- 4 months ago
Category
🥇
SportsTranscript
00:00What exactly is the way that people want the Jennings thing to play out?
00:05Because one thing I know about fans, because we've seen it every offseason,
00:09and the fans are not in charge, we're not in charge, I get that,
00:12but when these things start getting down to the nitty-gritty,
00:15when we start getting through the preseason and things are still completely in limbo,
00:22people want to give up.
00:24People want to go, you know what, trade this dude.
00:26And obviously, this is not trade season in the NFL.
00:31I think we've kind of been through that, even though you saw a lot last week,
00:36but now rosters are set.
00:37You could see more, but I really kind of doubt it, but the frustrations are going to boil.
00:43I saw earlier this morning reports that there has not been movement between the Niners and Jennings,
00:49and both sides are starting to get ticked off.
00:51And now we're officially at the spot where I worry that there is simply no good resolution,
00:57because even a resolution leads to now a player who is not of the right health, both mind and body.
01:06They're not going to be ready for the season.
01:07Things are not going to go well.
01:09So we're getting damn close to where, if I'm the Niners,
01:13at least for the first few weeks of the season, I'm starting to think about other options.
01:17Well, you've already been thinking about other options, because he's not been available.
01:21And if the negotiations are close, it sure doesn't feel that way from the outside.
01:27And, you know, the roster moves that they made today, they indicate one of two things.
01:31Either, you know, they feel good about him being ready for week one,
01:34or they think that they can send a couple of guys off to the street,
01:39reclaim them in the practice squad process, and then throw them right in,
01:42whether it's Gage or Robbie Chosen, even Trent Taylor, a veteran who, when you cut him,
01:48he doesn't have to go through waivers.
01:50So these guys are all available if you need them to go on the practice squad
01:54and then get elevated from there.
01:56So I think obviously your first best choice would be, yeah, he's going to be ready.
02:02He signs, he practices, the calf is better, and he plays.
02:06But if this thing drags out, I do think week two, you still need him.
02:11Week three, you still need him.
02:12You get to week four, and Demarcus Robinson comes back, and you've got Pearsall,
02:17and, you know, who knows who else will emerge.
02:20I do think that your need for Juwan is greater now than it will be later in the year.
02:24Well, I think the thing that we're not even thinking about,
02:27it's like we sit here and look at this situation through the moment,
02:31and the moment is that, well, Ricky Pearsall can play, and Sky Moore can play,
02:35and they'll have some other people up for the game for sure.
02:38They'll have five receivers up for the game.
02:40But, like, dude, this is a game in Seattle.
02:43What happens if one or two receivers goes out and gets hurt in that game?
02:47You have to be ready for situations.
02:50And that's why I am just completely out on the idea of the 49ers going into next week
02:57and still having this as a big question mark.
03:00To me, starting tomorrow morning,
03:02I need to know who is very likely going to be on my week one roster
03:06and start getting ready for that football game.
03:10I do not want conversations and Instagram posts
03:13and walking through stadiums with popcorn bags.
03:16Like, this is not what we're doing.
03:18There's a game in a week and a half.
03:20Right.
03:21And, unfortunately, it's not the way it works.
03:23And, you know, you talked about this on how it happens all the time in the NFL,
03:27and you're right, I don't necessarily like it as a fan
03:30and as an owner of a team I would like it even less
03:33because you sign a guy to a deal, he plays well, outperforms his contract,
03:37now he wants more money.
03:39That's, you know, what if he would have underperformed his contract?
03:42Could you go to him and say, you know what, we're going to cut your salary.
03:45They do it all the time.
03:46You can just cut him, send him out.
03:47They just did it to Kyle Juszczyk.
03:48You can't just give the guy, you know.
03:50They just did.
03:50That Juszczyk had to come back and re-sign
03:53because only about eight teams use fullback.
03:55Well, they asked him to take a pay cut.
03:58He said no.
03:59He got cut.
04:00Then he changed his mind.
