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Speaker 1: All right, instant reaction. Only one team in the AFC
Speaker 1: East did not win, the New York Jets. But I
Speaker 1: think it's fairly disturbing, and I understand Kyle Shanahan in
Speaker 1: opener is rough. Go back one year the Niners went
Speaker 1: to Pittsburgh and moved the ball at will on the
Speaker 1: Steelers defense. It was a complete blowout. You know, you
Speaker 1: face the Andy Reids and you're you know, I mean,
Speaker 1: look at what Sean McVay and Stafford did in a
Speaker 1: losing effort, missing multiple starters like these offensive coaches in
Speaker 1: openers are really good. Mike McCarthy and Dak looked flawless.
Speaker 1: So Shanahan's not an easy guy to face. But I mean,
Speaker 1: the time of possession when Aaron was on the field
Speaker 1: was thirty eight minutes to nineteen. That's embarrassing. That's what
Speaker 1: Will Levice would produce. The first downs when Aaron was
Speaker 1: on the field, Jets had a twenty five to eleven deficit.
Speaker 1: Let's just talk about the Jets offense. This is a
Speaker 1: defensive head coach. Aaron's passed his prime off surgery, and
Speaker 1: Nat Hackett is suboptimal one receiver you can trust and
Speaker 1: Bresall I thought the old line was fine. Aaron only
Speaker 1: sacked one time. They were fine. This was Aaron Rodgers
Speaker 1: running for his life. You know, let's just be honest
Speaker 1: about this. Aaron right now is not in his prime.
Speaker 1: He's not as big, strong an athletic as a Josh
Speaker 1: Allen or a Justin Herbert. He's not as he doesn't
Speaker 1: move like a Kyler Murray Lamar, Patrick Mahomes and I
Speaker 1: watched them tonight and I think we have overvalued how
Speaker 1: good Aaron Rodgers is now. It's going to get much
Speaker 1: easier for the Jets defense. They face Will Levis and
Speaker 1: Tennessee next, followed by Jacoby Brissett in New England's offense,
Speaker 1: followed by Bo Nix and the Denver offense, followed by
Speaker 1: Sam Darnold, who had a really good opening week. But
Speaker 1: in the next four weeks, the Jets defense is not
Speaker 1: going to face this team. But I think the offense
Speaker 1: is concerning. It's just Aaron throws a really pretty ball. Aesthetically,
Speaker 1: it's fun to watch. It's like they're That first big
Speaker 1: drive was great, but the only other touchdown they produced
Speaker 1: was off a free ball when the Niners' safeties were
Speaker 1: playing cat because they paused. Aaron's a great free ball quarterback,
Speaker 1: best ever in the NFL. There's a variety of reasons
Speaker 1: for it. I won't go into detail, but I always
Speaker 1: feel like he loves the free ball because even if
Speaker 1: he throws a pick, it doesn't count. So he gets
Speaker 1: really hyper aggressive on the free ball and more aggressive
Speaker 1: than he is normally. Loves to throw the ball down
Speaker 1: the field, which sometimes he's reluctant to do in my opinion,
Speaker 1: in other parts of the game. So I just I
Speaker 1: look at that offense, and I think, you know, the
Speaker 1: offensive line was fine, but it wasn't very creative. Aaron's
Speaker 1: not going to extend plays like he used to. You know,
Speaker 1: they've got one receiver, I like Mike Williams took almost
Speaker 1: no snaps in the first half. The tight ends are irrelevant,
Speaker 1: and Breese Hall's good. But this is not a high
Speaker 1: powered offense. You've got a defensive head coach, a quarterback
Speaker 1: passed his prime, and not Hackett. I mean, I think
Speaker 1: we're building this up. Miami's offense is going to be
Speaker 1: better all year because of Josh Allen. Buffalo's offense will
Speaker 1: be better. So it's the third offense in their division.
Speaker 1: Let's be totally. It's not a Houston, it's not Kansas City.
Speaker 1: I don't think it's Indianapolis. So we got to slow
Speaker 1: down on this thing. I don't think it's Baltimore, so
Speaker 1: and that's just it's not the Rams or the Niners.
Speaker 1: On the other side, I don't think it's the Lions.
Speaker 1: I don't think it's the Eagles. So you start looking
Speaker 1: at this offense, it's not Dallas. After Week one, you
Speaker 1: know it's not a top ten offense. So you're going
Speaker 1: to have to rely very much on this defense. And
Speaker 1: let's pivot to the defense. They got pushed around Jesus
Speaker 1: Jordan Mason. They had one hundred and eighty yards rushing.
