1 00:00:04,280 --> 00:00:06,560 Speaker 1: Welcome to the forty nine Ers You've Got Mail Podcast 2 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:10,119 Speaker 1: presented by Manscaped. I'm your host Lindsay Polaris. Today we 3 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:13,600 Speaker 1: are doing a free agency recap episode. Stay tuned to 4 00:00:13,640 --> 00:00:15,800 Speaker 1: hear from one of the forty nine ers newest editions, 5 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:19,439 Speaker 1: defensive tackle jay Von Hargrave. He comes to the Bay 6 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:23,160 Speaker 1: after a three season stint with the Philadelphia Eagles. Hargrave 7 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 1: was signed to a four year deal through the twenty 8 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:28,680 Speaker 1: twenty sixth season. But before that, let's check in with 9 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:32,360 Speaker 1: forty nine Ers head coach Kyle Shanahan on why bolstering 10 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:35,280 Speaker 1: the defensive line was such a big priority for San 11 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:38,400 Speaker 1: Francisco this offseason. Our goal since we got here is 12 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:40,120 Speaker 1: to always built a D line and fortout to be 13 00:00:40,159 --> 00:00:42,720 Speaker 1: the strength. We do feel like we have a very 14 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:46,960 Speaker 1: good D line, but going back to twenty nineteen, you know, 15 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:49,559 Speaker 1: having all four of those guys, I feel we had 16 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:51,680 Speaker 1: the best in the league by far that year, and 17 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:53,680 Speaker 1: we took a little step back in the last couple 18 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:55,280 Speaker 1: of years, not that we were bad or anything, but 19 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:57,160 Speaker 1: we didn't feel we were as quite as dominant. But 20 00:00:57,200 --> 00:00:59,880 Speaker 1: to still have the number one defense where our linebacker 21 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:01,880 Speaker 1: played at a certain level or secondary played at a 22 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:04,440 Speaker 1: certain level. We still have very good D line play, 23 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:06,319 Speaker 1: but our goal always has to make our D line 24 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:08,800 Speaker 1: as good as it can and that's why we targeted 25 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:13,000 Speaker 1: Javon right away our grave and we feel very fortunate 26 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:15,520 Speaker 1: to get That was head coach Kyle Shanahan at the 27 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:18,640 Speaker 1: NFL Annual League Meeting. Now let's get to it. This 28 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:21,480 Speaker 1: is from my one on one interview with Javon Hargrave 29 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:25,200 Speaker 1: shortly after putting pen to paper with the forty nine ers. Tavon, 30 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:27,600 Speaker 1: welcome to the Bay Area. I'm happy to be here. 31 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 1: So we were just talking. You haven't spent a ton 32 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:34,440 Speaker 1: of time in California. What are your early impressions The sun, 33 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 1: the sunlight, the you know, I like it just I 34 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 1: love the weather, for sure. I love the weather. We 35 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:43,280 Speaker 1: typically have a little bit more sunshine than we've had 36 00:01:43,319 --> 00:01:46,800 Speaker 1: really days. Yeah, fifty degrees when I'm from So it's 37 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 1: been good. So your name was at the top of 38 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:53,960 Speaker 1: several best free agents available this year. What was it 39 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:57,000 Speaker 1: that ultimately swayed you in the direction of San Francisco 40 00:01:57,080 --> 00:01:59,560 Speaker 1: with so much interest in you? I think I told 41 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 1: John Lynch and even the players like they didn't really 42 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:07,480 Speaker 1: have to convince me, because when any time you can 43 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:11,240 Speaker 1: come to a winning program, it's like it's a no brainer. 44 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 1: So you're essentially going from one dominant defense to another. 45 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 1: The forty nine Ers finished twenty twenty two as the 46 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:22,560 Speaker 1: number one overall defense, joining forces with NFL Defensive Player 47 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 1: of the Year Nick Bosa, Eric Armstead, Fred Warner, what 48 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:30,320 Speaker 1: are your impressions of the San Francisco defense and the 49 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:32,640 Speaker 1: excitement level to join them? And like you said, they 50 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:35,640 Speaker 1: was the number one defense last year, So I'm just 51 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:38,040 Speaker 1: happy to, you know, just come in and bring what 52 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:41,800 Speaker 1: I bring to the table and just be around a 53 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:44,720 Speaker 1: bunch of dolls and just be, you know, trying to 54 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:47,040 Speaker 1: be a part of something special. The forty nine ers 55 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:50,080 Speaker 1: defense is obviously experiencing a little bit of turnover during 56 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:54,040 Speaker 1: coaching changes in NFL free agency with the recent hire 57 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:57,680 Speaker 1: of defensive coordinator Steve Wilkes. How do you fit in 58 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:00,160 Speaker 1: with his scheme and what makes you think they you 59 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:03,000 Speaker 1: can really come in here and be an immediate impact 60 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 1: for that defensive front. I heard so many great things 61 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:09,120 Speaker 1: about Steve Wilson around the league of how are they players? 