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At the University of Arizona Online, we bring a top-ranked education to you. We offer 150-plus programs 100% online. Expand your career opportunities by earning a degree that meets you right where you are. Learn from the same faculty and earn the same degree as on-campus students. Build your future with Arizona Online. This has started every seven and a half weeks. Apply today and make your tomorrow amazing. Kitchen and bathroom professionals know what goes behind the tile matters. That's why Trade Pro's trust Fiber-Sement Party Backer Board to keep tile firmly in place, resist cracking, and held block moisture. Chosen over 40 million Kitchen's and bathrooms. Party Backer Board. What the best build on. Shop now at participating Home Depot, Lowe's, and Florida Core Stores. For more information, visit JamesHearty.com slash hearty backer. All right, Wednesday night, crew show, the coaststream, John Chapman in the House, 49

of Rush Podcasts, one of my favorite streams of the week. I got one eye on Yankees Rays. I got another eye on this stream. Go Rays. Go Rays. Go Rays. Do your thing, put the Yankees away. All right, we will talk Niners and nothing but Niners right now. Come aboard. All right, we're off and running the crew show meets the 49 of Rush Podcast Experience. Chapman in the House. It's a hot Wednesday night. The heat, the heat. Man, we're not used to this October heat, sweatin'. I'm sitting here sweatin', but I'm feeling good because the Niners are playing Great Ball, Seahawk Week, John will be in Seattle all weekend long. We used to stream on Saturdays and I thought, you know what, we got moved to a different

day because John's not there on some of these road trip Saturdays, all of them. And you can be with John this weekend. All you got to do, there it is. Oh, 49 of Rush faithful to the Bay, I like that. And you got Ricky Waters just gonna be in the House? Tell us, you know, tease this one. John, tell people, sell it. Man, I'm pumped about this one. You know, 49ersRushRoadTrip.com, take it syrup right now. And we got the Great Ricky Waters coming now. And you know, it's such a huge game. I wanted somebody to kind of amp up the crowd and bring it. Who else did Ricky Waters? And so he's gonna be out there with the Saturday. We're gonna be out from 4 to 9 p.m. It's gonna, we're gonna be at the press box, which is one block from the stadium. We got all inclusive premium tailgate the day of come out party with us. We got trivia, family friendly, Jersey giveaways. I've been packing all day, Larry. I have 25 autographed jerseys that we are gonna be giving away. This is 25.

So if you think you know your trivia or, you know, just show up. We always make sure the kids win something. We got some competition for the kiddos. We even got a little bit of a drinking competition for the adults. It's gonna be a good time. It's gonna be a lot of fun. So 49ersRushRoadTrip.com cannot wait. Most important game of the season. Ah, I'm pumped. It's gonna be good. Now are they all current, nine or jerseys? Or do we have retro jerseys mixed in retro? Mostly retro. I got some red corners. I got some, you got a Dwight Clark in there? You got a Dwight Clark in there? I do have a Dwight Clark, but I played it on saving that one for Atlanta or Dallas probably. Yeah, I got some Bowman. Got to make sure we get Bowman with the Seattle, right? You got to represent the games have to matter to the players. And every time I think about Seattle, I think about Bowman in the injury. I'll be wearing my Bowman jersey. I mean, I still get mad about them throwing popcorn on the Varo Bowman. That was a horrible call. That was a horrible injury.

And I have some horrible fans. Yep, no question. And yet, you know, you think of Bowman and that down moment, then you think of green law and the tackle on the goal line and what a great moment. And, you know, there's just a lot of good and bad there. Once again, if people want to go and they're seeing, they're hearing about you traveling to these games for the first time, John, what is the best way for them to connect with you and get their questions answered? Because I'm sure people have a myriad of questions. How does this work exactly? I'm interested, but I need to know more. What's the best way? Is there a way they can get their questions answered very easily? Yeah, email 49ers rush podcastedgmail.com. We have people monitoring that, you know, we're always on top of it. We'll get your questions answered as soon as they come in 49ers rush podcastedgmail.com. If you want to buy tickets, you know, the times, the dates, everything that you need, the add-ons. If you want to go ahead and buy a meet and greet with Ricky Waters, that's up. The price is going to go up in two days, but we've got an early bird special right now.

If you want to save some money. And so that's all there. And so all of the information is on the website. But for some reason, we did not answer your question. Go ahead and reach out. Email us 49ers rush podcastedgmail.com. We'll get that question answered. And we'll be ready to party. Remember, kids are free to every event we will ever host. Ever. It is in my contract, Larry. It is in the fine details. I cannot override it even if I want to. What if I'm very, you know, what if I'm prolific and I have just thousands of kids? Is can I bring thousands of kids? I mean, or is there a limit to the number of kids per family? The rule is usually make sure the kids are monitored by a responsible adult. But man, we've had people bring out, you know, four or five from their flag football team and stuff. And, you know, it's always a good time. You see the kids just light up when they win something or when they give something. And we always make sure the kids leave with something tangible so that they can tie that experience back. And just trying to create the faithful for the future, you know what I mean? I hear it.

It's a good time. It's a good time. And traveling on the road with the Niners is a fun thing to do. I'm going to do it myself later on this year. And I would be, I'm a huge advocate for traveling. You get to meet some of the Niners fans from around the country and realize how prolific the brand and the, what an iconic brand. And the 49er brand has become through the decades. So absolutely awesome stuff. Now it's interesting. And I think appropriate that you have Ricky Waters there. And I want to talk a little bit about Ricky Waters because there's a parallel to this year's Seahawks, the Niners with Mike Shanahan as the OC, George Seaford as the head coach, Ray Rhodes as the defensive coordinator won the Super Bowl. Sandwin was that crew. I'm 30 and I don't remember it. That was 1994. Okay. And they had Ricky Waters in the backfield and Ricky Waters was their young star. Rice was older, Taylor was older, Jones was older, but Ricky Waters and Bar None, Bar None was a rookie and Ricky Waters was a young player. And I think in his fourth year, I think he was a 1990 pick.

Yeah, a Notre Dame. And the 49er, he had a great Super Bowl. He was one of the real reasons that the 49ers were so dominant. He was one of the reasons they won that Super Bowl in massive fashion. And they kissed him off and let him went to Philadelphia at the end of the year. And he left in free agency and never achieved the same heights anywhere else they did with the Niners and the Niners. You know, had some good teams after that. They were good in 95, but with Derek Loville, you know, they were good in 96, 97 with Pat Gasek Terry Kirby, you know, but they didn't have Ricky Waters and they never really achieved the level that they had achieved with Ricky without Ricky. He didn't do it either without them, but they needed each other. I bring it up because look at the parallel. Now you got Seattle. They win the Super Bowl. Kenneth Walker basically was a key cog might have been the MVP of the entire playoff run. Was the MVP of the Super Bowl? 26 years of age.

