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Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Courting Night is School Has Gotten

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Speaker 1: Real podcast presented by Manscape. It has been a long time,

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Speaker 1: but we are back. We are finally getting back to

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Speaker 1: of a better person to talk to. We we're talking

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Speaker 1: about getting back to the forty Niners and this culminating

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Speaker 1: this entire off season and going into training camp and

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Speaker 1: voice of the forty Niners, Greg, Papa Greg, it's been

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Speaker 1: a long time. How has your off season been. It's

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Speaker 1: been fabulous and it's so good to hear your voice. Tan.

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Speaker 1: I think that means we're getting closer to the football

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Speaker 1: season and hopefully it'll be a little bit more normal.

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Speaker 1: But you know, I had a good off season, but uh,

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Speaker 1: I think the football team, John Lynch and Kyle and

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Speaker 1: There was just so much uncertainty after last season ended

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Speaker 1: because we had such a long list of unrestricted free

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Speaker 1: agent and the cap going down and how could they

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Speaker 1: do it? And brought just about everybody back with the

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Speaker 1: exception I'm a couple of guys and were able to

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Speaker 1: able to come and Mac so I, I, you know,

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Speaker 1: my off season, I'm recharged, I'm tanned, rested and ready

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Speaker 1: much more important. No, that's that's very We have to

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Speaker 1: highlight that Greg Papa is rested, he's ready to go.

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Speaker 1: That means I'm ready. But you know, you brought up

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Speaker 1: You hosted a portion of the forty Niners State of

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Speaker 1: the Franchise back in June where you got to sit

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Speaker 1: down with George Kittle and Fred Warner and chat with

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Speaker 1: them about the season, and you chatted with Kyle Shanahan

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Speaker 1: and John Lynch m about their expectations. But did anything

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Speaker 1: stand out from to you from your conversation with a

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Speaker 1: lot of the leaders of this team. Well, George and

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Speaker 1: Fred are just incredible people. I mean in every way,

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Speaker 1: shape and form personality. They're very different, but at their core,

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Speaker 1: they become the highest paid players Kean at their respective

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Speaker 1: commonality there. They're just workers, they're just good people. You

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Speaker 1: don't have to worry about them. They're special. And neither

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Speaker 1: one of those guys were high draft picks. Fred was

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Speaker 1: the number seventy overall pick and George number and now

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Speaker 1: And with Richard Sherman not on the roster, I think

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Speaker 1: But he does it in a quiet um, just impactful way.

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Speaker 1: There's just certain people when they walk in the room,

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Speaker 1: Now when George walks in the room, you can hear him,

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Speaker 1: So that's a whole different vibe because he's just George.

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Speaker 1: But they're amazing, they're amazing people, and I think they

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Speaker 1: really uh, they're just so symbolic of the franchise to

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Speaker 1: be able to draft guys. Uh sometimes you get them

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Speaker 1: that they're the quality men and players they both are. Uh,

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Speaker 1: impact of the of the pandemic and feeling it. You know, overall,

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Speaker 1: we're not through it yet. But anyway, Uh, those two

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Speaker 1: and I think this roster is deeper than it was

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Speaker 1: I want to recap this Forting Niner's offseason because it's

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Speaker 1: been quite an off season and I just want to,

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Speaker 1: the deadline. You retain a number of defensive players, like

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Speaker 1: were looking at guys like Kawan Williams, Jason Varette, so

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Speaker 1: a little bit of that offseason program, but they lose

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Speaker 1: a very impressive rate. Now, you know, I think we

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Speaker 1: Kendrick could come back, but you can't keep them all.

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Speaker 1: Uh in a starity with Trent. Uh. You know, Trent

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Speaker 1: a smart guy and so is his agent. Very seldom

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Speaker 1: the open market. It just doesn't happen. Those guys get

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Speaker 1: He's he's a businessman, and so they To the outside

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Speaker 1: So he was the first guy to go. But then everybody,

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Speaker 1: able to do. That guy played all over the place,

431
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Speaker 1: last year when you thought he's off the rosters, he

432
00:21:42,359 --> 00:21:45,320
Speaker 1: on the rosters. He's still here. I see him going

433
00:21:45,359 --> 00:21:47,960
Speaker 1: and play in the slot last year and play really effectively.

434
00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:51,159
Speaker 1: So veterans just have a way of getting around in

435
00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:53,600
Speaker 1: this league. So as far as the young guys, I

436
00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:56,320
Speaker 1: think they all have tremendous upside. But this is pro

437
00:21:56,440 --> 00:21:59,640
Speaker 1: football and there's a huge adjustment from college to pro

438
00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:02,720
Speaker 1: even no matter how you know what your skill set

439
00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:05,160
Speaker 1: is and you know if you're long and can play

440
00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:07,879
Speaker 1: on the outside or more go inside. So I'm just

441
00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:11,360
Speaker 1: gonna wait and see on those guys. But as far

442
00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:15,800
Speaker 1: as the safeties go, Tony Jefferson can play. Uh, you

443
00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:17,960
Speaker 1: know that that guy is to get him off the

444
00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:20,600
Speaker 1: scrap heep and to be able to sign him late

445
00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:23,879
Speaker 1: in the off season as one of those Wow, Tony

446
00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:29,400
Speaker 1: Jefferson really, I mean that that guy could easily challenge Jaquasti. Uh,

447
00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:32,320
Speaker 1: he could challenge the other you know, young safeties you

448
00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:34,960
Speaker 1: have there, and they all have different skill sets in

449
00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:38,280
Speaker 1: the deep in the deep secondary, whether it's Harris or more.

450
00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:42,600
Speaker 1: But Tony Jefferson is a player. There's no question. He's

451
00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:47,040
Speaker 1: a He's a cerebral, smart player, he's played winning snaps

452
00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:49,120
Speaker 1: for a long long time. To be able to add

453
00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:52,600
Speaker 1: that guy late in the process is really encouraging. And

454
00:22:52,600 --> 00:22:55,720
Speaker 1: obviously Jimmy Ward makes it all work because Jimmy is

455
00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:59,240
Speaker 1: just so underrated. He can play, he can play deep,

456
00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:01,320
Speaker 1: he can play in side, he can man match on

457
00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:04,640
Speaker 1: tight ends, you can man match on slot receivers. We've

458
00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:07,239
Speaker 1: seen him, you know, match up with Cooper Cup or

459
00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:10,119
Speaker 1: tight ends, and he's just got a great versatile skill

460
00:23:10,160 --> 00:23:13,719
Speaker 1: set that you need to be able to play. So uh,

461
00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:16,480
Speaker 1: Barette is just you know, I you know, I think

462
00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:18,880
Speaker 1: people get too caught up on the injuries. These guys

463
00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:22,840
Speaker 1: get hurt. Barette um and I love his mindset. When

464
00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:27,440
Speaker 1: they asked him about the injuries at a Zoom meeting

465
00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:29,720
Speaker 1: with the media this offseason, he said, I'm done with it.

466
00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:31,520
Speaker 1: I don't want to talk anymore about it. He's got

467
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Speaker 1: an adge about him. The other thing is a lot

468
00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:39,000
Speaker 1: of these guys Keiana have one year deals, so uh,

469
00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:40,960
Speaker 1: you know, the one thing and it's it's like that

470
00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:44,600
Speaker 1: and anything in life, the carrot of financial security, and

471
00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:47,840
Speaker 1: this is the NFL. None of them have financial security

472
00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:50,920
Speaker 1: because they get cut tomorrow. You'll get what you're guaranteed

473
00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:53,000
Speaker 1: in the contract, truly guaranteed to be on that you're

474
00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:55,320
Speaker 1: not gonna get anything. So they all have to prove

475
00:23:55,320 --> 00:23:58,159
Speaker 1: it every snap. But Barette's got a little edge to

476
00:23:58,240 --> 00:24:01,560
Speaker 1: him because he took a one year and he got

477
00:24:01,560 --> 00:24:04,119
Speaker 1: a nice race. But you know, I think is for

478
00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:08,119
Speaker 1: what his skill set is. Uh, And it was because

479
00:24:08,119 --> 00:24:11,719
Speaker 1: of the pandemic and the cap going so far back. Uh.

