🚨San Francisco 49ers Just Made A BIG MISTAKE + Big 49ers News Before Massive Game vs. Rams, Preview

🚨San Francisco 49ers Just Made A BIG MISTAKE + Big 49ers News Before Massive Game vs. Rams, Preview

Are the Niners going to get their doors blown off by the Rams on Sunday here at Levis’s? Or are they going to find a way to pull the upset and Kyle Shanahan’s going to, you know, take another bite out of that coach of the year apple that he’s looks like he’s destined to eat. Look, I’m a little bit worried about this game, but anytime you do have Kyle Shanahan coaching the offense, Robert Salah coaching the defense, you will have a shot. And that’s really why I wanted San Francisco to make a move at the NFL trade deadline, because I wasn’t asking for the Niners to make a move for a superstar type of player. But they needed a body at the defensive end spot because they were so thin there, especially after the Micah Williams injury. And by not making a move, now Keon White is a little bit banged up. You have no idea what your pass rush is going to look like. And it comes down to bodies at this point. Do the Niners even have enough bullets in the chamber to last with a team like the Los Angeles Rams? And while the Niners can go out there on Sunday at home, be competitive, pull off the upset, you think back to that game in week five and you think about all the crazy things that ensued, all the crazy things that happened and how improbable of a victory that was. A lot of things had to go right in order for San Francisco to win that game as 8 and a half point underdogs short week on the road with a rash of injuries, right? M. Jones dropped back nearly 50 times in that game. He threw 49 passes and he had one of the best games of his career. Kendrick Bourne had a career game. Eddie Pinero was brilliant in that game. He had a career-long field goal and he was money. You had a little bit of luck. His field goal in overtime grazed off that left upright. It went in. You had the Alfred Collins peanut punch along the goal line. Otherwise, Kairen Williams scores a touchdown there. That could have been the ball game. And then in overtime, you had the fourth and one stop. A great team collective hustle effort by this Niners defense. And that was another big play in the game. So, you think back to that game and there was so much that happened. Yes, you had Fred Warner, now you don’t. But you didn’t have George KD then, now you do. I just think that San Francisco is going to have to once again play a near-perfect game against one of the top teams in the NFL. A team that’s really hot since that Ner’s loss in week five. They won three games in a row. They’ve been humming on both sides of the ball. And from a matchup standpoint, if you can’t generate a pass rush in this game, you’re in big, big trouble. Matthew Stafford is in the thick of the MVP conversation. He has what, 21 touchdowns throwing and two interceptions this year. He’s been great. Pukanakua banged up. He’s been highly productive. Devonte Adams, eight touchdowns, nearly 500 yards this year. They have a good offensive line. They have a really sound running game with Kairen Williams. And so you lack a pass rush that aids the Rams because Matthew Stafford can sling it. Shawn McVey calling the offense. They have so many weapons there. on your offense. You have a porous offensive line that against elite defenses really struggles, especially top-notch defensive lines. What do the Rams have? A top-notch defensive line. Jared Verse is one of the best overall players in football. Byron Young is having a phenomenal season this year. He has nine sacks on the year. And so, I kind of like how the Rams defense matches up with the 49ers offense. So, if the Ner’s don’t play perfect and if the ball doesn’t bounce their way and if they go out there and they play like they did against Jacksonville back in week four, like they did against the Ravens a couple of Christmases ago and they turn it over and momentum isn’t on their side and the defense is on the field for a long time, then the offense can’t do anything like the Houston game, this could get out of hand early. I hope that doesn’t happen and I’m hoping that the Niners can keep it close, but we’re gonna find out what type of game this is, I think, early in the first quarter by the flow and by the complexion of it, Larry. Yeah, I mean, the Rams can win all kinds of ways. The Rams can win leading. The Rams can win coming from behind. The Rams can win any number of ways. The Rams can win in a game where they run the ball. The Rams can win in a game where they throw the ball. Uh, the Rams can win in a game where they don’t score a lot of points. The Rams can win in a game where they score lots of points. Why do I feel that way? Well, just, you know, you look at at the 49ers, I think the 49ers can only win if the Ner’s defense can’t stop this Rams offense. The only thing that the Niners can do in this game to have a chance, they have a they have a punchers chance and that is if the Ner’s offense and defense work together to beat the Rams offense. That’s the only way the Niners are going to have a chance. Um, what I mean by that is the Niners have to play complimentary football. The NerS have to dominate the time of possession. I’ll say this. I don’t think the 49ers are going to win any games the rest of the year against anybody where they get the time of possession dominated against them. If they don’t dominate time of possession or at least hold their own, they’re going to get their doors blown off. They can’t their defense can’t stand up to, oh my god, your defense was out there the whole game. Your defense can’t stand up even for half the game. They need their offense to protect their defense. They got to play ball control. They got to play keep away. They got to think first downs. They got to dominate the time of possessions. It’s got to be It’s got to be a 75 play to 45 play end of the game. It’s got to be a Niners hold the ball for 38 minutes and change. It’s got to be that kind of a performance. Um and the 49ers are also going to have to battle them even on the turnover margin. If those things happen, if the Niners are even or better on the turnover margin, if the Niners can possess the ball for 38 minutes, then they got a shot. If they can play complimentary football, play keep away from Stafford, limit the possessions, because let’s be honest, I mean, I’ve I’ve looked at this thing a million ways, the 49ers are going to come out, they’re going to play a bunch of zones. They’re going to they’re going to mix in their zones. They’ll have their keys and their things that they’re looking for in the zone, but they’re they’re basically going to play a zone defense and they don’t have a lot of rush up