Totally dynamic player. And they had all kinds of cap room and they chose not to pay him and then chose to pay Rashid Shaheed. And now Kenneth Walker is a Kansas chief and he's on his way to a 2,000 yard season and maybe going to lead the chiefs to the into the AFC playoffs and into the Super Bowl. And the Seahawks said we'll replace him with Giderian price. Price had fumble issues. Now he's on IR. They have a manual Wilson. He's not a scheme fit. He can't get outside. They're talking about Joe Mixon. Joe Mixon's got domestic violence problems. They were going to sign them. And they said, you know what? He had an injury at the physical really or did a bunch of people say why you why you signing a guy where there's video of domestic violence on women. This guy didn't just like slap somebody, punch someone person in the face and almost killed her. Almost killed this woman. I don't care if he's a Bay Area guy or not. To me that's where I would draw the line. I wouldn't have this guy on my team if he was the last running back on earth.

And so suddenly they were they about faced and didn't sign Joe Mixon and when I had nothing to do with morals and nothing to do with morals. Well, I don't know. Maybe maybe they just got cold feet. Maybe the wrong people complained. Maybe somebody ran it up the flagpole and they said, you know what? This is the wrong hill to die on. You know, this guy, the gee, you know, the juice ain't worth the squeeze, so to speak. You know, the negatives outweigh the positives, whatever it is, but they opted to go in a different direction. My whole point is just that the Niners you can make an argument should have kept Ricky Waters and may have won the sixth Lombardi right then in the mid 90s. Instead they kissed him off and they never really replaced him. And I get the feeling that you're seeing the exact same thing right now with Kenneth Walker. He's a great player. They had him. They didn't appreciate him. They let him walk in free agency. Then they gave a they gave a special teamer more money. He wanted 15 a year. Instead they gave 17 a year to Rashid Shaheed. Rashid Shaheed is not a significant player in their passing game.

He's still mostly a special team's return man. Think about that. You didn't pay a bell cow back 15 million so you could play a return man 17 million. The Niners needed a break. John Schneider gave them that break. And now this is anybody's ballgame going forward. If they had kept Kenneth Walker, they're still the best team at football. And they're and the Niners probably can't run with them. This year, but they got rid of Kenneth Walker. They don't have much of a run game. I think the Niners are going to make them very one sided and start team off on Sam Donald. I think it's I think one of the best personnel guys there is John Schneider F. Dup and it's going to burn him. It's going to burn him. I think it's going to take I think they're going down on that one right there. Yeah, and you look at their backfield. The idea was, okay, we're going to spend our first round pick on justarian price who I thought was a wonderful prospect. He was suffice like that. He got injured. And so he gets injured.

It's like, all right, you know, Zack Sharbinay started practicing this week. Will he be elevated and you know, activated? There's a chance that's going to be the case, but they're looking outside trying to bring in anybody they can. The cupboards bear out there at the running back position. And so you can't just pick up the phone and get somebody out there. They try to, you know, find something and Joe Mixon. He fails his physical as the report says they move on. The running game has been an issue for the Seattle Seahawks. Now the offense is crushing it. But whenever you look at just, you know, what they've been able to accomplish just in the running game, they're 19th in yards per rush attempt. They're averaging 3.9 under four yards. And so, you know, that entire offense, it goes through Jackson Smith and Jigba and it goes through the Titans. That is the entirety of the Seahawks offense currently. And it didn't matter if it was Sam Darnold, Drew Locke, whomever if they can get that running back position, Zach Scharbeneow, I don't know how useful he'll be in his very

first game back. But that's what they're looking for. And Kenneth Walker is nowhere near to be found on this roster. And so even if Zach Scharbene returns to his previous form, which very capable, you know, starter in the NFL at the running back position, he's not top 10 or anything. But he's capable because he can do a little bit of everything. I'm not sure he's going to be back at full speed this week. So if the 49ers can take advantage of that, I know all the people want to talk about how all 49ers run defense. It's an issue and whatever else. I'm not so sure. They're top 10 and rush yards allowed their top 10 and rush yards per attempt. Kind of getting the job done with this no named defensive line. I think they're giving up 370 carry. I mean, that's not a bad number. All right, we're going to talk more about the matchup and we'll do our prize picks line up in a bit. But I called the stream. You know, we titled the stream tonight. Are we wrong about Brock Perty and Kaushin?

And I was watching something the other day and they were talking about the top quarterbacks and Brock Perty's name came up. And instead of being like, yeah, he's a top quarter back. They're like the guy who I forget who it was, but the guy was like, you know, he runs Kyle system the best. He like, well, when is he the best? He runs Kyle system the best. And it's a consistent theme. And you know, once again, it's like, it's not that big a deal. Brock doesn't care. Nobody really cares. It's just it's just at the end of the day, I don't really think that Shanahan is the key to Brock Perty. I really don't now. I think Brock Perty is being supported better this year than in past years. Mike Evans is a better receiver than Juan Jennings. They're off its lines playing better than it did in the past. The split of, you know, who knew that maybe not giving CMC 92% of the carries was actually

going to be a pretty good thing. And George Kiddles had this miraculous recovery from the Achilles where he's running 20 miles an hour. I mean, he's just an unbelievable return from an injury. So there's lots of factors. But to me, and if I threw that to you, we debated this so much in the 80s. You know, this was a big 80s debate. You know, call up 808 KmbR. Did was was Walsh make Montana or did Montana make Walsh? And when the nighters won the Super Bowl in 81, there were a lot of people being like, you know what, it's the system. It's Walsh's system. And Joe Montana just operates this third round quarterback Joe Montana operates Walsh's system. But of course, that narrative changed that year when Joe Montana beat Dan Marino. And suddenly it wasn't about Walsh's system. It was about the Niners have one of the great quarterbacks of his era. And then of course, he wins again in 88. He wins again in 89 and kind of cemented his legacy.

