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The 49ers opened the 2024 NFL Draft

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with a scheduled 10 draft

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picks. Over the course of the seven

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rounds of selections, the 49ers made three

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trades and ended up with eight new

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players. The most significant news was surrounding

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the trade the 49ers did not make.

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In the course of those three days,

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the 49ers did not deal Brandon Ayuk

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and they did not trade Debo Samuel.

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Instead, the team added two wide receivers

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who could fill specific roles and bring

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a lot more competition to a group

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that has been lacking sufficient

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depth. Jennifer Lee Chan

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and I will wrap up all the

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happenings from the weekend and evaluate how

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the 49ers filled their needs or their

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wants from the draft. Also,

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what's up next for the 49ers this offseason?

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We'll discuss all that and much more on

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this episode of 49ers Talk coming at you

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by Toyota. Okay, Jennifer, the 49ers had

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their 10 draft picks

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entering this selection three

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days. That was rough, but hey, let's

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go with it. The selection three days,

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also known as the 2024 NFL Draft.

1:29

They come up with eight draft picks.

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It's kind of what you and I predicted. We

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didn't think they were going to take 10 guys. We thought seven

1:36

or eight and they ended up with eight. They ended

1:38

up with eight. They end

1:40

up with two wide receivers,

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two defensive backs, two offensive

1:45

linemen, and then they

1:47

have a running

1:49

back, a linebacker.

1:52

That's it. Yeah. That adds up

1:54

to ... Let me get my

1:57

shoes off and count my fingers and toes. Yeah, eight

1:59

draft picks. So that makes total sense

2:03

And of course we got a touch

2:05

on it the 49ers all the speculation

2:07

all the chatter They're gonna trade a

2:10

wide receiver. They did not trade Brandon.

2:12

I you nor Debo Samuel But they

2:14

do come out of these seven rounds

2:17

with two wide receivers

2:19

Ricky Pearsall, of course selected

2:21

number one In the

2:24

first round picked 31st overall and

2:26

then also Jacob Cowing from Arizona

2:28

a smaller slot guy return

2:31

man, so What

2:33

they've done is they've added to

2:35

that competition in the

2:38

wide receiver room And I think

2:40

they've really bolstered that position Before

2:43

the draft we talked about how we didn't know

2:45

who the number four wide receiver was because they

2:47

didn't have a number four Right. So

2:49

now they have guys that can definitely

2:52

compete for the third fourth fifth position

2:54

with especially with Ricky Pearsall who

2:56

knows all three wide receiver positions

2:59

and I think his Knowledge of route

3:01

running his ability to make really remarkable

3:03

catches maybe with one hand maybe with

3:06

two And then Jacob

3:08

Cowing his speed his agility and the

3:10

fact that he can do more as

3:12

a returner I think that just levels

3:15

up the wide receivers room. Yeah, and that was

3:17

like one position Well, there are two positions

3:19

where the foreigners really needed somebody and

3:22

one was punt returner, right?

