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00:00It's a big day. I mean it takes the edge off the nervous energy because you said you are like quietly optimistic or cautiously
00:08Optimistic I apologize. I am
00:10nervously optimistic because
00:12You know you are going to Seattle and the crowd on a Thursday night
00:16It's gonna be lathered and ready and it's not an easy place to play
00:20No matter what the matchup is or how good you are how they're mediocre or whatever. No, it's not an easy game
00:26Yeah, it's a division game. It's it's the Seattle Seahawks who are not great, but they're not a joke around the league either
00:33You know, they're three and two and the 49ers are not a juggernaut and as Ron Rivera told us yesterday
00:39They're missing a piece of their identity
00:41You know what? I mean? Like I I get where people look at the offense and go. Oh, it's good enough
00:48They've scored enough. They've gotten leads parties playing
00:51Well, you've got your receivers and Jordan Mason is putting up great numbers
00:56How can that not be enough but it's an interesting point that he brings up which it's also like it's a core piece
01:02And and so whatever you're doing
01:05I do think that the 49ers and this is an I thought an interesting point that he made yesterday
01:11Which is they can function they can score they can get first downs. They can move the ball
01:17It doesn't mean they're in their comfort zone
01:19So, I think that's what he was getting at and so maybe
01:23Especially when it comes to what we've seen in the red zone
01:27Maybe we should be accounting for that a little bit more
01:29Do you know what I mean?
01:30Like they sort of feel like you feel when you start a job for the first two weeks
01:35I love this job. This job's going great. Now. Where's the bathroom?
01:40I don't even know you know what I mean?
01:41Like you're just you're a little out of sorts and I would argue that in some quarters not all
01:47Some quarters not all
01:48That's kind of how they've looked so far this year a little bit
01:51and I think that the red zone is the number one area where you feel like you are missing it the most and
01:57I'm just looking at last year and I glanced at the number and I had forgotten
02:02How big the number was you realize that he scored 21 touchdowns last year?
02:07There's a reason he's the number one overall pick and everybody's fantasy. He scored 20. Yeah one touchdown is mine
02:12And I'm counting there's 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
02:1918 of them came in the red zone
02:22Only three touchdowns were greater than 20 yards, which would indicate that those touchdowns were outside the red zone
02:27Yeah, so we want to talk about red zone
02:30Inefficiency look no further than not having number 23 who scored 21
02:3718 of which were red zone touchdown
02:39Because I would argue like you're going to play I think I don't know this this is not a report
02:45I think you're gonna play at least three more games without them and they're huge games
02:48I think it's gonna be more than that might be it might be but I think in their back of their mind
02:52They at least have to have that as what's very very probable at least three more games without them
02:58And I think for any 49er fan to sort of feel comfortable about the second half of the season
03:02You're gonna have to win at least two of those three. So by no stretches this either of us saying
03:09That the Niners therefore have an excuse to not figure it out. They got to figure it out
03:13They got to figure it out and I really do I feel yes cautiously
03:18But optimistic that tonight's the night and I know that we've now fallen into because of the stats
03:23It's like okay in November. They're good
03:25Well, here's what I would argue about the Kyle Shanahan 49ers in the last five years
03:32Not the whole era, but the last five years once they got good. I would argue that the 49ers
03:38Largely in the regular season figure it out not based on a date
03:44but when they have to
03:47They have been very very good when it comes to dude
03:52Chop-chop it is time to figure it out
03:56I don't know if that means you can just snap your fingers and figure it out
04:00But I'm just without anything in front of me
04:03I'm thinking about a lot of big moments over the last five years where you went into a game with this
04:09Feeling that we all have right now this feeling where it's like
04:13Dude, you guys have got to play well tonight. You've got to do it
04:17I can't think of one of those that they didn't go in. Can you I mean bad probably not
04:24I mean in terms of the great import and I'm looking at
04:282022 right now when they were three and four and that was the Jimmy's getting bench game
04:32Yes, and against the Rams they went to LA and won that game and the Rams had to go to a silent count
04:38Wasn't that here? I thought that was here. I'm showing it at LA. Okay, you're right 8
04:43October 30th again before Halloween
04:45But that was a game that you won going into the by and then you came out of the by and you won all the games
04:50All of them your next loss was when Brock's arm fell off at Philadelphia. So that's a game where you had to
04:57Figure it out and the game at the end of the season
05:00I think it was 2021 right when they had to
05:03They had to go out there and win the last game. You must you're blending seasons here because the Monday night against the Rams
05:09Jimmy's about to get benched Gabe Jimmy didn't get benched when Brock played Jimmy got hurt when Brock played against Miami
05:15I think it's the year before
05:17Jimmy was about to get benched for Trey Lance, correct?