But you know, it's on, we always think of players legacy by what it is at the end. So we never think about it gradually through it throughout Walsh was getting a lot of the credit that probably should have gone to Joe after Super Bowl 16. And I bring that up because I kind of think that Shanahan gets credit for Purdy more than Purdy gets credit for Purdy or Purdy gets credit for lifting Shanahan. So I'll throw it to you, John. I mean, I, you know, there is no right or wrong answer. You can make an argument either way, right? It's not like I have the answer. I have an opinion. I have a point of view. But if I ask you that question, if you can't, you can't get, you can't hang out on the fence. You can't be like, you know what? I think it's a little of both. You know, I won't do it. I won't do it. You have to put, you have to pick. You know, and we're not going to agree to disagree, you know, but you have to pick. And it has to be either Kyle Shanahan has made Brock Purdy or Brock Purdy has made Kyle

Shanahan. Where are you? It's extreme the way you put it. And I love it. I mean, it doesn't have to be, I just love it. It doesn't have to be completely because in reality, Brock didn't completely make Kyle. Kyle has been great. Kyle didn't completely make Brock, Brock led, you know, I was state to the festival. And they were terrible without them and they were great when he was there. So this is just more, I guess the, maybe the better question, better phrasing is, is Brock Purdy is, is Brock Purdy making Kyle Shanahan more or is Kyle Shanahan making Brock Purdy more? Man, I think that my answer by shock some people, I'm going Brock Purdy is making this thing go. And like I want to jump back out of the 49ers fear for a second. You remember when Tom Brady was coming on and he won his first Super Bowl in his couple of years, everybody's like, Bella check, it's a Bella check system, he's a system quarter

back. Yeah, Bill Bella check, Bill Bella check. Now we look at it, you know, hindsight's 2020. And as soon as Tom left, Bill could do anything and Tom won another Super Bowl elsewhere. And we're starting to get that kind of tip point where Brock Purdy's highlights are Brock Purdy just drawn stuff up in the sand scrambling out of the pocket with the stepbacks, jukin people out, doing all this other stuff. And you know, I pulled up record Kyle Shanahan's record without Brock Purdy in the regular season 52 for 52 without Brock since he's been with the 49ers 500 with Brock 35 or 34 and 15. Unbelievable difference. How about this too to add to that when Brock came on in week 13 against Miami for Jimmy Garoppolo, all non Jimmy Garoppolo quarterbacks under Shanahan at that time were nine and 29. So he had one with Jimmy G, but he was all about having one with anybody else.

And like Kyle Shanahan's a badass Kyle Shanahan is the top three offensive play caller, even if you hate Shanahan, like he was fine without Brock Purdy, but Purdy just takes it up to that next level. It goes to 11 Larry. I don't know if you've seen spinal tap, right? This one goes to 11. That's Brock Purdy, right? And so what he's been able to do in points, right? Kyle Shanahan's entire tenure without Brock Purdy averaged 20.4 points per game with Brock Purdy over 28 points. He's making the difference of eight points a game that he starts. He just creates whether it's mobility, everybody wants to talk about the offensive line and the lack of sacks and all that stuff. And that's awesome. That's a Brock Purdy stat as much as it is those five offensive linemen. The linemen are great. Not trying to take away from them. And I'm not trying to take away from Kyle Shanahan either. Brock Purdy is the staple. Brock Purdy should be the MVP front runner after one month of the season's way too early. But he's just playing at an unbelievable level where the explosives are coming.

And he's protecting the ball. 11 to 1 passing touchdowns to interceptions. Is 11 to 1 good Larry? I don't know. Like that is some elite 12 if you throw in just touchdowns period, you know, 12 touchdowns one interception. That's really been the difference. That's how he's taken it to the next level this year. He's not turning it over. You know, there's a million different stats that you can use to define the quarterback or try to evaluate the quarterback. And some are fair. Some aren't, you know, win loss is one way, but it's a team game. I mean, Jaylen Hertz beat Patrick Mahomes in a Super Bowl a couple of years ago. You know, as Jaylen Hertz better than Patrick Mahomes, of course not. But the Eagles were better than the chiefs. It's a team sport. So you can't forget that. But there's always something that there is always some number that kind of reveals the quarterback. And to me, it's the quarterback down, which is third down.

What do you do on third down? You're going to run and pass on first and second down. You're going to run on first down. You're going to pass on second down. You're going to pass on first down. You're going to run on second down. Whatever you're going to do, one of those two things. And then you're going to get to third down. And then it's about do you convert or do you not? And to me, the staff that I would point to that Brock Purti has made, Kyle Shanahan is third down conversion rate. And I looked it up. Since Brock Purti's come to the Niners, the Niners are way better on third down conversion rate than they were under Shanahan before Brock Purti arrived. Here are the numbers. 2017 Niners third down conversion rate, 38.9%. 2018, 37.8%. 2019 was their Super Bowl year was much better that year, 45%. Okay, with Jimmy G. 2020, drop back down to 39.1%. 2021, 40.2%.

So five seasons there from set 2017 through 2021, the average third down conversion rate for the 49ers in that period of time was 40.2% on average. Okay, then they draft Brock Purti in 22. Football is back and prize picks is bringing out their best offer yet. New users who sign up will get $150 in lineups if you win your first $5 lineup. That's right, if you win your first $5 lineup, you'll get $150 in lineups. On prize picks, you simply pick two to six players, pick more or less on their staff projections and submit your lineup. Then, sweat it out as you watch your picks play out live. It's the best way to get more locked in on game day. Make all the picks you want. This football season, all in the same app. And now, prize picks is available nationwide. So what are you waiting for? Lock in for kickoff because everyone and everything is on prize picks. What you want?

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This year, 49.8%. That's awesome. This year, 57.5%. The Niners and four seasons under Brock Purti with Kyle Shanahan are averaging 49.4%, nearly 50%, almost a 10% increase on third down conversion rate than what Shanahan did prior. And if you look at this year, 57.5% compared to 2018 where they were converting at 37.8%. Which I'm a 20% percentage points difference there. Same head coach, different quarterback. So I'm not saying Shanahan is a bummer and don't get me wrong. I'm not saying oh, Shanahan's lost without, you know, no, Shanahan's a great coach. He's one of the best coaches going. But if it came down to, I always have pushed back on the notion that Shanahan made Purti. No, he did not.

He did not. Purti was good from the very beginning. Purti was good, you know, without the tutelage of Shanahan and without the tutelage of the Niner Offensive Coaching staff. He was good right away. And that's the quarterback down. They call it the quarterback down for a reason. So I would say as much as I think Shanahan's great, I think Purti is elevating Shanahan to even greater heights than Shanahan got before him. I think that Brock's been that good. I agree. And you know, I love the phrase that Kyle Shanahan used when the extension got done where he said, I want Brock to be my quarterback for as long as I coach here. Like as long as I'm here, I want Brock to be the guy. And if we play the game where you pick up Brock and you put him in another system, where would he not be successful? Like I mean, he could do all the DAC pre snap stuff, but in the Shanahan scheme, they're not asked to do that, right?

