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The 49ers shocked football fans around the world last night when they crushed the Los Angeles Rams by 20 points. In this segment, The Sports Junkies break down their biggest takeaways from last night’s beatdown. How surprised are you about San Francisco’s win over LA?
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00:00San Francisco beats the Rams 27-7, and of course a lot was made of the travel decision
00:09with the Rams as opposed to the 49ers, and the Rams went out there basically about 10
00:15minutes before kickoff, and they looked, I watched the first quarter, first quarter and
00:20a half, they looked sluggish to me, 49ers, I mean, you know, they just marched right
00:27down the field, and that second drive, I think, was the second drive of the game for
00:30them.
00:31Purdy was very good, super effective.
00:34They didn't score, but they kicked the field goal, but then they scored in the second quarter.
00:39He threw three touchdowns.
00:40He did throw a pick in the second quarter.
00:42He bounced back after the pick, no problem.
00:44Yeah, bounced back, threw three touchdowns, one to Debo.
00:47Yeah, Debo looked good.
00:48That was a scramble play where he's rolling to the right, about a 20-yard touchdown pass
00:53to Debo, but really what changed the game, I stayed up.
00:57I'm on four hours of sleep, was the goal line stand by the 49ers defense, so it's 17-7.
01:06It was only 10-7 at the half, right?
01:10The 49ers get the ball, they score their second touchdown on a pretty long drive, seven play,
01:1651-yard drive, touchdown, they're up 17-7.
01:19Then, the Rams have the ball, 12 play, 72-yard drive, gets stuffed on third down, then tried
01:25to get it in on fourth and goal again and got stopped.
01:28And the momentum of the game has changed right there when you get that goal line stand, and
01:33then the 49ers go 99 yards and score again, game over, 24-7.
01:40It was lights out.
01:40Props to their defense, because we look on paper at that Rams offense with Puka, who led
01:48the NFL in receptions, and Devontae Adams, who led the NFL in touchdown catches, and you
01:54wonder, and Matthew Stafford, MVP of the league last year, and you wonder how you're going
01:59to stop him, but the 49ers defense came up huge.
02:02Well, Stafford just could not get in a rhythm all night.
02:05He just seemed off and just kind of jumpy.
02:08They all seemed off.
02:10And the Niners were just efficient.
02:12I mean, Christian McCaffrey split the rushing with Kaelin Black, the rookie.
02:16So they churned up 174 rushing yards, and Purdy was really good.
02:21He chipped in a little bit of rushing as well.
02:23They also did a great job on Myles Garrett.
02:26Myles Garrett was a ghost.
02:27It was Trent Williams.
02:28He might as well not have even made the trip.
02:30That's why Trent's going to Hall of Fame.
02:32He had as much in the box score as we did.
02:34He had zeros across the board, and late in the game, he was on the sideline.
02:37Happened to him less than 10 times in his career, and he's had zero pressures.
02:43Props to Trent Williams and their game plan.
02:46Trent was getting help, too, though.
02:47Those guys were taking shots at him, and then Trent would pick him up.
02:50He threw a lot of short passes, middle screens.
02:55Kyle Shannon's a brilliant play caller.
02:57Props to the Niners for that performance.
02:58I'm not going to bury the Rams after one game.
03:01I think a chunk of it has to be chalked up to the fact that they tried to stay on
03:05West Coast time, fly in, play the game.
03:08They clearly weren't acclimated, and I think they'd come home and face the Giants.
03:13I'm going to treat that as a late preseason game for the Rams.
03:18Yeah.
03:19Well, yeah, because they don't even play anybody in their preseason.
03:21Right.
03:21So I'm just going to be like, you know what?
03:22I think the Rams are going to bounce back in week two.
03:24I mean, it stinks to lose the vision game right out of the box,
03:28but the Niners are just the better team, and I think that they had a better travel plan
03:33for the Australia travel.
03:34They have, obviously, extra time off.
03:36Then they play the Dolphins at home in their home opener.
03:38Right.
03:38Then they play the Cardinals.
03:39So they should be 3-0.
03:41I didn't watch it, though.
03:42Honestly, I only watched the first half, and then I saw the highlights this morning.
03:45I didn't think they were sluggish.
03:47I just thought they just got beat.
