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00:00But I now have another trigger.
00:01Okay.
00:02Wide receiver holdouts.
00:05Totally triggered.
00:07Watching Juwan Jennings play football this year, he now cannot catch.
00:12He now cannot block.
00:15These are the things, and I know that's an overstatement.
00:19Yeah, he did third and 17.
00:22That was a terrific catch down to the two-yard line.
00:25Absolutely.
00:25I'm not saying all the time, but go with me on this.
00:28He had not been as good this year.
00:29He had not been with you.
00:30Okay.
00:31A little Ayukian from last year.
00:33Right.
00:33Before he got hurt.
00:34And Deebo in three years ago.
00:36Yep.
00:36Like, when I see the wide receiver holdout, and this is not fair,
00:42but my immediate, like, Pavlovian response is now going to be, you're gone.
00:50You're gone.
00:51You're here by August 15th, or we're trading you.
00:54Because why?
00:55Why am I giving you more money to come in here and suck?
00:58Look, why?
01:00Why?
01:01C.J. Stroud's winning football games with Xavier Hutchinson and Braxton Berrios from TikTok.
01:08Like, why?
01:10Why are we doing this?
01:11So, the next time a wide receiver holds out, I hope it's not Ricky Pearsall, because I really,
01:17really dig that kid.
01:18But it probably will be two more years.
01:21If he gets back and puts up numbers, here comes Ricky.
01:24He wants $58 million a year, or else he's not showing up.
01:27Well, then, goodbye.
01:29Yeah.
01:29Well, I mean...
01:30Goodbye.
01:32You're assuming that Ricky Pearsall will be healthy?
01:36I'm not assuming anything.
01:37Right.
01:38And I was having this discussion with my father-in-law, Pop Pop, last night, Sunday night dinner,
01:43as we went through his yellow legal pad sheet of Shanahan draft picks, and he just is, he's
01:49flummoxed by Pearsall and his inability to stay on the field and be healthy.
01:54No, this injury is, this is frustrating.
01:56Big time.
01:56Because they didn't, like, you know, even when it happened, they're like, hey, probably back
01:59in a week or two.
02:00Yeah.
02:01Knee instability.
02:02Yeah.
02:02And it's the same injury that McCaffrey had, essentially, the PCL, the posterior cruciate
02:07ligament.
02:08And so, yeah, if it's that bad, then have surgery and go on IR.
02:12But it wasn't that bad, and yet he's unable to get on the field.
02:15I want you to, we want to play what Shanahan said about Pearsall, but I want to, I want
02:18to respond to this real quick.
02:20It just came in on the Boxer and Gerson work injury attorney's text line from 707.
02:24You don't have some empathy about them holding out, so they have some security if they
02:28get hurt or lower their performance.
02:31I completely do.
02:33That's why I said it's a trigger.
02:35It's not necessarily rational or correct.
02:38It's not.
02:39I mean, we've had these conversations in the middle.
02:42Now, yes, Brandon, at that point, with what we saw, I wanted to see him get traded.
02:48I thought that was the right move to do.
02:50I did not in the Debo situation.
02:52And it doesn't have to be a wide receiver.
02:54We can talk about Trent Williams or McCaffrey or Bosa or whatever.
02:58McCaffrey didn't really hold out, but you get what I'm saying.
03:02No, I completely have tons of empathy for football players because of the salary structure,
03:07non-guarantees in a brutally physical sport.
03:10But all I can tell you as a fan is I see what I see and I'm now triggered.
03:15I'm triggered by the wide receiver for two reasons.
03:19One, the Niners have had now three in a row hold out and then underperform.
03:23And number two, I do think the wide receiver market is completely out of whack to begin with.
03:28That's totally out of whack.
03:31I mean, Exhibit A is the same every time we talk about this.
03:35Look how moronic the Cincinnati Bengals are.
03:38That is a moronic operation.
03:41Well, it's because they lost their quarterback.
03:43It's not.
03:43It is because then they had Jake Browning and now they've got the ghost of Joe Flacco.
03:49That's what you're dealing with?
03:50They had Joe Burrow last year and they missed the playoffs because their defense is so horrific
03:56because they spent all of their money on Joe Burrow and his two fantasy football players.
