WEBVTT - 1st & 10: 49ers Begin OTAs

0:00:13.960 --> 0:00:16.599
<v Speaker 1>Hello, and welcome to the forty nine Ers First and

0:00:16.760 --> 0:00:19.919
<v Speaker 1>ten Podcast, ten minutes of the most up to date

0:00:20.040 --> 0:00:23.360
<v Speaker 1>forty nine Ers news first thing in the morning. I'm

0:00:23.400 --> 0:00:26.560
<v Speaker 1>your host Briona McDonald. Joining me is forty nine Ers

0:00:26.560 --> 0:00:29.920
<v Speaker 1>team reporter Lindsay Polaries. This week is the start of

0:00:29.960 --> 0:00:33.160
<v Speaker 1>OTAs for many teams across the league, including the forty

0:00:33.200 --> 0:00:36.240
<v Speaker 1>nine Ers. San Francisco held their first day of OTA

0:00:36.360 --> 0:00:39.239
<v Speaker 1>practice yesterday, and we're going to recap all of the

0:00:39.240 --> 0:00:42.120
<v Speaker 1>biggest takeaways from the first day of practice on this

0:00:42.200 --> 0:00:45.440
<v Speaker 1>morning's episode. So, lindsay, what was it like to see

0:00:45.479 --> 0:00:47.159
<v Speaker 1>a lot of the team back in the building.

0:00:47.760 --> 0:00:52.040
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it was. It felt like football season was almost back, right.

0:00:53.360 --> 0:00:54.000
<v Speaker 2>It was great.

0:00:54.080 --> 0:00:56.160
<v Speaker 3>There was a lot of veterans on hand. I will

0:00:56.240 --> 0:00:59.840
<v Speaker 3>say not all of them were participating or suited up,

0:01:00.040 --> 0:01:03.400
<v Speaker 3>but I will say in terms of notable attendees, we've

0:01:03.440 --> 0:01:08.200
<v Speaker 3>got George Kittle, Fred Warner, Nick Bosa, we saw Leonard Floyd,

0:01:08.760 --> 0:01:11.520
<v Speaker 3>you know, some of the off season editions, Jordan elliott E,

0:01:11.640 --> 0:01:16.280
<v Speaker 3>Tour Gross Matos, Raymond Johnson, Lee Collins not here, but

0:01:16.440 --> 0:01:19.160
<v Speaker 3>head coach Kyle Shanahan said he's going to be in

0:01:19.319 --> 0:01:22.920
<v Speaker 3>town as soon as his kids are graduated next week,

0:01:23.080 --> 0:01:25.840
<v Speaker 3>so another free agent edition that's going to be in

0:01:25.920 --> 0:01:26.720
<v Speaker 3>Santa Clara.

0:01:27.560 --> 0:01:30.040
<v Speaker 2>So just a really strong presence here.

0:01:30.200 --> 0:01:32.920
<v Speaker 3>I think that's always good for team morele and just

0:01:33.080 --> 0:01:34.679
<v Speaker 3>general energy in the building.

0:01:35.480 --> 0:01:37.760
<v Speaker 2>But yeah, it gives a little bit.

0:01:37.600 --> 0:01:41.360
<v Speaker 3>Of pre training camp vibes and just to kind of

0:01:41.400 --> 0:01:46.479
<v Speaker 3>review what this phase of OTAs is. It's the third

0:01:46.560 --> 0:01:49.120
<v Speaker 3>phase of the forty nine ers off season programming.

0:01:49.480 --> 0:01:50.760
<v Speaker 2>It's still voluntary.

0:01:50.920 --> 0:01:53.760
<v Speaker 3>What's different from Phase one and two is that teams

0:01:53.760 --> 0:01:57.080
<v Speaker 3>can be getting seven on seven and eleven on eleven drills.

0:01:57.480 --> 0:02:00.880
<v Speaker 3>Still no live contact, but it is just step above

0:02:01.040 --> 0:02:03.720
<v Speaker 3>what's been happening for the past few weeks in Phase

0:02:03.760 --> 0:02:04.720
<v Speaker 3>one and Phase two.