480
00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:15,960
Speaker 1: Once the cap goes up to a reasonable number, Guys

481
00:24:16,040 --> 00:24:19,280
Speaker 1: like Jason Varette, people know what he is, but he

482
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Speaker 1: had to. You know, he's coming off injury, so there's

483
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Speaker 1: a reason for that. But the point is he has

484
00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:26,200
Speaker 1: been hungry to get back into the NFL and take

485
00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:30,240
Speaker 1: his rightful place as a starting cornerback in this league

486
00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:33,880
Speaker 1: and a Pro Bowl caliber cornerback in this league. Now

487
00:24:34,359 --> 00:24:37,240
Speaker 1: he has that, he has the health back, and he

488
00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:43,320
Speaker 1: still has the drive for the financial security and rewards

489
00:24:43,359 --> 00:24:45,880
Speaker 1: that he's looking for. And the one thing about Varette

490
00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:48,280
Speaker 1: in the one argument you can make about these corners

491
00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:54,400
Speaker 1: is they don't have Sherman or a killer Witherspoon's length there.

492
00:24:54,600 --> 00:24:57,080
Speaker 1: You know, they're smaller guys, even Kwan on the slot,

493
00:24:57,640 --> 00:25:00,800
Speaker 1: mostly in Varrette, but mostly in Varrette don't play small.

494
00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:04,359
Speaker 1: They play bigger, and they know how to play through

495
00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:07,600
Speaker 1: hands and hips and get up on guys. And I

496
00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:11,840
Speaker 1: can remember vividly a couple of plays. When you look

497
00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:14,760
Speaker 1: at our division, there are a lot of receivers you

498
00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:16,720
Speaker 1: have to match up with. You know, Robert Woods one

499
00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:19,080
Speaker 1: of the most underrated receivers in football with the Rams.

500
00:25:19,119 --> 00:25:20,960
Speaker 1: He's a great player. He would fit in so well

501
00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:23,520
Speaker 1: here with all those get suits and everything. The way

502
00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:25,399
Speaker 1: he blocks. I'm not gonna. I don't want to tamper,

503
00:25:26,119 --> 00:25:28,360
Speaker 1: but I think both coaches Kyle and Shawn have been

504
00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:32,080
Speaker 1: you know, and I over guys on the other team's roster,

505
00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:37,800
Speaker 1: whether it's the quarterback or whomever. But uh, Robert Woods

506
00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:39,840
Speaker 1: a great player. Cooper Cup is a great player. But

507
00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:43,240
Speaker 1: when you look at this division, you've got two huge

508
00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:48,080
Speaker 1: wide receivers, and DeAndre Hopkins in Arizona and DK Metcalf

509
00:25:48,520 --> 00:25:50,800
Speaker 1: in Seattle you got to deal with And I can

510
00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:53,720
Speaker 1: remember back to back games last year where Jason Barrett

511
00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:57,160
Speaker 1: went up and challenged both of those guys. He can

512
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Speaker 1: deal with the size of DK Metcalf because he's smart.

513
00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:02,119
Speaker 1: He may not be as big as he is, but

514
00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:04,760
Speaker 1: he can go up and high point the ball played through,

515
00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:07,840
Speaker 1: the ball, played with toughness, and I could remember vividly

516
00:26:08,359 --> 00:26:11,080
Speaker 1: that Saturday game in Arizona last year where they tried

517
00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:14,359
Speaker 1: to get one on one matchup with de hop against

518
00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:16,920
Speaker 1: Barrette and he had none of it on the play

519
00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:19,240
Speaker 1: in the end zone on the back shoulder. So I

520
00:26:19,320 --> 00:26:22,119
Speaker 1: just love barette skill set in every way, shape and form.

521
00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:24,480
Speaker 1: They gotta stay healthy, I mean, that's the bottom line.

522
00:26:24,760 --> 00:26:27,160
Speaker 1: And I think you have a little bit of pad uh.

523
00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:28,919
Speaker 1: We'll see what the young guys bring if you do

524
00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:31,600
Speaker 1: have a little bit of injuries there. But as I said,

525
00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:34,000
Speaker 1: I think even though they're under sized a little bit,

526
00:26:34,359 --> 00:26:37,800
Speaker 1: that they play bigger uh than their their actual height,

527
00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:39,639
Speaker 1: and I think they can they can match up with

528
00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:41,600
Speaker 1: the best wide receivers and then you know, you've got

529
00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:44,480
Speaker 1: to get a great one in Seattle you gotta deal

530
00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:47,239
Speaker 1: with as well, so they you know, there's receivers all

531
00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:50,440
Speaker 1: over the field. But but DK Metcalf and DeAndre Hopkins

532
00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:53,600
Speaker 1: are those big, tall, angular guys and I think our

533
00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:56,439
Speaker 1: our trio can can match up with them all right.

534
00:26:56,520 --> 00:26:59,440
Speaker 1: Speaking of trio, I got a question from Desmond Carrington

535
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Speaker 1: from Green's Borrow North Carolina. You said Jason Varette, Emmanuel Moseley,

536
00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:10,040
Speaker 1: Kawan Williams. Do you see eman having a starting role? Yeah,

537
00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:14,040
Speaker 1: without question, without question. Yeah, I mean who knows. We've

538
00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:15,760
Speaker 1: got to camp and let's see. And if you know

539
00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:18,479
Speaker 1: the young guy Thomas plays well, he would be more

540
00:27:18,480 --> 00:27:21,680
Speaker 1: of a boundary corner. But yeah, Emanuel Moseley is a

541
00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:25,520
Speaker 1: starting corner. Uh. You know, with all due respect to Sherman,

542
00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:28,280
Speaker 1: even when Sherman came back last year and they weren't

543
00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:32,240
Speaker 1: always healthy simultaneously, the three best corners on the roster

544
00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:35,359
Speaker 1: last year, to me, you were Jason Verrett, Emmanuel Moseley

545
00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:39,119
Speaker 1: outside and Kawan Williams in the slot. I mean, that's it.

546
00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:42,600
Speaker 1: Manuel Moseley is a player. I mean, if you want

547
00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:44,119
Speaker 1: to look and you know what it would happen on

548
00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:47,880
Speaker 1: the Wasp play in Super Bowl fifty four. These guys

549
00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:50,520
Speaker 1: make mistakes and that wasn't a terrible mistake. That's where

550
00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:52,880
Speaker 1: you put a corner in a conflict where he has

551
00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:55,280
Speaker 1: to make a call on a nano second and that's

552
00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:57,840
Speaker 1: what great play designers like Andy Reid and Eric the

553
00:27:57,920 --> 00:28:02,520
Speaker 1: Enemy do. But yeah, I mean he's got to stay healthy. Um,

554
00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:06,159
Speaker 1: But yeah, Emanuel Moseley is a starting corner The weird

555
00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:09,960
Speaker 1: part for me, Keyana is seeing him a number four.

556
00:28:10,560 --> 00:28:13,240
Speaker 1: I mean, I gotta spend I gotta spend all of

557
00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:16,160
Speaker 1: it's going through the numbers here. What the hell, man,

558
00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:19,640
Speaker 1: You've got a quarterback where number four I may think

559
00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:21,840
Speaker 1: like is he because he played quarterback? Or is he

560
00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:25,199
Speaker 1: a cornerback? So, but I don't care what number he is.

561
00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:28,200
Speaker 1: Evad is a starting quarter in the NFL and certainly

562
00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:30,080
Speaker 1: one on this team. Now he's got to go prove it.

563
00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:32,240
Speaker 1: And these young guys could come in and they could

564
00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:34,679
Speaker 1: be you know, Hall of Fame players right away. They

565
00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:37,840
Speaker 1: could be the next Jimmy Johnson. But uh, as you

566
00:28:38,040 --> 00:28:39,680
Speaker 1: as you look at the depth chart, the one that

567
00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:43,440
Speaker 1: I'm laying out right now, Emanuel Moseley and Jason Varettio

568
00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:47,520
Speaker 1: two started quarterbacks, and and Kawan Williams as you're starting nickelback,

569
00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:50,080
Speaker 1: you just gave me a little bit of anxiety just

570
00:28:50,160 --> 00:28:53,880
Speaker 1: going looking at number changes. I have to get used to.

