As heartbreaking as the Super Bowl loss was, there are still reasons to feel confident in the 49ers going into next season.
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00:00 Tell me why people should feel confident in the 49ers going into next year all the reasons we'll go. Let's not leave any reason
00:07 unsaid
00:10 Uh, they finally have a quarterback this finally feels like the one-off season where we're not talking about the quarterback for once
00:16 I think the only thing we're gonna be talking about like what's is he gonna need to send like all that stuff like
00:20 It's super bowl. Like I didn't take away that he didn't play a bad game
00:23 My initial reaction watching it live is like he was fine, but I wanted more then watching it back
00:28 I was like, oh actually no, he's pretty good still wanted more but that's more of like, okay
00:32 Shanahan help him out give him easier plans
00:34 So I don't put too I don't really put much of anything on him to be honest. We have 10 free rushers in the game
00:38 Huh, like debo's not getting open. He had 10 free rushers in the game and he didn't turn the ball over
00:44 He's a really good quarterback. He's a really good quarterback
00:47 So yeah, he was fine. Excellent. If anything like he made a few like like play making plays
00:52 I was like, oh god, this guy's sweet and it was clear to me that pressure didn't get to him
00:56 He was a nervous hell pressure was nervousness was probably more on truant williams when he had those back-to-back penalties, but I digress
01:02 So I think that's number one cool
01:04 Guy low contract. He's ascending. You're feeling great at that end
01:08 um
01:10 And I think from that point now that you've looked at your last five games
01:13 I think it's clear that they might finally try to find a more solidified piece
01:17 to put in the offensive line because my goodness that
01:20 That was that was by far like the weakest position the 49ers have
01:25 Had that game easily. I know the receivers can get open, but that's it, you know, and then
01:30 It's just about the defense. Maybe you would hope that you get a good coordinator that's in there
01:35 You get them in there and look this year. What was it?
01:37 The sacks numbers were definitely not there for the 49ers. I see no way in hell
01:41 That's gonna come replicated as the next year
01:43 They should be way better because bozo's not gonna have a holdout where he slowed us for the first five games
01:48 So he should be better
01:50 and I just have more trust in them in that in that sense that everyone was gonna be
01:54 Backing to the same elite high level that um impact that we've been seeing so ultimately it kind of just went down to me
02:00 that you just have the quarterback that's gonna
02:02 That's gonna really round about things and again. I just cannot
02:04 emphasize enough i'm so happy the quarterback questions aren't gonna be as heavy as they have been in the last three years because
02:10 last three years with jimmy and then brock hurt and backup and trip like
02:14 This finally feels kind of good points that we can focus on the other areas of personnel that they finally should have been working
02:19 on
02:20 Definitely. I mean they have they do have a lot of reasons to feel confident going in next year
02:24 They still have brock purdy on his rookie deal
02:26 So they still have a pro bowl quarterback mvp
02:29 candidate making minimum wage
02:32 So they can spend the rest of their money how they see fit
02:35 They do have some players who are overpaid but they could restructure renegotiate trade do things
02:40 And feel like they're still in their window while you have an elite quarterback. Well, i'm the lead quarterback
02:46 But an excellent quarterback on a rookie deal. That's your window
02:49 Um, trent williams coming back. I mean god. Thank god. Yeah, I mean
02:54 He wasn't coming back. Holy crap
02:57 Yeah, I mean you have you you have a first round pick
03:00 You can make a trade
03:03 Yeah, if you feel like you don't need debo samuel or whatever you could trade for an office
03:07 you could
03:08 Really fortify this offense online. They have
03:10 All the means to get a really good right tackle no offense to colton mckivitts
03:16 no offense to colton mckivitts, I I used to say a lot of snarky stuff about mike mcglinty and probably about colt mckivitts, too, but
03:21 Colton mckivitts is playing a really really difficult position
03:25 For about minimum wage and he held his own but I think the niners should probably be looking for someone
03:32 Who's like an impact player at that position that way they can run right as well as they run left because we all know they
03:38 Don't run right that well, they run much better to the left
03:41 I think
03:43 They could get an impact player at right tackle easily and be much better the next year than this year. So
03:50 Let me ask you this I thought I had this thought the other day
03:54 Do you think the foreign iris would be a better team offensively if their?
03:58 Offensive line was strong where their offensive skill positions was just like, okay
04:04 Right now what they have right now is their skill positions is strong slash elite
04:08 With like a middling offensive line outside of trent williams to me
04:12 It's like okay if you sacrifice george kittle and maybe even another player and just have like an iub jennings and someone else
04:18 That offensive would probably be better
04:20 It feels like it's like you don't even say, you know, you know, the goal isn't to have bad skill players
04:25 But it's where you're gonna spend money
04:27 like that
04:28 You don't have to
04:29 Extend every skill players contract you could trade some
04:33 Invest in your offensive line and get guys in the rookie deal. That's what the chiefs do, you know, like the chiefs
04:39 Don't spend a lot of money on their skill position players, but they do spend on their offensive line and quarterback
04:43 So it makes sense now where she rice is good. It's a really good player and he's a rookie
04:48 Oh, wow, he learned his system and he was effective like you could still get by
04:52 So let's say the niners were to trade one of their skill position players. Let's say it's debo
04:56 Still have mcafree use check
05:00 Iuk kittle and jennings. It's really good jennings could start
05:05 And and you could draft another guy
05:07 What you could do is trade debo for a first round pick or whatever and spend that on an offensive lineman
05:13 And it seems to me like that would make sense
05:16 That would make sense
05:19 Because it's like it's not like debo's are running back anymore. The the end rounds aren't that dangerous as a receiver
05:25 He's not beating man-to-man coverage
05:27 so it's it's like
05:29 Less and less he's still great on screens
05:31 he's still great with the ball in his hands, but
05:35 They probably be fine without him
05:37 Yeah, those shots you have with debo on those screens those handoffs those ender rounds are only good like three four times a game
05:43 And if they get snuffed out early, which they didn't in the super bowl
05:45 You could already tell like yeah, this is not working on the chiefs today
05:48 But yeah, I think mostly like you you solidify your offensive line make them nice and strong
05:53 Because like, you know shannon loves to run the ball and now if you ever want to have a straight up, you know outright
05:58 Drop pack passing game you're better for it, too
06:01 And to me it's like if kyle shannon's great with calm plays then hell he should be able to get like just decent receivers open
06:06 Right and pretty can work the rest and now you actually have a quarterback who who can throw accurately
06:11 You can make smart decisions and worst comes to worst background play
06:14 Now is the perfect time to really make sure your offensive line is great
06:17 As opposed to your skill positions because the reason the whole thing with the skill positions was needed, right?
