Hello, and welcome to the forty nine Ers First and ten Podcast, ten minutes of the most up to date forty nine Ers news, first thing in the morning. I'm your host Brionna McDonald, and I'm joined by forty nine Ers team reporter Lindsay Palares So faithful. It was a little odd to have a weekend without forty nine Ers football, but the team is feeling good at three and zero. Lindsay, what was head coach Kyle Shanahan's plan for the team this weekend.
It was considered a mini buy by all of the players and head coach Kyle Shanahan because this is as close to a break as this team is going to get until the actual buy.
So to have a.
Weekend off is great for the body, great for the mind. And now the forty nine Ers entered this week with Monday kind of working as a bonus day, So that's where we are in terms of practice schedule and coming off of a Thursday night game.
I'm sure the team will appreciate any bonus days they can come across. Although there was no game, there was major news with the forty nine Ers announcing multi year contract extensions for general manager John Lynch and head coach Kyle Shanahan. Can you talk a little bit about the move for this team.
Yeah, congratulations are in order for this dynamic duo. They joined the forty nine Ers at the same time in February of twenty seventeen, and now they're getting contract extensions together. Great move for the organization. Head coach Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch have put together an amazing string of forty
nine Ers history. I would say, you know, they've led the organization to the playoffs three times under these two two NFC West Division titles reached through NFC Championship games, and of course that trip to Super Bowl fifty four. They've got an amazing roster stacked with talent right now. Obviously it's very early in this season, but it's encouraging. This team's three and oh start likely or at least
we all hope a successful season ahead. And that's a testament to the hard work of both of these men and the teams that they lead. They truly have put this organization on an upward trajectory. So from what I saw on social media as well, a lot of people very very happy about this move for the forty nine ers fans are happy with it, so there's gonna be a lot of stability. Same to people heading up this
organization for many years to come. Multi year is a little vague, but I'm gonna go ahead and say many years. So excited to just continue this chapter with them.
Yeah, you know, when we've gotten to hear the teams, CEO Jen Yorik speak at either State of the Franchise or at any forty nine Ers Foundation events, he's talked so highly about how important the relationship building is and the chemistry and trust that's been established with this leadership. So how well does this group work together and talk about how they really lean on each other.
Yeah, Brie, it's been a great demonstration, like you mentioned, of just teamwork, and you can tell that specifically head coach Kyle.
Shanahan and John Lynch have a really good working relationship. I think there was a really great example of that during the draft. Both of them spoke before and after and really emphasized the I guess, great back and forth that they have with each other. They're not afraid to work with each other. There's pushback when there needs to be a lot of open dialogue, and they really lean on each other and lean on each other's teams in order to help compose the roster as it's happening in
the draft. I think that's the best example of their working relationship. But you can just tell they're always out on the field together during practices.
It's typically all smiles, and you can just see that there is a great working relationship as well as a great friendship.
They've been together at.
This organization for now six years and will be for the foreseeable future, So yes, a great working relationship there. And then also you add in CEO Jed York, and I think it's just more of the same. There is a lot of healthy back and forth and they've done a really good job working together because you're seeing the team that has materialized on the field here in twenty twenty three.
And you know, one story that comes to mind when I think about the relationship between John, Kyle and Jed was John talking about how he went to Jed during free agency about the signing of Javon Hargrave and how he knew that this was going to be a major move for the team, and so when he got the instant trust from Jed and Kyle we've already seen that
materialize in the beginning of the season. So this team of leadership for the forty nine ers has been so amazing for the past couple of years of forty nine Ers history, and super excited to see what's to come for them. We got a little post game conference call from head coach Kyle Shanahan after the Thursday night football game, So let's talk a little bit more about what's to come. What are the injury updates you heard from that call.
So it sounds like the three injuries that we had emerged from that Thursday night game, they don't sound too severe. So we have linebacker Dre Greenlaw linebacker Demetrius Flanagan Fowls both dealing with ankle injuries. They were considered day to day following that game. And then also wide receiver Deebo Samuel. We saw him go down on the field. It looked like he got the wind knocked out of him. It's an apparent rib injury. He's also being considered day to day.
I think with the long weekend, that's obviously great for the body to be able to take some time off. We will hear from head coach Kyle Shanahan on Wednesday, so we will get the full injury update on there, but headed into the weekend, that's where those three players were.
