Are the 49ers in a Super Bowl window?

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00:00Right away, as I sit down and look at the Boxer and Gerson work injury attorney's text line,

00:05I just want to thank everybody.

00:08These all made me laugh based on what we were talking about in the crossover.

00:14And someone with 650 texted in, Willard's book is going to be titled Numbers Are Numbers.

00:21And that's absolutely true.

00:23And so that's perfect.

00:25It will not be titled Super Bowl Window.

00:29There's a few things we want to talk about here to start off the show.

00:32But can I ask, it sounds like you guys talked about this a lot yesterday, you and Ev.

00:37A little bit, yeah, a little bit.

00:38Can I get a definition here and just can we ask that question of everybody?

00:44You can call in.

00:46Are the Niners in a Super Bowl window?

00:48And what does that mean to you?

00:50Well, it means two things.

00:52First answer for me is yes.

00:54And the second answer to how are they is they have the two pieces that you absolutely have to have,

01:02which is starting quarterback who's more than capable, head coach who is really, really good.

01:07And so when I look at Super Bowl windows around the national football league,

01:13you want to talk about Buffalo and McDermott and Josh Allen.

01:17And he's a more than capable coach.

01:19Now, they haven't really done it in January, but he's a good quarterback.

01:24I look at Taylor and Burrow in Cincinnati and think, ah, this might be Super Bowl or bust,

01:29because I think that they're kind of getting tired of Zach Taylor if they don't get it done.

01:33I think about Baltimore with Lamar and Harbaugh.

01:36Absolutely.

01:37Mahomes and Andy Reid.

01:39You got to be bleeping me.

01:40Those are Super Bowl windows.

01:43Great quarterback, great coach.

01:45And I look at the Niners, and I see, yeah, you've got a great quarterback and a great coach

01:48and other pieces around those two key guys that are good enough to help you be a winner.

01:55I mean, I agree with you, but I think part of this, like any question,

01:59it's based on sort of like how we take that question.

02:04What is the perspective you use with that question?

02:06When I say someone's in a Super Bowl window, that doesn't mean I'm telling you,

02:10oh, like I think that they're definitely a candidate to win the Super Bowl,

02:15but there's a ticking clock on it, and then it'll suddenly be over.

02:20And I'm like, yeah, there is a ticking clock on Baltimore and their Super Bowl window.

02:25It's when Lamar Jackson doesn't play there anymore or loses a step.

02:30But we go deeper into that.

02:32Like when it's your team, like the Niners are.

02:34Like we know their cap, and we know, oh gosh, we've got this machination,

02:39and we've got parties extension coming, and this, that, the other.

02:43We go into all of that.

02:46And I'm like, I think that that's just, we overthink that stuff.

02:50So my answer would be yes, they're in a Super Bowl window,

02:53but I don't even know if that necessarily means the same thing for everybody who says it.

02:59To me, if you're a well-run organization, and you have a good quarterback,

03:06you're always in the Super Bowl window.

03:08Always.

03:10So when people go, oh, they've got about two years left.

03:13No, they don't.

03:14No, they don't.

03:15Right.

03:15And so many of the quarterbacks out there that you all would widely accept as in a Super Bowl window

03:23have not gone to a Super Bowl, have not won the games in January that Brock Purdy has won.

03:30Buffalo and Baltimore.

03:30Has not won the games in January that Kyle Shanahan has won.

03:34So why are they in a Super Bowl window?

03:37You just accept it because you know that Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson,

03:43now Joe Burrow has been to a Super Bowl, but you know that those players are good.

03:48And they are at the most important position in sports.

03:50I'm not telling you that Brock is as good as those guys, but he is an extended quarterback.

03:56It's no different to me than saying Jared Goff.

03:59Are the Lions in a Super Bowl window?

04:02Are they?

04:03Absolutely.

04:03Okay.

04:04They have a good quarterback.

04:05He's making over 50.

04:07He's won games in the playoffs.

04:09He's been to a Super Bowl with a different team.

04:12You put the right things around him.

04:13You get a good coach.

04:14That team can win the Super Bowl.

04:16And that should be the situation as long as Jared Goff is young enough and playing in Detroit.

04:22And it's your job as the organization to move the chess pieces around every year

04:26and make that work for that player.

04:28That's the way I define it.