571
00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:56,800
Speaker 1: It's already you're looking at a field with ninety guys,

572
00:28:56,840 --> 00:28:58,440
Speaker 1: and now you're trying to figure out who is who.

573
00:28:58,440 --> 00:29:00,680
Speaker 1: And now you've got some of your older eyes with

574
00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:05,000
Speaker 1: new numbers, So it's a new challenge. Let's say for

575
00:29:05,080 --> 00:29:08,040
Speaker 1: us that our view in practice. But all right, let's

576
00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:13,160
Speaker 1: let's jump to running back. Jack Tiatin from Modesto asked

577
00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:17,560
Speaker 1: why the signing of Wayne Gallman? Obviously this was before

578
00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:20,160
Speaker 1: the draft, This was before the forty Niners signed Trace

579
00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:24,280
Speaker 1: or drafted Tray Sermon and Elijah Mitchell. But what was

580
00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:27,600
Speaker 1: it about Wayne Gallman that you think UH had call

581
00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:29,880
Speaker 1: Shanahan kind of focused in and zero in on this guy.

582
00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:33,320
Speaker 1: Obviously you have no longer Jerick McKinnon, and you no

583
00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:37,800
Speaker 1: longer have uh Tevin Coleman. But also I'm gonna throw

584
00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:40,000
Speaker 1: into his question now, you gotta look at the injuries

585
00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:42,000
Speaker 1: to Jeff Wilson Jr. He's supposed to be out for

586
00:29:42,040 --> 00:29:46,280
Speaker 1: a couple of weeks. With that torminiscus, does Wayne Gallman?

587
00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:48,920
Speaker 1: Why Wayne Gallman? Question number one? And number two? Does

588
00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:50,440
Speaker 1: he actually have a chance of landing a spot on

589
00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:54,040
Speaker 1: this roster? But totally okay. So I love the era

590
00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:56,680
Speaker 1: we live in because I've been doing this for a

591
00:29:56,720 --> 00:30:01,480
Speaker 1: long time and video, you know it is hard to obtain.

592
00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:04,200
Speaker 1: Years ago, I would get it, and you watched the

593
00:30:04,240 --> 00:30:07,600
Speaker 1: coaches all twenty two. But uh, now it's just so

594
00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:11,200
Speaker 1: easy for anybody, whether or not you have the NFL app,

595
00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:12,920
Speaker 1: you can get it. You can watch all twenty two

596
00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:15,960
Speaker 1: on that. But you don't even have to do that. Uh.

597
00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:18,800
Speaker 1: You know, the NFL coaches have what's supplied to them

598
00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:22,200
Speaker 1: is known as cut ups. We're just go snap, snap, snap,

599
00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:23,920
Speaker 1: step snap, and they get what they want to look at.

600
00:30:24,480 --> 00:30:27,959
Speaker 1: YouTube does that right now? For Keiana, it's amazing. You

601
00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:31,880
Speaker 1: could just YouTube Wayne Goldman and there'd be a video

602
00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:35,360
Speaker 1: of just every carry that he's had throughout his entire

603
00:30:35,480 --> 00:30:39,520
Speaker 1: NFL career. I encourage your Yeah, so go back and

604
00:30:39,560 --> 00:30:42,600
Speaker 1: watch it, which I've done, and I've also watched because

605
00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:44,400
Speaker 1: I like to let the game breathe a little bit

606
00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:46,200
Speaker 1: and that tempo and see I like to watch the

607
00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:48,000
Speaker 1: guys in and out of the huddle, so I watched both.

608
00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:52,600
Speaker 1: Wayne Goldman is a tough, running inside sucker. That guy

609
00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:55,840
Speaker 1: when Sae Kwon Parkley went down to injury last year,

610
00:30:56,320 --> 00:30:58,840
Speaker 1: just watch and go back and watch him throughout his career.

611
00:30:59,280 --> 00:31:03,280
Speaker 1: The guy is a physical force inside and I think

612
00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:07,920
Speaker 1: he's stylistically different than everybody we have currently. Raheem although

613
00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:11,360
Speaker 1: Raheem showed a little more physicality where it wasn't all

614
00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:14,520
Speaker 1: let's used that track speed to run around you. It

615
00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:17,160
Speaker 1: was sometimes I just can't get around you. I'm gonna

616
00:31:17,240 --> 00:31:20,080
Speaker 1: run right through you and truck you. So Raheem I

617
00:31:20,120 --> 00:31:23,080
Speaker 1: thought last year ran physically tougher and was more of

618
00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:26,120
Speaker 1: a tackle breaker. But he's he's he's the speed guy,

619
00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:28,280
Speaker 1: Trey Sermon. We got to see what he is. I

620
00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:31,040
Speaker 1: I watched Tray actually did one of his games in Oklahoma,

621
00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:35,880
Speaker 1: and he does not have Raheem mostered breakaway speed, but

622
00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:39,600
Speaker 1: he has incredible vision and just a slip and slide

623
00:31:39,960 --> 00:31:44,000
Speaker 1: way about him that he's looking at the next level.

624
00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:47,040
Speaker 1: The level he's on now, I think he feels like

625
00:31:47,120 --> 00:31:49,480
Speaker 1: I'm gonna make you miss, and I'm gonna get to

626
00:31:49,520 --> 00:31:52,400
Speaker 1: the next level, and because my eyes are already down there,

627
00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:54,520
Speaker 1: I'm gonna make you miss as well. And then when

628
00:31:54,520 --> 00:31:57,280
Speaker 1: I get to the third level, you may bring me down,

629
00:31:57,280 --> 00:32:01,160
Speaker 1: but it's gonna be yards down Fielding a college often

630
00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:03,840
Speaker 1: they couldn't bring him down. So but he's a rookie,

631
00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:05,840
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go to the same card that I used

632
00:32:05,840 --> 00:32:08,920
Speaker 1: with the young corners. Let's just see, this is pro football.

633
00:32:09,040 --> 00:32:13,000
Speaker 1: It's a different deal. But Wayne Goldman unquestionably has a

634
00:32:13,120 --> 00:32:16,680
Speaker 1: role on this football team. Now, with Jeff Wilson Jr. Healthy,

635
00:32:17,080 --> 00:32:18,959
Speaker 1: you get into a bit of a numbers crunch. But

636
00:32:18,960 --> 00:32:21,640
Speaker 1: with Jeff Wilson Jr. Not healthy, and I think this

637
00:32:21,680 --> 00:32:23,840
Speaker 1: will linger into the start of the year. They may

638
00:32:23,920 --> 00:32:26,080
Speaker 1: have to put him on pop to start the year

639
00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:29,080
Speaker 1: and he could miss the first six or so. Goldman

640
00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:32,040
Speaker 1: certainly is the guy you're comfortable with because he's such

641
00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:34,960
Speaker 1: a hard runner. Elijah Mitchell brings a different skill set

642
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Speaker 1: as well, tremendous ability to run routes a lot like

643
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Speaker 1: Jett McKinnon key on and his ability there great hands

644
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Speaker 1: to be able to just and catch the football. And

645
00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:49,959
Speaker 1: Jamichael Hasty was really impressive last year. You'd like native

646
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Speaker 1: slide one of these guys or two of these guys

647
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Speaker 1: on your practice squad. So we'll see how it all

648
00:32:54,600 --> 00:32:58,440
Speaker 1: flushes out. But they did sign Wayne Goldman before they drafted,

649
00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:01,719
Speaker 1: and then they drafted too bad acts. But Wayne Goldman

650
00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:04,920
Speaker 1: certainly is an NFL running back. But you know what,

651
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Speaker 1: he may not be able to make the team because

652
00:33:07,040 --> 00:33:09,520
Speaker 1: who knows, Jeff Wilson Jr's injury may be a lot

653
00:33:09,560 --> 00:33:12,120
Speaker 1: better than we think, and these rookies could be really

654
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Speaker 1: impressive in camp. Uh. He's one of those guys that

655
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Speaker 1: I'm talking about that if you do cut him, somebody's

656
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Speaker 1: going to pick up Wayne Goldman at the heartbeat because

657
00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:25,120
Speaker 1: he's a proven NFL runner And it's not all outside zone,

658
00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:28,320
Speaker 1: outside zone stretch play. It's a lot of inside zone.

