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Hey everybody, it's Jeff here from the PSD podcast show. It is Tuesday,
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July twenty fifth, twenty twenty three. By the time you hear this,
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some things may have changed, but we hope you enjoy the show.
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All right, folks, you're listening to Opposition Territory here at the Philadelphia Sports
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Table podcast show, the longest running weekly Philly sports podcast show in the world.
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That's right, for ten years strong. We've got a great discussion coming
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your way about a football team in the NFL that I think and many others
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think is going to be very prolific this coming season, and that is the
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San Francisco forty nine Ers. I know, I know, folks, especially
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those of us in Eagles Nation, we know what happened during the NFC Championship
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game this past year. But look this San Francisco forty nine Ers team.
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They have a lot of talent on offense, they got a lot of talent
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on defense. They are going to be a force this season for sure.
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We've got a great discussion coming your way about this team, so let's get
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to it. It's great to have back on the podcast joining us from Fox
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Sports Radio of the Lehigh Valley He does great work over there when he is
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on the air, and you know what, he does great work when he's
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off the air as well. Again Fox Sports Radio of the Lehigh Valley up
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here in up in Northampton, Lehigh Counties, we have the one and only
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Mike Raymond. How you doing, Buddy' go on, Jeff, good to
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see you over the summer, and I'm yeah, we'll be able to talk
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football today, Buddy, I'd say we're right on the Cup training camp.
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You know the Eagles are reporting today, Yes, yes, Eagles reporting today.
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I mean the Chiefs, the Jets, they reported a few days ago.
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It's that time a year, man like I can't wait. We got
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you know, sometimes I bring you on, Mike, we talk about Penn
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State. We're certain we're not going to be getting into Penn State today,
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but Penn State season is right around the corner. Actually go into the Delaware
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game with my family. Can't wait for that football seasons here, man,
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It's a great time of year. Yeah. Well, I'm gonna be posting
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some photos. I'm hoping to get down to Eagles training camp in a couple
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of weeks here. You know, as a Niners fan living in northeast Pennsylvania.
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This is the closest I can get the professional football stuff, Eagles fan.
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I'll have some content for you out on my social media platform. Very
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nice, and you can follow Mike on Twitter at Mike Raymond LV. He
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is a great, great follow. And let's get into the San Francisco forty
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nine Ers. That's what it's a team I wanted to bring you or the
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team I wanted to talk talk to you about bringing you on board here,
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Mike. Look last season, you know it was certainly a letdown in Philly
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for forty nine Ers fans and the team losing in the NFC Championship Game against
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the Eagles. But I'll say this, the season might this coming season might
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be the best forty nine Ers roster to ever hit the field. And I
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don't I don't say that lightly. Just looking at this roster offensively, defensively,
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oh my gosh, could be one of the best that this team an
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organization, or the best this organization has ever put together. I'm wondering right
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off the bat, like, where does the team need to improve most here
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in two twenty three in your opinion, to get back into contention for a
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Super Bowl, Because again, I think this could be the best roster the
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forty nine ers I've ever had. I don't know what are your thoughts here,
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Yeah, I mean, if you give me just an above average quarterback,
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I'd be a little bit more happy. But you know, to give
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me a Jeff Garcia from like the you know, early two thousands or something
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else, and I'd be thrilled going into the season. Obviously that we're going
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to get into the quarterback position a little bit, I'm sure, but you
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know, this team is just stacked. Specifically from a defensive standpoint, they
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look great. The front sevens probably some of the best in the nation.
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But yeah, you got guys like Nick Bosa and Fred Warner, Eric Armstead
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and of course Javon Hargrave. Thanks Billy, We'll take him take But you
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know, to me, this season it's all coming down to how far can
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you take it? Now? See what you you have the roster put together
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that can be a championship roster, especially since you're competing in the NFC.
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UM. You know, there's very few teams like if if this roster was
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in the AFC, Yeah, be a very good roster, but you have
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way more higher chance, you know, having a team get like pick you
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off, like the Ravens or the Bengals or the Chargers or you know,
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there's just they're stacked over there in AFC. So right now you need to
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contend not only you know, in your division, but for the conference at
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this point. Right, Um, you know you have a different defensive coordinator
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coming in this season with Steve Wilkes. You get we'll talk a little bit
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about that. I'm sure Damito Ryans was one of the best out there.