3:25

And you're cowing adds

3:27

to that competition. They already have Trent Taylor Now

3:29

it's looking like Trent Taylor's gonna have his really

3:31

is work cut out for him to make this

3:34

53-man roster there are other

3:36

possibilities of guys who could return punch including

3:39

Ricky Pearsall But I don't think they want

3:41

to use him as a return man The

3:43

other spot is nickelback and I think the

3:45

foreigners feel like their second round pick

3:47

Renardo Green from Florida State is a

3:50

guy that has that capability to play

3:52

nickel So, you know, those were the

3:54

two spots for sure. They wanted to

3:57

add people before we started

3:59

taping this Just have to

4:01

Tatum Bassoon his of Florida State. He made

4:03

a Renardo Green and he emphasized how tough

4:05

of the guy he is, how aggressive he

4:07

is, and how he just wants to come

4:10

down and hit somebody. So I think the

4:12

foreigners got a really good selection. Their a

4:14

guy who can play nickel or he can

4:16

play outside versatile. I think that's that. One

4:18

of the themes that in this whole class

4:21

is the versatility. Yeah, in that

4:23

your shows up with the Office of

4:25

Wine to that. The two guys they

4:27

took their they took Dominic Pony in

4:30

the third round and he's a guy

4:32

that has basically position flexibility where he

4:34

could play conceivably all five spots on

4:36

the offensive line as in late in

4:38

the draft. In the six rounds they

4:41

took chair at Kingston from us see

4:43

Northern California guy from my neck of

4:45

the woods. I grew up in Anderson

4:47

with Anderson Hi. he was a club

4:50

the Anderson Cubs. You

4:52

like? I can just gonna bring you those. I was

4:54

impressed that you knew. Exactly. How far

4:56

it was from Santa Clara? Yeah I

4:58

used hours at a gas Jennifer ask

5:00

me how how far is Anderson from

5:02

here and then I gave her a

5:05

number like from where I live in

5:07

that was like oh no no cure

5:09

from Santa Clara as probably two hundred

5:11

and ten miles and it was two

5:13

hundred and eleven. Yeah mister by want

5:15

our but settle out to cyclists Okay

5:17

but I think. There's this

5:20

perception. Among the fan

5:22

base about the forty hours offensive

5:24

line that it gets, it'll the

5:26

worst often. So why in the

5:28

history of football but. They

5:30

I mean. We been talking

5:32

about this a lot. Like. It's

5:35

not about off, it's a line folks,

5:37

and the Forty Niners certainly believe the

5:40

had as well. Right in. How do

5:42

we know the four years believe that

5:44

they're often some wine is pretty good.

5:46

It's because their actions speak louder than

5:49

words. Now there is your that they

5:51

They did get two guys who are.

5:53

Potentially. Starting interior often

5:56

sublime is that were both of

5:58

those guys pony and cases. Start

6:00

out. They. Didn't address

6:02

the offensive tackle position, but there's

6:04

good reasons for that because offensive

6:06

tackles are really hard to find.

6:09

Right? And they were in a when you

6:11

look at that, the draft class coming out.

6:13

there is a few that are guys that

6:15

you're going to start immediately on Nfl teams

6:18

and then after that there's a little bit

6:20

of space And I know Rj Guillen and

6:22

Tarek a mod spoke to us after the

6:24

draft concluded and said you know they're soft

6:27

spots in the draft and they have to

6:29

look at how the draft pans out and

6:31

where the foreigners pick which was number thirty

6:33

one to start. Silly. To get

6:36

the best player at that position that can help the

6:38

off And they went with forgive Yourself. Yeah,

6:40

and I mean the forty hours.

6:42

Believe that you. Would. As

6:44

Cassini has said, we like our

6:46

tackles of the way they are

6:49

right now and that's obviously with

6:51

Trent Williams at left tackle and

6:53

Co. Mckevitt at right tackle. your

6:55

the backup right now the swing

6:57

back. it would probably be jail

6:59

and more of he in L.

7:01

There's an opportunity for some of

7:03

these guys to to step up.

7:06

They might added a veteran in

7:08

free agency, but they've already added

7:10

Jarrod Parker who started some games

7:12

with the Raiders in the past.

7:15

But I think that this. Draft.

7:18

Primarily. Was more about

7:21

the was. Rather, Than the

7:23

needs. They. Wanted.

7:25

These guys didn't necessarily need on,

7:27

but they wanted them. To.

7:30

Set up for the future

7:32

and just about every role

7:34

here now. As we

7:36

go down the lists, Ricky Pierce all has

7:38

an opportunity to make an impact. Your.

7:40

Was absolutely question about around as

7:43

a third receiver, fourth receiver. Whatever

7:45

the case may be, Rinaldo Green

7:47

has an opportunity to make an

7:49

impact year one as a nickel

7:51

back but I think all the

7:53

other guy's a toilet or guys

7:56

who if they're going to make

7:58

an impact it has to be

8:00

on specialty ames and will start

8:02

with Malik. Mustafa. From

8:04

wait for safety who probably won't

8:06

have an opportunity lessors the injury

8:08

or something that to crack into

8:10

the starting lineup. It's safety as

8:12

long as tell on Oahu. Fine

8:15

Get is healthy. They have Gyro

8:17

Brown who they picked in the

8:19

third round last year but he's

8:21

a guy that as John Lynch

8:23

I think said built like an

8:25

adonis Yes I mean I saw

8:27

like after they drafted am I

8:29

looked at some pictures on his

8:31

Instagram as like. Oh. My gosh.