659
00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:30,520
Speaker 1: And the forty nine has ran power a lot more

660
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Speaker 1: last year where they pulled that big left guard Lake

661
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Speaker 1: and Thomas and on on lead place, and Goldman can

662
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Speaker 1: do that as well. So Wayne Goldman is a really tough,

663
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Speaker 1: physical inside runner. And you know you mentioned Tevin Coleman

664
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Speaker 1: going to the Jets a lot like Tevin Coleman. Where

665
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Speaker 1: Tevin was a really tough, physical finisher, Tevin had more

666
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Speaker 1: breakaway speed. I think the Goldman. I'll have to get

667
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Speaker 1: to know Wayne a little bit more. But Wayne Goldman

668
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Speaker 1: is whether it's on this roster or somebody else's roster,

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Speaker 1: he has proved even that he is clearly an NFL

670
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Speaker 1: running back. Yeah, proved that last year with se Kwon

671
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Speaker 1: Barkley going down and kind of was the savior for

672
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Speaker 1: the Giants. Uh in the run game, because you know

673
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Speaker 1: losing obviously we know all about that story, but you know,

674
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Speaker 1: losing one of your top players stay Quan and I'm

675
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Speaker 1: referring to like a Nick Bosa and being able to

676
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Speaker 1: have that backup step in. So definitely a capable running

677
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Speaker 1: back and looking forward to seeing Wayne Gallman in training

678
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Speaker 1: camp and how that position plays out. But let's let's

679
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Speaker 1: just take a step back. Let's look at the entire

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Speaker 1: forty Niners roster. Is there a position group outside of

681
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Speaker 1: quarterback that you're most excited to see this season? This

682
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Speaker 1: question comes from Daphne Moore from Virginia. Well, you know me,

683
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Speaker 1: I love it all. I would say puncher. I am

684
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Speaker 1: a big Mitch wish Now she said love wish. No,

685
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Speaker 1: I mean, I mean we know who Mitch is and

686
00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:55,799
Speaker 1: I think he quietly had a very good rookie year.

687
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Speaker 1: I'll be better in the second year. Um, there's not

688
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Speaker 1: an element of the football team. I looking at gunners.

689
00:35:01,440 --> 00:35:04,040
Speaker 1: You know me, I'm I'm a football geek that way.

690
00:35:04,680 --> 00:35:07,359
Speaker 1: I love tread Shirtfield and what he's gonna do as

691
00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:11,480
Speaker 1: a as a gunner. But in all seriousness, just as

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Speaker 1: far as the prominent positions and short field does fit

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Speaker 1: fit in there? I would say the one that has

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Speaker 1: the most intrigued because I could go through right now

695
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Speaker 1: and probably tell you borrowing injury, who's going to start

696
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Speaker 1: in almost every position, with the exception maybe of right guard. Now,

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00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:30,600
Speaker 1: there's always guys that, Wow, that guy's way better than

698
00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:32,440
Speaker 1: we thought. Let's let's see what he does or give

699
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Speaker 1: them reps. But as they have the you know, as

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Speaker 1: you look at the two deep right now and have

701
00:35:37,239 --> 00:35:39,799
Speaker 1: a feel for it, I think we we know who's

702
00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:41,600
Speaker 1: gonna be your main players. Then you get and the

703
00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:43,880
Speaker 1: think about the NFL. You got to so many sub packages,

704
00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:45,319
Speaker 1: and we think we have a heel, a feel for

705
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Speaker 1: how that's gonna be. Right guard would be the one

706
00:35:48,280 --> 00:35:51,040
Speaker 1: open position in can Aaron Banks, you know, take that spot.

707
00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:55,440
Speaker 1: But the third wide receiver position is probably most intriguing

708
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Speaker 1: to people. And Trent Shirtfield does fit in there because

709
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Speaker 1: I he's a great special teams player. He is a

710
00:36:02,719 --> 00:36:06,200
Speaker 1: great gunner, and he's a core special teams player. And

711
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Speaker 1: you lost some of your great special teams players in

712
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Speaker 1: the off season. Zacha Mark Nazacha was a core guy

713
00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:15,359
Speaker 1: and Richard high Tower. When they get down and cut

714
00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:18,839
Speaker 1: the roster, he's gonna raise his arm, raise his hand

715
00:36:18,840 --> 00:36:21,160
Speaker 1: and maybe bang a table or two and say, hey

716
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Speaker 1: how about me? You know, you know, we gotta be

717
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Speaker 1: good on teams and so Shirtfield, I think make sure

718
00:36:26,880 --> 00:36:28,799
Speaker 1: makes your fifty three. And I think he's up on

719
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Speaker 1: game day almost every time because he's a great special

720
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Speaker 1: teams player. Beyond that, Kiana Ay and Debo are your

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Speaker 1: ex and your z so who your backup X and ZSE?

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Speaker 1: Who's your apps? Your slot guys? Uh? And we know

723
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Speaker 1: the names you know. Richie James Jr. Is a proven

724
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Speaker 1: player in this in this league and he also helps

725
00:36:49,800 --> 00:36:54,480
Speaker 1: you on on special teams. Mohammed Sanu is a veteran

726
00:36:54,520 --> 00:36:58,160
Speaker 1: guy who they know. He did look better in UH

727
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Speaker 1: in the O T S that he did to me

728
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Speaker 1: when we saw him last year. Throughout the year, I

729
00:37:01,560 --> 00:37:04,440
Speaker 1: think his body is fresher. He knows Kyle home mixing

730
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Speaker 1: for that as well. The young guys, the Jawan Jennings,

731
00:37:07,960 --> 00:37:09,920
Speaker 1: who I thought it looked like a whole different athlete

732
00:37:09,960 --> 00:37:11,440
Speaker 1: athlete this year. When I saw him at the O

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Speaker 1: T A S. I thought he he looked a little

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00:37:13,719 --> 00:37:16,320
Speaker 1: slow and sluggist last year as a rookie before he

735
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Speaker 1: got hurt. This year, he looks sleeker, he looks more

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Speaker 1: you know c o d change of direction in and

737
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Speaker 1: out of his breaks. There were many times where I'm like, wow,

738
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Speaker 1: is that the same guy that I saw? And then

739
00:37:28,560 --> 00:37:32,080
Speaker 1: Jalen Heard. Obviously a physical force, but he's got to

740
00:37:32,120 --> 00:37:36,480
Speaker 1: be able to stay healthy as well. Travis Benjamin, you know,

741
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Speaker 1: if people forget I would put him in the Jason

742
00:37:39,360 --> 00:37:42,640
Speaker 1: Barett Hopper for a guy that I watched for years

743
00:37:43,280 --> 00:37:45,200
Speaker 1: and a lot of different teams, but a lot of

744
00:37:45,239 --> 00:37:47,920
Speaker 1: times in the a f C West, the Chargers. Travis

745
00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:51,360
Speaker 1: Benjamin is a football player. You talk about change of direction,

746
00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:55,239
Speaker 1: this guys he he is incredibly quick in and out

747
00:37:55,840 --> 00:37:57,960
Speaker 1: and he opted out last year, you know, because of

748
00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:00,759
Speaker 1: the concerns for COVID. He wanted to checked himself and

749
00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:04,520
Speaker 1: his family didn't play. Kyle knows that guy. That guy's

750
00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:06,200
Speaker 1: a player, and he could also give it a punt

751
00:38:06,239 --> 00:38:10,000
Speaker 1: return game. Kevin White, who I'm just looking to emerge

752
00:38:10,440 --> 00:38:14,160
Speaker 1: when whenever they're out there just running routes. Uh, he's

753
00:38:14,200 --> 00:38:16,600
Speaker 1: the best wide receiver on the practice field by far.