front. Stafford is awesome. Um, he’s got all kinds of weapons. He’s got a laser release. He’s got a rocket for an arm. Uh, he can go down the field. He can do anything he wants basically. So, they’re going to have to speed him up somehow some way. Now, um, but I think that’s it right there. If the Niners can win the time of possession, dominate an offense, limit the possessions, possibly get a turnover or two, um they can they can possibly nip them at the wire in a close one. Otherwise, it’s Rams big in this game. That’s how I see it. The issue with the 49ers with all of the injuries that they’ve had this year and because they lack juice at some really important spots, especially in the trenches, is that it’s gotten to a point where the margin for error for the NerS is razor razor thin. And so the things that I mentioned, the things that you mention about what the NerS have to do as far as the pace, the flow, the look of the game, that’s what the NerS have to do to beat quality opponents. And another thing too, we’ve seen against Atlanta, we saw against the Giants. In each of those games, the Ners finally had success in running the football. They got to 39 carries in both of those games. Well, with an average offensive line, when you go up against some of these top-notch elite defenses, they’re unable to run the ball. That’s been a problem all year long. But when they do go up against teams that are susceptible against the run, that’s when they find some success. And that, to your point, Larry, allows them to win time of possession to keep that Rams offense on the sideline. What was a huge key, thinking back to that week five game in the first quarter, the Rams barely had the ball because the Niners were able to go on elongated drive, eat up a lot of clock, convert on a lot of third downs in that first half. In general, I really liked how Kyle Shanahan was aggressive in that game. You think back to that Giants game, first drive of the ball game, that defense was paperier-mâché. Jackson Dard and the Giants went right down the field. The Niners knew from the previous week, that awful loss to Houston when the defense gave up long drives and the offense couldn’t sustain drives, that they couldn’t give up an opening drive touchdown against New York, have a short drive for the offense after the defense gave up that long scoring drive. So, what did Kyle Shanahan do? He was aggressive. He went for it on a fourth and one from the Niners zone territory to keep that drive going knowing he needed to give his short-handed defense a rest. And the Niners marched right down the field, went on that long drive, ate up a lot of clock and scored a touchdown. And so that’s also a thought process for Shanahan here. You got to be aggressive, I think, early in the game as well to kind of set the tone and send a message, but to also possess the football to keep that Rams offense on the sideline to give your defense, which again dealing with a lot of injuries, doesn’t have a pass rush, refreshed throughout this game, too. Yeah. I mean, let’s get right down into the nitty-gritty. On first and second down, the 49ers have to get yards. They can’t have negative yardage plays, can’t play behind the sticks, can’t have penalties. Um, Shanahan, I asked Shanahan what he thought of this defense, and I was asking him about the run defense, and then he started talking about their defense overall, and he said, “They have not given up a third and 12 or better all season, not one.” He’s like, “It’s week 10.” I mean, that’s unbelievable through nine weeks of football. So, you’re this and I asked Kubak about it. He’s like, “Yeah, man. And if you get to third and long against this defense, their death, they’ll turn you over. They they they their coverage is sound. There’s nowhere to go with the ball. They rush the quarterback. Um they use Quinton Lake and a bunch of dime coverages. I mean, it’s a it’s a it’s a really interesting uh defense if you’re if you fall into third and and long. So, run the ball. I mean, the Niners in that first game ran 33 times and they ran for 2.2 a carry. Do you think they’ll do the same thing, Chase? to me if they if they can’t run, do you think they’ll do the same thing where they’re just like I asked Kubak, I mean, is this going to be head knocker bowl number two? Uh, and he’s like, it could be, you know, it could be that that kind of a game because I feel like when you look at how good the Rams are on third and long as a defense. The Niners can’t take chances on first and second down or any kind of wild plays trying to go for big yardage. They got to get to third and manageable every time or Jones could get knocked out and they’re going to be punting. So, do you think it’s going to be another game? Do you think the Niners are going to still struggle to run it or do you think with KD back they’ll have more they’ll be more efficient running it than they were in the first game? They’ve definitely been a little bit more efficient since KD came back and running the football. Now, against Houston, they were down big so early that they were kind of forced into a spot where they had to throw it a lot. And M. Jones had to drop back and air it out and that didn’t do him any favors in the pass game because the Niners offensive line couldn’t hold hold up against Dil Hunter and Will Anderson. But it is a great point that you make that if you play behind the sticks in this game, you’re screwed. Which is why the rushing efficiency on some of these early downs to get into third and manageables, third and mediums is going to be vital in this game. And I don’t think it’s a knock on M. Jones that Kyle wants to run it. I just think that this offense is so much better and operates so much more better when you’re able to find success in running the football because it becomes so more balanced and then so much more balanced and then the play action is able to work off of that. And the offense becomes more difficult to defend when you’re able to find success in running the football. But we’ve also seen that when the Niners can take a lead in a game under Kyle Shanahan, when they can dictate the pace and the flow of a game, it’s usually when they’re running the ball, playing their style downhill and physical, there’s so much of a different and a better offense. And so I think Shanahan’s going to try to run it. Unfortunately, when the Niners have gone up against really good defenses, and this is a good Rams rushing defense, they just haven’t been able to farewell in running the ball all year because their interior offensive line isn’t that good. And I don’t think they’re going to get that much better at the center spot going with Jake Brendle over Matt Hennessy. I’d like to see more Hennessy there at