04:02They are a moronic operation.
04:05They won't even trade Trey Hendrickson to get more draft capital right now,
04:10which is totally what they should do.
04:12Last Thursday night, they beat the Steelers and everybody's all hunky-dory and happy.
04:17How are you doing now?
04:18You just lost to the Jets at home after winning by 14 with six minutes to go.
04:23Like, they're a moronic operation.
04:27$77 million into two receivers or whatever the hell they ended up paying.
04:32Just ridiculous.
04:33So, that's why it triggers me.
04:37That market is out of whack.
04:39It just depends on what you value and how you go about navigating it.
04:44If you look at the receivers in football and the leaders by catches,
04:49it's a mixed bag of rookie contracts and high-paid guys.
04:53Jamar Chase is number one.
04:54He's got one of those big fancy contracts.
04:57Puka Nakua is number two among wide receivers.
04:59And he's about to get one of those big old bags when his rookie contract is up.
05:04Then you go to Chris Olave.
05:06Then you've got Jackson Smith and Jigba,
05:09another guy who's going to get the big bag when he comes up.
05:11Love him.
05:11Amun Ra is a top five guy.
05:14He's next on the list.
05:15Keenan Allen, Devontae Smith.
05:18Wait, Keenan Allen?
05:19He's got 48 catches.
05:21Oh, I'm sorry.
05:22I thought you were doing financial stuff.
05:24No, no, no.
05:24Okay.
05:24What I'm saying is the list of the leaders in catches,
05:28and I left out McCaffrey and Jake Ferguson.
05:30They're not wide receivers.
05:31And Trey McBride, same thing.
05:32But it's a mixed bag of the big money guys who are earning it,
05:36rookie contract guys, some veterans like Keenan Allen.
05:40He's 33.
05:40So it really becomes,
05:42it's almost more important that you have the structure around them than it is
05:46to pay these guys.
05:47But is Seattle going to let JSN go?
05:50No, they won't.
05:50Are the Rams going to let Puka go?
05:52They won't, but they're both on rookie deals now.
05:54And look at the production they get.
05:56Like, what did Seattle do?
05:57They got rid of DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett,
06:00and they're like, let's do this for right now.
06:01And what are they going to do in two years?
06:03I don't know yet.
06:04Like, I get what you're saying.
06:05I would pay JSN.
06:07I would pay Puka.
06:08I don't think that they're worth that,
06:09but you don't have a choice now.
06:11That's right.
06:11Because that's now what they cost.
06:12And then you get to Ladin McConkie, rookie contract.
06:15That's a no pay.
06:17George Pickens in Dallas is having a monster year.
06:19That's a hell no pay.
06:21Michael Pittman Jr.
06:22is a guy who quietly makes about $25 million a year.
06:24He's having a great year.
06:25He is?
06:26Well, yeah.
06:27I mean, they're team 7-1.
06:28Yeah.
06:29And he is 13th in catches among all receivers.
06:32Like, does he have more catches than his tight end?
06:34He's got six touchdowns.
06:36Okay.
06:37And they're 7-1.
06:38So I would say that's a great year.
06:39Yeah.
06:39I would argue that there are a bunch of receivers on that team.
06:43And he does have more catches than his tight end.
06:45Okay.
06:46I mean, yeah.
06:47I look at, by the way, he may have more catches than his tight end.
06:51He's got fewer yards.
06:53He has six touchdowns.
06:54Think about that.
06:55Only two players have more receiving touchdowns in football.
06:58Understood.
06:58But, like, I don't, you know, Michael Pittman right now is barely on pace to get 1,000 yards,
07:04which is, so he's having a good year.
07:07Sure.
07:07But I would not, I would not give him $30 million.
07:11Well, they're giving him, like, 25 or something like that.
07:14I think it's about 22, 23.
07:15Whatever it is.
07:16It just becomes interesting when you look at the future, like Emeka Abuka and what he's doing as a rookie.
07:21Well, luckily, you got three to four years before you even need to think about that.
07:25But, I mean, you get into that spot, Roman Dunze in Chicago and all these other rookies who are,
07:30they're looking good, and not that they're going to reset the market, all these guys,
07:35but they're going to be getting 25 or so million.