04:30For me, it's quarterback and coach and, like you're saying, organization.

04:33So Philadelphia, are they in a Super Bowl window?

04:36Of course.

04:36Now, they've got the Super Bowl hangover that maybe they have to square off against.

04:41Well, they won, though.

04:43The Super Bowl hangover is usually the team that lost.

04:45It is, but if you look at teams who've gone back-to-back, the last team to go back-to-back was the Patriots, I believe.

04:52And it's been a little bit of time since you've had a team go back-to-back.

04:56So I do think that the hangover actually applies to the winner as much as the loser because you play into February and the disease of me.

05:05Now everyone wants to get their chicken, and that's what Charverius Mooney Ward talked about in the Mike Silver piece,

05:10how all the Niners wanted to get their money, and those who didn't get their money were feeling some type of way.

05:17So the Super Bowl window for me, even the Rams, and I'm looking at their run, they won the Super Bowl.

05:23They had a good year, then they had a terrible year, but then after that, boom, back-to-back, playoff seasons.

05:29Good coach, good organization, good quarterback.

05:32That's a team in the window for me.

05:34I mean, it's fun to almost go through the whole list, and let me ask you, like Super Bowl window?

05:41Or like, could you see this team winning a Super Bowl?

05:44I mean, are the Packers in a Super Bowl window?

05:47I don't think so.

05:48No?

05:49They might be.

05:50I haven't seen enough of their quarterback and their coach.

05:53They haven't quite gone deep enough, but yeah, Washington would be the other one.

05:58Washington, Super Bowl window, I think everybody would say yes.

06:02What about the Chargers?

06:04Super Bowl window?

06:06I mean, maybe.

06:07Those to me are the maybes.

06:08Is Denver about to start a Super Bowl window?

06:12We will see.

06:13I don't know if we've seen enough from their quarterback yet.

06:15Like, the coach has won a Super Bowl.

06:17The quarterback had a good year.

06:18And that's where I'm going to be a little bit more hesitant with Jaden Daniels as well,

06:23because C.J. Stroud, they had a great year, his rookie year.

06:27And then last year, they kind of all collectively stepped back a little bit.

06:31Yeah, no doubt.

06:31So, I'm interested to hear what people think.

06:35Like, how do you even process that phrase?

06:37Super Bowl window.

06:39Jonathan in the city, here on Willard and Dibbs.

06:42Hi, Jonathan.

06:42What's up?

06:44Good afternoon, guys.

06:46Hello, Dibbs.

06:46Hey, Mark.

06:48Congratulations, Mr. Lovely Christy.

06:51Thank you, Jonathan.

06:52Boy, it's tough getting your name changed, but I'm working on that.

06:57All right.

06:57So, the window, I think, kind of closed last year, right?

07:00That's why they didn't make the playoffs.

07:01But I'm not saying they can't open it back.

07:03This schedule, the way it's looking, it could be a blessing and a curse.

07:07It's a blessing.

07:08Like you guys alluded to earlier, a lot of question marks.

07:11If they're able to answer that question with flying callers and pass it with a nice grade,

07:17they can find themselves a playoff.

07:18And window open, crest for six, and on we go.

07:22But, you know, they got a 30-year-old running back.

07:24They're really going to use him as a bell cow?

07:26Hopefully not.

07:27But the left tackle is kind of old, too.

07:30And hopefully he stays healthy.

07:32Or do they have, you know, a good backup plan?

07:35And also, Brock, man, is he going to be able to adjust?

07:38So, now that the book is out, the defenses are going to be crowding the middle because he's always throwing, you know, inside the numbers.

07:45Hopefully he's going to be able to adjust.

07:47Hit some, you know, not all the time, but, you know, hit a pass or two or maybe three a game.

07:52So, deep throws is just to keep the defense honest, you know, maybe try to get some outside-the-numbers routes to completions.

08:01And also the defense, man.

08:03Hopefully they pick some guys that are going to be studs.

08:06If they do that, man, they can find themselves in the playoffs again and window open.

08:11If not, long road ahead.

08:13Donovan, thanks.

08:14I mean, that's kind of like what are we talking about if the Super Bowl window closes,

08:18but then you're allowed to just open it right back up again.

08:20So, you know, that's kind of what I'm getting at.

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