S1 E5 - 49ers Stay Undefeated, Turn Focus to Cardinals Matchup | The Saloon

Carlos Ramirez joins The Saloon to share his first game experience on the 49ers radio call and break down San Francisco’s Week 2 win in New Orleans, with interviews featuring punter Thomas Morstead and defensive lineman Mykel Williams.

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Speaker 1 (00:22):
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(00:42):
your podcasts. Hey faith Cole, Welcome back to the Saloon
presented by Cisco. I'm your forty nine Ers team reporter
Brianna Janelle coming to you after a week to win
against the Saints. In today's episode, I sit down with
a member of our forty nine Ers radio crew, Carlos Ramirez,
to recap everything that happened in New Orleans. Plus you'll

(01:04):
get to hear from players like Thomas Morstead and mikel Williams.
We also take the Saloon inside the locker room to
hear about how the team is getting ready for the
home opener in week three. Now, here's Carlos Ramirez joining
me in the Saloon today is a member of our
forty nine Ers radio team, Carlos Ramirez. Carlos for joining
me today.

Speaker 2 (01:22):
Thank you Brianna, how's it going. It's going good.

Speaker 1 (01:25):
You know, we got to win, so the week always
feels so much better after a win, way better now, Carlos,
this was your first game as a part of the
forty nine Ers radio crew, filling in for Greg Papa.
You did such an awesome job. Tell me about what
Sunday it was like for you.

Speaker 2 (01:39):
First of all, thank you. It was a dream come true.
It was weird, Brianna, because I didn't want to be
there due to the circumstances. What I mean by that
is our friend Greg Papa is fighting cancer and he's
doing so much better now, That's what I mean.

Speaker 3 (01:57):
I mean.

Speaker 2 (01:58):
I loved being there. I was so happy and thankful
to be there. I just wish it wasn't the case,
because I think we all agree, we all want Grregt
to get healthy be back on the booth. But now
that it happened and that I was there, I've been
I'm forty two years old. I've been doing this since
I was nineteen, and being from a different cut, being

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born in a different country, but loving America and loving
football and wanting to do this forever was really a
similar moment in my career. Because I've always wanted to
do this. I've done it in Spanish for years, and
breaking walls and knocking down doors and walls for Hispanics,
for minorities, and to be able to prove what we

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can do as a community, what I can do as
a professional, really meant a lot. I was there for
Super Bowl last February with the Chiefs and the Eagles,
and to be there again and do this was really special.
To learn from Mike Older and Tim Ryan and to
get a win. I was scared because I was thinking
if the team loses, am I going to be tagged

(03:02):
as the bad omen as bad luck charm for the failure? Knight,
don't go down that train of thought, I know, but
fans think that way, and I'm a fan too, so
I understand. Hey, this guy comes over and we lose
a game we should have won with no rock parity,
and we'll get into it for sure. But New Orleans,
you were there. New Orleans is such a special city.

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The vibes, the fans, the faithful words and packs down there.
The food is off the chain. Grants are good too.
But it was a really special Sunday to get the win,
to get the broadcast done the way we did. I
will never forget Sunday, September fourteenth, twenty twenty five. Ever.

Speaker 1 (03:42):
Ever, again, I'm so happy to hear that, and again,
our hearts are with Papa during this time. It's amazing
to hear all the encouraging updates from him and Carlos.
Your representation absolutely matters. Let's dive into it a little
bit more. Tell us what led up to you hearing
the news that you'd be joining the forty nine ers
radio crew, and let the faithful ine on your background
and who you are.

Speaker 2 (04:02):
Well, I could thank you. I couldn't believe it. I
mean a because I host pre and postgame live on
NBC Sports Pay Area. So this is my fourth season
hosting the show. And my first thought was, well, am
I going to miss the show because if I'm in
New Orleans? I mean am I hosting it remote from
New Orleans? So the first thing was I was really

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humbled and thankful that so many people got together to
a suggest my name for the broadcast and then to
make it happen because the Niners had to approve it.
Can br the radio station, had to approve it. An
NBC Sports Bay Area. My employer had to approve it
because it meant me missing the show on Sunday, So

(04:46):
all those things had to come together for me to
be there. And then my background is, like I said,
I'm forty two. I began in Venezuela, where I was
born twenty three years ago. I was a nineteen year
old kid doing radio in Spanish. But I came to
the station when I was a kid. I was six
years old. I learned English, went back. My mom was

(05:08):
an English teacher, my dad was raised in London, and
I loved football from the day I saw it. I
was a six year old kid Brianna overseeing the Colorado
University training facility. I'd never seen. I didn't know what
football was. I was a six year old kid who
played soccer in Venezuela and baseball, but I had no
idea there's this sport called football. So I see this giants.

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Imagine being six and you're seeing these six foot six,
three hundred pound college players with helmets on and their
pads on, and they seemed like superheroes to you. So
that was a very impactful image for a six year
old Carlos, right, and from that day on, I was hooked.
I was a CU fan for life. Still am Go Buffs.

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I loved John Alloway, my favorite player of all time.
I was living in Denver at the time, so when
I began in this path, I became a play by
playing soccer, then baseball, then basketball. But what I really
wanted to do was football, and I knew for that
to happen, I had to come here, and my dream
was always come to the States. I've been calling football

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games in Spanish. My gate to the NFL was opened
by the Foyda nine Ers when I got here in
twenty nineteen to the Bay, I became the color commentator
for the Spanish broadcast for the forty nine ers. Then
Telemundo hired me as the national play by play for
Sunday night football, so you had l Michaels and then
Mike Turrico on Sundays. But if you tune into either
Telemundo or Universo, I was there calling the same game

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in Spanish. I did the Super Bowl in twenty twenty one,
the Bengals and the Rams down at SOFI, and then
NBC Sports Brea called me up to cross over to
English and do this. In the meantime, I'm calling games
internationally for NFL game Pass International, both in Spanish and English.
But this is what I wanted to do. It's just
to get a job. I called the Panthers games. Don't

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get jealous. It was preseason games, and I want to
do some Ford scouting for the forty nine ers because
it was Panthers, Browns, and Texans the three teams I
got to call, and the Niners play those three teams
this season.

Speaker 1 (07:10):
So you were taking notes.

Speaker 2 (07:12):
I was scouting. I was doing some spying on those
three teams and taking notes. So I did that this
offseason two. And then when the call came, I was
first of all humbled that you know that a guy
like me gets this chance. And then it was right
into just studying, studying, studying, prepping, prepping, and prepping for Sunday.

