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49ers-Rams REACTION: SF Defense MAN-HANDLES Los Angeles While Purdy & the offense cooks in Australia | Sherman NFL · The Richard Sherman Podcast

• 0:06
  Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Richard Sherman podcast. And Mitchell, what
• 0:09
  Speaker 1: a game. All you new fans, make sure you hit
• 0:12
  Speaker 1: that like and subscribe button, please. The 49ers went down
• 0:17
  Speaker 1: under and manhandled the Rams. Mitchell, the defense, big question
• 0:23
  Speaker 1: mark all offseason, answered a lot of questions this game.
• 0:27
  Speaker 1: I mean, they looked like an entirely different unit. And,
• 0:31
  Speaker 1: of course, they did because you got Fred Warner back.
• 0:34
  Speaker 1: You got Dre Greenlaw back. Mitchell, that's the entire attitude
• 0:38
  Speaker 1: and demeanor of this team. You're talking about it just changed.
• 0:41
  Speaker 1: You can see people turning down hits out there when
• 0:45
  Speaker 1: you see Fred Warner and Dre Greenlaw heat-seeking missiles. Seagull
• 0:49
  Speaker 1: was out there. 3-6 was out there heat-seeking missile. Jair
• 0:52
  Speaker 1: Brown putting hits on guys all day. De Amador, Lenore,
• 0:57
  Speaker 1: Renardo Green played a really great game, had the interception
• 1:01
  Speaker 1: early on, and then even Jack Jones. Jack Jones almost
• 1:04
  Speaker 1: had him two books. Jack Jones ran a few routes
• 1:07
  Speaker 1: for receivers, looked really great out there. The defensive line,
• 1:11
  Speaker 1: big question mark. What were they going to look like?
• 1:13
  Speaker 1: Adigizua looked like the same guy he was in Dallas.
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  Speaker 1: Very impactful. You're not necessarily seeing it on the stat sheet.
• 1:21
  Speaker 1: You're not seeing all these sacks, but But Stafford was
• 1:24
  Speaker 1: under duress the entire game. There were so many new guys,
• 1:29
  Speaker 1: young guys stepping up, making an impact. I know Romello Hyde,
• 1:33
  Speaker 1: everybody was wondering how he was impacting. He's a young guy.
• 1:36
  Speaker 1: He's going to figure it out. Grayson Halton did a
• 1:39
  Speaker 1: great job. C.J. West, a lot of guys played a
• 1:42
  Speaker 1: lot of great football. But Fred Warner, so great to
• 1:45
  Speaker 1: see him back out there. He looked like he never left.
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  Speaker 1: But it's just an entire different defense when Dre Greenlaw
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  Speaker 1: and Fred come together. I mean, it's like Thanos when
• 1:59
  Speaker 1: he has all the stones, Mitchell, in the glove. It's
• 2:02
  Speaker 1: just a different feel. It's a different defense. Especially, I mean, obviously,
• 2:07
  Speaker 1: Nicholas John Bolster, there was a lot of question marks.
• 2:09
  Speaker 1: Is he healthy? People saw a video. Was he limping?
• 2:12
  Speaker 1: Was he not limping? I don't think he is. He
• 2:14
  Speaker 1: was throwing people out the club in this game. Again,
• 2:16
  Speaker 1: a couple TFLs in the game. Did he have some,
• 2:20
  Speaker 1: you know, everybody has a little rust. But on the
• 2:23
  Speaker 1: opposite side, Mitchell, I was worried about the interior offensive
• 2:28
  Speaker 1: line for the San Francisco 49ers. And what a game
• 2:32
  Speaker 1: they played. What a game they played. Was it perfect? No.
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  Speaker 1: But Kyle Shanahan drew it up and kept the defense
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  Speaker 1: off balance with the screen game, with the run game.
