WEBVTT - Joshua Dobbs Discusses Learning the 49ers System | Press Pass 0:00:03.279 --> 0:00:05.680 You didn't think that this was the right spot for 0:00:05.760 --> 0:00:06.160 you to. 0:00:06.080 --> 0:00:07.000 Sign as a free agent. 0:00:07.360 --> 0:00:09.559 So I've had a lot of respect obviously for Kyle 0:00:09.920 --> 0:00:14.840 and the organization, and then obviously playing against playing for 0:00:14.880 --> 0:00:18.000 the Cardinals last year and playing against UH San Francisco, 0:00:18.120 --> 0:00:20.279 and I think brought out like a perfect game, I 0:00:20.320 --> 0:00:24.320 think at one incompletion. So when the opportunity presented itself 0:00:24.360 --> 0:00:26.760 to be a part of obviously what's been going on here, 0:00:26.760 --> 0:00:30.800 what's been built here over the last several seasons, but 0:00:30.880 --> 0:00:33.680 also being an offense and a scheme that and learned 0:00:33.680 --> 0:00:36.080 from the guy that really created it within the NFL, 0:00:36.600 --> 0:00:39.040 I jumped at that opportunity last. 0:00:38.920 --> 0:00:40.839 Year, like for you in the world, and there it 0:00:41.040 --> 0:00:44.960 was going to the team. How was that? How does 0:00:45.000 --> 0:00:46.760 that go? Yeah? It was crazy. 0:00:46.840 --> 0:00:50.720 It was I think craziest the simplest term to define it. 0:00:50.720 --> 0:00:53.600 It seemed like every uh, every time you know, you 0:00:53.680 --> 0:00:56.040 kind of got settled. It was like, okay, like let's 0:00:56.080 --> 0:00:58.400 go learn a new offense, learn new teammates, learn a 0:00:58.400 --> 0:01:01.400 new city, and try to get reacclimated to go out 0:01:01.440 --> 0:01:04.120 and play good football. So it was definitely was a 0:01:04.200 --> 0:01:06.720 crazy experience, but I enjoyed every aspect of it, Like 0:01:06.760 --> 0:01:09.200 I enjoyed the opportunity to go out compete for much 0:01:09.240 --> 0:01:11.360 best foot forward every single week and get that opportunity 0:01:11.400 --> 0:01:14.440 to lead from the front, and so I enjoyed the experience, 0:01:14.480 --> 0:01:18.440 but ideally don't want to go through another crazy season 0:01:18.480 --> 0:01:19.880 such as that. But you know, I take it one 0:01:19.920 --> 0:01:22.319 day at a time and embrace each opportunity that I'm 0:01:22.360 --> 0:01:27.839 given and go out and make the most of them. 0:01:28.319 --> 0:01:31.280 You know, the Cleveland system in the Minnesota, Arizona and 0:01:31.319 --> 0:01:35.759 Minnesota and the forty nine ers. Yes, similarities, definitely. 0:01:35.760 --> 0:01:38.240 I mean there's always similarities, right Like it is football 0:01:38.319 --> 0:01:40.440 at the end of the day, and a lot of teams, 0:01:40.520 --> 0:01:43.399 especially those teams are running a similar esque system to 0:01:43.840 --> 0:01:45.759 what's going on here is I would say, like maybe 0:01:45.800 --> 0:01:48.640 a derivative of this, But they're all also different. They 0:01:48.680 --> 0:01:51.400 all obviously have different personnel and different ways to attack 0:01:51.440 --> 0:01:54.360 the field. So to your initial question to making better, 0:01:54.400 --> 0:01:56.680 one hundred percent, because first off, you've got a chance 0:01:56.720 --> 0:01:58.960 to go out and you know, start and play with 0:01:58.960 --> 0:02:01.000 the ones. That's something I've been looking forward to throughout 0:02:01.040 --> 0:02:04.840 my entire career, getting those real life game reps. Man, 0:02:04.840 --> 0:02:09.600 They're invaluable and then second, from a perspective standpoint, Yes, 0:02:09.960 --> 0:02:13.440 being able to be around different coaches that obviously have 0:02:13.520 --> 0:02:15.919 had a lot of success as head coaches and as 0:02:16.000 --> 0:02:19.639 OC's in the NFL was really cool and very unique 0:02:20.360 --> 0:02:23.200 to get the perspective of the offense to continue to 0:02:23.240 --> 0:02:25.040 add different tools to my tool bet as I go 0:02:25.040 --> 0:02:26.840 out there and try to compete whenever I get my 0:02:26.840 --> 0:02:30.320 opportunity on the field, watching the Super Bowl and sing 0:02:30.800 --> 0:02:33.760 Jennings and yeah, those plays that bring back some emies, 0:02:33.919 --> 0:02:36.560 it did. I was so excited for him, man, I was, 0:02:36.600 --> 0:02:38.799 I think I will literally tweeted. I was like, Juan's 0:02:38.800 --> 0:02:42.560 about to be Super Bowl MVP when everyone thought, obviously 0:02:43.639 --> 0:02:45.960 the Niners here were gonna win last year's team. So 0:02:46.000 --> 0:02:49.520 I was so excited for him. I know a couple 0:02:49.560 --> 0:02:52.280 of plays you know right there, right and it's just 0:02:52.320 --> 0:02:54.919 the difference between wins and losses in the NFL, especially 0:02:55.000 --> 0:02:56.840 on the Super Bowl in that stage. But I was 0:02:56.840 --> 0:02:59.760 so excited to see him go out and really, you know, 0:03:00.880 --> 0:03:03.040 Bijuwan Jennings on the biggest stage of football. 0:03:03.360 --> 0:03:05.120 I remember when I was at Tennessee. He came in 0:03:05.200 --> 0:03:06.520 and he was a quarterback. 0:03:06.840 --> 0:03:08.519 He was like my little brother, like we were doing 0:03:08.520 --> 0:03:12.160 squats together and everything. And so to see his maturation 0:03:12.280 --> 0:03:16.040 from coming as a quarterback to playing as a as 0:03:16.080 --> 0:03:20.320 a freshman in college at receiver to going five years 0:03:20.360 --> 0:03:23.440 at Tennessee man and coming here and earning every opportunity 0:03:23.440 --> 0:03:25.519 he's gotten and going out excelling to get on the 0:03:25.560 --> 0:03:27.359 biggest stage and do what he does. Man, it's been 0:03:27.639 --> 0:03:29.880 great to see his growth throughout his football career. I 0:03:29.919 --> 0:03:32.359 know he's just scratching the surface of the player. 0:03:32.160 --> 0:03:36.360 He can be. For having him a Gilbert am I responsible. 0:03:36.520 --> 0:03:38.160 So I was a I was going I was going 0:03:38.200 --> 0:03:40.960 to my junior year. He was a freshman, so I 0:03:41.000 --> 0:03:42.480 mean he had he had some time if he was 0:03:42.480 --> 0:03:44.680 going to play quarterback either way. But it was a 0:03:44.720 --> 0:03:46.160 great opportunity for him to get on the field to 0:03:46.160 --> 0:03:48.480 make an impact. And he jumped at that opportunity as 0:03:48.480 --> 0:03:50.760 he jumps at any opportunity, as you guys know. 0:03:50.880 --> 0:03:53.040 So I want to say I was responsible. 0:03:53.080 --> 0:03:55.000 I think it might've been something that was going to 0:03:55.040 --> 0:03:56.960 happen either way when he got to Tennessee. 0:03:57.000 --> 0:03:58.400 But he's made the most of it for sure. 0:03:59.040 --> 0:04:02.280 Where he threw a touchdown to you when you're watching 0:04:02.280 --> 0:04:05.720 the Super Bowl and it was obviously I think very reminiscent. 0:04:05.760 --> 0:04:07.600 Obviously that went to running back. But you were the 0:04:07.800 --> 0:04:08.520 of course you'd be. 0:04:08.680 --> 0:04:10.800 But how many similarities did you see? 0:04:10.960 --> 0:04:15.040 I saw him everywhere obviously Tennessee media jumped at every 0:04:15.080 --> 0:04:18.799 single replay that they could make. And then I actually 0:04:18.880 --> 0:04:21.160 texted him, I think a couple of weeks after the game, 0:04:21.360 --> 0:04:22.840 because he was in Dallas and we were about to 0:04:22.839 --> 0:04:25.520 work out together. I was like, so, did they like 0:04:25.640 --> 0:04:28.920 ask you about your play from Florida? Like when when 0:04:28.960 --> 0:04:30.919 you threw the touchdown to me? So he said they 0:04:30.960 --> 0:04:32.640 didn't ask him about it, but I'm sure they got 0:04:32.640 --> 0:04:34.680 it from somewhere knowing he could make that throw across 0:04:34.680 --> 0:04:36.359 the field. But it was cool to see, you know, 0:04:36.400 --> 0:04:38.520 he threw for him to you know, throw a touchdown 0:04:38.560 --> 0:04:40.120 the Super Bowl, you know, not mean you guys can 0:04:40.160 --> 0:04:43.040 say that, let alone not playing quarterback. 