8:33

Like really, if I had a body

8:35

like that, I would never. I

8:38

wouldn't even own a shirt. I would just

8:40

as be walking around. Right now, I would

8:42

be just bare chested and as proud as

8:44

a peacock. I think it's interesting that

8:46

Malek Mustapha also said you know I'm willing

8:49

to I'm wanting to make a mark up

8:51

in special teams. That's exactly the same path

8:53

that Telenor who fund the had when he

8:55

came to the foreigners and was drafted he

8:57

and the fifth round he said i want

9:00

to be a pro bowls says Team Sky

9:02

I want to be an uphill specials hims

9:04

guy and my for a seer. It turns

9:06

out in his second year he is an

9:09

all pro for the Forty Niners at Safety

9:11

so er at de sac that guys understand

9:13

where they are coming into a. Pretty

9:15

loaded roster with the Forty Niners that

9:18

they are going to have to carve

9:20

out a role maybe on special teams

9:22

are. However, they need to do it

9:24

to make the roster to be a

9:26

contributor. That mentality I'm sure is really

9:28

appreciated by both. Shall mentioned tells him.

9:30

Yes the for years did

9:32

make three trades in this

9:34

draft. They traded down once

9:36

bar with Kansas City on

9:38

Friday to take Renardo Green.

9:40

They traded Beat up Speed.

9:42

They. Traded up eight spots on

9:45

Friday as well depict Dominic

9:47

Cooney of the office alignment

9:49

from Kansas. and then on

9:51

Saturday they traded up eight

9:53

spots with the Jets to

9:55

take the player that iconic

9:57

considered the most interesting pick.

10:00

Of all. Because

10:02

I didn't expect the forty

10:04

hours to necessarily to draft

10:06

a running back. But they

10:08

did. They drafted Isaac Gore

10:10

indo from Louisville who started

10:12

his career and Wisconsin and

10:14

Kenny. Amazing thing when you

10:16

look at his career is

10:18

it he only started one

10:20

game in his entire college

10:22

career. And is the

10:24

very last game you'll basically last

10:27

game a ballgame and guys are

10:29

opting out a don't play. But

10:31

he did play and what what

10:33

he brings to the table is

10:35

he's a big guy. He's six

10:37

foot, two, twenty one twenty one.

10:39

who any runs a four, three,

10:42

three forty, so that's that's flying

10:44

so he's got the size, He's

10:46

got the speed and looks like

10:48

he can catch the ball a

10:50

little bit. And I mean this

10:52

is definitely. A spot where

10:54

a lot more than a need.

10:57

Christian Mccaffrey has two years left

10:59

on his contract but allies you.

11:01

Mitchell Scheduled to be an unrestricted

11:03

free agent, George Mason is scheduled

11:05

to be a restricted free agent

11:07

at the end of this next

11:09

season In so there is an

11:11

opportunity there for Grinned Up. To.

11:15

Him put himself in the

11:17

mix this year, but then

11:19

have a significant role. Next.

11:22

Year and I guess nobody's really closing

11:24

the door on him having that opportunity

11:26

to to carve out something for himself

11:28

this year at some point place clearly

11:30

as up a spot in the draft

11:32

in the fourth round where they took

11:34

him where they're like okay let's look

11:36

ahead a year and maybe projects some

11:38

needs out and find a guy that

11:40

yelling it by next year if they

11:42

need him to already have been in

11:44

the system for one four year and

11:46

should have this thing down pat. And

11:49

and let's be honest Eliza Mitchell is

11:51

than a fantastic back when he has

11:53

been healthy but the condition night of

11:55

that statement is when he's than healthy

11:57

cells. I mean. Isaac.