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He takes the head job down there in Houston, and I can't blame him.
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There was a player there, so I totally get it why he left.
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Um, you know, there's a couple of different positions. I'm unsure
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about the defensive backfield. Um to say that, actually is the defensive backfield
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actually your biggest concern And not that they're not that they're awful by any stretch,
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but I would say that defensive backfield might be forty nine ers nation's biggest
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concern this season. Yeah, so Deamado Lenoor and Shamarius Ward are gonna your
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starters on the corner. Telenoa Whofonga is one of my favorite players on the
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defense that no one talks about special teams, guy who made a name for
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himself in the defensive backfield at safety. They did pick up Pence Day to
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Lumjayre Brown in the draft this year. That was their first pick in the
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third round, so that was nice. I'm really excited about that. But
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really it's going to come down to that quarterback spot. You know. You
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know, they need consistency at the quarterback position, and I'm sure Philly fans
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know why. Absolutely well, let's get into the quarterback position here, Trey
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Lance, brock Purty. I mean, hell, EVENU Oh my gosh,
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why am I forgetting who the third guy is at this point? Damn Arnold?
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Sam Darnold. Ye, Sam Darnold coming from Carolina Panthers, New York
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Jets. We knew he was drafted by the Jets. But you know,
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well, trying to sift this out as somebody on the outside, while brock
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Purty seems like he's going to be the guy who might be able to get
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some wins and get some games under their belt, you know, for some
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consistency here. I'm still not one hundred percent sure, Mike about his viability
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long term. You know, Trey Lance certainly has had an unfortunate career thus
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far in the NFL. You know, from an injury perspective, what in
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God's name is going to happen here with this position in twenty twenty three.
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I mean, from as a fan, as somebody who follows this team,
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do analysis on this team as well, how are the forty nine ers going
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to handle the future of the quarterback position here? I think even some of
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the beat writers in San Francisco are going to have a hard time determining.
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I've seen people, you know, already saying Sam Darnold is going to be
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taking snaps week one just because you're unsure of the recovery for Rock Purty's elbows.
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You know that that's one thing that you have to contend with. Um,
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I'm glad you got a guy like Sam Darnold in the mix. He's
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a veteran in this league. You know, he didn't have the starting career
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that you want from a you know, a draft pick of his caliber.
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But he's a capable backup and it kind of brings a little bit more stability
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to the to the quarterback room when it comes to Rock Purty, when it
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comes to Purty, when it comes to Lance when it comes to Darnald that
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anyone could be under center week one, and I wouldn't be surprised. What
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I am reassured by is that we know that Kyle Shanahan is a quarterback whisperer.
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You know that he can get the most out of the guys whoever it
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is under center. You know he gets the most out of it. Now,
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in terms of the long term future of the position, I think that's
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up in the air. I think we're gonna have to see what Rock Purty's
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able to do. Like he he has given us no reason to take him
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take that starting position away from him. You know, he proved, you
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know over the chorus of last season that he can be exactly what the forty
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nine ers need with the amount of playmakers you have and guys right, it's
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the line of scrimmage that can be impactful when you get to the football on
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their hands. We don't need him to throw thirty forty fifty yard bombs down
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the field if we did try, Lansham have the job. We know he
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has a cannon of an arm. Like we know that the fact that just
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get to Walton McCaffrey, get the ball to deep both Daniel get the ball
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to Brandon Au George Kittle fifteen yards and under. You can get balls in
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these guys hands and they can take it and run for it. Uh.
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You know, decision making and confidence that skews brock Purty. We know that
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he was a veteran quarterback at Iowa State for many years. Um took it
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all the way to the NFC title game in Philly last year. People remember
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that. You know that that confidence is there for him. But Trey Lance
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is that great unknown. We know that. You know, we don't know
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any more about him today than we did the day we drafted him. You
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know that's that's that's the last part. Yeah, yeah, it's and that
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was twenty twenty one. We know he can spling the ball, UM,
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and he's in that mold of the dual threat quarterback that the league is trending
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toward. And you guys know it better than anyone. With Jalen Hurt thunder
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center. You know, the ability to use your feet in this game,
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and even guys who you know stay in the pocket like you're Joe Burrows and
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Patrick Mahomes and Justin Herbert's they use their feet from time to time too,
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so you have to have that biability. You watch brock Purty, he just
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hangs around and he sits to the pocket and thank god he has a great
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offensive line in front of him last year. Um, and I don't know,
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maybe he is the answer, maybe he's not. But also, guys
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are capable. I don't know what the future hold. Any of them can
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line up under center and you know, we got a coin flip here.