0:02:05.440 --> 0:02:08.600
<v Speaker 1>You know, coach Shanahan said that it still feels like

0:02:08.720 --> 0:02:12.400
<v Speaker 1>the twenty twenty three season just ended. We're only about

0:02:12.639 --> 0:02:15.320
<v Speaker 1>three months removed from playing in the Super Bowl. So

0:02:15.720 --> 0:02:19.160
<v Speaker 1>what did the players say about processing a long twenty

0:02:19.200 --> 0:02:22.160
<v Speaker 1>twenty three season before turning their focus to a new year.

0:02:22.520 --> 0:02:26.040
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I think it's it's different for everyone, right, and

0:02:26.120 --> 0:02:29.120
<v Speaker 3>it kind of depends on each individual player's journey.

0:02:29.120 --> 0:02:31.080
<v Speaker 2>But we heard from safety jay Or.

0:02:31.000 --> 0:02:33.840
<v Speaker 3>Brown he said he's still not over it because you

0:02:33.840 --> 0:02:36.600
<v Speaker 3>don't forget a game like the Super Bowl, and obviously

0:02:36.919 --> 0:02:39.200
<v Speaker 3>the end result not being what you want it to be.

0:02:39.360 --> 0:02:41.800
<v Speaker 2>But obviously he's here, he's practicing.

0:02:41.840 --> 0:02:44.640
<v Speaker 3>To a certain degree, he is moving on, but he

0:02:44.680 --> 0:02:46.440
<v Speaker 3>did say he's processing through some.

0:02:46.480 --> 0:02:47.560
<v Speaker 2>Of those emotions.

0:02:48.240 --> 0:02:51.800
<v Speaker 3>Also heard from defensive lineman Nick Bosa, who said that,

0:02:52.000 --> 0:02:54.280
<v Speaker 3>you know, this was actually one of his better off

0:02:54.320 --> 0:02:57.760
<v Speaker 3>seasons in terms of working out, and that's because that

0:02:57.919 --> 0:03:01.880
<v Speaker 3>season extended so long, obviously to mid February, So he's

0:03:01.919 --> 0:03:06.080
<v Speaker 3>really made a concerted effort to take it easy, rehab

0:03:06.120 --> 0:03:09.320
<v Speaker 3>his body, get it in its best possible shape. He's

0:03:09.360 --> 0:03:13.000
<v Speaker 3>here at OTAs And then for brock Purty, a totally

0:03:13.040 --> 0:03:16.520
<v Speaker 3>different off season because this time last year he was

0:03:16.720 --> 0:03:20.880
<v Speaker 3>very much in the recovery process from an elbow surgery

0:03:20.919 --> 0:03:22.919
<v Speaker 3>to repair a season ending injuries.

0:03:23.040 --> 0:03:24.400
<v Speaker 2>So for him, it's a.

0:03:24.360 --> 0:03:28.400
<v Speaker 3>Totally new phase, new off season feel. So I think

0:03:28.400 --> 0:03:30.480
<v Speaker 3>it depends on who you ask, but I think to

0:03:30.480 --> 0:03:33.480
<v Speaker 3>a certain degree, the team is obviously turning the page

0:03:33.480 --> 0:03:35.840
<v Speaker 3>and looking ahead to that twenty twenty four season.

0:03:36.200 --> 0:03:39.720
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, brock Party was seriously in a rehab phase during

0:03:39.800 --> 0:03:43.800
<v Speaker 1>last year's off season. This is brock Perty's first full

0:03:43.880 --> 0:03:46.640
<v Speaker 1>off season with the team, and around this time last year,

0:03:46.680 --> 0:03:49.440
<v Speaker 1>he wasn't even throwing any passes. He was just visualizing

0:03:49.440 --> 0:03:51.760
<v Speaker 1>what that was like. So what has he shared about

0:03:51.760 --> 0:03:53.840
<v Speaker 1>how this time has helped him develop as a leader

0:03:53.840 --> 0:03:54.360
<v Speaker 1>of this team.

