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Willard and Dibs listen to Kyle Shanahan break down last night's 49ers win over the Chargers in the preseason. How did De'Zhaun Stribling, Kaelon Black, Jacob Cowing and more perform?
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00:00You want to hear Kyle or you want to hear Brock?
00:02Let's hear Kyle.
00:02Okay, Kyle first, especially because he was asked specifically about a point that you made earlier.
00:10You said, Jacob Cowing, welcome to the team.
00:13Yep.
00:14Welcome to the majors.
00:15Well, let's find out.
00:17This is what Kyle said about the punt return and what it does for his job security.
00:22I thought it was huge.
00:23I know he lost the first one in the light, which was a big disappointment just because it was about
00:30a 30-yard change of field position.
00:31And we ended up backed up because of it.
00:33So I got a little frustrated there, but he lost it.
00:36And then he definitely redeemed himself on the next one, getting that 80-yarder.
00:39It was a big-time play.
00:41And he's always shown us his talent since he's been here.
00:44And he's been able to string together a couple of healthy weeks.
00:46And that was a huge play he had today.
00:48Later in the interview, Kyle is asked directly, is he the punt returner now?
00:52I have a three-second response.
00:54What do you think he says?
00:56I'm not sure and stuff.
00:58Okay.
00:58Dan Dibley goes with, I'm not sure and stuff.
01:02With an um up front.
01:03Um, I'm not sure and stuff.
01:06Possibly.
01:06That tracks as far as being three seconds long.
01:09Again, the guess is, neither one of us have heard this.
01:12Yep.
01:13Um, I'm not sure and stuff.
01:19Let's find out what Kyle Shanahan said.
01:22Not yet, but, uh, I like that he's making it easier.
01:26Not yet, but I like that he's making it easier.
01:29And there was an um in there, so I'll get, uh.
01:32Was there?
01:33Yep.
01:33Not yet, but, uh, I like that he's making it easier.
01:37Yeah, there was.
01:37Uh, I like that he's making it easier.
01:40Possibly.
01:40Right.
01:42Uh, I mean, he's making it easier in that I guess they want him to be, and when you have
01:47a house call and you show that much speed and stuff, that it's making it a little bit
01:52easier.
01:52He's the leader.
01:53He's the leader.
01:54Right.
01:54He's going to be the power turner.
01:55I think so.
01:56Yeah, yeah.
01:57Sounds like it.
01:57And, well, I mean, the first cut you played where, you know, Kyle was kind of mad and
02:02stuff.
02:02It would cost him 30 yards because he lost in the lights, and then, you know, he kind
02:05of redeemed himself and stuff, and so that's pretty exciting.
02:09Um, want to hear what he thought of Kalon Black?
02:12My guy?
02:13My other guy.
02:14Yep.
02:14Because Dajon Stribble's my guy, too.
02:16Sure.
02:16Yeah, I mean, all the guys.
02:18Well, my guy.
02:18You can have all the guys.
02:19He's my guy.
02:20What?
02:20You're allowed to do it with Will Richard, and I can't do it with Stribble in Black?
02:23I took one guy.
02:25I took one guy per year.
02:27Fine.
02:27I'll take Stribble.
02:28You can have them all.
02:29I'll take Black next year.
02:29You already have.
02:30You're the president of Pakistan.
02:32That's true.
02:33But, I mean, like, this is for new people.
02:35I just want to know who you're going to turn on with the Niners.
02:38Who am I going to turn on?
02:39Who are you going to bury?
02:40Hmm.
02:41I mean, there's definitely some.
02:43Ayuk doesn't count.
02:44No.
02:45No.
02:45No, Ayuk doesn't count.
02:47He lost me before he even signed the extension.
02:49Jair Brown might be on Mark's list.
02:52Why would it be?
02:54Why Jair Brown?
02:55Because you've been down on Jair Brown.
02:56I have?
02:57Yeah.
02:57Or did you just say that because it rhymes?
02:59No, he's down on Brown.
03:01No, I think last year you were like, Jair Brown.
03:04Well, I didn't like the safeties at all last year.
03:06Yeah.
03:07All of them.
03:07And Renardo Green, I think, is somebody who is on your watch list.
03:11Yeah, I think.
03:12Now, he got hurt last night, didn't he?
03:14Renardo Green got hurt yesterday.
03:16Yeah, I think a hamstring.
03:17Yeah.
03:17MRI.
03:18MRI.
03:19Substation.
03:21Good Lord.
03:23That's a four for your son Abe right there.
03:25That was a little bit of Abe.
03:27Ooh, substation, dad.
03:30The Maddox have an injury.
03:34Jeez.
03:35Good Lord.
03:35I'm so done with it.
03:37All right.
03:38Here's Kyle on Kalen Black.
03:40I was real happy with him.
03:42You know, seeing him for his first practice there on Tuesday versus the Chargers, you could
03:46see it a little bit.