754
00:38:17,120 --> 00:38:19,600
Speaker 1: Look at the body on this guy's big and strong

755
00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:22,960
Speaker 1: runs crisp routes. He's got to get a handle of

756
00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:24,560
Speaker 1: the playbook and they've got to be able to be

757
00:38:24,600 --> 00:38:27,360
Speaker 1: confident in him. And last year that did not happen.

758
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Speaker 1: But now you're with him all offseason, you can download

759
00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:33,520
Speaker 1: his brain. Physically, he looks the part, but he's got

760
00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:35,480
Speaker 1: to be able to prove it. River Craig Craft is

761
00:38:35,520 --> 00:38:39,160
Speaker 1: a solid guy. We saw him last year, very good

762
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Speaker 1: on special teams, could be a slot kind of guy.

763
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Speaker 1: And then Simbo Webster's a guy they picked up off

764
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Speaker 1: the scrap heap and we know him well from the rams.

765
00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:49,440
Speaker 1: And again, like some of these guys that we mentioned,

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Speaker 1: Sherfield and Craig Craft, he is a special teams player,

767
00:38:53,840 --> 00:38:56,600
Speaker 1: not just as a kick return or a punt returner,

768
00:38:57,000 --> 00:38:58,920
Speaker 1: but a guy that can cover kicks. And you know,

769
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Speaker 1: you've got to be able to cover picks in this league,

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Speaker 1: and Simber Webster does it well. So just because of

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Speaker 1: the uncertainty and the the need. As I said before, though,

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00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:10,840
Speaker 1: they don't play a lot of three wide receivers, but

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00:39:11,040 --> 00:39:14,440
Speaker 1: you do. You want a third wide receiver. And also

774
00:39:15,320 --> 00:39:19,360
Speaker 1: you got hurt last year. Debo runs so forcefully and

775
00:39:19,840 --> 00:39:22,719
Speaker 1: just runs through people. We don't want him to get hurt,

776
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Speaker 1: but I think you have to factor in. The Debo

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Speaker 1: is not going to play every single snap or every

778
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Speaker 1: single game because of how violently he plays. So some

779
00:39:30,680 --> 00:39:32,480
Speaker 1: of these other guys who got to step up at

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Speaker 1: X and Z. So probably the one that's the most

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Speaker 1: unknown is the wide receiver depth beyond you and Debo,

782
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Speaker 1: And you can make a point, you know how many

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Speaker 1: they gonna keep beyond three? Maybe four? I could give

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Speaker 1: you three names beyond those two, and you can give

785
00:39:49,440 --> 00:39:52,239
Speaker 1: me three names beyond those two, and we could both

786
00:39:52,239 --> 00:39:54,319
Speaker 1: be correct. I mean, we don't know. That's what's the

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00:39:54,320 --> 00:39:57,640
Speaker 1: beauty of training camp. And obviously injuries come into play,

788
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Speaker 1: but as far as the great unknown own, I think

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Speaker 1: it would be what's going to be the composition of

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Speaker 1: question marks with kend Borne now in New England, so

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Speaker 1: I'll definitely be following along with this one. I know, Greg,

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Speaker 1: you most definitely will be chatting about that one. But

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Speaker 1: before I let you go, Greg that we're done. You know,

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Speaker 1: it's one of my favorite things to do. I will

802
00:40:45,160 --> 00:40:47,680
Speaker 1: say chatting football with you is one of my favorite things,

803
00:40:47,800 --> 00:40:54,880
Speaker 1: especially on the UM. But you talked about the depth

804
00:40:54,920 --> 00:40:57,320
Speaker 1: at the top of this this podcast. You were talking

805
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Speaker 1: about the depth. You were saying that you believe this team,

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00:41:00,960 --> 00:41:05,640
Speaker 1: uh could be what we saw in twenty nineteen. I

807
00:41:05,640 --> 00:41:08,480
Speaker 1: think I think we can all agree that a scratch.

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Speaker 1: Let's forget about that season. But we got a question

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00:41:11,480 --> 00:41:14,600
Speaker 1: from Freddie Ketler out of Philly who wanted to know.

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Speaker 1: And I get this question all the time and it

811
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Speaker 1: absolutely drives me crazy. But now is you're talking and

812
00:41:21,040 --> 00:41:23,319
Speaker 1: your perception of this forty Niners team. I feel like

813
00:41:23,320 --> 00:41:27,080
Speaker 1: it is relevant. But Freddie wants to know, are the

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Speaker 1: forty Niners super Bowl contenders in one I get this

815
00:41:30,480 --> 00:41:33,359
Speaker 1: question all the time, Greg, all the time, and I

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00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:37,840
Speaker 1: can't ever say I don't maybe beyond that season, but

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Speaker 1: I don't think there was ever a year where I

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Speaker 1: would saying no, you know, of course they can. But

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Speaker 1: now looking at the pieces and what you said, I'm

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Speaker 1: going to throw on another question that we got, and

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Speaker 1: this is from Lawrence from PACIFICA, and I think I

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Speaker 1: want to tailor this question that Freddie is asking a

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Speaker 1: little bit this way, just to give it a little

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Speaker 1: bit of variety. Here. If there are no injuries, which

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00:41:56,840 --> 00:41:59,279
Speaker 1: we're gonna have injuries this season, but let's say no

826
00:41:59,360 --> 00:42:01,440
Speaker 1: injuries to some of those top tier players that we

827
00:42:01,440 --> 00:42:05,120
Speaker 1: were talking about, how does the Sporting Niners team stack

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Speaker 1: up against Tampa Bay, the defending we're already skipped in

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Speaker 1: the NFC West. Well, pretty uh, you're you're asking me,

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Speaker 1: are the Sporty Niners super Bowl contenders? I have a

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Speaker 1: two word answer for that. Hell yeah. Now, you know,

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Speaker 1: I could make a point that a number of teams

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Speaker 1: are Super Bowl contenders, but uh, this team went to

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Speaker 1: the Super Bowl two years ago. They were seven minutes

835
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Speaker 1: and thirteen seconds away from winning the Super Bowl. They

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00:42:43,239 --> 00:42:47,200
Speaker 1: completely had Kansas City and disarray. We we dwell on

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Speaker 1: how the game ended, and obviously Kansas City wanted they

838
00:42:50,320 --> 00:42:52,920
Speaker 1: deserve to win that game. They exploded it just in time,

839
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Speaker 1: but for most of the game, Mahomes was searching the

840
00:42:57,760 --> 00:43:01,800
Speaker 1: past rush was a significant and our coverage was great

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00:43:02,280 --> 00:43:05,759
Speaker 1: and they snapped out of it. Uh. And the the

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00:43:06,040 --> 00:43:09,319
Speaker 1: real key to me, and I mean, we assume that

843
00:43:09,320 --> 00:43:12,120
Speaker 1: nobody gets hurt. That that's a false assumption. You've gotta

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00:43:12,160 --> 00:43:15,840
Speaker 1: have injuries. So that's where the death comes in. But

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Speaker 1: the key to the team, let's face it. I mean

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00:43:18,400 --> 00:43:20,600
Speaker 1: I and I think I told you this the very

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00:43:20,640 --> 00:43:22,560
Speaker 1: first my first year of the team in twenty nine.

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00:43:22,560 --> 00:43:25,640
Speaker 1: Team that Wednesday practiced before the first game in Tampa

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Speaker 1: because it was the first time I saw them all together.

