00:00Do we need to explore this a little bit?
00:04Because the press conference in Santa Clara today, to me, was a complete head-scratcher.
00:10It's a total head-scratcher, but it's our job in the media to know what's on your mind every day.
00:19That's our job.
00:20Our job, to a degree, is to come in here and talk about what we want to talk about,
00:27what we're passionate about.
00:28But that has to blend with what you care about.
00:33And I guess my question, either to all of you, or my question to the assembled 49ers media,
00:40is does nobody care about the quarterback position?
00:44Have we all just decided that this is like whatever?
00:47Whatever.
00:48Are we doing the teenager thing with this?
00:51Whatever, bro.
00:53Doesn't matter.
00:55Mac, whatever.
00:57Brock, whatever.
00:59Five and three.
01:00Fred Warner's hurt.
01:01We're not going anywhere anyway.
01:03Like, is that your vibe?
01:07If that's your vibe, then I'm wrong.
01:10I'll stand down.
01:12It doesn't matter.
01:13But I see the Niners as fighting for a playoff spot, still fighting for the division.
01:18I see the Niners as 3-0 in their division.
01:20I see them as 5-1 in their conference.
01:22Then I see them as having a schedule that is still workable the rest of the way.
01:26And I, for one, would like to raise my hand and have the best players on the team play as much as possible.
01:30But apparently, if the media that's assembled in Santa Clara today has their finger on the pulse of the fan base, y'all don't care.
01:40Well, the first question was about Brock Purdy.
01:43The first question, and I'm looking at the transcript right now.
01:46The first question was, will Purdy get any first-team reps today?
01:49Okay.
01:50And Kyle said he'll get some reps.
01:52I don't know which team, but he'll get some reps today.
01:55Okay.
01:55Then we went to Pearsall, Grossmatos, and Purdy about IR.
02:00And then Keon White, Mikel Williams, the Giants bat against the run, Ben Bartsch.
02:07And then, you know, the frustration, Cleland Farrell, Mikel, Marquis Siegel, rookies, Trent Williams, Jawan Jennings, Andre Dillard back on IR, swing tackle, Jawan and his trade request.
02:24And then New York having three edge rushers, Jackson Dart, day two of the draft.
02:31And then, what do you need to see from Brock Purdy this week to make a decision and feel confident that he's ready to go?
02:37And that's when we got this answer.
02:39That he feels confident he's ready to go based on how his toe feels.
02:42I mean, he's going to look that way most likely from getting out there.
02:45I mean, he's not going to – he gets out there and he's hobbling around and stuff.
02:47He won't be out there.
02:48So, he's got to go out there and go through the practices and stuff and really let us know how good he feels.
02:52Because it's hard to know what's going on with the toe and they're really iffy things.
02:56And something – you know, last time we felt like he was feeling pretty good, looked pretty good in practice.
02:59In the game, one hit and set him back five or six weeks, whatever this has been, four weeks.
03:04So, it's kind of a sensitive situation.
03:06And hopefully, getting some reps in practice and stuff will give him that confidence that it's better than it was last time.
03:11Do you have a little search window in that transcript that you pulled up?
03:14I do.
03:15You do?
03:16Well, I mean –
03:16Like, can you search a word?
03:18Like, what word?
03:19Mac.
03:20Uh, okay.
03:21I mean, I don't have to search it.
03:23Okay, we just search the word Jones.
03:25I don't have to search it.
03:27Why not?
03:27Because it's not in here.
03:29And again, I just read to you the questions and it was not about Mac Jones.
03:36Nobody asked about Mac Jones.
03:38I'm not seeing it.
03:39Does Bartsch have a possibility to play this week?
03:41I don't think that's a Mac Jones.
03:43He hasn't been able to really get rolling ever because he keeps getting hurt.
03:47Do you like the way he works, Ben Bartsch?
03:49No diggity.
03:51No diggity, no doubt.
03:53What?
03:54What can you expect from Cleland Furrell, who I actually met at Raiders camp.
04:00Oh, whoop.
04:01Dibs, I'll ask the questions here.
04:02You sit there and do what you're told.
04:05Cleland Furrell.
04:06Cleland Furrell.
