Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to the forty nine Ers First and
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Speaker 1: up to date forty nine Ers news. First Thing in
Speaker 1: the morning, I'm your host Brian McDonald and joining me
Speaker 1: today is forty nine Ers team reporter Lindsay Polares. The
Speaker 1: team takes off to Miami today to face the Dolphins
Speaker 1: for a Week sixteen matchup this Sunday. Lindsay, you'll be
Speaker 1: joining along for the cross country trip. First things first,
Speaker 1: what are the biggest things to look out for in
Speaker 1: this late season contest?
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, I think in these last three weeks
Speaker 2: of the season, the big sentiment from the team is
Speaker 2: that they want to finish strong, so they want to
Speaker 2: repeat the performances that did bring them success in twenty
Speaker 2: twenty four. You go back to that Chicago Bears game
Speaker 2: in Week fourteen that the forty nine Ers played one
Speaker 2: of their best games complimentary football, all three phases contributing.
Speaker 2: You go to Week fifteen, where the defense was really highlighted.
Speaker 2: They were able to keep a really high powered Rams
Speaker 2: offense out of the end zone entirely held them to
Speaker 2: eighty nine total yards of offense in that first half.
Speaker 2: So it's about replicating the good parts of several performances
Speaker 2: they had this season. You know, you heard quarterback Brock
Speaker 2: Purty say that they just want to put on a
Speaker 2: show for the fans that forty nine Ers football that
Speaker 2: everyone is used to seeing. It's important to create that
Speaker 2: momentum headed into the offseason, and they're going to have
Speaker 2: the opportunity to do that against the Miami Dolphins team
Speaker 2: that has had its own struggles this year. They're also
Speaker 2: got a matching six to eight record heading into Sunday.
Speaker 1: Yeah, speaking of things to look out for in this contest,
Speaker 1: perhaps Drake Greenlaw is one of them. He made a
Speaker 1: big return to action in Week fifteen after missing most
Speaker 1: of the season due to an achilles injury. In our
Speaker 1: last episode, we talked about how he looked in his
Speaker 1: first game back, how his presence really impacts the defense.
Speaker 1: But this week, Greenlaw mentioned the emotional aspect of returning
Speaker 1: to play with his teammate Fred Warner. How do you
Speaker 1: think that bond between the two linebackers translates to their
Speaker 1: play on the field and could potentially look this Sunday.
Speaker 2: I think it's what makes them such a formidable linebacker duo.
Speaker 3: They know each other so well.
Speaker 2: They are friends both on and off the field, and
Speaker 2: I do think their style, their physicality and ability to
Speaker 2: play off the ball, they really are do it all
Speaker 2: linebackers and they work so well in tandem. I think,
Speaker 2: especially for Dre Greenlaw. Something he's touched on both after
Speaker 2: his twenty four season debut on Thursday Night Football and
Speaker 2: then later this week, is that really he's not taking
Speaker 2: this time for granted, you know, he is enjoying his
Speaker 2: ability to be able to back on the field. He
Speaker 2: left that week fifteen matchup with some knee soreness. It
Speaker 2: checked out, everything's okay, but there is just like a
Speaker 2: natural reintegration into the game after not playing for three
Speaker 2: hundred and five days. Obviously he was working on his rehab,
Speaker 2: but you can't really replicate that live game action. And
Speaker 2: you know, he's just taking in the games he's able
Speaker 2: to squeeze in in twenty twenty four and he really
Speaker 2: just wants to go out there, play with his brothers
Speaker 2: and play to the best of his abilities and again
Speaker 2: create that offseason momentum for himself because you know, he
Speaker 2: did miss out on a lot of football this season.
Speaker 1: Yeah, following the end of that Thursday night football game,
Speaker 1: head coach Kyle Shanahan confirmed that green Law did experience
Speaker 1: some soreness and fatigue, which was what ultimately kept him
Speaker 1: out of the second half against LA But it seems
Speaker 1: like Greenlaw is eager to take advantage of the final
Speaker 1: stretch of the season, and we'll keep our eye out
Speaker 1: for what that linebacker has planned out for this Sunday.
Speaker 1: But now let's take a look at the offense and
Speaker 1: the last time the forty nine ers faced the Dolphins,
Speaker 1: it was a young brock party that stepped in after
Speaker 1: Jimmy Garoppolo's injury and showed some poise under pressure. That
Speaker 1: was his statement game in the NFL. And this week
Speaker 1: he reflected on that game and he talked about that
Speaker 1: heavy blitz, heavy blitzing he faced. Then, how do you
Speaker 1: think brock Purty has grown since that game in terms
Speaker 1: of handling defensive pressure.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, he's got two plus seasons of starter experience.
Speaker 2: Now he's a totally different person and he is able
Speaker 2: to handle a heavy blitz attack. He w he handled
Speaker 2: it very well in that very first outing against Miami.
Speaker 2: You know, I think it's just so fun to look
Speaker 2: back because it was only two years ago that brock
Speaker 2: Purty really had his big NFL not debut, but like
Speaker 2: you mentioned, statement game, the world got their first look
Speaker 2: at what brock Purty leading the forty nine ers offense
Speaker 2: would look like, and he really rose to the occasion.
Speaker 2: Jimmy Garoppolo suffered an injury that took him out for
Speaker 2: the rest of the twenty twenty two season, and brock
Speaker 2: Perdy was the next man up. He got his first
Speaker 2: start the week after Miami and the rest is history.