He could do all the audibles and lie protect. He could do that. He's not asked to do that here. He could throw the ball down field. Where could he not be successful? I mean, I'm not sure we want to say he's the best quarterback in the NFL at this point, but damn, he's the most valuable player through a month. Can he replicate that for three more months? If he can, biggest test of the entire season is this week. You go into Seattle, Larry. And you put up a performance. Now remember Brock is four and one at Seattle. Play there a lot. Like he's had success there. The last game didn't go well, but Brock can go there and he can show what's up. He's Ricky year he won there twice. He does that. I think that you're just going to start to see the avalanche of Brock, Purdy respect and whatever. You're going to start to see it in the national media. I don't really care much about what they say because they don't watch all the games. They don't watch the tape. But the time has come where it's this tipping point for Brock, Purdy to where everybody's

getting on board. Because if you're not, you just look like an idiot each and every week, whether it's the Broncos defense, the Rams defense, about to be the Seattle Seahawks defense. If you can go out there with that wide receiver core and do the damn thing, how do you not respect that? Right now Brock, Purdy's playing the best ball. Is he the MVP? Well, he is right now, but Willie Winnet will see. Greg Cosell in an interview on the radio today was talking about Brock and he said, you know, as far as Purdy, he's like, he's the most detailed, nuanced. He's so schooled in the details of the quarterback position, the nuances of the quarterback position, the subtleties of the core, of playing the quarterback position. And he just playing at a very, very high level and he's been very, very consistent. That's the other thing. Like, hey, this week he's good. Oh, it's good Brock. It's bad Brock. It's good Brock.

It's bad. No. The guy shows up and he's very, very consistent. And what do you do? How do you defend him? You know, you sit back and, and, and, you know, him right now, Tim Ryan said it. He's gripping it. You know, he's reading it and ripping it. And that's what he's doing. He's reading the coverage. And he knows where to go with the football. And he's letting it rip. You know, so he's, he's reading the coverage and ripping it. What do you do? And the answer beg, well, you know, like any quarterback, you got a pressure and you got a blitz and here's his numbers this year against the blitz. 24 of 33, 73% seven touchdown seven touchdowns, no picks. That's crazy, Larry. Like you say the numbers and I know the numbers, but like whatever they register coming in through the headphones, it's just like, do that's bananas. They don't do that. And that's with DeMarcus Robinson as your wide receiver once. Some weeks, which even he's injured. There's no Ricky Pearceau. There's no Stribbling.

You've got a hobbled, you know, Mike Evans. Like this dude is doing things without the supporting cast the Avengers weekend, week out. And it's just like, it makes no sense. It's comical. These are madden type numbers, video game numbers. He's just playing out there on Ricky mode. It seems like and man, just wait till some of those guys get healthy on the wide receiver position and that's going to make a big difference. But godly man, this, it reminds me of that, you know, Steve Young sees, I think it was 96 where he just was like the most efficient quarterback, like it just weekend, week out. It was just like, you know, Steve Young is going to have a game. You know he is. It's and it's only been a month, but man. I see people in the chat talking about how the MVP who cares who cares who cares. Man, if you have the most valuable player at the most important position, your team is going to have an opportunity in the playoffs to cause some damage. And so that gets you there because usually it's the best quarterback on the best team.

And that is Brock. That is Brock right now. No doubt. Now, I like the Niners on Sunday for a number of reasons, but there is an overriding question. Why do I like the Niners? I think Mike Evans as the boundary X going up against Josh Job. Evans is getting healthier. Last time Evans went to Seattle, he called like 12 balls, two touchdowns, well over 150 yards. I think Evans is going to be job. I like that matchup. I like Debo. Debo has got nine touchdowns against Seattle. He plays big against Seattle. And between CMC and Debo, you know, that duo is giving Shanahan and Kubiak. Unbelievable, you know, formational versatility and, you know, their versatile chess pieces that can be moved all over the board. I talked to Brandon Willis today. I feel really good about Brandon Willis stepping in for juice. I think he can really do a nice job as a lead blocker. I'm not sure how Shanahan is going to handle it. Will they go more three wides, more 11 personnel, or will they still just do what they do and

just have Willis jump in for juice and that's an important player in the whole grand scheme of things. And Willis understands that. There's going to be lots of shifts, lots of motions, lots of moving parts and no pre snap penalties are going to be allowed. I like the Niners because they're playing better ball. I watched Seattle chargers. There was a ton of penalties. The Niners are the least penalized team in pro football right now. They're playing at a much higher level. But the question that I can't get beyond is, is the 49ers offensive line improved enough? Is the is the improvement legitimate or is it a talking point that's a little bogus? They got dominated in Seattle. The duo of of of Byron Murphy and Leonard Williams physically manhandled the Niners interior in the playoffs. I saw it. And I know they're improved, but are they strong enough inside to handle Seattle? Now, you may not have Leonard Williams, but they still got Riley Mills. Jaron reads very strong.

Byron Murphy's got this deal where he splits double teams by going to a single knee and just rooting himself into the ground. It's like unbelievable. You cannot move him when he goes to a, you know, goes to a one knee position. I've never seen anybody do that before, but he just absolutely is like, it's like makes himself like an island. So what do you think, John? Is the Niners offensive line legitimately improved and they're going to be able to stand up to the Seattle defensive front? In some ways, this is the final frontier, you know, I think they proven it against the Rams. They proven it, you know, you know, for a month now, they haven't allowed a single sack. Are they going to prove it on Sunday against Seattle? Yeah, I think the two biggest areas of dramatic improvement for the 49ers. And the last time they played, you know, Seattle, one George Kiddles healthy played 60 snaps this past week. Look great. Two stick with the tight in position because I do expect a lot of 12 personnel. One back two tight ends and keeping, you know, the Seattle's going to stay at nickel.

And so you go big against him on worry. I think that's the plan. But Luke Farrell, good gosh. If you showed me tape from Luke Farrell last year and the fans were just so pissed off because he just did not pay dividends. He's been incredible this year. He's getting the job done. And I could take a three explosive huge plays this season that Luke Farrell said, the focal point of that and incredible and special teams mind you. But he was good on special teams last year. So you get Kiddles. Luke Farrell's playing awesome and Connor Colby is playing with attitude. Connor Colby is the type of guy that you want against this style of defensive line. I'm not saying Connor Colby's going to manhandle by Murphy or Leonard Williams or anything. That's all I'm saying. I'm saying the physicality that he brings is far greater than what they had at that left guard spot. So as those three additions, Kiddles Luke Farrell playing up to his contract. They're like, Luke Farrell might get extended. He's playing so well. Like he's, this is the last year. He's the, he's playing really, really well. And then Connor Colby man, he's been a godsend.

There's no more quiet. There's no question. Uh, there's going to be rotation at left guard. No, no, that has been solved. This is the test. Connor Colby did pretty good against that Broncos defensive line was pretty good. Jake Brindle was the weakest league by far. I counted seven negatives going through tape on Jake Brindle. That's a tough one going up against DJ Jones who's very strong. It's tough for this week. Yeah. I don't think anybody would like DJ Jones is awesome, but he ain't littered Williams. He ain't buyer Murphy. Like DJ Jones awesome. But those guys, hey, Colley even said like, I don't think there's a better defensive player than Leonard Williams. Like he's that good and has been that good. He has been and he may not go in this game. He left the charger game the second half with a ankle sprain and he hadn't come, he didn't come back. Um, and we're not sure if he's going to go or not. But either way, I mean, Seattle's defense is number one in the NFL, um, in run success rate at 30%.