Speaker 1 (07:31):
Well, what an awesome story and also so full circle.
How you thought you're in with the Niners and you're
here now I absolutely love to hear it. Now, let's
go back to Sunday. What did you think of the
faithful taking over New Orleans? We were there all weekend,
so we got to see it just fully unraveled.

Speaker 2 (07:47):
What don't they take over yeah, I think a poll
should be made Brianna of who's the best fan base
in sport, not just based football. I think it's pretty
clar football it's the Niners, But overall in American sports,
who is who's got the best fan base? And how
do you rate that? Is it by who travels the most,

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who's more raucous, who was more you know, loyal to
their team? Right? Maybe a team that's not that good
might be more loyal because you got to stick with
a bad team, right, Niners have been good for so long,
but just seeing so many read and it's not just
how they take over Breonna and you were there, it's
the energy that m and h from them. And I've

(08:29):
taken a couple of trips with the team. This was
the first as a broadcaster. I was done in Mexico
in twenty twenty two for that month in the football
game amazing against the Cardinals, and that was spectacular, different country,
different language, steal, how they traveled. I don't think there's
anything like it, to be honest, in American sports, any
fan base that takes over a city with such class

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and such a human demeanor and so well regarded and
so well behaved like it. It's really spectacular to cover
the faithful and be with them down there. So the
stadium was red, yeah, and I mean it was Levi's
Nola right, Levi's Southeast, if you want to be geographically correct.

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But spectacular, yeah, I mean, what's really you what do
you think?

Speaker 1 (09:17):
I absolutely loved it. I walked around New Orleans on
that Saturday before they gained during the day and I
was just so amazed. I didn't even know that was
passing the invasion. The forty nine ers do Invasion tour
throughout the season and one of the stops was the
New Orleans but it wasn't just located to a specific spot.

Speaker 2 (09:36):
I mean they were all It was Bourbon Street. Yeah,
it was Bourbon Street and the French Quarter was taken
over by their faithful. And what what's so unique.

Speaker 1 (09:43):
To about this fan base is, yes, they travel well,
and I think it's really cool that our fans will
be from the Bay and want to support our team
on the road. But we have fans everywhere everywhere. So
there are native New Orleans folk who are huge Niner fans,
and they represent it and they wear it with such pride.
And what's really close. When you're walking down the street,
you can hear the Bang Bang and then you hear

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the Niner Gang.

Speaker 2 (10:05):
It's just everywhere.

Speaker 1 (10:06):
It's such an awesome feeling knowing that you have family
wherever you go.

Speaker 2 (10:10):
It's funny because that's who Well said. Because I was
thinking about this, maybe the Cowboys have a similar footprint
over the country because of you know what they did
with Akuin and Emma and those teams and Jimmie Johnson
and Michael Irving, those that team that won three Super Bowls.
But what Joe Montana and Bill Walsh and Jerry Rice

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and Steve Young and Ronnie a lot with that team
and that generation of players accomplished was to plant a
seed that was national. Right, and we're talking about the eighties,
So it's a West Coast team being so meaningful and
not just because they won. It's the way they went
about it and who did it right. You don't see

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Pats fans spread all over the country. Maybe in a
couple of years. Who will, I don't know. I don't
think so. Like you don't see Patriots fans other than
in Boston or Bostonians who migrated right and moved out
West or wherever. But like you said, there's Niner fans, Brianna, everywhere, everywhere,
there's Niner fans, and it's amazing. It's the culture.

Speaker 1 (11:14):
And if you were to ask any fan, you know,
how did you become an Uners fan? They always talk about,
you know, the Bill Walsh era, Joe Montana, Roger Craig,
Do Clark. But the thing is it's still going. Do
you ask the new generation, it's George Kittle, Nick Bosa,
Fred Warner. So it's so cool to see how the
forty nine ers just create such big superstars in the NFL,
and like you said, across all sports.

Speaker 2 (11:36):
And I think it's got to do with the style, right,
It's not just winning, it's how you win. Right. I
think that's the same effect with the Warriors. It's not
just they won a lot, it's how they won. Or
the Bulls for that matter, Right. I think the Bulls
on the NBA side or spectrum have fans worldwide because
it was Jordan, but because how they went about their business.

(11:57):
Same with the Niners, even though they have been won
one in three decades plus. It's the way they go
about their game. It's the way they approach the game.
Of football, and now with Kyle being here for almost
a decade, it's the same. You appreciate that winning is
not just winning. There has to be an element of
esthetics and dominance and physicality attached to the way you

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play the game that is non negotiable for footy Niner fans.

Speaker 1 (12:21):
Yeah, it's the colture. The fans notice it and then
the players notice it also. So now let's go back
to Nola this Sunday. From your vantage.

Speaker 2 (12:29):
Can we go back to Nome?

Speaker 4 (12:32):
Well we will.

Speaker 1 (12:32):
Mentally there, go back there and get back into Week two.
From your vantage point, where were some of the biggest
takeaways from the Niners performance against the Saints?

Speaker 2 (12:42):
Well, I think the first one is obvious, and that's
Mac Jones not having Brock Purdy and have Mac Jones
start his fiftieth career game the way he did with
the weapons he had and didn't have, because in an
ideal world, Mac would have gone out there with George
Kittle and Bendon Ayuk and Juwan Jennings fully healthy, which

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he kind of was, and Kyle Hues checked on having
a concussion midw through the game and his complete array
of weapons. So his transition from being back up to starter.
Isn't that complicated, but he didn't have that, and he
threw three touchdown passes, which ties a career best for
him in a game a team that is very much

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run heavy and run driven did not rush for a touchdown.
So that was the Saints wanted to stop the run,
make it mac Jones heavy and have him beat them,
and he beat them. That's what happened. The better the
more the game advanced, the better he got. As the
game progressed, he read it better, he got more confident.

