Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to the forty nine Ers First and
Speaker 1: ten Podcast, ten minutes of the most up to date
Speaker 1: forty nine Ers news first thing in the morning. I'm
Speaker 1: your host Briona McDonald. Joining me is forty nine Ers
Speaker 1: team reporter Lindsay Polaries. This week is the start of
Speaker 1: OTAs for many teams across the league, including the forty
Speaker 1: nine Ers. San Francisco held their first day of OTA
Speaker 1: practice yesterday, and we're going to recap all of the
Speaker 1: biggest takeaways from the first day of practice on this
Speaker 1: morning's episode. So, lindsay, what was it like to see
Speaker 1: a lot of the team back in the building.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it was. It felt like football season was almost back, right.
Speaker 2: It was great.
Speaker 3: There was a lot of veterans on hand. I will
Speaker 3: say not all of them were participating or suited up,
Speaker 3: but I will say in terms of notable attendees, we've
Speaker 3: got George Kittle, Fred Warner, Nick Bosa, we saw Leonard Floyd,
Speaker 3: you know, some of the off season editions, Jordan elliott E,
Speaker 3: Tour Gross Matos, Raymond Johnson, Lee Collins not here, but
Speaker 3: head coach Kyle Shanahan said he's going to be in
Speaker 3: town as soon as his kids are graduated next week,
Speaker 3: so another free agent edition that's going to be in
Speaker 3: Santa Clara.
Speaker 2: So just a really strong presence here.
Speaker 3: I think that's always good for team morele and just
Speaker 3: general energy in the building.
Speaker 2: But yeah, it gives a little bit.
Speaker 3: Of pre training camp vibes and just to kind of
Speaker 3: review what this phase of OTAs is. It's the third
Speaker 3: phase of the forty nine ers off season programming.
Speaker 2: It's still voluntary.
Speaker 3: What's different from Phase one and two is that teams
Speaker 3: can be getting seven on seven and eleven on eleven drills.
Speaker 3: Still no live contact, but it is just step above
Speaker 3: what's been happening for the past few weeks in Phase
Speaker 3: one and Phase two.
Speaker 1: You know, coach Shanahan said that it still feels like
Speaker 1: the twenty twenty three season just ended. We're only about
Speaker 1: three months removed from playing in the Super Bowl. So
Speaker 1: what did the players say about processing a long twenty
Speaker 1: twenty three season before turning their focus to a new year.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think it's it's different for everyone, right, and
Speaker 3: it kind of depends on each individual player's journey.
Speaker 2: But we heard from safety jay Or.
Speaker 3: Brown he said he's still not over it because you
Speaker 3: don't forget a game like the Super Bowl, and obviously
Speaker 3: the end result not being what you want it to be.
Speaker 2: But obviously he's here, he's practicing.
Speaker 3: To a certain degree, he is moving on, but he
Speaker 3: did say he's processing through some.
Speaker 2: Of those emotions.
Speaker 3: Also heard from defensive lineman Nick Bosa, who said that,
Speaker 3: you know, this was actually one of his better off
Speaker 3: seasons in terms of working out, and that's because that
Speaker 3: season extended so long, obviously to mid February, So he's
Speaker 3: really made a concerted effort to take it easy, rehab
Speaker 3: his body, get it in its best possible shape. He's
Speaker 3: here at OTAs And then for brock Purty, a totally
Speaker 3: different off season because this time last year he was
Speaker 3: very much in the recovery process from an elbow surgery
Speaker 3: to repair a season ending injuries.
Speaker 2: So for him, it's a.
Speaker 3: Totally new phase, new off season feel. So I think
Speaker 3: it depends on who you ask, but I think to
Speaker 3: a certain degree, the team is obviously turning the page
Speaker 3: and looking ahead to that twenty twenty four season.
Speaker 1: Yeah, brock Party was seriously in a rehab phase during
Speaker 1: last year's off season. This is brock Perty's first full
Speaker 1: off season with the team, and around this time last year,
Speaker 1: he wasn't even throwing any passes. He was just visualizing
Speaker 1: what that was like. So what has he shared about
Speaker 1: how this time has helped him develop as a leader
Speaker 1: of this team.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, I think a year makes all the difference,
Speaker 3: and just his journey is in a much different place
Speaker 3: because because he can actually go review the cutups with
Speaker 3: Kyle Shanahan and then go put that directly into practice
Speaker 3: on the field, He's been able to be part of
Speaker 3: this entire offseason workout.
Speaker 2: Head coach Kyle Shanahan said, it's been great to just
Speaker 2: have him out there leading.
Speaker 3: Those drills, which really we were so far from that
Speaker 3: point this time last year because of that surgery that
Speaker 3: we talked about. And obviously, you know, you get a
Speaker 3: year's worth of starting experience, or an additional year, I
Speaker 3: should say, and you're in a totally different place.
Speaker 2: Head coach Kyle Shanahan said that it's just a.
Speaker 3: Continual stacking for brock perty and he continues to develop.
Speaker 3: He's entering year three, but with I feel like all
Speaker 3: the things he's been through in his first two years
Speaker 3: in the NFL, it feels so much longer.