You know, I mean, it's, they're, they play 91% zone. You know, it's funny. I heard somebody say today, and it's like, people just kind of repeat things. And it's kind of funny. I heard a radio guy and I like this guy. But he's, you know, he needs to be get a little bit more current. He's like, you know, the sea ox like to load the box and play man. I'm like, what? I mean, dude, I mean, you, you, you literally are wrong twice. They, they, they, they're playing with light boxes and they play 91% zone. They play too high nonstop, especially that pre snap reading. That two shell, they sit there in the two shell. They take, they, they give you that look that just basically, you know, the deep safety's 13 yards off the line of scrimmage and they start backpedaling from there. And they just basically say, you are not beating us over the top. We're not going to let you do it. You don't have a line to protect long enough to do it. And so we're going to play deep safeties. They got injuries at safeties. They're on safety five and six Bud carc done for the year.

Ty O'Cotta hurt Julian love was back. But you know, he's not 100%. They're just, they're banged up at safety and they're going with backups. So kid from Indianapolis. They lost Kobe Bryant. Huge lost. They lost Maffa and Rikwell and those are lesser losses. But they play in zone 91% of the time. They play like a matchup zone and then McDonald's really good at disguising blitzes and they, they take away the run. They play in a sort of zone. They dare you. They, they just allow their big front to control the run game and they intimidate teams from trying any kind of downfield thing. So in the past game, so they don't really, they don't give up explosives. Their number one team in the NFL in cover six, you know, which is a split safety look, which, you know, the, you know, cover six, you know, the, the open window is the strong flat typically and we'll see if the Niners attack that.

But then they get guys like Eman Worry and love and they just, they, they, they smother you in the, in the, in the strong flat. And so their cover six is deadly. They're really great in a, in a cover six, you know, zone. So I don't know. I mean, I'm not really sure to me, you got two keys is Leonard Williams going to play and can, and, and, and Byron Murphy. Can they get Leonard Williams and Byron Murphy blocked because they couldn't do it in the playoffs. They couldn't do it. I mean, they've gotten destroyed by this team the last two games. 41 to 6 in the last game, 13, 3, 54 to 9 in the last two games against Seattle. The Niners need to win this one in the worst way. And they, and they're two different teams than they were last year. But can they block Murphy and Williams and that front and that to me is, I don't want to say it's the whole game, but it really starts right there. Yeah. And, you know, Leonard Williams was limited today with that ankle.

You brought it like based on their practice report. So he's already practicing. I fully expect him to play. I don't want to be injured, but I want to play. And yeah, like what Seattle does so well, shout out to Kurt Cousins. He was on some show and that's where like I started studying this. They're the best at giving you a false pre snap read. So they sit those two high safeties up there and they just sit for like a count and a half. They don't declare their coverage till after a full second and a half after the play. So it's looking cover two and what they'll do is they'll go to your cover six where it's quarters on one side, halves on the other. And you just, you have to adjust your read. And so with somebody like Brock, Bertie or Kurt Cousins or these Shanahan system quarterbacks, okay, here's my coverage. I got two high shell. Boom. Here's my read one, two, three. That's what I'm going to do. You go through play action. You get your head around. Holy crap. They're in a different coverage. Just in the amount of time where Brock pretty turns his back to the defense,

fakes the play action gets his head around. It's not what you thought. So you're having to reread like that. And that is what the Mike McDonald defense has just struggled for quarterbacks. It offensive systems to kind of catch up to that. They haven't done it yet. And so you got to see Brock, Brock's got to do it. He's struggled with this defense. There's no doubt about it. Can he beat this defense? Can he overcome it? Yeah, he can. And now that he's got a little bit more experience, played him three times last year, went one and two. Can you pick up and start to get some of those tendencies and start to understand some of their tales and all those things that can happen. But this is a giant test, Larry, for Brock, Bertie, for the 49ers, winner gets first place. If the Seahawks win, they're going to have the same record, same divisional record, but they own the tie breakers. They'll be in first place to the NFC West. If the 49ers win, they will have a stranglehold on the NFC West.

Because not only will they be three and only the division, not only will they be five and no overall record. Now Seattle will have two divisional losses. And the 49ers will already have won the game at Los Angeles Rams, even though it was in Australia and at Seattle. So you still got to play the Rams in Seattle, but that's going to be in Santa Clara. You win this game, stranglehold on the division. Yeah. I'm glad the Niners are off to hot start because the late season schedule looks kind of daunting. In fact, the Niners have the second toughest strength of schedule, the rest of the way. Guess who's got the toughest strength of schedule, the rest of the way. Seattle. See all that. Yeah. All right. Let's put ourselves in the corner because we have not been good. Now we'll put ourselves in the corner and we will do our prize picks lineup. We'll share the screen there. And then of course we got to move our graphics around. Got it the right graphics. Thank you. All right. So play five, get 150 use code HM a and we're going to do some Niners and some

Seahawks from this game. And I haven't done the line. Sometimes I do it ahead of time, but I figured we could do this together. So who do you feel good about on the Niners side in this game? Or is there a line that you like? I kind of like Brock, pretty 242 and a half combined passing and rushing yards together more. I think he's going to have at least 250 yards passing and rushing combined. The rush yards help, consider is that a more on Brock, pretty just throwing zero point five that's touchdowns at the bottom right? He's got throw one touchdown pass. Yeah. It kind of I'm not sure how much it's going to pay you because it doesn't give you a less. Yeah. So we'll throw that one in now that so that we got to pick somebody else now. Is there some? Is there a non-perty? I feel good about D. Bo, but I'm just not sure if it's going to be rush yards or receiving yards. Right.

That's kind of the hard one. Yeah. I almost like D. Bo in the anytime touchdown. There's Kittle who's obviously playing incredibly well. You know, I kind of like even though he was ill today, I kind of like Kaelin Black more than 14 and a half rush yards. You know, you go to that Seattle game. Jordan James had more success than Christian McCaffrey did that. Change up pace back had a lot of success. Can Kaelin Black go? He didn't have the best game, you know, against Denver's vision was off on a couple times. Didn't really break any tackles, but like the tape still looks good. It's just maybe so close, so close. He's running so hard that he's going to he's going to pop one. He's going to pop one. Mike Evans practice today too. So you know, I kind of like Mike Evans now, do you go with Mike Evans six and a half targets? It's like when Brock's really going to be under the gun. Is he and he could be under the gun in this game?

Isn't he going to his most role? I have a ring and a half receptions. He had five receptions with broken ribs. Yeah, I'm going to go with more on the three and a half receptions. All right, let's pick a Seattle guy because we want to do Seattle as well. We have to do so. We have to. Yeah, we yeah, unfortunately, we do. That's the way this thing works. Okay. So they're just throwing the Jackson Smith and Jigman nonstop. I know. Wait a second. And I think we got to go. I've done one other this week with JSN receptions. Let me see. I think the number is actually pretty low. It's like shockingly low. They're going to force feed in the ball. Yeah. Let's see. Where is it? JSN. Oh, George, Hallani over 1.5. Six and a half receptions. Dude, they are force feeding that to the ball. Got to be more than six and a half receptions for JSN. I, you know, to me, it seems like a JSN and only JSN type thing.