Speaker 1: I mean they had multiple drives where they were doing
Speaker 1: whatever they wanted to do. Now, again it's Shanahan, it's
Speaker 1: the opener. But the San Francisco forty nine Ers offensive
Speaker 1: line is the weakness of the team, and with Trent
Speaker 1: Williams holding out for most of camp, that's why I
Speaker 1: thought the game would be so low scoring. I thought
Speaker 1: this was going to be played between the thirties. I
Speaker 1: was shocked at how easily the Niners picked up chunk
Speaker 1: plays the ground and in the air. I mean, it
Speaker 1: was pretty much they did whatever they wanted to. It
Speaker 1: could be Devo, it could be Jennings, they could run
Speaker 1: it with Deebo or Jordan Mason. It was Kittle, it
Speaker 1: was Ayuk, I mean he dropped a touchdown. They did
Speaker 1: whatever they wanted to for most of this game. And
Speaker 1: again now it's will Levis, Jacoby Brissett, Bo Nicks. It's
Speaker 1: not the same. I mean the Jets defense. In fact,
Speaker 1: you know teams that play San Francisco usually get thumped
Speaker 1: the following week because the Niners are so physical. I
Speaker 1: think the Jets coming back were kind of physically humiliated
Speaker 1: in this game. I mean, be honest, you didn't think
Speaker 1: it would look like that. I didn't think it would
Speaker 1: look like that. I thought this thing had twenty three
Speaker 1: twenty written all over it. I cannot believe what the
Speaker 1: Niners offensive line did. It was chunk plays six eight eleven,
Speaker 1: six eight eleven. It was easy. It was just and
Speaker 1: they weren't doing a lot of tricks, you know. I
Speaker 1: mean the Rams and the Niners use a lot of motion.
Speaker 1: I never felt Miami does as well. I didn't feel
Speaker 1: it was terribly deceptive tonight. I didn't think. I thought
Speaker 1: the Niners just kind of rare back ran to the
Speaker 1: perimeter and did whatever they wanted to outside the tackles.
Speaker 1: It was easy, stuff brought pretty. I mean, he wasn't
Speaker 1: squeezing the ball into tight windows. Jennings Debo people were open,
Speaker 1: So this wasn't a very resilient effort by the Jets.
Speaker 1: I take copious notes, you know, one point twenty three
Speaker 1: to seven, Aaron gets picked, it's twenty six to seven.
Speaker 1: The free play but you know, Aaron's a master at that.
Speaker 1: I guess the best news for the Jets the quarterback
Speaker 1: play and the schedule lightens up considerably. But that was
Speaker 1: a disheartening effort. If I had to point to one thing,
Speaker 1: I didn't think their offense would be great tonight, flying
Speaker 1: cross country BOSA against an old Tyron Smith, Like I
Speaker 1: thought it would be choppy. The Jets defense, I mean,
Speaker 1: and it's not just Hassan Reddick's absence. That was a
Speaker 1: weak effort. That was a non competitive effort. Jesus thirty
Speaker 1: eight to nineteen minutes time of possession when Aaron Rodgers
Speaker 1: was on the field. That's an ass kicking. That's like,
Speaker 1: you're not competitive, You're not extending drives at all. And
Speaker 1: we have to be honest about something. If you looked
Speaker 1: at the games this weekend and the teams that impressed you,
Speaker 1: the Chargers without really great perimeter weapons win going away, Harbaugh,
Speaker 1: you know, Rams, Lions, Chiefs, Ravens, Eagles, Packers. You know,
Speaker 1: it's it's a lot of offensive coaches. I mean, that's
Speaker 1: not to say that Demiko Ryans in Houston can't be impressive,
Speaker 1: but you know a lot of what we're looking at
Speaker 1: in this league, and we're kind of impressed with is
Speaker 1: a lot of offensive coaches just say this out loud,
Speaker 1: Robert Salah, Nathaniel Hackett, that's a little concerning. I mean,
Speaker 1: I watched this thing. What what did I watch it?
Speaker 1: Just it should be that easy. And I will say this,
Speaker 1: I don't want to be categorized as a Rock pretty hater.
Speaker 1: He is the last guy drafted. I don't think he
Speaker 1: has a big arm, but that's okay. You don't have
Speaker 1: to have a big arm. Two, it didn't have a
Speaker 1: big arm. Drew Brees didn't have a big arm. That's
Speaker 1: not the be all end all. There's two things about
Speaker 1: Rock Purty. I really like Number One. He almost always
Speaker 1: throws it to the right guy. Now, some of that
Speaker 1: Shanahan right, there's a couple of reads on every play.
Speaker 1: Some of that's designed from Kyle. But boy does he
Speaker 1: throw to the right guy a lot. And you can
Speaker 1: tell when he has a pause or a pump fake
Speaker 1: or kind of time to throw, and you can watch
Speaker 1: his head A lot of times it's the second and
Speaker 1: the third receiver. He almost always throws it to the
Speaker 1: right guy. That's a skill, that is a skill. He
Speaker 1: reads the defense and when it's opening, he lets it rip.