0:04:43.160 --> 0:04:43.920 So pretty cool. 0:04:43.960 --> 0:04:48.479 Memory from against Arizona last year talking about Brock on 0:04:48.520 --> 0:04:50.840 the other side that was actually on the anniversary of 0:04:50.880 --> 0:04:52.120 the Hail Mary to Jawan. 0:04:52.320 --> 0:04:53.960 It was yes, I remember after the game. I don't 0:04:53.960 --> 0:04:55.359 think I think Jawan was out that game, but we 0:04:55.400 --> 0:04:57.240 got a picture because we had to get a picture 0:04:57.279 --> 0:05:00.720 to signify the anniversary. So yeah, I remember that for sure. 0:05:00.760 --> 0:05:04.719 Allen's just in here talking about how everything is tied 0:05:04.800 --> 0:05:09.240 to the quarterback's feet in this system. Is that emphasized 0:05:09.279 --> 0:05:12.880 here more than the other stops that you've you've you've 0:05:13.560 --> 0:05:14.480 played played at. 0:05:14.720 --> 0:05:16.719 Yeah, I would say it definitely is the biggest point 0:05:16.720 --> 0:05:21.000 of emphasis in our QB room, and it is emphasized 0:05:21.000 --> 0:05:23.640 a little bit more than other places. And it shows 0:05:23.760 --> 0:05:26.360 just with the efficiency, how efficient the offense has been 0:05:26.400 --> 0:05:29.160 over the last several years. Right Like when you have 0:05:29.200 --> 0:05:32.080 a quarterback in there that's very good with his footwork, 0:05:32.120 --> 0:05:36.040 it's reads, his decision making, it's decisive and gets the 0:05:36.080 --> 0:05:38.719 balls to get the ball to the best weapons in 0:05:38.760 --> 0:05:41.359 the in the league. It shows how successful this offense 0:05:41.600 --> 0:05:43.520 can be and continues to be. So it is it 0:05:43.560 --> 0:05:45.160 is a big point of emphasis, and so us as 0:05:45.160 --> 0:05:47.480 a room collectively. I know, I just got here and 0:05:47.560 --> 0:05:50.560 Broxman here for going to a third year now, Brandon 0:05:50.680 --> 0:05:53.760 was here last year, but Tanner he's he's learning it 0:05:53.800 --> 0:05:56.920 with me too. You know, we're all in there trying 0:05:56.960 --> 0:05:59.680 to refine our footwork, play with efficient feet, get clicked 0:05:59.680 --> 0:06:02.440 through our reads as efficiently as possible because we know 0:06:02.760 --> 0:06:04.080 we get the ball out of our hands, we got 0:06:04.120 --> 0:06:07.479 the ball in our playmaker's hands, then this offense can't 0:06:07.480 --> 0:06:11.960 be stopped. You remember, gotten more comfortable throughout one thousand percent, 0:06:12.000 --> 0:06:13.800 You get more comfortable with reps. It's just the nature 0:06:13.800 --> 0:06:17.040 of anything in life, right, especially in football when you're 0:06:17.640 --> 0:06:20.600 learning a new offense and you know you have four 0:06:20.640 --> 0:06:22.599 offenses in your head at one time that you've learned 0:06:22.600 --> 0:06:24.720 the last ye in your sixty five days, So it's 0:06:24.760 --> 0:06:26.520 always a process. That's why I love training camp. You 0:06:26.560 --> 0:06:28.480 get a chance to come out, compete, put your best 0:06:28.480 --> 0:06:31.120 foot forward every day, but also get those reps that 0:06:31.160 --> 0:06:33.320 are invaluable to be able to grow and improve each 0:06:33.360 --> 0:06:35.479 and every day. And so the goal is, you know, 0:06:35.520 --> 0:06:37.919 it's July thirty first right now, which