Um, darn old. Which of these darn olds do you like? Two and a half interceptions more. God, somebody thinks she's going to try. That's the incredible payouts. Dude, scroll up to George, Hallani. George, Hallani over 1.5 receptions. That is the one you keep going up. Keep going up. There we go down a little bit. Right there that will more than 1.5 receptions. Dude, they don't have another running back. It's going to be Wilson and him and they throw it to Alonni. I kind of like want to go with Barner. I think Barner is the hot guy right now as far as they're going to him a lot. All he needs is two and a half receptions. I'll definitely go with more than that on Barner. All right. Let's do this. This can be a fat daddy. We'll put football is back and prize picks is bringing out their best offer yet.

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Seven. Seven receptions. Georgia Lonnie's got to have three or two receptions and AJ Barnars got three. I think I think that looks good. I think that looks good. Thank you to prize picks for being a proud sponsor of the crew show. And we appreciate them quite a bit. They are fantastic. Thank you to prize picks. All right. We'll move John and I back. Let's talk about Reemorse. JSN's the best receiver. It's weird because he's not very big. He's not very fast. He's six feet tall. And he's not the most. He's not super strong. And you say, well, six feet tall, he must just be a burner. No, he's not a burner. He's really not. He's just great. So what do you do if you're a Raheem? You know, do you double him? Do you tilt everything towards him? I mean, the Niers have played Lenore to the boundary and green to the field side all year to keep doing that. Do you have Dimo Lenore follow, follow him around wherever he goes?

They move him around. He's in the slot. They put him in motion to play him outside, to play him on both sides. You know, you don't know where he's going to be. Almost you got to take a count of where he is on every play. How would you defend him if you're Raheem? I think what you got to do in this might sound counterintuitive. You've got to blitz because Sam Darnal's so bad against pressure. Now Raheem has not gone to his tendencies. What she's been a traditionally high blitz rate guy everywhere he's been. He's just been bringing four. A lot of fire zones were mellow height dropping the coverage. You know, why drop in into coverage? You know, dropping lots of guys still bringing four, but dropping a defensive head, bringing a linebacker safety nickel. I want to attack. He did attack bonus on the early early third downs with five and six man pressures. Yeah. And so I want more of that because if you look at what Sam Darnal traditionally has struggled with is pressure. That is the issue. And he's been, you know, you read the stats with Brock Purtie against pressure.

Sam Darnal does not equate that. He just doesn't. So the Niders don't do traditionally a lot of man. So like that idea of double teaming stuff that's really kind of out in today's, you know, schemes, what you can do is run that cover two, which I wish the Niders would do more of where you have the safety help over the top to that side. And if you're doing cover six, you roll the halves to the side and do quarters to the backside, whatever J.S. is not on. So a lot of cover to to J.S. inside. Blitz get after Sam Darnal make him speed up that processor because what makes J.S. in so special is the space and how quick he creates it consistently against everybody. He's not physical. He's a seven on seven type wide receiver that just glides out there on ice. And Demo loves play against it. You see the headbutt. You see him just, you know, push him into the pile like Demo takes this game personal, which I love. I love bullies on defense. I love green law. I love the way Demo plays at times.

I want that physicality. I want to let them know we're coming after you. So roll cover two to J.S. inside. Get some blitzes, get some fire zones, get some stunts, get all that stuff going. I'm kind of excited about the opportunity that Rahim Morrison this defense has because it's just working against everybody. Now they don't get off the field on third and short. That's my biggest critique of this defense so far this season. If it's third, two, third, three, chances are they're going to give up first down, but they sure as hell make it hard the rest of the time. So that's what I want to see Rahim Morrison do. And I'm just excited from an ex-in-o standpoint to see how he's going to attack it because this is where he's at his best. This is the difference between Robert Sala and Rahim Morrison. Robert Sala struggled against new creative play callers. Brian Flurry, he's running our scheme. I want to see how Rahim Morrison does.

We saw what he did against McVeigh and week one in Australia. I'm pretty pumped about this match up Larry. I am too. I do think Rahim's going to be able to get pressure. They've got 51 pressures in four games. And they're doing it with a lot of different ways. I like that combo of Oso Diggy Zua and Keon White inside together. You know, I think they're both, you know, they're both really good interior rushers. And, you know, to me, it's watching that, watching them together and some of the stuff on Grayson Halton. I thought Grayson Halton looked really, really good. One sound, but I want to play here before we get out of here. And we have our supers as well, but I want to play one sound bite. This is a pretty good little sound bite. It's about explosives. And here it is. It's about 45, 50 seconds.

This is, I believe Cooper Cup talking about explosives. How did they do that? And while not getting pressure at the same time. Yeah. I mean, in some ways, like you're you're a pressure. You're less, you got more guys in temperature here. And you got. So in some ways, you know, if you're in play, the, if you're in a place, there's a little more risky, a little more chance with some of the explosives on the live screen games. And not come a lot of stuff and get those things blocked up. You got all that dying coverage. So I think that's one way that you limit it by being able to say coverage as much as they do. And then they do what they're got. Safety's a good job picking up a self-help defense. I got in the day. It's just a level of hustle. You see on film. And that's the old guys. It's been like that. So, you know, they play hard and they play together. So we have defense does that. You're going to play some defense.

Yeah, it's hard to know with a veteran like Cup. Does he really mean that? Is he sugarcoat and everything? Because these guys love to kind of puff everybody up. But we haven't heard anybody really complain. It's a month in where the complaints about J. Your Brown where the complaints about about Seagal where the complaints about the 90's safeties. You know, people were so convinced that myself and good that the 49ers didn't do enough at safety. And yet their safeties. Courtney Kyle are playing pretty well. J. Here's look good. I'm the biggest critic of J. Brown number 27. He was awesome. This game. He was great. Malik Mustafa was great. And Marke Seagal was great. Jerry coach Jerry Gray joining. I think that's been huge. Now, it's not all been perfect. But through four games, not bad. Up to stout has also like that's one of the guys that probably needs to be talked about more.

Like didn't even give up a touchdown went up to stout play to snap the entire Denver game. He comes out for one drive. It's their only touchdown drive all game. Up to stout is making plays everywhere just relentless. And so, you know, with his shoulder, he was limited. I fully expect him to play. This defense of back group has turned into the strength of this team that the linebackers really has. And so whatever you have Fred out there and you got trade greenlaw, drop it in coverage. You not have to worry about too much underneath stuff with those two linebackers. Just makes the job easier. And so, man, I'm pumped. I'm excited to see this. And I am curious when we're talking about blitz rates, you know, Steve Wilkes was a blitzer before he came here and Kyle told them basically can't do that. Where he more is a blitzer has been since he's come here. How much of it is Kyle shed a head said, Hey, we don't want to blitz a lot. We want to drop seven. And so if you want to get creative with that, that's cool. But we want to we don't want blitz a lot.

