1 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:11,760 Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What's up, straight 2 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:16,000 Speaker 1: Fire fan, It's me Jason McIntyre, Straight Fire for Wednesday, 3 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:20,319 Speaker 1: January twenties six. It's actually a big, big day and 4 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:25,639 Speaker 1: night in sports Tuesday, Wild Stuff, NFL, NBA. Uh, we 5 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 1: have a great NFL guest coming up. Um. Also, I 6 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:33,400 Speaker 1: gotta give an early shout out on the podcast. All right, Uh, 7 00:00:33,440 --> 00:00:35,840 Speaker 1: I said, thank you guys for ordering the Girl Scout 8 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:38,320 Speaker 1: cookies from my kid. And again this is not lining 9 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:40,800 Speaker 1: our pockets in any way, shape or form. Okay, if 10 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:44,920 Speaker 1: you listen to Monday's pod, uh about the Girl Scout cookies, 11 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:47,120 Speaker 1: you know the drill of your dad. But a big 12 00:00:47,159 --> 00:00:49,560 Speaker 1: shout out to Joe on Us. I hope I'm saying 13 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:51,800 Speaker 1: his last name right listener in New York. I went 14 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:55,640 Speaker 1: and checked his Instagram because, Uh, the dude ordered four 15 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 1: boxes of Girl Scout cookies. Joe, I mean, way to 16 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:00,880 Speaker 1: come through. He's have a club house leader, looks like 17 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:03,720 Speaker 1: a big soccer player. Appreciate you, man, that was very 18 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:06,360 Speaker 1: nice of you. A couple other uh people chimed in. 19 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:07,920 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna give everybody a shout out, but if 20 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:10,920 Speaker 1: anybody tops Joe's four boxes. Sure as shit, I'm gonna 21 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:12,840 Speaker 1: give him a shout out, all right, beyond the girl 22 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:17,000 Speaker 1: Scout cookies. I wanted to open with the Lakers and 23 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:21,480 Speaker 1: Lebron Um putting up just an awesome night. I had 24 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:24,360 Speaker 1: to pull my son aside and show him where Lebron 25 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:27,520 Speaker 1: on in like a fifteen second span, stole two passes 26 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:29,560 Speaker 1: and went in for the dunk. It was just awesome, 27 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:32,479 Speaker 1: Like Lebron's back. Anthony Davis returned. I think he only 28 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:35,600 Speaker 1: played twenty five minutes at like eight points. And yes, 29 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:38,560 Speaker 1: the nets were depleted. No Kyrie Irving obviously know Kevin 30 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:43,760 Speaker 1: Durant and James Harden looked a little unhappy. Um just 31 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:46,880 Speaker 1: he didn't seem like a happy dude getting blown out. 32 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:50,200 Speaker 1: And a lot of the fans in uh Barclays were 33 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:53,440 Speaker 1: Lakers fans. Um nets have some problems. I think, you know, 34 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 1: I hadn't considered this, but you know, touchet, Darryl Morey, 35 00:01:56,840 --> 00:01:59,560 Speaker 1: you planted a seed that you're coming after James Harden 36 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:05,520 Speaker 1: and he did not look thrilled with the situation in Brooklyn, 37 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:08,960 Speaker 1: and then he had some quotes afterward that alluded to unhappiness. 38 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:11,080 Speaker 1: But things will get pretty happy pretty damn quick. When 39 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 1: Kevin durants back and we'll see about Kyrie. I don't 40 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:16,760 Speaker 1: really care about him, Okay, um, and yeah, I have 41 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:20,280 Speaker 1: a couple of you guys in my Twitter feed every night. 42 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:22,359 Speaker 1: Jay Jay, you got a bag on the Clippers. Oh 43 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:26,440 Speaker 1: my gosh, you gotta I didn't realize this, but the 44 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 1: Washington Wizards blew a thirty five point lead to the Clippers. 45 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:33,200 Speaker 1: I watched the highlights early this morning and I'm like, 46 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:37,359 Speaker 1: oh my gosh, this is bad. Kyle Kuzma is like devastated. 47 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:39,800 Speaker 1: Remember when the Wizards were like top three in the East. 48 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 1: That was funny. That was really funny. And now that 49 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:45,040 Speaker 1: I think ninth or tenth and fading fast. Bradley Beale, 50 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 1: where will he be next year? Hey? He wont west 51 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 1: or Westbrook for Bradley Beale? Any interest there? I didn't 52 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:52,920 Speaker 1: think so. Um, all right, we have a great guest 53 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:57,639 Speaker 1: coming up, Dante Whittner a ka Dante Hittner. Go look 54 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:01,359 Speaker 1: up Dante Hittner on YouTube. And I mean the guy 55 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:04,760 Speaker 1: just dealt punishing blows everybody in the secondary. You come 56 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:08,640 Speaker 1: across the middle. ESPN used to do a segment I 57 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:10,280 Speaker 1: think it was Sunday Night, like where they had their 58 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:14,120 Speaker 1: highlight show or whatever this is before Red Zone and 59 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:16,120 Speaker 1: they had this segment I think it was Sunday Night 60 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:18,640 Speaker 1: or maybe it was one day called Jacked Up where 61 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:22,080 Speaker 1: the hardest hits were highlighted. Now, obviously now they just 62 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 1: stopped doing that in the last decade because of CTE 63 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:28,800 Speaker 1: and all this stuff. But I feel like Dante Whitner 64 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 1: was on there every week with those Niners teams. Those 65 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 1: Niners teams were punishing. He tells him good Jim Harball 66 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:37,600 Speaker 1: stories Um. Whitner's good. He's kind of one of these 67 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:40,520 Speaker 1: emerging media guys uh in the Bay Area, and he 68 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 1: offers some interesting insight into the Niners. Trey Lance fans, 69 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:46,000 Speaker 1: you may want to avert your ears? Can you avert 70 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:48,760 Speaker 1: your ears? Cover your ears for the Trey Lance Jimmy 71 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:51,760 Speaker 1: g part Um, He sides with me at any rate. 72 00:03:52,160 --> 00:03:55,560 Speaker 1: A couple of quick notes before Dante Whitner Number one, 73 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:58,920 Speaker 1: How good was this Tuesday on the pod? I say, 74 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:02,600 Speaker 1: Sean Payton, I think you should take a gap year 75 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 1: comeback coach of Cowboys. Cowboys aren't gonna dump McCarthy, right, 76 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 1: It's pretty clear they're keeping him just by dan Quinn's 77 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:15,280 Speaker 1: best efforts to get that job. Dan Quinn, it looks 78 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:20,599 Speaker 1: like now may surface in Chicago. Good luck, um, and 79 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:24,359 Speaker 1: so Sean Payton stepping away from the Saints. It's basically 80 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:29,360 Speaker 1: I forgot somebody had a pretty good analogy, um, where 81 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 1: like you just run up a ton of credit card 82 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:34,120 Speaker 1: debt and you just walk away into clare bankruptcy. And 83 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:36,440 Speaker 1: it's like, I know that some of the New Orleans 84 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:38,840 Speaker 1: Saints fanboy media folks down there and the buy you 85 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 1: were trying to say, Oh, it's not that bad of 86 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 1: a salary cap situation. Okay, guys, keep telling yourself that, 87 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:47,200 Speaker 1: let's see, let's see who's lining up for that job. Okay, 88 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:49,160 Speaker 1: I don't think that's gonna be the case at all. 89 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:53,440 Speaker 1: Quarterback uncertainty, a bunch of veterans who are not gonna 90 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 1: want to be a part of a rebuild. They could 91 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:57,960 Speaker 1: ship them off and get a lot of picks. Um. 92 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:00,520 Speaker 1: I think listen, I know Lattimore is not a but man, 93 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:02,680 Speaker 1: you could get something for a lot of more. Now, 94 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:04,400 Speaker 1: you could tear it down to the studs and say, 95 00:05:04,440 --> 00:05:06,159 Speaker 1: you know what, Tom Brady has probably got three more 96 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:11,280 Speaker 1: years in this division. Let's just start the rebuild. Now. Um, 97 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:14,000 Speaker 1: I don't think the Saints job is appealing at all, 98 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:17,279 Speaker 1: but it is interesting now the that Peyton could land 99 00:05:17,279 --> 00:05:20,840 Speaker 1: with Dallas. Now, I did hear he's contact contracted with 100 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:23,240 Speaker 1: the Saints through two thousand twenty four. So if Dallas 101 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:24,839 Speaker 1: and Jerry want him, they're gonna have to give up 102 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:29,080 Speaker 1: some picks. Now. Could Sean Payton said out two years 103 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:31,839 Speaker 1: and come backlund? Why not? I mean, there's no statute 104 00:05:31,839 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 1: of limitations on this. He could do whatever he wants. 