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  Speaker 1: With quick passes, Brock Purdy getting the ball out of
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  Speaker 1: his hands. When they did get some penetration, when they
• 2:48
  Speaker 1: did get some pressure, he used his legs. He had
• 2:51
  Speaker 1: 30 yards rushing, and he looked incredible. Mitchell, he talked about,
• 2:55
  Speaker 1: you heard it throughout the broadcast, about his footwork and
• 2:58
  Speaker 1: how he worked on it all offseason and just getting
• 3:00
  Speaker 1: back to how he was his rookie year and just
• 3:02
  Speaker 1: being sharper, sharper than he was last year. And boy,
• 3:05
  Speaker 1: did he look sharp. And when he was in trouble
• 3:08
  Speaker 1: and it was third down, Everybody missing. We knew you
• 3:12
  Speaker 1: would miss third and Juwan. You know, we ain't going
• 3:15
  Speaker 1: to forget you, third and Juwan. But Mike Evans, when
• 3:18
  Speaker 1: you have a true number one, when you have a
• 3:20
  Speaker 1: big dog, big dogs eat first, Mitchell. And when you
• 3:23
  Speaker 1: need one, he's going to be there to give you one.
• 3:25
  Speaker 1: And he did that. And Depot Samuel, he came home.
• 3:30
  Speaker 1: He came home. San Francisco's favorite son has returned. He
• 3:34
  Speaker 1: put the 1-9 on. Mitchell got back in a little shape.
• 3:38
  Speaker 1: He just looks more grateful. He looks happy to be here.
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  Speaker 1: He looks like he saw what the other side looked like,
• 3:43
  Speaker 1: and he felt better at home. And Mitchell, oh, he just,
• 3:49
  Speaker 1: when somebody's out there playing, and you can see the joy,
• 3:52
  Speaker 1: and you can see the appreciation, you can see he
• 3:55
  Speaker 1: looks re-energized, and I think he's going to have a
• 3:58
  Speaker 1: great season. Mitchell, he just looks like the guy that
• 4:02
  Speaker 1: that he was when he first got there. And I
• 4:05
  Speaker 1: love to see that he, he, he was in the backfield.
• 4:07
  Speaker 1: He had a 12 yard run. He's so, he's so
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  Speaker 1: willing to help. He's so being so such a selfless
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  Speaker 1: player right now. He's kick returning Mitchell. He had a
• 4:17
  Speaker 1: big time kick return in this game to get the
• 4:19
  Speaker 1: energy back in San Francisco. Well, it never really left
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  Speaker 1: San Francisco side. I think the fans, the Rams thought
• 4:25
  Speaker 1: they could avoid a home game, but they didn't. Um,
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  Speaker 1: He had six catches for 48 yards, a touchdown receiving. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, Brock Purdy and Deebo Samuel connection is going
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  Speaker 1: to continue to grow. It's going to continue to be great.
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  Speaker 1: It just looks right. Deebo Samuel, Dre Greenlaw back, Mike
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  Speaker 1: Evans now in the fold. Those guys look like they
• 4:50
  Speaker 1: had unfinished business. I think Dre Greenlaw... Like he's already
• 4:53
  Speaker 1: said it a few times. He was like, man, in Denver,
• 4:56
  Speaker 1: I just was a different guy. Just what didn't feel right.
• 4:58
  Speaker 1: I was watching 49ers game. My kids were talking about
• 5:01
  Speaker 1: the 49ers. And now you're home. Debo, he was out
• 5:04
  Speaker 1: there trying to make it work. But then you came
• 5:06
  Speaker 1: home and they just look right. They went back to
• 5:09
  Speaker 1: their old numbers. And then special teams, the special teams,
• 5:14
  Speaker 1: you got to kick her. 56 yarder. I know he
• 5:16
  Speaker 1: missed one tonight. I still don't really know what happened.
• 5:19
  Speaker 1: You know, it may have been that Australian air just
• 5:22
  Speaker 1: might've pushed it a little bit, but Eddie De Niro
• 5:25
  Speaker 1: hit some big kicks in this game. I know he
• 5:27
  Speaker 1: missed one. I know it wasn't perfect, but he's still money.
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  Speaker 1: And I think he's going to have another great season.
• 5:33
  Speaker 1: I think this, this is a stepping stone for him.
• 5:37
  Speaker 1: It's 49ers team is going to be a tough out
• 5:40
  Speaker 1: for everybody. I still feel like the Seattle Seahawks are
• 5:44
  Speaker 1: the class of the National Football League. But boy, if
• 5:49
  Speaker 1: the offensive line, they kept Brock Purdy clean today. Gave
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  Speaker 1: up no sacks. They gave up 27 sacks in 2025.