Speaker 2: Now he is a starting quarterback in the NFL. He's
Speaker 2: been to two NFC championship games, a Super Bowl, you know,
Speaker 2: has faced some of the toughest defenses in the league
Speaker 2: and done so with poise and good decision making. And
Speaker 2: it's just really awesome to look back and see the
Speaker 2: growth because it's only year three for him, and you know,
Speaker 2: just the upward trajectory continues.
Speaker 1: Yeah, as you speak about the growth that brock party
Speaker 1: has gone through throughout his NFL career, a lot has
Speaker 1: changed since that game in twenty twenty two against the
Speaker 1: Dophense when he first stepped in. I'm curious, what are
Speaker 1: Purties goals this week? In week sixteen as he leads
Speaker 1: his forty nine ers through a twenty twenty four season.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, I think it's a lot of what
Speaker 2: I touched on at the beginning of the podcast. It
Speaker 2: is about getting to that place where the offense can
Speaker 2: match that defensive success that the forty nine ers saw.
Speaker 3: In Week fifteen.
Speaker 2: Because when both sides of the ball, offense and defense
Speaker 2: are clicking, and you get really good contributions from special teams,
Speaker 2: you really see the talent on this team highlighted. I
Speaker 2: know that there have been struggles throughout this season, but
Speaker 2: the talent is there. It's been really great to see
Speaker 2: so many rookie players, young role players step up into
Speaker 2: a lot bigger positions this year, obviously because the forty
Speaker 2: nine ers were hit with a ton of injuries, but
Speaker 2: it's great to see that that new talent can just
Speaker 2: fit right in and they can produce really big numbers
Speaker 2: on offense. They can put up thirty plus points on offense.
Speaker 2: You know, a rookie running back can have two touchdowns
Speaker 2: in his first NFL start talking about Isaac Garndo there,
Speaker 2: who's playing, who was playing against the Bears and the
Speaker 2: Rams because Christian McCaffrey and Jordan Mason suffered or landed
Speaker 2: on the injured reserve list. So I think they just
Speaker 2: want to get back to playing the football that they
Speaker 2: know they can play. And they have three more opportunities
Speaker 2: to do that this season, so they really want to
Speaker 2: take advantage of that.
Speaker 3: And brock Pritty was pretty vocal about that.
Speaker 1: All right, let's dial into this Sunday's game. What's the
Speaker 1: injury report looking like for this Sunday and how has
Speaker 1: practice panned out for the team.
Speaker 2: Yeah, so the injury report has kind of been the
Speaker 2: case this season. It's not a short one, right. I
Speaker 2: think a couple players to highlight, as Nick Boso was
Speaker 2: able to start the week as a limited participant, but
Speaker 2: that hipp and oblique injury continues to linger. He did
Speaker 2: not practice on Thursday. Malik Collins is just dealing with
Speaker 2: an illness, but he's been a starter on that interior
Speaker 2: defensive line for the forty nine ers. Has not been
Speaker 2: able to practice Wednesday or Thursday. We'll find out more
Speaker 2: about where he's at later today. Isaac Garrendo turns out
Speaker 2: he actually came out of that Week fifteen matchup with
Speaker 2: a hamstring injury. He was also dealing with a foot sprain,
Speaker 2: has not been able to practice this week. Trent Williams
Speaker 2: still no notable updates that we've heard other than he
Speaker 2: hasn't been able to practice.
Speaker 3: Dray green Le has been a limited participant all week.
Speaker 2: I imagine that he will continue on but we'll see
Speaker 2: what his actual game status is later. Another guy to
Speaker 2: keep an eye on, especially given the fact that Trent
Speaker 2: Williams will likely not be playing, given that he hasn't
Speaker 2: practiced and now this would be I believe his fifth
Speaker 2: straight game that he would miss. Jalen Moore has been
Speaker 2: his backup. He's dealing with a hip injury. Hasn't been
Speaker 2: able to be a full participant in practice this week,
Speaker 2: so I think depending on what he's able to do today,
Speaker 2: that might be something to definitely keep an eye out on.
Speaker 1: All right, given the injury report, and it sounds like
Speaker 1: the key to success in this game is playing complimentary football.
Speaker 1: This Sunday, lindsay, who are some players to watch in
Speaker 1: this matchup against the Dolphins?
Speaker 2: You know I would keep an eye out for Patrick
Speaker 2: Taylor Junior. He is likely going to be making his
Speaker 2: very first NFL start. He's had forty four appearances. Was
Speaker 2: previously with the Packers. We saw him score a touchdown
Speaker 2: late against the Chicago Bears. If Isaac Grendo cannot go,
Speaker 2: it will be him getting the start. I think he
Speaker 2: definitely can handle the task, and the forty nine ers,
Speaker 2: you know, can lean on him, especially as that running
Speaker 2: back room continues to kind of go through injury after injury.
Speaker 2: So that's definitely someone to look out for. Charvarius Ward
Speaker 2: is kind of just ramping up in this later part
Speaker 2: of the season. Another person to watch, and then, you know,
Speaker 2: I think right now is a great time to watch
Speaker 2: all of the rookies, especially right now, this is a
Speaker 2: great time to see what you have in those younger players.
Speaker 3: Give them more opportunity.
Speaker 2: So I'm thinking, Ricky Pier saw Jacob Cowing this this
Speaker 2: is the time to see what different lineups look like.
Speaker 2: So I think definitely keep an eye out for the
Speaker 2: different configurations of that of the lineup that you'll see
Speaker 2: on Sunday.
Speaker 1: All right, well, a lot to look out for this Sunday.
Speaker 1: Thank you Lindsay for joining me today, Faithful, don't forget
Speaker 1: to tune into the Niners versus Dolphins game on CBS
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