04:08Cleland.
04:08In Napa, back when Greg Papa was on our station and we were the Raider flagship.
04:13Yeah, I got – no, I followed you.
04:15I know.
04:16I just want to make sure the audience is with me.
04:17The Niners visit there week 13, don't they?
04:20You mentioned with Mike L.
04:21You wish you could take some reps off him.
04:23That's not a Mac Jones.
04:25Why did Marquis Siegel fall out of the rotation?
04:28That's not Mac Jones.
04:29How have those rookies bonded together?
04:31That's not Mac Jones.
04:32You mentioned Trent Williams.
04:34You didn't mention Trent among the injured, but there were a couple of times Sunday, blah, blah, blah.
04:38That's not Mac.
04:39Are you seeing some of the same things from Juwan Jennings?
04:42That's not Mac.
04:43Andre Dillard, not Mac.
04:45Swing tackle, not Mac.
04:47Juwan requesting a trade, not Mac.
04:49Jackson Dart, not Mac.
04:51Day two of the draft, Cam Scadabo, not Mac.
04:56There was no Mac.
04:58There was not the return of the Mac.
05:01Shout out Mark Morrison.
05:03There was no return of the Mac.
05:04So your quarterback, who's played most of the games, has a bad knee and a bad knee.
05:10A new bruised knee.
05:11A couple of bad knees.
05:12And the poor guy, every single time he throws the ball, at least two 300-pounders crush him.
05:19And there was one question about your $265 million guy.
05:26And there was a follow-up.
05:28I get it.
05:28I get it.
05:29I'm with you.
05:29If this were a one-person press conference, if Kyle Shanahan were coming on the show today,
05:37it might have started, will Brock get any first-team reps today?
05:42And then Kyle will go, okay, like maybe, you know, we're going to go to see how he feels.
05:50All right.
05:50I would argue the next four or five questions are all about the quarterback.
05:56Kyle, in this moment, what are his chances of playing Sunday?
06:02Let's start there.
06:04And if he shrugs his shoulders and says, I don't know.
06:07Questionable.
06:08Okay.
06:08Questionable concern.
06:09Can you take us through the process of the last five weeks and tell us what kind of improvement you are or are not seeing?
06:19Okay.
06:19And then, yes, eventually at the end of the press conference, someone got to, what do you need to see out there in practice?
06:28And then he answered that in a somewhat expansive way.
06:31That's great.
06:32And then, yes, hey, Kyle, how's Mack?
06:37What level of concern do you have of Mack's immobility going against this elite pass-rushing defensive line that you just talked about, Kyle?
06:46Like, how are these questions not being asked?
06:53And, again, this is not me criticizing the assembled media, at least not yet.
06:58This is me wondering, am I out of pocket?
07:02Do you all not care?
07:04Or, and it either comes from, and I know some of you are being a little bit quippy with the whole, like, yeah, because Brock sucks.
07:12All right.
07:13You're the minority or you're just trying to get a reaction.
07:16Fine.
07:17Even if, like, whatever.
07:18If you think there's no difference between Brock and Mack, then I'd argue your question is, how's Mack?
07:24That, to me, is the bigger issue.
07:26Like, how's Mack Jones?
07:27So you ask about Purdy and first-team reps.
07:30He'll get reps.
07:31I don't know which team, but he'll get some reps today.
07:33For me, the next question is, is Mack okay to get all the first-team reps?
07:37How is Mack?
07:38And Mack was not on the injury report.
07:41You've got Brendel, Winters, Collins, Grossmatos, Pearsall, Huff, Purdy, Barch, Okawonu, and Elliott.
07:51So he laid out all those guys.
07:52So for me, like, how's Mack?
07:55Kyle, if you have to play Mack Jones this week, it appeared in the first half against the elite pass rush of the Rams,
08:03you were able to effectively get the ball out of his hands very quickly, and that worked for you.
08:07It appeared against the very elite pass rush of the Houston Texans.
08:11You did not do that.
08:14What's going on there, and which will you employ this weekend against another elite pass rush?
08:19Yeah.
08:20We need to get you down there.
08:26No one cares about quarterback?
08:28Okay.
08:29All right.
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