Speaker 1: When he doesn't have his first receiver open, he's still
Speaker 1: almost always make It's a good decision, and tonight I
Speaker 1: was shocked by the ease of it, how many of
Speaker 1: them were just pitch and catch completions. But we talk
Speaker 1: a lot in this league about fit about does a
Speaker 1: young quarterback have the right coach, But some of it
Speaker 1: is does the coach have the right quarterback. And there's
Speaker 1: always been a reason that Kyle Shanahan, you know, like
Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins. Reportedly Kirk makes the right throw, like Kirk
Speaker 1: can read the defense, gets back boy brought pretty. That's
Speaker 1: a skill. I mean, it's one thing. First of all,
Speaker 1: he sees the field. We've watched really good talented quarterbacks
Speaker 1: in this league, and I wouldn't say really good, but
Speaker 1: talented quarterback. Zach Wilson's justin fields. You know, Sam Darnold
Speaker 1: sometimes Russell Wilson sometimes don't see the open receivers quickly,
Speaker 1: and that extra half second to a second's the difference
Speaker 1: between an incompletion, a pick and a completion. Pretty sees
Speaker 1: the field. He's accurate when he lets it rip, he
Speaker 1: almost always makes the right decision. He is a really
Speaker 1: good quarterback for Kyle Shanahan. Yes, if you had the option,
Speaker 1: you'd take a Josh Allen or a Patrick Mahomes. But
Speaker 1: there's a lot of quarterbacks in this league with bigger arms,
Speaker 1: bigger profiles, more athletic that I don't think Kyle Shanahan
Speaker 1: would take. Purty is just what Kyle Shanahan wants. I mean.
Speaker 1: And the other thing tonight, they did it without Christian McCaffrey,
Speaker 1: who is the engine to this offense. One hundred and
Speaker 1: eighty plus rushing yards with no Christian McCaffrey, wide open receivers,
Speaker 1: twenty five to eleven first down edge when Aaron was
Speaker 1: on the field. Wow, I'm I'm I'm surprised by the
Speaker 1: ease of it. All right, good news. Will Levis, Jacoby Brissett,
Speaker 1: Bo Nix and Sam Darnold are next. And my guess
Speaker 1: is that's a long flight home from Santa Clara to
Speaker 1: New York. There's a lot to think about. It'll be
Speaker 1: a pretty stoic flight. The Jets, even though they're on
Speaker 1: a short week, will come out and play angry and
Speaker 1: have a much better, more elevated defensive effort against Will Levis,
Speaker 1: who I'm not sure can play in this league. So
Speaker 1: one of the games I like next week. I think
Speaker 1: the Jets will play inspired defensive football. But it's not
Speaker 1: just that. And because Shanahan's going to make a lot
Speaker 1: of people look bad in Week one, So you got
Speaker 1: to give we got to be fair. We have to
Speaker 1: contextualize it. Shanahan made Mike Tomins defense in Pittsburgh last year.
Speaker 1: Look JV. I just don't think this Jets team is
Speaker 1: gonna win shootouts. I just don't see it. And it's
Speaker 1: not a shot at Aaron Rodgers. I can't wait to
Speaker 1: watch his Netflix documentary. I think he's a fascinating guy.
Speaker 1: But this offense, there's just some limitations here. I mean
Speaker 1: Aaron had his fastball early in the game, but they
Speaker 1: just they don't scare you. You know, again, you can
Speaker 1: roll some coverage over to Garrett Wilson. There's not a
Speaker 1: lot here to be fearful of. It's a one running
Speaker 1: back offense. It's Breece Hall. I mean, when you got
Speaker 1: George Mason's your backup, that kid is a he runs hard.
Speaker 1: Nobody brings him down on the first hit, So that
Speaker 1: that Niners offense. That Niners roster is something else. Trent
Speaker 1: Williams is nuts. I mean the guy basically missus Camp
Speaker 1: comes in. It's Mall's people. I'll leave you on a
Speaker 1: final note. The Niners had eight straight scoring drives. I
Speaker 1: you can Trent Williams held out and no Christian McCaffrey.
Speaker 1: Eight straight scoring drives. That's like what the Saints did
Speaker 1: yesterday to Carolina. I mean it's Week one. It's not
Speaker 1: like you have a litany of injuries. Eight straight scoring
Speaker 1: drives like Robert Salah's. That's not good enough. There's no excuses.
Speaker 1: This is this is your culture, this is your team.
Speaker 1: I mean, would you have guessed that, I mean mccatt
Speaker 1: once you heard McCaffrey wasn't gonna play. If I said
Speaker 1: to you they'll score in eight straight scoring drives, you
Speaker 1: would have said, come on, you're Aaron Rodgers hater. That's bad,
Speaker 1: all right. Niners roll Week one instant reaction the volume
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