center. Yeah, it sounds like Brendle’s coming back. I’m like, when Shanahan announced that yesterday, I’m like that sounds like a threat uh more than anything. Um Hennessy’s played really well. I don’t Brendle doesn’t even look good in practice, you know? I mean, they just love Brendle. It’s it’s crazy. Um, it just I don’t, you know, if if there’s greatness there, man, it’s it’s masking itself behind a lot of mediocrity. The Niners, I’m not loving the fact that the Niners didn’t do anything at the trade deadline. Um, and and I really don’t like being told that, you know, I can’t be disappointed. It’s like if I if you’re disappointed, you’re somehow you’re an idiot. And it’s like, no, no, I’m not an idiot. I just know that they’re not good enough and they don’t have a good enough pass rush. And and then it’s like I get a lot of people in my chats, Krug, I don’t want to trade a first round pick for a rental. I didn’t say do that. Um Krug, I don’t want to trade all of our draft picks next year for a guy who’s no good. I didn’t say to do that. So, all I wanted to see them do was trade a draft pick in one of the next two drafts for somebody that that they could put in their rotation who could actually lead the rotation. I was thinking like a Michael Clemens from the Jets. Uh or I would have loved to see them just continue to build and maybe use um you know a day three day two pick on um you know a piece a Tvandre Sweat, a Jackson Powers Johnson um you know a Brian Thomas Jr. somebody who would be in that category of you’re still building. That’s the approach I wanted to see him take. I didn’t need to see them go for like a go for it trade this year but they obviously need help up front. I don’t know if they’re going to be able to get any off anybody’s practice squad or if they’re even going to get that creative. I watch practice every day. I mean, they are pleading with Robert Beal. You know, it’s like Rob, come on Rob this. I mean, it’s just it’s unbelievable. They draft they drafted this guy out of Florida State. He’s 6’4. He’s 260. He runs in the four fours. He has absolutely no instincts for the position and has never demonstrated any. There’s a reason that Kirby never played this guy. And and did the Niners figure that out? No. They keep sitting there just putting feeding into Robert Beal, Robert Beal, Robert Beal. It’s like, dude, how much longer are you going to go with this failed experiment trying to justify this draft choice and not get down the road? There’s got to be five or six real defensive ends on practice squads all over this freaking league that are worlds better than Robert Beal. But they won’t do it. They just keep Robert Beal. I gota watch it. The practices they’re pleading with him. Rob, do this. There’s so much junk in his pass rush. All this shimmy, all this all these moves, all this crap and he just needs to streamline and go hunt quarterbacks and he just can’t do it. Um, and it’s brought me a lot of frustration, but I’m more frustrated, not that they didn’t do anything. I’m more frustrated at these idiots who are just like, you guys don’t have a right to be disappointed. Really, they’re six and three. There’s only like three teams in football that have a better record. The entire freaking league is wide open. Um, and you desperately needed help and you didn’t get any. And it’s like you’re now gonna point the finger at the people that wanted that actually had passion and wanted you to get better. And then I love the Mike Silver report where he’s like, “Hey man, people inside the Niner building were really frustrated and there’s frustrations mounting that they didn’t do anything.” So, I don’t know. I get the sense that um there’s different factions in this organization that want different agendas, different things. I don’t know what’s going on, but they needed help and they didn’t get it. It’s as simple as that. We can debate the rest of this about keeping picks that, this, and that. They have missed on 18 picks in the first three rounds in the last nine drafts. That’s an average of two per year in three rounds. They’re going one for three on average in the first three rounds of the draft. Every year they’ve run this team. So, this sorry if I’m not like thrilled that they preserved their draft capital um when they haven’t done a lot with it at times. That’s where I’m at. Give me your perspective. I know you’re, you know, you’d cover the Niners, you cover the Eagles. You’re not just so Niner centric that you just can’t see the forest through the trees. What was your viewpoint of this trade deadline from their perspective? How would you evaluate what they did in Keon White and Cleveland Ferrell and what they didn’t do basically on DRA on uh on trade deadline day? Well, I think a big reason why a lot of viewers gravitate to the 49ers report and the Krug show is because you and I among very few who cover the NerS have an ability to think critically and we’re not delusional. We know that the NerS have not won a Super Bowl since 1994. And while they are a well-run organization and they’ve done a lot of good, they haven’t won the big game. And that sick Super Bowl, it continues to escape them. And so if the NerS had come out of that Giants game, Larry, with Mike Williams healthy and they didn’t make a move, I would say, okay, I see what they’re doing here. They made the trade for Keon White. They added Cleveland Furl. Keon White against the Giants, especially rushing from defensive tackle, was very disruptive. Cleveland Furl had a really good hustle sack of Jackson Dart. Keon White is really a player that Robert Salah and Chris Koserk like because of the size, versatility, and the power in this wide nine and the ability to impact the game from a couple of different positions. Cleveland Ferrell back in 2023 had one of the best years of his career. He started every game for the ners that year and they made it to the Super Bowl and he had three and a half sacks and he too has positional versatility. And so if Mike Williams was healthy and you looked at the edge rusher rotation as Mike, Bryce Huff once he comes back against the Rams, Keon White, Cleland Furl, Sam Okuanu, Robert Beal, I would say that’s a pass rush that I think Robert Salah can make work. Here’s the problem. Mel Williams tore his ACL. Your two starting defensive ends from week one are now out for the season. And you are once again one injury away from being in a spot where you are desperate, where you’re scam scrambling around just to field a defensive line that can get through a game. You are six and three. You are not a two and seven ball club. You are in the mix at six and three. You are 3-0 in your division. Guess who the number one seed in the NFC is? The Philadelphia Eagles. Guess how many wins they