens on what's going on in the MLB. I mean, 201 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:01,000 Speaker 1: the biggest, uh, you know thing you're hearing from these 202 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:03,000 Speaker 1: teams is they're telling players don't be the Marlins, or 203 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:04,880 Speaker 1: don't be the Cardinals, or don't be the Indians. You know, 204 00:11:04,920 --> 00:11:07,800 Speaker 1: where guys are sneaking out and going out to dinner, 205 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:09,760 Speaker 1: are sneaking out. I think some players went to a 206 00:11:09,760 --> 00:11:12,640 Speaker 1: casino next thing, you know, the whole team. You've got 207 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:16,240 Speaker 1: this outbreak, so you better believe that's the example. And 208 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:20,560 Speaker 1: then from the league perspective, in the medical perspective, look overall, 209 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:23,839 Speaker 1: the number of players who've who've tested positive in the 210 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:27,200 Speaker 1: NFL training camps has already come in below one cent 211 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:31,520 Speaker 1: after a week's worth of them reporting and doing kind 212 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:34,719 Speaker 1: of this run up phase. So you see how disciplined 213 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:37,000 Speaker 1: everybody has been. So the issue might you said, it 214 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:38,920 Speaker 1: might not be training camp because that's when everybody is 215 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:42,280 Speaker 1: locked in. They're usually in a in a hotel, in 216 00:11:42,280 --> 00:11:45,080 Speaker 1: a bubble atmosphere. Anyway, not every team is doing that. 217 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:49,160 Speaker 1: Most teams are not, but guys are are doing what 218 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:52,000 Speaker 1: they need to do to remain safe. It's just gonna 219 00:11:52,080 --> 00:11:55,040 Speaker 1: be once you get into the season and they've got 220 00:11:56,040 --> 00:12:00,320 Speaker 1: six days between games or five days between games, are 221 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:02,880 Speaker 1: they going to be able to remain that disciplined over 222 00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:06,560 Speaker 1: the months and months of an NFL season. 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We got some questions in 228 00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:30,000 Speaker 1: surrounding this team, and uh, you know, a lot a 229 00:12:30,040 --> 00:12:35,559 Speaker 1: lot of questions about this new modification to what practice 230 00:12:35,640 --> 00:12:38,360 Speaker 1: and training camp and the season is gonna look like. 231 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:41,440 Speaker 1: But then you've also got a lot of questions about 232 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:45,600 Speaker 1: how this team can make it back to the point 233 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:48,520 Speaker 1: that they were last year and when it's so I'm 234 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:51,160 Speaker 1: just gonna dive right in, and I want to talk 235 00:12:51,240 --> 00:12:55,400 Speaker 1: about this shortened and modified off season. And now you're 236 00:12:55,559 --> 00:12:57,480 Speaker 1: you're going into training camp and you look at some 237 00:12:57,520 --> 00:12:59,360 Speaker 1: of the guys. You have your rookies, you have your 238 00:12:59,360 --> 00:13:02,360 Speaker 1: Brandon i Us, and you have your Javon Kin laws, 239 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:05,440 Speaker 1: but then you got to think about these undrafted guys. 240 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:08,960 Speaker 1: Forty Niners sign ten undrafted rookies heading into this year. 241 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:13,960 Speaker 1: So Jerry Graham from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California 242 00:13:14,040 --> 00:13:17,040 Speaker 1: wants to know what has been the biggest challenge or 243 00:13:17,040 --> 00:13:19,679 Speaker 1: what will be the biggest challenge for players who might 244 00:13:19,760 --> 00:13:23,800 Speaker 1: require more on tape as they transition during this COVID 245 00:13:23,920 --> 00:13:28,240 Speaker 1: nineteen phase that we're in. And I I automatically go 246 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:31,920 Speaker 1: to um the undrafted running backs that the forty Niners 247 00:13:31,960 --> 00:13:34,160 Speaker 1: have or how you check. Spoke with the media and 248 00:13:34,160 --> 00:13:37,320 Speaker 1: he was saying, it's really unfortunate for guys like this, 249 00:13:37,440 --> 00:13:41,240 Speaker 1: but he believes that the forty Niners locker room have 250 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:46,360 Speaker 1: some sound, some experienced veterans that these young guys might 251 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:48,480 Speaker 1: be able to rely on that will kind of help 252 00:13:48,520 --> 