06:22 It's because you had jimmy because you had a raw talent like trey now
06:25 It's like we don't have a raw guy. We have a pretty damn good top six top eight quarterback on our hands
06:29 So yeah, let's solidify him because he's short right? Let's make sure solidify him so he doesn't get bad at passes
06:35 So he doesn't have to throw like, you know crazy off platform and accurate passes. That's pretty much where his defense he's got exposed
06:41 So yeah, strengthen up the offensive line and you can sacrifice one of your offensive skill players
06:45 I think it's gonna be and should be kittle because I think
06:47 The fact that he wasn't utilized and that super ball kind of told us everything we need to know
06:51 Like come on, dude, your outside corners aren't are aren't are those outside corners were destroying debo and kind of iuk
06:58 Why not attack their safeties, you know, the safeties are good, but kittles should win that he's first team all pro like no
07:03 That's a good point
07:06 I I they
07:08 Killa got phased out
07:10 Much more so than brandon iuk and brennan isn't going anywhere but and debo probably isn't going anywhere
07:15 Let's look at what it would cost the 49ers to trade george kittle
07:19 My goodness now that you mention it
07:22 That could happen
07:24 George kittle i'm finally on your boat freedom
07:27 You were
07:29 There'd still be 18.9 million in dead cap space, but
07:32 I don't know
07:35 You might be able to get a first a second for sure
07:38 I think but because he's coming off of all pro year and such that it's kind of like enlightening
07:42 So if you're a team, it's like okay, he's probably got two more good years left
07:46 It's just the question about this guy gets banged up
07:48 But to me it's like dude just just get him out because we just saw finally again head to head
07:53 Which tight ends the better tight end?
07:54 I never want to hear coy kittle being the better tight end than kelsey ever again in my life
07:59 Because that's never been true and it never will like great he can block any plague receiver
08:03 But we saw which one took over the game and which one did it or got phased out
08:06 I hate to make excuses for george kittle. Who's not my friend
08:10 but
08:12 He needs opportunities
08:13 I do feel for him on that and I feel like for whatever reason kyle santa han hasn't gone to him in critical moments
08:18 in a long time
08:19 Strange because I think I think he's better than kyle. Shanahan gives him credit for I mean kyle says he
08:25 Kyle says all the right things about george, but just from how he divvies up targets. It kind of says something different
08:30 if you look at how
08:33 The targets were divvied up in the playoffs man. Like it was way too christian mcafree centric the whole passing game
08:39 It's all about christian
08:41 And then debo and then jawan like what happened to brandon?
08:46 No, I don't understand that brandon is an elite wide receiver top seven for sure probably top five
08:52 And what your offensive line isn't good like your protection and again, it's not even about the offensive line
08:58 I feel like like spencer burford and colton mckivitts and jake brendel are taking too much heat like
09:02 This was a schematic issue. The other team was bringing more one more than the niners could block
09:08 Consistently, let's talk about that last play. This is not we're going off on whether you should feel confident
09:14 But why should you feel confident the offensive line isn't that bad?
09:16 It was a schematic issue on the last play spencer burford fell on the swords. It's all my fault blame me
09:21 Dude one way or another they had an unblocked rusher on that play
09:25 It was either going to be chris jones or the other guy like it's not all spencer burford's fault
09:30 The problem is that there should have been six blocking on that play
09:33 not five
09:35 So
09:38 maybe
09:39 Maybe now that clint kubiak's gone and they'll have a new pass game coordinator. There's a reason to feel confident
09:44 They'll be able to pick up a freaking blitz
09:46 But the thing is what that offensive line is
09:50 And ted wynn actually responded to me is like yeah, the quarterback doesn't and I keep seeing like well pretty should have made those checks
09:56 It's like no
09:57 Never let the quarterback do that for it's the center
09:59 That's been clear to me since I started covering 2019
10:01 Like he the reason why the center is such a pivotal piece alex mack western richburg
10:05 Why why they pay these guys is because he wants them to make the call
10:09 And I don't know if brendan made any call. I think he just obviously it looks like he just stuck with it
10:13 So that falls on shanahan, right? It's like oh, let's just do this sweet play and just risk it off for the biscuit
10:18 it's like bro like
10:20 It's clear that they've been blitzing you guys
10:22 It's been evident as hell and you're over here running it like it's just gonna be a straight up like they're guys down the line
10:27 versus our guys down the line, so
10:29 Yeah, that's why it's like in the pivotal moments, especially on those third and fours two of them
10:33 Spacks took him to the woodshed like if you don't agree with anything else that maybe it was just player oriented
10:37 It's like look when the game mattered most the head coach
10:39 Got punked like he did
10:42 You
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