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00:00Let's go, let's go to Gabriel in Orange County.
00:03Gabriel, what's happening?
00:05Hey, what up, Montay, what up?
00:07Shasky, how you guys doing?
00:08What's going on, man?
00:10Yeah, man, it's good to call back, man.
00:12I haven't done my first call this season.
00:13I called a lot last season, but anyway,
00:16I just wanted to just touch base on that.
00:18I do believe there's a lot of pressure on Brock,
00:21but I think it's one of those, I think it's good pressure.
00:24I think that the id guy for us, in a sense,
00:26the id guy right now, you could say,
00:28I think Kyle wants to be the id guy.
00:30He wants to be the guy that everybody says,
00:32we're winning because of him.
00:34But I'm going to compare this to, for Brock,
00:37I'm going to compare this to like a moment in literature.
00:40If you ever watched The Great Gatsby,
00:41there's a moment where Gatsby,
00:43he looks up into the stars right before he kisses Daisy,
00:46and he says, this moment,
00:47everything's going to change for me if I kiss her.
00:49And this is like the Brock Purdy moment,
00:52that Great Gatsby moment.
00:54Right now, without CMC and without people,
00:56this is that moment when everybody's holding their breath,
00:58and this moment is going to change Brock forever.
01:00If he comes through and plays balls out,
01:04it's going to literally like
01:05shut the entire world's mouth now.
01:07Finally, that argument of like,
01:09I can't win with Superstar, it's over.
01:11He needs to come to root.
01:13I'm excited.
01:15The pressure's on.
01:16The pressure's on all of us, I think,
01:17as a fan base, as a team, on Brock, on Kyle, on all of us.
01:21So I don't know.
01:22Are you going to the game?
01:22You're here in Orange County.
01:24You going to SoFi?
01:24I'm in Orange County, man.
01:26I'm going to try, but yeah,
01:27I'm trying to get some last minute tickets right now,
01:28but I'm trying to make it.
01:29All right, Gabriel.
01:30Good call, man.
01:31Good call.
01:32Didn't love the Great Gatsby.
01:33Yeah, I never watched it in its entirety.
01:35Eh, didn't love it.
01:36A little overrated.
01:37Yeah, didn't love it.
01:37The movie's whatever.
01:38The book's really good.
01:39That's what I heard.
01:40I'll take your word on that.
01:41That's what I heard.
01:42F. Scott Fitzgerald.
01:43Pay the over on the references for that author.
01:46Let's go to Jose in Oakland.
01:50Jose, what's happening, Jose?
01:51Long time no hear.
01:54Hey, guys.
01:55Good morning.
01:56Look, you mentioned that Yook on the eyes and mouth,
01:59a lot of the fans is not a top of the line wide receiver,
02:03even though he was a second-team All-Pro.
02:06That is a fact.
02:08There's a reason for it, okay?
02:10We all remember Aldon Smith.
02:11At some point, he was an elite pass rusher.
02:14He was the best pass rusher out there,
02:16but he benefited from having Justin Smith
02:20taking two, three guys all by himself, okay?
02:23That's the way we see a Yook.
02:26He benefited from having McCaffrey,
02:29and it was Samuel out there getting the extra attention.
02:32He showed during the Super Bowl
02:34he cannot get open all by himself.
02:36If he's by himself, he doesn't have the ability
02:41to get open the same way that Justin Jefferson would do,
02:45or the same way that some of the top of the line receivers
02:48would do it.
02:49Like I said, he is really good, but he's not the guy.
02:53When he has to do it by himself,
02:54there's no way he's gonna be able to produce.
02:57So you don't think he's gonna be able to produce
03:01this Sunday, you think he's gonna have
03:03his work cut out for him?
03:08Look, this holdout thing, first of all,
03:10that put him way behind on the way that he,
03:14he's just not gameplay ready,
03:16and even when he's gameplay ready,
03:18he's not gonna be able to produce all by himself.
03:21I'm sorry to say, but I'm really, really hoping
03:23that the Niners didn't get stuck with a contract
03:25similar to Barrichero's contract with the Giants,
03:28where Barrichero got paid for what he did one year.
03:30You're down on Ayuk, Jose, you're down on Ayuk.
03:33Yeah, and look, like I said, I like him.
03:37He's a really good player,
03:38but he is not an elite wide receiver, okay?
03:42He asked for the money, he better show
03:44that he was worth the money because the fans
03:46are gonna be all over him, and that is a fact.
03:48Well, they already are, Jose.
03:50It is funny how we, look,
03:52Justin Smith was extremely important for Alden Smith,
03:55but we act like Justin Smith was literally
03:58grabbing five linemen and Alden did nothing.
04:01If that's the case, why did Manny Lawson
04:03never have even close to the year Alden Smith had?
04:07About Manny Lawson, like if you had that
04:09on your bingo card this morning,
04:10but you gotta remember this,
04:11like Manny Lawson was a Giant stiff, he was terrible.
04:15I don't know how he stuck around on the league
04:16for as long as he did, but like, come on.
04:18I watched Alden on Monday Night Football.