have? The same amount of wins as the San Francisco 49ers. Did people think that in 2021 when the Niners started three and five with Jimmy Garopppolo, they were going to make it to the NFC Championship game and they should have made it to the Super Bowl. And in week 17, they had that heroic win the final week of the season against the Los Angeles Rams. I don’t think a lot of people thought the Niners were NFC Championship game bound. Now they have a better quarterback than Jimmy Garopppolo in M. Jones and of course Brock Pury. When the Niners started two and two or uh excuse me four and four in 2023, did people think that the NerS were going to be NFC Championship game bound uh in 2022 and uh they started what? Yeah, they started 500. They made the trade for Christian McCaffrey. A lot of people when the Niners started four and four were saying season’s over once again. They’re not gonna fulfill expectations. Kyle Shanahan should be on the hot seat. You know what move they made that year to inject some life into the ball club. They traded for Christian McCaffrey. Then they went on a tear. Part of the reason why making a trade can be so impactful at the deadline is the juice and the belief it gives the locker room. Which is why I think Mike Silver had that report that a lot of people are frustrated within the Niners organization that they didn’t make a move because everybody knows this defense is simply not good enough to make a run in the playoffs. They might make it to the postseason. They might win a playoff game, but it’s going to have to be a game in which they play perfect and one that comes down to the wire and one that they close out. You can’t survive in today’s NFL if you don’t have a pass rush. And I wasn’t calling for the Niners necessarily to trade for a star player. A one for Trey Hendrickson, then you have to give him a contract extension in a reset year. I can see why the Niners didn’t make that move. But could you have given up a second or a third round pick for a young player who you can continue to build with? And here’s the other thing, Larry. That player doesn’t have to be a Reynold. That player can be a part of your future. And when you look ahead to 2026, when is Nick Bosa going to come back? When is Mel Williams gonna come back? We have no idea. So, you’re going to be light on defensive ends and at the very least inexperienced at defensive end if you draft somebody in 2026 as well. These draft picks are not guaranteed. I think the Niners whiffed. They stood pat. I think they missed out on an opportunity to do something special this year because as currently constituted and constructed with this roster and with this pass rush, there is now a ceiling on this team. Anything can happen when you get in the dance. Anything can happen in a league of parody. Anything can happen in the NFL. So if you made it a if you made a trade and your pass rush improved with Kyle Shanahan coaching the offense, Robert Salah coaching the defense, you would have an opportunity against anybody in a wideopen NFC and a wide openen NFL this year. But by not making a move, one player goes down, you’re screwed again. And I’ll tell you this, we’re recording this live on Friday. If Keon White can’t play in this game, what are they going to do? What are they going to do at defensive end? Are they gonna elevate Andrew Farmer from the practice squad who played D2 ball at lane to try to get after Matthew Stafford with the passing attack that has Puka Nakua and Devonte Adams? Come on now. Don’t tell anybody that they can’t be frustrated. Fans should be frustrated that the Niners did not make a move because it’s a blown opportunity here. How do you think that Trent Williams at 37 feels? How do you think that Christian McCaffrey leading the NFL in touches feels? How do you think that George KD toward the end of his prime is feeling that the Niners decided to stand Pat? They’re probably a little bit frustrated, too. And some people will say, “Well, Chase, they’ve made trades. They traded for Brian Robinson. They traded for Sky Moore. They traded for Keon White.” There’s a great saying, context is really important, right? The Niners were in a spot where they needed to make a move. Those moves outside of Keon White happened before the season. Those moves happened before the litany of injuries that the Ners have suffered. And with Mike Williams going down, you were in a spot where you needed to make a trade because you needed another body out there. You can’t trade a late round pick for a Draymond Jones or an Ardan Key or somebody along those lines. They could have. I know it takes two to tango, but sweeten the deal a little bit. Give up a mid-round pick for 2026 if you need to. Think about the players who the Niners have drafted in the third round of late. Jake Moody, Cam Latu, Ty Davis Price, Trey Surman, no longer on the team. Some people have said, “Well, Chase, what do you think about Gyar Brown, Dominic Pun, and Upton Stout?” Gyier Brown in the third round is one of the worst starting safeties in the NFL. Dominic Pun has regressed in year two. I like Upton Stout as a player, but he’s not a world beater right now. He’s a good building block. The point here is a trade, you’re getting a player who you know who they are. Drafting, you have no idea if that player is going to be able to pan out or not. So, you and I are in agreement on this. The Niners should have made a trade and uh it’s a big swing and miss for this organization. I think, you know, the funny thing is the irony of the whole thing is people will be like, you know, if if guys like you and I are like, “Hey, man, they should have done more. They’re really doomed.” Like, you got to believe. You got to believe. Well, you know what? Where was this belief from Lynch when he told us in the off season um that they were going to take their lumps this year? I mean, it’s almost like they they they decided what they what their what their ceiling was before they played even the first game of the year. I mean, that’s what it feels like. It feels like they decided that they weren’t going to be I mean, this is a team. All I want to see is a little consistency. When they took this team over, it was like no amount of Dline capital is too much. They were so deep up front in their initial team that they almost had two D lines. They had two starting D lines. Now they’re signing Keon White on a Wednesday and he’s their best defensive lineman. They’re picking up Cle off off the street and he’s the the only guy that does anything up front. He’s not even on the active roster. I mean, what do we where has the depth of the defensive line go? Where’s the consistency? What has happened to this defensive line that was the deepest in football at when they took