03:47And I thought nothing changed today.
03:48You know, he ran real physical.
03:50We'd love to keep him in there a little bit longer.
03:52But with it being his second day back, we were smart with him.
03:54And I think he's pretty sure he got out healthy.
03:57And I'll give him a chance to have four good days this week.
03:59Okay.
04:00That's a pretty positive response from Kyle.
04:03Yep.
04:04Definitely positive.
04:05And, you know, just the fact that he's able to get out there and we would love to see more
04:08of him and stuff.
04:09But, you know, the fact that he just got back there, that's good news.
04:12And so a little bit of bad news for Jordan James, who still can't get back out there.
04:18And you mentioned this yesterday going into the game, like Kalen Black, he's your guy.
04:22And you thought that he had a chance to step forward and be RB, too.
04:26And I think that he is now pretty well cemented in that spot.
04:29You think Fred Warner gives Jordan James, like, I don't know, some money or something?
04:34No.
04:34Why not?
04:35Because.
04:36He hurt him.
04:37Yeah, but protect the ball, youngster.
04:39Like, go ahead and tuck that thing to where I can't go out and punch it.
04:43I don't know that he actually punched the ball out.
04:45He punched him in the ribs, though.
04:47No, he didn't punch the ball out.
04:48That's the point.
04:48He did protect the ball.
04:50Well, he didn't protect his ribs.
04:52Well, I mean, how many places do you want him to put his two arms?
04:57Protect the ball.
04:58And protect your ribs.
05:00I don't know.
05:01I mean, is Fred getting what?
05:02Hey, you know, I'm sorry you're going to be RB3.
05:05Here's $400,000.
05:07The team did ask him to, you know, maybe don't do that to your teammates anymore.
05:13Like, yeah, I guess.
05:16Okay.
05:17Stribbling?
05:18You want to hear Shani on Stribbling?
05:19Now, remember, last week, preseason game one, when Kyle was like, yeah, he kind of messed
05:26up in the first series and stuff.
05:28But then I really like what he saw.
05:29I've got to go look at the film.
05:30Got to go look at the film.
05:32But I like what I saw after that.
05:34What he was referring to in that first series, I feel very confident, is that Stribbling completely
05:39whiffed a block.
05:40And one of the reasons the Niners reportedly love Stribbling is not just all of the catch
05:46radius and the hands and the route running that you're seeing right now, but they loved
05:51his ability to block.
05:52So, Kyle was asked last night specifically about Stribbs and the blocking ability.
06:01I mean, I think he's getting better at it.
06:02He's got the mentality to do it.
06:05He's smart enough to do it.
06:06He's committed to do it.
06:07Everybody's got the size to do it, but it's now about putting him in all those situations
06:11because it's not just about blocking corners.
06:13You know, you've got to be on defensive ends at times, linebackers, and I don't know how
06:16he did today in that aspect.
06:17He's been getting better in practice, but fully expecting to be good when the season
06:20gets here.
06:21Okay.
06:22So, an improvement.
06:24Yes, and that is job number one and probably job number two.
06:27If you're going to be a wide receiver for Kyle, we know this about you have to block
06:31to get the rock.
06:32And, you know, Mike Evans is a good blocker, but I don't think that he'll be held to that same
06:36standard because he is going to be your boundary X and he's going to be the guy to the wide
06:41side of the field going one-on-one against a corner.
06:44But if you're going to play the stripling spot, which is kind of the Juwan spot, you have
06:48to go in there and come inside on a, like a toss play to your side of the field.
06:53You have to come in and block.
06:54Can I borrow 15 seconds for something selfish?
06:57Man, no.
06:58Okay.
06:59Borrow 15, of course.
07:01Can I borrow 15 seconds?
07:01No, I just saw this text come up and the text board hadn't been up for most of the day
07:05and it just came up and someone completely misheard me and I don't want anybody out in
07:10the world thinking this.
07:11510, Willard, lay off Clay.
07:13You're a chump for trying to compare Clay to Devers.
07:16I said KD.
07:18Oh, boy.
07:19Not Clay.
07:20You said Clay D.
07:22Clay Darius Thompson.
07:24Clay D.
07:26Middle name's not.
07:27I know.
07:27I made that up.
07:29What is his middle name?
07:31I'm not sure.
07:32Huh.
07:32You should look that up.
07:33I mean, you should know that as a friend of the family.
07:35I don't even know if he has a middle name.
07:38Alexander.
07:39Yeah, Alexander.
07:41Cat.
07:41Who knew that those were his initials?
07:43Like a cat.
07:47That's too bad.
07:48No, I'm sorry.
07:49I brought it up.
07:50Anyway.
07:50Winnie Mordogs.
07:51I knew you were going to Winnie Mordogs.
07:55Oh, shit.
07:55But you were saying KD.
07:57KD.
