The pressure is on Kyle Shanahan and Brock Purdy no doubt, but other guys will be under the microscope on Saturday too.
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We’ll play the pressure game I’ll play the pressure game with everybody and I’m going to look at number 97 I’m going just come out and say it Nick BSA probably has more pressure on him to perform at a higher level than Brock pie and I gave Brock py as a quarterback and
He touches ball every game and look man the Niners they’re not paying them much they’re not paying they could pivot off him in a heartbeat Nick BOS is here for the long term he’s got the big fat extension locked in locked in locked in highest paid defensive player ever No
Doubt locked in held out of training camp 10 and a half sacks blamed his slow start on him holding out of training camp which I did not want to hear but he didn’t show up last year Bosa didn’t show up last year in the postseason he was very very quiet
And he want to get mentioned with the likes of TJ watt you want to get mentioned with the likes of Miles Garrett hell if you want to be mentioned with the likes of Charles Haley and Reggie White and Bruce Smith and Kevin green and some of the great pass rushers we’ve ever seen
Well number 97 needs to show up and he needs to show up that that’s first and foremost he has to set the tone on Sunday 97 I’m looking at you I need you in that backfield all game long I need you stuffing the run I need you containing I’ll side containment is huge
In his game it’s always huge for that for that matter 97 probably has more pressure on him than Brock prie I I think you’re you’re on to this um Aaron Donald when they won it all in the NFC Championship Game fourth quarter he took over took over and when you go
Back to that Super Bowl the final couple drives for Cincinnati he was in that backfield when Chris Jones and the Chiefs are winning I know Mahomes gets a lot of the the headlines Chris Jones is a force an absolute force and was in a lot of playoff games to close things out
Um or get stops or whatever he did it to the Niners in the Super Bowl did it to Cincinnati saw him do it to uh what’s it called the Philadelphia late last year MH um yeah the great defensive players show up in the big games and they make
Their presence known and I absolutely need to see Nick Bosa get in that backfield and and wreck havoc yeah he’s got to wreck havoc I completely agree and on the other side Chase young hell Chase Young when he first arrived and he played that Jacksonville game we seen
Him meeting BSA at the quarterback and there’s an argument we were talking about auk and you know who would you rather pay and who do you want to pay we should extend Chase young right away and I say hold your horses here hold your horses that’s just one game well I don’t
Know if I’ve seen Chase young since that game oh he was good in the in the last uh the game in Washington you know he was good in that game right I mean I’m just just you know going off I’m not going off PFF R going off my eyeballs
Eyeballs did speak speaking of PFF as I open up the door did you see JJ Watt destroy PF yes I did I did which deservedly so yeah cuz CJ strad who had a monster game and was damn near perfect they rated him at like a 78 out of 100
He was like what a joke these people are supposed to know football anyway continue yeah n so I I mean Chase young you want to get paid want money I agree with that this is where you get the big money well and Armstead too like you know armstead’s missed a lot of time
They’ve missed him they’ve missed him big time and when they won in Green Bay uh a couple years ago Armstead was amazing in that game he was amazing in that game so they’re gonna need him big time and you’re gonna need Javon Hargrave like I look at Philadelphia and
Part of their demise part there’s many reasons why they Dem they spent so much on that defensive line in terms of draft picks and money and they weren’t as good now the back end wasn’t good either so it you you work in tandem but the Niners have invested similarly heavily into
That defensive line they gotta show up yep no doubt they have to show up gotta show up Robin in the city Robin what’s happening good morning sweetie good morning you guys so Hi chasy how are you I’m good Robin I missed your voice good to hear you
Thank you so ronte I’m with you um please don’t ask anybody on the internet to be smart because they’re not smart okay they just all you got to do if it’s over a paragraph if it’s all they do is a meme uh a Tik Tock a a and a video and
And and that’s their thinking it reminds me of uh you know who Joseph gobl was he was Hitler’s right-hand man on how to brainwash a nation okay that’s just exactly what it reminds me of um so and me and you and shassy can make a Tik Tock video and go around and critique
