Speaker 1: Unfortunately.
Speaker 2: I think that I got like thirty people. Yeah, I
Speaker 2: saw another another like local media guy had the same thing.
Speaker 2: What's his name A Cash? Yeah?
Speaker 3: Is it true? Yesterday was your first Veterans Day.
Speaker 2: Off ever, it's my first one. It only took twelve years,
Speaker 2: but I embraced it. It's strange a little bit. Yeah,
Speaker 2: I had to. I had to ask Christian for tips.
Speaker 2: He's uh, he's well versed in him. But yeah, No,
Speaker 2: it was. Uh, It's something Kyle and I had talked
Speaker 2: about before training camp, about mixing a few in this year,
Speaker 2: and you know, I think it was. It was good
Speaker 2: for me. I felt fresh today.
Speaker 3: Branch Night was just in here talking about kick return stuff.
Speaker 3: We've seen you and Deebo kind of working together. Yeah,
Speaker 3: what's your what's your take on just kind of the
Speaker 3: new rule and maybe.
Speaker 2: Yeah and be involved in Yeah, I think it's it's
Speaker 2: super interesting and just my gut feeling is that I
Speaker 2: think it's gonna be like a much bigger play than
Speaker 2: a lot of people anticipate. There's like some real opportunities
Speaker 2: for big plays and I think I think I could
Speaker 2: I could help in that. I think Debo could definitely
Speaker 2: help in that. I think we could be a good
Speaker 2: combo back there because there's a lot of moving parts
Speaker 2: and uh there, there has to be kind of a
Speaker 2: natural feel for those returners back there and and sometimes
Speaker 2: it's just you know, things that you just have to
Speaker 2: be able to play off each other well. And I
Speaker 2: think we do that good. But I'm I'm really excited.
Speaker 2: I think this could be a really big deal and
Speaker 2: could really change field position.
Speaker 3: What a natural feel? Is there an element of just
Speaker 3: like it feels like an offensive play, particularly with you
Speaker 3: and Debo.
Speaker 2: It really is a lot it's it's basically a wide
Speaker 2: zone play once you get the ball in your hands.
Speaker 2: But I think that's gonna be one of the hardest
Speaker 2: thing is is getting the ball in your hands. I
Speaker 2: think it's gonna be kind of a game of keep away.
Speaker 2: I think the the kickers are really going to try
Speaker 2: and mix it up with different balls and make it
Speaker 2: hard to field and all that kind of stuff. But
Speaker 2: once you get that ball, it's really like a wide
Speaker 2: zone where you know you're you're pressing your gap and
Speaker 2: cutting off of people. And yeah, I do kind of
Speaker 2: see it like an offensive play as.
Speaker 1: Far as days off, do you and you know the
Speaker 1: team in general have to look ahead to January and
Speaker 1: you know, possibly playing deep into January, And are you
Speaker 1: sort of looking at that now and sort of kind
Speaker 1: of gauging where you'll.
Speaker 2: Be right right, Like yes and no, Like I'm not
Speaker 2: necessarily like thinking specifically about January and all that, but
Speaker 2: I do think we're all very conscious and more aware
Speaker 2: of how long of a season it is and how
Speaker 2: long of seasons has been for us the last you know,
Speaker 2: four or five years, and you do need to like
Speaker 2: think about that now in pacing yourself. It's so like yesterday,
Speaker 2: you know, it's our first day in pads, and I'm like,
Speaker 2: even it's my off Dave, but I'm like, I'm itching
Speaker 2: to get out there because you're just natural competitors, your
Speaker 2: football players. Like first day of pads is like a
Speaker 2: kind of a ceremonious day. But you got to remind yourself, like,
Speaker 2: all right, me going out and proving myself here on
Speaker 2: the first day of pads, what are we doing like that,
Speaker 2: That's not the goal. The goal is to be healthy
Speaker 2: throughout the season and deep into the season, and so
Speaker 2: you know, managing those reps early on will help that
Speaker 2: down the road.
Speaker 1: And you look back at last season. Is there any
Speaker 1: thought that the way that you began the playoffs, which
Speaker 1: I think everybody agrees wasn't quite your peak against Green
Speaker 1: Bay and early on against the Lions. Did that have
Speaker 1: anything to do with season long fatigue or was it
Speaker 1: the Week seventeen game or I.
Speaker 2: Don't know, honestly, I don't.
Speaker 1: I don't know.
Speaker 2: There's Uh, it's tough to say yeah, because we you know,
Speaker 2: we kind of had that Week seventeen where not everybody
Speaker 2: played and we had a bye week. But you're always
Speaker 2: you're always juggling health versus rhythm, and you know what
Speaker 2: to do in those scenarios. But I think you guys
Speaker 2: can tell me for sure, But I think the math
Speaker 2: would say that health and like people who have that
Speaker 2: bye week typically the math has said that they're they
Speaker 2: have a better chance of making the super Bowl. So
Speaker 2: I think it's smart to to rest guys and have
Speaker 2: them healthy. But you know, you're always playing that game
Speaker 2: at rhythm versus freshness.