62 00:03:09,919 --> 00:03:13,000 Speaker 1: All the players love them? Um and here Carolina boy too, 63 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:15,400 Speaker 1: So we got a lot of cod a lot in common. 64 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:18,760 Speaker 1: We're moving out here to the West coast. But as 65 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:22,440 Speaker 1: far as the defensive line, I just I like the 66 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:26,280 Speaker 1: way they play. They got at tax scheme that really 67 00:03:26,320 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 1: fits what I do, So I'm just excited to get 68 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 1: be a part of it. Manscaped is the official below 69 00:03:31,919 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 1: the waste grooming partner of the forty nine ers. Try 70 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:37,240 Speaker 1: manscape and get twenty percent off and free shipping with 71 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:40,440 Speaker 1: code forty nine ers at nanscape dot com. That's code 72 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:44,279 Speaker 1: forty nine ers for twenty percent off at manscaped dot com. 73 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:46,760 Speaker 1: And how would you describe your playing style? I mean, 74 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:49,760 Speaker 1: I just feel like I'm violent. Um, I don't know 75 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:51,520 Speaker 1: I can say so much. I got a motor. I 76 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:54,560 Speaker 1: just I know how to get out of the quarterback. 77 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 1: And I think that's how they're they're big on is 78 00:03:57,600 --> 00:03:59,480 Speaker 1: getting out of the quarterback and stopping the run. And 79 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 1: I think that if it's me, Well, so we're gonna 80 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:04,600 Speaker 1: talk numbers a little bit here. Twenty twenty one Pro 81 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:07,080 Speaker 1: Bowl year for you, and then in twenty twenty two, 82 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 1: eleven sacks, sixteen quarterback hits, ten tackles for loss, two 83 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:15,040 Speaker 1: fumble recoveries. The list goes on what's allowed you to 84 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:17,680 Speaker 1: really elevate your game over the past couple of seasons. 85 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:20,440 Speaker 1: I think I just don't I don't really get to 86 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:22,800 Speaker 1: focus on what I did in the past. I just 87 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:24,840 Speaker 1: keep my eyes ahead of the roll and try to 88 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 1: like this year, it is just well, so how I 89 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,800 Speaker 1: can get better this year and what I can do 90 00:04:30,839 --> 00:04:33,200 Speaker 1: to get better. So I'm just always searching for that 91 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:36,720 Speaker 1: little edge to improve my game every day. Last season, 92 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:39,960 Speaker 1: you had a lot of opportunities to have some pretty 93 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:43,360 Speaker 1: good sacks celebrations, and I heard you have a special 94 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:45,720 Speaker 1: celebration that you like to do. Can you fill us 95 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:48,760 Speaker 1: in on that. It's my kick the door down. I 96 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:51,480 Speaker 1: draw the door, I draw the door up, and then 97 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:54,760 Speaker 1: I kick it down and everybody, you know, everybody started 98 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:57,640 Speaker 1: getting involved. So every time I drawed the door, everybody 99 00:04:57,680 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 1: come in and running to kick it down. Does that 100 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:02,800 Speaker 1: sell bration have an origin story? Now? It's something I 101 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:05,279 Speaker 1: kind of took from one of my old teammates and 102 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:08,160 Speaker 1: made it to my own. He didn't really do it 103 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:11,000 Speaker 1: as much, but once I started doing it just became 104 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:13,520 Speaker 1: my thing, and I just it's just a big thing 105 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:16,159 Speaker 1: it's like you just once you get the sacks, like 106 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:18,920 Speaker 1: you just you know, you draw the door because it's 107 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:21,760 Speaker 1: hard to get sacks in the league. So when you 108 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:23,560 Speaker 1: draw the door, its just you just come in to 109 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:26,400 Speaker 1: kick the door down, like I finally got in. And 110 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:30,040 Speaker 1: then you also have a grave digger nickname I heard. 111 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:31,920 Speaker 1: Can you give us a little bit of the history 112 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:36,760 Speaker 1: behind that one? That's really come from college my defensive coordinator. 