0:03:54.560 --> 0:03:57.160
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I mean, I think a year makes all the difference,

0:03:57.240 --> 0:03:59.720
<v Speaker 3>and just his journey is in a much different place

0:03:59.720 --> 0:04:02.800
<v Speaker 3>because because he can actually go review the cutups with

0:04:02.920 --> 0:04:06.640
<v Speaker 3>Kyle Shanahan and then go put that directly into practice

0:04:06.680 --> 0:04:08.880
<v Speaker 3>on the field, He's been able to be part of

0:04:08.920 --> 0:04:10.760
<v Speaker 3>this entire offseason workout.

0:04:11.000 --> 0:04:13.160
<v Speaker 2>Head coach Kyle Shanahan said, it's been great to just

0:04:13.240 --> 0:04:15.040
<v Speaker 2>have him out there leading.

0:04:14.680 --> 0:04:17.640
<v Speaker 3>Those drills, which really we were so far from that

0:04:17.760 --> 0:04:21.240
<v Speaker 3>point this time last year because of that surgery that

0:04:21.279 --> 0:04:24.000
<v Speaker 3>we talked about. And obviously, you know, you get a

0:04:24.080 --> 0:04:27.560
<v Speaker 3>year's worth of starting experience, or an additional year, I

0:04:27.560 --> 0:04:29.960
<v Speaker 3>should say, and you're in a totally different place.

0:04:30.000 --> 0:04:31.960
<v Speaker 2>Head coach Kyle Shanahan said that it's just a.

0:04:31.960 --> 0:04:35.920
<v Speaker 3>Continual stacking for brock perty and he continues to develop.

0:04:36.000 --> 0:04:39.080
<v Speaker 3>He's entering year three, but with I feel like all

0:04:39.120 --> 0:04:41.279
<v Speaker 3>the things he's been through in his first two years

0:04:41.320 --> 0:04:43.239
<v Speaker 3>in the NFL, it feels so much longer.

0:04:43.320 --> 0:04:44.760
<v Speaker 2>But and He even said it too.

0:04:45.200 --> 0:04:48.360
<v Speaker 3>He feels like one of those veteran players, especially as

0:04:48.400 --> 0:04:51.800
<v Speaker 3>you get one of those rookie classes in here, a

0:04:51.839 --> 0:04:54.679
<v Speaker 3>new class of free agents, and it just it feels

0:04:54.680 --> 0:04:58.400
<v Speaker 3>like a totally different team to a certain extent. So yeah,

0:04:58.440 --> 0:05:00.400
<v Speaker 3>he's in a totally different place. I mean, I think

0:05:00.440 --> 0:05:01.320
<v Speaker 3>he's feeling really.

0:05:01.120 --> 0:05:03.919
<v Speaker 1>Good about it. Definitely. Well, lindsay, take us out to

0:05:03.960 --> 0:05:07.200
<v Speaker 1>the practice field for the first day of OTAs. What

0:05:07.279 --> 0:05:09.680
<v Speaker 1>did you think of the newcomers, the rookies? Did anyone

0:05:09.680 --> 0:05:10.320
<v Speaker 1>stand out to you?

0:05:10.680 --> 0:05:13.880
<v Speaker 3>I will say the defensive line looks totally different. I

0:05:13.920 --> 0:05:18.440
<v Speaker 3>had to frequently look down at my roster sheet and

0:05:18.480 --> 0:05:20.279
<v Speaker 3>then also ask like, who's that?

0:05:20.360 --> 0:05:20.760
<v Speaker 2>Who's that?

0:05:21.400 --> 0:05:23.000
<v Speaker 3>Because I got so used to a lot of the

0:05:23.080 --> 0:05:26.000
<v Speaker 3>jersey numbers, and it did get a shake up. It

0:05:26.080 --> 0:05:28.599
<v Speaker 3>was great to see Leonard Floyd out there. You tour

0:05:28.680 --> 0:05:31.679
<v Speaker 3>Gross Matos, some of the bigger names that were signed

0:05:31.720 --> 0:05:32.560
<v Speaker 3>in free agency.

0:05:32.600 --> 0:05:34.360
<v Speaker 2>Obviously Nick Bosa there.