07:37I agree with you that the market is wildly out of whack, but you get into that spot,
07:43and it's, like, what are you going to do, hot shot?
07:45There are certain exceptions.
07:47You know what I mean?
07:47Like, I'm not bothered by what Amon Ra makes, and if I were the Rams, yeah,
07:52like, Puka to your offense is actually worth that.
07:54He does so many things, and he is a very special player.
07:59JSN is on that track.
08:00I'm not saying that it should never happen.
08:02I certainly would never do it for two of them like the Bengals have.
08:07Like, no.
08:08Like Philly has.
08:09Right, and did anyone notice that for the first time in a month,
08:14Philly looked like themselves yesterday and blew somebody out?
08:19So I decided to dive on that game a little bit.
08:22But I'm like, huh, what happened?
08:24Oh, look at that.
08:25AJ must have gone off.
08:26Oh, look at that.
08:27They handed the ball to Saquon again.
08:30And, oh, yeah, read me AJ Brown's stat line from yesterday.
08:34What was it?
08:35I have to scroll down.
08:37Philadelphia defense, kick returns, punt returns.
08:41I don't think he played, Mark.
08:42Oh, that's right.
08:43He was out.
08:43And the Eagles suddenly played great.
08:47Fascinating.
08:49Fascinating.
08:50If you think AJ Brown, what's he make?
08:52What's he make?
08:5330?
08:5430 inches up there.
08:55If you think he's worth $30 million to the Eagles, you're nuts.
08:59You're nuts.
09:00He makes double-digit million dollars more than Saquon Barkley?
09:04That, how is that not out of whack?
09:07Who's more important to that team?
09:08Well, it's all out of whack.
09:09It's not even close.
09:10They ran it almost 200 more times than they passed it last year, and they won the Super Bowl.
09:14So that's why AJ Brown is so upset.
09:17Even though you got the bag, you also want the ball.
09:20And yesterday, Devontae Smith just goes about his business, 6 for 84.
09:25Dallas Goddard scored a couple of touchdowns.
09:27And, you know, Philadelphia, of all the teams that don't need two of these high-priced, fancy-schmancy receivers,
09:34they're probably the epitome of the team that doesn't.
09:36Dude, you tabbed this at least a year ago, and you were spot on.
09:40The team that does this right, actually there's two of them,
09:44it's the Green Bay Packers and the Buffalo Bills.
09:47The Packers are 5-1-1.
09:50Yep.
09:50And the Bills are 5-2.
09:52And both of them have really good quarterbacks.
09:54One of them has an elite quarterback.
09:56The other one has a really good quarterback.
09:57And they have a bunch of receivers.
10:00Sorry, you can't rely on any of them on your fantasy team.
10:05I got Khalil Shakir.
10:06Yep, they'll have a good game.
10:08Yeah, he did.
10:08And then they'll go for two catches and six yards the very next week.
10:12So you can Khalil Shakir and Keon Coleman and Dontavian Wicks and Matthew Golden and Christian Watson got activated.
10:21And poof, there's he.
10:22Here he is for a couple of catches.
10:23Ooh, Jaden Reed's on IR, but look at us.
10:26We're still 5-1-1.
10:29Just turn and burn, man.
10:31Turn and burn.
10:33We're going to find three new ones every year.
10:36And when your four years are up and you would like a contract, call the Bengals.
10:42Maybe they'll give it to you.
10:44That's how I would do it.
10:46Except for in very rare cases.
10:49Very rare cases.
10:51People want to be super kind of budgetary about that quarterback.
10:56To me, that's not it.
10:58Amon Roth, fine.
10:59Puka, sure.
11:00Let's talk.
11:02Jaden Reed, pound sand, dude.
11:06He's got three catches.
11:07Yes, he does.
11:08Brandon Ayuk.
11:10You could be a stealer, dude.
11:13Go be a stealer.
11:13Too late now.
11:14Go be a stealer.
11:15Christian Watson's got four catches.
11:18Savion Williams has five.
11:20Don Tavian Wicks, the aforementioned, has 13 catches in six games.
11:25Matthew Golden's got 21.