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Speaker 1: Because D four didn't practice much that year. You had

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00:43:31,960 --> 00:43:35,400
Speaker 1: a PRP situation and Nick was in and out. But

852
00:43:35,440 --> 00:43:38,000
Speaker 1: when they all took the field together in the defensive

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Speaker 1: line and we don't have to force bucking anymore, and

854
00:43:39,960 --> 00:43:43,359
Speaker 1: you got to overcome that. But when it was Eric

855
00:43:43,440 --> 00:43:46,719
Speaker 1: Armstead and d Ford on one side, Nick Vos on

856
00:43:46,760 --> 00:43:51,640
Speaker 1: the other, I was like, Wow, this is unblockable. You

857
00:43:51,680 --> 00:43:54,520
Speaker 1: cannot deal with this group. And right away I went

858
00:43:54,560 --> 00:43:57,080
Speaker 1: to the Cedric Hardman team that I grew up watching

859
00:43:57,120 --> 00:43:59,920
Speaker 1: and the and the nickname for that pass rush was

860
00:44:00,080 --> 00:44:03,719
Speaker 1: gold rush, and that that's it. So if you get

861
00:44:03,840 --> 00:44:06,719
Speaker 1: Hipposa back and healthy. And I was talking to Fred

862
00:44:06,760 --> 00:44:09,560
Speaker 1: Warner Kean on K and b Are the other day

863
00:44:09,880 --> 00:44:13,120
Speaker 1: and each He's telling me d Ford looks great, and

864
00:44:13,400 --> 00:44:16,120
Speaker 1: I'm kind of bracing for d Ford to be slow

865
00:44:16,160 --> 00:44:19,680
Speaker 1: into this. But if we get DeFord back at any time,

866
00:44:19,840 --> 00:44:21,960
Speaker 1: I mean, we don't need him and we like him

867
00:44:22,120 --> 00:44:26,239
Speaker 1: obviously first game in Detroit, but I'll take him in October, November, December,

868
00:44:26,320 --> 00:44:29,440
Speaker 1: just when it's time to go what d four. People

869
00:44:29,480 --> 00:44:32,200
Speaker 1: forget how good d Ford is. Von Miller is the

870
00:44:32,280 --> 00:44:35,360
Speaker 1: quickest first step I've ever seen d Ford. You know,

871
00:44:35,400 --> 00:44:38,600
Speaker 1: it's right there with that kind of first step. So

872
00:44:38,760 --> 00:44:42,800
Speaker 1: if you get that kind of pass rush together, uh,

873
00:44:42,840 --> 00:44:47,719
Speaker 1: it's on, it's on. So yes, this is clearly a

874
00:44:47,880 --> 00:44:51,759
Speaker 1: super Bowl contender now, but ken will they win the

875
00:44:51,800 --> 00:44:54,520
Speaker 1: super Bowl? That's not a contender meets. But would I

876
00:44:54,600 --> 00:44:57,680
Speaker 1: be shocked if this team shows up at so far

877
00:44:57,920 --> 00:45:02,759
Speaker 1: for Super Bowl fifty? Hell no. But I'm gonna tell

878
00:45:02,800 --> 00:45:06,160
Speaker 1: you that the L A Rams are good. They are good,

879
00:45:06,360 --> 00:45:10,080
Speaker 1: and that quarterback they got is really good. He is

880
00:45:10,120 --> 00:45:13,680
Speaker 1: a major upgrade over what they had before. And you

881
00:45:13,719 --> 00:45:16,360
Speaker 1: could say he's never won a playoff game, and a

882
00:45:16,360 --> 00:45:20,240
Speaker 1: lot of hollow yards that's that's that's just not accurate

883
00:45:20,280 --> 00:45:22,680
Speaker 1: to me because I thought for a little while on

884
00:45:22,760 --> 00:45:24,440
Speaker 1: the off season, Afford that is may be able to

885
00:45:24,440 --> 00:45:26,799
Speaker 1: get him. And I studied them hard, and Kyle obviously did.

886
00:45:27,280 --> 00:45:31,480
Speaker 1: Matthew Stafford. There's a whole nother level a quarterback play.

887
00:45:31,560 --> 00:45:34,600
Speaker 1: He's different than Russell Wilson. He's different than Jimmy and

888
00:45:34,400 --> 00:45:38,520
Speaker 1: and Trey. He's different than Tyler. He's different. Uh, you know,

889
00:45:38,680 --> 00:45:41,360
Speaker 1: they have stretched strengths and he has strengths. The guys

890
00:45:41,360 --> 00:45:45,040
Speaker 1: an elite thrower of the football. If they protect that guy,

891
00:45:45,200 --> 00:45:47,239
Speaker 1: the Rams are going to be difficult to deal with.

892
00:45:47,800 --> 00:45:51,160
Speaker 1: So before I'm saying, let's size it up against the

893
00:45:51,160 --> 00:45:54,560
Speaker 1: Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Who knows they got an old quarterback.

894
00:45:54,600 --> 00:45:57,120
Speaker 1: He may not make it. Who knows what happens here.

895
00:45:57,640 --> 00:46:01,040
Speaker 1: But yes, the forty Niners are contender. Is to win

896
00:46:01,120 --> 00:46:03,120
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl and all that. But before we get

897
00:46:03,160 --> 00:46:07,000
Speaker 1: into January February, football, be you gotta win your division.

898
00:46:07,440 --> 00:46:10,239
Speaker 1: This is a loaded division. I mean, I can make

899
00:46:10,239 --> 00:46:12,800
Speaker 1: the point Arizona, Arizona maybe should have won the NFC

900
00:46:12,840 --> 00:46:15,560
Speaker 1: West last year. I thought they were mismanaged at times.

901
00:46:15,560 --> 00:46:18,439
Speaker 1: They're there, their head coach made some really curious game

902
00:46:18,520 --> 00:46:21,279
Speaker 1: management calls. I don't think their quarterback progressed like he

903
00:46:21,800 --> 00:46:24,080
Speaker 1: he should have, and maybe he's taken it a little

904
00:46:24,080 --> 00:46:27,760
Speaker 1: more seriously in the off season and he'll be sharper um.

905
00:46:27,920 --> 00:46:30,919
Speaker 1: But this is a great division. But your first goal

906
00:46:31,000 --> 00:46:32,960
Speaker 1: is to win the NFC West and that's gonna be

907
00:46:32,960 --> 00:46:35,839
Speaker 1: a challenge. But there's no question the forty Niners are

908
00:46:35,840 --> 00:46:38,360
Speaker 1: one of the most powerful teams in the NFC and

909
00:46:38,400 --> 00:46:40,520
Speaker 1: then one of the best teams in the NFL. We

910
00:46:40,640 --> 00:46:44,320
Speaker 1: just gotta go play the games or just a couple

911
00:46:44,320 --> 00:46:45,880
Speaker 1: of weeks away. It's crazy to believe. I feel like

912
00:46:45,960 --> 00:46:49,360
Speaker 1: this was the longest off season ever and now what

913
00:46:49,560 --> 00:46:53,719
Speaker 1: we're about six seven weeks out for Week one of

914
00:46:53,800 --> 00:46:56,320
Speaker 1: the regular season. But Gregg, now I've told you that

915
00:46:56,360 --> 00:46:58,080
Speaker 1: I had one more for you and that was it.

916
00:46:58,320 --> 00:47:02,160
Speaker 1: But now you just you just sparked another question. Um.

917
00:47:02,360 --> 00:47:04,319
Speaker 1: You talk so much about the Rams and you talk

918
00:47:04,400 --> 00:47:07,920
Speaker 1: about Matt Stafford and the type of signal callery, is

919
00:47:07,920 --> 00:47:10,319
Speaker 1: the type of arm that he has, the talent he is,

920
00:47:10,760 --> 00:47:13,120
Speaker 1: um and what the Rams would could be able to

921
00:47:13,160 --> 00:47:16,719
Speaker 1: do if they can continue to block this guy. But

922
00:47:16,760 --> 00:47:19,520
Speaker 1: now let's look at this NFC West and how maybe

923
00:47:19,560 --> 00:47:22,880
Speaker 1: the dynamics could be changing. You said, you know, you

924
00:47:23,000 --> 00:47:25,480
Speaker 1: think that Arizona could have sat on top of the

925
00:47:25,520 --> 00:47:29,000
Speaker 1: division last season. I feel like Seattle is a team

926
00:47:29,040 --> 00:47:33,280
Speaker 1: you can't always discount, you all, if you have Russell Wilson,

927
00:47:33,400 --> 00:47:37,399
Speaker 1: you cannot discount I feel Seattle. So putting that out there,

928
00:47:37,880 --> 00:47:40,440
Speaker 1: what's your thoughts on this NFC West? Do you feel

929
00:47:40,480 --> 00:47:43,279
Speaker 1: like there could be a new team on top of

930
00:47:43,320 --> 00:47:45,600
Speaker 1: the division. And this is me taking the forty Knighters

931
00:47:45,600 --> 00:47:47,319
Speaker 1: out of it, because obviously I'm biased, and I'm gonna

932
00:47:47,320 --> 00:47:50,160
Speaker 1: say forty Niners every year should sit on top of

933
00:47:50,200 --> 00:47:54,160
Speaker 1: the NFC West. But your thoughts on how this division

934
00:47:54,200 --> 00:47:58,120
Speaker 1: has taken place are taking part in chopped to bottom

935
00:47:58,640 --> 00:48:03,560
Speaker 1: and uh, it's the division in the league talked a bottom.