04:21Was it Max Stark?
04:22Who was the guy who played for the Pittsburgh Steelers?
04:24He threw him like a sack of potatoes.
04:26I think he had five sacks in that game.
04:28That was the game where the transformer blew out,
04:29the lights went out.
04:30He destroyed the Pittsburgh Steelers all by himself.
04:34Now, yes, Justin Smith was a huge part of it,
04:36but let's not act like I could put, you know,
04:38Tule Banta Kane on the opposite of Justin Smith
04:41and he's gonna have 15 sacks.
04:43Give me a break.
04:44I do love Jose, though, but Jose is right, though.
04:47If Vayu doesn't produce,
04:48despite all that and everything,
04:50Vayu doesn't produce,
04:52the fans are gonna be all over him.
04:53They're already all over him.
04:55They're already, the fans are already, we knew this.
04:58He dropped the pass in week one and you saw the comments.
05:01You heard the, you heard the chatter.
05:04Oh, if he didn't hold it, he didn't pay Manny.
05:06That's what happens.
05:07Get your contract signed, play in training camp,
05:08you don't drop the ball.
05:09I mean, that's gonna have doughnut.
05:12So that's why when I think about pressure,
05:15I don't think Brock Purdy has all the pressure in the world.
05:17Now, he's got pressure of being the 49ers quarterback
05:19and he's gotta play well
05:20because we got things to do down the line here
05:22and we gotta figure some things out
05:23when it comes to Brock Purdy, you know what I mean?
05:25When it comes to dollars and cents,
05:26what's going to that bank account?
05:28But right now, right now, this Sunday,
05:32I can make the argument that Brendan Ayoub
05:33has the most pressure on any member of the 49ers.
05:36Brendan Ayoub has the pressure.
05:38I'm telling you, man.
05:39I'm telling you, he has the pressure.
05:42Can I ask a question about
05:44psychologically playing wide receiver?
05:46Can you get the yips, where you get the drops?
05:49I'm not saying he's even close to that.
05:51I'm not gonna say that.
05:51I'm just asking.
05:52No, but I'm just asking.
05:53No, I'm asking at the position.
05:55Forget Andre Ayoub.
05:56Can you get the, like, can it get in your dome?
05:58Yeah, absolutely.
05:59Like, I always think about when T.O. had all those drops
06:01in that one playoff game against Green Bay
06:03and then eventually he came back around and had, like,
06:05who was the guy, Gaffney?
06:07The guy for the Patriots that couldn't catch the ball.
06:09Zubar Gaffney from Florida.
06:11Stevenson, or what was the tight end
06:13for the Seahawks in the Super Bowl game?
06:15Oh, Jeremy Stevens.
06:16He just had a bad day.
06:17Had a bad day.
06:19Who was Joey Porter?
06:20Jeremy Stevens, Joey Porter.
06:23Jeremy Stevens, Joey Porter.
06:25As I got my hands, if you're listening to the radio,
06:28he's like, Ted, Joey Porter, hi, this guy,
06:30his head, eye, this guy,
06:31and he had Jeremy Stevens basically like,
06:32yeah, he's not even on my level.
06:33One of my favorite parts of Trill TV DVD
06:36was seeing Joey Porter ride up on everybody
06:38outside the club.
06:40And Matt Drake's like, that's Joey Porter!
06:42And Joey Porter's like, what's up, Matt Drake?
06:43Straight from Bakersfield, baby.
06:45Joey Porter straight from Bakersfield.
06:46Hey, he's pretty good at Pittsburgh.
06:48Not bad at all.
06:49Joey Porter wearing a jersey under the sun,
06:51it's pretty good.
06:52The reason why I ask about psychologically
06:53is I do believe there are certain things,
06:55like free throws.
06:56I watched Andres Bietjens just like,
06:59like short circuit on free throws.
07:01I don't think we're even close.
07:02No, I'm not saying he's there.
07:03Yeah, we're not even close.
07:04We're not even close to that.
07:05But I do think that, like,
07:05like putting is something, like,
07:08guys get the yips, right?
07:09In pitching, you see certain guys,
07:11like Rick Anfield talking about,
07:12like, I couldn't throw a strike.
07:13I don't know what happened.
07:14All of a sudden, I threw a cutter,
07:15and I couldn't throw a strike.
07:16We're not there.
07:17We're not even close to that.
07:18But I do think that there can be pressure
07:20in your head as that ball's coming,
07:21and I'll listen to it.
07:23I, you know, he's gotta, he's gotta,
07:28he's gotta get the ball thrown to him, number one.
07:30And number two, now, it's time.
07:32It's time to be that guy.
07:33We need some 100-yard games.
07:35Oh, there's zero?
07:36Like, I need a 100-yard game
07:37for Brendan Aiyuk this week.
07:38I do.
07:39But I do think you're 100% correct.
07:41Tolerance level's very thin right now for Niner fans.
07:43Oh, for Brendan Aiyuk, for number 11.
07:45I would agree.
07:46Tolerance?
07:47Tolerance is thin.