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I think, what's fascinating about what you were just talking about. And again,
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as an outsider looking at this forty nine ers offense, looking at this
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quarterback position, the quarterback needs to put the ball into a playmaker's hands.
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And at the end of the day, there are so many playmakers on this
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forty nine ers offense that it's not that it doesn't matter who is the quarterback.
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Of course, it does matter who is the quarterback. But it is
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the one team in the NFL where the quarterback position might not necessarily need to
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be the number one type of guy in position on the field. And it's
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fascinating to me to know that there is a team constructed like the forty nine
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Ers where the quarterback position might not necessarily need to be number one overall because
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of a ton of playmakers on all sides of the ball, but specifically with
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the offense, they've playmakers. It's just about every position, and it dovetails
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nicely into the next topic, which is the offensive line, which you mentioned
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as well, Mike, because I think one of the keys of the Niners
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success in twenty twenty two, aside from the playmakers, of course, was
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the way in which a very young offensive line was seen as a potential weakness
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and then they just manifested themselves into this gigantic strength for this team. I
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think it was not necessarily expected by a lot of analysts and pundits out there,
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the inexperience of that interior line. They really showed their prowess throughout twenty
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twenty two and they're going to be solid for some time in my opinion.
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Here, So how this offensive line moves throughout the season and the opportunities they
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give whatever quarterback is behind center, and the playmakers as well, that's how
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this forty nine ers offense is going to perform this season. Is that how
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you're seeing it as well? Well, let's start at the top, Jeff.
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When you have a guy like Trent Williams, a veteran at thirty five,
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it's still probably the best at his position in the league. I know
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some people may make argument with me a little bit on that, but we're
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ding hairs. The guy is unbelievable at thirty five years of age. And
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you talk about, like, so this offensive line a little bit of a
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transitional year. You have Mike McGlinchey moving on to Denver in the off season,
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which he kind of there was a lot of forty Ninders fans that kind
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of were up and down. It probably knew he wasn't going to be around
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going forward. But you mentioned the interior with Banks and Brendall and Burford.
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These guys stepped up in a big way last year. And one thing that
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I want to throw out there actually before I do that, Colton mckivitz is
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the guy who we're going to see try to replace Mike mcglinche, who the
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forty nine ers drafted way back, went out of Notre Dame, so you
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know, he's been with a team for a while and they hope he's the
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future. I think he's going to be under a little bit of scrutiny for
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the first couple of weeks and seeing truly what he's able to do, what
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he's capable of. The one piece that I want to throw out there that
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I think doesn't get talked about nearly enough. You hear his name maybe maybe
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once a game or maybe once every other game. Has helped out with that
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offensive line and helped make those playmakers get into space. A guy named Kyle
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us Check use check at the fullback position doesn't get talked about enough. The
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way that Kyle Shanahan not only lines Kyle you Check up, but lines up
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that entire offense. The formations that you have to prepare for as a defense
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going up against the forty nine ers, they make you rack your brain and
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come up with creative ways to try to stop these guys. Because Kyle Shanahan
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is going to use motion, he's going to put Trent Williams emotion, He's
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going to use Kyle use check the chip block. You don't know if you're
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going to throw dump the ball off to a running back. You don't know
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if it's gonna be a wide receiver screen. This guy is the most creative
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play caller in the league, and it makes me proud to be a fan
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of the forty nine ers because he is just so talented, and he's done
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it with so many teams throughout the years in his career in the NFL.
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I and I think that offensive line is going to be extremely dominant and up
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there with the likes of the Philadelphia Eagles offensive line when it's all said and
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done, as powerhouses. And what that's going to do for the offense,
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it's going to be. It's gonna be fascinating to see. I don't want
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him to do it to the Eagles, of course, but it's gonna be
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fascinating to see also the Eagle. The Eagles in terms of just pure strength
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are just leaps and bound ahead of where the forty nine ers are. But
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what I will say is Kyle Shanahan realizes that and is able to adapt to
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make sure this offensive line can do what he needs it to do. Yeah.