00:13:52,760 Speaker 1: them in this process. Yeah, that is the biggest misnomer 253 00:13:52,920 --> 00:13:55,080 Speaker 1: um you're ever gonna hear, is a veteran trying to 254 00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:57,840 Speaker 1: groom someone to take his job. At the same time 255 00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:01,840 Speaker 1: a young player. You know, if a young corner wants 256 00:14:01,880 --> 00:14:04,240 Speaker 1: to watch Richard Sherman and the study habits and things 257 00:14:04,280 --> 00:14:06,559 Speaker 1: like that took to that player to understand it and 258 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:08,400 Speaker 1: get it, because Richard Sherman is gonna be Hall of 259 00:14:08,440 --> 00:14:10,400 Speaker 1: Famer one day because of the little things that he 260 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:14,840 Speaker 1: does right. And so that's where these police players on 261 00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:18,440 Speaker 1: the bubble are gonna have to watch otherwise they're just 262 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:20,760 Speaker 1: not going to be able to afford to have mistakes 263 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:27,640 Speaker 1: because at this point of training camp, um, you know, 264 00:14:27,680 --> 00:14:29,960 Speaker 1: they they've got to be locked in because they're gonna 265 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:33,320 Speaker 1: be getting reps right. They're not gonna be pushing the 266 00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:36,840 Speaker 1: veteran players right now. As training camp goes on to 267 00:14:36,880 --> 00:14:39,960 Speaker 1: get ready for week one with no preseason games, that's 268 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:43,080 Speaker 1: when those veterans are gonna start taking more and more 269 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:45,880 Speaker 1: of the repetition. So the young players who need to 270 00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:48,120 Speaker 1: get noticed, they've got to get noticed now. They better 271 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:50,440 Speaker 1: be in great shape, they better be able to hit it. 272 00:14:50,520 --> 00:14:52,120 Speaker 1: And the first time they better put on and they 273 00:14:52,120 --> 00:14:55,080 Speaker 1: put on pads, they better play football because we all 274 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:57,040 Speaker 1: you know, everybody looks good in the shorts and the 275 00:14:57,120 --> 00:14:59,880 Speaker 1: jerseys when they put pads on. These guys are gonna 276 00:14:59,880 --> 00:15:03,320 Speaker 1: have a very limited time to make an impression. And 277 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:05,880 Speaker 1: we know there are players who are not great in 278 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:09,120 Speaker 1: practice who show up on game days. That excuse is 279 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:11,600 Speaker 1: not gonna work for them this year. So they've got 280 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:14,080 Speaker 1: to be as as effective as possible. You cannot make 281 00:15:14,120 --> 00:15:16,680 Speaker 1: mental mistakes. That's the biggest thing that gets guys cut. 282 00:15:16,920 --> 00:15:19,720 Speaker 1: If they're supposed to cover the second receiver out of 283 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:22,000 Speaker 1: the backfield and they pick up the first, that blows 284 00:15:22,040 --> 00:15:25,000 Speaker 1: the whole coverage. That guy is gonna be gone. And 285 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:28,680 Speaker 1: and that's where again this ten day, two week run 286 00:15:28,760 --> 00:15:31,120 Speaker 1: up where they're doing a lot of walkthroughs in mental work, 287 00:15:31,920 --> 00:15:33,960 Speaker 1: that's what's gonna be huge, So from the neck up, 288 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:37,880 Speaker 1: these guys can be prepared when things get physical. Yeah, 289 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:42,520 Speaker 1: if I had to rank the questions that I get 290 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:45,680 Speaker 1: in our mail bag, it's gonna start with, Well, number 291 00:15:45,680 --> 00:15:50,800 Speaker 1: one is George Kittle. George Kittle, what's the status that 292 00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:53,760 Speaker 1: That's that's the bulk of the question. Next in line 293 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:58,400 Speaker 1: would probably be this team's chances on making it back 294 00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:02,760 Speaker 1: to the Super Bowl. And then the third most popular 295 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:07,040 Speaker 1: topic I get is always about Deebo Samuel and I 296 00:16:07,120 --> 00:16:10,800 Speaker 1: feel like he kind of took the league by storm. 