is crazy to 0:06:37.920 --> 0:06:40.800 put things in perspectives, not even August yet, but the 0:06:40.839 --> 0:06:43.080 goal is, you know, when you get out there first 0:06:43.120 --> 0:06:47.440 preseason game, your leaps and bounds from how you feel 0:06:47.520 --> 0:06:49.840 right now just seven days in the camp, and as 0:06:49.880 --> 0:06:52.880 you get to the second preseason game, third preson preseason game, 0:06:52.960 --> 0:06:56.120 the confidence, the comfort level, the efficiency with your full 0:06:56.160 --> 0:06:59.960 work only grows so that by September first first week, 0:07:00.279 --> 0:07:01.960 you're hit the ground running. You're ready to go play 0:07:02.080 --> 0:07:04.240 the best ball you can. So each day is an 0:07:04.240 --> 0:07:06.720 opportunity to grow and get better. Each day also is 0:07:06.720 --> 0:07:09.800 filled with new installs, so you're trying to process a 0:07:09.840 --> 0:07:12.320 new install and also not make the same as mistake 0:07:12.320 --> 0:07:15.640 twice from yesterday as well. But each day you get 0:07:15.640 --> 0:07:17.560 a ch opportunity to go out there, you improve, you grow, 0:07:17.560 --> 0:07:19.520 you get more comfortable, and then you go out and 0:07:19.560 --> 0:07:21.520 you play the best football you came in the fall. 0:07:21.880 --> 0:07:25.480 You got hot last year games, the comeback game against Atlanta. 0:07:25.560 --> 0:07:26.920 I think I remember you want to say something like 0:07:26.920 --> 0:07:29.960 astronaut jobs did how often do you talk to him 0:07:30.040 --> 0:07:32.040 or did he contact you during that run? He got 0:07:32.040 --> 0:07:34.080 really hot with Minnesota and kind of just talk about 0:07:34.080 --> 0:07:36.520 the other side of you with the you know, space 0:07:36.560 --> 0:07:37.560 engineering and all that and how. 0:07:37.480 --> 0:07:40.040 That helps you. Yeah, for sure, it it was a 0:07:40.360 --> 0:07:42.760 It was great to get the support from my former teammates. 0:07:43.560 --> 0:07:44.880 I got a lot of texts from a lot of 0:07:44.880 --> 0:07:46.520 guys that played with around the league, both during my 0:07:46.520 --> 0:07:49.000 time at Tennessee and some of my former teammates in 0:07:49.000 --> 0:07:51.600 the NFL. So yeah, it was really cool getting that 0:07:52.360 --> 0:07:56.200 support from former teammates. Man cause in general, especially as quarterback, 0:07:56.280 --> 0:07:57.680 right you put your best for a FOURD. You never 0:07:57.720 --> 0:08:00.520 know when you're gonna get your opportunity. That goes for 0:08:00.560 --> 0:08:02.640 a ton of guys and their stories across the league. 0:08:02.640 --> 0:08:04.760 But the goal is whenever the opportunity comes, you're ready 0:08:04.800 --> 0:08:06.720 to take advantage of it. So it's good to be 0:08:06.760 --> 0:08:08.560 able to do that, and it feels good to get 0:08:08.600 --> 0:08:11.560 the support from the guys, and so obviously you want 0:08:11.560 --> 0:08:15.080 to harness that momentum and continue to improve. Then to 0:08:15.120 --> 0:08:18.480 your second question in regards to aerospace engineering, obviously is 0:08:19.000 --> 0:08:21.800 a passion of mine. Is a very publicized passion of mine, 0:08:21.800 --> 0:08:24.120 and I think everyone knows about the story, which I 0:08:24.200 --> 0:08:27.200 love because it's what I love to do outside of football, 0:08:27.200 --> 0:08:29.960 and I've always had a passion and infinity for aviation 0:08:30.200 --> 0:08:33.120 aerospace engineering, and I try to use my platform to 0:08:33.120 --> 0:08:35.640 show that. You know, you can be anfl football player, 0:08:35.679 --> 0:08:37.600 but also if you're gonna be really good at something 0:08:37.600 --> 0:08:39.280 else and you have the time and work ethic, you 0:08:39.280 --> 0:08:41.959 can also