105 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:37,800 Speaker 1: Um It Saints are gonna be a rough watch next year. Um. 106 00:05:37,839 --> 00:05:39,600 Speaker 1: I took the under. I got a little bit lucky 107 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 1: given the injuries a quarterback. But um, yeah, it's looking 108 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:46,880 Speaker 1: bleak for the New Orleans Saints next year. Another reason, 109 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 1: by the way, that Tom Brady should come back, you know, 110 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:50,880 Speaker 1: I mean, maybe they give the job to Dennis Allen, 111 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:55,479 Speaker 1: who has been phenomenal as a defensive coordinator. Um, but 112 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:59,320 Speaker 1: it just doesn't look great for these Saints next year. Um. 113 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:01,560 Speaker 1: The other thing, and I'll close with this before we 114 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:06,240 Speaker 1: get to Dante Whitner is I was texting with Rob 115 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:11,480 Speaker 1: g last night, um about potential topics. You know, when 116 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 1: he mentions we're a Baseball Hall of Fame, and I'm like, 117 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:19,960 Speaker 1: you know, it's it's it's a shame that Bonds got 118 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:24,880 Speaker 1: shafted um and some other people who have checkered steroid 119 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:31,200 Speaker 1: histories or alleged steroid pass um are getting in. I'm 120 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:34,600 Speaker 1: not gonna name names, but it's one of those awkward 121 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:39,159 Speaker 1: situations where what do you do. Do you keep out 122 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:42,320 Speaker 1: everybody who was in that era or do you let 123 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:45,040 Speaker 1: in some who didn't really get implicated? And it's like, 124 00:06:45,960 --> 00:06:48,920 Speaker 1: how are you determining whether those guys who didn't get implicated, 125 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:53,560 Speaker 1: Like how are we determining that they were clean? And really, 126 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:57,400 Speaker 1: there is no right answer, and I just keep coming 127 00:06:57,440 --> 00:07:00,080 Speaker 1: back to this one. Can you tell the story of 128 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:04,159 Speaker 1: baseball over the last thirty forty years without Barry Bonds, 129 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:09,000 Speaker 1: Alex Rodriguez, Roger Clemons. I don't think you can. There's 130 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:11,920 Speaker 1: just no way around it. Barry Bonds is, from my money, 131 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:13,880 Speaker 1: the greatest player of my generation. Now. I loved Ken 132 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:16,880 Speaker 1: Griffey Jr. Barry Bonds is a better baseball player. Barry 133 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:20,240 Speaker 1: Bonds did not play well with the media. Barry Bonds, obviously, 134 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:22,400 Speaker 1: you know he did some stuff I don't know what 135 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:24,360 Speaker 1: he did, but his head got huge. Okay, it's very 136 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:29,000 Speaker 1: obvious he was on some stuff. He put up astronomical numbers. 137 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:32,240 Speaker 1: He even before he got to San fran and got 138 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:35,280 Speaker 1: all swollen. He was a ridiculous forty forty talent with 139 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:38,200 Speaker 1: the pittsthrogh pirates. So he should be in the Hall 140 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:41,400 Speaker 1: of Fame regardless. Roger Clements obviously should be in there. 141 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:47,440 Speaker 1: I know he's got a way more checkered uh, but 142 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:49,360 Speaker 1: what are they what are they supplement? Now they're not 143 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:52,600 Speaker 1: calling a supplement, steroid out, whatever you want to call it. 144 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:58,280 Speaker 1: Clements got way more than Bonds. And then you got 145 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:00,400 Speaker 1: a Rod who obviously is one of the great Allan's 146 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:03,360 Speaker 1: in the last forty years of baseball. Like, that's undeniable. Guys, 147 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:06,239 Speaker 1: you may not like them, but a Rod is ridiculously talented. 148 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:10,080 Speaker 1: It's just tough for me to get super worked up 149 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:14,120 Speaker 1: that a bunch of voters, a bunch of ink stained wretches, 150 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:17,840 Speaker 1: are going to get back at guys who were not 151 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:20,360 Speaker 1: nice to them when they're playing days were happening, and 152 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:23,119 Speaker 1: not vote him in the Hall of Fame, but vote 153 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:25,720 Speaker 1: other steroid guys in because they played wetter with the media. 154 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:32,319 Speaker 1: It's just dumb, assinine whatever I wanted to wrap with this, Um, 155 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:35,000 Speaker 1: it's about Aaron Rodgers. Don't don't fast forward to the 156 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 1: interview yet. I know some people are out just burnt 157 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:40,360 Speaker 1: out on Aaron Rodgers. He went on Pat McAfee's radio show, 158 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:43,800 Speaker 1: said something I didn't pay attention. Honestly, I just saw 159 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:47,040 Speaker 1: like some of the stuff that was mentioned that people 160 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:51,160 Speaker 1: would pull out a clip of him basically saying everybody 161 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:54,200 Speaker 1: was rooting against me and the packers because of my 162 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:59,840 Speaker 1: vaccination status. Well, unfortunately that's accurate. That's kind of where 163 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 1: we are. It's it's not fun, um, but we are 164 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:06,880 Speaker 1: in a partisan society where you kind of pick sides. 165 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:09,640 Speaker 1: I hate it. I do. I try my best not 166 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:15,600 Speaker 1: to get involved in that. But yeah, Rogers and saying 167 00:09:16,040 --> 00:09:18,800 Speaker 1: whatever he did earlier in the season. I quippled with 168 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:22,520 Speaker 1: some people about whether it was technically a lie, but 169 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:27,760 Speaker 1: I guess ultimately the bottom line is, like, yes, Rogers, 170 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 1: some people, probably a lot of people were rooting against you, 171 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:32,440 Speaker 1: and they were waiting for to let the jokes fly 172 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:35,599 Speaker 1: on social media. Um. Is that right or wrong? I 173 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:38,840 Speaker 1: don't know. But yet another reason why I think he's 174 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:42,960 Speaker 1: going to leave Green Bay. Um, you guys know I've 175 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:45,120 Speaker 1: talked about it here and on the old Saturday radio 176 00:09:45,160 --> 00:09:47,720 Speaker 1: show that I've dabbled in screenplay ideas, and I have 177 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:52,000 Speaker 1: a bunch and I was having drinks with a buddy 178 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:54,240 Speaker 1: recently and we were talking about it and I kind 179 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:57,320 Speaker 1: of lit that flame again. And with three football games 180 00:09:57,360 --> 00:10:00,880 Speaker 1: left in the season, Um, I'm gonna have some time. 181 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:03,480 Speaker 1: Obviously there's marked madness, there's NBA, but it's not like 182 00:10:03,520 --> 00:10:07,000 Speaker 1: football where it's like you're totally dug in. Um I don't. 183 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:08,640 Speaker 1: Hopefully I'll have time to get back into it. So 184 00:10:08,720 --> 00:10:10,880 Speaker 1: I did get a couple of screenplay books. I had 185 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:13,440 Speaker 1: bought the sid Field book back in the day, the 186 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:16,120 Speaker 1: obviously the Goldman book screen trade. Those are like the 187 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:19,520 Speaker 1: two most popular. But there is another one that's not 188 00:10:19,679 --> 00:10:23,160 Speaker 1: necessarily a screenplay book, and I heard about it, Jesus 189 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:27,000 Speaker 1: is what a little wacky. I think it was from 190 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:29,960 Speaker 1: a guy named Jordan Peterson, who you guys may know. 191 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:33,520 Speaker 1: He's actually on the Rogan podcast this week, but he 192 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:37,520 Speaker 1: talked about uh uh, an author by the name of 193 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:42,400 Speaker 1: Joseph Campbell, and he had written a book that was 194 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:46,920 Speaker 1: he wrote a couple of books. Um, but he was 195 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:55,439 Speaker 1: deep into understanding mythology and essentially how like the stories 196 00:10:55,520 --> 00:10:59,559 Speaker 1: around cultures, you know, Mohammed, Buddha, Moses, Jesus all that 197 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:05,440 Speaker 1: there are some similarities in all those stories. And the 198 00:11:05,559 --> 00:11:10,960 Speaker 1: book that Campbell wrote was called The Hero's Journey. And 199 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:14,480 Speaker 1: I had heard this guy talk about it, Jordan Peterson, 200 00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:18,880 Speaker 1: and then super randomly, I was at my buddies place, 201 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:24,000 Speaker 1: who no longer lives here. He now moved to Tybee Island. Um. 202 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:25,440 Speaker 1: He he was out here in l A. And then 203 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:27,720 Speaker 1: he recently moved to Tybee Island with his wife and kids. 204 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:31,800 Speaker 1: And I was at his place out here and I 205 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:34,280 Speaker 1: see I'm looking at his bookshelf and I see Joseph 206 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:38,080 Speaker 1: Campbell The Hero's Journey, and I'm like, what you have this? 207 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:40,319 Speaker 1: I just heard about this book. He's like, yeah, I 208 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:42,520 Speaker 1: take it. I was like, awesome. And this was when 209 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:47,160 Speaker 1: I was deep into screenplays. And essentially the Hero's Journey 210 00:11:47,679 --> 00:11:52,280 Speaker 1: is it's it's gonna sound basic, but it's essentially if 211 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:55,079 Speaker 1: you look at all the best movies ever created are 212 00:11:55,120 --> 00:11:58,240 Speaker 1: many of the best ones. It involves the hero's journey. 