297 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:13,440 Speaker 1: And when I say that, I mean that I see 298 00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:16,800 Speaker 1: a lot of coaches reference what he is in Kyle 299 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:20,760 Speaker 1: Shanahan's offense um. For the people that don't know U, 300 00:16:21,040 --> 00:16:24,280 Speaker 1: Deebo stuffered a stress fracture and it's put this off 301 00:16:24,320 --> 00:16:27,920 Speaker 1: season and you know, slated to potentially missed twelve to 302 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:30,800 Speaker 1: sixteen weeks. That time might bleed into the beginning of 303 00:16:30,840 --> 00:16:33,960 Speaker 1: the season. But you look at the forty Niners wide receivers. 304 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:36,360 Speaker 1: You have debot who the forty Niners might be without 305 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:38,760 Speaker 1: for a little bit of time they had. They lost 306 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:43,520 Speaker 1: Emmanuel Sanders in free agency. Uh so everyone's wondering, well, 307 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:46,280 Speaker 1: who steps up? So I'm gonna toss this to you. 308 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:49,640 Speaker 1: Steve from Big Davis from Atlanta, Georgia wants to know 309 00:16:50,400 --> 00:16:53,480 Speaker 1: who do you see that could potentially have a bigger 310 00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:58,560 Speaker 1: impact this year? Jalen heard or forty Niners first from 311 00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:03,160 Speaker 1: Pig Brandon au which heards that big bodied receiver that 312 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:05,720 Speaker 1: we saw what he didn't. It was a very limited 313 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:07,520 Speaker 1: sample size when we saw what he did in that 314 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:11,800 Speaker 1: preseason game with the against the Dallas Cowboys. Big body 315 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:14,520 Speaker 1: guys scored two touchdowns. But then you got a guy 316 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:17,680 Speaker 1: like Brandon Aiyuk who gets those yards after the catch. 317 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:20,600 Speaker 1: Who Kyle Shanahan, that's this type of receiver. He loves 318 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:23,280 Speaker 1: those kind of guys. But I'm gonna leave us in 319 00:17:23,320 --> 00:17:25,760 Speaker 1: your hands. Who do you see could have a bigger 320 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:28,879 Speaker 1: impact this year? I'm going off the grid at a 321 00:17:28,920 --> 00:17:32,159 Speaker 1: player I really liked and he showed up at times 322 00:17:32,200 --> 00:17:34,520 Speaker 1: last year. He wasn't the main target because of debo 323 00:17:34,560 --> 00:17:37,280 Speaker 1: in a many But I think Kendrick Borne, I don't know. 324 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:38,840 Speaker 1: I don't know why he's not so much in the 325 00:17:38,840 --> 00:17:42,440 Speaker 1: conversation because he's a nice player. Um So I think 326 00:17:42,440 --> 00:17:45,800 Speaker 1: he's somebody because of his experience in the system. It's 327 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:49,639 Speaker 1: probably gonna jump out a little bit more early. UM, 328 00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:53,160 Speaker 1: So let's leave that there. But then you talk about 329 00:17:53,200 --> 00:17:57,320 Speaker 1: Brandon Aiyuk and you nailed it and heard big receivers, 330 00:17:57,480 --> 00:18:01,760 Speaker 1: Kyle loves him. Think of Julio Jones, hamedson Neu, someone 331 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:04,520 Speaker 1: thinks he did in Atlanta. These are the types of 332 00:18:04,560 --> 00:18:08,080 Speaker 1: receivers that tend to show up. So I would probably 333 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:13,240 Speaker 1: say heard at the outset just because he knows what 334 00:18:13,320 --> 00:18:16,760 Speaker 1: the Niners are trying to do. He knows the expectations. Um. 335 00:18:17,080 --> 00:18:19,639 Speaker 1: Because remember Debo got better as the season went along, 336 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:23,560 Speaker 1: and he really stood out once Emmanuel Sanders got there 337 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:25,919 Speaker 1: and showed him how to practice and showed him how 338 00:18:25,960 --> 00:18:29,560 Speaker 1: to do the extra work. And Kyle really found ways 339 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:32,040 Speaker 1: with Debo not to just throw him the ball. Remember 340 00:18:32,080 --> 00:18:33,720 Speaker 1: so much of the yards. Think of the Super Bowls. 341 00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:36,040 Speaker 1: He was like he was. He got more carries just 342 00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:38,480 Speaker 1: about any other running back early on. So that's what 343 00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:41,240 Speaker 1: we saw on the in the postseason. UM, I think 344 00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:44,040 Speaker 1: Debo's role once he gets back will expand as a receiver. 