do that as well. So yeah, it's important 0:08:42.000 --> 0:08:43.480 to me. But you know why I'm here at camp Man, 0:08:43.520 --> 0:08:45.880 I'm focused on ball, and I'm in season. I focused 0:08:45.920 --> 0:08:48.040 on ball, and that's been the best quarterback it can 0:08:48.120 --> 0:08:53.560 be for our room and embracing whatever role that my 0:08:53.679 --> 0:08:56.960 spot entels, and then I get my opportunity to go 0:08:57.000 --> 0:08:59.360 out there and play the best ball I can this 0:08:59.440 --> 0:09:03.360 offseason in regards to that passion of yours. 0:09:03.520 --> 0:09:05.080 So I was nine Cape Canaveral. 0:09:05.120 --> 0:09:08.080 I went up to Cleveland for the eclipse, which was 0:09:08.960 --> 0:09:11.920 very unique. My current goal in that world isn't working 0:09:11.920 --> 0:09:15.319 on my pilot's license. So I started that actually during 0:09:15.320 --> 0:09:17.160 my time out here during OTAs, which was a lot 0:09:17.160 --> 0:09:19.600 of fun because it's beautiful. Fly out to the coast, 0:09:19.600 --> 0:09:23.439 fly out to the valley. There's a lot of airplanes 0:09:23.559 --> 0:09:25.480 in the air out here, that's for sure. I didn't 0:09:25.520 --> 0:09:28.280 I didn't notice that until I started training, But it's 0:09:28.280 --> 0:09:31.199 a great place to learn to fly, So started that. 0:09:31.400 --> 0:09:33.840 But that'll be all in the back learning obviously for 0:09:33.880 --> 0:09:35.800 the season. But yeah, that's why I worked on this 0:09:35.880 --> 0:09:38.800 off season. So I'll continue to pick out different things 0:09:39.559 --> 0:09:42.319 throughout my off time in order to continue to grow 0:09:43.040 --> 0:09:45.880 and in that world. But while I'm here when it's 0:09:45.880 --> 0:09:50.600 football season in my time and attentions all in ball, oh, 0:09:50.600 --> 0:09:53.720 we're in my hours. Think I have thirty five of 0:09:53.800 --> 0:09:56.640 the forty you need to get your private pilot license 0:09:56.679 --> 0:09:59.199 and then you work to your instrument rating. 0:09:59.280 --> 0:10:00.280 You keep growing from there. 0:10:00.320 --> 0:10:03.400 So because I haven't taken my check ride yet, so 0:10:03.440 --> 0:10:05.640 it's probably just something I'll hold off for after the season, 0:10:06.280 --> 0:10:08.360 but maybe get some practice in, you know, go check 0:10:08.360 --> 0:10:10.800 out the mountains and stuff out here. But yeah, it's 0:10:10.840 --> 0:10:13.400 just uh, it's it's very cool. It's very pretty, very peaceful. 0:10:13.559 --> 0:10:15.360 A lot going on a little bit, but there's actually 0:10:15.360 --> 0:10:17.400 a lot of crossover. You get talk to f a A. 0:10:17.600 --> 0:10:19.839 You know, they repeat, they say a call, you got 0:10:19.840 --> 0:10:21.439 to repeat it back to him very specifically. 0:10:21.600 --> 0:10:22.640 Got a lot of stuff going on. 0:10:22.840 --> 0:10:24.360 It's just like you're saying in the pocket, you gotta 0:10:24.360 --> 0:10:27.480 call out one of coach coach coach Shanahan's plays. They 0:10:27.480 --> 0:10:30.280 get real wordy in there. So it's been good crossover 0:10:30.320 --> 0:10:30.880 between the two. 0:10:31.320 --> 0:10:35.760 Like space ultimately, I like, I like flying planes. 0:10:35.800 --> 0:10:38.400 You know, I think spacecraft, you know, they don't make 0:10:38.480 --> 0:10:40.720 them with wings anymore, so I don't. I think there's 0:10:40.840 --> 0:10:44.559 there's a lot of automation nowadays, you know, technology taken 0:10:44.600 --> 0:10:47.760 over different from the sixties and stuff. Yeah, you know, 0:10:48.040 --> 0:10:50.080 i'd be like it was like hand flying getting up there, 0:10:50.120 --> 0:10:52.000 so no flips or anything. 0:10:52.000 --> 0:10:55.760 We don't do anything too crazy though. Yeah. Awesome, appreciate y'all.