213 00:11:58,280 --> 00:12:01,000 Speaker 1: And it said, there's basically three steps, right, three stages 214 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:04,560 Speaker 1: of the hero's journey. The departure. The hero leaves home 215 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:07,520 Speaker 1: his community, he goes on a quest to do something, 216 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:09,719 Speaker 1: and there's this is in the Bible as well. I 217 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:13,679 Speaker 1: think I've referenced this t one listeners as Rob g 218 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:16,600 Speaker 1: likes Dimension will, we'll remember this. So then the hero 219 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:20,760 Speaker 1: faces all these trials and tribulations out there on his 220 00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:25,880 Speaker 1: quest until he achieves victory. And you can look in 221 00:12:26,040 --> 00:12:29,199 Speaker 1: Star Wars and a million other movies. I mean, Luke 222 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:32,360 Speaker 1: Skywalker is the perfect hero's journey. Right, leaves his home 223 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:36,559 Speaker 1: planet to take down the Empire Obi Wan Kenobi along 224 00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:40,760 Speaker 1: the way, saves Princess Leiah blah blah blah, kills the 225 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:44,640 Speaker 1: Death Star, and then he's the final stages. The hero 226 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:49,000 Speaker 1: returns home to his community, and uh, you know he's 227 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:52,839 Speaker 1: the hero, right, that's the hero's journey. And I would 228 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:57,680 Speaker 1: argue that Aaron Rodgers is on the cusp of a 229 00:12:57,679 --> 00:13:01,640 Speaker 1: hero's journey. He's ready for it. He leaves Green Bay, 230 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:06,080 Speaker 1: leaves his community, goes out there on a quest. Yesterday 231 00:13:06,080 --> 00:13:07,760 Speaker 1: I said Denver, We'll stick with Denver for the sake 232 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:11,160 Speaker 1: of it. Now, Denver's not like Tampa was with Brady 233 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:14,719 Speaker 1: where they were just Super Bowl starved and desperate, right 234 00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:18,559 Speaker 1: because they Denver one with Peyton Manning. But and of 235 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:23,240 Speaker 1: course John Away. But if Rogers goes out, you know, 236 00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:25,440 Speaker 1: because sometimes you've got to leave home to accomplish it. 237 00:13:25,480 --> 00:13:28,640 Speaker 1: Remember Lebron had to leave Cleveland, goes to Miami. There 238 00:13:28,679 --> 00:13:32,000 Speaker 1: were trials and tribulations. He wins the championship, he's a hero. 239 00:13:32,280 --> 00:13:34,720 Speaker 1: He wins two of them. He's on the path to goatness. 240 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 1: Then he goes home wins another one. Kevin Durant had 241 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:40,400 Speaker 1: to leave home. He had to leave Okay, See, guys, 242 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:43,560 Speaker 1: I've I've gone to to toe with everybody on this. 243 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:46,000 Speaker 1: I think that was a smart move, the tough move. 244 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:49,959 Speaker 1: He had to do it. Kevin Durant had to leave faces, 245 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:52,400 Speaker 1: trials and tribulations to Golden State. Am by the guy, 246 00:13:52,760 --> 00:13:55,000 Speaker 1: MVP of the Finals twice, no doubt about it, Top 247 00:13:55,000 --> 00:14:00,199 Speaker 1: fifteen player in NBA history period. Sometimes to a eave 248 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:03,040 Speaker 1: your biggest goals to become the best version of you, 249 00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:05,760 Speaker 1: you've got to leave home. And I'm of the firm 250 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:09,880 Speaker 1: belief Aaron Rodgers, it's just he he's got to leave 251 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:13,720 Speaker 1: Green Bay. I know it sounds tough and painful. I 252 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:18,360 Speaker 1: think he's got to do it. It's a great story 253 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:21,560 Speaker 1: if he does it. Um, if he does in Denver, 254 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:23,640 Speaker 1: like I know people are gonna hate him in in 255 00:14:23,760 --> 00:14:28,200 Speaker 1: Green Bay. But sometimes you've got to leave and go 256 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:31,760 Speaker 1: through it elsewhere and you'll come out great on the 257 00:14:31,760 --> 00:14:35,080 Speaker 1: other side. Maybe Brady and Belichick could run their course. 258 00:14:35,680 --> 00:14:37,920 Speaker 1: I know they beat the Rams, and people thought all 259 00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:40,040 Speaker 1: these guys would stick together forever, and it was kind 260 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:42,520 Speaker 1: of wearing down. It was near the end. Brady left. 261 00:14:42,960 --> 00:14:44,600 Speaker 1: He won. Now I'm not I don't think there's a 262 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:49,080 Speaker 1: scenario where Belichick leaves, right. I can't imagine Belichick leaving. 263 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:52,320 Speaker 1: But across sports, like you could say, well, Jason, what 264 00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:54,720 Speaker 1: about the honest? Honest doesn't fit the hero's journey. I 265 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:57,200 Speaker 1: guess I guess you could argue Janice, his hero's journey 266 00:14:57,240 --> 00:15:01,080 Speaker 1: is leaving Greece, right, and his family and where he 267 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:03,960 Speaker 1: came from, and um win the championship and now he's 268 00:15:03,960 --> 00:15:08,120 Speaker 1: like the prodigal son of Greece. But I I really, 269 00:15:08,720 --> 00:15:10,520 Speaker 1: you guys should look the story up. I just went 270 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:12,680 Speaker 1: on Amazon is super cheap if you want to buy 271 00:15:12,760 --> 00:15:17,000 Speaker 1: fifteen bucks. The hero's journey Joseph Campbell. Um, it's it's 272 00:15:17,040 --> 00:15:21,000 Speaker 1: fascinating and they start to mention all the movies. Um, 273 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:23,120 Speaker 1: it's awesome. You guys really should check it out now. 274 00:15:23,480 --> 00:15:25,280 Speaker 1: I would like you to check out our great interview 275 00:15:25,720 --> 00:15:29,560 Speaker 1: with Dante Whittner, former safety of the San Francisco forty Niners. 276 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:33,280 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in 277 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:36,320 Speaker 1: the nation. Catch all of our shows at Fox Sports 278 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:39,480 Speaker 1: Radio dot com and within the I Heart Radio app 279 00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:46,080 Speaker 1: search f s R to listen live. Jason likes to 280 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:49,160 Speaker 1: think he knows everything when it comes to sports. I 281 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:52,320 Speaker 1: know what sports dance want. But for everything he doesn't, 282 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:55,600 Speaker 1: he knows a guy who does. Let's just say I 283 00:15:55,680 --> 00:16:00,200 Speaker 1: know a guy who knows a guy he knows another guy. Right, 284 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:02,920 Speaker 1: let's welcome into straight fire. A guy you remember from 285 00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:05,080 Speaker 1: last year. I believe because we love talking about the 286 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:08,200 Speaker 1: forty Niners. I love the Jimmy g storyline, and this 287 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:11,520 Speaker 1: guy is interesting and rapidly rising in the Bay Area 288 00:16:11,600 --> 00:16:17,640 Speaker 1: media scene. Dante Whitner a KA Dante Hitner, former forty Niners. Great. Uh, Dante? 289 00:16:17,640 --> 00:16:20,200 Speaker 1: How you doing man? I'm doing excellent. Jason, how you doing? 290 00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:23,320 Speaker 1: I'm awesome? I can't be more excited about the All 291 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:26,640 Speaker 1: California NFC Championship game. I don't know how the rest 292 00:16:26,640 --> 00:16:29,640 Speaker 1: of the country feels about Round three, but uh, I 293 00:16:29,680 --> 00:16:32,040 Speaker 1: don't know. Listen to it produced a great game in 294 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:35,880 Speaker 1: week eighteen. Um. The earlier meeting was not as good, 295 00:16:35,920 --> 00:16:38,960 Speaker 1: but Stafford was in a funk. Um, I'll just start here. 296 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:41,560 Speaker 1: I want to get the temperature of the Bay Area 297 00:16:41,640 --> 00:16:44,640 Speaker 1: right now heading into this meeting. I mean six straight 298 00:16:44,680 --> 00:16:49,040 Speaker 1: wins um by Shanahan over McVeigh swept him this year. 299 00:16:49,160 --> 00:16:51,360 Speaker 1: Are you hearing any man? It's tough to be the 300 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:53,760 Speaker 1: team three times in the season. Well, they swept them 301 00:16:53,760 --> 00:16:56,720 Speaker 1: in the last three years. So um, I think they'd 302 00:16:56,720 --> 00:16:58,480 Speaker 1: figure out the formulas to beat in the l A 303 00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:01,480 Speaker 1: Rams and then start with their eyes on offensive defense. 