So I think that is kind of the Kyle Shanahan effect because with teams blitz him, he's excited and he takes advantage of it. So I don't know. What do you think? Do you think that Shanahan kind of has his, you know, foot on the the break a little bit on the blitz rate for the defensive coordinators that come through here? Yeah, because I think he, you know, one or two bad, you know, one or two bad calls. And not suddenly you could be in a 14 point hole. And I don't think he wants anybody making his job harder. And I feel like, you know, he feels like he can score fast. So maybe he's not as worried about the time of possession. I think he'd rather see them go on long, prolonged drives. But that's how you get your defense hurt, you know, I would like to see them play a little bit more complimentary football. But you know, it's an interesting call. I'm not really sure exactly how, how Kyle feels about that or what his philosophy would be on that. What, what do you think? Yeah, I think Kyle tells him like, dude, you can blitz. I don't like cover zero blitzes.

Like he does not like it's almost always a cover one or a cover one under where you have a single high safety over the top, man defense across. And then you have the lurker, whether that's green law or Warner, depending on the running backs release, kind of lurking over the middle and that hook to curl zone. That's what they like to do. And that's been with, you know, shoot sorenson. That's been with Wilkes that's been with solid 2.0 and that's been now. So like he likes to have a little safety comfort. And so blitz at five some time. I'm cool with that six every now and then not a lot of covers. He wrote blitzes where everybody goes. Yeah, I just think he likes to be cautious and wants teams to execute long drives. One last one before we go. There's some people advocating the Niners pick up Vita Vaya some people are saying they need a receiver. A lot of people are asking me in the last 24 hours should the Niners sign Tyree kill. I saw an interview where Tyree kills said that he's lost a lot of the power that he has in his legs.

And I just don't to me that was such a catastrophic injury that he suffered that I would probably steer clear just on that he looked. It looked catastrophic to me and so I would say no on Tyree kill. But there's no doubt that the 49ers need a they needed defensive line help and the need to receiver most likely. Not for sure, but that's that that's what it's looking like right now. And there's a lot of options out there. I mean, there's it's not like there's no options. There's plenty of options if you want if you want to you know if you want to find a guy, you know, you can find a guy. Here's what I saw listed as these are the options at the trade deadline. And I don't know if they're all available, but this these are the ones that people have floated defense event. Khalil Mac Josh Ushi Josh sweat Jadevian clowny TJ what will McDonald's all will Femio Ladazio defensive tackled the forest Buckner Solomon Thomas. Doron pain see a sealer and Phillips from Miami.

And then wide receiver wise a bunch of them that are out there supposedly according to the reports Brian Thomas junior Quentin Johnston Malik Washington. Jerry Judy decay Medcalf Keenan Allen Calvin Ridley. Juwan Jennings potentially people have thrown that name out Chris Godwin Marvin Harrison junior Kendrick born. What do you think John? I mean the the trade deadline is coming up in June in November. I think it's November 10th. It's after week nine. It's we're getting closer to it. We're inside that window. The Niners are clearly should be all in on this season the way Brock's playing the way Kyle's coaching the record that they have. Make a make a deal bring me somebody who do you what what makes sense to you? I mean Lynch I don't think wants to take a chance on guys who don't play hard see chase young. I think he would I think I don't think he wants to give a day to pick.

But if he could get two players, maybe he would give a day to pick what trade if you could make a trade that's I mean not like you know max cross be okay. Right realistic. If you could make a read more of a realistic addition. And you've looked at the players available. What would you like to do? Yeah, I think the two biggest needed positions whenever you look at who's coming back and who is not defense attack on wide receiver to Ron pain and Chris Godwin. I think both of those are teams that are probably going to be in cell position very, very soon. I mean the bucks are old for they just they don't have a quarterback this week. They don't have a lot this week. So to Ron pain and at defensive tackle. He's that run stuffing defensive tackle perfect and Chris Godwin who can play all three wide receiver spots hasn't been in the shanty hand scheme. But the vet I feel like he can do a lot fits the physicality fits the versatility. Those are just two guys that I think you could get without breaking the bank.

And I think would be perfect plug and play tight guys that offer that versatility. I'm not saying they're the best names on the list talent wise. But whenever you're reading through those names. Man, if I'm like okay, make sense for the team trade them make sense for the player makes sense for the 49ers make sense for cost. Those seem to be the guys in the middle of that Venn diagram. Ron pain and Chris Godwin seem to make most sense to me. Yeah, I don't I don't want to pay through the nose and go crazy. I think a deal that would make a good sense to me would be a deal with Tennessee because Tennessee is clearly looking down the road. Tampa Bay is beating the Yankees and the Yankees season. We all win. We all win. When the Yankees lose, we all win. There you go at Yankees stadium. And I bet the race tonight. So I'm feeling good. All right. Here's the deal that I would try to make. Okay. I would try to get a deal with Tennessee.

You had practice with Tennessee. You got up close look at their guys. They're in a totally different mode. They're thinking long term. You got a great relationship with Sala. They're in a different conference. You're basically not in any way rivals with them. And I just think that they have a couple of pieces that I think the Niners could really use one. Old family old adazio and Solomon Thomas. Yeah, I can see. I'm a Thomas would be nice. Solomon Thomas can. Yeah, I mean, Solomon Thomas would be really nice. You know, you've had guys return. I liked the way you can play inside outside. He can he's he's active. He's fast. And then old adazio would give you a younger player, right? You got a young player who can play, you know, you add a somewhat of a dynamic kind of like almost like a kind of in Duggers role. Another edge rusher and you get a versatile defensive lineman in Solomon Thomas. You want to grow the deal even more.

You know, you can have them send Calvin Ridley over. But I like Tennessee as a fit. The other one I kind of like is I kind of like the idea of John Jennings coming back for a song. He's doing nothing in Minnesota. It's not about nostalgia. I just think that you know, this guy was this guy is a big money player. You're planning on playing big money games. You need guys that you can trust. This guy absolutely can you can trust. I mean, could you I mean, could you have Mike Evans and Debo and Juan Jennings and you know, I mean and because I just don't know what they're going to get out of stripling. I think I would like to have one more reliable. You know, one more reliable receiver. And I you know Jennings, I don't think we caution anything on the on the contract or compensation. You probably get them for a six round pick. So those are the two deals I would do. I also kind of like the Miami duo of sealer and Jordan Phillips. But I don't know what the price tag would be there.