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  Speaker 1: They gave up no sacks today. They barely gave up
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  Speaker 1: a few pressures. If they can play like this all
• 6:02
  Speaker 1: season and keep Brock Purdy clean and let him dissect
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  Speaker 1: Mitchell like he went to med school, boy, I tell you.
• 6:10
  Speaker 1: But the real story of this game, Mitchell, was the
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  Speaker 1: third down defense and the third down offense. I know
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  Speaker 1: Kyle Shanahan, when he gets in that meeting on Monday,
• 6:17
  Speaker 1: that's what he's going to talk about. He's going to
• 6:19
  Speaker 1: talk about how did we do on third down. Mitchell,
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  Speaker 1: they were seven for 12. How did we do stopping
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  Speaker 1: the Rams on third down? Held them two of nine.
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  Speaker 1: The MVP of the league, Mitchell. One of the best
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  Speaker 1: offenses in the National Football League with the best play call.
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  Speaker 1: One of the best play callers in the National Football League.
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  Speaker 1: Two of nine. One of three in the red zone. Woo,
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  Speaker 1: it only had 15 first downs in the game. Mitchell,
• 6:45
  Speaker 1: you play defense like that, you ain't gonna have Raheem
• 6:50
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• 8:20
  Speaker 1: Great to see George Kittle back out there. Mike Evans, uh,
• 8:23
  Speaker 1: Unfortunate news about Deshaun Stripling. We're going to wait to
• 8:26
  Speaker 1: hear that news. But Kalon Black looked great. A rookie
• 8:31
  Speaker 1: went out there, made an impact. CMC, Demarcus Robinson. What
• 8:35
  Speaker 1: a touchdown. What a touchdown to open this game. They
• 8:38
  Speaker 1: made the Rams, who were the paper champions, who were
• 8:40
  Speaker 1: supposed to... They were in the broadcast talking about how
• 8:43
  Speaker 1: undefeated season. Almost everybody picked them to win this game
• 8:48
  Speaker 1: like it wasn't going to be close. And I told people,
• 8:51
  Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't have the Rams winning this game.
• 8:54
  Speaker 1: I said it before. I said it early in the season.
• 8:56
  Speaker 1: I don't. Even once you got Aaron Donald said he's
• 8:59
  Speaker 1: coming back and you got Miles Garrett. I said, I
• 9:02
  Speaker 1: don't got them winning this game because Kyle Shanahan has
• 9:05
  Speaker 1: Sean McVay's number and Rams fans say, oh, you're just
• 9:08
  Speaker 1: a hater. You're just a hater. Do I look like
• 9:11
  Speaker 1: a hater now? Who looks right? I'm right. Ball knower.
• 9:16
  Speaker 1: I know ball. You don't travel to Australia the day
• 9:20
  Speaker 1: before the game and think you're just going to beat
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  Speaker 1: a team. Not in the National Football League. That's crazy
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  Speaker 1: to do. That's insane to do. And now, get that
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  Speaker 1: factor in? No question about it. These are humans. These
• 9:35
  Speaker 1: are humans. You were on a plane 29 hours ago,
• 9:39
  Speaker 1: 28 hours ago. You were on a 15-hour flight. By
• 9:43
  Speaker 1: the time they body adjust, Mitchell, it's going to be
• 9:45
  Speaker 1: Thursday of next week. Like, I don't understand that decision-making,
• 9:51
  Speaker 1: but it was a test. It was an experiment. Everybody
• 9:54
  Speaker 1: wondered how it would go, but rational people kind of
• 9:58
  Speaker 1: knew how it would go. We knew this. team that
• 10:00
  Speaker 1: got there the day before would probably have some jet
• 10:03
  Speaker 1: lag even if they won like you would see some
• 10:05
  Speaker 1: moments in the game where they were sluggish there was
• 10:08
  Speaker 1: moments in this game where where uh miles garrett looked
• 10:11
  Speaker 1: sluggish where he didn't look like he had his legs
• 10:13
  Speaker 1: under him it was so many things i mean matthew
• 10:15
  Speaker 1: stafford was a little off in this game he wasn't
• 10:18
  Speaker 1: as sharp as he usually is And when you're playing
• 10:20
  Speaker 1: an offense with the 2025 receiving touchdown leader and Devontae Adams,
• 10:28
  Speaker 1: the 2025 most valuable player in the National Football League,
• 10:33
  Speaker 1: you expect them to put up more than seven points
• 10:36
  Speaker 1: against the defense with question marks. Give Raheem Morris a
• 10:41
  Speaker 1: ton of credit for what he was able to do
• 10:43
  Speaker 1: because that was outstanding.
