How would you deal with Evans in the Achilles tendonitis that he has?

Yeah, I think that's valid.

I think you want to get to a point where you know how to play without Mike Evans.

That was one of the biggest differences in the second half yesterday where They were on offense and on late downs.

Like, that's just Brock Purdy's go-to guy.

That's been the offense's lifeline for the first six games, five and a half games, I should say, of the season, where they would just drop back, throw it to Mike Evans, and understand that he'd be open because he always was open.

And then in the third – sorry, in the fourth and third quarter, like yesterday, it just seemed like they didn't really know where to go or how they wanted to attack.

Do you think we're there? Yeah,

What do you make of what you've seen thus far from Purdy, not just this year, but just, you know, this first five years of his career?

So before I talk about Brock, I want to touch on the offensive line real quick to hit you with a stat.

2.0. That is the yards before contact Christian McCaffrey averaged against the Cardinals yesterday.

So he's getting two yards before he's even getting contacted.

If that doesn't tell you the scheme and the offensive line, how well they're playing, I don't know what will.

As for Brock, I think you kind of hit it on the head as far as coming into the season, it felt like Kyle Shannon was going to put Hand him the keys to the car, right? You drive this bad boy and he's doing it.

Exactly.

I'm so impressed with him.

Um, a-and what are you expecting out of Raheem? Is he an upgrade from Saleh? And is there a player that he's brought in this off-season that you think is an ideal fit for what he likes to do defensively?

I don't think it's fair to call him an upgrade.

I think we're talking about two of the better defensive coordinators in the NFL during the past five seasons.

And even if it's a lateral move, the change of what we're gonna see in aggression, I think, is going to greatly, tremendously, drastically benefit, uh, the 49ers all around.

So it, it was a little puzzling that they didn't invest in the secondary more, but, like I mentioned, you have Osaka Diggs here, you have Romeo Hite, you're gonna get Nick Bosa back, you're gonna get Mychal Williams back.

I think his different types of blitzes are going to be the biggest change that we see.

So last year, Robert Saleh, the simulated blitz is where he's bringing a guy from the second or third level and dropping a defensive lineman off.

Is it, is it, is it a good offensive line that the fans don't appreciate? Is it a subpar offensive line that Shanahan and Förster, you know, keep apologizing for? Is it the reason they're gonna lose? Is it the reason they're gonna win? I mean, where are you on the Niner offensive line? It seems like the, there's opinions all over the board.

Let's get it.

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July and August are the month of lists." But what's your evaluation on that in terms of what you want to see Brock Purdy continue to add to his game as to continue taking strides in 2026 like he did in the second half of last year?

or, or is it Kalon Black and, and J- and James are gonna help out or, or make, make CMC a little fresher? How are they gonna get explosives in the run game in your mind?

So I think first and foremost you have to talk about the perimeter blocking.

So that's why I kind of push back whenever I hear, "Oh, the 49ers offensive line struggled." Like, you're run blocking as a collective, so that includes the wide receivers, that includes the tight ends.

And when George Kittle isn't on the field, historically the team just struggles to run the ball.

He wasn't on the field for a series of, or for a handful of games last season, and they were about a yard and a half worse per carry on the ground.

That matters when you're asking wide receivers who are journeymen to execute blocks that normally were executed by a brand... by a Deebo Samuel, who I think that's where we took for granted, like, where they were really strong at as football players.

Not just wide receivers, but they took pride in blocking.

Do they have enough at tight end, or, or when do you, when do you anticipate Kittle returning?

Um, so what'd you think of the pick?

So Bell has the ACL, right? And they're probably not gonna roll the dice on that kind of player.

I guess a better way to phrase it w- would be it would be tough to get all your scouts and all the people in that draft room to be on board with a player who may or may not be the same.

Like, that's not what you're gonna do.

That's realistic.

In the case of Boston, right, we have a clear athletic divide when one person is just so much faster.

And then if we just wanna talk about the body type, Jeremy Bernard compared to Deshaun Stribling, like being close to 6'3" and over 200, that is a guy who's probably gonna last in the NFL.

What, what'd you think of Black?