0:05:34.600 --> 0:05:38.880
<v Speaker 3>Always like you see him standing around and talking to guys.

0:05:38.560 --> 0:05:40.200
<v Speaker 2>And I would assume offering tips.

0:05:40.200 --> 0:05:43.000
<v Speaker 3>Obviously I don't know what's going on in those conversations,

0:05:43.040 --> 0:05:45.960
<v Speaker 3>but he seems to really just be getting to know

0:05:46.040 --> 0:05:48.560
<v Speaker 3>the guys. Speaking with them out on the practice field

0:05:48.600 --> 0:05:51.520
<v Speaker 3>and get it. Just getting those practice reps in with

0:05:51.640 --> 0:05:54.880
<v Speaker 3>the new defensive line. But certainly a lot of revamping

0:05:55.000 --> 0:05:58.400
<v Speaker 3>happened in free agency, so that was a different sight

0:05:58.560 --> 0:05:59.000
<v Speaker 3>to see.

0:05:59.040 --> 0:05:59.479
<v Speaker 2>For sure.

0:06:00.120 --> 0:06:03.479
<v Speaker 3>We saw Deebo Samuel Senior in his number one jersey.

0:06:03.560 --> 0:06:06.040
<v Speaker 2>That's gonna take some getting used to, I think, just.

0:06:06.000 --> 0:06:08.960
<v Speaker 3>Because for Niners fans, for people that didn't know him

0:06:09.040 --> 0:06:12.320
<v Speaker 3>during his South Carolina playing days, he's always been number nineteen.

0:06:12.480 --> 0:06:15.679
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it was nineteen problems exactly. Nineteen problems no longer.

0:06:16.160 --> 0:06:18.719
<v Speaker 3>And it's actually Trent Taylor who's actually in that number

0:06:18.880 --> 0:06:23.240
<v Speaker 3>nineteen jersey. Also a familiar face, but I haven't seen

0:06:23.279 --> 0:06:25.120
<v Speaker 3>him since I've been here with the organization.

0:06:25.240 --> 0:06:27.239
<v Speaker 2>So another new face for me at least.

0:06:28.000 --> 0:06:30.520
<v Speaker 3>And yeah, said, I think George Kittle also, I think

0:06:30.560 --> 0:06:33.960
<v Speaker 3>he may have cut his hair. I'm not one hundred

0:06:33.960 --> 0:06:36.000
<v Speaker 3>percent sure because he had a haddle, but I don't

0:06:36.040 --> 0:06:37.440
<v Speaker 3>think his I think there's a new.

0:06:37.360 --> 0:06:38.320
<v Speaker 2>Look to George Kittle.

0:06:38.960 --> 0:06:41.400
<v Speaker 3>He was not suited up for practice, but he definitely

0:06:41.480 --> 0:06:44.000
<v Speaker 3>also was coaching up the tight ends.

0:06:44.120 --> 0:06:44.279
<v Speaker 1>You know.

0:06:44.320 --> 0:06:46.760
<v Speaker 3>We saw Fred Warner out there as well, not suited up,

0:06:46.800 --> 0:06:49.919
<v Speaker 3>but still here at Ota is a good veteran presence.

0:06:50.640 --> 0:06:54.039
<v Speaker 3>Saw Ricky Piercell catch a pass from brock Perty also

0:06:54.080 --> 0:06:55.919
<v Speaker 3>saw Josh Dobbs in action.

0:06:55.800 --> 0:06:57.480
<v Speaker 2>So there's a lot of things happening.

0:06:57.480 --> 0:06:59.560
<v Speaker 3>I tried to bounce around the field, but it's hard

0:06:59.600 --> 0:07:01.480
<v Speaker 3>to be an old all the places at the same time.

0:07:01.680 --> 0:07:04.480
<v Speaker 1>Definitely, I'm excited to get a closer look at all

0:07:04.520 --> 0:07:08.080
<v Speaker 1>the players new looks. Come media Day very soon and

0:07:08.440 --> 0:07:11.760
<v Speaker 1>see all the new numbers they're rocking, maybe some new hairstyles.