• 10:44
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• 10:47
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• 10:51
  Speaker 2: have some question marks coming into this game. You already
• 10:53
  Speaker 2: touched on the offensive line. You marked that interior offensive
• 10:57
  Speaker 2: line as a concern. Obviously, they showed up today with
• 11:00
  Speaker 2: no sacks. But the other side of the ball, you
• 11:02
  Speaker 2: had questions outside of Diamador Lenore. What was the rest
• 11:06
  Speaker 2: of that secondary, specifically that cornerback, going to look like?
• 11:09
  Speaker 2: And they impressed. Obviously, that front seven was getting after
• 11:13
  Speaker 2: Matthew Stafford, making him very uncomfortable. But what did you
• 11:17
  Speaker 2: think of Renardo Green's game and Jack Jones' game and
• 11:21
  Speaker 2: some of those other complimentary pieces next to Diamador Lenore?
• 11:26
  Speaker 1: I thought they played outstanding football. They met the moment.
• 11:29
  Speaker 1: They dominated the moment. And they played in the absence
• 11:33
  Speaker 1: of fear. I thought Renardo's interception, it looked like it
• 11:36
  Speaker 1: was covered too. I got to see the tape. But
• 11:38
  Speaker 1: he sunk. He was deep. That was literally, there was
• 11:41
  Speaker 1: a play last year against the Seattle Seahawks where where
• 11:44
  Speaker 1: they were in Seattle and they threw a seven cut
• 11:47
  Speaker 1: over Renardo Green. And I remember Kyle Shanahan brought him
• 11:51
  Speaker 1: to pull them out of the game and like really
• 11:53
  Speaker 1: cursed him. And then to see this season, to start
• 11:55
  Speaker 1: the season for him to sink right where he's supposed
• 11:58
  Speaker 1: to be, to get the depth that he's supposed to get,
• 12:00
  Speaker 1: make an interception, first game of the season, playing extremely confident.
• 12:04
  Speaker 1: Jack Jones plays I've never seen anybody play like Jack Jones.
• 12:08
  Speaker 1: I mean, there are some great corners. And he played,
• 12:11
  Speaker 1: you know, it's feast or famine. But when he's on
• 12:15
  Speaker 1: and he's dialed in and he's right, boy, he's tough
• 12:18
  Speaker 1: to complete passes on. And he's fearless. Like a corner
• 12:22
  Speaker 1: with nothing to lose that always feels like he's playing
• 12:25
  Speaker 1: on house money is fun to watch. It's fun. It's
• 12:28
  Speaker 1: fun to watch him. He's running routes for guys. Obviously,
• 12:30
  Speaker 1: he studied and prepared for this game. Diamador Lenore was
• 12:35
  Speaker 1: really blanket coverage all night. They gave him an illegal
• 12:39
  Speaker 1: contact penalty that I thought was trivial. I thought that
• 12:43
  Speaker 1: Bernardo Green penalty. The refs are still... It's first game
• 12:47
  Speaker 1: for them, too. But I thought this secondary play great.
• 12:51
  Speaker 1: I thought Siegel, who was second in tackles in this game,
• 12:54
  Speaker 1: was literally making impact plays. And it's not always on
• 13:00
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• 13:03
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• 13:06
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  Speaker 2: There's no question about that, and you already touched on it.
• 14:24
  Speaker 2: The addition of Mike Evans to this offense totally changes
• 14:27
  Speaker 2: things for him. It gives Brock Purdy a reliable, bona
• 14:32
  Speaker 2: fide third down option to give the ball to, and
• 14:35
  Speaker 2: he was targeting them all game, especially early on in
• 14:38
  Speaker 2: that game. It's amazing to see what one player does
• 14:41
  Speaker 2: to an offense, but the 49ers and their faithful have
• 14:44
  Speaker 2: got to be extremely excited to have him on their team.