04:01And he came back because he wanted to have a job.
04:04So, again, we have a situation here
04:07and then each of us gets to decide who you want to blame.
04:10I know that the way you're looking at it, you put more of the blame on Juwan.
04:13That's not what I'm saying.
04:15I don't blame Juwan for bringing it to this spot.
04:18I blame both sides for bringing it to this spot.
04:20And now we've arrived at a bad spot.
04:23And that's why I blame both sides.
04:24This is not good for Juwan.
04:26It's not good for the 49ers.
04:28Dot, dot, dot.
04:28It's bad for us.
04:30It's bad for all of us who root for the 49ers.
04:32This is not the situation that they should be in.
04:36And they didn't need to be in this situation.
04:38And I say that with one caveat of not knowing what Juwan is asking for.
04:42But then again, they've known about this for weeks.
04:46And if Juwan is asking for something crazy
04:48and they really believe that he was dug in,
04:51then yes, you could have traded him.
04:52You could have done all kinds of different things to get ready for this moment.
04:57But now we're arriving at Pants Downville.
05:00That's where we're arriving.
05:02Well, for whom?
05:03For all of us.
05:04Maybe not for the Niners.
05:05Maybe.
05:05If they feel like they have receivers that they can use in the short term
05:09and they can play and be close to what Juwan Jennings can be.
05:13Juwan's got a calf injury.
05:14But they don't have that right.
05:15Matt Barrow said that to us yesterday.
05:16He believes that he does have.
05:18I mean, he did.
05:19He has an injury.
05:19He did.
05:20He said it to us yesterday.
05:21Right, because they haven't been told otherwise.
05:23And he's a reporter.
05:24And he doesn't want to get it.
05:24Yeah, I believe it.
05:25I believe what he's saying.
05:26I don't.
05:27I think Juwan is completely healthy.
05:28Or else we would.
05:29Like, there's no way Kyle Shanahan would have said three days ago
05:33that we definitely expect him for week one.
05:35And it should be healed by then.
05:36Right.
05:37And, you know, as of right now,
05:38I would not expect him to be there week one.
05:40And let's just say he doesn't play week one because the calf or the cash or whatever it is.
05:45And the Niners go out.
05:46And whether it's Gage or Chosen or whoever it is, they step up.
05:50Sky Moore, six catches, no drops.
05:52I mean.
05:53You go out and you beat Seattle 28 to 20.
05:55Sure.
05:55All of a sudden, if you're Juwan, you're thinking, uh-oh,
05:58they went out and won with these guys without me?
06:00I don't.
06:01Yeah, see, that's why I do not see this.
06:03That's not an option for Juwan.
06:05Juwan cannot sit out games.
06:07If he's truly hurt, which I do not believe,
06:11but if he has truly got a calf injury that Kyle Shanahan was comfortable three days ago
06:16saying he definitely should be ready for week one,
06:19and he's truly not, and it's truly because of health,
06:22then he should be on IR because something is really, really wrong.
06:27Right.
06:27But I don't believe that.
06:28I don't think that that's what this is about.
06:31I believe it's about all of these other things,
06:33and that's why, to me, the responsibility lies with everyone.
06:37Because it is your responsibility to have your roster ready to go by week one.
06:41It's his responsibility.
06:43It's your responsibility.
06:44You had options of how to handle this.
06:46And so I know this is a much smaller scale than what we've seen the last couple of offseasons,
06:52but here we are again.
06:53It's equally impactful.
06:54Forget the scale.
06:56He's as important as Ayuk was last year, in my opinion,
07:00partly because of how he blocks,
07:01and also because you do run a lot of two-receiver sets.
07:04And so if you go two receivers right now, you're going with Pearsall and Sky Moore?
07:10Is that really what we're doing with one?
07:11I would argue that in a very small sample, I don't mean this from a large standpoint,
07:17but I mean just where we are right now versus where we were last August,
07:21Jawan Jennings is more important to the start of this year than Brandon Ayuk was to the start of last year.