345 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:48,240 Speaker 1: But keep an eye on Kendrick born Man. I really 346 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:51,600 Speaker 1: liked him last year. He's a smaller guy, but I 347 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:55,520 Speaker 1: think he's somebody who could flash early, especially with that 348 00:18:55,640 --> 00:18:58,800 Speaker 1: run action setting things up. That's that's I'm glad you 349 00:18:58,880 --> 00:19:01,840 Speaker 1: said that. I mean every of course, it's natural you 350 00:19:01,880 --> 00:19:03,719 Speaker 1: want to be excited about some of the new pieces 351 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:05,639 Speaker 1: that you bring to the team. And we got a 352 00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:08,520 Speaker 1: flash of Jalen Hurd and and we saw his size, 353 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:10,720 Speaker 1: were like, oh, when when he comes back, what is 354 00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:12,320 Speaker 1: he gonna do for the team? What can he bring? 355 00:19:12,600 --> 00:19:15,840 Speaker 1: You see this new guy, brandon Nyjugan, and you automatically think, oh, 356 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:19,320 Speaker 1: this must be the replacement for Emmanuel Sanders. But Kendrick 357 00:19:19,320 --> 00:19:21,919 Speaker 1: Borne definitely a guy that you cannot overlook. Actually tied 358 00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:25,600 Speaker 1: George on the team with the most touchdowns on the 359 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:29,800 Speaker 1: team last season, and definitely one of Jimmy's red zone target. 360 00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:31,399 Speaker 1: There was some stat on that I can't remember it 361 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:32,920 Speaker 1: off the back of my hand. I wish I did, 362 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:36,159 Speaker 1: but definitely I'm glad you brought him up. Definitely somebody 363 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:41,000 Speaker 1: you cannot overlook heading into camp. So we've talked about 364 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:46,199 Speaker 1: guys who are using the Super Bowl loss as fuel, 365 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:50,960 Speaker 1: and you see everywhere people are talking about Super Bowl hangover. 366 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:54,399 Speaker 1: You know, is that a real thing. So I'm gonna 367 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:59,960 Speaker 1: I'm gonna leave this with Patrick Cornoyer from Montreal Quebec. Uh. 368 00:20:00,119 --> 00:20:03,000 Speaker 1: He wants to know, how do you see this team 369 00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:07,280 Speaker 1: bouncing back? And when I say that, when I phrase 370 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:10,119 Speaker 1: his question, now, I'm looking at the forty Niners coaching staff, 371 00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:13,200 Speaker 1: I'm looking at their players, I'm looking at the roster. 372 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:17,879 Speaker 1: I'm looking at continuity, familiarity, talent, all of these different 373 00:20:17,880 --> 00:20:22,080 Speaker 1: attributes in your eye, Steve, does this team have a 374 00:20:22,119 --> 00:20:26,560 Speaker 1: recipe to bounce back? And and also this is also 375 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:29,119 Speaker 1: looking at some of that talent in the NFC. I 376 00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:31,560 Speaker 1: don't want to overlook the talent on the Saints, the 377 00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:33,560 Speaker 1: talent on the Bucks. So there's a couple of teams 378 00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:36,240 Speaker 1: I could also name. But tossing that over to you, 379 00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:39,040 Speaker 1: what's your thought on the Super Bowl hangover? What the 380 00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:42,479 Speaker 1: forty Niners have and bringing that into well, I'll tell 381 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:44,800 Speaker 1: you about the one thing that works in their favor, 382 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:47,159 Speaker 1: as crazy as it may sound, has been this pandemic 383 00:20:47,440 --> 00:20:52,080 Speaker 1: because typically change with the Super Bowl loss hangover, Right, 384 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:56,119 Speaker 1: that's where they lose four or five key players because 385 00:20:56,240 --> 00:20:59,040 Speaker 1: of free agency or whatnot. So that really didn't happen 386 00:20:59,040 --> 00:21:01,720 Speaker 1: other than manual, say enders, and then you had the 387 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:05,440 Speaker 1: retirement of Joe Staley, but you get Trent Williams, who's 388 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:09,199 Speaker 1: a freaking great player. Um, you add some of these players, 389 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:11,880 Speaker 1: you lose the Forest Buckner, but you get Kin Law 390 00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:15,520 Speaker 1: in the draft. But with the pandemic, did guys are 391 00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:19,479 Speaker 1: not writing books, Guys aren't out doing television shows, are 392 00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:22,639 Speaker 1: making a bunch of commercials because those things just didn't happen. 