12:00

Indo could really have an opportunity

12:02

right away as a leisure Mitchell

12:04

and in mean he's. Been.

12:06

Remarkable when he's down the field. but

12:09

there's then injury after injury and I

12:11

know the foreigners love him, but when

12:13

he is unavailable to play. That's.

12:16

When you're younger, guys are going to be

12:18

able to step up. I know they also

12:20

love George Mason. I found Go Renders discussion

12:22

about Bobby Turner though the most entertaining part

12:25

about the draft process for him. Said

12:27

legendary pushers running backs

12:29

coach rights. And you know

12:31

players that are being it contacted by

12:33

Bobby Turner if they don't respond quickly.

12:35

if they don't call him back right

12:37

away they can. I get a little

12:39

bit of a a a de mer

12:41

it on their name as little. Success

12:43

of and governor has been coaching

12:45

running backs a long long time

12:47

like you know he he coached

12:49

only coach and mccaffrey yeah he

12:51

crook coach or troll davis your

12:54

when he was he on. A

12:57

late round draft pick in earned

12:59

his way on the team with

13:01

the Broncos. In In have become

13:03

our a Hall of famer. Butts

13:05

Bobby Turner is known. He's famous

13:07

for. Hauling repeatedly said

13:09

the as draft prospects yes and

13:11

I just don't know how he

13:13

has and of time in the

13:16

day to to make all these

13:18

phone calls and Toby's us everything.

13:21

Yes at heat, Bobby Turner, even Cold

13:23

Isaac when we were on the zoom

13:25

with him and his introductory is like

13:27

press video in interview so his I

13:29

hope he doesn't get mad at me

13:31

for not answering right away and that

13:33

have to get back to her in.

13:35

Fact it was when I was asking

13:37

him about how your it did Bobby

13:39

Turner? did you talk to Bobby Turner

13:41

more during the pre draft process than

13:43

any other running backs coach and he

13:45

got a big smile. He said oh

13:47

yeah, like by a long ways and

13:49

in the course of basically him answering

13:52

that question, he's like, oh, he's calling

13:54

me right now. okay

13:57

so another guy that is very

13:59

and is the wide receiver the

14:01

49ers took in the fourth round.

14:04

Just a few spots after they

14:06

took Garendo,

14:08

they took Jacob Cowing from

14:11

Arizona and he's a

14:13

smaller guy but a

14:16

very fast guy as well. He's 5'8", 168 pounds but ran a

14:18

4'3", 8 at the combine. It's

14:25

kind of fast.

14:28

What I see here

14:30

is basically the Freire slot

14:32

receiver. Yeah, they've had Ray Ray McLeod a

14:35

little bit but not a whole lot of

14:37

production on offense from him. Ray Ray McLeod

14:39

was basically a return man but

14:42

their wide receiver or their slot receiver

14:44

has been by and large Jwan Jennings.