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He made a mistake with the fumble, he came over,
overcame the mistake. He was surgical, Brianna, That to me
was number one. As you will know, football is a
chain of events that need to happen for everything to
come together. That's why it's the ultimate team game, right Exactly.
For mac Jones to do that, the offensive line had

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to do its job and they had a phenomenal game.
Losing Ben bartch early was tough. Connor Colby, to me,
is a really good player, and I think the Niners
found a jewel in that seventh round with Connor Colby.
He allowed no pressures and throughout the game, no pressures
left side of the line. In Seattle, the line as

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a whole allowed twenty three pressures against the Seahawks. Seventeen
of those were on the left side, seven by BArch,
ten by Trent. That is rare this week. Not a
single pressure between BArch when he played, then Colby and Trent.
So eighty percent of the passing pass blocking chances were
dominated by the offensive line against a d line that

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a week earlier Brianna sack Cayler Murray five times. So
they're not a bunch of scrubs. It's a good defensive line,
a competitive defensive line. That to me was the second one.
And then Kyle Shannon. I'm sticking with the offense. Kyle
Shanahan proved why he is a football mastermind. You lose
your full back. That means no twenty one perconnel for

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the rest of the game. That means you're using two
tight end sets without George Kettle being out there. Because
if you run twelve personnel and George is inline blocking,
or you want to line them as a full back,
or you want to use him as a slot receiver
and have Luke Ferrell Blockfery, fine, but no George. So
it's feral and Tunges finding a way to make it
work midway through the game when you lost your all

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pro fullback. That's a tough proposition. So he figured it out.
They adjusted, the players, delivered one of the best coach
games by Shanahan and his foot nine or tenure for sure.
Then the defense, I mean, what do you say, Robert
Salaz should be in contention two games in for a
Coordinator of the Year. He has been spectacular. The D

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line I think is deeper and better than we thought.
Tim Ryan expressed, and I think rightfully so some concerns
or at least doubts on not how good they were,
but how quickly can they come together with so many
moving parts from last season to this year. Brehanna Bellen,
Absolutely you got Michael Williams is a rookie, Alfred Collins
a rookie, Bryce Huff coming in.

Speaker 1 (16:16):
The linebacker corps is all switched.

Speaker 2 (16:18):
Up, Absolutely so, and they've worked. I mean, look at
the D line and look how the run game has
been contained. Camara went out for one hundred, sure did
he do that much damage? I mean, do we think
about Camara running all over the place?

Speaker 1 (16:30):
Not really well as the Niner fan, you think about
how the defense closed the game. It's always how you
finish it right.

Speaker 2 (16:37):
And you mentioned a name that I think is huge
on both games, and that's Steve Winners. This team lost
Drake green Law, big play Dray and it was a
significant loss. Last year was a disaster with DeAndre Campbell.
It didn't work and the team sorely missed Dray green Law.
The light went on to use to steal a phrase

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from Tim, the light has gone on went on inside
the Winners. He sees it. He's aggressive, he's fast, he's violent.
He I think even plays to run better than Dre did.
He can go side to side, he's good in coverage.
I mean, I think we're seeing the Fred green Law
two point zero with Fret and Winners or Fred and D.

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We got to find a nickname for this.

Speaker 1 (17:22):
We need a nickname to say that because it was
Law and Warner like Law and Order. Now, what are
they to play on the video boards that Levi's when
it's you know, Fred and D Winners.

Speaker 2 (17:32):
I don't know. I mean, I'm a superhero fan. Someone
on Twitter said something about the Winner soldier. You know
that that that that that character in the Marvel Universe.

Speaker 5 (17:42):
I like it.

Speaker 2 (17:43):
Maybe he's the Winners Soldier and we got to find
something for Fred Captain America, something because their friends. There's
something there we got We gotta workshop this.

Speaker 1 (17:51):
Yes, as the season progresses, we'll start narrowing down the
list on what exactly.

Speaker 2 (17:55):
But I think we need a nickname for Fred and
and D.

Speaker 1 (17:59):
We'll have the fans drop everything in the comment.

Speaker 2 (18:01):
Maybe the D fence with D winners something like. I
don't know, we drop the commons suggest some nicknames for
Fret and D exactly.

Speaker 1 (18:09):
I mean, there was so much going on on Sunday.
I mean, like you said, Mac Jones in for Brock,
perty Connor colbyt Connor, Colby stepping up, titands just everywhere.
There was so much happening in the game now in
all three phases, also offense, defense, special teams. When you're
looking back at that game and really digesting it, what
was your favorite moment and how did you capture that

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in your call?

Speaker 2 (18:31):
Ah good question. There's so many. There's this momentum swinging
moment in the game that is I think key. The
Saints are driving down the field. It's a nineteen to
fourteen game and here comes both Jyre Brown, who's had
a I want to say not rough, but an up
and down training camp. Yeah, he came in thinking he

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would start, that was his goal. That's not been the case.
It's Stason Pinnock and Marky Siegel starting at safety. But
here comes Jarry Brown makes a huge tackle on Camara,
and here comes all pro thread with a peanut punch,
knocking it out and getting a fall. That's the first
turnover that that offense had had the entire season. So
the call was tricky because the call on the field

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was third down. I mean the ball down by contact,
no fumble, right, But the second we saw it, and
with the more and more we saw the replay, it
was evident that it was a fumble. So that's for
a play by play tricky because you have to wait, right,
you don't want to go and said fumble and it's
not a fumble, So you have to let it breathe,
see what happens, Let the play unfold, let the zebras

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aka their reps, do their job, and then you can
come on board and do your thing. So to me,
that was the biggest moment of the game. The Saints
had momentum on their sales and now it flipped and
now it's all forty nine ers the entire game. The
Juwan Jennings touchdown. I loved it because Jawan was hurt.

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He had little to no report with Mac Jones because
he missed training camp with the calf injury. So to
see on third down, third and Juwan do his thing,
his longest touchdown of his career forty two. Yeah, defense,
I would go with the peanut punch, with the Jay R.
Brown Fred Warner fumble and then on the offensive side,
the Jawan Jennings touchdown. Yeah, that with Nuts on the booth,

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high would I was? I was fist bumping, high fiving,
tim uh flexing, Uh I would nuts. I love this thing.

Speaker 1 (20:31):
You'd have to say that the radio booth is probably
a ton more fun than the press box. Right the box,
it's a library.

Speaker 2 (20:37):
We're working. Yeah, you can cheer, I mean cheer meaning
you can you know, you can fist bump, you can
high five, you can be emotional. It's allowed, right. You
always want to be professional and you always want to
keep it, yeah, on the professional side of the spectrum.
But if any area of our profession, Brianna allows you
to be a bit more of a quote unquote fan

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is doing the radio or television broadcast for your team.
You're never going to short end your You're never gonna
short sell it short or just be a fan. No
one likes a fan with a headset. That's not the case.

Speaker 1 (21:14):
I hear you.

Speaker 2 (21:15):
But if you want to, if you can show emotion,
let's go to a different sport. Duane Kuyper and Mike
Kruco with the right on the TV side, they can
show more different emotion than a guy who calls the
game for nationally for Fox or ESPN, right, because you
are that team's broadcast team. Same with us on the
radio side. So yeah, it's different unless you're Dante Whitner,

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who he doesn't care, He does whatever he wants. Yeah,
it goes all out.

Speaker 1 (21:41):
Yeah, because as a true Niner fan at heart, I
think I'd rather be in that radio booth, you know,
giving you guys, dapping, you being excited when everything happens,
because in the press box you just.