07:48Brendan Aiyuk, there is no tolerance
07:48right now for Brendan Aiyuk.
07:49Yeah, it's paper thin.
07:51He's gotta ball out.
07:52I agree.
07:53He's got to ball out.
07:54Let's go to, man, this is crazy.
07:56This is a must win to get up.
07:57I'm really excited for this win at SoFi Stadium.
08:00Now I'm starting to think, like,
08:00damn, do I just bite the bullet
08:02and try to fly it out and go to that game?
08:04I, this is a big game against the LA Reds,
08:07because they're desperate.
08:08They cannot fall to 0-3.
08:09It's got their, they got blown the hell out there
08:12as low as they can get down in LA,
08:14and McVay is saying, we can steal this game,
08:18and we can send the Niners into a tailspin.
08:20This is huge.
08:21If I see him on the sideline doing the,
08:24you know, he does all that fist-pumping crap,
08:27because honestly, McVay reminds me of myself.
08:30Oh, now he does?
08:31Good-looking, smart guy, you know,
08:32great on a broadcast, you know,
08:35just celebrates with his players, player's coach.
08:37I emulate being a Sean McVay.
08:40I mean, he's winning at life.
08:41Hey, there's some crazy breaking news here.
08:43What?
08:45It's not Diddy-related, is it?
08:47No, it's Adrian Wozniowski here,
08:49and we're starting to see this in sports.
08:51It's just a quick aside,
08:52because I want to get to the Lions,
08:53get back to the Niners. Yeah, what happened?
08:53But just real quick,
08:54Chet was reporting that NBA insider Adrian Wozniowski
08:58has agreed to become the general manager
09:00of the men's basketball program at St. Bonaventure.
09:02He told ESPN the role includes name, image,
09:06and likeness allocation,
09:07recruiting and supporting successful bodies,
09:09coach Mark Schmidt.
09:10Now, I believe he attended St. Bonaventure.
09:13Wait, Woj is going to be the general manager
09:15of a college team?
09:16Yeah.
09:17Woj?
09:18I don't know if he's going to be-
09:19Woj, the reporter.
09:20Now, I don't know if he's going to continue.
09:21Oh, wait, here's his message.
09:22Not Woj, the Duke player.
09:23No, not Woj.
09:24I'm talking about the reporter, ESPN NBA insider.
09:26I grew up the son of a factory worker
09:28two miles from ESPN campus,
09:29and only dreamed of making a living
09:31as a sports writer 37 years ago.
09:32The Hartford Courant gave me my first byline,
09:36and I've never stopped chasing the thrill of it all.
09:38This craft transformed my life,
09:40but I've decided to retire from ESPN and the news industry.
09:43I understand the commitment required in my role,
09:45and it's an investment that I'm no longer driven to make.
09:48Time isn't an endless supply,
09:50and I want to spend mine in ways
09:52that are more personally meaningful.
09:54I leave with overwhelming gratitude
09:56for countless mentors and colleagues,
09:57subjects and stories, readers and viewers.
09:59No one has benefited more than me
10:02from the belief, trust, and generosity of others.
10:05The past seven years at ESPN has been a particular privilege.
10:08I'm appreciative of the company's leadership.
10:11After all these years reporting on everyone's teams,
10:13I'm headed back to my own.
10:16Wow.
10:17So Sham's won the war.
10:20I wouldn't say that.
10:21Also, I mean, how many people who worked at ESPN
10:24are in the wake of Wojnowski stealing their breaking news
10:28so that he could have that byline?
10:30Now, that's a whole nother undercover story,
10:32not for today.
10:33Let's get back into that.
10:34I don't think it's for any day.
10:35I think that's an off-the-record story.
10:37No, a lot of people were coming,
10:39like Amin was talking about this,
10:41and different people that have worked at ESPN,
10:43when they would get breaking news and they said something.
10:45I mean, part of why Mark Stein isn't there anymore
10:48is because of Wojn.
10:49Well, I've been in rooms with Wojn,
10:52how he has a stranglehold on those ESPN workers.
10:55It is something to watch.
10:57It is something to behold.
10:58Really?
10:58Oh, it is wild.
11:00That's a story for off the air,
11:01but I want to get back to 49.
11:02Top five egos in sports.
11:04Is Wojn in there?
11:05I don't know about that.
11:06I don't know.
11:07I don't know.
11:08I mean, at his own station, he's not even top five.
11:10Stephen Hayes, Shannon Sharp.
11:12Come on.
11:13Did you see Ryan Clark recently?
11:14Come on.
11:15Shannon's is earned.
11:16I mean, there's a lot of stuff going on at ESPN.
11:19I kind of like Woloski.
11:20But there's egos everywhere.
11:21Greeney has an ego.
11:23We all have egos, to cry it out loud.
11:25Like, you have an ego.
11:27I have an ego.
11:28We all have egos.
11:29Yeah.
11:30You got to have some confidence in yourself.
11:31But mine is smaller than others.
11:33No.
11:33Really?
11:34Yeah.
11:35There's a joke in there.
11:36Michael.
11:37That's what I said.