14:46

Cowing is a different type of

14:49

threat in that he's more the

14:51

kind of the jitterbug kind of

14:54

guy, the

14:56

slot receiver who's small, quick. But

14:58

one thing that Kyle Shanahan said is that he

15:01

knows how to run all the routes or he

15:03

can run all the routes. So that's

15:05

important as well as the fact

15:08

that he's now looked upon as

15:10

probably the odds-on favorite to handle

15:12

their punt return duties. Right

15:14

and he also is already familiar

15:16

with Ricky Pearsall. They worked out

15:18

together in their draft preparation getting

15:20

ready and so they'll kind of

15:22

reunite. He also is very familiar

15:24

with Brock Purdy also being from

15:26

Arizona. So there's this Arizona connection

15:28

happening with the 49ers right now

15:30

and then also obviously Florida, the

15:32

two coasts. But

15:34

I think that Jacob Cowing brings

15:37

a different element. He's shifty. He's

15:39

fast and I think it's, you

15:41

know, again we talked

15:43

about it with Ricky Pearsall with Jacob

15:45

Cowing knowing all the routes that

15:48

need to be run and all three positions

15:50

that Kyle Shanahan asks his wide

15:52

receivers to run. I think the

15:55

the Ascension like the the Development

15:58

and the the. Adaptation

16:00

to the Nfl going to be much faster

16:02

and smoother for these two receivers and it

16:04

has been in the past. At the another

16:06

part of this is that your

16:08

cash in Hand is always looking

16:10

for ways to grow the office

16:12

in and he has so many

16:14

coaches who have coached under him

16:17

other places now. I think this

16:19

is an opportunity for calcium and

16:21

to take something from one of

16:23

his former coaches in implemented to

16:25

of the forty hours. there's actually

16:27

two things. it's your word Mike

16:29

Mcginn he was doing in Miami

16:31

with the cheat code and in

16:33

having fast guys liked that. Terry

16:35

Hill. Like going in motion to

16:37

good momentum, going. Kind of almost

16:39

like Canadian Football League right? and

16:42

you'll get that momentum going. You

16:44

can be gone. Moving towards the

16:46

landscape would just be getting getting

16:48

moving and put the defense on

16:50

their heels. And the other person

16:52

is a Bobby Slowing, the former

16:54

Forty Niners assistant coach who's now

16:56

the office coordinator of the Houston

16:58

Texans. And the reason I mention

17:00

that is because the one cop.

17:03

For. Jacob Cowing is take dell.

17:06

And Tank Dell Kind of came

17:08

into the Nfl last year under

17:10

the radar, but as a rookie,

17:12

had a really good season with

17:15

the Houston Texans. so those are

17:17

two elements. The Ricky Peer Salt

17:19

certainly different type of receiver than

17:21

Shake of Cowing, but two guys

17:23

that can bring maybe some. We're

17:25

just some different elements to the

17:27

forty hours off and than what

17:29

they've had in the past it

17:31

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17:33

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Four years added a draft picks have

18:57

any so his The surprise would be

18:59

that they did not add a tight

19:01

and. I think also that

19:04

they didn't add an edge rusher. I

19:06

mean even if it was later and

19:08

in the later rounds, I always feel

19:10

like they always add someone on the

19:12

defensive line and I went. Actually,

19:14

Back and looked at pass draft classes

19:16

and it was really only a few

19:18

years ago when they didn't add someone

19:20

to the defensive line but seems like

19:22

that such an emphasis but again looking

19:24

at how the draft and let the

19:27

talent handouts. at thirty one there wasn't

19:29

a spot for them to get a

19:31

high end what I and pass rusher

19:33

so they added under a free agency.

19:35

Editor know, they did a lot of

19:37

work in Fried say that was the

19:39

last Arik Armstead He's now a member

19:41

the Jacksonville Jaguars. They caught him when

19:44

he didn't expect the pages, And so

19:46

right now you're defensive in their corsi

19:48

ethnic bowser. Leonard Floyd. He

19:50

tore gross Matos Drake Jackson as a

19:53

guy that they're still hoping to get

19:55

something out of. So those are or

19:57

four guys. Their. Growth.

20:00

Matos can move inside to rush the

20:02

passer in nickel situations and then on

20:05

the inside, J.V. on Hargrave, you

20:07

have Malik Collins, Jordan

20:09

Elliott, Kevin Givens.

20:11

So there's some guys there,

20:14

Collia Davis. They do have pretty good

20:16

depth there. I think they're lacking in

20:18

the name recognition that they had a

20:20

year ago. Right. But maybe they're

20:22

thinking that they can get better production out

20:24

of the guys who are back with the

20:26

team. But tight end is

20:29

really going to be, I was going to

20:31

say good competition behind George

20:33

Kittle. But I

20:36

mean, is there a good competition? Because you

20:39

know, that would definitely be a weakness right

20:41

now as far as that depth. That would

20:43

be one spot where I fully expect them

20:45

to add another veteran guy who had some

20:48

experience. Right. They have Cameron Latu

20:50

and Braden Willis who I think they

20:53

want to believe in. Cameron Latu spent his

20:55

whole first season on IR

20:57

and not being able to play. And sometimes

21:00

that can stunt a rookie's growth

21:02

in their second year. We've seen

21:04

it before. But I

21:06

mean, they still believe that they can

21:09

contribute. They hope they can. Yeah, they hope

21:11

they can. And that's what they're

21:13

looking for. So they need to have more

21:15

production from those guys along with, you know,

21:17

like you mentioned, Drake Jackson, players

21:20

that missed that last season, they need to

21:22

get them up to speed and ready to go

21:24

for 2024. Okay, so the 49ers

21:26

did not just end with their

21:28

draft of eight players. There's

21:31

also the undrafted rookie market.