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So I think that's kind of the big difference maker. You guys are
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just pure strength, pure athleticism, and great guys on the offensive line.
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Very awesome offensive line in Philadelphia. Yeah. Absolutely. All right, let's
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let's turn us over to the defense here on the flip side, I do
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wonder how the defense is going to perform. Seems like Steve Wilkes is going
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to be perhaps kind of a different type of coach than Demiko Ryan's because after
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losing Demiko Ryan's in the offseason, I'm just I'm wondering how much of a
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difference we're going to see in terms of the scheme and specifically from a blitzing
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perspective. Back in twenty nineteen, Wilkes blitzed over thirty five point eight percent
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of the time when he was in Cleveland as their defensive coordinator, and I
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just wonder if we're going to see a little bit more of that, how
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that might change what the defense could potentially look like just from a scheming standpoint,
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Mike, what kind of defense do you think we're going to see under
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Wilkes this season? And is it going to be comparable to what Damiko Ryan's
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had on the field and the product that he was able to institute. Yeah,
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it's gonna be interesting. I don't quite know how to interpret it quite
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yet. Wilkes to me, probably has the easiest job as a defensive coordinator
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in the NFL. You know, you have this talent, just don't mess
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it up, you know, relying your veterans to be leaders, prepare the
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scheme each week and trust your talent to do what they do. We already
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know they have a very aggressive defensive front. When you have Nick post to
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get eighteen and a half sacks last year just on his own, that tells
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me something. That tells me that they can get pressure with just using the
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front four, So you may not need to do a lot of blitzing on
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defense. You know, when they run four two five type scheme that Wook
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likes to run, you're going to have that four defensive lineman, two linebackers
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and five defensive backs. I think it kind of brings into brings into focus
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your lack of death into the defensive backfield. I think that maybe on display
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just a little bit more. I think if you're going to attack the forty
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nine ers defense will be this year, you're going to have to do it
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through the air. But when you have Nick Bosa, Javon Hargrave, Eric
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Armstead, and Drake Jackson on your front flour and then the best linebacker in
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the league and Fred Warner, I'm sorry, like that front six or seven
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is going to be just fine lining up there, and I think you just
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have to watch and let your guys play in space, rely on their experience.
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Come up with that scheme. Yeah, come up with the defensive game
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plan, but like, let your guys do what they do and get after
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the quarterback that they do it like better than almost any team in the league.
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Yeah, the defensive front seven is one of the best. I remember
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back when Chip Kelly came in for the Philadelphia Eagles and he brought in Billy
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Davis as the defensive coordinator. Yes, of course it's some time ago to
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god, ten years ago at this point, and it was an incredible defensive
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talent that the Eagles had on paper, but because of the scheme what was
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run at that time, it was just it was just a shit show going
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for now I got to do explicit here anyway, It was just terrible going
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from that four three where these guys were able to actually understand other assignments,
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and then going to a three four where Trent Hole is now a linebacker.
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It was it was really ridiculous. I'm not saying that Steve Wilkes is going
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to be doing that by any stretch, but I think scheme changes for certain
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teams certain personnel can cause some challenges and some and some struggles. Every now
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and then you might be right and well again, we'll see on paper.
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That's all we can go off of at this point is I'm comfortable with the
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defense where it's at. And you hope Wilkes, he's a veteran quarterback,
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I'm sorry, veteran coach in this league. He knows what to do.
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Yeah, let's let's let's let's let him give it, have the opportunity,
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and we'll see where it goes from there. All right, sounds good again,
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folks. Talking to Mike Raymond from Fox Sports Radio of the Lehigh Valley.
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Follow him on Twitter at Mike Raymond LV. He's a great, great
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follow And I wanted to really talk about this division next with you, Mike,
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because last week on our Opposition Territory pod, talked about the NFC West
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and how it's going to just be a very interesting season because forty nine ers,
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of course, appear to be the most prolific team in the division,
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likely to take the championship, the division championship, if we had to make
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predictions today. The Seahawks, they generally genuinely surprised folks last year, and
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especially Geno Smith. I think the Rams, once they're healthier they're probably going
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to be a little bit better as well. Cardinals are kind of in that
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rebuild, retool mode. Who the heck knows what's going to happen with them
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this season. How do you see this division really taking shape this season?
