Kyle Shanahan gave San Francisco 49ers quarterback Sam Darnold a glowing review after his fourth-quarter appearance against the Baltimore Ravens.
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00:00 What did you think of sam donald's performance?
00:02 I was actually impressed with sam donald man to be honest. I really thought
00:05 Sam donald played pretty good outside. So you take away the last play which is the interception
00:10 That was kind of a desperation thing. That's like we got to make something happen
00:14 So I don't really put that one against him, but he moved the ball really well
00:18 He was able to score a passing touchdown, which brock wasn't able to do in that game
00:21 So he came in his he does throw the ball really well
00:26 He had a lot of like juice on those throws right line drives to the outs
00:30 So it looked good. He can't throw the ball, you know, obviously he's known for those mental mistakes
00:36 And you know, he had a nice scramble. So he's not as agile in the park pocket as brock purdy
00:42 but overall I was actually
00:44 A little bit impressed with sam donald now didn't look like steve young
00:48 And it's a small sample size. So who knows he could be
00:52 You know way worse than we saw last night or better than we saw last night
00:56 But overall I thought the offense looked good. I you finally got involved when donald got in the game
01:00 He didn't look that bad to me
01:02 I think what you're saying and I well i'm not trying to tell you what you're saying, but what i'm hearing
01:07 And what I agree with
01:10 Is that he wasn't worse than purdy
01:12 He was not worse than purdy no, no not at all. In fact, he was better than purdy yesterday
01:18 Yes, correct. I don't know why
01:21 But he was
01:22 Yeah, I don't know what happened with purdy yesterday. It didn't look like himself those windows were here's the thing
01:28 Those windows of you know, those passing windows for brock purdy were a lot smaller yesterday
01:34 The coverage was great. Those guys were on those guys tough guys were not wide open
01:39 And I think when you can throw the ball hard and fast like donald can
01:43 That might help you in those situations with those smaller windows. Sometimes you got to squeeze them in a tight
01:48 Tight windows right and donald was able to do that. Some of his throws were impressive yesterday. He's got a cannon
01:54 So matt maoka may have been right
01:57 I don't know but all I know is that donald looked good and he was able to make throws that brock was not yesterday
02:03 Can I tell you so after the game I asked kyle what he thought of sam donald? No one asked
02:08 I wanted to know because kyle will tell you that's what I like about kyle
02:12 And he said I thought he came in and did a good job real good job
02:16 Led us to a touchdown there
02:18 Wish we would have scored again there at the end
02:20 He was in a tough situation there with some of the two minute stuff to your point, right?
02:24 some of the guys who were
02:26 Just in and out with some of the receivers the o-line just some of the injuries and substitutions we had
02:31 But he had good command and I didn't see what happened at the end. I was looking down the field
02:36 I don't know what happened on the sack. So i'll review that but I was happy
02:39 with sam
02:42 Yeah, he should have threw the ball away on that on that on that sack
02:46 But like yeah, like he says, I mean, that's the other thing the offensive line, right? It was depleted
02:50 So that's why everyone said they pulled brock out
02:52 Well, that's the line that sam donald was working with and he did a pretty good job overall
02:57 He was he was moving the offense. So it does make you wonder like what he would look like with more
03:02 Time not that we're gonna get it. I'm not saying brock pretty's banter that they're gonna replace him with sam donald
03:07 because
03:09 You know
03:10 Yeah, but if brock pretty has another stinker, you know in the back of kyle's mind
03:14 He liked what he saw from darnell. He said he liked what he saw from darnell
03:17 So if he starts seeing pretty going down the tubes again
03:20 He could say oh your stinger's acting up
03:24 Oh, you're not benched you're injured
03:27 They're gonna play the commanders
03:29 next week
03:30 So they're gonna score 75 points. They're gonna ball out and it's gonna be 82 to 7. Yeah. Yeah
03:36 Yeah, the only way we see sam donald is if you know knock out wood
03:39 I think if someone's having to block pretty fused to get injured then we would see sam donald
03:43 But I don't think he's benching brock pretty at all based on one game
03:46 He's gonna give him another opportunity and brock pretty should ball out of it against the commanders
03:50 They're not good. You know, it's too bad. Kyle missed his opportunity. I tried to tell him as quality control
03:55 extraordinaire, but I said
03:58 Bench purdy for the bangles game say he has a concussion because he was in the concussion protocol
04:04 They ended up losing that game. Anyway, and pretty was terrible
04:06 Played darnold in that game. They could have seen what they had from him
04:11 Over a full 60 minutes and they missed that opportunity
04:13 Yeah, I think you were right. I think that was an opportunity and you know, it's it's a good
04:18 It's always good to be cautious when it comes to concussions
04:20 Anyway, so they could have been cautious a short week could have been cautious with brock purdy
04:25 And let's send on a play and then they could have seen what they had in him at least for that one game if he sucked
04:30 He sucked you go back to brock. No harm. No foul. So I think you're right. That was an opportunity. That was missed
04:35 Okay, I want to get full conspiracy. There's I'm in the mood today. I'm in the freaking mood. Okay?