Food and get paid how about that here’s the deal so here’s the deal I’m with you Bonte I don’t look at quarterback to quarterback I that that that’s old marketing I don’t know what that is okay but I don’t get caught up in that I look
At you know I look at I look at the line yep I look at can that defensive line hold up against this offensive line can this offensive line be this defensive line because that’s where it all starts now you got special quarterbacks that you know that can do certain things you
Know like Mahomes there’s Mahomes and every and and every everybody else okay but here’s the deal young quarterbacks like Brock and even this guy CJ cloud or love love who they who they putting up on a pstone now okay um they need time to throw okay all young
Quarterbacks need time to throw so our offensive line is GNA have to give pry time to to to throw and and so I don’t see how I don’t see without our experience I don’t see how we can’t do that the last thing I want to say and I
Want to ask you guys this does this make sense to you I I don’t listen I I hate get up but I do like Bard he cracks me the hell up and Kean tan is a shean is a brother you can hang out with by okay
Yeah so here’s the deal here’s the deal they asked the question if if is it py out of all the weakness on the ners team is it pery the one the main weakness is he the one that can probably cause you to lose if he’s
Not having a good day and they said oh most definitely but he’s not but does this make but he’s not winning just because he’s having a good day I’m like that doesn’t make sense he’s the quarterback if he’s not having a good damn day and spreading
The ball around how the hell is that does that make any sense yeah that does he needs to be on point no one would deny that he’s got to be able to spread the ball around I just think in these playoff games turnovers are vital and and it’s so stupid the turnovers are
Going to no it it like the reason why Dallas was in a giant hole to start that game was the pick sixes you know they were they were devastating and and boom your season’s over flacko turning the ball over for Cleveland and and there were a variety of other things that that
Can happen now can you overcome those things Joe Montana had a gazillion turnovers in the NFC champion game in 1981 and they found a way to overcome them the the ners you know turned the ball over against the New Orleans Saints and got a bunch of turnovers and found a
Way to win that game with Alex Smith in that run you make it a lot harder on yourself when you’re turning the ball over yeah it’s not it’s not common to turn a ball over in the playoff game and win that football game as Indy Dalton
I’m seeing them throw five picks in a game four picks in a wild card game they can’t overcome that so if pry does turn the ball over but it terms of the weakness of the football team PR’s not the weakness weakness of this team is the secondary even though charver SW May
Second a team allall pro you don’t think the Packers are going to test him all right you don’t think they’re going to test him or damer Lenor or who Ambry Thomas or what if Isaiah Oliver’s on the field God forbid Isaiah Oliver be on the football field and he’s trying to guard
One these guys in the slot he played a lot against the Rams because they were playing a lot of their backups wasn’t great that’s the weakness of his football team I think safety play right now safety Jer Brown yeah I’m I’m just concerned a couple of missed you know
Tackles you saw it in the Eagle game you know a bad angle here 50 yard touchdown well no the Eagles game the first the first third down conversion for the Philadelphia Eagles in that football game back on December 3rd was Jer Brown missed a tackle on AJ Brown quick slant boom
Goes for 39 40 yards the Arizona game you missed the tackle toight running back back up running back it goes for 50 plus yards Jer Brown has to tackle well so the SEC the weakness in his football team is not Brock pie Brock p is one of
His strengths that I agree with the DBS are the weakness of this football team which is why I’m looking at number 97 and I’m looking at number 92 and I’m looking at number 91 and I’m looking at number 98 and saying you have to dominate this football game you have to
Help your secondary out in this football game and you have to get after Jordan love because if Jordan love has time as Robin just pointed out quarterback with the most time what whatever quarterback feels the most comfortable Jord Love we’ve seen last week he can make all the
Throws he can and we thought the secondary of the Dallas Cowboys was good well they got shredded shredded this secondary for the ner is going to have to show up but they need the help of that front four these these games are one of the trenches buddy Green Bay