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What are your thoughts? You know, if I'm trying to stay objective,
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but I still feel confident in the forty nine ers chances of winning the division.
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I think they're even with the uncertainty at the quarterback position and the new
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defensive coordinator, and you know, the offensive line struggled, and the one
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thing I really didn't really didn't talk about here is the lack of depth at
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the skillmaker position. You know, we know you've got t both Samuel and
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Brandon Iou because one of the best wide receiver tandems in the league. But
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behind that, not a lot. Behind George Kittle, not a lot.
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You know, Let's let's see, let's see where it goes. But I
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still think they're good enough to win the division. What I will say is
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the Seahawks um are an interesting competitive team. UM. I will say that
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Geno Smith should not have one comeback Player of the Year Awardie yep I had
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money and I really wanted him to win. I had money on Quon and
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and McCaffrey. Oh man, I had money on both of them, and
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I'm like, all right, I'm gonna win one of these. I'm gonna
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win. Of course, of course, you know, Smith, give me
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a break. I don't know. I don't know when they redefined that player
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comeback player of the Year as just a player who has played good for the
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first time in his career. I don't know anyway, continuing um, but
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you know we say tongue in cheap, but you know, Geno Smith excelled
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last year, UM, and due to a few factors, I should say.
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You know, he's a veteran quarterback, teamed up with a veteran coach.
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That's number one. Number two, he had Kenneth Walker, you know,
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come in and kind of stabilize that running back spot. Took the pressure
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off of him kind of early on in the season. I know Walker went
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down with some injuries towards the end, but you know, he had a
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really great running Gabe to help support him. In number three. He has
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one of the best wide receivers in the league that no one talks about.
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He came back cast there, but Tyler Lockett is a beast like no one
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gives him enough credit. And you know act you know this year add Jackson
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Smith and Jigba into the mix, the draft from Ohio State and Gino has
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plenty of targets to distribute to. So I'm not I'm not looking past the
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Seahawks like I did last year. I said they would probably be one of
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the worst teams in the division. That they proved me wrong, Like I
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never thought I'd be proved wrong. Right, You mentioned the Rams. The
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only reason that I'm taking the Rams over the Cardinals for like third place in
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the division is the fact that they had a Super Bowl winning head coach,
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the best defensive player in the league, and Aaron John Donald and of course
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quarterback Matthew Staffer, who's pretty good. Problem is, outside of Cooper Cup,
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who you're throwing to, Ben Jefferson or benz Chronic? I'm sorry,
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Like, who what are we doing here? Can Makers can't stay healthy as
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a running back spot and this team basically imploded over the last couple of months.
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And even if you talk to some some local Rams fans here, they're
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not They're not very confident going into this season, and the Cardinals. You
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know, you could probably comment a little bit more with the higher of Jonathan
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Gannon. I like talk about taking the money and running like Jonathan Gann and
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like you had the best defensive like output for for a season last year.
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And he was like, all right, I don't know if I could replicate
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that again in Philly. Let me just grab a head coaching. I mean,
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go get your money, man, go get your money again. And
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um. But you know, a new head coach is franchise quarterback and Kyler
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Murray still rehabbing that ACL. I don't expect to see him before mid October
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at the earliest. You know, I mean at least Colt McCoy, who's
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you know, an average backup. But you know, not a lot to
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speak of when it comes to the Arizona Cardinals. Just a lot of transition
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for them as well, new GM, new coach. UM. So it's
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you know, you look at this team and they look like the obvious bottom
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feeder in the division. But you know, I think I think with the
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Seahawks and forty nine ers race, that might be a race that we were
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looking at down the stretch that actually matters. I didn't I didn't see would.
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If you would have said a year ago today that I would have been
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saying that today, I would have been completely flabbergasted. Everybody would have Nobody
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thought Geno Smith was gonna have the type of season that he did, or
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be able to play under center like he did. Nobody thought that. Nobody.
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I don't care who we are, nobody thought that. So all right,
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moving along here, Mike, and to end things here, we're gonna
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do one of our new segments called the standout or stepped on segments. So
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start off with standout. Give me two players you think will be a standout
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this coming season for the San Francisco forty nine ers. The last year,
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I will have you know that I picked Brandon I Yuke as going to be
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the guy who broke out, and he broke out in a big way.