03:49I didn't watch it and go.
03:50I just thought they looked, I don't know.
03:52That was just my interpretation.
03:53I think it's an easy narrative to say, and I know Sean McVay talked about it afterwards,
03:56that McVay said he didn't want to use it as an excuse.
03:59Yeah.
03:59That they made that decision.
04:01He said he'd need to look inside out.
04:03He blamed it on his own coaching first.
04:05They did two years of research.
04:07Kyle Shanahan, in the regular season, beats Sean McVay more than Sean McVay beats Kyle Shanahan.
04:14Yeah.
04:15Kyle Shanahan's an excellent coach, and that's a good team.
04:18Yeah, but they're rarely held to seven points.
04:22You can't tell me the travel had nothing to do with it.
04:25I think it definitely had something to do with the outcome.
04:27I don't know.
04:28It didn't jump out at me.
04:29I mean, the Rams don't get beat 27-7.
04:31They just don't.
04:32Not with all those weapons.
04:34It didn't jump out at me.
04:36Nick Bosa being back in the lineup, though, helps big time for the San Francisco 49ers.
04:40You know what else will help them?
04:42Having Mike Evans.
04:43Yeah.
04:43Mike Evans.
04:44Every third down, it seemed like he was going to Mike Evans.
04:46He's a really good target for Brock Purdy.
04:48It's almost like he was playing tight end.
04:50He was getting a lot of shorter stuff.
04:51Yeah, and of course, he wins a jump ball in the end zone to score his first touchdown as a
04:56niner last night.
04:57And Shanahan did, and John Lynch had talked about this in the offseason,
05:01but they just want to cut down on McCaffrey's carries.
05:04So instead of giving him 22-23 a game, they want to give him 14.
05:08Sure.
05:09So that's why they went out and got Kalen Black.
05:11You want to keep him fresh throughout the season.
05:12I'm not sure that they'll go 50-50 the rest of the year, but they did last night.
05:16I mean, I think he had 450 touches last year, including the playoffs.
05:20Like, you can't keep doing that to him at age 30.
05:22Like, that's just going to grind him down.
05:26Major faux pas by me, and maybe by others, when we did our picks yesterday,
05:32I didn't have the Niners in the playoffs.
05:34I also have the Niners out of the playoffs.
05:36I got them in as a wild card.
05:38They might win the division.
05:39Look, it's one game, but...
05:41I wouldn't get too carried away with one game.
05:42Yeah, it's one game.
05:43I know, but they were 12-5 last year.
05:46I know.
05:46I kind of slept with injuries.
05:48With injuries.
05:49Sometimes you have to make tough decisions in life.
05:51Sometimes you have to leave teams off the playoff list.
05:54All right, remember a couple of months ago when Australian Joe was in town?
05:59I do, yes.
06:00And Drabby fell in love with him.
06:02He was smitten by him.
06:03And Valdez, those guys were all going out together.
06:05Yeah.
06:06He wants to chime in on the game.
06:08We got another Australian kick.
06:09Australian boots on the ground from Joe.
06:12Australian Joe.
06:13Hey, buddy.
06:14How are you, man?
06:16The Australian.
06:17The Australian.
06:18Okay.
06:18Fake on yesterday.
06:20Yeah, okay.
06:20The Australian.
06:21What time is it?
06:22I'm still confused.
06:23What time is it in Australia?
06:25It's Friday night about, I don't know, 8.30, 9, something like that.
06:29Oh, okay.
06:29So it's reasonable.
06:30Around that time.
06:30It's all right.
06:318.31.
06:32It's reasonable.
06:32Friday night.
06:33Yeah.
06:34Yeah.
06:348.30 night on a Friday.
06:35Happy Friday, boys.
06:36Let me say, the Rams, idiotic, idiotic, thinking they could go in there on 24 hours and play
06:46an NFL game with the travel time involved.
06:49I messaged Drab last night.
06:50I said it was the lock of the year.
06:53The lock of the year for the 49ers not only to win, but an alt line.
06:58And I had them at minus 9.5 on an alt line for them to win.
07:04And it's insane.
07:07Insane for them to think they could travel that distance and show up for an NFL game
07:11with that travel time.
07:12Unbelievable.
