Speaker 1: Hello, Welcome to the forty nine Ers First and ten podcasts,
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Speaker 1: I'm your host Breonna McDonald and joining me is forty
Speaker 1: nine Ers team reporter Lindsay Polaries. We are two days
Speaker 1: away from the team's first divisional matchup of the season. Lindsay,
Speaker 1: tell us what the stakes are like for this contest.
Speaker 2: You know, I think anytime you have an NFC West matchup,
Speaker 2: you know, the stakes automatically go up a little bit.
Speaker 2: I think there's obviously just a lot of there's always
Speaker 2: a lot of hype around in LA game. Right this
Speaker 2: is like two really good West Coast teams, same division,
Speaker 2: a fifty minute plane ride away from each other. So yeah,
Speaker 2: this is one that I feel like, at least for
Speaker 2: the fans, and I think you know, the team enjoys
Speaker 2: playing in state.
Speaker 3: It circled on the calendar.
Speaker 4: You know.
Speaker 2: One thing to be mindful of is that both teams
Speaker 2: are facing some pretty significant injuries, will have some key
Speaker 2: players out on both both parties involved, So that's certainly
Speaker 2: going to be a factor. It's also going to be
Speaker 2: a factor that the Rams lost their first NFC matchup
Speaker 2: last week to the Arizona Cardinals. There is a certain urgency,
Speaker 2: I would say, definitely for both teams. The forty nine
Speaker 2: ers lost their first road game in Week two, not
Speaker 2: an NFC West game, but still a conference game that
Speaker 2: you know never you never know how that will factor
Speaker 2: into playoff seating potentially down the line. So you know,
Speaker 2: every game is important for different reasons, but certainly a
Speaker 2: certain level of hype surrounding this one for both both sides.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and the team is wrapping up their practice week
Speaker 1: in Santa Clara today before taking off to La this Saturday. Meanwhile,
Speaker 1: just like you said, there's quite a few injuries the
Speaker 1: team is dealing with. Christian McCaffrey, Indiebo Samuel are set
Speaker 1: to miss Sunday's game. Yesterday, George Kittle and Tarvarius war
Speaker 1: did not practice. Nick Bosa was limited. Lindsay, could you
Speaker 1: feel the faithful in on the team's latest injury statuses?
Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, I think you pretty much just outlined
Speaker 3: it right.
Speaker 2: You headed into this week knowing obviously that Christian McCaffrey
Speaker 2: won't be available because he's on IR Deebo Samuel not
Speaker 2: expected to be available for the next couple weeks because
Speaker 2: he suffered that calf strain, you know, two or three
Speaker 2: plays before the end of that Minnesota Vikings game in
Speaker 2: Week two. But now you add in another playmaker whose
Speaker 2: availability is in question.
Speaker 3: I can't speak to.
Speaker 2: The severity of George Kittle's hamstring injury, but it was
Speaker 2: enough for him to not practice on Wednesday. It's very
Speaker 2: likely that you'll see him go into the team's final
Speaker 2: injury report as questionable. He had a great game against
Speaker 2: the Minnesota Vikings, caught seven of eight passes. I believe
Speaker 2: it was like seventy six yards, had that touchdown, you know,
Speaker 2: and you know that George Kittle is such a huge
Speaker 2: factor in terms of blocking and pass catching, so.
Speaker 3: Certainly a guy you want to see on the field.
Speaker 2: But you know, we heard Trent Williams really say it best.
Speaker 2: When there's playmakers out, it's very much next man up mentality.
Speaker 3: For the forty nine ers.
Speaker 2: I think probably the best example we've seen this season,
Speaker 2: you know, you don't really have to look farther than
Speaker 2: a couple weeks down the line, is Christian McCaffrey unavailable
Speaker 2: for that season opener against the Jets, and then you.
Speaker 3: See Jordan Mason take his opportunity and run with it
Speaker 3: for one hundred and.
Speaker 2: Forty seven yards in his first outing on the ground,
Speaker 2: followed it up with another one hundred yard game out
Speaker 2: in Minnesota. So it's opening the doors for you know,
Speaker 2: players that maybe haven't like hit their stride in twenty
Speaker 2: twenty four just yet. This could be a great game
Speaker 2: for a breakout Brandon, a youth game, or you know,
Speaker 2: if Jacob Cowing gets some gets some snaps.
Speaker 3: You know, Ricky wide receiver gets.
Speaker 2: A few more opportunities to play in week three, maybe
Speaker 2: his time to shine. So you know, there's no absence
Speaker 2: of talent on the forty nine ers. It's more about
Speaker 2: who's going to step up make the plays depending on
Speaker 2: who doesn't see the field on Sunday.