0:07:11.800 --> 0:07:14.360
<v Speaker 1>So that should be pretty fun with all the newcomers

0:07:14.360 --> 0:07:18.000
<v Speaker 1>and rookies in the building. Jayra Brown spoke about preaching

0:07:18.080 --> 0:07:21.000
<v Speaker 1>forty nine ers culture, especially to the rookies they're having

0:07:21.000 --> 0:07:23.640
<v Speaker 1>their first days at forty nine ers HQ. What exactly

0:07:23.840 --> 0:07:26.240
<v Speaker 1>is that forty nine ers culture and how do you

0:07:26.240 --> 0:07:29.040
<v Speaker 1>see it being displayed and installed during these early days?

0:07:29.200 --> 0:07:31.520
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you know, I think Jay R. Brown spoke to

0:07:31.560 --> 0:07:33.040
<v Speaker 2>this point really perfectly.

0:07:33.080 --> 0:07:35.280
<v Speaker 3>He said that he paid attention to the moves that

0:07:35.320 --> 0:07:37.640
<v Speaker 3>the forty nine ers made during the draft, and he

0:07:37.680 --> 0:07:40.360
<v Speaker 3>did so because he wanted to welcome that new class

0:07:40.360 --> 0:07:44.600
<v Speaker 3>of rookies to this brotherhood, this family, this you know,

0:07:44.640 --> 0:07:48.000
<v Speaker 3>the culture that is very well established here and he

0:07:48.000 --> 0:07:49.720
<v Speaker 3>said he wanted to pay attention so that he could

0:07:49.800 --> 0:07:52.160
<v Speaker 3>reach out and make them feel welcome. I think that's

0:07:52.160 --> 0:07:55.440
<v Speaker 3>such a great representation of the culture that you've got

0:07:55.440 --> 0:07:59.040
<v Speaker 3>here in San Francisco. JayR. Brown, really since the moment

0:07:59.040 --> 0:08:01.600
<v Speaker 3>he stepped foot had bit on this campus has kind

0:08:01.600 --> 0:08:04.520
<v Speaker 3>of been that like really friendly presence, and I think

0:08:04.600 --> 0:08:07.720
<v Speaker 3>I'm sure the rookies very much appreciate that. And it's

0:08:07.880 --> 0:08:10.200
<v Speaker 3>crazy to think that he's already in his second year.

0:08:10.440 --> 0:08:12.200
<v Speaker 2>It doesn't feel like that long ago.

0:08:12.280 --> 0:08:15.640
<v Speaker 3>But yes, there is a whole another group of eight

0:08:15.760 --> 0:08:19.200
<v Speaker 3>rookies that were drafted, plus undrafted free agents that are

0:08:19.240 --> 0:08:21.160
<v Speaker 3>here trying to make their mark on the NFL. And

0:08:21.200 --> 0:08:25.240
<v Speaker 3>I think, you know, they're getting a good splash of

0:08:25.280 --> 0:08:28.880
<v Speaker 3>forty nine ers culture, which is a brotherhood. This like

0:08:29.360 --> 0:08:32.760
<v Speaker 3>attention to detail, really good work ethic. I think all

0:08:32.800 --> 0:08:35.400
<v Speaker 3>of those things kind of embody the forty nine ers

0:08:35.440 --> 0:08:36.720
<v Speaker 3>way lovely.

0:08:36.480 --> 0:08:39.600
<v Speaker 1>Well faithful. That will do it for today. Follow us

0:08:39.640 --> 0:08:42.280
<v Speaker 1>on Spotify and Apple Podcasts to be in the know

0:08:42.440 --> 0:08:45.240
<v Speaker 1>on all the latest official forty nine ers news. Also

0:08:45.360 --> 0:08:47.120
<v Speaker 1>check into forty nine ers dot com for all the

0:08:47.200 --> 0:08:51.040
<v Speaker 1>latest OTA updates. Also turn on the notifications for any

0:08:51.160 --> 0:08:54.280
<v Speaker 1>breaking news, Move the Chains updates and thank you for

0:08:54.360 --> 0:09:02.559
<v Speaker 1>tuning in to the t