936
00:48:03,800 --> 00:48:06,000
Speaker 1: Uh you know, I I can make a point for

937
00:48:06,160 --> 00:48:08,600
Speaker 1: few other divisions around football. I think the f C

938
00:48:08,719 --> 00:48:13,280
Speaker 1: West is strong, but not topped about him like this division. Um.

939
00:48:13,320 --> 00:48:15,800
Speaker 1: I thought Arizona had a chance to win the NFC

940
00:48:15,840 --> 00:48:18,799
Speaker 1: West last year and they just let a few games go.

941
00:48:19,120 --> 00:48:21,680
Speaker 1: They should have won the game in New England. Uh,

942
00:48:21,719 --> 00:48:23,880
Speaker 1: you know the game that we beat them on that Saturday.

943
00:48:24,680 --> 00:48:26,880
Speaker 1: They look back on that game, they had a couple

944
00:48:26,920 --> 00:48:30,000
Speaker 1: that they could have gotten. Seattle did win the division,

945
00:48:30,480 --> 00:48:32,839
Speaker 1: but the Rams beat Seattle in the playoffs and they

946
00:48:32,880 --> 00:48:35,759
Speaker 1: had profound quarterback injuries. Now the rosters have changed a

947
00:48:35,760 --> 00:48:38,640
Speaker 1: lot in the off season. I'm gonna be interested to

948
00:48:38,640 --> 00:48:42,160
Speaker 1: see what J. J. Watt truly has in Arizona and A. J.

949
00:48:42,360 --> 00:48:46,719
Speaker 1: Green as well. Um, the quarterbacks got a progress. I

950
00:48:46,719 --> 00:48:49,160
Speaker 1: I loved him coming out of college. I mean, he's

951
00:48:49,239 --> 00:48:53,360
Speaker 1: a Trey Lance type of talent coming out of college.

952
00:48:53,400 --> 00:48:55,840
Speaker 1: Is the number one overall pick. And I just felt

953
00:48:55,840 --> 00:48:58,320
Speaker 1: like he ran too much last year. He didn't progress

954
00:48:58,440 --> 00:49:01,160
Speaker 1: enough in the pocket as a thrower. He was too

955
00:49:01,239 --> 00:49:03,280
Speaker 1: quick to just get out of the pocket and run.

956
00:49:03,320 --> 00:49:06,319
Speaker 1: And he's a great runner, but it's hard to win

957
00:49:06,480 --> 00:49:09,520
Speaker 1: in this league when you're running that much. You ultimately

958
00:49:09,520 --> 00:49:12,560
Speaker 1: have got to make throws. Um. So, but you know

959
00:49:12,880 --> 00:49:17,400
Speaker 1: he could make those kind of progressions this year. Uh, Seattle, Seattle.

960
00:49:17,480 --> 00:49:19,080
Speaker 1: I think they're gonna be who they are and what

961
00:49:19,239 --> 00:49:22,200
Speaker 1: they are and and Pete Carroll and that coaching staff,

962
00:49:22,200 --> 00:49:24,480
Speaker 1: and they're gonna get back to running the ball. They're

963
00:49:24,480 --> 00:49:28,560
Speaker 1: not going anyway anywhere. I think you're looking at and

964
00:49:28,640 --> 00:49:32,120
Speaker 1: because they play each other, they kind of cannibalize each other.

965
00:49:32,840 --> 00:49:35,200
Speaker 1: But in pro football you don't. You don't play your

966
00:49:35,239 --> 00:49:39,239
Speaker 1: division all that much because you're just there's just you know,

967
00:49:39,280 --> 00:49:42,000
Speaker 1: two each against the three of them. So that's six.

968
00:49:42,560 --> 00:49:45,480
Speaker 1: And then you've got now we're playing seventeen games this year,

969
00:49:45,520 --> 00:49:48,680
Speaker 1: not sixteen, so you've got eleven out of the division

970
00:49:49,400 --> 00:49:53,480
Speaker 1: that this division could dominate. So I think they're all

971
00:49:54,760 --> 00:49:58,759
Speaker 1: easily five better teams. I can make the point that

972
00:49:58,880 --> 00:50:02,480
Speaker 1: all four of its games to this division will win nine.

973
00:50:02,880 --> 00:50:05,839
Speaker 1: Is it mathematically possible for all four to win ten?

974
00:50:06,800 --> 00:50:09,800
Speaker 1: That's hard, But I'm telling you, I think this division

975
00:50:09,800 --> 00:50:12,239
Speaker 1: now injuries come into play and a lot of things

976
00:50:12,280 --> 00:50:15,360
Speaker 1: have to roll with it. But uh, you know the

977
00:50:15,360 --> 00:50:17,840
Speaker 1: other three teams, two of them made the playoffs, and

978
00:50:17,880 --> 00:50:21,000
Speaker 1: I thought Arizona should have made the playoffs last year.

979
00:50:21,040 --> 00:50:24,319
Speaker 1: And obviously the forty Niners we think of the best

980
00:50:24,320 --> 00:50:29,239
Speaker 1: team in the NFC West. So this division is loaded. Um.

981
00:50:29,400 --> 00:50:34,200
Speaker 1: For years, Seattle was the rivalry going back to the

982
00:50:34,280 --> 00:50:38,400
Speaker 1: last decade. More recently it's been the Rams with Sean

983
00:50:38,480 --> 00:50:40,640
Speaker 1: McVeigh and what he was able to do with golf

984
00:50:40,680 --> 00:50:43,560
Speaker 1: and girle. But now golf and Gurley are both gone

985
00:50:43,960 --> 00:50:47,080
Speaker 1: and they have reinvented themselves. And Seattle. You know, we

986
00:50:47,160 --> 00:50:49,960
Speaker 1: got into that with them in the Drey Play and

987
00:50:50,000 --> 00:50:52,040
Speaker 1: what a great match up that was. It right down

988
00:50:52,080 --> 00:50:54,840
Speaker 1: to the end of the Seattle it's been Seattle. Is

989
00:50:54,840 --> 00:50:57,520
Speaker 1: it's still Seattle. I don't know, Kiana, but I love

990
00:50:57,600 --> 00:51:00,960
Speaker 1: this division. I think it is clear League topped about him.

991
00:51:00,960 --> 00:51:03,680
Speaker 1: There was no weak team in this division. And again

992
00:51:04,520 --> 00:51:06,919
Speaker 1: we could you and me and two other people could

993
00:51:06,920 --> 00:51:09,080
Speaker 1: pick who we think is going to win the NFC

994
00:51:09,160 --> 00:51:11,000
Speaker 1: West this year, and all four of us could pick

995
00:51:12,440 --> 00:51:14,279
Speaker 1: a separate team and none of us could be wrong.

996
00:51:14,680 --> 00:51:17,880
Speaker 1: So I think it is wide open. But but but

997
00:51:18,000 --> 00:51:21,920
Speaker 1: Matthew Stafford a lot of great accusation. Uh you know, Uh.

998
00:51:22,560 --> 00:51:25,240
Speaker 1: Acquisitions have been made in the offseason in this division.

999
00:51:25,719 --> 00:51:29,000
Speaker 1: For probably the most significant was for the long haul.