And after breaking down the film, Kyle Shanahan highlighted some standout performances from that Thursday night football game. First off, how did quarterback brock pretty handle those blitzes from the New York Giants defense? What did Kyle Shanahan think of his performance?
Yeah, I think initial reaction was he did a good job, and then after reviewing the game tape, Shanahan said that he was even more impressed with him. Was exactly what he said. So I saw on PFF that it was thirty seven of forty three passing plays. Some of those gotten nullified by penalties, they were blitzed on, and so that is a crazy high number. Party handled it well.
Obviously wasn't one hundred percent on his game and the offense wasn't quite flowing in that first portion of the game, but they figured it out by really late in the second quarter, had a couple touchdowns before the half, and Purdy was averaging his fastest throwing time of his career. Next Gen stats had him at two point three four seconds, so he was getting the ball out quickly in response
to all that blitzing. So again, just a tremendous effort by the offense rock Purty to beat that really heavy blitzing by the Giants.
And sticking with the forty nine Ers offense, running back Christian McCaffrey has dominated the forty nine Ers run game for the beginning of the season and honestly, the faithful haven't expected anything else. But how did Kash Shanahan feel about the running back rotation and Thursday Night Football?
Yeah, I think the big emphasis going into Thursday Night was yes, CMC is amazing, Yes he's going to get his touches, but there needed to be exactly what you said, a running back rotation. So we did see Elijah Mitchell get his first significant snaps of the season against the Rams. He didn't see the field at all, so he finished that game with eleven carries for forty two yards and I do believe he had a couple catches for some
short yardage as well. So he was happy with how that rotation when obviously that's good for Christian McCaffrey just to continue to keep his legs fresh and when you have the talent in your running back room to have that rotation, there's no reason not to.
Now, breaking down the defence's game against the Giants on Thursday, Kyle was asked, was this the best you've seen defensive lineman Javon Kinlaw play? And Kyle responded yes, because it's the healthiest. So what did you think about Javon Kinlaw's performance and why did it shine so bright?
To Kyle Shanahan, Yeah, I think I'm going to echo exactly what Shanahan said, and also what raining ap NFL Defensive Player of the Year Nick Bosa said that this is absolutely the best that they have seen Javon Kinlaw play.
The forty nine Ers did incorporate a five man front on some plays against the Giants, and that actually was a very successful move by the defense. And again, both of Shanahan and Nick Bosa attributed that elevation in Javon Kinlaw's game to simply him being healthy and having a really good off season. So I think this year we heard a lot about Drake Jackson training in the off season,
and the same goes for Javon Kinlaw. He spent a majority of his time here in Santa Clara, training with the staff here and I think you're seeing the early returns on that. Now he's feeling good, he's feeling healthy. He said, his body's never felt better, and yeah, now you're seeing that on the on the field play.
I the first thing highlighted from that game was Tshan Gibson Senior and Kyle talked about how important he is on the field, but not just in the game on the field, but also in the locker room. Can you talk about what kind of leadership he brings to this team.
Yeah, Tashan Gibson Senior has earned the name of Dad. And I'm not sure if that's just for the defense for the entire team, but think of him like that. You know, he has just been a tremendous addition for the forty nine ers.
He was a late ad of.
Twenty twenty two.
I believe he came just before the start of the regular season. And in twenty twenty two, if you remember, Jimmy Ward had that hamstring injury that kept him out the first four weeks of the season and that opened the door for to Sean Gibson to really make a mark on this team, and he did. He closed out the year as the team's interception leader with five picks, and just in general has been a really great veteran presence, not just for the safeties but for the entire defensive back group.
He's earned high.
Praise not just from Kyle Shanahan but also Talano Hufunga mentioned that he was a big portion and a big reason why he was able to get a Pro Bowl nod and an All Pro nod as well in his second season. He's been a huge mentor to him. And so really, I think you only hear good things about Tshaan Gibson Senior, and you know they have to give him his reps off to keep him fresh this year.
But he's a very very highly touted player in that room and hoping to see a lot more picks from him in twenty twenty.
Three, and faithful you can see gibbs leadership shine and what the chemistry and dynamic is like in that defensive backfield on the forty nine Ers miked up videos on YouTube and forty nine ers dot com because you get to see the little intricacies of what they talk about during a game and it's really fun to see. But that will do it for today. Thank you. So much Lindsey for joining me in this update. Don't forget to
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