393 00:21:23,080 --> 00:21:26,320 Speaker 1: So they've had all of these months in solitary confinement, 394 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:29,119 Speaker 1: so to speak, to get their heads right. So so 395 00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:31,439 Speaker 1: that part of it is gone, It's gonna be the 396 00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:34,360 Speaker 1: challenge for them. Think about how they started last year. 397 00:21:34,359 --> 00:21:37,920 Speaker 1: They played a lot of teams early on whose quarterbacks 398 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:40,520 Speaker 1: were hurt or ended up not being very good. So 399 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:43,480 Speaker 1: they had that slow burn into success and momentum and 400 00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:49,399 Speaker 1: believing in themselves. They cannot start off slow because the 401 00:21:49,520 --> 00:21:52,919 Speaker 1: NFC is gonna be loaded. You. You've got to have 402 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:57,080 Speaker 1: everybody kind of keep their mental their mental intact um 403 00:21:57,119 --> 00:22:00,000 Speaker 1: because teams company It's it's true, no matter what you say, 404 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:02,360 Speaker 1: free game, they are the benchmark for teams to come 405 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:05,920 Speaker 1: to try to smack them. You better believe Seahawks and 406 00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:08,480 Speaker 1: everybody are are going to try to come and get them. 407 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:11,320 Speaker 1: Talent wise, there might not be a team were loaded 408 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:13,880 Speaker 1: in the forty Niners on both sides of the ball. 409 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:17,199 Speaker 1: Same with the coaching staff. But they have got to 410 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:20,639 Speaker 1: be so mentally focused and they have to stay healthy. 411 00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:22,560 Speaker 1: Remember they did not have a lot of injuries on 412 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:26,600 Speaker 1: their offensive or defensive line last year. That also is 413 00:22:26,680 --> 00:22:29,440 Speaker 1: key at the key positions. They have got to stay healthy. 414 00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:32,360 Speaker 1: Other than that, there's no reason why the Niners cannot 415 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:36,000 Speaker 1: get back into the playoffs. And then that's where things 416 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:38,880 Speaker 1: get tricky, because there will be that hot team, whether 417 00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:43,200 Speaker 1: it's the Vikings, whether it's uh, you know the Falcons, 418 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:44,919 Speaker 1: you know, a team I think is super talented that 419 00:22:44,960 --> 00:22:48,200 Speaker 1: nobody's talking about. Um, there will be that hot team 420 00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:51,000 Speaker 1: that we're not thinking of, and and they've just got 421 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:53,320 Speaker 1: to be whatever edge they have, they've got to bring 422 00:22:53,359 --> 00:22:56,640 Speaker 1: it every week because there will be no relief. That's 423 00:22:56,720 --> 00:23:00,840 Speaker 1: exactly what Kyle us Check was saying. He he spoke 424 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:03,359 Speaker 1: with the media and and his thing was that he 425 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:05,920 Speaker 1: feels like there's an advantage for the forty Niners one 426 00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:08,960 Speaker 1: that and and he said there's you can't really pull 427 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:12,639 Speaker 1: out positives of a pandemic, but he said that the 428 00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:15,919 Speaker 1: fact that this team played into February. They played longer 429 00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:18,359 Speaker 1: than maybe some of the other teams, but he sees 430 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:20,959 Speaker 1: that as a benefit heading into this season. They didn't have, 431 00:23:21,119 --> 00:23:24,240 Speaker 1: like you said, that time to make these TV appearances 432 00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:27,320 Speaker 1: and and as soon as they finished playing, they had 433 00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:30,400 Speaker 1: a month to kind of get over it, get over 434 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:33,479 Speaker 1: the loss, flush it, and then their focus immediately had 435 00:23:33,520 --> 00:23:35,840 Speaker 1: to go into this upcoming season. You talk about the 436 00:23:35,880 --> 00:23:37,600 Speaker 1: forty Niners have to start fast. I had to pull 437 00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:41,240 Speaker 1: up their schedule starting off with the Cardinals. You you've 438 00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:44,360 Speaker 1: got your your first your first look at DeAndre Hopkins. 