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Yes, he broke out a bit, He stood out, stood out the
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whole the year. I actually kept him in the way my fantasy football draft
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works, I can keep him him for a couple of years, and I
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think I got him as like a thirteenth round pick and he produced like a
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top ten wide receiver all years. So that was unbelievable. So I will
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say I have a little bit of confidence in my picks here today. So
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first stand out, number one, I'm gonna say, Telenoah, who Fonga?
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More response, more responsibility is going to be placed on his shoulders this
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year with the secondary kind of in transition. So look to Hofonga, a
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guy who's been with this organization, worked his way up from special teams practice
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like this guy. This guy is all hard and I really think he could
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be a really big impactful player in the secondary this year. Number two my
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second player to stand out, and you're gonna love this. It's got to
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be Javon Hargrave. Yep, absolutely think about it. He had a career
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hot, career high in sacks, tackles for losses, solo tackles last year.
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Just bring that intensity to an already stout defensive line. Hargreave is my
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second one to stand out this year. I'm gonna absolutely miss jay Von Hargrave
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for sure. In that Midnight Green. Okay, let's get two players now
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you think you think maybe stepped on a bit throughout this coming season, Mike,
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who are those two? By the way, the Kelly Greens. I'm
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looking forward to you guys, like honestly, as a Niners fan. As
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a Niners fan, I would rock a Kelly Green, Randall cutting Andrew.
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I'm not joking, Jerry Green. I'm gonna hold you to it. I
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will. I'll buy it with my own money, all right. Two players
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that I think I might might get stepped on this year. I had mentioned
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him earlier in the transition from Mike McGlinchey. It's gonna be Colton mckibbotz.
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I gotta watch and see what he's gonna be able to do. He has
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the potential to be stepped on, gonna be a lot to replace the glinch.
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He's a solid piece of the offensive line for many years, so I
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want to see him step up. But I can see him being a person
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that's kind of in the crosshairs when it comes to ridicule this year. So
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we'll see mckibts is number one, number two. I'm gonna blow your mind
23:56
here, rock Birdie Rock Bertie. Oh wow wow. Yeah. Man.
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So if he doesn't produce like last season or has some kind of sophomore slump,
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there are other guys waiting in line, and you know Trey Lance is
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waiting for his opportunity to come in. I hope they don't rush Purty back
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from this injury. You know, the first couple of games of the season,
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you know, road game against Pittsburgh. You know, that's more difficult
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game, but you have a road game in LA, which is a home
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game for every San Francisco forty nine Ers fan. You know, for the
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for the most part, the first four weeks are if you get through that
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three and one. In the fact that Brock Purty doesn't play in those games
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just because he's not quite ready yet, I think that's good. But he
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has a lot of pressure on his shoulders. Now, you know, the
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tapes out there, you can kind of scheme against him. Now, there's
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a lot of pressure on his shoulders. So we'll see if he's up to
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the challenge. I hope he is. So I hope I'm wrong with this,
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but Brock Purty and Colton mcivotzs are my guys who I would have a
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little bit of APPREHENSI and going into the season. All right again, folks,
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He's Mike Raymond from Fox Sports Radio of the Lehigh Valley at Mike Raymond
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LV on the Twitter dot com. Mike. As always, Buddy, it
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is great talking to you, great discussion here. Let's talk some Penn State
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football next time you're on. I would love to do that, my friend.
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I'm ready to go. Let's go national title run. Here we go.
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Yes, let's definitely talk some Penn State football. But getting back to
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the San Francisco forty nine ers. Very interesting that Brott Purty, in Mike's
25:29
opinion, could be that one player to be stepped on. If that does
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happen, what does that do to the offense, What does it do to
25:37
the playmaking ability of the offense in general, and what kind of pressure might
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that put on Kyle Shanahan, who we know is just an incredible coach in
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this league. Not sure if it's going to do anything necessarily to him,
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however, very very interesting terms of Mike's analysis there. So it's gonna do
25:52
it for us here on Opposition Territory, we got a great, great show
25:56
coming your way this week. Eric and I are going to be jump and
26:00
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