Speaker 4: That's this next man up. You know it sucks, you know,
Speaker 4: those guys are the best in the world, but you
Speaker 4: know who really feel sorry for us? So it's next
Speaker 4: man of league. You know, it's a couple of guys
Speaker 4: that we want to see get get more action anyway,
Speaker 4: So you know, hated had to come on the heels
Speaker 4: of somebody being injured. But you know this is when
Speaker 4: opportunities present themselves. And you know, nobody would have known
Speaker 4: Jordan if you know a couple of guys they go down,
Speaker 4: And nobody would have known Brock if we didn't lose
Speaker 4: three quarterbacks in one year. So you know, it's a
Speaker 4: blessing in disguise and guys just gotta be ready to
Speaker 4: step up and brothers in the moment.
Speaker 1: Yeah, after practice, Trent Williams was really emphasizing the fact
Speaker 1: that it's a next man up league and he even
Speaker 1: called the forty nine ers current situation a blessing in
Speaker 1: disguise because there's a couple guys that they want to
Speaker 1: see get more action and that opportunity is presenting itself here.
Speaker 1: So lindsay, I just really want to know your thoughts
Speaker 1: on that mindset heading into Week three. And with that
Speaker 1: being said, who are some players that could have a
Speaker 1: big opportunity to step up in this game that the
Speaker 1: faithful should keep their eye on.
Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, I just touched on it. Maybe Jake
Speaker 3: Calling sees a little bit more time.
Speaker 2: You know, I think when you look at the tight
Speaker 2: end situation, if George Kittle does not play, you've got
Speaker 2: Eric Saubert who has been in the league since twenty seventeen.
Speaker 2: We've heard nothing but really complimentary reviews from his teammates
Speaker 2: of him. And then you've got Jake Tanjis, who spent
Speaker 2: last year on the forty nine ers practice squad. If
Speaker 2: George doesn't go, the forty nine ers are going to
Speaker 2: look to both of those two guys to take over
Speaker 2: the tight end response abilities. And like I mentioned, Brandon
Speaker 2: Ayuk obviously had a different summer than he usually does
Speaker 2: and has been you know, stacking the plays in Week
Speaker 2: one and Week two.
Speaker 3: This might be the breakout week for him.
Speaker 2: We've seen him have multiple touchdown games in twenty twenty three,
Speaker 2: We've seen him eclipse one hundred yard mark. This might
Speaker 2: be the week, especially when you add in the factor
Speaker 2: of it being, you know, the first NFC West matchup
Speaker 2: of the game, and the fact that you know, key
Speaker 2: playmakers just really might not be out there on the
Speaker 2: field due to some early bumps and bruises.
Speaker 3: In twenty twenty four.
Speaker 2: So it could be anyone, but I would I would
Speaker 2: look at those guys as you know, primed for maybe
Speaker 2: a really breakout performance in Week three.
Speaker 1: Yeah, we should get an interesting matchup on our hands.
Speaker 1: This Sunday. But Lindsay, you know this prediction doesn't have
Speaker 1: to be bold, but what are some of your predictions
Speaker 1: for how this game is going to play out?
Speaker 2: You know, I think that given the injuries on the Rams,
Speaker 2: this could very well be another productive outing for the
Speaker 2: forty nine Ers front seven, particularly that D line we saw.
Speaker 2: I know, Nick Bosa limited on Thursday with a rib injury,
Speaker 2: but he had two sacks against the Minnesota Vikings, and
Speaker 2: I believe last week the Rams were without three of
Speaker 2: their starting offensive linemens.
Speaker 3: So this could be the game that you.
Speaker 2: Know, the forty nine Ers D line really is able
Speaker 2: to capitalize on, you know, maybe some newer players filling
Speaker 2: in on that Rams O line. You know, I think
Speaker 2: we could definitely see this be a really big Leonard
Speaker 2: Floyd game. You know, we saw you know, Malik Collins
Speaker 2: has had a strong showing early in the season.
Speaker 3: This could be a really big day for Javon Hargrave.
Speaker 2: You know, I expect to see big plays from that
Speaker 2: revamped starting defensive line, and then you've got really strong
Speaker 2: players in the rotation utur Gross Matos, So I.
Speaker 3: Think that's where my attention is focused.
Speaker 2: But then also too obviously, the Rams wide receivers also
Speaker 2: dealing with injuries. Puka Nakua on injured, reserve Cooper Cup
Speaker 2: not playing, So this could be a really great opportunity
Speaker 2: for the forty nine ers secondary again to capitalize on
Speaker 2: some younger players. You know, the Rams still have talent
Speaker 2: into two out Well and DeMarcus Robinson, but this could
Speaker 2: be another really productive day for the back end of
Speaker 2: the forty nine ers defense. So really, the big plays
Speaker 2: could come all over the field.
Speaker 1: Yeah, a big game ahead of Week three, but faithful
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