05:20There were three and five that was a home game
05:22Yes
05:22And they and they were playing on a Monday night and Jimmy was gonna lose his gig if they didn't win that game and they
05:27Went out and won by three touchdowns at 2022 was when they went to the Rams at three and four. Yes, and
05:33They won that game
05:34Yes
05:35and I think of the last game of the regular season when Jimmy took them to the NFC Championship game with a drive in the
05:41Fourth quarter to win that football game
05:43I even sort of put last year's game in Philadelphia in this bucket where you're like
05:48Hey, you got some demons that you need to exercise here. No, it wasn't a must win
05:54Yeah, but it was certainly a must win if you wanted a home field advantage and they put a lot on it
06:00Like that's maybe the more important point, right?
06:02They put a lot on it and they came out and they played great
06:05And I I think that they as far as regular season games
06:10That game in Philly last year was the last time that the Niners put this much
06:16Importance on a football game and they were great and and the next time they do that is tonight
06:21I would say the Baltimore game on Christmas
06:24they put that much into it because that was a Super Bowl preview in many people's eyes and it almost
06:28Was and it probably should have been if Baltimore didn't decide not to run the ball in the AFC playoffs and interesting
06:35That is a game. I think that they put this much into it because it was a prime time holiday
06:41Nation's eyes on you showdown and a possible Super Bowl preview. They didn't need it
06:46They clearly didn't know they didn't need it. Yeah, they won that they had the one seed
06:49Anyway, like I I I get what you're saying
06:52Well, I don't know the Philadelphia game for me doesn't qualify either because they were already rolling and well
06:57I mean and only look looking back. It only feels bigger because
07:02Philadelphia was broken in that game
07:04Okay
07:04Like agree to disagree based on the fact that a it was clear that home field advantage was off the table if you lost that
07:11Game, but more so they very much wanted to avenge the situation that had happened in Philadelphia the year before
07:19I'm basing a lot of this even on the documentary that we're many of us watch the offseason and you could see the ramp
07:26up to that Eagles game where the 49ers were
07:29Emotionally charged the game against the Ravens
07:32I think we put that on there because remember we were like MVP who wants it this quarterback or that quarterback. It's Christmas
07:40It's a Super Bowl preview
07:41But at the same time the Niners didn't have the one seat on the line
07:45Like I hear them in the locker room this week saying not a must-win but must win I hear them saying that and
07:52So like I hear where you're coming from
07:56I really do but I would argue in the games that they've sort of done that
08:01The last in the Kyle Shanahan last five years the games where they've walked in and been like we have got to win
08:09Tonight they have done very very well
08:11So I'm gonna use that I'm gonna use that and I'm gonna trust that even though there are still people out and there are
08:19X's and O's reasons to be concerned tonight. There's no question about that
08:24I'm going to
08:25believe until I see otherwise that the 49ers are going to find a
08:31Pitch at least that's good enough to get Seattle to swing and miss tonight
08:34well, they should be able to do that no matter how big the game is because they're better than Seattle and we can get
08:39Into the the pick and deeper thoughts when we decide to fade the Dibbers later in the program
08:44But just look at the injury report and you're gonna have
08:48Kittle he's gonna play and Fred Warner is going to play even though Fred is probably still a little bit dinged up
08:53Seattle's injury report is almost two pages long and they're coming off a game where you know
08:58They lost to the Giants and they had a chance to tie it with a minute left, but they look a little
09:03Discombobulated in their approach offensively having talked to the old Dave softy Mahler yesterday from up there in Seattle
09:10Normally, he's a lot more cocky and self-confident going into these games and he is cautiously
09:17Pessimistic I would say about Seattle's chances in this football game. Yeah. Yeah
09:21I mean, I think if you watch and again, this is what all of us do