07:27Yeah, that's what I'm saying.
07:27Without a doubt.
07:27I think he's more, yeah, no doubt.
07:29Like they had other receivers they could turn to last year at the beginning of the year.
07:32Even though you didn't have Ricky at the beginning, you did have Deebo Samu.
07:34No, but you had Deebo.
07:35Exactly.
07:35You had people.
07:36You had people you could put out on the field.
07:38They literally don't have people they could put on the field.
07:40Right.
07:40You've got Jawan, who's got a contract or a calf.
07:43You've got Pearsall, sure, he's going to be great.
07:46Sky Moore, you mentioned it.
07:47He has a hard time catching the football.
07:49Well, and even if he didn't, he just got here, too.
07:51Cowling has been hurt, and Watkins may be a guy who shifts to IR if he's not able to.
07:56Maybe he's not able to play until week two or week three, which is why they're not making that move.
08:00But you may get to a spot where you have to say to Watkins, look, the Jennings thing's not happening, and we need a body.
08:08You're not ready for week one.
08:09We're going to have to do this and bring somebody up from the practice squad.
08:12Well, the problem with that is you only have so many IR designated to return slots all year long.
08:17That's true.
08:17Yeah, good point.
08:17You only have a couple of those.
08:19If you use them right out of the gate, you could really end up in a bad spot.
08:23So, I mean, that's my – like right now, if I asked you this, how would you answer it?
08:27Let's say the Jennings thing's not ready to go for whatever reason by the time the Seahawks game is here.
08:33When the Niners go three wide, name the names.
08:36No, I can't.
08:37You can't make me.
08:38I can't.
08:39You can't, and I won't answer that.
08:41You don't have to answer that.
08:42I want the truth.
08:43No, you do.
08:44You have to answer that.
08:44Well, it would be Jawan Jennings.
08:48Oh, no, never mind.
08:49Ricky Pearsall, sure.
08:52Sky Moore.
08:53And fingers crossed Jacob Cowling.
08:56Oh, Jacob Cowling.
08:57There's no chance he's ready by then.
08:59They've already announced that he's out six weeks.
09:01Six weeks.
09:01Four to six weeks.
09:02He's going to get put on a list.
09:03No, he's going to IR.
09:04Watkins, I don't think, is because he could be ready by week two.
09:07Yeah, you've got no Demarcus Robinson.
09:08You've got no IU.
09:09Duke, it's going to have to be somebody that you were able to resurrect off your practice
09:12squad.
09:13Right, and you need backups behind them, too.
09:15No doubt.
09:15Like, they need, essentially, right now, what we know, the Niners need three wide receivers
09:21by September 7th that currently are either question marks or not on the roster.
09:26Yeah, and that's counting Jawan Jennings as not being currently available.
09:29Yeah, they've got Sky Moore and Ricky Pearsall.
09:32That's it.
09:32That's it.
09:33End of list.
09:33Yeah, and you've got a bunch of guys who will be on the practice squad, and, you know,
09:37you're going to be in a situation where you may be limited in what you do offensively,
09:42and you're going to see a lot of the two tight ends, a lot of the Kyle Juszczyk and the two
09:46running backs, and, you know, you might also see, Mark, now that you got me thinking X's
09:50and O's, you might see Brian Robinson and Christian McCaffrey on the field together.
09:55Of course.
09:55Which the Niners don't do that almost ever.
09:58I definitely think that's in the plans this year.
10:00You can put McCaffrey out of the slot and have him play receiver.
10:02Put him in motion, yeah.
10:03Yeah, there are ways to do it.
10:05I'm sure Kyle Shanahan, I don't think he's, you know, like Stiney was saying earlier, like,
10:10you know, it doesn't matter who I got.
10:13I don't think he thinks that, but I do think he thinks there are ways to attack troubling
10:18situations.
10:19Yeah.
10:19There are offensive sets that I can put together that will at least give us a shot to go out
10:25there and move the ball.