Didn’t beat the Dallas Cowboys because Jord Love threw the ball all over the field they they beat the Cowboys because Aaron Jones ran down their throats I don’t think the Niners uh secondary is at quote unquote strength currently but I also don’t think it’s as bad as it was
A couple of years ago the question that I have is like well can the D line be as good as it was a couple of years ago like and because that’s where you can offset being a little weaker in the secondary like I go back to that uh
Playoff game that they lost to the Rams I mean they were playing omry Thomas out there yeah he wasn’t great no you know he wasn’t great so and that was before they picked up charvarius Ward uh they I feel like the corners are better but I
Just I don’t know about Brown as as a rookie I I I just don’t know you know part of the NFC championship game they lost to the Seahawks they had replaced Deshawn goson with Eric reedo had a really good year he took a couple really poor angles on some Marshon Lynch runs
And a throw over the top and and again he had a really good year as a rookie that year but yeah it cost him in those big games that rookie erience cost and you know what Whitner also cost him in that game too because before halftime he
Let a big play happen to Doug ball with Russell Wilson scrubbing around scrubbing around rolled out to the right sideline threw a deep ball to Doug Ballwin and Dante witer had his eyes in the back field and got lost track of the wide receiver so both safeties have to
Be on point in this football game because the Packers will take shots deep down the field let’s go to Ria down to L cter Ria good morning Ria what’s happening good morning gentlemen I am ready for this game I’m on pins and needles I wake up every
Morning I look at the weather I’m like watching all my I’m just like I need this game to happen but I also need Jake Moody to be on point because it is going to rain and I need him not to mess up I really do I’m very nervous about that
Well I’m hoping it doesn’t come down to that Ria I I I think Jake Moody would be fine I think he’ll be fine now don’t let it come down to him because then we can have a different conversation now that’s a lot of pressure on the rookie we’re
Talking about the p word Ria that pressure on Jake moody in a close game yeah I don’t think we all would have sit through that yeah I don’t want to so I’m like if I need I need Shan go for two just go for two or I don’t know just go
For it on fourth down I don’t know just I if I can avoid Jake booty doing things that are gonna like winner lose the game then I’ll be I’ll be a better person on Saturday yeah but these playoff games come down to special teams at times not
Always but at times and so he’s got to he’s got to be butting up but he was really good this year this is what I said until the very end of the year he had not missed a a field goal inside of 40 yards right the other misses we’re in
A a sloppy weather condition Cleveland game now that doesn’t bode well if if Saturday is rainy and wet but I feel like we’ve kind of overstated how how much he struggled this year he actually was a really good kicker this year right he was he he missed one extra point one
Extra point point but I’m concerned too I would be lying to you if I didn’t say that I I don’t have my own reservations Bal said hey you got to be nervous about the kicker Greg Greg uh Gary Anderson Minnesota Vikings 98 I mean he was perfect up until until he missed to
Kicking in the NFC championship game against the all of Falcons so yes kickers are always going to struggle I’d just rather not even talk about them I just don’t even talk about them and when it’s their chance and I pray to God hey look you know
What you miss a kick d That’s you know I don’t I want to think about that put that in the stratosphere B you know I don’t know if you’ve ever heard kickers talk but like the ones that golf a lot Robbie Gold being one of them he talks
About how like there are times where like a golfer on the on the the the putting surface you get The Yips and and sometimes you just yank something or you push it CU it’s so mental you know it’s so you’re all alone it’s like a free throw like there there are certain
Sports equivalents that are out there and uh stuff happens weird stuff happens on top of the element you saw it last year not to cut you off Joe with Brett Maher up close in personal at Levi Stadium you saw against on Monday night football against the Bucks I almost felt
Bad for the guy could have make an extra point the cowboy kicker missed a kick in the Niner uh uh 49er Cowboy game you know like this same guy right Brett Mah yeah so I mean uh beer man has the playoff gameer beer you w talking playf
G yeah I said last year they had it up close I thought you regular season I it’s all right I thought you were referring to to the regular season