• 14:48
  Speaker 2: And then behind Christian McCaffrey, they take a flyer on
• 14:51
  Speaker 2: Kalen Black out of Indiana. Here's a kid that had
• 14:54
  Speaker 2: a very successful campaign with the Indiana Hoosiers last year,
• 14:58
  Speaker 2: helped take them to the championship game and ultimately win
• 15:02
  Speaker 2: the national championship. He comes in behind Christian McCaffrey, his backup,
• 15:07
  Speaker 2: and a lot of question marks lie there. What happens
• 15:12
  Speaker 2: to CMC? He had 460 touches last year. I Black
• 15:17
  Speaker 2: out-touched McCaffrey this game, 14-10 in carries, and he did
• 15:21
  Speaker 2: a great job. 14-65, to have a reliable secondary piece
• 15:26
  Speaker 2: in that backfield is huge for the 49ers. But let's
• 15:29
  Speaker 2: talk a little bit about the Rams. I mean, there
• 15:31
  Speaker 2: was so much hype and hoopla about this team. Miles Garrett,
• 15:35
  Speaker 2: Aaron O'Donnell, obviously McDuffie, Jalen Watson, the list goes on.
• 15:40
  Speaker 2: All these changes they made defensively, and Kyle Shanahan picks
• 15:44
  Speaker 2: them apart. As you said, Kyle's got their number. There
• 15:48
  Speaker 2: is no question about that. But how does this temper
• 15:52
  Speaker 2: the expectations of this Rams team beyond week one? Do
• 15:56
  Speaker 2: you think they are still cream of the crop at
• 16:00
  Speaker 2: the NFC? Or are you lowering your expectations with this
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  Speaker 2: team after what you saw today?
• 16:05
  Speaker 1: I didn't think they were cream of the crop of
• 16:07
  Speaker 1: the NFC or the NFL in the first place. Mitchell,
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  Speaker 1: that's why they weren't number one in my power rankings.
• 16:12
  Speaker 1: And I got a lot of criticism about it. I
• 16:14
  Speaker 1: got a lot of criticism from people saying, why don't
• 16:17
  Speaker 1: you have the Rams? They're the best team in football history.
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  Speaker 1: Never going to be beat. They scored seven points and
• 16:23
  Speaker 1: gave up 27. Stop it. This is the National Football League.
• 16:28
  Speaker 1: You can't. It's not just easy to put. Hey, we're
• 16:31
  Speaker 1: going to add three, four all-pro players and it's just
• 16:34
  Speaker 1: going to work out. This isn't a sandwich, Mitchell. You
• 16:37
  Speaker 1: can't just put great ingredients together and think it's going
• 16:40
  Speaker 1: to taste good. It doesn't always taste right, Mitchell. It
• 16:43
  Speaker 1: doesn't always come out right. By the time November, December,
• 16:46
  Speaker 1: January come around, then they may come together like they're
• 16:50
  Speaker 1: supposed to. But again, Watson and McDuffie played in an
• 16:54
  Speaker 1: entirely different scheme in Kansas City. What Spaggs runs isn't
• 16:59
  Speaker 1: what Chris Shula runs. And it's different. Like, your opportunities
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  Speaker 1: are different. The pass rush is different. The responsibilities are different.
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  Speaker 1: They're not used to kind of sitting back and feeling
• 17:10
  Speaker 1: it out and trying to pick their spots. Like, I'm
• 17:14
  Speaker 1: sure when they talked about Mike Evans, covering Mike Evans
• 17:19
  Speaker 1: in a red zone, they were like, hey, we got Watson.
• 17:23
  Speaker 1: He's going to, oh, he's tall. He's lanky. Great man-to-man corner. Like,
• 17:27
  Speaker 1: it's going to be perfect. But then you get to
• 17:29
  Speaker 1: game day and everything that you thought changes. Mike Evans
• 17:34
  Speaker 1: takes it off his scalp in the end zone and flexes. Like,
• 17:40
  Speaker 1: you got to put it on the grass. Like, you
• 17:43
  Speaker 1: got to see it all come together. And maybe it does.
• 17:45
  Speaker 1: But I hate when people anoint teams before you play
• 17:50
  Speaker 1: in any sport. Like, Just like the Dodgers in baseball.
• 17:54
  Speaker 1: They're like, oh, man, they got every picture and everything.