1000
00:51:29,440 --> 00:51:31,560
Speaker 1: We're hoping the forty nine is trading up to get

1001
00:51:31,600 --> 00:51:36,239
Speaker 1: the quarterback will be. But I think for the most

1002
00:51:36,239 --> 00:51:40,759
Speaker 1: significant acquisition in this division was the Rams getting Matthew Stafford. Gregg.

1003
00:51:40,800 --> 00:51:44,000
Speaker 1: It's gonna be a fun, fun season, and the NFC

1004
00:51:44,239 --> 00:51:46,759
Speaker 1: was isn't getting any easier. I'm excited to see how

1005
00:51:46,800 --> 00:51:49,279
Speaker 1: things gonna play out. I'm excited to see how this

1006
00:51:49,400 --> 00:51:53,799
Speaker 1: forty Niners team takes shape, especially looking at what we

1007
00:51:53,840 --> 00:51:59,000
Speaker 1: saw last year and their eagerness to kind of turn

1008
00:51:59,120 --> 00:52:04,200
Speaker 1: that that that forgetful season, but put that behind him

1009
00:52:04,200 --> 00:52:06,759
Speaker 1: and look forward in especially looking at some of the

1010
00:52:06,760 --> 00:52:08,800
Speaker 1: guys that they're going to give back from injury. I

1011
00:52:08,840 --> 00:52:10,839
Speaker 1: think that's also what I'm really excited about. I think

1012
00:52:10,880 --> 00:52:13,240
Speaker 1: it was six team guys into the season I injured reserve.

1013
00:52:13,880 --> 00:52:16,360
Speaker 1: With the guys that are coming back hopefully knocking on

1014
00:52:16,360 --> 00:52:18,080
Speaker 1: some wood right here, all tend are healthy and ready

1015
00:52:18,080 --> 00:52:21,239
Speaker 1: to go by training camp. But with that, Greg, I

1016
00:52:21,320 --> 00:52:24,120
Speaker 1: appreciate having you on the pod. Actually, as you were

1017
00:52:24,120 --> 00:52:27,360
Speaker 1: talking and reminding me being your first season with the

1018
00:52:27,400 --> 00:52:29,640
Speaker 1: forty Niners, could you have been the forty Niners good

1019
00:52:29,680 --> 00:52:31,960
Speaker 1: luck charm your first year and you're on your way

1020
00:52:31,960 --> 00:52:35,680
Speaker 1: to the super Bowl? Is it you? Greg? No? Not me. No.

1021
00:52:35,960 --> 00:52:38,360
Speaker 1: I got a lot of below average teams with the

1022
00:52:38,400 --> 00:52:41,840
Speaker 1: Raiders all those years. So I jumped on the bad wagon.

1023
00:52:41,880 --> 00:52:44,919
Speaker 1: I was not driving the bad wagon. And if that's

1024
00:52:44,960 --> 00:52:47,799
Speaker 1: the case, I used up all the good mojo. Uh

1025
00:52:47,800 --> 00:52:50,840
Speaker 1: because last year was held was the last time I

1026
00:52:50,880 --> 00:52:52,520
Speaker 1: saw you? I guess I saw you on the practice

1027
00:52:52,520 --> 00:52:54,920
Speaker 1: field and training camp, but we will mask that. So

1028
00:52:55,320 --> 00:52:56,920
Speaker 1: I mean, when you look at the two years that

1029
00:52:57,000 --> 00:53:01,000
Speaker 1: I've had, but the forty Niners, one was cleat Nirvana

1030
00:53:01,280 --> 00:53:04,360
Speaker 1: Shangri Law, the most perfect year you could ever have,

1031
00:53:05,040 --> 00:53:08,800
Speaker 1: third seed and three two playoff home games where you

1032
00:53:08,920 --> 00:53:12,160
Speaker 1: just rollicking, you know, routes. There are a couple of

1033
00:53:12,160 --> 00:53:15,000
Speaker 1: moments the Minnesota game looked like maybe but not really.

1034
00:53:15,000 --> 00:53:17,600
Speaker 1: I mean, just just just trampled both the Vikings and

1035
00:53:17,640 --> 00:53:19,880
Speaker 1: the Packers all the way to the super Bowl. You're

1036
00:53:19,920 --> 00:53:23,000
Speaker 1: seven minutes away from winning the super Bowl for a

1037
00:53:23,080 --> 00:53:26,640
Speaker 1: sixth time. And uh, and then last year, which was

1038
00:53:26,680 --> 00:53:29,520
Speaker 1: just so weird. I mean when the team in December

1039
00:53:29,719 --> 00:53:32,399
Speaker 1: was forced to go down to Arizona, I didn't even

1040
00:53:32,440 --> 00:53:35,400
Speaker 1: see them practice, and it was just so weird. So

1041
00:53:35,440 --> 00:53:39,080
Speaker 1: we've had two very different seasons. I think we're looking

1042
00:53:39,080 --> 00:53:43,200
Speaker 1: for more of the normal year in twenty one. But

1043
00:53:43,280 --> 00:53:45,480
Speaker 1: I'm just so thrilled that they were this organization and

1044
00:53:46,040 --> 00:53:50,040
Speaker 1: just so happy and just so confident in the powers

1045
00:53:50,080 --> 00:53:52,480
Speaker 1: that be. Kyle is just everything they say about Kyle,

1046
00:53:53,239 --> 00:53:56,200
Speaker 1: I think they even a little bit underestimate and underappreciate

1047
00:53:56,239 --> 00:53:58,520
Speaker 1: how good he is and he's going to be dominating

1048
00:53:58,560 --> 00:54:00,680
Speaker 1: this league for the next thirty years show and John

1049
00:54:00,800 --> 00:54:03,279
Speaker 1: is such a high quality person in a UM as

1050
00:54:03,320 --> 00:54:05,680
Speaker 1: well in ownership. With Jed, I've got a hell and everybody.

1051
00:54:05,680 --> 00:54:07,719
Speaker 1: It's just I'm just so happy to be here. And

1052
00:54:07,760 --> 00:54:10,040
Speaker 1: I just I kind of lucked out that old twenty

1053
00:54:10,120 --> 00:54:14,239
Speaker 1: ninet here because after every after every win, Jim, Ryan

1054
00:54:14,280 --> 00:54:16,239
Speaker 1: and Oh would give the I think when we got

1055
00:54:16,280 --> 00:54:22,319
Speaker 1: to five and oh there was five and oh, bro, bro, Bro,

1056
00:54:22,440 --> 00:54:27,960
Speaker 1: I'm like, are you kidding mere? No? Wrong, it was like, Wow,

1057
00:54:28,000 --> 00:54:30,040
Speaker 1: this is this happened all the time. I'm like, I'll

1058
00:54:30,080 --> 00:54:34,120
Speaker 1: like fall into this happen. My lord, I'm lucky. I'm lucky. No,

1059
00:54:34,719 --> 00:54:37,200
Speaker 1: you're You're excited and thankful to be here. We're excited

1060
00:54:37,239 --> 00:54:40,080
Speaker 1: and thankful to have you on our side. Greg. But

1061
00:54:40,200 --> 00:54:41,880
Speaker 1: with that, I get to see you in about a

1062
00:54:41,920 --> 00:54:46,200
Speaker 1: week boarding Niners training camp. For those listening, there are

1063
00:54:46,239 --> 00:54:49,600
Speaker 1: tickets six will be available beginning Mondays for open practices

1064
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Speaker 1: and makes you guys join us at the SAP Performance

1065
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Speaker 1: Facility to watch your forty Niners and watch this roster

1066
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Speaker 1: takes shape. But with that, Greg, I appreciate you. Can't

1067
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Speaker 1: wait to see you and let's get you on alive

1068
00:55:00,320 --> 00:55:03,040
Speaker 1: looking when you get down to Santa Claro. Okay, whatever

1069
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Speaker 1: you need, whatever you need, you know I'm here for you.

1070
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Speaker 1: That's it. We're done talking football. We're done. I'm on

1071
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Speaker 1: to walk down the street. I'm gonna walk down the street,

1072
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Speaker 1: talk to myself, talk about the ready, let's go, let's

1073
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Speaker 1: do it.