It's Time for the 49ers to be Concerned With Nick Bosa's Holdout
The holdout continues for Nick Bosa as the 49ers strive to find common ground.
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00:00 Is this starting to shape up like a disappointing season to you?
00:03 I mean, the entire offseason was a freaking sideshow where the Niners told their fans
00:11 that Trey Lance was competing and he never had a chance.
00:15 And so fans were emotionally wrapped up in that one storyline the entire offseason just
00:19 to get it thrown away.
00:21 And now people are looking like, "Okay, well, we don't have those three first round picks.
00:24 That's nothing.
00:25 What we got for Lance is something next year."
00:27 So the team got worse, the quarterback room got worse, the kicking situation is a joke,
00:33 the Knicks Bosa extension thing is turning into a joke, can't stop the run, can't stop
00:39 mobile quarterbacks, no depth on the offensive line, one injury away from Sam Darnold playing
00:45 meaningful snaps.
00:47 It feels like the Niners are on the verge of a disappointing season.
00:51 It just feels like it's defined by all the wrong things.
00:54 You're thinking this is a team that's been on the doorstep two years in a row.
00:58 They're going to be extra focused.
00:59 They're going to do something different.
01:00 They're going to get over the hump.
01:01 Instead, this offseason was all about who's their backup quarterback.
01:08 And that just was the deodorant.
01:10 I mean, that just distracted people from all the real issues on the team.
01:12 And now it feels like everyone's sobering up and being like, "Shit.
01:19 Special team sucks.
01:21 Defense can't stop the run.
01:23 Team isn't focused."
01:25 I don't know.
01:26 It just seems like it's distraction after distraction.
01:30 Feels like the last year of the Harbaugh era.
01:34 Feels like the last year of the Kyle Shanahan era.
01:36 If they don't make it to the Super Bowl, if they don't make it back to the NFC Championship
01:41 game, if they win nine or ten games, if they lose in the first round of the playoffs, how
01:46 are you going to feel?
01:52 Throwing away Trey Lance and his potential future was a win now thing.
01:57 We got Brock.
01:58 We got a good backup for Brock.
01:59 We have not one minute to dedicate to Trey Lance's development.
02:03 Okay, great, because you're going to win the Super Bowl this year.
02:05 So don't take a step back.
02:08 You can't take a step back.
02:11 And if you do, someone needs to get fired.
02:15 We're not saying fire Kyle Shanahan or John Lynch now because the Trey Lance thing didn't
02:18 work out.
02:19 It's entirely possible they'll win the Super Bowl this year and they will have statues
02:22 up here in six months.
02:23 Saving that, someone needs to get fired.
02:30 It feels kind of like the Warriors from last year where the whole season started off with
02:34 Draymond punching Jordan Poole in the face and you're like, "Yeah, you know, that doesn't
02:37 really feel like it's good for the team."
02:40 Doesn't feel like it's good for team camaraderie and it wasn't.
02:45 You jettison Trey Lance after Brandon Iyuka and Debo Samuel run on the field to celebrate
02:52 his touchdown pass and get a flag.
02:54 Feels like this is going to be a controversial decision and it's going to hang over the entire
02:58 season.
02:59 God forbid Sam Darnold ever has to play meaningful snaps.
03:02 God forbid.
03:04 Because we're not going to talk about Trey Lance ever again unless that happens.
03:10 (upbeat music)