Speaker 2 (21:50):
Kind of have to go yes, you gotta be quiet. Yes,
Like that was great, That was great. Go top now
back to Joy year Brown.

Speaker 1 (21:58):
Kyle Shanahan called him out in his Monday call right
after the game called his position that big nickel position.
How do you think he performed in that big nickel position,
you know, having to cover the run game, but they
be versatile and coverage.

Speaker 2 (22:10):
It was a really good I mean, that's a great
question again because we saw the interchangeable pieces and how
Robert Salas calling the game different. It's not Bobby's Robert's
first time here. The nickel was Kawan Williams, and that
was it, right. You had your two safeties, Jimmy Ward
being one of them, and then you had uh K
one be your nickel. For every single nickel down it

(22:32):
was K one. It was a shark. That's it right,
And you had the shark bleds with K one and
that was not going anywhere. Now you're seeing variations because
upton Stout's not the biggest guy. Jayer can do both, right.
He can do play strong safety or he can come
down the field and be that nickel. I think it's
not just what he did, it's when Robert Salad called

(22:53):
for him to be out there, right. If it's if
he thinks it's a run situation, I'm gonna put JayR
there because look at what he can do. If it's
a pass situation, maybe Marquis egel uh and Upton Stout
gave me more coverage on the back end, and I
would rather that configuration. I think he had a very
good game because he was deployed appropriately.

Speaker 1 (23:13):
Yeah, now we're two weeks in. The Niners are two
and oh yes, great. But what's something you're still looking
to see out of the Niners this year?

Speaker 2 (23:21):
Health? Health. We haven't seen this team at full force
and until we don't get a glimpse, a true, absolutely
clear picture. And we know it's the NFL Brianna, and
we know everyone gets hurt. There's no excuses. Look at
It's like an epidemic of injuries, like quarterback injuries. Joe
Burrows down, Jaydon Daniels has hurt, Jalen Hurts also got hurt.

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There's so many dropping like flies. So I hope and
pray we get to see the healthiest iteration of the
Niners and not suspended with that's not an injury, but
DeMarcus Robinson being available to go. That's what I think
we need to see is health. I want to see
Brock under center. No, I mean, I love Mac Jones,

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but I think we all want to see Brock at
QB one. I want to see Kittle back out there
with Brandon Aiyuk and Ricky and Juwan Jennings and Kyle
us Check and seeing all out there. That's that's it really,
And I think, let me ask you a question, how
did you feel seeing Eddie Piniero go out there to

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kick some field goals? Because I was nervous until he
made their first one, not because I don't trust him,
but because we have so much PTSD from sadly what
happened with Jake Moody and not working out. How did
you feel?

Speaker 5 (24:41):
Well?

Speaker 1 (24:42):
I remember when Eddie came in last week on Wednesday,
and I was just excited to chop it up with
him in the locker room because he's a fella Nagoya.
He's also from Nikadawa or he has roots in Nicodawa,
and he has family in Miami, family in Miami, and
I was like, I think we have connection.

Speaker 2 (24:55):
Yeah he's from Miami.

Speaker 1 (24:56):
Yeah, yeah, exactly, And so it was cool to meet
him and understand, you know, what his vibe is like
and the energy he brings to the locker room and
the energy he's going to bring to our special teams. Unit.
I also talked to our punter Thomas Morristad before the
game and what it's like, you know, connecting and making
sure you're on a chemistry with your new special teams
unit just days before you go into the battlefield. Yeah,

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and making sure you're on the right cadence. So it
was really interesting to dive into, you know, what was
going on during that week. But when he stepped up
and unfortunately missed the first kick the point after, it
was a little tough.

Speaker 2 (25:30):
You know, go again.

Speaker 5 (25:33):
I won't.

Speaker 1 (25:33):
I won't go down the train of here we go again,
because you don't want to get into that mind space.
But you you clench your fist and you go, oh,
you know what, let's let's see a field goal. Let's
see a field goal. And so when he was able
to nail, it was nails. It was just you get
that one out of the way and then you finish
the game with a clean slate, you know, after that moment,

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and so it felt good. I think, I think this
is a good moment for us.

Speaker 2 (25:57):
And you know what that I had a great comp too,
great conversation with Eddie in New Orleans one just to
get to know him and his dad, I didn't know.
His dad was a former professional soccer player for the
for Lauderdale Strikers in the USL back in the day.
So his his dream was to become a soccer for
Eddie junior. His dad was Eddie piner A senior. His

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dream was to become a professional soccer player, which is
rare for a Cuban. I mean, Cuba is baseball and
boxing and track and field, but no soccer really. I
mean yeah, so that was interesting. Mom from Nicaragua as well,
interesting too, But it was more on the mental side, uh, Brianna,
because how you approached the game, not just that this

(26:43):
guy is looking for a home. I think we forget
as fans or even media members. These guys, especially kickers,
tend to live out of a suitcase. Right. He was
an undrafted player with the Raiders when they were in Oakland.
Then he goes for a couple of years to Chicago,
then he goes to New York, then he goes to Carolina.

(27:06):
And when he thought he was set, he told me
as much, I thought it was set. I mean I
didn't miss it. He did not miss a kick at
home for two years. You don't just release a kicker
who is nails, who is perfect at home? Just because
And it was just a thing of age and financials
for the Panthers. So he is. He's got the fourth

(27:28):
highest field goal percentage in ANFL history, Brianna, it's justin
Tucker Harrison, Butker and Chris Boswell and then him. So
he just turned thirty. The Niners have a history of
you know, if you're a good kicker, doesn't matter how
old you are. Enter Robbie Gold. So I told him, listen,
this might be your home. I mean, you might have

(27:49):
found the perfect situation for a team who just gambled
or bet on her. Rookie sadly did not pan out
with Jake Moody. All the best for him. He's a
great guy. I wish him the best didn't work. So
if you make kicks, you can be here for five,
six seven. I mean he's thirty, he can kick until

(28:10):
he's thirty eight, thirty nine. You can be here for
a good decade maybe if you just stay healthy. So
I wish that's the case, because I know how tough
it is for you to just pack your bags unpacked.
And I was just fans would be more cognizant of
what it means to be a professional athlete that he
was telling me how much close do I pack? Like

(28:30):
if the team wants me, how do I get my clothes?
His clothes was in Miami. If I packed too lightly,
then I don't have enough clothes. But if I pack
too much, then you know it's it's it's an inconvenience.
So those kind of details maybe sometimes evade the fan
who is just focused on results on the field, which
I understand, but I wish we just would pause a

(28:52):
bit more and also see them as people and the
things that go through that affects their performance on the field.