07:13Well, I mean, in fairness to them, they said they studied it for two years.
07:17They sent like 15 guys over.
07:19They checked heart rates.
07:20And maybe the kids know that study is garbage.
07:24It sounds like it's just covering your ass.
07:26They said it before the game.
07:27It is.
07:29It's insane.
07:30Like, you do it and you come back.
07:32Like, you feel like absolute garbage for a day.
07:35All right, but it's...
07:36You get it in a different way than you get it.
07:38Yeah, but...
07:39And it's worked for them when they went to London.
07:41But when it's 17-7, all right, they're trailing.
07:43It's a completely different angle.
07:45When it's 17-7 and they have the ball on the two-yard line on second down,
07:51you think that they're going to bring it to a 17-14 game.
07:54And then what happens?
07:55Kyron William gets stuffed, goes for a yard.
07:58So now it's third and one.
07:59You're on the one-yard line.
08:00You think you can punch it in.
08:01They throw a pass to Puka, get stuffed.
08:04Then Stafford tries to punch it in.
08:06Is that because they were sluggish?
08:07Or maybe the 49ers made good plays.
08:09Or maybe it was bad play calling.
08:10I'm not buying a sluggish game.
08:12They may be sluggish.
08:13I'm not buying it.
08:14I just think it's too convenient.
08:15You think their bodies are as adjusted as the Niners' bodies are?
08:18They studied it.
08:19They knew exactly what they were doing.
08:22Studies are right all the time.
08:23They could study it for a thousand years.
08:24It doesn't mean it's right.
08:26What's your percentage?
08:27What's your percentage?
08:28I really do.
08:29I think so.
08:30I'm with you, EB.
08:30What's your percentage?
08:32You discredit studies all the time.
08:35I buy into what they did.
08:37You think that they lost 80%?
08:3980%?
08:40Yes.
08:40He says 80% of the reason they lost is because of the travel.
08:45It's a massive factor.
08:46I think it was a factor.
08:47It's not traveling to London.
08:49I'll give it a factor.
08:50It's traveling multiple more time zones away from London.
08:52That's fine.
08:53I understand what happened.
08:54Here's what I think.
08:55I actually think it had a marginal impact on it.
08:57They were knocking on the door to make it a game.
08:59They had a huge impact.
08:59They slept the whole way over.
09:01They stayed on the same time zone.
09:03They just got beat.
09:04If Stafford gets in there at 17-14, a different game.
09:08You think that's comfortable?
09:09Did you see their accommodations?
09:10It's not a bed.
09:11I'm sorry.
09:12It's not a hotel.
09:13It's all laid out.
09:14Listen.
09:15I don't agree with that.
09:16I'm not saying it was the main reason that they lost, but I think it was more than marginal.
09:20I think it was a massive factor.
09:22Okay.
09:22So the team that was a four-point favor almost cut the lead to three points.
09:27Right, JP?
09:27Correct.
09:28But then you have a game.
09:29Then you have a game in the fourth quarter.
09:30They have a game, but they still weren't playing well.
09:33They just got beat.
09:34It doesn't have to be because they were tired.
09:36I never once watched that game and said, wow, he really looks sluggish.
09:39He looks tired.
09:39I watched the entire game, and I thought, the Rams look sluggish.
09:42I never thought it.
09:43I never thought it.
09:44I watched it and said, the Niners look so much better.
09:45They looked worn down the entire game and not interested.
09:47I watched it.
09:48I didn't think it.
09:49It never occurred to me.
09:50I watched it.
09:51I said, the Niners look spry.
09:53The Rams look like they're in quicksand.
09:55It was 10-7 at the half.
09:57I don't know how you thought that.
09:58I went to the end at halftime.
09:59I had a keen eye when I watched football.
10:01That's how I watched it.
10:02That's how I watched it.
10:02Last year's MVP couldn't do anything?
10:04That's not alarming to you?
10:06That didn't say, wow, they look off.
10:08Miles Garrett couldn't do anything?
10:10Right.
10:10Miles Garrett said himself he's not healthy.
10:13He said he's not healthy.
10:15He's playing at 85%.
10:16Matt Stafford threw 70 touchdown passes last year.
10:18He did nothing yesterday.
10:19I just don't think it was because he was a little tired.