21:33

And so before we get there, I know

21:35

we've talked in the past about, you know,

21:38

these 49er legacy players. And I don't know

21:40

if we're going to consider Luke McCaffrey that,

21:42

but might as well. Right. Well, Ed McCaffrey,

21:44

Ed McCaffrey played for the 49ers. So absolutely.

21:47

So he was selected by the Washington commanders

21:49

as a wide receiver in the third round,

21:51

the last pick of the third round, pick

21:53

100. And then the only other

21:55

49er legacy player who was

22:00

drafted was Brendan Rice from USC, obviously

22:02

Jerry Rice's son, and it was the

22:05

LA Chargers that got him in the

22:07

seventh round. That was a lot

22:09

later than I think he expected to be drafted.

22:12

Then two guys who weren't drafted,

22:15

Frank Gore, Jr., ends

22:18

up with the Buffalo Bills. This

22:21

one is interesting, Tareek Owens,

22:23

son of Terrell Owens, ends

22:25

up agreeing to terms with

22:27

the 49ers. You're

22:31

familiar with him because you watched him at the

22:33

local Pro Day. Yeah, he

22:35

had really raw

22:38

talent, but the Measure

22:40

Bulls, he tested better

22:43

than his dad, Tarell Owens, the

22:45

Hall of Famer. Now he's not as big as his

22:47

dad, but you could see

22:49

the way he ran the style kind

22:51

of similar. That's what

22:53

John Lynch said when Tareek went

22:55

running up to him that there was something

22:57

familiar about his gate, and it was the

23:00

exact same as the receiver

23:02

who ran up towards him in the

23:04

game when he was playing in NFL,

23:06

Terrell Owens. Yeah, okay, and then

23:08

a couple of guys that the 49ers have reached contract

23:10

terms with, all kind

23:12

of interesting fellas, Tanner

23:15

Mordecai, he's a quarterback, so we

23:17

knew they'd add up a quarterback,

23:19

and so this would be the

23:21

fourth quarterback. A very difficult battle

23:23

for him to make the roster

23:26

when the 49ers already have Brock

23:28

Purdy and Josh Dobbs

23:30

and Brandon Allen, but I think we probably

23:32

said the same thing about Brock Purdy a

23:35

couple years ago, so who knows, Tanner Mordecai.

23:37

Well-traveled, started his

23:40

career at Oklahoma, then went to

23:42

SMU. Oklahoma for three years, didn't

23:44

play much. SMU was a

23:46

starter, and then last year, Wisconsin also

23:49

a starter, threw for nearly 10,000 yards

23:52

in a college career, so six

23:54

years. Let's talk more about these

23:56

experienced guys. Drake

23:59

Nugent from South Carolina. Stanford finished

24:01

out at Michigan. He's a center. So

24:03

he comes to the team and

24:06

then Yeah,

24:08

I mean those I guess those would be the the two Main

24:12

guys Mordecai and Drake new Jenna

24:14

Center I mean, it's really

24:16

interesting to see how the transfer

24:18

portal has given these guys so

24:20

many different opportunities across college football

24:22

so the scouting department can

24:24

see these players in an old one

24:26

system and then another and it kind

24:29

of Maybe they get a

24:31

little bit better idea of what how adaptable

24:33

they are how coachable they are What system

24:35

works better for their body type and skill

24:38

set it used to be as? Tera

24:40

kamad said kind of a

24:43

red flag whenever a player or a

24:45

student athlete transferred now It's

24:48

the rule more than it is the

24:51

exception and in fact of the 49ers

24:53

draft picks the only one Who

24:55

did not transfer? transfer Was

24:59

Renardo Green? He

25:01

started off with Florida State. He

25:03

finished at Florida State Everyone

25:05

else transferred and check this out another

25:08

thing it used to be kind of

25:10

like if a player didn't Leave

25:13

after three years or what's wrong with him?

