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Speaker 1: Welcome to the forty nine Ers You've Got Mail Podcasts

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

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Speaker 1: agency activity has slowed down at forty nine ers HQ

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Speaker 1: this week with a large contingency of NFL owners, executives

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Speaker 1: and head coaches taking a trip to our Orlando, Florida

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Speaker 1: for the NFL Annual League Meeting. Here only You've Got

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Speaker 1: Mail Podcasts. We're going to keep introducing some of the

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Speaker 1: newest forty nine ers signed in the first and second

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Speaker 1: weeks of free agency. If you want to see pictures

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Speaker 1: and video of all the recent players signings, make sure

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Speaker 1: to head forty nine ers dot com and our YouTube

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Speaker 1: page Faithful. Our first interview is with defensive linemen you

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Speaker 1: tour Gross Matos. The fifth year pro spent the last

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Speaker 1: four seasons with the Carolina Panthers, playing both on the

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Speaker 1: edge and interior d line. Here's Gross Matos interview from

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Speaker 1: his first day in the Bay. YETI spend your first

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Speaker 1: four seasons with the Carolina Panthers. During that time, the

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Speaker 1: forty nine Ers established themselves as a powerhouse in the

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Speaker 1: end of siege. From what you've seen and being here

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Speaker 1: now at HQ. How excited are you to be part

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Speaker 1: of this organization.

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Speaker 2: I'm extremely excited. I'm extremely excited. You said, you guys

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Speaker 2: are a powerhouse, and I haven't had much, you know,

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Speaker 2: success winning up to this point, and I'm excited to

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Speaker 2: be a part of it. See what that culture is like.

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Speaker 1: Phones are ringing off the hook during free agency? What

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Speaker 1: made you ultimately decide that the Bay Area the San

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Speaker 1: Francisco forty nine ers were the right decision for you?

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Speaker 2: Two things. I wanted to be a great player and

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Speaker 2: I wanted to win, and I felt like coming here

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Speaker 2: was just a perfect place to do both.

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Speaker 1: You'll be working alongside defensive line coach Chris Kosak and

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Speaker 1: also the defensive philosophy here is everything starts up front.

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Speaker 1: What makes you confidence that you'll be able to develop

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Speaker 1: as a pass rusher here?

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Speaker 2: I mean, obviously, he's a great successful guys in the past,

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Speaker 2: and you know, I know what I bring to the table,

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Speaker 2: so I'm confident I'll be able to get the job done.

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Speaker 1: As analysts are going through your tape during this free

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Speaker 1: agency period, your versatility ability to play up and down

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Speaker 1: the line has been something that's been highlighted. What would

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Speaker 1: you say your greatest strength is of your game.

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Speaker 2: Probably my versus. I can go inside rush, I can

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Speaker 2: stay outside rush, on the edge and dominating the run game.

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Speaker 2: I just feel like my trajectory is only going up.

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Speaker 1: So Virginia Native Penn State alum, I'm guessing you have

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Speaker 1: aren't super familiar with the West coast. So what's the

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Speaker 1: first thing on your California bucket list?

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Speaker 2: Probably just explore explore San fran you know, coming down

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Speaker 2: here and seeing the valley is beautiful. I heard this

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Speaker 2: is the winter weather, this.

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Speaker 1: Is this is the winter.

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Speaker 3: This seemed very cool to me.

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Speaker 2: So probably just exploring sporing a land seen every league.

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Speaker 1: My software Before we meet our next player, award from

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Speaker 1: defensive lineman Jordan Elliott will round out our free agency intros.

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Speaker 1: Elliott heads to the Bay by way of Cleveland. He

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Speaker 1: was a third round pick by the Browns in twenty

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Speaker 1: eighteen and went from rotational player to starter by year

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Speaker 1: three of his career. Here's more from Elliott. Jordan, you

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Speaker 1: come to the Bay Area after spending the first four

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Speaker 1: years of your career with the Cleveland Browns. What are

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Speaker 1: you most excited about as you head to HQ You

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Speaker 1: get to meet some of the coaches also, John Lynch, I.

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Speaker 3: Mean really just the atmosphere of the fans, you know,

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Speaker 3: just the energy of just being able to dwell in that,

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Speaker 3: you know what I mean, and to experience that. I

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Speaker 3: feel like it's something that you know, you guys, coming

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Speaker 3: off a season like last year, I feel like it's

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Speaker 3: a perfect.

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Speaker 1: Upon What made this spot the right spot for your

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Speaker 1: next career move?

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Speaker 3: Every day? You know what I mean? It was it

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Speaker 3: was a match made in heaven for real, honestly, like coaching,

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Speaker 3: the front office, everything, you know.

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Speaker 1: What I mean. So I'm thankful you face the forty

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Speaker 1: nine ers not so long ago, Week six of the

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty three season. That game went down to the wire.

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Speaker 1: What takeaways lasting impression did that leave on you about

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Speaker 1: the organization coming.

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Speaker 3: Into that week preparing you know, we knew it was

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Speaker 3: gonna be a game, It's gonna be something tough, just

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Speaker 3: dealing with that offense to explosion that they have, you

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Speaker 3: know what I mean, So just being able to go

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Speaker 3: against that actually meeting now. You know, it's cool to

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Speaker 3: just see you know how y'all operate behind the scenes,

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Speaker 3: and it makes sense. You know why y'all out We

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Speaker 3: all learn you.

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Speaker 1: Worked your way into a star arting defensive tackles spot

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Speaker 1: by your third year with the Browns. What prepared you

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Speaker 1: and changed in your game for that impact role?

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Speaker 3: Honestly, just just the word, you know what I mean,

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Speaker 3: the things that you know see the off season where

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Speaker 3: finding a way to better myself, better my body, my

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Speaker 3: mental you know, only everything.

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Speaker 1: You're gonna have the opportunity to play alongside Javon Hargrave

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Speaker 1: and established defensive tackle. What are you hoping to bring

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Speaker 1: immediately to the forty nine ers defensive line?

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Speaker 3: Honestly, just production, you know what I mean. At the

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Speaker 3: end of the day, thing, that's what we're all here

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Speaker 3: for it. We want to produce, you know what I mean.

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Speaker 3: We want to bring, bring sacks, We want to bring

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Speaker 3: explosive players. You know that they get the fans excited.

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Speaker 3: So that's what I'm going to do.

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Speaker 1: You got a little taste of the faithful in Cleveland

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Speaker 1: week six. What are you expecting a game to hear

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Speaker 1: at Levi Stadium to be like just die.

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Speaker 3: Our loyal fans, so coming into every game, I expect excitement,

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Speaker 3: you know what I mean, just peer energy every week.

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