But I love Solomon Thomas and old adagio as a combo. One inside one outside. I think that would solve their rush problems. Yeah, I get a lot of the Jennings and it makes sense from a 49ers perspective and Jennings perspective. I'm not so sure I know the Vikings aren't using them, but Justin Jefferson's injured. Now he's going to be a starter. So like he's finally going to be thrust in the role very similar to when I you did all the I you stuff and you had to kick to want Jennings over from the F to the X because you didn't have anybody else. I think that's what they're going to do. So I don't think they're going to be looking. I mean, they're 4 and 0. Yeah, why would you trade a wide receiver help to the other 4 and 0 team in the conference? But yeah, I get it for the Niners and I'd be down. You just keep bringing the reunion back. The reunion tour is strong, Larry. I love it. Bring them all back. Could you bring where would the Niners be without D-bone Greenlaw right now? Absolutely. And those guys playing incredibly hard. All right, let's hit our supers and we'll bolt for the door.

X X one, Torre, quarter pounders, five jewels go travel. Strong name, strong tag. We got this one from Doc holiday. Hey, Krueger. I heard Valdez was used as a five tech and did well. What does that mean? If you've seen the tape, is that accurate? Also, do you think the Eagles are in cell mode? Anyone you like? If so, the Eagles are not in cell mode. No, they love Willie Lampkin and I went to Twitter immediately after that. That's right, Larry, to give you your flowers, my friend, because the reason why they traded Cam Jurgens is because how much they like Willie Lampkin more than you liked Willie Lampkin. So, uh, I didn't even see that. Did they move Jurgens today? Yeah, they traded them for a second round pick in 2028 to who? Uh, Baltimore Ravens. Wow. Wow. I did not see that. I tagged you as soon as I saw it. I was like, this is Larry Krueger, Freakin Stamp. And yes, on the Sebastian Valdez five tech back to back weeks, he was used as the five tech and three defensive tackle sets and played really well on the edge as well.

So tape was very good for Sebastian Valdez. Yeah, I talked to him today in the locker room. Good dude. And he's he can play man. He can play S one K Friday. Shanahan is the mastermind. However, Poodie is the playmaker. Yeah, there's no question about that. Peanut Butter and Jelly Baby, they go together. Yeah, I mean, you know, I mean, I'm not believe me. I hope any people weren't thinking that was an anti-Shanan. It really wasn't J T S F versus Seattle 49ers win every position battle besides two. Oh, defense of tackle has to be that. Well, I would I would push back. They definitely win J S in. They win the defensive line all across the board. They sweep that one. Julian love plays like Ronnie lot when he plays the Niners. He does. He's amazing. Shui says love the vids. It keeps it's keeping them party off my feed. Oh, come on now.

Come on. You've been doing more vids though, John. You've been doing more vids. Man, we had a wedding out of town this week down in Arizona. So we obviously some family time. So not as many vids as I usually do, but we're in travel time. Man, so it's this is just what we do recording in airports and all that stuff. You know what it's like. Oh my God, I do it myself. It's kind of fun. Actually, I think it's fun to make the videos on the road. The recovery 716 love you guys. My two favorites for four and enter content. Brock made Shanahan system almost unbeatable. I forgot who was the coach responsible for us drafting party. That guy deserves recognition. It was it was Kevin Slowick, right? It wasn't Bobby Slowick. It was Kevin Slowick. Is that am I getting that right or is that believe that's correct? Believe that is correct. Yeah. We have this one from Scott WD, MVPs are about narratives. Brock getting Brock going from the last pick to career best pass rating.

If he can add securing one, the one seed, that's a great narrative. That's a good point. Nice. We love a story. We love a story. And that's it. You're right. It absolutely will be a phenomenal story. Tommy Huxley says what is it? Shenato Conner. Shenato Conner Colby is far strong. Shenato Conner was the one who sold shaved her head, right? Nothing compares. Yeah. Suicide watch. Suicide watch album. It's raining outside. Give me my feels. I liked it. Porter House became a YouTube member. Look at that. Porter House. Who knew that's a good that's a good puppy right there in the AVI strong picture. There you go. And we have this one from Scott WD players hate being embarrassed more than they love winning. This whole team is about to play like Dre did last week. It's personal after last season. Love that. You remember how they responded to the Philly game whenever Brock got hurt?

And they all showed up wearing black without even coordinating it. And then he just blew the Eagles out of the water completely broke the Eagles. They were not the same for two years after that. Be nice to do that again. I'm not predicting that to happen, but it'd be pretty damn nice. It would be absolutely Michael. Don't like going into this game without juice. Yeah. I'm going to predict the brain will this is going to play great football. I think he's going to step in for juice. Michael says don't oh, did he say is that two of them already got that one? We got that one on. I thought I hit him. Thank you, Michael. Thank you, Michael. Embaeless with will the four netters finally get a sack in the Seattle game. I hope so. Donald sackable. He's quick. He can move, but you can get to him. Yeah, you need that. It would be nice if they got a sack. That's for sure. JT two 32 77. What do you think about trading for Chris Godwin? Yeah, I heard John Lund through that out today. I like that. That's a buddy of Evans for sure.

You know, there's a comfort zone there. I mean, the guy's a serious pro. You like that idea? I love Chris Godwin. He is one of my favorite players coming out of the draft at Penn State that year. I just thought the versatility like you start them at X and if that doesn't work out, you can move them to Z. And if that doesn't work out, you put them in the Joanne Ginny's role. He could do it all in the physicality, toughness level 10. I really like Chris Godwin. Now he's a vet. Coyote says, Hey, I'm coyote. What's up? Thank you, coyote. Coyote says, what if the Niners traded for B. John Robbins? Take like three first rounders and Atlanta would still hang up on you because he's might be the best player in football. That's a good man. Two big wins, two big wins, lightning, Mamba, one, two, so Shanahan and Purdy Beat Mike McDonald and Seattle and Seattle on 10, 10, 24. Purdy had 255 yards passing, three passing touchdowns, 129.3 pass rating.

Team healthy and Debo was on the team. I was there for that game. That was a fun one. That was a fun one. Well, I feel good. I feel good. I don't know how this thing's going to go, but I feel good about their chances. All right. That's every that we got that one. We get we get this last one. Yes, we did. All right. Thanks to everybody. Thanks to John hit like and subscribe on your way out the door. Thanks to picking a pickle. Thanks to prize picks. Thank you to Nevada Chevrolet dot com. John, as I often do, I will give you the final word before we pull the rip cord. What else is there in sports besides this? The Yankees just lost people. This is the sign of the times. You got the 49ers. You got Seattle. Whoever wins is first place in the division. Let's get it done this week. I'm super excited. This is going to be a treat for the fans. Larry, thanks for everything you do. Ah, this was a blast. Until next time, stay strong, faithful. As Bill Bella chick would say on the Seattle.

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