25:15

Now all these players Not

25:19

only played four years Malik

25:22

Malik Mustafa played four years Everybody

25:26

else that they took played at

25:28

least five years. Isn't that crazy

25:30

because right COVID the

25:33

NC to a governing body

25:35

of college sports allowed Everybody

25:38

a COVID year right to make

25:40

up for it. So Pearsall five

25:42

years Green five

25:45

years puny six

25:47

years five seasons The

25:49

reason is because he went to the

25:51

lower level at Central, Missouri And

25:54

they had their coat they had the coven season

25:56

canceled. So he was in college for six years

25:59

Mustafa four years, Granardo,

26:03

six years, Cowling, five

26:05

years, Kingston, six years,

26:07

and Bethune, five years. Well,

26:10

I mean, the 49ers have

26:12

learned from experience that college

26:14

experience really does help. Brock

26:17

Purdy, because he had so

26:19

many college starts, came into the 49ers room and

26:21

was ready to go,

26:23

had so much more experience than

26:26

Trey Lance, kind of had so

26:29

much talent in his arsenal and knew

26:31

exactly how to process, how to look

26:33

at defenses, where to go, getting into

26:35

a rhythm with his wide receivers. I

26:37

think that experience paid off for him

26:39

and I think it's what the 49ers

26:41

realize is valuable. I think,

26:44

yes, there's talent and yes, there's

26:47

all the measurables that you see

26:49

from the combine and pro days

26:51

and all those bowls that happen,

26:54

but really, game

26:56

experience, I think, means so much when

26:59

you make that transition from college to

27:01

the NFL and Brock Purdy

27:03

is evidence of it. Yeah, and these

27:06

players that the 49ers acquired during

27:08

the draft, they're all men. They're

27:11

23 years old, 24 years old,

27:13

basically everybody they draft is

27:15

like 23 or 24 years old. Mustafa

27:18

is the youngest guy. He's 21,

27:20

but he looks like he's 27.

27:22

The way he's built. Yeah,

27:26

have we talked about his body yet? Yeah,

27:28

I think we probably talked a little bit

27:30

too much about his body to be honest

27:32

with you. But anyway, okay, so here's where

27:34

the 49ers are. The off-season, by

27:39

and large, it's over in

27:41

the sense that they got the players

27:43

that they want. Now, what's

27:45

next for the 49ers? Brian

27:49

and I, you got to get him signed

27:51

to a contract extension, or at least, yeah,

27:53

I mean, you got to sign into a

27:56

contract extension. Enough wide receivers have signed contracts

27:58

with their teams. this

28:00

offseason already that the

28:02

49ers have to reward him? I think

28:04

that's a good thing that some

28:07

of these contracts have been done because now it

28:09

sets the parameters and the range for what the

28:11

49ers are going to pay Brandon Ayuk. It's not

28:13

pulling a number out of a hat. They know

28:15

what the range will be for his talent level,

28:17

his production level, once you've

28:20

got those other receivers kind of on the

28:22

table. That's kind of what happened with Debo

28:24

Samuel. He wasn't the first wide receiver

28:26

done. It took a while for them to

28:28

get his deal done. It was

28:30

after several other wide receivers had

28:32

gotten their contracts. So then there

28:34

was a ballpark that they had to

28:37

hit and then it was just kind

28:39

of fine-tuning the small details after that. Okay

28:41

and then there's Debo Samuel. When

28:44

you look at what happened with

28:47

Eric Armstead this

28:49

offseason, this is going to

28:51

become more the norm where the 49ers

28:53

have reached this level. They

28:55

have a lot of high-priced players. They're going

28:57

to have to start making some difficult decisions.