439 00:23:45,119 --> 00:23:47,640 Speaker 1: Uh with the Cardinals. Then you're following up in New 440 00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:51,040 Speaker 1: York with the Jets, the Giants, the Eagles. Uh. So 441 00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:53,800 Speaker 1: totally on board with that. With what you said, forty 442 00:23:53,840 --> 00:23:56,000 Speaker 1: Niners have to start off bass, gotta start off hot 443 00:23:56,400 --> 00:24:00,479 Speaker 1: heading into the season. This podcast is sponsored by man Escaped, 444 00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:03,520 Speaker 1: the official below the Way Screaming partner of the forty Niners. 445 00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:06,320 Speaker 1: Try man Escaped and get twenty percent off and free 446 00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:09,960 Speaker 1: shipping with code forty niners at manscaped dot com. That's 447 00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:14,119 Speaker 1: called forty Niners off at manscaped dot com. Steve, I 448 00:24:14,480 --> 00:24:17,320 Speaker 1: like to call you a friend of the franchise. And 449 00:24:17,359 --> 00:24:20,679 Speaker 1: I say that because you've been there during past training 450 00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:22,960 Speaker 1: camps covering the team with NFL Network. I know you've 451 00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:26,359 Speaker 1: been there in season and I've had conversations with you before, 452 00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:31,760 Speaker 1: but more recently, you moderated a player ran discussion with 453 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:34,840 Speaker 1: guys from the forty Niners subject to Change. There's been 454 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:37,440 Speaker 1: a few episodes so far. You've had guys on like 455 00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:43,040 Speaker 1: Jimmy Garoppolo, Richard Sherman, Robbie Gold, Kyle Hughes, check Eric Armstead, 456 00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:46,320 Speaker 1: a host of other guys, and you're talking about race, 457 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:50,840 Speaker 1: you're talking about social injustices in America, and the guys 458 00:24:50,880 --> 00:24:55,120 Speaker 1: are using their own platforms to help evoke change. So 459 00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:57,960 Speaker 1: with that being that you've been in on these conversations, 460 00:24:57,960 --> 00:25:01,160 Speaker 1: you've been moderating, you've been listening. What's been your takeaway 461 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:05,520 Speaker 1: so far from this project? Hearing from the guys their 462 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:09,480 Speaker 1: stories but also their ability to listen and learn from 463 00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:11,880 Speaker 1: one another. Yeah. Look, there's a reason why the forty 464 00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:14,600 Speaker 1: Niners were successful will continue to be successful, and part 465 00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:17,160 Speaker 1: of that is they've got smart players. You know, you 466 00:25:17,160 --> 00:25:19,480 Speaker 1: you don't win with stupid and so you've got a 467 00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:22,800 Speaker 1: bunch of highly educated guys to Fred warners of the world, Okawan, 468 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:27,320 Speaker 1: Williams Um and de Ford. Um. You know, the one 469 00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:29,879 Speaker 1: thing that they talked about that they're really pushing. I 470 00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:32,120 Speaker 1: know the NFL is behind it, but the Niners were 471 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:34,920 Speaker 1: out ahead and for the NFL even decided to jump 472 00:25:34,920 --> 00:25:37,680 Speaker 1: in on this is registering to vote and educating people 473 00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:40,520 Speaker 1: to vote. Um. You know it's gonna be hard to 474 00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:43,679 Speaker 1: do in person because of the pandemic, but they just 475 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:45,520 Speaker 1: feel when they look at the numbers that so few 476 00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:47,320 Speaker 1: people to part in the process. You know. I think 477 00:25:47,320 --> 00:25:49,920 Speaker 1: Fred Warner said he's never voted before. Kyle us Check 478 00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:53,919 Speaker 1: said this will be his first time voting, and just 479 00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:56,200 Speaker 1: too you know, the pandemic has allowed guys to kind 480 00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:57,880 Speaker 1: of sit back and see what they want to make 481 00:25:57,960 --> 00:26:02,160 Speaker 1: changes from be the president Joel uh election to your 482 00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:05,360 Speaker 1: local district attorneys, who