Speaker 1 (28:59):
Absolutely give them some grace. Well, I really hope Eddie
feels at home in the Bay.

Speaker 2 (29:03):
Oh he does. He loved it.

Speaker 1 (29:05):
Yeah, amazing. Well, now it's our second divisional game against
the Cardinals this week. What are you most excited to
watch in this matchup?

Speaker 2 (29:14):
The faithful out of the game. Yes, finally at home.
Hopefully it will be the first of all the home
games that lead to the ultimate home game.

Speaker 6 (29:28):
I hear you.

Speaker 2 (29:28):
February eighth, I hear you. We'll just leave it at that.
I don't want to jinx it. I want to see,
first of all, health Let's see how the week progresses.
Let's see if Brock can play or not report. At
the time of this podcast, we don't know. I think
I'm pretty safe in saying this that I think the
faithful and that locker room is pretty comfortable with Mac

(29:52):
Jones out there if Brock can't make the start on Sunday.
So that's what I want to see first, is health.
I want to see on the offensive side, the run game,
to me, needs to get going a bit more. And
I have seen improvements from Brian Johns, Brian Robinson, sorry,
Brian Robinson Jr. From Game one to Game two. We

(30:14):
saw the improvements on Brian Robinson Junior. Seen It's not
easy when it's a different scheme, different setup, and when
it's so time base and so specific on the run game,
you got to see it and attack it aggressively. And
the more he gets out there, the better he looks,
at least for me and Tim and I were talking
about this, So I do want to see more of
the run game going. Hopefully Kyle Yuschek does clear concussion

(30:36):
protocol and that will be a big at for the offense.
And honestly, just keep playing complimentary football the way the
team won on Sunday is I think the way this
team will win until everyone's back on offense or you
have at least your full array of weapons back on offense.
You have to be I think, defensively driven. No mistakes

(30:59):
on offense or limit the mistakes, no extra possessions for
the opposition, no fumbles, no interceptions. When you get to
the red zone, you score. I mean, that was a
big problem last season. And think about this. We haven't
seen a Christian McCaffrey rushing touchdown this.

Speaker 1 (31:15):
Season yet, which is crazy to think about. We haven't
his production over these past couple of games, like one
hundred plus scrimmag yards each one and still.

Speaker 2 (31:22):
No rushing touchdow, no rushiing touchdown. So I'm still more
to see and I want to see that. I want
to see that because that will then open up the
passing game. But seeing Kyle find ways to utilize Chris's
array of weapons is positive. To see fifty plus thirty
plus passing, fifty plus rushing touchdown, thirty plus catching touchdowns

(31:44):
or receiving touchdowns down for Christian is an amazing mark
to get Marshall Falk, Lenny Moore and now Christian in
a very special and elite club of three. So I
would say that I would want to see the run
game be more dominant, be more efficient, and then just
keep growing. On the defensive side. The rookies have been
amazing and I want to see Eddie Piniero make his

(32:05):
first field go at home.

Speaker 1 (32:07):
I love to hear it a lot to look for
this week heading into Sunday. But Carlos, thank you so
much for joining me on the saloon.

Speaker 2 (32:12):
With thank you, say thank you, See you on Sunday.

Speaker 1 (32:14):
Now we're going to rewind the tape a little bit
as I sat down with forty nine Ers punter Thomas
Moristad before the Week two matchup. Now, this game was
really special for Thomas as he was an iconic punter
for the Saints for over ten years, so this Saints
game was a bit of a homecoming for him. Now
take a look as he tells us what his time

(32:35):
was like with the Saints and what it's like now
wearing the red and gold. What's up, faithful, This is
your forty nine Ers team reporter Brionna Janelle, and I'm
sitting with Thomas Morstead before the forty nine Ers versus
Saints matchup in Week two. Thomas, thanks for joining me.

Speaker 2 (32:48):
You're welcome, glad to be here absolutely.

Speaker 1 (32:51):
Now we are going back to New Orleans, a place
where you spent the first twelve years of your career.
What's it like for you to go back but at
this time wearing forty nine ers red and gold.

Speaker 3 (33:02):
I don't know. I haven't been back. It's been five years,
and I'm sure it'll be emotional for me. My last
game was walking off the field in the playoffs in
twenty a spring of twenty twenty one and our winner
of twenty twenty one, and you know, it was COVID years,
Like the Dome was like, I don't know, twenty percent

(33:25):
full or something. It was just a strange year, a
strange sort of wait to end an awesome stint there,
And it'll be emotional for sure for me.

Speaker 1 (33:35):
Yeah, I can only imagine. You've been in the league
for seventeen years across multiple teams, but again, you started
your journey with the Saints in two thousand and nine.
When you look back at that rookie year and even
that Super Bowl run, what stands out to you.

Speaker 3 (33:49):
Most probably just the weekly routine. We just won every
week we started off thirteen and zero, we did the
same thing every week.

Speaker 7 (34:05):
After we won.

Speaker 3 (34:06):
We went to Lucy's retired service bar and grill and
partied with the city every weekend after the game. And
it was just magic, I guess the best way to
describe it. I didn't do a lot of winning in college,
and to be a part of that was just like
just surreal. And I can vividly remember so many different

(34:29):
times throughout that season, whether it be games or out
on the town just partying with the city.

Speaker 7 (34:36):
It was just so much fun. And uh, you know,
I was at a point in my life.

Speaker 3 (34:40):
Where I wasn't married or having kids and just in
a different time of life, and you know, it's just
fun to go out on Friday nights and socialize a
little bit, and uh, you know, the whole season was
just a blast, and uh, I don't know, just very
grateful to be a part of the city's history and

(35:00):
to have had a chance to win a Super Bowl
and you know, have a big impact on that was
you know, it's just been a blessing.

Speaker 5 (35:06):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (35:06):
You know, fans in New Orleans, they'll never forget the
on side kick in Super Bowl forty four. When you
think back to that moment, how special is it to
be forever tied to one of the gutsiest plays in
Super Bowl history.

Speaker 7 (35:20):
It's it's look, it's really cool.

Speaker 3 (35:24):
I think the thing that's been great for me personally
has been, you know, that's like a really risky gamble
type of play and I was a rookie and for
coach Peyton to call on me and have the trust
in me to execute that in a big moment when
everything was on the line. I've carried that throughout my career.