07:58You were not saying Clay.
07:59Clay, no.
08:00Nothing but love for Clay Thompson.
08:03When Clay came back here, he got feted by the entire staff in captain's hats.
08:08We still have that.
08:10Well, I shouldn't say that.
08:11Never mind.
08:12We still have that card.
08:15It's because we're waiting for an envelope big enough to.
08:18And what's the postage on that thing, I wonder?
08:21I just feel bad.
08:22Everybody who lined up and signed that thing.
08:25It's still here.
08:27Yeah.
08:27We haven't seen Clay again since.
08:30When does Miami come to town next year?
08:32Shut up, Willard.
08:33We may need to.
08:34I'll find that out.
08:36Okay.
08:36You do that.
08:37When the heats come to town, maybe we can then present him.
08:41Wigs and Clay.
08:43The same day.
08:45Oh, boy.
08:47Better work on some videos.
08:50Shanahan was asked if he gave Stribbling any grief for that one drop that he had.
08:57Poor Mac Jones threw a dot.
09:00Stribbs was like, no, not from you.
09:03I only catch passes from Brockie.
09:06But anyway, here's what Shanahan said about that.
09:09Yeah, I mean, that's his strength is his hands.
09:12You know, it was one that Mac let go really early.
09:14When you call a double move down there, you get that ball up and down, and Mac threw it
09:18about as early as you can.
09:19So I don't think he picked it up until it was about three yards away from him, which makes
09:22it a real tough catch.
09:24But he's got the ability to do it, so he needs to come down with that one.
09:27Okay.
09:28Kyle had his back.
09:29It's a tough one to come down with.
09:30Stop defending him.
09:32Like, in the end, yeah, it's one he has to come down with.
09:35Yeah, you got to come down.
09:35No, you got to catch that.
09:36You do.
09:37You got to catch that, but I'm also, like, not offended by a receiver who drops one.
09:44You're caught, like, 20.
09:45He dropped one.
09:47Right.
09:47And it's the preseason.
09:48Jerry Rice dropped everything his rookie year.
09:51Man.
09:52My dad had tickets.
09:53People forget that.
09:53No, he dropped everything.
09:57He was like a freaking rapper.
10:00He was dropping so many tunes.
10:02Dude, it was unbelievable.
10:04That's a two.
10:04I'm sorry.
10:05It was an effort.
10:06I like it.
10:06Or something.
10:07It's Friday.
10:08Whatever.
10:08He dropped everything.
10:10His butterfingers.
10:12I was there.
10:13I watched it.
10:15People were like, this is our draft pick.
10:18He can't catch.
10:20Greatest receiver of all time.
10:22Where'd they take him from?
10:23Mississippi Valley State?
10:25What?
10:26What is Bill Walls doing?
10:29No Mississippi had any valleys.
10:31Exactly.
10:32And, yeah, it turned out he was able to right the ship.
10:36So, yeah.
10:36He had a drop.
10:38It's preseason.
10:39It doesn't matter.
10:41Let's see.
10:42Anything else here that we really want to get to?
10:46Are your concerns about the pass rush tempered since Bosa and Warner aren't there?
10:52Yeah.
10:53I mean, you know, we knew we were going to go sometime without those guys.
10:56And hopefully we have him back for Australia and hopefully get better at that as the year goes.
11:00But, you know, I have been happy with the guys that have been going.
11:04I've been happy with some of our younger players, especially interior-wise.
11:08You know, I think Romello's got a lot of playing time and been able to stay healthy through camp.
11:12So, I think he's been real encouraging.
11:13And I also think just schematically and stuff, we've had to do a number of different things.
11:18You're not always just relying on the four-man rush.
11:20And I think that's some stuff we're getting better at that hopefully we'll be able to use in the season.
11:25I didn't think the pass rush necessarily looked all that bad anyway.
11:28I mean, I only really take into account, like, what did you do against the ones?
11:33Justin Herbert came out and they went three and out.
11:36Great.
11:37Great.
11:38You know, Demo Lenore, I don't know if you saw this.
11:41He got on social media.
11:42Remember that receiver?
11:43He's like the Chargers' 18th receiver or whatever.
11:45And he was like, yeah, we joint practice.
11:49We tore him up.
11:49I lost count of how many touchdowns we scored.
11:52And then they went out there with their starters and went three and out.
11:56Right.
11:56And Lenore was like, hey, how you doing?
11:59Yeah, how do you like us now?
12:00I want to check in on you there.
12:01Got your practice comments.
12:03Right.
12:03Talking about practice.
12:05And we're talking about preseason.
12:06So, like, what Shanahan's talking about is accurate where you're not doing anything exotic.
12:12You're just going to line up and rush your four.
12:14You might blitz a little bit.
12:15But in general, your defense, your offense, everything is very bland and milquetoast.
12:20Let's go.
12:20And we're talking about preseason.
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