304 00:17:01,960 --> 00:17:04,720 Speaker 1: It starts with their mentality, the way that they played 305 00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:06,879 Speaker 1: the game. And then you know that Shan mcveig is 306 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:10,520 Speaker 1: to understudy of Kyle Shannon. Then he taught you some things, 307 00:17:10,560 --> 00:17:13,000 Speaker 1: but he didn't teach you everything. And I think that 308 00:17:13,040 --> 00:17:15,080 Speaker 1: we figured that out last week with Matt la Floor 309 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:18,119 Speaker 1: and we're gonna figure it out again this week. Versus 310 00:17:18,119 --> 00:17:20,960 Speaker 1: Sean McVeigh. Sean McVeigh ran on the football field last 311 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:23,119 Speaker 1: the last time they play, remember that they got up 312 00:17:23,160 --> 00:17:26,440 Speaker 1: with seventeen nothing. So yeah, he was feeling good about 313 00:17:26,520 --> 00:17:29,360 Speaker 1: himself and he ended up in the end zone celebrate 314 00:17:29,480 --> 00:17:32,080 Speaker 1: with his players. He he you know a little pre 315 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:36,320 Speaker 1: pre ejaculation and uh, you know the ft nine they 316 00:17:36,359 --> 00:17:38,479 Speaker 1: saw that. Kyle Shanahan saw that, and he ended up 317 00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:41,040 Speaker 1: regretting that. So you know, it's gonna be tough to 318 00:17:41,080 --> 00:17:44,160 Speaker 1: beat him seven straight times, but I have full confidence 319 00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:45,919 Speaker 1: at the four downers to get it done. Yeah, this 320 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:48,439 Speaker 1: would be a massive indictment Ill mcveie. Let's start with him. 321 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:50,200 Speaker 1: I'm I want to go back to quickly the end 322 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:54,160 Speaker 1: of the Tampa game. Um having seen the San Frame 323 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:56,920 Speaker 1: game and McVeigh blow some leads this year by sitting 324 00:17:56,960 --> 00:17:59,760 Speaker 1: on it and getting conservative. It's twenty seven three and 325 00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:03,639 Speaker 1: the seven six, and instantly I'm like, oh my gosh, 326 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:06,800 Speaker 1: this is PTSD. I can see this. They're gonna blow this. 327 00:18:07,240 --> 00:18:10,240 Speaker 1: And as a player, Dante, when you're out there on 328 00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:12,159 Speaker 1: the sideline and you see your coach getting who is 329 00:18:12,200 --> 00:18:15,200 Speaker 1: aggressive as heck to go up twenty three and then 330 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:17,600 Speaker 1: he tries to get cute and sit on the ball, 331 00:18:17,640 --> 00:18:19,159 Speaker 1: what's the what do you think was going through the 332 00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:21,760 Speaker 1: rams heads like, oh my gosh, we've seen this before. Well, 333 00:18:21,760 --> 00:18:24,119 Speaker 1: it's all psychological, you better believe it. They were getting 334 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:27,240 Speaker 1: like this right. They were real tight and we're just 335 00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:30,920 Speaker 1: trying to get that clock down two zeros. And that's 336 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:32,800 Speaker 1: what happens. The momentum of the game. You know, it 337 00:18:32,840 --> 00:18:35,800 Speaker 1: can shift either way, especially in the playoffs, and it's 338 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:38,200 Speaker 1: all psychological with players. I was talking to a friend 339 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:39,760 Speaker 1: the other day and we were talking about how is 340 00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:42,600 Speaker 1: it on the sideline when things start to go bad. 341 00:18:42,960 --> 00:18:45,560 Speaker 1: There's a lot of guys on the sideline panicking. Everybody's 342 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:48,760 Speaker 1: not boys, right. It's an emotional game. You'll start to 343 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:52,000 Speaker 1: forget things and that's when the snowball starts to you know, 344 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:53,920 Speaker 1: roll and get bigger and bigger. But they were able 345 00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:55,960 Speaker 1: to get themselves out of that. Phone make some players 346 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:57,560 Speaker 1: at the end of the game and they put the 347 00:18:57,560 --> 00:18:59,680 Speaker 1: ball in Matthew Stafford's hand. They said, you know what, 348 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:02,200 Speaker 1: we're not gonna play for overtime. We brought you here 349 00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:04,440 Speaker 1: for a reason, Now get us out of this. He 350 00:19:04,520 --> 00:19:07,080 Speaker 1: got him out of it. He made some tremendous throws 351 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:09,280 Speaker 1: and he went down and got that field goal. But 352 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:12,160 Speaker 1: the only comparative thing I can think of, and again 353 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:15,200 Speaker 1: this is I'm sure you're laugh So you know, you're 354 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:17,760 Speaker 1: playing pick up basketball to twenty one and you've got 355 00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:20,360 Speaker 1: a big lead and you want to close him out right, 356 00:19:20,359 --> 00:19:22,600 Speaker 1: and all you need is three points, and all of 357 00:19:22,640 --> 00:19:25,040 Speaker 1: a sudden, the other team starts coming back and you 358 00:19:25,040 --> 00:19:27,080 Speaker 1: guys are missing shots. You get a little bit tight 359 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:30,679 Speaker 1: right now. Amplify that Dante with seventy five people in 360 00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:33,119 Speaker 1: the stands and the greatest of all time on the 361 00:19:33,119 --> 00:19:35,680 Speaker 1: other sideline, like you could just see man, Brady's gonna 362 00:19:35,680 --> 00:19:38,120 Speaker 1: get this. And then the cam Akers fumble was just devastating. 363 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:41,760 Speaker 1: I mean, I feel bad for Acres. He had two fumbles. 364 00:19:41,760 --> 00:19:43,919 Speaker 1: I'm curious where you think his mind's at. He's a 365 00:19:43,960 --> 00:19:48,119 Speaker 1: young running back, dynamic, fast, powerful, but those two fumbles, 366 00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:49,920 Speaker 1: I mean, he would have been the goat of this 367 00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:51,840 Speaker 1: game if they had blown it. He would have if 368 00:19:51,840 --> 00:19:54,120 Speaker 1: he would have been escapego But at the same time, 369 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:56,600 Speaker 1: you have to know that you know, he's very valuable 370 00:19:56,640 --> 00:19:58,679 Speaker 1: to their team and the way that he runs, the 371 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:02,119 Speaker 1: physical nature in which he runs is um You know 372 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:04,040 Speaker 1: he's been productive for them, and you know you have 373 00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:06,600 Speaker 1: to have a short memory. It's similar to playing quarterback. 374 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:08,840 Speaker 1: You know, you get beat a couple of times, there's 375 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:11,040 Speaker 1: no way to falter and get away from your technique, 376 00:20:11,359 --> 00:20:14,240 Speaker 1: or or change your running style, or put the two 377 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:16,720 Speaker 1: hands on the ball so that you can't really accelerate 378 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:18,960 Speaker 1: in the open field. I think that he has continued 379 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:21,600 Speaker 1: to run the same way that he's run, just protect 380 00:20:21,640 --> 00:20:24,920 Speaker 1: the ball upon contact. So Acres is a tremendous talent 381 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:26,560 Speaker 1: for them, and I think that he'll get over it 382 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:28,400 Speaker 1: quickly and the fortner is going to have to make 383 00:20:28,400 --> 00:20:30,680 Speaker 1: sure they know where he is in the run game, 384 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:33,119 Speaker 1: in the passing game. You know, Budda Baker was okay 385 00:20:33,119 --> 00:20:34,800 Speaker 1: the other day, but you saw this type of lick 386 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:36,919 Speaker 1: that he could put on an open field. He's not 387 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:39,200 Speaker 1: big in stature, but he's big in heart. He showed 388 00:20:39,240 --> 00:20:41,959 Speaker 1: that coming back from the Achilles injury and less than 389 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:46,040 Speaker 1: like six seven months, which is miraculous. Anybody had Achilles. 390 00:20:46,520 --> 00:20:48,240 Speaker 1: They know that first you lose the strength, then you 391 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:50,280 Speaker 1: have to get the flexibility back. The way that he 392 00:20:50,320 --> 00:20:51,560 Speaker 1: was able to come back, in the way that he's 393 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:53,639 Speaker 1: running right now, I think that he'll bounce back quickly 394 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:56,320 Speaker 1: from it. All right, let me ask you a big deal, 395 00:20:56,440 --> 00:20:59,720 Speaker 1: little deal, no deal. Forty Niners are about to play 396 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:03,119 Speaker 1: their with straight road game late in the season. Extra 397 00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:06,240 Speaker 1: game added this season, Dante four straight road game. Now, 398 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:08,440 Speaker 1: I know we k a team. You just traveled down 399 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:11,560 Speaker 1: to l A. Not massive travel, but it was a 400 00:21:11,560 --> 00:21:13,600 Speaker 1: big game, huge comeback, a lot of energy. Then you 401 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:15,960 Speaker 1: gotta go to Dallas halfway across the country. You gotta 402 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:17,960 Speaker 1: come home, and you gotta go back to the cold weather. 403 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:21,000 Speaker 1: And let's be real, they did not look good offensively 404 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:23,359 Speaker 1: against Green Bay for you can say the entire game. 405 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:25,520 Speaker 1: Then you gotta go home and then back down to 406 00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:28,360 Speaker 1: l A. Four straight road games. I tried to check 407 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:31,120 Speaker 1: in the Fox database. Um, I think in the last 408 00:21:31,119 --> 00:21:33,680 Speaker 1: twenty one years, like five teams that played four straight 409 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:36,720 Speaker 1: road games, and none of them have one for the honors. 