(35:47):
You know, so much of kicking and punting is between
the ears, and you know, whether it's your swing or
you're dealing with a little tweak here or there. You
don't always feel your best on game day. And being
able to draw back on memories of when you've been
asked to do something and coming through for your team,

(36:10):
those are things that are invaluable throughout your career to
almost unrationally give yourself confidence in moments where maybe you're
not as confident. And that's the biggest gift that's been
for me, is to be able to draw back on
that and remind yourself that in the biggest pressure moments,
you've come through as a player, and that gives you

(36:31):
real confidence that you're going to do it again, no
matter what's being asked for you. So I would say
that's probably been the number one blessing for me as
a player and then as a human being, just being
a part of a group of men that did something
special together.

Speaker 7 (36:46):
I've already been a part of.

Speaker 3 (36:47):
A ten year reunion twenty you'll be coming up somewhat soon.
Time flies as you get older, and to be a
part of that group of guys, and no matter what
directions people lives go, when you all get back together,
it's kind of like getting back together with college buddies.
You just pick up where you left off and you're
right back in that sort of time of your life.

(37:09):
So it's a special thing for sure.

Speaker 1 (37:11):
Yeah, that's super sweet, And like you said, confidence is everything.
But now you've joined a forty nine ers team with
big expectations. What drew you to San Francisco at this
stage in year career?

Speaker 5 (37:23):
Honestly, it's the people.

Speaker 7 (37:25):
Brent Boyer's here.

Speaker 3 (37:28):
And he's been wonderful for me in the millennial stages
of my career. Having a coach that's played the game
at highest level, that you respect, that believes in me
in such a high way at a high level.

Speaker 7 (37:48):
It's uh.

Speaker 3 (37:49):
I wish everybody had somebody that believed in them like
he believes in me. And at the end of the day,
you know, making money is great, it's you know, it's
your job. But day to day being around people that
you want to be around, people that you care about,
that you want to work with, that's that's invaluable because
that's what your life's made up of.

Speaker 7 (38:10):
Those are your days.

Speaker 3 (38:12):
And getting to work with him every day, and he's
a bit of ability to compartmentalize when he's your coach,
your boss, your friend is unique and I just love
working for him. I love being in the battle in
game day and you know, shit hits the fan, if

(38:32):
so to speak, and just the bullets are flying and
being all to be in those situations with him, he's awesome.
So I can't say enough about just the relationship I
have with him and being a part of a team
with him. It's all about the people you're working with
and getting to work with John Weeks, who I've always
had so much respect for. I can't believe the Texans

(38:53):
let him out the door. Getting to work with a
snapper like him who's just seeing it and done it
all as well.

Speaker 7 (39:02):
It's cool. It's cool to have a group of guys
like that.

Speaker 1 (39:04):
Yeah. Yeah, the people are everything, especially in the NFL.
I'm sure you see these guys like more than you
see your family when you're working in a week schedule,
the practice, the travel, the game days. So, but you
recently moved your wife and kids to the Bay Area.
We saw on social media eight people total. Have you
settled in yet? Do you have any favorite spots near
the Bye Stadium so far?

Speaker 3 (39:26):
No, we're not living near Levi Stadium. We're kind of
south in a town called Los Gadow's and it's tough
to beat. I mean, I think I saw my first
cloud yesterday after being here for seven or eight weeks.
The sun's always shining. Even when it's hot here, it's
not hot. Keep telling people here, it's just unbelievable weather.

(39:50):
The town we're living in is awesome. There's great restaurants everywhere,
you can walk everywhere. Yeah, it's tough to beat. So
really enjoying our time so far. My wife Lauren is
enjoying being out here. And you know, if we can't
make the living situation exciting for her and the kids.

(40:13):
It's really not worth doing. They give up a lot
to kind of uproot their life every year for dad
to keep playing football. So you know, it's not exactly
a saving a touch of a bunch of money to
keep playing, But it's it's all about experiences at this
point and having the chance to be a part of

(40:35):
a really you know, awesome organization that does things the
right way, a team that has that expects to win
weekend and week out. You know, you can't ask for
anything more. So we're all excited to be here for sure.

Speaker 8 (40:49):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (40:49):
Well, what's the big erie experience like for your family?
And have you connected with Jake tanjis a famous Los
Guddess native.

Speaker 3 (40:56):
Yeah, yeah, they've the family's gone and done quite a
few things already. They've gone out and gone out and
seen some of the Redwoods. They went out and did
a day in San Francisco, saw the Golden Gate Bridge
and I think it's Fisherman's Wharf. I think at some
point here soon they may go out and see if
they can see a baseball game, and I've heard the

(41:19):
Giants stadiums are pretty cool.

Speaker 7 (41:21):
Game day atmosphere.

Speaker 3 (41:23):
I'd love to go see a San Jose Sharks ice
hockey game while we're out here. And we've already been
out to the beach Santa Cruz and I think it
was Capitelli or Capitoli Beach. Yeah, Capitola, Capitola Beach And
that's just a quick drive through the mountains there.

Speaker 7 (41:43):
So that's pretty cool.

Speaker 3 (41:45):
I'm sure we'll do a ton more while we're out here.

Speaker 7 (41:48):
I say we.

Speaker 3 (41:49):
I'm not always involved in all that, uh with the
schedule during the season, but definitely going to take advantage
while we're out here and kind of see what what
the area has to offer.

Speaker 1 (41:59):
Yeah, that's awesome. Sounds like you guys have already done
the Bay Area experience, which is super cool to hear.
Now this week, the team signed kicker Eddie Pinero as
a specialist. How do you and John Weeks go about
quickly building chemistry with a new kicker.

Speaker 3 (42:13):
Look, our job is to be in service of Eddie
and to you know, figure out what he needs to
be successful. What is he want the final picture to
look like as far as snapholed, learning his timing and
just trying to get him to understand that we're for him,

(42:36):
and you know, he's not new to this game. He's
been in new situations plenty of times. So and I
know Eddie that were played with him on the same team.
But I've you know, I know Eddie and I know
people that have played with Eddie and he's fit right
in so far, and you know, excited to be working

(42:57):
with him.

Speaker 1 (42:57):
Yeah, awesome. Now final, a couple of questions here. This
Superdome crowd is famously loud. Coach Shanahan even said the
twenty nineteen game there was the loudest he's ever been in.
What should the faithful expect in New Orleans? And then
on the football side, how does the team prepare for
conditions like that?

Speaker 7 (43:16):
Yeah?

Speaker 3 (43:17):
Look, I think you know, I remember that twenty nineteen game.
I remember Kittles play up the sideline. I've been a
part of so many games that were louder than that.
Playoff games. It's there's no place like it. You know,
when that team's rocking and the fans are behind them,

(43:39):
it's the loudest place to play. And you know the
fact that you're in a true dome that the Super
Dome kind of is not like a wide, large space
kind of the stands kind of stack on top of
each other, gets so loud in there.