10:22I just don't think that.
10:23It's not tired.
10:24It's your whole body rhythm.
10:25Your security rhythm is off.
10:26Your body's thrown off.
10:28Listen, other teams have taken that approach.
10:30I know it's an extreme doing it to Australia.
10:33I'm not blaming the loss on that.
10:35You guys can.
10:36Who cares?
10:37I could give a crap.
10:38I'm just giving you my opinion.
10:40Australia is a different beast, E.B.
10:42Australia is a different beast.
10:43It isn't Paris.
10:44It isn't London.
10:45I agree.
10:45I agree.
10:46I'm never going to go there.
10:47It's another animal.
10:49It's an animal.
10:49So how do you explain them losing to the 49ers last year?
10:53Maybe the 49ers were just better.
10:55I mean, this is a 20-point win.
10:58It's just the easiest, world's easiest excuse.
11:02They just got beat.
11:04I mean, it's a 20-point.
11:07They're four-and-a-half-point favorites.
11:09It's also the first game with nobody playing in the preseason.
11:13They get dominated by 20.
11:14They put up seven points.
11:15It's a potent offense with the MVP.
11:17Puts up seven points in the opener.
11:20The 49ers have been in Australia for the last week acclimated.
11:25Their bodies have adjusted.
11:27It's a massive flight.
11:28It's not just they're lying on a bed and, you know, the time zone difference.
11:32The wear on the body.
11:34Like, you feel like a zombie.
11:35You feel like a zombie for a few days.
11:36Yeah, but I don't think you've traveled the way they've traveled.
11:38I don't think you've.
11:39But it's still not.
11:40Tell them all the ranchers need a travel agent.
11:42It's still not your 100% comfort zone to sleep on a plane just because you, I mean,
11:46there's no way they all slept great.
11:47All I can say is I said to Drab last night, and as Jim said, put the house on the
11:51Niners.
11:52Make it an alt line of nine and a half.
11:53I'm glad you made a boatload of money.
11:55I wish I did.
11:55You cashed.
11:56I wish I did.
11:57He put a big bet on it and swung the points 13 points the other way.
12:01By the way, Shanahan's now 12-7 against Sean McVay in the regular season.
12:06Yeah, but they scored seven.
12:08Were you impressed by the Rams last night?
12:10Did you think the Rams looked good?
12:11No, but how much?
12:13Did you watch the whole game?
12:14I watched like three quarters of the game.
12:16Okay, I stayed up for the whole thing.
12:18And I'll give Brock Purdy credit and the offense credit.
12:21They were playing a good game, but I'm not going to put it on that.
12:24Part of it is game planning.
12:26Part of it, to me, part of it, to say 80% is because the travel is absurd to me.
12:31I would say marginal impact.
12:33Even the coaches wouldn't say that.
12:35Of course not.
12:37I don't know.
12:37This thing happens.
12:38Is every favorite going to win?
12:39We know that that doesn't happen.
12:41The coaches are also trying to cover their asses, too.
12:43Maybe behind closed doors, they're like, you know what?
12:44We really screwed up.
12:45We should have been there a week early like the Niners were.
12:47Yeah, you think Sean McVay is going to...
12:49That blew our doors off.
12:50We did.
12:51I can't believe people are so vicious about it.
12:53They were a 12-5 team last year.
12:55I understand.
12:55The 49ers aren't the Cleveland Browns.
12:58The 49ers are a good team.
13:00Last year, they split, and the Rams scored 65 points in two games against the Niners.
13:0565.
13:06Okay.
13:07The Rams are better than seven points.
13:10Sure.
13:11If they would have lost 24-23 or 27-24, I'd be with you.
13:16But the Rams don't score seven points.
13:18Okay.
13:19How much did they score in their opener last year?
13:22The Rams?
13:23Yeah.
13:25Last year?
13:25Hold on.
13:26So that would be 20-25?
13:28I guess you already saw it.
13:29I'm going to guess they scored more than seven.
13:32They beat Houston 14-9.
13:3314 points.
13:35Okay.
13:36Sometimes teams...
13:37And we saw this in the first game.
13:40Sometimes the offenses take a little while to wake up in the regular season.
13:45You know what?
13:46The Niners' offense looked pretty good.