11:27He's averaging three catches a game.
11:28By the way, thank you, text line.
11:30The Chiefs probably deserve a nod here, too.
11:32No doubt.
11:32They are the exact same thing.
11:34Turn and burn.
11:35Turn and burn.
11:36Let's see what you do with Rushy Rice here in a couple years.
11:39I bet you he's on a new team.
11:41No doubt.
11:42Cincinnati.
11:43I like that.
11:43Seriously.
11:44Go call the Bengals.
11:45We need a third one.
11:46Pretty much.
11:47Yeah.
11:47Or the Dolphins.
11:48Dolphins will do it, too.
11:50I mean, someone's got to replace Tyreek.
11:53He's probably going to retire now.
11:55At $30 million a year.
11:56With feet going the wrong way.
11:58I wonder what the buyout is on that one.
12:00I don't know.
12:00I mean, I think it's coming up soon.
12:03He already talked about it.
12:04He's like, I don't know if I'm playing anymore.
12:06Which makes it all the more crazy that he was smiling, clapping, and waving as he got
12:12carted off.
12:13Cam Scadabo yesterday.
12:14He's like, hey.
12:16Hey, everybody.
12:18Isn't this fun?
12:20Right.
12:20You know he's crazy.
12:21They're all crazy.
12:22You said it earlier.
12:23But some of them more than others.
12:24Even Fred Warner, who was in obvious agony.
12:28By the time he got on the cart and he got air casted, they're waving and, you know,
12:32they're thanking the fans and the rest of it.
12:33It's one thing to wave to the fans and also give your team like a, hey, man, like, go
12:38do your thing.
12:39It's another one if you appear to be having fun.
12:42If you look like you're having fun, I really am like, let's do less drugs.
12:47Like, Jesus, are you okay?
12:50Tyreek Hill, it was like unsettling.
12:53I'm like, what is happening?
12:55Are you, like, you look like.
12:57I don't think they get him the morphine that quick.
12:59I mean, I.
13:00I was just like, are you having fun?
13:02Well, because normally, like, in an injury like that, you don't even ever make it to
13:06the blue tent.
13:07You get the cart and they stabilize you and off you go to the locker room.
13:10So, like, when I had my shoulder go out the last time and it didn't go back in, they
13:15give you the morphine.
13:16And after about three little pops of the morphine, yeah.
13:20Yeah, Doc.
13:21What are you doing later?
13:23Yeah.
13:24But these guys don't get that.
13:26And still, they're on the cart and they're like, oh, this is awesome.
13:29How high are you right now?
13:30Dude.
13:30So high.
13:32Okay, I promised you this.
13:33Speaking of receivers.
13:35So high!
13:37Apparently, I've just made the case that the Niners, they better cut this guy with scissors
13:41in two years.
13:42Even though I love him.
13:44But it's early in his career.
13:46And here's what Shanahan said today about Ricky Pearsall.
13:49I hope so.
13:50You know, I bet he's, I mean, I'm sure he's doing better this week than last week.
13:53But still, I haven't been told that he'll for sure be back.
13:56We'll have to evaluate that when we get to Wednesday.
13:57Okay.
14:01I'd like to propose that we don't do Monday's press conference anymore.
14:05Just replay last week's.
14:06It's the same thing.
14:09Wednesday, we'll evaluate him.
14:11Injuries and stuff.
14:13Yutra Grossmato's thumb.
14:15Collins' ankle.
14:16Winters' knee.
14:18Any questions, guys?
14:19Yeah.
14:20About nine more guys and stuff.
14:21He's said everybody's name and he's said every body part so far.
14:27So if you just get a little digital editor out there, they could redo his conference call
14:31and he could stay home.
14:34Winters' knee.
14:35Like, it might sound a little funny.
14:37Williams' glute.
14:38You've got all the body parts and we have all the names.
14:40Kittle.
14:41Hamstring.
14:41Yeah.
14:42Who hasn't been hurt?
14:43McCaffrey.
14:43Calf.
14:44Cals are tricky.
14:45Has anyone not shown up on the report at all?
14:50Has any body part not been injured?
14:52I don't know if we've had a torn pec yet this year.