410 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:40,520 Speaker 1: Played best when they're backstore against the wall. Remember they 411 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:42,880 Speaker 1: started the season three and five. They had to play 412 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:46,359 Speaker 1: essentially the playoff game every week to play themselves in 413 00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:49,760 Speaker 1: to in into position to get the sixth pay. And 414 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:53,000 Speaker 1: when you look at the travel to l A and 415 00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:56,919 Speaker 1: you look at the travel to Dallas, Green Bays were 416 00:21:56,960 --> 00:21:59,560 Speaker 1: built for this. This perseverance is how they dumped themselves 417 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:01,720 Speaker 1: out of a whole early in the season, and they 418 00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:04,360 Speaker 1: tend to play better on the role when they're back 419 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:07,520 Speaker 1: so against the wall. But the Faithful travels well. They 420 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:10,080 Speaker 1: travel well to that Week eighteen game. That's why they 421 00:22:10,359 --> 00:22:13,560 Speaker 1: to limit the tickets this week, which I'm glad that 422 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:15,600 Speaker 1: they decided not to do that. It will be a 423 00:22:15,680 --> 00:22:19,680 Speaker 1: tremendous game. But going on the road beat Matthew Stafford 424 00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:21,879 Speaker 1: in the way that they did, and then Dad Prescott 425 00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:24,359 Speaker 1: and then Aaron Rodgers, it just shows the way that 426 00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:26,520 Speaker 1: this team is built and their true destiny is to, 427 00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:28,880 Speaker 1: you know, get to the super Bowl and win at 428 00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:30,720 Speaker 1: this time, and you can see that through all the 429 00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:33,719 Speaker 1: way that they play and when that never died mentality. 430 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:35,320 Speaker 1: So I don't think it's too much, but them, I 431 00:22:35,359 --> 00:22:37,000 Speaker 1: think it's just right. I think that they have it. 432 00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:39,560 Speaker 1: The stage is set just right for the forty nis 433 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:42,680 Speaker 1: to go and accomplish pretty much they impossible. Okay, fine, four, 434 00:22:42,840 --> 00:22:45,440 Speaker 1: not a big deal. How about this, Dante. Of their 435 00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:48,480 Speaker 1: last nine games, seven have been on the road. Now, Listen, 436 00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:52,240 Speaker 1: I'm not saying they're they're not traveling uh in coach. Obviously, 437 00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:55,359 Speaker 1: this is high end travel and I'm sure some of 438 00:22:55,359 --> 00:22:57,919 Speaker 1: the players are laying down on the flights, but nevertheless, 439 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:01,159 Speaker 1: getting on a plane seven of nine, that's gotta be 440 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:03,760 Speaker 1: taxing on the body, right, That's gotta be about it. 441 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:06,120 Speaker 1: But you know playing football is taxing on the body. 442 00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:08,600 Speaker 1: Then in the NFL is taxing on the body. Going 443 00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:11,160 Speaker 1: to practice every day and going to meetings and walk 444 00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:14,520 Speaker 1: through and keeping that same schedule. It's really taxing on 445 00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:17,359 Speaker 1: the mind and the body. The FOURT dods are built 446 00:23:17,359 --> 00:23:20,800 Speaker 1: for this. And when you talk about checklists and playoff 447 00:23:20,840 --> 00:23:23,080 Speaker 1: teams and can you went on the road, do the 448 00:23:23,080 --> 00:23:26,400 Speaker 1: fourts have all of these different entities to their team. 449 00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:30,199 Speaker 1: Let's see good running defense. Yes, you can get out 450 00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:33,880 Speaker 1: to the quarterback, but from four yes, can multiply and 451 00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:37,520 Speaker 1: play variations and coverage and make it all look the same. Yes, 452 00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:41,840 Speaker 1: special teams starting to play better. Yes, All coaches throughout 453 00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:44,840 Speaker 1: my career has always taught us on the road, no 454 00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:47,280 Speaker 1: matter who's against us, no matter if we're going to 455 00:23:47,359 --> 00:23:49,760 Speaker 1: see out on, no matter where we're going, the crowd 456 00:23:49,800 --> 00:23:52,119 Speaker 1: can be you know n side of your mind. You 457 00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:54,960 Speaker 1: have to pack the run defense, you have to pack 458 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:58,280 Speaker 1: the third down defense, you have to get turnovers and 459 00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:00,360 Speaker 1: you have to pack the special teams in the forty. 460 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:02,720 Speaker 1: Nins can do that, which is why they've had success 461 00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:06,840 Speaker 1: on the road. Uh, you see, I'm surprised. You really 462 00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:08,879 Speaker 1: sound confident in the Niners. Now, let me ask you this, 463 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:12,760 Speaker 1: Damko Ryan's has been tremendous. You know, they lose a 464 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:14,840 Speaker 1: lot and everybody's oh, they canna fall off a cliff, 465 00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:19,280 Speaker 1: and um, he's been excellent. Now you never played with him, right, 466 00:24:19,320 --> 00:24:24,680 Speaker 1: It seemed like I'm trying to look it up. Um, 467 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:28,320 Speaker 1: I'm just curious. They've had some injuries, the secondary has 468 00:24:28,359 --> 00:24:32,200 Speaker 1: been absolutely destroyed at some point, but that front four 469 00:24:32,359 --> 00:24:35,000 Speaker 1: seems to be the difference. And we know Stafford is 470 00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:37,800 Speaker 1: amazing under the blitz. Um, I don't know. I gotta 471 00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:40,600 Speaker 1: ask you real quick sidebar. Are you surprised that Todd 472 00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:46,040 Speaker 1: Bowles blitzed seventeen times against Stafford, knowing that he threw 473 00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:49,120 Speaker 1: coming into the game fourteen touchdowns and one interception against 474 00:24:49,119 --> 00:24:50,639 Speaker 1: the blitz one of the best in the league, and 475 00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:52,679 Speaker 1: they still blitz them. Are you surprised Bowls did that. 476 00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:55,399 Speaker 1: I'm not surprised because when you look at Tampa Bay's 477 00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:58,600 Speaker 1: defensive perception is that their defensive line with the front 478 00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:01,439 Speaker 1: four's dominant, and they weren't dominant this year like they 479 00:25:01,480 --> 00:25:03,800 Speaker 1: were in the championship year. It's the only way to 480 00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:07,240 Speaker 1: manipulate pressure is to bring extra guys, and he knew 481 00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:09,240 Speaker 1: that if you let Matthew Stafford sit back there and 482 00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:11,879 Speaker 1: not get pressure, he's gonna rip you apart. If you 483 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:14,320 Speaker 1: bring pressure and you don't play it correctly, he's gonna 484 00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:16,399 Speaker 1: rip your part. So it's about pick your poison in 485 00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:19,119 Speaker 1: that situation. That's why I feel like the forty Niners 486 00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:21,840 Speaker 1: match up very well. They can be multiple in their 487 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:24,560 Speaker 1: coverages and show things so that he can't just throw 488 00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:28,280 Speaker 1: the ball and see a pre snap and then after 489 00:25:28,359 --> 00:25:30,639 Speaker 1: making him go through his reads. You have guys that 490 00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:32,720 Speaker 1: can beat one on one coverage. You have our Key, 491 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:36,119 Speaker 1: you have Eric Armstead, you have both so on the edge, 492 00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:38,760 Speaker 1: you have Fu Cob. Then you can flip it and 493 00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:41,000 Speaker 1: you can come with a whole new roster. You can 494 00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:44,320 Speaker 1: come with givings, you can come with um. You know 495 00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:46,800 Speaker 1: just so many guys d J. Jones, you know that 496 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:50,680 Speaker 1: who can imply interior pressure, who's earned himself a lot 497 00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:53,280 Speaker 1: of money this year, and you can be multiple in 498 00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:55,280 Speaker 1: your coverage. Is They've had the secondary to play together 499 00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:58,520 Speaker 1: for six years back there, other than Amnuel Moseley on 500 00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:00,679 Speaker 1: the other side, or sometimes they bring Josh Normany, and 501 00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:04,000 Speaker 1: these guys have been together. They understand the task at him. 502 00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:06,360 Speaker 1: They understand who they have to take away, and they 503 00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:08,240 Speaker 1: showed that last week by being able to take away 504 00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:11,440 Speaker 1: Davante Adams getting away from just that normal cover three, 505 00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:14,359 Speaker 1: bringing some pressure late in the game. Safety's leaning to 506 00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:17,680 Speaker 1: the side of Davante Adams playing mind games with uh 507 00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:21,080 Speaker 1: with Aaron Rodgers. So I like what Damiko Ryans has did. 508 00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:24,320 Speaker 1: He he made a tremendous jump from Week three versus 509 00:26:24,359 --> 00:26:27,000 Speaker 1: the Green Bay Packers, and he did last week in 510 00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:29,440 Speaker 1: the playoffs. He showed so many coverages in week three. 