Speaker 7 (43:58):
And it's challenging. It's challenging for sure.

Speaker 3 (44:01):
So you know, I think it's you just got to
take it one play at a time, like you should
do anyways, and just got to be on your details.
And you know, you've just got to be very methodical,
I think, and you got to have a plan and
stick to it.

Speaker 6 (44:18):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (44:18):
Well, speaking of that plan heading into this week two contest,
what's the mindset for this special teams group and a
matchup like this where field position will be critical.

Speaker 3 (44:28):
Look, I think we got our butts kicked last week
on Special teams collectively, you know, as a group, it didn't.

Speaker 7 (44:34):
I mean there were some good things that we did, but.

Speaker 3 (44:37):
Seattle certainly had the advantage in special teams last week,
and we need to be better. So I think it's
always important, but specifically on the road, special teams makes
a big difference. So we need to be on our details.
Every play matters. You know a lot of times it

(44:59):
could be a fair catch and you're like, oh it
didn't matter there. Well, if you hadn't hit a good
punt or you didn't this guy didn't win his rep here.
It could have been a huge play. You never know
what's plays going to be the difference maker in a game,
but you have to pretend like each one of them
is that play.

Speaker 7 (45:14):
Excuse me, and you just can't take anything for granted.

Speaker 3 (45:19):
And I think you know, the sort of entergy we
had last week about being a desperate team and playing desperately,
I think we need to have that on every play
on special teams. You know, you don't get three downs
to get a first down on special teams. It's a
one play kind of winner take all, and we need
to go out and be an advantage for our team collectively.

Speaker 1 (45:38):
Well, Thomas, we're super excited to see you back in
the Superdome, this time in forty nine Ers red and gold.
So thank you for joining me today.

Speaker 7 (45:45):
All right, thanks for having me, Brianna.

Speaker 1 (45:46):
It was definitely a forty nine Ers party in New
Orleans last weekend. The Faithful absolutely took over the city
and the Seeds are super Dome. Here's a look at
what the forty nine Ers invasion was like the day
before the game. Plus we take you to the sideline
to hear exclusive sounds from that Week two matchup against
the Saints. Right after that, I find defensive William mikel
Williams for our postgame interview presented by Lexus. A big

(46:10):
weekend in New Orleans as forty nine Ers fans descended
upon the Crescent City in droves. I'm Brianna, Janelle and
Louisiana as the forty nine Ers invasion event in New
Orleans on Saturday served as one of the key opportunities
for the faithful to gather ahead of the game. Fans
out in full force in New Orleans, a place unique
in its cross cultural aspects as the birthplace of jazz.

(46:33):
To this day, many venues across the city offer a
wide range of music on a nightly basis, with forty
nine Ers fans in town taking in the culture. Next up,
we stay on the Gulf Coast for our next forty
nine Ers invasion ahead of the forty nine Ers game
in Houston for week eight.

Speaker 5 (46:48):
Oh my, okay, that'd be great.

Speaker 6 (46:57):
How many boers about Mark Flahrah?

Speaker 9 (47:00):
How want celebrate more?

Speaker 1 (47:01):
On?

Speaker 3 (47:02):
All right?

Speaker 9 (47:03):
All the brothers, lady, I'm on you know, hey, road dogs,

(47:28):
road dogs, this back dogs. Dare we come in your travel?
We take over your travel? So it ain't not just
about winning, It's about dominating. It's a sixteen five minutes.
Everybody got on one on one today. Dominate your one
on one and I brotherish you were gonna get exactly
what we want. Let's don't get to the boys on
do don't don't.

Speaker 5 (47:51):
Right o, God, you have to do that.

Speaker 9 (48:00):
We don't even do that. You get here, Come on, heven,
come onment no man, best one on three?

Speaker 5 (48:05):
What do three look?

Speaker 1 (48:07):
Good?

Speaker 10 (48:08):
Good?

Speaker 2 (48:09):
Get out, don't look at it, get better, go back.

Speaker 9 (48:13):
If you're gonna say it, listen you go ahead.

Speaker 3 (48:18):
Final next.

Speaker 5 (48:21):
He be hoping.

Speaker 4 (48:23):
No yah.

Speaker 9 (48:27):
Tails, nigga do tail, he says, bot toss and let
the second.

Speaker 1 (48:41):
Come.

Speaker 9 (48:41):
My boys.

Speaker 11 (48:46):
Rattler to throw on the sideline to flip at an
incomplete gianna.

Speaker 9 (48:51):
Brown got up.

Speaker 5 (48:52):
And batted that ball away out of the top.

Speaker 9 (48:55):
I mean it's a drive right down here too, big dog?

Speaker 1 (48:57):
Great?

Speaker 5 (48:59):
Hey you cover ticet He covers dog, Yeah, right down
on the bus Hey.

Speaker 11 (49:06):
On third and fourteen, Jones in a clean pocket. This
time Pierce Sall comes back to get it. It'll be
a first down to the forty four. Jones will step
into the pocket, looks through his left bers granders and
he'll run to his right. Jones weaving nice kind of
sidled this man to pick up nine or get down.

(49:26):
All the way down to the twenty eight is where
those bottomy gets twelve play action jokes to the left.
Caught feral grumbling parks.

Speaker 5 (49:36):
The goal line boot fharal. What is first NFL touchdown?

Speaker 1 (49:44):
Hey?

Speaker 8 (49:44):
Great, way gay great?

Speaker 7 (49:45):
Right?

Speaker 2 (49:46):
You get all the wag.

Speaker 5 (49:48):
Throw I throw it an eighteen four man. Pressure gets
to the quarterback.

Speaker 11 (49:54):
Rattler throws Miller with the catch and he's blasted by
d Winters.

Speaker 12 (49:59):
Can't help out?

Speaker 9 (50:02):
Hey get you?

Speaker 10 (50:03):
Yeah?

Speaker 1 (50:04):
You mean.

Speaker 5 (50:06):
Because if we execute, he's gone down.

Speaker 11 (50:11):
Rattler pressure on first down in some trouble down. He
goes up in stout with his first NFL SEC.

Speaker 7 (50:19):
What what that.

Speaker 9 (50:22):
Tell ye?

Speaker 4 (50:25):
Ain't you back?

Speaker 9 (50:27):
A great job of the wind God, I promised you.
I'm so close on the punch out roses. I need,
I need, I need, I need more of a monks
for him staying look.

Speaker 11 (50:38):
Of the four.

Speaker 5 (50:39):
Rattler to Camara, look at that cat. He caught it
on his shoulder pad and then the ball comes out.