Speaker 2: But and He even said it too.
Speaker 3: He feels like one of those veteran players, especially as
Speaker 3: you get one of those rookie classes in here, a
Speaker 3: new class of free agents, and it just it feels
Speaker 3: like a totally different team to a certain extent. So yeah,
Speaker 3: he's in a totally different place. I mean, I think
Speaker 3: he's feeling really.
Speaker 1: Good about it. Definitely. Well, lindsay, take us out to
Speaker 1: the practice field for the first day of OTAs. What
Speaker 1: did you think of the newcomers, the rookies? Did anyone
Speaker 1: stand out to you?
Speaker 3: I will say the defensive line looks totally different. I
Speaker 3: had to frequently look down at my roster sheet and
Speaker 3: then also ask like, who's that?
Speaker 2: Who's that?
Speaker 3: Because I got so used to a lot of the
Speaker 3: jersey numbers, and it did get a shake up. It
Speaker 3: was great to see Leonard Floyd out there. You tour
Speaker 3: Gross Matos, some of the bigger names that were signed
Speaker 3: in free agency.
Speaker 2: Obviously Nick Bosa there.
Speaker 3: Always like you see him standing around and talking to guys.
Speaker 2: And I would assume offering tips.
Speaker 3: Obviously I don't know what's going on in those conversations,
Speaker 3: but he seems to really just be getting to know
Speaker 3: the guys. Speaking with them out on the practice field
Speaker 3: and get it. Just getting those practice reps in with
Speaker 3: the new defensive line. But certainly a lot of revamping
Speaker 3: happened in free agency, so that was a different sight
Speaker 3: to see.
Speaker 2: For sure.
Speaker 3: We saw Deebo Samuel Senior in his number one jersey.
Speaker 2: That's gonna take some getting used to, I think, just.
Speaker 3: Because for Niners fans, for people that didn't know him
Speaker 3: during his South Carolina playing days, he's always been number nineteen.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it was nineteen problems exactly. Nineteen problems no longer.
Speaker 3: And it's actually Trent Taylor who's actually in that number
Speaker 3: nineteen jersey. Also a familiar face, but I haven't seen
Speaker 3: him since I've been here with the organization.
Speaker 2: So another new face for me at least.
Speaker 3: And yeah, said, I think George Kittle also, I think
Speaker 3: he may have cut his hair. I'm not one hundred
Speaker 3: percent sure because he had a haddle, but I don't
Speaker 3: think his I think there's a new.
Speaker 2: Look to George Kittle.
Speaker 3: He was not suited up for practice, but he definitely
Speaker 3: also was coaching up the tight ends.
Speaker 1: You know.
Speaker 3: We saw Fred Warner out there as well, not suited up,
Speaker 3: but still here at Ota is a good veteran presence.
Speaker 3: Saw Ricky Piercell catch a pass from brock Perty also
Speaker 3: saw Josh Dobbs in action.
Speaker 2: So there's a lot of things happening.
Speaker 3: I tried to bounce around the field, but it's hard
Speaker 3: to be an old all the places at the same time.
Speaker 1: Definitely, I'm excited to get a closer look at all
Speaker 1: the players new looks. Come media Day very soon and
Speaker 1: see all the new numbers they're rocking, maybe some new hairstyles.
Speaker 1: So that should be pretty fun with all the newcomers
Speaker 1: and rookies in the building. Jayra Brown spoke about preaching
Speaker 1: forty nine ers culture, especially to the rookies they're having
Speaker 1: their first days at forty nine ers HQ. What exactly
Speaker 1: is that forty nine ers culture and how do you
Speaker 1: see it being displayed and installed during these early days?
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, I think Jay R. Brown spoke to
Speaker 2: this point really perfectly.
Speaker 3: He said that he paid attention to the moves that
Speaker 3: the forty nine ers made during the draft, and he
Speaker 3: did so because he wanted to welcome that new class
Speaker 3: of rookies to this brotherhood, this family, this you know,
Speaker 3: the culture that is very well established here and he
Speaker 3: said he wanted to pay attention so that he could
Speaker 3: reach out and make them feel welcome. I think that's
Speaker 3: such a great representation of the culture that you've got
Speaker 3: here in San Francisco. JayR. Brown, really since the moment
Speaker 3: he stepped foot had bit on this campus has kind
Speaker 3: of been that like really friendly presence, and I think
Speaker 3: I'm sure the rookies very much appreciate that. And it's
Speaker 3: crazy to think that he's already in his second year.
Speaker 2: It doesn't feel like that long ago.
Speaker 3: But yes, there is a whole another group of eight
Speaker 3: rookies that were drafted, plus undrafted free agents that are
Speaker 3: here trying to make their mark on the NFL. And
Speaker 3: I think, you know, they're getting a good splash of
Speaker 3: forty nine ers culture, which is a brotherhood. This like
Speaker 3: attention to detail, really good work ethic. I think all
Speaker 3: of those things kind of embody the forty nine ers
Speaker 3: way lovely.
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