511 00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:32,080 Speaker 1: He made it very easy for Aaron Rodgers. And the 512 00:26:32,119 --> 00:26:35,320 Speaker 1: same thing with Matthew Stafford. They were moving around, they 513 00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:39,000 Speaker 1: were disguising, and we all know Matthews. I like to 514 00:26:39,040 --> 00:26:43,280 Speaker 1: call him Matthew miss you, Mattie missed you, because if 515 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:45,600 Speaker 1: you get that pressure on him, he tends to just 516 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:47,680 Speaker 1: get jittery in the pocket and he'll throw that ball 517 00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:49,960 Speaker 1: to the defense. So that's why I'm so confident in 518 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:52,359 Speaker 1: the forty nine is they're getting high in all three 519 00:26:52,359 --> 00:26:55,000 Speaker 1: phases at the right time. Yeah, that's the one thing 520 00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:57,199 Speaker 1: that concerns me is the if they can get pressure 521 00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:59,959 Speaker 1: with four Witworth, it sounds like we'll be back. Mcpay 522 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:02,359 Speaker 1: came out and said, will be back. But if they 523 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:04,520 Speaker 1: get pressed before, it's it's a problem. Now. I will 524 00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:09,200 Speaker 1: say in week eighteen, Um, Stafford and with lights out 525 00:27:09,320 --> 00:27:11,680 Speaker 1: first half, they jumped to that big lead. If they 526 00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:15,560 Speaker 1: do that again, because you know, again Ryan's has showed 527 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:17,080 Speaker 1: all his cards at this point, you have to get 528 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:19,680 Speaker 1: through Rogers. Stafford in the first meeting killed him. I 529 00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:22,359 Speaker 1: mean through two picks in the first quarter. Was game over. Um, 530 00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:24,840 Speaker 1: I don't know what Ryan's has left in the chamber 531 00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:27,040 Speaker 1: this time. And Stafford's hot. You know, I know guys 532 00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:29,560 Speaker 1: who were betting uh Dante that he would throw an 533 00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:32,080 Speaker 1: interception in the first game did not in the playoffs 534 00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:34,520 Speaker 1: second game, Oh he'll throw it, He's always do. He 535 00:27:34,520 --> 00:27:36,720 Speaker 1: did not throw an interception. Like Stafford has been great 536 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:40,280 Speaker 1: in that first meeting. I think he had just played Tennessee. 537 00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:42,160 Speaker 1: He had the terrible pick six, and then he came 538 00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:44,760 Speaker 1: out rattled and he threw two in the first quarter. 539 00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:48,920 Speaker 1: You call him, Matthew miss you. He's been pretty great 540 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:52,240 Speaker 1: down the stretch. Non he's been really good in the playoffs, 541 00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:55,160 Speaker 1: but he hasn't say enough from four likes have we're 542 00:27:55,160 --> 00:27:57,440 Speaker 1: saying what they can do when ain't harassed him. We 543 00:27:57,520 --> 00:27:59,280 Speaker 1: see the type of passes and the type of reason 544 00:27:59,359 --> 00:28:01,119 Speaker 1: that he make and how he panics in the pocket. 545 00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:04,760 Speaker 1: And you talk about does Damiko Ryan's have enough left? 546 00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:08,600 Speaker 1: One thing about defenses. You're never reinventing the wheel. You're 547 00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:11,760 Speaker 1: just confusing the quarterback. You can run your same blesses. 548 00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:14,320 Speaker 1: You can run your same cover three, Cover two, Cover four, 549 00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:17,560 Speaker 1: you can run your same man blesses. It's all about 550 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:20,320 Speaker 1: the look that you give the quarterback. Prestap, how much 551 00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:24,680 Speaker 1: information are you not allowing him to gather pre snap 552 00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:27,119 Speaker 1: before the ball comes and if he can't figure it 553 00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:30,200 Speaker 1: out pre snap? If you have guys that are good actors, 554 00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:33,240 Speaker 1: eleven guys in unison saying hey, guys, we know he's 555 00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:37,040 Speaker 1: going to snap the ball between seven and twelve seconds 556 00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:40,360 Speaker 1: on the cloud. Let's hold our disguise right, Let's let's 557 00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:43,680 Speaker 1: let's check our own mannerisms pre snap. Are we showing 558 00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:46,720 Speaker 1: single high pre snap and then rolling the cover too 559 00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:49,280 Speaker 1: all the time. Right, let's check our own matters. Well, 560 00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:51,880 Speaker 1: let's be good actors. You can fool any quarterback in 561 00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:55,960 Speaker 1: this league. Drew Brees, Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, Matthew Stafford. 562 00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:59,479 Speaker 1: If you have eleven guys in unison, befool anybody. All Right, 563 00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:02,200 Speaker 1: we talked about Stafford. I need to drill down a 564 00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:05,000 Speaker 1: bit on Jimmy Garoppolo. I think this is one of 565 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:08,040 Speaker 1: the most fun storylines ever. Fox Sports Radio has the 566 00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:11,000 Speaker 1: best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of 567 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:14,560 Speaker 1: our shows at Fox Sports Radio dot com and within 568 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:17,040 Speaker 1: the I Heart Radio app search f s R to 569 00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:19,680 Speaker 1: listen live. I think I said it in the earlier 570 00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:21,760 Speaker 1: the season, like I would love for him to get 571 00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:24,800 Speaker 1: to the Super Bowl and make Shanahan and Lynch have 572 00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:27,040 Speaker 1: to do that decision. Like, listen, you get to one 573 00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:28,680 Speaker 1: super Bowl, Woul, Jimmy g ah, Well, it was the 574 00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:31,560 Speaker 1: defense was just along for the ride. You get to 575 00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:33,760 Speaker 1: two Super Bowls in three years with a guy and 576 00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:36,760 Speaker 1: you're still gonna dump him for Tray Lance. Come on, Dante, 577 00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:39,960 Speaker 1: you can't do that, can't you. No? And I said 578 00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:42,120 Speaker 1: it on the Lindsay road Show yesterday. If you just 579 00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:45,200 Speaker 1: see racist stats and everything, And at the end of 580 00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:47,520 Speaker 1: the year, were all sit in the meeting and we say, hey, 581 00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:49,760 Speaker 1: we won the trophy this year. Do you care about 582 00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:54,400 Speaker 1: anybody's individual stats? Everybody within an organization would say no, 583 00:29:55,720 --> 00:30:00,959 Speaker 1: I guarantee. So what Jimmy Garoppolo does as well is 584 00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:06,240 Speaker 1: he operates this offense to maximum efficiency. The motions, the shifts, 585 00:30:06,320 --> 00:30:10,320 Speaker 1: the eye candy, getting guys lined up, the hard counts, 586 00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:14,200 Speaker 1: right jump, get defenses to jump off side, the nuances 587 00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:17,560 Speaker 1: of the offense, um, the accuracy he's top five in 588 00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:19,600 Speaker 1: the league, and accuracy. The only thing that he has 589 00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:24,280 Speaker 1: these deficient in is his turnover worthy plays, those three 590 00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:26,960 Speaker 1: to four to five players a game where he almost 591 00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:31,400 Speaker 1: turns the ball over throws it late to the flat. 592 00:30:31,840 --> 00:30:34,080 Speaker 1: But guys like Aaron Rodgers and the guys that don't 593 00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:35,760 Speaker 1: turn the ball over the top of the league. They're 594 00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:39,440 Speaker 1: only around two percent when it comes to turnover worthy plays. 595 00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:42,000 Speaker 1: So if he can just eliminate two to three players 596 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:44,560 Speaker 1: a game, I think that we would consistently be talking about. 597 00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:47,040 Speaker 1: Jimmy Garoppolo is one of the top quarterbacks in the league, 598 00:30:47,440 --> 00:30:50,040 Speaker 1: and with this offense, you don't need to have the 599 00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:52,600 Speaker 1: biggest arm to throw it down field. Most of this 600 00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:55,160 Speaker 1: offense is predicated on the run and taking advantage of 601 00:30:55,720 --> 00:31:00,000 Speaker 1: defenders that aren't disciplined, who have bad eyes, who supposed 602 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:02,000 Speaker 1: to be playing the past, but they're playing run now 603 00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:04,440 Speaker 1: because you're so good in the run game. That's what 604 00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:07,200 Speaker 1: it's predicated on. So that's why they're knocking on the 605 00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:09,960 Speaker 1: door of their second Super Bowl in three years. And 606 00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:12,520 Speaker 1: if he goes to the Super Bowl, whether he wins 607 00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:14,920 Speaker 1: it or not, I think that Jimmy Garoppolos should be 608 00:31:14,960 --> 00:31:17,200 Speaker 1: the quarterback of the San Francisco forty nine ers next 609 00:31:17,280 --> 00:31:20,480 Speaker 1: year because he knows the offensively, there's another here in 610 00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:23,080 Speaker 1: the system. Have a lot of guys were turning on defense, 611 00:31:23,520 --> 00:31:28,000 Speaker 1: Why would you want to repeat and go putting ut them? Sorry, 612 00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:30,720 Speaker 1: putting tray lass out there does not guaranteed that you're 613 00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:32,680 Speaker 1: gonna win games. I agree, But wait, are you so 614 00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:34,880 Speaker 1: you're saying they gotta win this game for Jimmy g 615 00:31:35,040 --> 00:31:37,240 Speaker 1: to keep the job or is it win the super Bowl? 616 00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:39,600 Speaker 1: I think if he makes it to the Super Bowl 617 00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:42,479 Speaker 1: interesting because I kind of feel he's done enough. Dante. 