are the people who hold um 483 00:26:05,600 --> 00:26:09,600 Speaker 1: dirty cops either accountable or no accountable. So I mean 484 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:13,200 Speaker 1: that that is the big initiative and just the depth 485 00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:15,240 Speaker 1: and the courage some of these guys are showing. So 486 00:26:15,359 --> 00:26:18,720 Speaker 1: Kyle hus Check told the story where he was home 487 00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:21,480 Speaker 1: in Ohio and a lot of his family were like 488 00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:24,720 Speaker 1: really really critical of of players and Colin Kaepernick for 489 00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:26,960 Speaker 1: not standing during the national anthem and this and that, 490 00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:29,359 Speaker 1: and he said, he sat there for a long time 491 00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:31,879 Speaker 1: and said, put yourself in their shoes. Let's kind of 492 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:35,600 Speaker 1: do this exercise and put yourself in their shoes. It's 493 00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:38,640 Speaker 1: something we can never experience, you know, as a white family. 494 00:26:39,359 --> 00:26:42,200 Speaker 1: But you know, just imagine you get pulled over and 495 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:44,000 Speaker 1: you're thinking, Okay, I'm just gonna get a ticket. Next thing, 496 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:47,240 Speaker 1: you know, you've got four guns on you, um, just 497 00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:50,200 Speaker 1: because to somebody you you seem like a threat. And 498 00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:53,080 Speaker 1: he said, by the time you know, they ended that conversation, 499 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:57,159 Speaker 1: just some of the opening of thought that he was 500 00:26:57,240 --> 00:27:00,320 Speaker 1: able to generate, you know, among family members was really 501 00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:03,000 Speaker 1: you know, moving to him. He doesn't know if he 502 00:27:03,359 --> 00:27:07,320 Speaker 1: changed her overall perspective for that time frame. They open 503 00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:09,560 Speaker 1: their thought process and open their minds, and you know, 504 00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:12,600 Speaker 1: that's something he hopes that that players, using their platforms 505 00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:16,119 Speaker 1: and their celebrity and their wisdom could get more and 506 00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:18,480 Speaker 1: more people to try to do regardless of which side 507 00:27:18,480 --> 00:27:22,760 Speaker 1: of the aisle or which side of the law they believe. Yeah, 508 00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:26,600 Speaker 1: After the George Floyd murderer, Kyle Shanahan spoke with the 509 00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:31,320 Speaker 1: media and he was very emotional and rightfully upset, but 510 00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:36,120 Speaker 1: he said, if you could just see how our guys interact. 511 00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:38,520 Speaker 1: And he's referring to the forty Niners team in the 512 00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:42,240 Speaker 1: forty Niners locker room, and there's so many different backgrounds, 513 00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:47,440 Speaker 1: are so many different religions beliefs, and but everybody respects 514 00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:50,640 Speaker 1: one another. And I would want to say, just being 515 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:52,560 Speaker 1: in house that I feel like that's a testament to 516 00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:54,959 Speaker 1: the locker room. I know you might not be there 517 00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:58,440 Speaker 1: in house every single day, but through your lens, through 518 00:27:59,359 --> 00:28:03,439 Speaker 1: your converse stations with the guys, uh, during these talks, 519 00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:05,800 Speaker 1: during just any talks when you're you're physically there, or 520 00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:08,520 Speaker 1: whatever the case might be, have you been able to 521 00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:12,920 Speaker 1: pick up on maybe that camaraderie amongst this locker room, 522 00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:17,320 Speaker 1: or or your conversations with these guys about the culture 523 00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:22,240 Speaker 1: that Kyle and John are building in San Francisco. I mean, 524 00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:26,520 Speaker 1: And to me, the biggest example is last year when 525 00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:28,600 Speaker 1: I traded from Manuel Sanders because the team was already 526 00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:32,480 