14:55You know who just had a pec injury is Patrick Sertain from the Broncos.
15:01And he is IR possible week to week.
15:05Possibly.
15:05Possibly.
15:07Yeah.
15:07Got to be delicate with those calves.
15:09Yeah.
15:09You do.
15:10I'm not a doctor, so.
15:12Those pec injuries, those are brutal.
15:14Seriously.
15:15It feels like a heart attack.
15:17It's questionable.
15:18Questionable concern.
15:21Remember those keyboards that used to be like Christmas presents
15:25where you just push all the buttons and they had all the different sounds?
15:28Yes.
15:28Like the Casio or.
15:29They had to give Kyle one of them keyboards and just have a button where he says,
15:35uh, like there's definitely one where he goes, uh, and then, um,
15:40questionable would be another button.
15:42Possibly.
15:43Questionable.
15:43And then he should definitely have another button, um, that where he goes, uh, we'll
15:48evaluate on Wednesday.
15:50Yeah, he did a limited amount of stuff in practice yesterday.
15:52Right.
15:53And then definitely a button that says, I'm not a doctor.
15:56Possibly.
15:57I'm not a doctor.
15:58No, he needs that button.
15:59You gotta have a possibly in there.
16:01Well, sure.
16:01You can put that in front of every single answer.
16:04And a questionable, questionable concern.
16:05Yeah.
16:06I mean, Kyle, just stop by the studio.
16:07I have it all right here for you.
16:08It's all there.
16:09Just boop, boop, boop.
16:11Kyle, do you think Ricky Pearsall is going to be back Sunday?
16:15Um, I'm not a doctor, so.
16:18Possibly.
16:18Possibly.
16:19I mean, what, what, what, if you were to do the injury report today, what would he be?
16:25I mean, do you have any idea?
16:28I have some idea.
16:29Oh, okay.
16:29You're talking about questionable.
16:30I guess my button doesn't work, but.
16:32Questionable.
16:33Questionable concern.
16:34Um, questionable.
16:35Yeah.
16:36Questionable concern.
16:36Just make that noise before every answer.
16:39Two thousand and thirty-six missed games since Shanahan's taken over.
16:43Yeah.
16:43Which I, I don't even know if that's possible.
16:46I love, I love when he goes, nobody's told me that he's out.
16:49Nobody's told me that he's in.
16:51Right, Kyle, it's Monday.
16:53Like, nobody's seen anybody yet.
16:56So, we could just do that every single week.
17:00Ricky Pearsall has played in 15 of his available 25 games in his career.
17:06And I know a lot of that was gunshot related last year to start, but he's 15 for 25 on playing football.
17:1215 in, 10 out.
17:14Not great.
17:15No.
17:15Not great.
17:16Here's Shanahan on Purdy.
17:18I like this one too.
17:20I think it's too early to say.
17:22I don't think it's a long shot, but I know he's doing better.
17:25And we'll see how he's doing Wednesday.
17:26Hopefully, if he's doing good, he'll get in some reps.
17:29It's kind of a concocted double negative.
17:31I don't think it's a long shot.
17:34What are you saying?
17:36What are you saying?
17:37I mean, the only reason that even makes sense is because last week he said it was a long shot.
17:41Yeah.
17:41No, it's not.
17:42He doesn't think it's a long shot.
17:44What are you asking exactly?
17:45I'm asking, is it a short shot?
17:47I'm so confused by your question.
17:49Is it a medium shot?
17:51It's not a long shot.
17:52He's got a shot.
17:53All right.
17:54I don't know.
17:54I thought you weren't supposed to shoot mid-range jumpers anymore.
17:57I thought we were supposed to shoot your shot.
17:59It's all you got.
18:00It is all you got.
18:01Yeah, but it's not a long shot.
18:03No, and the fact that he made the trip to Houston tells me that it's not a long shot.
18:09Because if it was a long shot, he wouldn't have gone to Houston.
18:13He would have stayed home and gotten treatment and stuff.
18:16So I think that I'll go ahead and make the prediction now.
18:20The Rock going to play?
18:21He's going to play on Sunday.
18:22Kukush.
18:22I agree.
18:23Lock it in.
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