618 00:31:42,520 --> 00:31:44,680 Speaker 1: I mean, what could you ask? What more can you 619 00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:46,920 Speaker 1: ask of this guy? We k team final driving the 620 00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:49,280 Speaker 1: season against your rival, he's got to deliver and he does. 621 00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:52,000 Speaker 1: Has he been great in the playoffs, No, he hasn't. 622 00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:55,240 Speaker 1: But I people are gonna hate when I say this, Dante. 623 00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:57,840 Speaker 1: We think back to Tom. I know Tom Brady now 624 00:31:57,880 --> 00:31:59,880 Speaker 1: is the goat and all this stuff. Think back to 625 00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:03,320 Speaker 1: early career Tom Brady, Well, he's not really that mobile. 626 00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:06,800 Speaker 1: He doesn't have an amazing arm. Like is this guy 627 00:32:06,840 --> 00:32:09,600 Speaker 1: that could? And they had Drew blood Cell injured and 628 00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:11,400 Speaker 1: they're like, well, Bloods will come back. And then Brady 629 00:32:11,440 --> 00:32:14,400 Speaker 1: went to Super Bowl. You wow? And then Brady is 630 00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:16,520 Speaker 1: the starter and he just never gives it up. Brady 631 00:32:16,560 --> 00:32:19,560 Speaker 1: was never amazing. Dante knows this. He was a game 632 00:32:19,600 --> 00:32:21,400 Speaker 1: manager right early in his career. Can we say he 633 00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:24,160 Speaker 1: didn't turn the ball over? His turnover Earthy players were 634 00:32:24,160 --> 00:32:26,360 Speaker 1: probably around two per cent, And that's what I'm saying. 635 00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:28,920 Speaker 1: So Jimmy Garoppolo was a game manager. And I have 636 00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:31,520 Speaker 1: to say that in the playoffs, Jimmy has made some 637 00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:34,400 Speaker 1: very clutch catch I mean throws the one on the 638 00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:37,760 Speaker 1: sideline on second down to uh George Kittle when he 639 00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:39,680 Speaker 1: made the one head catch and got both feet in. 640 00:32:40,040 --> 00:32:42,120 Speaker 1: There was only one place he could throw that ball. Yeah, 641 00:32:42,320 --> 00:32:45,480 Speaker 1: Jimmy Garoppolo complete that same ball to George Kittle that 642 00:32:45,520 --> 00:32:49,080 Speaker 1: he dropped. Are we talking differently about him? Yeah? Favorite 643 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:51,560 Speaker 1: Green Bay. That was an excellent read. It was right 644 00:32:51,560 --> 00:32:53,280 Speaker 1: on the money. George Kittle was going to catch it, 645 00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:56,240 Speaker 1: transition and run for a touchdown. Are we talking differently? 646 00:32:56,520 --> 00:32:59,120 Speaker 1: There was another same ball to and I. You hit 647 00:32:59,160 --> 00:33:01,240 Speaker 1: him right in the hands. It was a great raid. 648 00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:02,880 Speaker 1: It was a great throw. It was right on the money. 649 00:33:02,880 --> 00:33:06,120 Speaker 1: There was another one to Juwan Jennings, similar same ball 650 00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:08,320 Speaker 1: that was nearly intercepted after hit him in the hands. 651 00:33:08,760 --> 00:33:12,320 Speaker 1: There was another one on a slant. So wait, hold on, 652 00:33:12,440 --> 00:33:14,640 Speaker 1: is that a turnover worthy play if it goes off 653 00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:18,560 Speaker 1: Jennings hands. Okay, okay, that's not. If he throws it 654 00:33:18,640 --> 00:33:20,960 Speaker 1: directly to the defense and there was a linebacker there 655 00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:23,520 Speaker 1: and it was off target, that's a turnover worthy play. 656 00:33:23,520 --> 00:33:26,400 Speaker 1: If he's in the pocket and it fumbles it or something, 657 00:33:26,800 --> 00:33:28,640 Speaker 1: that's a turnover worthy play. If he holds it in 658 00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:31,200 Speaker 1: the pocket too long and the defensive line get there, 659 00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:33,520 Speaker 1: that's a turnover worthy play. So when it lake to 660 00:33:33,560 --> 00:33:35,800 Speaker 1: the flat like he did like two or three times 661 00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:38,280 Speaker 1: last week, nearly should have been picked off if the 662 00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:41,160 Speaker 1: defensive back in lineback was kind attention, that's a turnover 663 00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:44,640 Speaker 1: worthy play, so he can eliminate those. Jimmy Garoppolo operates 664 00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:47,000 Speaker 1: a high efficiens. Yeah. I asked that because, like I, 665 00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:49,040 Speaker 1: I have the pro football focus and I look at 666 00:33:49,040 --> 00:33:51,160 Speaker 1: it and I see, like, Josh Allen is way up there. 667 00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:53,840 Speaker 1: And then you just watched Josh Allen against the Patriots 668 00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:56,560 Speaker 1: and Chiefs and you're like, no turnover worthy plays here. 669 00:33:56,760 --> 00:34:00,840 Speaker 1: But ultimately, Dante, there is a guy, uh some random dude, 670 00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:03,719 Speaker 1: Mark or Joe or whoever watching the game and he 671 00:34:03,880 --> 00:34:06,440 Speaker 1: is grading what is the turnover worthy play? Right? I 672 00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:08,279 Speaker 1: know Ryan Tannehill made a million of h I gets 673 00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:10,799 Speaker 1: the Bengals right, We don't need to go there. But again, 674 00:34:10,880 --> 00:34:14,200 Speaker 1: Jimmy G, some of these are dicey um. And I'll 675 00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:17,200 Speaker 1: just to close out the Jimmy G portion. Where are 676 00:34:17,239 --> 00:34:23,080 Speaker 1: you on the whole Lynch Shanahan draft lance situation? Because 677 00:34:24,040 --> 00:34:26,680 Speaker 1: Garoppolo was coming off the injury right, he had been 678 00:34:26,719 --> 00:34:30,479 Speaker 1: injured I guess two times in three years, and there 679 00:34:30,719 --> 00:34:34,640 Speaker 1: was a line of thought that hey, Shanahan wanted Matt 680 00:34:34,719 --> 00:34:37,440 Speaker 1: Jones and they said, no way, you can't do that 681 00:34:37,640 --> 00:34:40,840 Speaker 1: and we gotta get trade lance. Where are you on this, 682 00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:42,600 Speaker 1: I don't know how connected you are in the front 683 00:34:42,640 --> 00:34:46,480 Speaker 1: office or what you want to I think that last 684 00:34:46,560 --> 00:34:49,239 Speaker 1: year it was very difficult for for all teams for 685 00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:53,840 Speaker 1: a variety of different reasons. Coronavirus injuries, dealing with COVID 686 00:34:53,880 --> 00:34:57,080 Speaker 1: on a weekly basis, no fans in the stadium. I 687 00:34:57,120 --> 00:34:59,399 Speaker 1: think it was very difficult for everybody. And it might 688 00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:03,359 Speaker 1: have overrea active with the drafting of Trey Lands, being 689 00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:05,680 Speaker 1: that they know what Jimmy garoppolo can do, what he 690 00:35:05,719 --> 00:35:08,160 Speaker 1: did in two thousand nineteen, when he has all the 691 00:35:08,200 --> 00:35:11,040 Speaker 1: pieces around him, when he has a dominant running game, 692 00:35:11,280 --> 00:35:13,360 Speaker 1: when he has a solid offensive line. Knowing what he 693 00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:15,799 Speaker 1: can do, they probably could have used that pit on 694 00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:18,520 Speaker 1: something else to help on the offenside, bar maybe the 695 00:35:18,560 --> 00:35:22,640 Speaker 1: defensive side. Um, but you know, we are what we 696 00:35:22,680 --> 00:35:25,680 Speaker 1: are right now. They have Trey Lands, they have jim mcgarobolo, 697 00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:28,480 Speaker 1: who's just starting quarterback of the team. He's a leader 698 00:35:28,560 --> 00:35:30,640 Speaker 1: of this team and all the guys believe in him. 699 00:35:31,239 --> 00:35:34,719 Speaker 1: So all the noise outside of the organization, I think 700 00:35:34,719 --> 00:35:37,359 Speaker 1: the inside they believe that Jimmy can't get it done, 701 00:35:37,400 --> 00:35:39,520 Speaker 1: and they've seen him operated high officially, and they've seen 702 00:35:39,600 --> 00:35:42,359 Speaker 1: him hunt have those plays that you question. They just 703 00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:44,879 Speaker 1: know that if he consistently operates at a high level, 704 00:35:45,120 --> 00:35:48,280 Speaker 1: he gives him all opportunity to, you know, make plays 705 00:35:48,280 --> 00:35:50,879 Speaker 1: and get better. Think about it. Deebo Samuel All Pro 706 00:35:51,080 --> 00:35:54,000 Speaker 1: career year with Jim mcgarobolo, Trent Williams. He never made 707 00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:57,600 Speaker 1: a All Pro. George Kittle was steal back in the 708 00:35:57,640 --> 00:36:00,080 Speaker 1: Pro Bowl. Possibly should have been All Pro. Elijah You 709 00:36:00,280 --> 00:36:04,279 Speaker 1: career year, eleven games, almost a thousand yards. You he 710 00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:06,120 Speaker 1: came out to dog house and a lot of times 711 00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:09,239 Speaker 1: inside routes late in the game. He's trusting you, he's 712 00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:12,920 Speaker 1: trusting Joan Jenningsen's having a career year. So everybody around 713 00:36:12,960 --> 00:36:15,280 Speaker 1: him is having a career year. It's only the people 714 00:36:15,280 --> 00:36:18,840 Speaker 1: outside the organization is not playing with Jimmy. That's really, 715 00:36:19,080 --> 00:36:21,880 Speaker 1: you know, talking bad about it. It's funny you just 716 00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:25,600 Speaker 1: mentioned the draft. I looked so Kyle Pitts went four boys. 717 00:36:25,760 --> 00:36:30,520 Speaker 1: Pitts and Kittle together would have been unbelievable. Five um 718 00:36:30,920 --> 00:36:33,560 Speaker 1: Sir tan at at nine would have been excellent in 719 00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:37,040 Speaker 1: the seconds. And then the big one is Michael Parsons 720 00:36:37,440 --> 00:36:41,120 Speaker 1: down to twelve, uh to Dallas, like, it's who do you? 721 00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:44,640 Speaker 1: People hate this question? Who gets more credit for the 722 00:36:44,680 --> 00:36:48,200 Speaker 1: fact that they drafted someone at three who's not being 723 00:36:48,320 --> 00:36:52,000 Speaker 1: used at all and they're still in the NFC championship 724 00:36:52,040 --> 00:36:54,839 Speaker 1: games that coaching or roster building or do you want 725 00:36:54,880 --> 00:36:57,440 Speaker 1: to put the baby and say both? I would saying both. 726 00:36:57,520 --> 