over? And it’s just it’s like they can’t pick defensive linemen. They can’t sign the right defensive lineman. They can’t draft the right defensive lineman. They’re, you know, CJ West I liked in the draft. He’s not even active, you know. Um, they loved Mikuel Williams. He had one sack. Um, you could have had other guys that were more productive. Jaylon Walker. No. Um, you know, you you went all in on Javvon Hargrave. I mean, it’s like I mean, how to how to thin out your herd at defensive on the defensive line by the San Francisco 49ers. I mean, they every year that goes by, their their Dline, which is where they wanted to put their money and their assets and where they wanted to be really strong, gets goes from being a strength to it’s not as much of a strength to it’s kind of a moderate strength to now it’s a freaking weakness. Now it’s an overwhelming weakness. So, I mean, it’s like, sorry. I mean, and and I I love Chris as a guy, but where’s this line? I mean, this I mean, show me the the the buildup of this line. I mean, it just all they do is just get more and more guys that can’t do the job and um it’s it’s it’s frustrating to watch. I mean, I want to see a little consistency. They obviously needed more on their defensive line. They didn’t get that help. Now, you know, you have people going, you know, you’re don’t be, you know, you don’t believe. It’s like, did Lynch believe? Did Shanahan believe? Every time Lynch and Shanahan talked about the trade deadline, every time, even from early in the year, they always were like, “Yeah, you know, we’ll see.” And even Shan, when Shanahan went on national Sirius XM at the beginning of the year to assess the year, he’s like, “Well, hopefully, you know, we can hang around and maybe find our way into the playoffs.” I mean, it was it was like they had decided how good their team was before they had played any games. Yep. And here’s the other thing. At six and three, what do you think Howie Roseman would have done? You think Howie Roseman would have made a trade? Of course he would have. How Roseman would have made a trade. And a lot of people will say, “Chase, stop sucking off the Philadelphia Eagles and comparing the NerS to the Eagles. They’ve won two Super Bowl champions. You should be comparing yourself to them.” Yes. If you aspire to be great in a copycat league, you should look at what the best teams are doing. The Eagles have won two Super Bowls since 2017, and they have the best general manager in the sport who made three trades in one week before the deadline. He’s made nine trades since the start of training camp. You know why? Because he’s going to exhaust every single avenue in order to improve the football team. But the NerS did not do that. And whether it’s player one on the roster or 53, how Roseman is always going to look to upgrade. And he also knows that when you make a move, it gives the team confidence. It gives the team juice that the guys upstairs believe in them. And it can really reinvigorate a team that clearly is a little bit down in the dumps with everything that’s gone wrong this year, all of the injuries that they’ve suffered despite they’re still six and three. And don’t tell me that the Niners didn’t have picks to give up. 2026, their own first, their own second, a third, a fourth conditional. You can trade those. You can’t trade comp picks, right? But you’re slotted to have three compensatory picks. If you gave up your own fourth rounder, which can become a fifth if Bryce Huff gets eight sacks, you give up that fourth, who cares? You still have three fourths in the bag. You get a round seven conditional pick from the New England Patriots. And then in 2027, you have your own first, your own second, your own third, your own fourth, fifth, and two sevenths. And you’re probably going to get competiatory picks in the 2027 draft as well. That is plenty of ammunition for you to continue to build through the draft. So, so many people out there who either cover this team or who are a fan of this team. I respect the fandom. And it’s always important to remember the word fan is short for fanatic, but the NerS aren’t a perfect organization. The NerS can be held to a standard. The NerS can be criticized. What do you think Eddie D would have done if he was running this team at six and three? He would have made a trade and signed off on it. And honestly, the blame can’t just be on John Lynch. Maybe it’s Jed York who didn’t want John Lynch and Kyle Shanahan to make a trade. That’s totally possible. And the reason why Howy makes so many trades for the Eagles is because Jeffrey Lur says, “If you think this can improve our ball club and give us a shot, do what you got to do.” And thankfully, you know, the NerS don’t have this meddling owner like Jerry Jones, but Jed York may have stepped in and said, “It’s not our year. You’re hosting Super Bowl 60. Try to make it your year at six and three.” Yeah. No, I mean, absolutely. Let’s talk about the future a little bit. Um, what is the future at the quarterback position? Orlovski’s talking quarterback controversy. Um, Grant’s got a stream going right now. The 49ers could trade M. Jones or Brock Birdie this off season. He’s going on right now. Um, everybody loves to be like, there’s no controversy. It’s like, sorry, control freak, you don’t have that kind of, you know, you don’t control the situation. And the ners can say, “Hey, there is no controversy, but they don’t control the situation. This nothing controls this situation except for the performance of these players.” Um, you know, you are until you aren’t. You know, Jake Moody was going to be the Niners kicker for a long time to come according to John Lynch in July. Uh, by September, he’s of Chicago Bear. So, so much for that, right? So, a lot of this talk is just talk, right? Uh, the Niners have signed Pertie. I like Pertie. I think Pertie’s the better of the two. But there are a lot of Niner fans that think that Jones is the better of the two, that he’s got the better arm. And that since he’s the cheaper guy, they ought to go with the cheaper guy and trade the expensive guy and build up the team around M. Jones um on a cheaper contract. What’s the future of the quarterback position? What’s Brock Pertie’s future? What’s M. Jones’s future? What’s the Ner’s future? I mean, it’s an overwhelming positive to have two quarterbacks in their mid20s that can both process and that you feel like you can win with. To me, this seems like a golden opportunity for the 49ers to use one of these guys to continue to build around the other. Um, but we’ll see how they play their hand of cards. How is this going to go? Everybody’s insisting there’s no controversy. There’s no controversy. But the reality is is if M. Jones goes and beats