10:268 at 8, 9-5-7, 9-5-7 is the number.
10:29We're live at Splash at Thrive City.
10:30Getting ready for Jody and San Jose's Fantasy Draft, which is coming an hour away, winning
10:36our contest last week.
10:38And we always love being here for whatever reason.
10:41Oh, yeah.
10:41But this is especially fun.
10:43But we'll take your calls on all things going, 9-0 roster set.
10:46The Juwan Jennings situation is not.
10:48Let's go to Trevor in Roanert Park.
10:50Hey, Trevor, thanks for calling.
10:53Hey, what's up, guys?
10:54Just one thing I wanted to mention, because you guys are sponsored by Laughing Monk, that
10:59there was a really awesome collaboration between Laughing Monk and Old Chaz Brewery out here.
11:07If you didn't know, that was awesome.
11:08So maybe they'll do it another time.
11:11The Juwan Jennings thing.
11:12I think this is just drawing the line in the stands for the Niners.
11:16I think it's a player trying to hold the Niners hostage.
11:19There's a way about going about negotiating.
11:23And when the first thing that comes out is publicly you say, pay me or trade me when your
11:29contract's not even up.
11:30I think if the Niners keep getting bullied, they're just seeing no end to it.
11:34So they got bullied last year with the negotiations, you know, with IUK.
11:39And it's happening again.
11:40And I think, to a certain extent, the Niners are like, hey, enough is enough.
11:44We're not going to negotiate like this.
11:47So I feel like that's kind of it.
11:50Do you know what my question is for all you guys?
11:52Trevor, this is for you, Dibs, everybody who's listening.
11:56I want to know why it triggers everybody so much when somebody asks for something contractually
12:02when they still have a deal.
12:04Do you all realize that that's how it is every time?
12:09Nobody ever holds out when they don't have a deal.
12:14That's called being a free agent.
12:16You just go sign wherever you want.
12:17So every single contractual argument that's happened in the history of the NFL comes when
12:25somebody has a deal.
12:26And I don't hear so many people say in all of those situations, hey, dude, you signed
12:32a deal.
12:33Get your butt into camp and get ready for a game.
12:36Nobody says it to Trey Hendrickson.
12:38Nobody says it to Micah Parsons.
12:40Nobody says it to any of those people.
12:42This is no different than any of those situations.
12:45Why does that bother some people so much?
12:51Trevor's gone.
12:52Yeah, Trevor's gone.
12:53First of all, he's not Trey Hendrickson and he's not Micah Parsons.
12:57No, he's Jawan Jennings.
12:58Right.
12:58And he had a nice year.
13:00And every time that this happens, it irks me in similar fashion.
13:05Like Brandon Ayuk, you had a, what, it was his fifth year option, basically, because he
13:10was a first round pick.
13:11And so you have the right to do whatever you want.
13:13And the team has the right to say, no, we don't want to do this.
13:16And then the player can either play or not play.
13:19It's just the ongoing push-pull of a guy who's making money, he signed a deal last year.
13:25This is not his rookie deal.
13:27This is why this one's a little different for me, because you just signed a two-year deal
13:31and you got $15 million, you got a ton of signing bonus, and you balled out.
13:36And so now you come back the next year and you want more, it just rubs me the wrong way.
13:39I mean, rookie deal has also got pen on it.
13:42Like, why do they not have to, why are they not stuck to those?
13:45They are stuck to those, but if you do well, then the team, a lot of times the team's going
13:50to want to reward you.
13:51Like with Nick Bosa, you're clearly one of the best in football.
13:54We want to reward you because you have, you've become one of the highest paid, you're going
13:58to be one of the highest paid guys, and you want to keep him.
14:01So you sign him then, if you don't sign him, that player's going to leave in free agency.
14:05Well, right.
14:06So there's a little of that proactivity with the big boys, and I don't think Jawan Jennings
14:10is in that category.
14:11No, but everybody is in their own category, and we've seen it at all levels.
Be the first to comment