04:41 Yeah. All right, so
04:43 He leads a touchdown drive. Okay
04:45 Then he leads another one there at the one yard line, right?
04:48 Third and go from the one what does kyle call?
04:51 Well a pass a pass why?
04:54 why
04:57 It was stupid because he wants that on. Yes. Arnold's stat line
05:00 He could just hand it off to christian mcafree
05:03 But if darnold throws a second touchdown pass
05:07 And cuts it to a one score game after purdy threw no touchdown passes and four picks
05:12 Kyle doesn't have to say a damn thing. It's a quarterback controversy
05:15 I will say that
05:17 It was this close. Sorry about this. It was this close and kyle set it up
05:21 He could have ran in they could do it. They could have done a quarterback sneak but no
05:24 Throw it sam
05:27 Make this interesting and he and he blew it because he's sam darnold. I'm sorry. He took a sack. Maybe it's not his fault
05:33 Let me back up your conspiracy not that I necessarily believe it to be true or not
05:37 I don't know that I believe it to be true. I just want to say that
05:40 They signed they snatched sam darnold up on the first day of re-agency. That's evidence one
05:46 I like them. They like him like him not that just like him correct and they compare him
05:51 They say why can't he be the next steve young, right? Yeah, why not that?
05:54 About him matt maoco comes out who and love matt. I love matt to death me, too
05:59 But he comes out and says he's the greatest throw of the football
06:02 In 49ers history where to make colleges with it, right?
06:05 Where did matt get this information from? I even said I heard it seems it seems reasonable to me
06:09 yes, right and then
06:12 I see it is it but then they get rid of the guy. They spent three first round draft picks
06:16 in favor
06:18 of sam darnell a lot of people think that's
06:20 Because they want to get rid of the first round draft picks for sam darnell essentially. Yes. Yes, exactly
06:27 So he took that guy's spot. Hey, I don't know if I believe in the conspiracy or not fully
06:32 We'll see how things play out that pass call on third and goal from the one tells me all I need to know because again
06:37 If he has that two touchdowns down by one he leads his comeback running no huddle
06:42 Everyone would put the pieces together and been like actually what would his quarterback rating have been if he had thrown a second touchdown?
06:48 Uh pass there 130
06:50 It would be crazy. Someone could do the math but kyle almost set that up. It's just you know, darnold
06:56 Donald gonna darnold i'm, sorry
06:58 I don't think he was that great. I think quarterbacks look good in this
07:01 I think if you put nick mullins on this team, he'd be lighting it up
07:03 You put cj bethard on this team. He looked pretty good until he started throwing picks like everyone else
07:07 The thing about donald though his passes just look crisp, you know, yeah different well
07:13 Anyone's passes are gonna look crisp compared to
07:16 Sorry
07:19 I'm, sorry
07:20 Yeah, and you don't have to throw super hard to be a good quarterback like my homes a lot of time
07:24 Is throwing pillows out there? Although he can
07:26 Throw with the kid like he does ever see it when he can
07:31 The difference is can you if you need to yeah, and brock can do it in short short areas
07:36 He can't do it really long distances, but he you know, it hasn't hindered him up until this point so far
07:42 So maybe it's a non-issue, but I feel like
07:45 Every coach would want
07:47 That if it was an option
07:50 Right, I don't think yeah
07:52 If you ask it's like look you don't have the you know
07:55 The ideal size that a coach would want you don't have the ideal arm strength that a coach would want
07:59 That's why you didn't go anywhere better than iowa state, but you're on a heater
08:03 You're the dude at the crap table who's throwing sevens all freaking day and no one's gonna let you know
08:08 Take the dice out of your hand
08:10 but at a certain point
08:11 You're gonna crap out and people are gonna be like
08:13 All right, his run of luck is over and they might pull the plug on you a little too soon or whatever
08:17 I think kyle stanahan's ready man. It's like okay
08:20 I don't really know why you keep winning. Um, but eventually you're not because you're not
08:25 an mvp
08:27 so I got a backup plan just in case and
08:30 What did he say that brock would have to have a total meltdown to get benched?
08:34 He has days where he has total meltdowns
08:37 like yesterday
08:39 so sam
08:41 I don't I don't think brock's gonna get benched. I think he's gonna have to be injured. He's done too much
08:46 But he's lucky. He's got washington coming in. He doesn't have like an actual good team. Uh good defense coming in
08:51 He's gonna ball out but then against the rams they're gonna have to hang with those guys offensively now niners could slow him down
08:57 But that's a good offense over there in la right now. So we'll see on the final game of the year
09:04 You
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