09:25We don't really unless you're one of these crazy NFL fans
09:30None of us can claim to have
09:33wonderful knowledge of
09:35the opponent
09:37You and I watch a lot of football
09:39I watch a lot of red zone and red zone does not show you the entire game
09:44But if you do dive into the results and the performances of the Seattle Seahawks so far this year, they're fine
09:51They're fine. I would argue they've not had any games yet where you came away and went that was impressive and
09:58Maybe you'd feel that way against the by the Niners to I was on opening night on opening night
10:03I walked out of there and I'm wet that was impressive. Yeah, they dominated that team. No Christian McCaffrey
10:08Well that team turns out to not be as good as what we thought going into that game
10:14I guess that's fair and they've now fired their head coach and demoted their offensive coordinator
10:19Which I thought would have been the smarter move
10:21But it's clear that the quarterback wanted a new head coach and he wanted a new play caller
10:26So the Jets are in a certain amount of turmoil at two and three
10:30I think this is sort of a simplistic day as far as our conversation with you
10:36Let's just kind of get the energy going toward the game and find out how you're feeling
10:41How are you feeling whether you want to say whether that's confidence or worry or or whatever word you would pick?
10:48How are you feeling as we approach this one?
10:51None of us thought that in week six, we would have this amount of angst about a football game
10:57But here we are and we do so we wonder how you're feeling. Let's go to skills in Vallejo high skills. Thanks for calling
11:06Thanks for having me Willard and dudes, let me just preface this real quick by saying
11:11No, this is no disrespect to anyone who's ever battled addiction
11:14But I was originally gonna call in and say the 49ers been playing like they just did crack
11:18Then I remember that crack keeps you awake for days at a time
11:21What's a 49ers are doing is actually more like sleepwalking
11:24Which is how a caller from the morning roast described in the other day and Brian baldinger was right to they've been playing slow
11:31Something is off
11:33And it's almost like they're thinking to themselves. Hey, we always start bad, but turn on we have to and maybe they're right
11:38Maybe they'll run off eight in a row, but I don't see it. I mean those previous teams
11:43They weren't ravaged by injuries and the internal are you crap to the same level that this team is?
11:48Losing four out of six meaningful games if you go back to the Super Bowl, and I'll just leave you guys with this
11:53If Seattle wins tonight, it's time for John Lynch to start rolling heads because if your socks are dirty
11:59Do you keep wearing them just because there's no clue within the drawer? That's a reason
12:03No for me dogs
12:06Skills can could you give us a little bit more about what that means though?
12:10Like which head would yeah, if they lose what is it exactly you'd like the organization to do?
12:16You gotta start with that defensive line if it will depend on how they lose tonight
12:21The league defensive line has been a big disappointment
12:23No
12:24I know you just think you just you gotta get a look and see what you can do to make changes on that line
12:28See if you can bring it some safety
12:31Couple of make some changes of safety and just do something different to what you've been doing because it's not working
12:38Skills, thanks. Yeah, first of all, he's right like not all losses are built the same
12:43So if it were to happen tonight, you got a look at that
12:46Let's say if they lose the same way that they've lost the last two games
12:49Which is running back in a game that you were unable to put away starts to gash you in the second half James Connor
12:56Kyron Williams
12:57They both had pretty good second halves against a defense that has looked a little bit vanilla
13:02You got a very good running back on this team tonight a couple of them and Kenneth Walker's fantastic five carries last week
13:07He should be fresh
13:08But if you look at this, but if this loss goes the way that that loss
13:13The last couple of losses have gone then I don't think heads will roll, but you got real hard questions to ask
13:18Well, what are your options? You're up. You have any option you can fire the defensive coordinator
13:24You can flip-flop you can you can do a lot of different things, right?
