how did that conversation go down? I don't know if we ever
asked you this. Like, did you just go to Kyle and go? Okay.
Can we
because it everybody in the NFL is now copying. You guys is
funny. It's funny. It's funny that They're copying you and
but so did you just go to Kyle and go? Hey, we want to play
music as we're coming on the locker room.
I got to go to Cali about about about stuff like that. It just
let you do it. Yeah, he's just let us do it right here
players. First type of coaching if we feel like that's just how
we Vibe. He
you know he just let us go with the flow.
Yeah, that's awesome.
Who picks the music?
Me and Trent
you. Do you go back and forth or do you come, you come to
come together. We're not gonna go back and forth by no music.
So what I mean, I'm sure some of the big country white
offense alignment, or of like 15 and will there be
some kind of music? Sometimes
that was always a fight in the locker room back in my day,
one of the things we love about the 49ers D but we say this all
the time what makes you guys great is you seem to be
a collection of players who
We'll roll out of bed and run through a wall without any
hesitation without any second thought. And it just seems like
John Lynch is done. A great job of identifying, guys. Like you,
George kid'll, just badass. Do you feel that when you go out
on the field to compete against somebody that you guys are
ready
without any sort of pause? Just we're going to go get this
done. I'm going to hit you as hard as we need to to make it
happen. I mean we do it to each other at breakfast.
So I mean, we get really excited when we can do it or
somebody else, you know,
that's just that's just Um that that like you just said, John
Lynch and and Kyle and in jail, like they do a really good job
of going to get guys that fits our team.
As you can see
later in like the second half of the year when we got
Christian McCaffrey what a perfect fit to be in the system
like ours, you know. Yeah, with the guru,
big-headed office of guy cow. Calling the plays, you know.
Dan is just how dare you talk about my friend like that. Do
you got to tattoo, huh?
I do it.
Kyle had his removed but Crystal has yet. Still go. I'm
a loyal friend, all right, wow,
he didn't really have his remove
either way. Wait. All right. So do you feel like you know,
that's always encouraged to because we do talk about that
a lot. Had like no hesitation in your guys game
right here. Oh what's that? Just like no hesitation no,
there's nothing that any of you do, do the coaches? Always kind
of kind of pound that into your brain
or I mean that's just that's just like it she should part of
your culture. That's just a coach. Yeah, yeah. Legit like
if you if you ain't built to
get down and he made a 49er. There you go. Right. There you
go. Who's the craziest of the crazy? Who's the guy that would
run through the thick? Yeah, who's the guy that nobody in
the locker room wants the best? But they know that just
the they'll throw down. You're like damn already. He's crate.
There's always that guy. We got a lot of. I know
you do. I know. I mean you're probably in the list. Like we
got a lot of those. Yeah. Yeah you got Fred right? You got as
he's right. Dre green long,
right?
Me war, right? Was like, I could name. They're ready to
throw down. Everybody like anybody out there. Have you
ever taken one? Now, give me one. I'm taking Trent, you're
taking a trench
smart way to go with
the biggest guy. All right, here's what I just a fun
question, right?
A NFC Championship game, two years in a row. I know you're
disappointed by that.
What team was better? Did you feel like last year you know,
the loss of the Rams are this team, of course, with Brock
party being healthy was better.
Well, I did you have the plaintiff? Quarterbacks each?
Well, I just wanted to make sure, you know, I'm not saying
before he got injured, we're not talking about that. Look,
you guys look like in the second half.
I feel like this team's this, this year's team was better. Yeah,
talking about them for special teams as well.
Adding George Odom, time
to our special teams and
end up being all pro guy. And yeah,
it's just, it's just crazy. And then,
you know, from top to bottom on ID, friend, start with the D
line, all the way back. Like,
You got guys. Yeah, and I mean, go to the offense. I mean, from
Trent on Down the Line, like,
you just look at our huddle on both sides, like all three
phases. You like like how? Yeah. The guns. And yeah, like
yeah. So this year was
this, this one hurt more because you felt like
I know they've all heard it was see what's crazy
last year. Her ten times worse than this year did
because of the just how close it was the game
we know more so of
We like we had a chance, like a
opportunity this past game. We didn't have no chance. We had
a he's talked about that a lot but like, no chance. You knew
it was
over there. You were, you know, you're in deep trouble is in
real big trouble. Right. We can't throw the ball. Like,
would you want to take it back 1950s? But
wow. Okay, three also very caring about me. You might do
it actually. They probably would. It took about 10 minutes
off the clock right now,
when we met with you at the Super Bowl a year ago, we're
having some fun about your contract and we're saying they
need to pay you after everything. You did last year
running the ball
receiving everything you brought to the team. It got
weird for a while
here. I mean and I still this here when your head
is our most no moment until season
when when you're in the club and they have the signs Deebo,
Samuel back to the 49ers, a dumbass did it come to, you
think to you, going somewhere else?