Stafford on Saturday on Sunday and the Niners threw Pery back out there the following week and he lost right then and there you would have a huge controversy on your hands because there’ll be all kinds of people calling for M. Jones. That is not my delusion. That is reality. So how do you see it, Chase? I mean what do you see at quarterback? Is Brock better than Mack? Is Mac better than Brock? Is should they keep them both long term? Should they sell off of one and try to get picks and build around the other? How do you see it? Well, where would the Niners be here in 2025 without M. Jones? He signed a 2-year $8.4 million contract. He is 5-2. And if I told you that he went five-2 by the middle of November, or he started seven games, I should say, by the middle of November. A lot of Niner fans going into the year would say, “Uhoh, a repeat of 2024 when the Niners went six and 11, but he has played really well.” And Dan Orlovski, you mentioned him when you were teeing me up, had done a M. Jones quarterback breakdown, and he said that Mack is playing like one of the better quarterbacks in the NFL. I agree. Now, five and two, he’s done a tremendous job in games where he’s had to throw it a lot. I think he’s proven to be a really good pocket passer. I think people have cooled on Brock Pury a little bit just because he’s been injured this year and last year he played just okay, but there was a lot that went wrong and a lot of injuries. I still think Brock Pury is the Ner’s guy. But if he comes back at some point this year, he really starts to struggle. That’s not a good look on him. And it’s not a good look on the Niners that they gave him that huge contract. I mean, can you imagine if the Niners didn’t give him that deal and this was the expiring year of his contract, he got hurt and M. Jones will be playing like this. I think a lot of people would change their tune in going from Brock Perie is the guy to saying we got to roll with Mack because he’s going to be the more affordable guy. Let Brock Pury test the waters in free agency to see what he can get. Now, I think that Perty gives you more as far as an athlete being able to improvise and create plays out of structure. I think behind an average offensive line that can struggle against really good defensive lines pretty so often has been able to bail you out. I think that at times he can throw with better touch, accuracy, and anticipation downfield. But M. Jones throws a better deep ball. He has a stronger arm sometimes within the pocket. He’s a better quarterback. I like his durability. I like his size back there. So, they both certainly have strengths, but I do think that Pertie is still the better of the two quarterbacks, but it’s a luxury to have a guy like M. Jones on that contract so affordable beyond this year as well. If Pertie gets hurt again, you know you have Mack. If Pertie plays poorly, you know you have Mack. The other thing with trading away pretty, I don’t know if there’d be a lot of teams out there who’d be willing to take on that contract of $265 million and $55 million per year. I think that’s a little bit too high for a lot of teams out there. Plus, I don’t know if you could trade him to a team with a cold weather climate like the Cleveland Browns. It doesn’t make sense to trade for a quarterback like Pertie who’s smaller and struggles to grip the ball in poor weather when you play in Cleveland. You have to play in Baltimore, play in Pittsburgh, play in Cincinnati. And so the pool of teams that you could trade pretty would obviously dwindle a little bit as well. It’s interesting. Okay. So, somebody said, “Hey, man, you get a second round pick for M. Jones.” I think I’d rather have Mac. Jones. I’d rather have Mac. Jones. So, then a second round pick. Um, I’d also rather have Germaine Johnson than a third round pick right now. You know what I mean? I’ve heard people say also argue that, you know, that Brock Perie, you know, because of his contract is not going to have a lot of value. Grant’s discussing this right now. Should the Niners the Niners could trade M. Jones or Brock Purie this off season? Do you do you agree with that? And um what would you say, you know, and this is we’re just guest, you know, guessing here, but what would you say the price tag would be for Pertie? What do you think the price tag would be for Jones, man? Um it’s hard to speculate on these things. Kind of eye the beholder, too. It’s like, well, wait a second. If there’s some one general manager or some one coach, somebody who’s empowered who really thinks, you know, has this conviction that Brock’s super special or that Jones is super special, you never know. They And if you don’t have a quarterback, you know, it’s like you’re desperate in this league. Yeah. I’d say Pury played elite in 2022. Pretty played elite in 2023. He was top five in MVP voting and in recent memory he had one of the most efficient quarterback seasons that we’ve seen. He was incredible in 2023, but he also had a semblance of playmakers that was probably the best collection of playmakers around him in the National Football League in 2024 when those playmakers went away. That’s when he struggled a little bit. I think another concern from GMs with Pertie, the inability to throw and play in bad weather, but also the injuries, right? 2022 elbow, 2024 shoulder, 2025 toe. And so I think that damages his value a little bit. It’s been a little while since he’s played great football. You know, at times in 2024, he was good, but he was also very turnoverprone and tried to be the hero late in games and made a lot of mistakes with the football. When you think back to what he did at Iowa State, I watch a lot of Brock Birdie. He was a gunslinger. He turned it over a lot. Is that the quarterback who he is or in 2023, you know, did he prove otherwise or did he just have one outlier very efficient season? So, I think Pertie would be worth like a second round pick because of the contract honestly with M. Jones because of his contract, I think he might be worth a second round pick as well, which sounds crazy, but when you think about those factors, which I do think are important, I think both those quarterbacks are worth a second. I’m not trading either of them. M. Jones has saved the Niner season this year, and you see why Kyle Shanahan loved him in the pre-draft, right? He looks like a perfect fit in Kyle Shanahan’s system. And so, I’m holding on to him this year, great value. Holding on to him next year, great value. and you know that you have a backup plan if anything goes wrong with Purie or if he continues to struggle. And I think that if M. Jones were to play well for the NerS next year and you wanted to give him a contract extension, could you get him at a deal like what Daniel