Speaker 3: You were pretty uh eloquent. I thought after the super Bowl,
Speaker 3: talking to meet the immediate aftermath about the need to
Speaker 3: come back and try again. And then you go through
Speaker 3: an offseason that as a contract thing that couldn't have
Speaker 3: been real fun for you to go through while other
Speaker 3: guys are cashing in the opposite direction in terms of money.
Speaker 3: What what was your thought process and in putting all
Speaker 3: that together and coming.
Speaker 2: Back, Yeah, I had a lot of thoughts and and
Speaker 2: and it it it changed as the days went on,
Speaker 2: you know, obviously, Like I wasn't too happy when I
Speaker 2: was first presented with that, but it's one of those
Speaker 2: things that you kind of have to work through it.
Speaker 2: And at the end of the day, like I feel
Speaker 2: like I have the best opportunity in the world to
Speaker 2: play here for the Niners, and and I do think
Speaker 2: that I'm still I'm being I'm being taken care of,
Speaker 2: you know, in a good ways as a fullback on
Speaker 2: this team, and I'm I am happy with my role
Speaker 2: and uh yeah, like you know, my ego took some shots.
Speaker 2: But at the end of the day, I want to
Speaker 2: be on a team that all these superstars are getting
Speaker 2: paid that this, you know, more money, because that means
Speaker 2: they did something pretty good the year before, and I
Speaker 2: feel part of that. So all in all, you know,
Speaker 2: I'm just I'm just happy to be on this team
Speaker 2: and have another opportunity to go win a Super Bowl.
Speaker 2: Does it feel like business issues are sort of hanging
Speaker 2: over this team in a way that it hasn't in
Speaker 2: the past seven years? No, just because I feel like
Speaker 2: every year there's kind of been someone in that position.
Speaker 2: So honestly, I feel kind of well versed in it,
Speaker 2: and it's it really is something that like in the
Speaker 2: locker room, we don't take personally and we understand, like,
Speaker 2: you know, guys go through that stuff and a lot
Speaker 2: of guys have gone through it ourselves, So I think
Speaker 2: there's a good understanding in the locker room of it.
Speaker 1: When you know, rock Cat four of his final five
Speaker 1: passes intercepted today.
Speaker 2: The one he did it was to you, But yeah,
Speaker 2: they what's his demeanor like and because this is camp
Speaker 2: where you should try.
Speaker 1: To fit things into windows? Does he dismiss it? Does
Speaker 1: he does that competitive rage come out of him? It
Speaker 1: just seems like he understands his camp.
Speaker 2: Yeah. Quite Honestly, I didn't really observe him after that,
Speaker 2: so I can't say exactly, but just kind of going
Speaker 2: off of just Brock, you know, the three years that
Speaker 2: I've been with them that, I mean, he's a super
Speaker 2: competitive guy and he expects a lot of himself, but
Speaker 2: he always seems to handle those things well. You know,
Speaker 2: he's not throwing a temper, tantrum or anything like that,
Speaker 2: but he's still hard on himself and and generally stays
Speaker 2: pretty positive. So I didn't see him exactly, but that's
Speaker 2: what i'd expect.
Speaker 1: What do you think of the new guys in the
Speaker 1: room with Taylor and Grendo?
Speaker 2: And been impressed, Been really impressed with those guys. I
Speaker 2: think we have a really special running back room. I
Speaker 2: quite honestly, I think this is the best running back
Speaker 2: room I've ever been in, from top to bottom. I
Speaker 2: think we got some really good players and been particularly
Speaker 2: impressed with Cody Schrader. He's works his absolute tail off.
Speaker 2: He's very intelligent, and he goes out there and just
Speaker 2: plays a good, consistent, clean game, and we've really enjoyed
Speaker 2: having him. But all those guys have been impressive. They're
Speaker 2: all very smart, do things the right way, and I
Speaker 2: love our room.
Speaker 3: It was it was a little tough day for Brock,
Speaker 3: but it's really his first off season being in training
Speaker 3: camp but getting all the reps. Where do you see
Speaker 3: him compared to what he.
Speaker 1: Was like last year?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I just I think I've seen improvement even you know,
Speaker 2: if if if he had a few picks today. In general,
Speaker 2: I feel like Brock has has improved.
Speaker 3: Uh.
Speaker 2: You know, the confidence seems to be there more. The
Speaker 2: the arm strength seems to be there a little bit more.
Speaker 2: I think, you know, putting the pads on the path,
Speaker 2: the pass rush starts to get a little more real.
Speaker 2: So it may take a day or two to adjust.
Speaker 2: But I'm not here to make excuses for Brock, so
Speaker 2: I'm sure he'll speak on that. But uh, I expect
Speaker 2: only good things from him.
Speaker 1: Yep.
Speaker 3: Thanks