Speaker 13 (50:44):
Oh no, knee on the ground. She look, that's a
bull show. He said, how about I want to have
a ball?

Speaker 9 (50:58):
No, I s feel you. I'm good. Sorry, we're looking
at the video. That's a bubble com in.

Speaker 5 (51:02):
No me, No, you know it's great hustled by Fred
Warner too.

Speaker 2 (51:07):
You know, never go never giving up on a play
and then coming in and being aware to be able
to take a punch and knock that ball out.

Speaker 1 (51:15):
This us.

Speaker 10 (51:22):
Lad about back world.

Speaker 9 (51:25):
Hey, I'm talking.

Speaker 5 (51:27):
I just thought him out.

Speaker 9 (51:28):
Man, I'm like the water.

Speaker 6 (51:32):
Lady.

Speaker 9 (51:33):
Man, I'm gonna troll you Oman. You're good good. I
thought they would have huntreib mout MoMA.

Speaker 8 (51:47):
I say, Frank shoutings running free show shouting is gonna
take it in bron San Francisco, touchdown, go.

Speaker 9 (51:58):
Like godive here?

Speaker 5 (51:59):
Why the town for mother?

Speaker 1 (52:03):
Chris?

Speaker 9 (52:03):
Yeah, grip long in anyway, a.

Speaker 5 (52:11):
Man, I do it no more, manage Prince.

Speaker 2 (52:16):
It's just.

Speaker 10 (52:20):
Rattlers looking pack collapsing kind of goals. Nick Prosa, let's go.

Speaker 6 (52:34):
Let's go.

Speaker 9 (52:36):
I love everybody, do not our escape It said it was.

Speaker 6 (52:40):
A week to the road.

Speaker 5 (52:41):
He gets the darkness day. We got a first down
on the Saints.

Speaker 11 (52:46):
Hope's continue halting to pressure coming balls out, turnover on
downs and the San Francisco forty.

Speaker 5 (52:54):
Nine ers are going to get a rude away in
the New Orleans. Let's go, hey, hey, who is lame?

Speaker 6 (53:02):
It was up to us.

Speaker 9 (53:03):
It was up to lest that work. Why why.

Speaker 6 (53:16):
Not fety.

Speaker 9 (53:19):
You feedy.

Speaker 4 (53:24):
Hey h.

Speaker 12 (53:26):
On the board, man, du that's another one down. Manby
what I say, I told you many more to come.
It's gonna keep it's won't keep rolling. It's won't keep rolling.

Speaker 9 (53:38):
Yep too us. I'm gonna take you.

Speaker 5 (53:42):
That's what we are man to know. You gotta keep
stacking days.

Speaker 9 (53:46):
City dumps. Boy, this one fensive.

Speaker 5 (53:56):
Dump in don't city.

Speaker 9 (54:03):
Thankful we finally coming home?

Speaker 5 (54:05):
Cooing, Oh, let's go.

Speaker 1 (54:08):
I'm with your first round pig defensive lineman Michael Williams.
Right after the forty nine ers Week two victory over
the field, to come into a rowdy environment like New
Orleans and walk away to an oh, man.

Speaker 4 (54:18):
It feels great. This is a second This is a
second week in rollo was able to do that, come
in and get a win. It's always feel better. We
can do it an enemy territory, So it feel great
to come in and play as a team, collect the
freak and get this.

Speaker 1 (54:29):
Dog tell me about your mindset coming into this contest
knowing you're gonna have a big role on the defense.

Speaker 4 (54:35):
Yup. I just want to be better than the week before,
and that's my goal. Every week, come in better than
what I played last week and learn and go from
their experience and get better every week. Wee get and
week out big.

Speaker 1 (54:44):
Tackles for loss in this game. Tell me about how
you executed against the Saints offense today.

Speaker 4 (54:50):
Yeah, I just ran with the coach Corton. My coach
put us in the right position to make plays. Now
I just able to make the play.

Speaker 1 (54:56):
We are only two weeks in, but we're two and out.
How do you feel about the tone that this team
is setting entering the twenty twenty five season.

Speaker 4 (55:03):
I feel great about the tone. I feel like it's
a team that we could come in we can fight
when our back against the wall. So I feel great
and I'm happy that we were able to come in
and do our things.

Speaker 1 (55:11):
God's MIKEL.

Speaker 9 (55:11):
Thank you, appreciate you, thank you.

Speaker 1 (55:13):
Now we turn the page to week three. Finally at
Levice Stadium, let's go into the forty nine ers locker
room to hear their thoughts on the home opener coming
this Sunday. Well, Jake, what makes a home opener so
much more special than all the other games during the season.

Speaker 14 (55:27):
Yeah, I mean just playing in front of the home crowd.

Speaker 4 (55:29):
Uh.

Speaker 14 (55:30):
You usually your family can make that game too, So
it's just always just a little bit more special to
be playing against people or playing in front of people
that you know, you love and they also love to
just support you.

Speaker 6 (55:41):
I'm super excited. I played in the preseason a little
billos packed even for preseason games, so I can't even
imagine what it's going to be like with a home opener.

Speaker 1 (55:48):
For those who have maybe never been to Levi Stadium before,
how would you describe the energy of the faithful here
in the Bay Area?

Speaker 14 (55:56):
Oh, the faithful are great, man, Like I've you know,
I've been on four or five teams now, and I
feel like this is always just the best fan base
I've ever been a part of. They're I mean, they're they're,
they're they're they're fantastic, second to none.

Speaker 1 (56:07):
Well, what's your message for the fans? How do you
expect the faithful to show up come that home opener game?

Speaker 2 (56:12):
Oh?

Speaker 14 (56:12):
I know for sure, especially if we have a business
this week uh, you know, week three, our home opener,
they're going to come screaming their heads off like like
they they always do, and really just you know, as
supportive as I've always been and just as loud as
they possibly can be whenever that defense is on the field.

Speaker 1 (56:30):
What have you learned about the Faithful so far and
what should you expect to see from them come Sunday.

Speaker 6 (56:35):
I'm expecting a really loud crowd. It's like a bunch
of rowdy, excited fans that are going to give us
a great silent count on third though.

Speaker 1 (56:43):
Yeah, how much of a home field advantage does it
create to get that crowd really rowdy and amped up
for the game?

Speaker 6 (56:49):
Chris, A huge home foot advantage, especially for defensive ads
and giving us to jump on the snap. So that's
gonna be a big advantage for us.

Speaker 9 (56:55):
Awesome.

Speaker 1 (56:56):
Can't wait to see you in the homeowner all right, Faithful.
That will do it for this episode. Thank you so
much for joining us on the Saloon presented by Cisco.
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