13:47Didn't take them time to wake up.
13:50Came around.
13:50They looked pretty alive in that game.
13:53Ask the guys.
13:54See what the guys say.
13:55See what the guys say.
13:56They discount it.
13:57We'll agree to disagree.
13:58Ask the guys.
13:58The guys that actually played in the game.
14:00What's your percentage?
14:0180%?
14:01Like Cates?
14:02No, I don't think it's 80.
14:02I don't think it's that big.
14:03Ask the guys that played in the game.
14:04I think it was a factor.
14:06I'm not saying it was...
14:06If the guys say...
14:07Honestly, I was just off.
14:09I didn't have my mojo.
14:10I don't know what it was.
14:11Probably was a travel.
14:12Then I would say, okay.
14:14But I didn't see any evidence of it.
14:16Well, the 49ers said after the game that they felt amazing.
14:19They said that they acclimated and that they loved the approach that they had.
14:23Mike Evans was asked...
14:23That's fine.
14:24Ask the Rams players if they felt...
14:26Eric, what do you think they're going to say?
14:27They're going to throw their coach under the bus?
14:29They could say, hey, I actually felt off.
14:30We didn't...
14:30I wish we had done it a different way.
14:32You don't think a veteran would say that?
14:34I think a veteran would say that.
14:36Mike Evans was asked about the Rams showing up basically the day before, and he kind
14:40of scoffed at it.
14:41That's kind of crazy that you guys did that.
14:43Yeah.
14:44And he was on the team that won by 20 points.
14:46Yeah.
14:47So...
14:48I think travel had a pretty big impact on the game.
14:50For one of the teams.
14:51I like San Francisco in the regular season beating the Rams basically two out of every
14:56three times.
14:57Okay.
14:57That's fine.
14:59I mean, you're talking about a bunch of games before this game happened.
15:02We're talking about an independent event that happened in Australia.
15:05It's Stafford and all these guys saying...
15:07But do you think coaching's a factor?
15:09I think it's...
15:10Do you think talent's a factor?
15:11Partially, of course.
15:12All those things are factors.
15:13Yeah, but the Rams are talented.
15:14I think McVeigh botched it by having...
15:16Are the Rams more talented than seven points?
15:18I think he botched it by having Stafford try to sneak it in.
15:20Because he's not that kind of guy.
15:22Even though they were basically on the one foot line.
15:25Give it to Corum or Kyron Williams there.
15:28Kind of a weird play, but...
15:30And it wasn't a tush push either.
15:33No, it was just...
15:33It was your old-fashioned sneak.
15:35You're relying on a 37-year-old quarterback who's not really a rushing quarterback to get
15:39across the line there?
15:40I don't know if that's the greatest coaching decision.
15:45Well, we're going to agree to disagree.
15:47I don't think it was 80%, but I think it was definitely a factor.
15:50A pretty big factor.
15:52I'm with the marginal impact.
15:54I think the other things, like coaching decisions, are much bigger...
15:57They just got beat.
15:58They just got friggin' beat.
16:00I didn't watch it and think they look sluggish, but maybe I missed it.
16:04Oh, well...
16:05I watched the first half.
16:06I didn't watch the second half.
16:07Watch the highlights.
16:08It kind of depends on how you define sluggish.
16:10I mean...
16:10I define sluggish as a really good team with Hall of Fame receivers scoring seven points
16:15and a Hall of Fame quarterback.
16:17That's sluggish.
16:17Yeah, but that happens all the time in a regular season.
16:19Good teams sometimes have bad games.
16:21Some teams, but you just don't expect it with this particular team.
16:24Yeah, I know.
16:24But maybe it was just overhyped.
16:26Maybe the Rams aren't what people think.
16:28We'll see.
16:30You might be right on that, but I think they're better than seven points on a neutral floor.
16:34I'm going to guess they score more than seven next week at Hall of Fame against the Giants.
16:36I don't know.
16:37So, hold on.
16:38So, like I mentioned, the Niners play the Dolphins next, and then they play the Cardinals.
16:46The Rams, in their next three, are the Giants, like you said, they have to go to Denver,
16:51and then they have to go to Philly.
16:53And much tougher.
16:54Much tougher.
16:55Much tougher slate for them.
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