29:01

I think the writing's

29:03

on the wall a little

29:05

bit with Debo Samuel that

29:07

this is probably going to

29:09

be his last season under

29:11

on his current contract. It's

29:13

tough to say that unless they're not

29:16

able to keep Brandon Ayuk around for the

29:19

long term. So how

29:22

does Debo Samuel handle that? He knows

29:25

what's going on with what's happened with

29:28

with Eric Armstead where he is on

29:30

his contract and all that. So

29:34

the 49ers and

29:37

Debo Samuel have a challenge this season

29:39

to just kind of stay on

29:41

the same page and keep pulling in the

29:43

same direction and not let the

29:46

stuff that might happen in the future

29:48

impact what's going to happen during the

29:50

2024 season. I

29:53

think all players have an understanding of

29:55

the business side of the NFL and it's kind of part

30:00

of the business. Teams draft

30:02

players that they fall in love with

30:04

during the scouting process. They build

30:07

them, they develop them, they become stars

30:10

in the case of Debo Samuel. And

30:13

there comes a time where the

30:16

numbers maybe just don't match up

30:18

and it's the hard part of the business. Eric

30:21

Armstead wanted to stay in the Bay Area. He

30:23

wanted to get his name on the 10-year wall.

30:26

He was with the 49ers for nine years.

30:29

It's just, it's one

30:31

of the most difficult parts of the

30:34

business. And even

30:36

for us, we build these relationships with

30:38

players and you see them grow from

30:41

21-year-old, 22-year-old

30:43

rookies into professionals. And

30:45

it's tough, but it's just

30:48

part of the business. The salary cap

30:50

makes it that way and players

30:53

understand even though they might not

30:55

like it, I think they understand the business. There

30:57

is a lot of motivation

31:00

for Debo Samuel this season. There's a

31:02

lot of motivation. Well,

31:04

the 49ers hope that they can get Brandon

31:06

Ives signed to a New Deal, but there's

31:08

a lot. I mean, this

31:10

is kind of in essence, even though he signed

31:12

through the 2025 season,

31:15

this in a lot of ways is a

31:17

contract year for Debo Samuel where he'll be

31:19

going out there and trying

31:21

to A, convince the 49ers

31:24

that he's worthy of a

31:26

new contract or that he'll just

31:28

finish out his old contract. Or

31:31

if the 49ers just can't make

31:33

the pieces fit financially, he's going to be

31:35

doing what Eric Armstead did and kind of

31:37

seeing what the market is for him around

31:39

the league and seeing if another

31:42

team, if he can get another bite of the

31:44

Apple as far as his contract goes. So it

31:46

promises to be another fascinating

31:49

season in the history of the 49ers

31:51

with these new

31:53

additions and wide receiver joining

31:56

the wide receivers you know so

31:58

well. Brandon I you can Debo Samuel. And

32:00

Kyle Shanahan has to make it all fit

32:03

together because as he mentioned on

32:05

Saturday there

32:07

is pressure on this team because there

32:10

are a lot of high-priced players who

32:12

might not be around all that much

32:14

longer and the team got so close

32:16

so many

32:18

times that you know how

32:20

our champion how our how success measured

32:23

with the 49ers it's by getting a

32:25

Lombardi trophy and it's been a long long time since they've

32:28

done that. It is and that's the

32:30

goal and everybody talks about windows and I

32:32

know that Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch don't

32:34

like to talk about the window

32:36

maybe closing but with

32:39

Brock Purdy and his impending

32:42

giant contract that's going to happen in 2025 there's

32:44

gonna have to be some choices

32:46

to be made and they're not going to be easy.

32:49

Yeah I think you know the 49ers standpoint is

32:51

as long as you have a good quarterback your

32:53

window is always gonna be open and 49ers believe

32:55

with Brock Purdy they have

32:57

a good quarterback and so they'll always

32:59

have a chance to win it's just

33:02

a matter of who's going to be

33:04

those players around the quarterback and so

33:06

the 49ers did their part

33:08

in in order to you know build for

33:10

the future with this draft

33:12

class and Jennifer and I we're

33:14

not slowing down the draft might be over

33:17

but the 49ers talk season is

33:19

not we'll be back real

33:21

soon with another episode of 49ers.