13:27But is that a solution no at some level the same way none of you think the Jets are fixed
13:34They made heads roll and no one's like oh now they're gonna win
13:37So in other words, no matter what you think about any coach, no matter what anybody's opinion about any coach is
13:44the personnel is
13:47A very large piece of what's going on
13:50So if that group that you're talking about goes out and performs poorly tonight from a personnel standpoint
13:57Your options are what?
13:59your options are to
14:01Change out the coordinator if you think that that is going to jump-start the room
14:05Which is what the Jets have done and I would argue that the Jets are a better team today
14:09Than they were two days ago. I don't know how we know that
14:12Well, it seems like their quarterback is happier
14:15And it seems like their offense is going to be going in a different direction and it's his direction
14:20So I would think that the Jets are gonna start playing better on offense. I don't know about that. I mean personnel wise
14:25There's nothing you can do
14:27Although there was Matt Barrow's had a piece in the Athletic about a possible trade target
14:31Where you would bring in a defensive end much like they did last year
14:35And so that's something you can do ahead of the deadline. You can bring in new players. You've done it before sure
14:41Sure, I don't know if this is something that's gonna happen in the next 10 days before Mahomes gets to town
14:47You know what I mean? I'm not saying that you're optionless. I
14:51Just think especially early in a season. I feel when things aren't going well teams would rather
14:57Try to sort of like tweak and make adjustments with what they do have rather than start firing people and
15:05Firing I even mean by the players. Yeah, you know what I mean? Like there is one move that you can make
15:09I don't know if they'll make it tonight, but like would you bench Devandre Campbell and put D winters in there?
15:16Well, you'd like to but D winters has not shown the ability to make it through an entire game
15:20That's the fair response and Devandre Campbell. He played 100% of the snaps against, Arizona
15:26so what we think of Devandre Campbell is
15:29Different than what they think and different than what Greg Cosell thinks because Greg Cosell is somebody who thinks he's playing pretty well
15:36Well, I don't I don't know
15:37I don't know what the 49ers think because as you just said like that
15:41I don't know what other options there are, you know, the 49ers would love to put Dre Greenlaw in
15:47That's what they'd like to do. Yep not on the table
15:50Maybe it will be a little bit later, but that that's kind of what I'm getting at like you
15:55Somewhere along the line here and yes, you can do things schematically
16:00You can tweak you can tighten all of that is true
16:04But the Niners they have are going to have to play better football
16:09They're just that like they're going or else. It's not going to be a good year
16:13Yeah, they're gonna have to play better and and and the point I guess I'm trying to make is in the past that
16:20Yes different people, but this team with this
16:24Base of a coaching staff has done that before, you know, Ron Rivera kept telling us yesterday like these first
16:31Five games six games seven games as a coach. You're figuring out. Okay, what works? Well, what doesn't work?
16:39Well, where do I need to make some moves?
16:41you know, we we are a little bit too or maybe not far removed enough from a 5-0 start and
16:48Sort of like think that that's the way it's supposed to start
16:52It usually doesn't I get that in their Super Bowl years it has
16:56But it usually does not just start out that easy, but they should be four and one
17:01They should be and they're not so which makes tonight all the more important because you're not if you were four and one
17:07This game would not have the same level of need
17:11Okay, then you lose your four and two you're still leading the division if you hadn't lost those other two games, right?