Jones got, like what Sam Darnold got, Baker Mayfield where it’s between 35 and $40 million potentially. Um let’s go speed round here at the end. First of all, Kyle Shanahan said yesterday they’ll make a decision tomorrow today after practice on if Brock will suit up against the Rams. What do you think? Do you think Brock winds up suiting up? Do I mean I I think we’ve got the indication that Jones spoke yesterday that Jones is going to start this game, but do you think they’ve talked about, hey, maybe Brock will be the backup in some of these games. I think that makes sense in the playoffs or in a gotta win it playoff situation. I don’t know that that makes sense outside of that. Yeah. Um, as Brock being number two as opposed to just either you’re starting or you’re inactive. Here’s the thing. He’s literally been dayto-day for a month. He’s been day to day for a month. Like, he’s practicing. He has his shoulder pads on. He’s got his helmet on. He’s throwing in practice. He’s starting to do a little bit more, but he’s been daytoday for a month because the turf toe, it’s a tricky complex injury and the risk of reagravation is very high. So maybe he suits up as the backup, but the Niners have to be very confident that if M. Jones were to get hurt and he got banged up in the first game against the Rams because that defensive line got after him that he’s going to be ready to go that he won’t reinjure that toe. And I don’t think the Niners know that. What’s your read on Iayuk? Is IOU coming back? Is surprising by the rest of the year? I really wouldn’t. Yeah, I don’t think he’s gonna play this year. I mean, I I thought he’d play around Thanksgiving, but now I’m starting to think, no. Yeah. I mean, for Kyle Shanahan to say, “We think there’s a chance he could play this year.” That’s not good. We are now about 13 months removed from that injury. I never expected him to come back in like nine to 10 months like other people with ACL tears because he tore three ligaments in his knee. It was as bad of an injury as you can suffer. So, the NerS want to make sure that he’s reaching some of these GPS metrics that he was able to hit pre-injury and all that stuff. They obviously also don’t want him to get hurt for themselves or if he has any trade value. IU probably is being being very conservative as well, but it wouldn’t surprise me if he doesn’t play this year and just had just has one of those medical red shirt seasons. What’s his future with the team? Does he have one or do you think he’s traded? I I I’d like for him to have a future because I’m intrigued at the thought of a healthy Aayuk, a healthy Pi if he can ever stay healthy and Kendrick Bourne is a cheap option. Demarcus Robinson under contract next year. Jordan Watkins is a speed threat. Jacob Cowing, who’s now reinjured his hamstring three times, which is crazy. Classic Niners strength and conditioning department. I I do like his ability as a football player. And then the draft is always rich with wide receivers. So, I’d like to see what IU can do, especially under the contract that the Niners signed him to because in the two years prior to that injury in 2022 and in 2023, he was a top 10 wide out. The guy’s a dog as a run blocker as well. really like the way that he plays the game. Now, obviously, a lot of Niner fans have cooled on him with the way that he handled the contract, and I didn’t love that either, but he’s a really special player when healthy, but if he gets Dell, that wouldn’t surprise me either. JJ, you think he’s here next year? No, he’s gone. What do you make of Persol not able to get out there? Um, this thing has lingered. It really has. I mean, a lot longer than I thought. I mean, yeah, he he banged his knee on the sideline. I thought it was a bone bruise. I thought, uh, maybe he’ll miss a game. He’s been out for a month. Yeah. Well, he had that knee injury going into that game and then he injured his knee as he hit it on the grass and then that probably made the injury worse. The thing with the PCL, it helps stabilize the knee. As a wide receiver, if your knee isn’t stabilized, that thing can give out at any moment. And it’s so funny, people will call me a Ricky Piol hater when I point out his injury history, and they’re like, “Chase, he got shot. What do you expect?” Hold on. Before the gunshot, he hurt his shoulder and he hurt his hamstring. Prior to this year, he hurt his hamstring and now his knee. That is four injuries, not mentioning the gunshot that he has suffered in two seasons with the 49ers. Special went on the field. Great route runner, slick and slippery, great hands, very explosive, can make plays downfield. Almost all of his catches were going for first downs. But can the guy stay healthy? His injury history very concerning with the Niners. He was durable in college at Arizona State and at Florida. But with the Niners, he hasn’t been able to stay healthy for a long time. Again, not mentioning the gunshot. Um the Niners put this out. This is kind of funny. Show this real quick before we uh wrap up. This is pretty good. Um, 49ers have a little having a little fun in the locker room. Um, here we go. What do you call a bear with no teeth? A bear? Yeah, with no teeth. A gummy bear. How does the moon cut his hair? Eclipse, bro. He knows this, bro. What? What? Where you going? Where you going? Hey. Hey. What do you call a bear with no teeth? A gummy bear. What did 50 Cent do when he was hungry? 58. What do you call a fake noodle? A fake noodle? An imposter. That laugh is killing me. What do you call a bear with no teeth? A bear with no teeth. A gummy bear. That’s good culture right there. And that’s what Kendrick Bourne brings you. And you asked me, is Joan Jennings going to return next year? I don’t think so because Bourne was JJ before JJ. And I think born next year a lot more affordable than Jawan Jennings. And this year he’s been better than Jawan Jennings. Is Robert Soliv back next year? I hope so, man. I mean, what he’s been able to do with all these injuries, all these young players, they are top 10 in points per game allowed. They have a top 10 red zone defense. They’ve been a true bend but do not break unit. He’s done great. I think he’s going to get chances to get a head coaching job. The only thing it’s going to come down to teams with head coaching openings, do they go with an offensive mind to pair with a young quarterback or they do they go defensive mind? The risk with going with the defensive mind is that you’re always cycling through offensive coordinators. But the guy’s a baller and right when he was fired by the Jets, I said, “Bring him in.” And I was so happy that they brought him back and you’re seeing it this year. Um, all right, last thought. Um, D. Winters is banged up. Or do