Speaker 1: winning ballgames, things were kind of flowing and instead of 527 00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:34,960 Speaker 1: players saying, Okay, here's a veteran guy, he's coming in 528 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:38,120 Speaker 1: here to show himself for a new contract, they were like, 529 00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:42,160 Speaker 1: let's welcome him, let's get him acclimated, and let's give 530 00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:44,840 Speaker 1: him his voice like the younger players like a Deebo 531 00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:47,760 Speaker 1: Samuel or Samuel and catch you point. They were willing 532 00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:50,760 Speaker 1: to watch him and learn from him. And so that 533 00:28:50,920 --> 00:28:55,800 Speaker 1: is an unselfish perspective, right. And you have all of 534 00:28:55,840 --> 00:28:59,600 Speaker 1: these defensive linemen who were first round draft picks, who 535 00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:01,920 Speaker 1: are driven and by arguably the best defensive line coach 536 00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:05,680 Speaker 1: in the NFL and Chris Kasirik, and instead of them saying, hey, 537 00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:07,680 Speaker 1: I need to get tense acts, I need to get 538 00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:11,240 Speaker 1: my nine, they all worked in unison until all of 539 00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:13,520 Speaker 1: them can shine and as a result, all of them 540 00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:16,840 Speaker 1: looked good. So the fact that they all understood that 541 00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:20,320 Speaker 1: and got it, you know, or the fact that Jimmy 542 00:29:20,320 --> 00:29:22,800 Speaker 1: Garoppolo can throw for a hundred, you know, just a 543 00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:25,280 Speaker 1: hundred yards or fewer in a playoff game, and everybody's 544 00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:28,280 Speaker 1: great with how they did it, and nobody's complaining because 545 00:29:28,280 --> 00:29:30,920 Speaker 1: they didn't get a certain number of touches. That's where 546 00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:34,080 Speaker 1: you have a mature team. That is where you understand 547 00:29:34,120 --> 00:29:36,080 Speaker 1: the mission. Part of that is a communication they get 548 00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:38,840 Speaker 1: from Kyle and John on a constant. But the other 549 00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:40,520 Speaker 1: part of it is you've got an owner in Jed 550 00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:43,320 Speaker 1: York and the York family who are always staying in 551 00:29:43,360 --> 00:29:46,160 Speaker 1: touch with their players and showing them how much they 552 00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:49,760 Speaker 1: care for their for their families and everything else. And 553 00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:52,560 Speaker 1: when it starts at the top, that means everything. And 554 00:29:52,560 --> 00:29:55,680 Speaker 1: that's why you see some organizations that continually win and 555 00:29:55,760 --> 00:29:59,719 Speaker 1: some that are on a hamster wheel of mediocrity at best. I' 556 00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:01,960 Speaker 1: never heard it said like that, but that was a 557 00:30:02,080 --> 00:30:05,840 Speaker 1: perfect way to finish off the forty Nighters. You've got 558 00:30:05,920 --> 00:30:10,760 Speaker 1: Male Podcast sponsored by Man's Gape, Steve Absolute Pleasure having you. 559 00:30:10,800 --> 00:30:13,360 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for joining us this. I'm gonna 560 00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:15,640 Speaker 1: put this on record so everybody can hear you say this. 561 00:30:15,720 --> 00:30:17,800 Speaker 1: You're gonna join us for our live lookings at forty 562 00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:21,000 Speaker 1: Nights training Camp, right, I hope. So I plan on 563 00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:22,760 Speaker 1: being there. I gotta get gotta get a look at 564 00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:25,360 Speaker 1: the you know, the NSC representatives, see if they can 565 00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:28,720 Speaker 1: repeat exactly. I will be there. I will be there. 566 00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:31,560 Speaker 1: If I'm there, You got me perfect deal. You guys 567 00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:34,640 Speaker 1: heard that right here. You can follow Steve on Twitter 568 00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:41,360 Speaker 1: at wite eight nine. Steve again, Absolute Pleasure, Enjoy your 569 00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:44,640 Speaker 1: weekend and get ready for some forty Niners football. I 570 00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:46,920 Speaker 1: can't wait to see in Santa Clara. Thanks so much, 571 00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:58,400 Speaker 1: Keana YouTube