• 17:57
  Speaker 1: Just give them the rings. Like, yeah, when they win it,
• 18:01
  Speaker 1: you know, because the other guys are professionals. The other
• 18:05
  Speaker 1: guys are motivated. And the San Francisco 49ers are coached
• 18:08
  Speaker 1: by Kyle Shanahan. And Kyle Shanahan is a fantastic coach.
• 18:12
  Speaker 1: And if a few plays here and there, he would
• 18:15
  Speaker 1: be one of the best coaches all the time because
• 18:17
  Speaker 1: he would have a couple of Super Bowl wins. But unfortunately,
• 18:20
  Speaker 1: things didn't pan out that way. but he's still a
• 18:23
  Speaker 1: hell of a coach in the National Football League, and
• 18:24
  Speaker 1: he's a tough out. And if he has his best
• 18:27
  Speaker 1: players healthy, if he has his quarterback healthy, his receiving options,
• 18:30
  Speaker 1: and he's losing them by the second, he's going to
• 18:33
  Speaker 1: be tough to beat. And they drove right down the
• 18:36
  Speaker 1: field on the first drive of the game, had no
• 18:38
  Speaker 1: problem driving it right down the field. They only got
• 18:41
  Speaker 1: a field goal, but they were at like the two-yard line.
• 18:42
  Speaker 1: They kicked the field goal from the two. So they
• 18:45
  Speaker 1: didn't feel intimidated. They didn't feel scared. I don't think
• 18:48
  Speaker 1: they felt like when they got the corners and made
• 18:53
  Speaker 1: all these moves. I don't think the 49ers, San Francisco
• 18:55
  Speaker 1: 49ers felt like they got that much better. And when
• 18:59
  Speaker 1: people say it, it sounds crazy because McDuffie is a
• 19:02
  Speaker 1: bonafide all pro. It's legitimate. Watson is a really good corner.
• 19:06
  Speaker 1: Like Miles Garrett is Miles Garrett, but this is the
• 19:09
  Speaker 1: National Football League. They're human beings. Everybody's been beat. Everybody's
• 19:13
  Speaker 1: been blocked. Miles Garrett is a little banged up right now.
• 19:16
  Speaker 1: Still got to get in the game shape, but didn't
• 19:19
  Speaker 1: get a QB pressure. Didn't get a QB hit. So again,
• 19:23
  Speaker 1: you have to remember, this game is played on grass. Now,
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: will the Rams be formidable? Will the Rams be a contender?
• 19:30
  Speaker 1: No question about it. They're too good of a team.
• 19:32
  Speaker 1: They're led by the MVP of the league. They're going
• 19:36
  Speaker 1: to be fine. But when everybody on the broadcast is
• 19:41
  Speaker 1: sitting there like, man, they may go undefeated this season.
• 19:44
  Speaker 1: That undefeated season didn't last a week. Settle down.
• 19:50
  Speaker 2: Richard, I should have done this earlier, but when a
• 19:52
  Speaker 2: team dominates like the 49ers did today, it calls for
• 19:56
  Speaker 2: an old-fashioned hat switch. And 49er faithful, wear it with
• 20:01
  Speaker 2: pride tonight. Much respect. Richard, before we go, I got
• 20:06
  Speaker 2: one final question to ask you. You're awfully excited tonight.
• 20:09
  Speaker 2: Are you more excited about this 49ers win tonight or
• 20:14
  Speaker 2: the fact that the Richard Sherman podcast officially has eclipsed
• 20:18
  Speaker 2: 250,000 subscribers on YouTube?
• 20:24
  Speaker 1: Mitchell, I'm excited the Niners won. I'm excited the Seahawks won.
• 20:28
  Speaker 1: The Richard Sherman podcast is 2-0, and we got 250K subscribers,
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: and we continue to grow. So make sure y'all hit
• 20:36
  Speaker 1: that like. and subscribe button so we can continue to
• 20:39
  Speaker 1: grow because this is going to be our best season ever.
• 20:43
  Speaker 1: It's starting off exactly how we wanted it to. Seahawks win.
• 20:47
  Speaker 1: Niners win. Couldn't be better. As always, we appreciate you
• 20:52
  Speaker 1: joining us. You could be anywhere in the world, but
• 20:54
  Speaker 1: you're here with me and my guy, Mitchell, and we
• 20:58
  Speaker 1: appreciate that. All love. We're going to see you next time.