No, comment. Okay.
Damn, you just tormented my friend for not raising. That's
what you did, huh?
What a jerk. How does my guy how's it? You got it. Did you
know in your heart it was going to work out. In the end. Of
course
you just play him just business. Business is at
the end of the day is yeah, I got. I know it is and we listen,
we're all for, we're always for the player getting paid. We
were supporting you for sure.
I want to know, you know,
you always keep it real. You got to play the Eagles and
least get a first-hand. Look at them. A few weeks ago,
the Chiefs you got to play and,
you know, middle part of the Year,
give us a give us the you know what? Jumps. I do. What's
the thing that like, you were like, oh my gosh, this is what
the Chiefs are great at. And then, oh my gosh, here's what
the Eagles were great at when you first kind of evaluated them,
oh my God, you got Patrick Mahone,
okay,
oh my God, you got five guys, sick, five six, guys on
the Eagles defense Atlanta with
better Logistics. Right sex right so those you got one guy
with 20. Yeah
yeah and other guys they like 10.
Yeah. So that was the first thing with each team where
Tell us about the Mahomes thing, though. It what is it?
What is it? You know, even though you're on all went and
what do you want? What do you want? What is it due to your
team? Even though you're on offense and you're not playing
for him like,
you know, like, okay, we're going to have to play a special
way or what are you thinking on the sidelines when you're
watching him throw? Like just please. Thank them. That's all.
Yeah. Like if you don't stack them like
you're screwed. Yeah, you're screwed. Is there anybody else
in football? That's like that. In your opinion.
Nah, no Pat Mahomes little different. Yeah. Have way
different yeah. Yeah, that's what everybody says. That's
Jimmy Ward earlier and I keep playing in my brain, the last
play
of the game against the Cowboys.
When they were setting up, I don't know what the hell.
I don't know how they'll come. You were playing at paying
attention to Ezekiel Elliott playing Center and all that
stuff in there. Getting what happened to him?
Yeah, but that was just boom. I mean that that is the epitome
of what the 49ers are defensively and you deal with
that in practice, they
don't pause boom down.
We do to each other at parties. Yep. Like Camp is like our
Have is like real
yeah I know it is mono e mono,
I best office 11 verse I best defense 11 and we are one but
what happens is and this was my concern for the 49ers all year
long I said the best team in football as long as they keep
their Core
group of players healthy but it's hard to do. When you play
the way you do get Reckless. Abandon and guys are gonna get
injured, you got engine, I came back from a faster, anybody
thought but
that's the balance. How do you strike that balance? When
you're playing of, I'm going all out and I know if I go all
out all the time. I'm
there's a good chance that I'm going to be out for a few
weeks. That's why you got multiple guys on your team that
can help. When I went down, we still in lose
you guys see Meg, you got Brandon, are you playing at
a high level? Second half of the Year, kill, just turn on till
yeah. Like, you got like we got guys dislike step up like not
too many people talk about third and Juwan. Yeah. If
I mean you just got Rave MacLeod,
special teams guy also
go in there and make a couple of plays. Like it's not a big
deal. Drop off. When, you know somebody if Christian got hurt
we have Mason I mean I can go back there and help I got hurt.
Yeah, Christian
can Coldplay by your position, right. All right,
you know you got guys on our team that just helping every way.
All right, you got it. There's one position where you might
not want that the quarterback. Like, what are you sick of like
having to talk about the quarterback thing?
And I mean, this is where are you guys? I just, we do it. No
way on me at all. Like I'm a big town, like control
the things you control. That's how
Out of my control
like Kyle do a great job for years,
picking people to be a part of the team and you know, was the
know what's our culture, and he know what he wants as
a quarterback and so does John and Jed. So I feel like they'll
do, right? They'll make the right decision for what's best
for our team. If he's going to get a quarterback
there, go get one. Yeah, if they believe in what we have,
and that's what we're going to rapidly devotionals here today.
Thanks to the folks at Wells, Fargo Depot, tell us we have
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Institution is in, which means,
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The wings are 23%. Mmm,
Lord. And what it was, right. So I mean Super Bowl party,
the chickenwing. Yeah, so I mean, that's just that's just what's
going on, you're telling me that. So that's so. I mean it's
fitting, you got a boatload of cash and now, you're selling
Wells, Fargo was here.
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