113 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 1: I guess they don't really say your first name was 114 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:43,680 Speaker 1: last name in football in college, so I guess he 115 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:46,000 Speaker 1: went from Grave being my heart and my last name 116 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:48,920 Speaker 1: hard Grave. And after I started getting out of the quarterback, 117 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:51,240 Speaker 1: he just put the dig Grave thing. That's something they 118 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:54,000 Speaker 1: just stuck with me through the league. This podcast is 119 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:57,320 Speaker 1: sponsored by man Escaped. 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I think that's all 129 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:26,560 Speaker 1: I told them when they just reached out to me, 130 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:30,360 Speaker 1: just welcome me to the team. It's just I'm surrounded 131 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:32,279 Speaker 1: by dolls. There's a lot of talent on the team, 132 00:06:32,279 --> 00:06:34,320 Speaker 1: and it's just I'm just happy to be a part 133 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:37,240 Speaker 1: of just such a special team. Last time you faced 134 00:06:37,279 --> 00:06:39,760 Speaker 1: the forty nine ers was in that NFC Championship game. 135 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:42,039 Speaker 1: You come out of that game, what was the takeaway 136 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:44,760 Speaker 1: or impressions of the team. Now, we knew that was 137 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:47,159 Speaker 1: a great team. We went into the game knowing that 138 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:51,120 Speaker 1: was gonna be a tough game for us, So even then, 139 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:54,039 Speaker 1: that's why that's how I said, it was real easy 140 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:56,760 Speaker 1: for me because I knew how good a defense was 141 00:06:56,839 --> 00:06:59,400 Speaker 1: when we played on we had a great offense, and 142 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:01,880 Speaker 1: I scene the things they were doing against our offense. 143 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:05,120 Speaker 1: That may just know that they was a real special 144 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:08,000 Speaker 1: team and special defense. And I know you're coming from 145 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:12,280 Speaker 1: a very enthusiastic fan base. What's your takeaway of the 146 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:15,160 Speaker 1: faithful who do have a tendency to show up very 147 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:18,400 Speaker 1: strong the road games, they travel well. I've been blessed 148 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:21,360 Speaker 1: playing the NFL with great fan bases and that's a 149 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:24,120 Speaker 1: big thing too. To have a fan base like this 150 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:27,880 Speaker 1: that comes to the role and take over the home stadium, 151 00:07:27,920 --> 00:07:30,480 Speaker 1: that's that's just so surreal. And you can turn the 152 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:33,040 Speaker 1: way game to a home game, man, that'd be big 153 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 1: for us. I'm for you just so the faithful can 154 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:36,880 Speaker 1: get to know you a little bit better. What do 155 00:07:36,880 --> 00:07:38,640 Speaker 1: you like to do off the field, Off the field, 156 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:41,400 Speaker 1: besides working out and getting ready for a season. I 157 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 1: know there's not a lot of about I just I 158 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:48,840 Speaker 1: like boats. I like being on boats. Um, just being 159 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:52,160 Speaker 1: around France, going to the movies, and of course eating 160 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:55,560 Speaker 1: that's my big thing. Trying not risk the rants and stuff. 161 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:57,640 Speaker 1: This is your first time living on the West Coast. 162 00:07:57,840 --> 00:08:00,480 Speaker 1: Last question, is there anything you're really looking forward to 163 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:03,000 Speaker 1: doing here in the Golden State. I'm a big Steph 164 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:08,400 Speaker 1: Curry crant fan, so when I signed, I was thinking, like, oh, yeah, 165 00:08:08,440 --> 00:08:10,480 Speaker 1: I gotta go to a game and be able to 166 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:12,880 Speaker 1: see that in personal because I've never been to a 167 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:15,760 Speaker 1: Go and Stay Warriors game before. Love that we're forty 168 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:18,600 Speaker 1: minutes away. I know, I hear all right, Javon, why 169 00:08:18,640 --> 00:08:20,560 Speaker 1: don't you give our faithful a shout out in this 170 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:23,760 Speaker 1: camera and let them know, hey, faithful forty nine us. 171 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:26,800 Speaker 1: I'm just Javon Hargray. I'm just happy to be here 172 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:31,880 Speaker 1: and ready to get the work. Go Ninas, thanks for 173 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:33,880 Speaker 1: tuning in to the forty nine Ers You've Got Mail 174 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 1: podcast presented by Manscaped. Don't forget to subscribe to our 175 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:41,160 Speaker 1: podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify so you can be 176 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:43,920 Speaker 1: the first to listen to our latest episodes. Next one 177 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:45,000 Speaker 1: drops in two weeks.