00:36:59,759 Speaker 1: And when he's a quarterback and you draft him and 727 00:36:59,880 --> 00:37:02,200 Speaker 1: I'm or three and he's not playing, it's okay because 728 00:37:02,239 --> 00:37:05,000 Speaker 1: a lot of times people draft quarterbacks they like the 729 00:37:05,040 --> 00:37:07,799 Speaker 1: red shirt on pretty much. Let him learn from the sideline, 730 00:37:08,320 --> 00:37:10,359 Speaker 1: give him a few players here and there in the game, 731 00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:12,920 Speaker 1: and then the second year or third year expect them 732 00:37:12,960 --> 00:37:15,799 Speaker 1: to grow exponentially. But if it was a cornerback, it 733 00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:18,600 Speaker 1: was a linebacker, offensive linement, you drafted number three, then 734 00:37:18,640 --> 00:37:21,640 Speaker 1: everybody would be questioned. So I would say it's split both, 735 00:37:22,080 --> 00:37:23,800 Speaker 1: and I think that you can give him that time 736 00:37:23,800 --> 00:37:27,200 Speaker 1: to mature, especially when your starter is winning. There's not 737 00:37:27,239 --> 00:37:28,840 Speaker 1: a lot of tension, there's not a lot of pressure 738 00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:31,440 Speaker 1: to put trade lands in there. If Jimmy Garoppolo is 739 00:37:31,480 --> 00:37:33,760 Speaker 1: getting the job done, if the team is winning games, 740 00:37:34,120 --> 00:37:36,480 Speaker 1: and I don't know about you but over the last 741 00:37:36,480 --> 00:37:38,160 Speaker 1: four or five weeks, I would say the Four Nights 742 00:37:38,200 --> 00:37:40,960 Speaker 1: are pretty much like the most exciting football team to watch, 743 00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:44,200 Speaker 1: Like these games come down to the end, the style 744 00:37:44,280 --> 00:37:46,440 Speaker 1: in which they play. I think that these are the 745 00:37:46,480 --> 00:37:48,480 Speaker 1: most exciting games and the food Man has earned their 746 00:37:48,520 --> 00:37:50,600 Speaker 1: way here and then one step away from getting back 747 00:37:50,640 --> 00:37:52,400 Speaker 1: to the Super Bowl. Yeah, I mean that it is 748 00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:54,320 Speaker 1: kind of crazy when you frame it like that. I 749 00:37:54,360 --> 00:37:57,080 Speaker 1: would say, Deebo Samuel, um, have you had an opportunity 750 00:37:57,120 --> 00:37:59,040 Speaker 1: to talk to it all? Just what's he like? Is 751 00:37:59,080 --> 00:38:02,560 Speaker 1: a dude because he's been If I meet him super 752 00:38:02,640 --> 00:38:04,640 Speaker 1: a week out here in l A. I need to 753 00:38:04,640 --> 00:38:08,280 Speaker 1: thank him for the Fantasy Uh great Fantasy seasons. He's 754 00:38:08,320 --> 00:38:11,239 Speaker 1: just an amazing talent, fun to watch, but tell us 755 00:38:11,280 --> 00:38:13,800 Speaker 1: something about him. He's from the Pin, not the Palace. 756 00:38:14,480 --> 00:38:16,920 Speaker 1: You heard Tonio Browns on from the Pin not the Palace. 757 00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:19,799 Speaker 1: I did not hear. I've not heard that's out from 758 00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:22,399 Speaker 1: the Pin, not the Palace. I'm kind of stablished all 759 00:38:22,440 --> 00:38:25,200 Speaker 1: of this saying that you know, he's from a hard 760 00:38:25,320 --> 00:38:27,640 Speaker 1: upbringing and he had to earn everything that he has, 761 00:38:28,080 --> 00:38:29,600 Speaker 1: and you can see it in the way that Deebo 762 00:38:29,680 --> 00:38:32,680 Speaker 1: Samuel plays he has to earn everything that he has. 763 00:38:32,800 --> 00:38:34,840 Speaker 1: The way that he plays, he's just not a receiver. 764 00:38:35,239 --> 00:38:39,319 Speaker 1: He'll run through your face mask, whether your defensive lineman, linebacker, safety. 765 00:38:39,880 --> 00:38:41,920 Speaker 1: These guys don't want to tackle Deebo Samuel. And then 766 00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:44,200 Speaker 1: he has the power to run through you, the speeding, 767 00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:46,960 Speaker 1: the looseness to run around you. Um, you know in 768 00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:49,200 Speaker 1: the running game. He's just that guy. His name sits 769 00:38:49,239 --> 00:38:54,560 Speaker 1: him well, Deebo Samuel, taking bikes, taking chains. Um, you know, 770 00:38:54,600 --> 00:38:56,920 Speaker 1: he's just a weapon X for this team. And they 771 00:38:56,960 --> 00:38:58,600 Speaker 1: have a bunch of guys like that. That's why I 772 00:38:58,640 --> 00:39:00,839 Speaker 1: think the pot managers are set up to go deep 773 00:39:00,880 --> 00:39:03,520 Speaker 1: or when the when the Super Bowls, because they remind 774 00:39:03,560 --> 00:39:06,920 Speaker 1: me of the hardball forty Niners, when we were pretty 775 00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:09,439 Speaker 1: much like the bullies. You know, we didn't actually play, 776 00:39:09,480 --> 00:39:11,920 Speaker 1: we didn't have to play well all the time, but 777 00:39:11,960 --> 00:39:13,560 Speaker 1: we knew that we were bigger than you, we were 778 00:39:13,560 --> 00:39:15,359 Speaker 1: more physical, and at some point we were gonna make 779 00:39:15,360 --> 00:39:17,839 Speaker 1: you make a mistake. At some point somebody was gonna 780 00:39:17,880 --> 00:39:21,040 Speaker 1: get run over, right, and they were gonna compromise. Hey, 781 00:39:21,040 --> 00:39:23,279 Speaker 1: do I want to make this next tackle or don't 782 00:39:23,280 --> 00:39:25,480 Speaker 1: I do? I want to run the ball in this whole. 783 00:39:25,719 --> 00:39:27,640 Speaker 1: Do I want to come across the mental when test 784 00:39:27,680 --> 00:39:30,520 Speaker 1: this ball? Right? Do I really want to catch this 785 00:39:30,600 --> 00:39:32,399 Speaker 1: ball in the middle? Do I really want to win 786 00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:34,799 Speaker 1: that bad? They they have some of that in them. 787 00:39:34,800 --> 00:39:36,600 Speaker 1: They have some of that in the DNA. And I 788 00:39:36,640 --> 00:39:39,760 Speaker 1: thought the Buffalo Bills matched up well with the forty 789 00:39:39,840 --> 00:39:42,600 Speaker 1: Niners because they played that same type of rough meg 790 00:39:42,680 --> 00:39:46,359 Speaker 1: type of football. They have guys over there like Josh Allen. Right, 791 00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:49,239 Speaker 1: he's from the pit. You know, he's not from the palace. Right. 792 00:39:49,280 --> 00:39:53,239 Speaker 1: He had upbringing, hard upbringing. I believe and and and 793 00:39:53,239 --> 00:39:55,879 Speaker 1: and the way that he plays the game that translates well. Right, 794 00:39:55,920 --> 00:39:58,040 Speaker 1: He's not one of those you know quarterbacks sitting in 795 00:39:58,040 --> 00:39:59,640 Speaker 1: the party. He's gonna do everything he has to do 796 00:39:59,640 --> 00:40:02,120 Speaker 1: to win. George kid on the same before Narraves are 797 00:40:02,160 --> 00:40:04,560 Speaker 1: set up for success. All right, I'll close out with this. 798 00:40:04,640 --> 00:40:06,680 Speaker 1: You mentioned Hardball, so I'll bring him up a lot 799 00:40:06,680 --> 00:40:09,680 Speaker 1: of chatter. He may be coming back to the NFL. 800 00:40:09,960 --> 00:40:12,640 Speaker 1: Um Any thoughts on that? What happens if he calls 801 00:40:12,680 --> 00:40:14,240 Speaker 1: you and say you want to spot on my staff? 802 00:40:14,680 --> 00:40:17,200 Speaker 1: What are you doing? Um? I think that'll be awesome 803 00:40:17,280 --> 00:40:20,239 Speaker 1: for Jim Hardball to come back to the NFL, and 804 00:40:20,280 --> 00:40:22,960 Speaker 1: I think it's great for the NFL as well. He's 805 00:40:22,960 --> 00:40:25,560 Speaker 1: one of the great football minds and great motivators that 806 00:40:25,600 --> 00:40:28,040 Speaker 1: I've ever been around. A lot of people don't really 807 00:40:28,080 --> 00:40:31,120 Speaker 1: like his tactics, but he gets the job done. So 808 00:40:31,239 --> 00:40:34,879 Speaker 1: not about the tactics, right, do the means justify the end? 809 00:40:37,080 --> 00:40:40,319 Speaker 1: So that's really what it is. When hardball and he's 810 00:40:40,320 --> 00:40:43,520 Speaker 1: gonna hire the best staff. They're gonna be very sound, 811 00:40:43,640 --> 00:40:46,520 Speaker 1: They're gonna work tremendously hard. I think when we were 812 00:40:46,520 --> 00:40:48,839 Speaker 1: in San Francisco we worked harder than any team. There 813 00:40:48,840 --> 00:40:50,799 Speaker 1: will be days in training camera we will just try 814 00:40:50,840 --> 00:40:53,880 Speaker 1: to run as many plays as we possibly could. He 815 00:40:53,960 --> 00:40:56,400 Speaker 1: would have the ones on this field, the twols on 816 00:40:56,440 --> 00:40:59,120 Speaker 1: this field, and just filming, and we got into like 817 00:40:59,160 --> 00:41:01,600 Speaker 1: two D and four he plays on each on each 818 00:41:01,640 --> 00:41:04,440 Speaker 1: field one day and he came to us and say, Hey, 819 00:41:04,600 --> 00:41:07,680 Speaker 1: the Seattle Seahawks win gold cart right righting today, guys, 820 00:41:08,480 --> 00:41:10,600 Speaker 1: that's what we got two hundred and forty players in 821 00:41:10,760 --> 00:41:12,799 Speaker 1: over here. In two hundred forty players and over here. 822 00:41:12,840 --> 00:41:16,520 Speaker 1: He he believed in building that countless and teaching football 823 00:41:16,960 --> 00:41:19,879 Speaker 1: and hiring teachers that can teach you to what when 824 00:41:20,239 --> 00:41:22,640 Speaker 1: and why a football and that's why he has success 825 00:41:22,640 --> 00:41:25,239 Speaker 1: at where he goes. So I think it'll be phenomenal 826 00:41:25,239 --> 00:41:28,040 Speaker 1: for the Raiders if they get Jim Harbaud and they're 827 00:41:28,080 --> 00:41:31,880 Speaker 1: they're surely gonna win. Yeah, yeah, all right, Dante Whitner 828 00:41:32,320 --> 00:41:35,120 Speaker 1: a ka Dante Hitner, tell us about your rising uh 829 00:41:35,280 --> 00:41:39,439 Speaker 1: in the Bay Area media. You're I mean, you're crushing it, dude. Yeah, 830 00:41:39,440 --> 00:41:42,120 Speaker 1: it's been fun. Um, you know, it's taking a little time. 831 00:41:42,200 --> 00:41:45,160 Speaker 1: This is my fourth year doing it. Um. You know, 832 00:41:45,200 --> 00:41:48,280 Speaker 1: we got some great guys on now, Joe Stalley, t Keo, Spikes, 833 00:41:48,320 --> 00:41:50,600 Speaker 1: Lord Bread, and we have to keep it fun and 834 00:41:50,680 --> 00:41:52,759 Speaker 1: keep it relaxed. And I think that my role is 835 00:41:52,800 --> 00:41:56,160 Speaker 1: more so uh the educator when it comes down to 836 00:41:56,200 --> 00:41:59,600 Speaker 1: the y in football, when it comes down to the 837 00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:02,040 Speaker 1: entry k details, but we all just have a lot 838 00:42:02,080 --> 00:42:03,880 Speaker 1: of fun. I do a lot of radio with k 839 00:42:04,080 --> 00:42:06,520 Speaker 1: m b R on the preseason games for the for 840 00:42:06,640 --> 00:42:09,880 Speaker 1: the Niners. With k n BR, I do seasonal, um. 841 00:42:09,920 --> 00:42:12,399 Speaker 1: You know, I go in seasonal when everybody else want 842 00:42:12,400 --> 00:42:14,400 Speaker 1: to take breaks, I go in and take all the 843 00:42:14,520 --> 00:42:16,840 Speaker 1: radio time and I can. I do CBS as well. 844 00:42:17,239 --> 00:42:21,400 Speaker 1: This past year I had six games college games that 845 00:42:21,480 --> 00:42:24,200 Speaker 1: I called as a color commentator, So yeah, I'm just 846 00:42:24,239 --> 00:42:28,040 Speaker 1: working on every aspect of it in studio, color commentator, 847 00:42:28,840 --> 00:42:31,400 Speaker 1: radio work, and just you know, trying to put it 848 00:42:31,440 --> 00:42:33,960 Speaker 1: all in one ball. Pretty awesome man can drafts on 849 00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:37,680 Speaker 1: everything and enjoy the games this weekend, uh Dante, I 850 00:42:37,719 --> 00:42:40,799 Speaker 1: will Niners going to the super Bowl? Call next week ja, 851 00:42:41,480 --> 00:42:42,800 Speaker 1: Niners going to the super Bowl.