you think we’re gonna eventually see Nick Martin? I I I gotta think that I would love to see Robert Salah put Nick Martin on the field in some kind of sub package and run him at the quarterback on third downs three or four times. I’m not talking about 50 snaps. I’m talking about this guy is fast and athletic and you have no difference maker pass rushers. What makes a pass rusher a differencemaker? It’s that speed that those guys have off the edge. This guy’s got that four five speed. Now granted, he’s an inside linebacker. He’s not an edge rusher, but put him on the field and send him at the quarterback. And I mean, I I’m If if these guys are really defensive geniuses, then utilize your talents. You have a super uber athletic four, five3 linebacker that you took in the third round that you can’t quite get on the field. I mean, fine. He’s not refined. Send him at the quarterback. I think he had like 10 sacks in his career at Oak State. run this guy at the quarterback. Yeah. Does that make sense or makes total sense? You know who Nick Martin reminds me of? Who’s that? Early in his career. Wagner. Overpursues plays. Yeah. Very aggressive. Sometimes can’t throttle down. You know what Dwinners though did when he was younger that Nick Martin did in the preseason? Lot of wow plays. And you would say, “Wow.” The ability is certainly there. I’ll say this too, in that Raiders preseason game, he definitely missed on some plays, but he was used as a blitzer. He made a great tackle in the flat. He had a pass break up down the seam. That was a really good play. The ability is there. He didn’t play a lot last year because of that knee. And I think he’s a little bit raw. But look, you’re playing all these young guys. You didn’t make a trade because you want to have this youth get a lot of experience. Put him out there. What’s there to lose? You got to see what he can do compared to a guy like Luke Gford who’s a special teamer. See what Nick Martin can do. And to your point, use him as a pass rusher. You know, they’re dialing up a lot of blitzes with Dwinners with Tatum Bethune. Do the same with Nick Martin because I think that he can impact the game. Yeah, no question. All right, it is time for our Habis Law Supers brought to us by Habis Law. Today’s show sponsored by Habislaw. Omar Habis and his son Tar um have been have been standing up for people in Northern California for a long time. They’re great lawyers. They’re official partners of the Giants, the Earthquakes, the Sharks, and more. If you need someone in your corner, call the law firm that insurance companies hope you never call, and that’s Habislaw. They will fight to make it right. Visit them on the web at habislaw.com. habbasaw.com. They’re great guys, and we appreciate Habislaw for being a proud sponsor of the Krug Show. We got three supers in the house. We got Joseph Nberg. I think this team is in dire need of regime change. I mean, I love Nberg and I love that negativity, but you know what? Come on. Really? Regime change. You’re going to chase out Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch. All I got to say is I don’t think they’re perfect, but I need to know be I mean, I’ll say it. I’ve said this many times. I’ll say it again. Anybody with a hammer can can, you know, demo my kitchen, but it takes a contractor with skill to rebuild it. Anybody can say fire this guy, but it takes a football person to be able to say and replace him with this GM and this head coach and here’s why they’ll be better. So I I I I’m not one of these people that like if you speak bad about the organization, you’re banished from my channel. No, I I welcome it. Um it’s free and open dialogue and if Nberg, I love you, brother. If that’s the way you feel, that’s the way you feel. I don’t share that opinion that I would have regime change. What I would do is I would go get somebody’s real find out who the really sharpest young college foot college scouting director is. Take that person, make them the general manager, make John Lynch the president, and keep rolling. That’s all I would do. Shanahan’s the coach of the year, so Yeah. Yeah. Right. Uh, come on. Nberg in the house has this one. And he says, “Trade both. Maple Missile is about to light it up.” Curtis Ror, baby. Curtis Ror. Maple Missile. Could you imagine if the Could you imagine if if this is all about Curtis Ror and he’s just like some awesome player in Perie and Jones? It’s like, oh, those guys. It’s the Ror. It’s the Ror show. Thomas Huxley say or Tommy Huxley says Larry Fears Harrison. Uh, what does that say? Harrison movie the thicker kicker. Oh, that’s right. Um, uh, or Harrison Mavis, the thicker kicker. The Rams have a new kicker. Josh Cardi gets one blocked every week. They said enough with that. They’re bringing in a guy that they’re calling the thicker kicker. Can you tell us anything about the thicker kicker? I didn’t know about this. Cardi has a leg, but yeah, blocked field goals are a problem. Let’s see if maybe I can find Yeah, seriously, great nickname. Um, I don’t know if I can find the picture of him, but they do have a picture of this guy and he is kind of a fat kicker. Um, so, and by the way, just so you know that the Niners aren’t the only team that gets guys who were hurt. DeForest Buckner placed on IR today with a neck injury by the Colts. So, this is this that is this league. You know, you add, you subtract, you subtract, you add. Um, you know, guys get hurt. Uh, Tucker Craft done for the year. Ed Oliver put on IR. Deorest Buckner put on IR. You got to roll with it and that’s why you got to keep going and that’s why I was hoping they’d get some help up front. They didn’t. And now we shall see what it what uh what it means going forward. Chase, what do you got cooking the rest of the week? Yeah, plenty of content to come in the leadup to that Niners Rams game and then we’ll be live for another watch party on the 49ers report on Sunday. So, hope to see all of you there. Are you guys still uh shotguning beers in the in the in the live stream in the uh live reports or is that some here and there, but uh I’m training for a high rocks competition here in a couple of weeks. So, I really haven’t been drinking that much outside of just game days. So, uh we still have fun. We still bring the energy. Getting a little bit older now. The recovery isn’t the same. So, not as many shotguns, but if somebody sends in a big time super chat, you know, sometimes we got to get down. There you go. Is there a fridge on, you know, in the studio there that where you guys tape where? Right by the studio. Yeah. Okay, there we go. We just got a super Get us a Get us a tall can in here. That’s how it goes. That’s how it goes sometimes. 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