I want it to

happen.

Not based off the reaction, but just to get the person in the building, get them acclimated, get them fitted, whatever you got to do.

Get all the formalities out of the way so that way when they get back to practice, And this is how I know they're going to defense because it takes the defense way less time to get acclimated to a team than it does an offensive player.

So that right there, you know, well, who's going to be the player again? We saw, we saw Lynch address the edge position a couple of years back.

He went after and got the first round pick chase young and it didn't work out for us.

So it's going to be interesting to see who they get.

That's

It was a good route, but it was just a better coverage.

Yeah, the coverage and the finish, right? So Malik Mustafa definitely gets a game ball.

And then on the – actually, I'm going to go out and just say I think – In the secondary, I give it to Malik.

I think as far as the linebackers, I mean, new Fred is one of one, but I'm going to give it to Jaden Duggar.

I think Jaden Duggar has just put another game where he just said, like, I belong here.

And that's what I need to see from Jaden Duggar.

Led the team in tackles with, I think, 10 or 11 total tackles in this game.

And they shanked that one.

And even all the people I mentioned that had negative plays, overwhelming positive game overall.

I did my party tapes up on the Patreon.

I got to do my offensive explosives and defensive.

But I did my notes.

So I do notes first.

And so I did my offensive notes.

I was like, God dang, so many negative notes.

I'm ready.

It's hard to take them serious at this point.

I think...

And I don't like to speak for the faithful, but I feel like we're the voice, right? We're the voices of the faithful, right? I think there's a set of fans or a wave of fans that feel some type of way that when it comes to Kyle Shanahan, because he just couldn't get the job done.

And that's fair, okay? But if you factor in the context, that's up to you.

If you don't, that's up to you.

But I think that's what it is.

And so when you see a new coach like McDonald come in and win a Super Bowl in year two, and you saw McVay win it in year two, and you see, and all of these guys are not greater than Kyle Shanahan.

You just got to stack wins.

But I want to spend some time talking about the defensive tackle group, stopping the run, and what the answers are inside that room.

Yeah, especially early, right? The defensive tackle group just isn't built.

I don't think we have the personnel to stop the run, especially early, until we kind of regroup, we retweak, and then they do a little bit better job.

Basically, the offense comes out in the second half in these games, the two games that we just witnessed, and they kind of ramp it up a little bit.

So it allows teams to not run as much.

That's probably why the defense looks a little bit better against the run in half number two.

But they do make some tweaks.

Where's your biggest glaring weakness at?

What were your thoughts just on the defensive tackles and defensive line overall for the 49ers in week one versus the Rams?

Rams?I mean, it depends on how you wanna look at it, right? So overall, I think they were decent as far as when it come to generating pressure.

Uh, but when it came to stopping the run, now they were getting gashed right up the middle.

And, and I think that, you know, losing Alfred Collins, uh, and not having the surefire rotational piece for Alfred Collins, big body, big, big guy to help plug the middle, I think the Niners are gonna have to do some due diligence in their searching.

I don't know what McKinnley Jackson's gonna bring to the table.

I don't know if he's a good run-stuffing defensive tackle.

But at the end of the day, they're gonna have to figure that out, because we got Devon Achane coming up.

I want you to take this one.

Where does Vadarian Lowe fit into this? He has to practice with the Niners, but maybe one day.

Yeah, I mean, the Niners did what they normally do.

They take two tackles and then two swing offensive linemen, right? A guy that can play combo, guard, center, right? I think Vidarian Lowe is going to be one of the backup tackles.

And then you got the rookie Enrique Cruz Jr. who's going to be one of the backup tackles.

They're going to try to develop him.

They went with nine guys.

Getting some of these guys back, though.

How much action will Braden Willis see this season? What do you say here to number nine?

Yeah.

Because I think Kyle, and, and, and your, and your two wide receiver sets, I think Kyle, I think Stribling, excuse me, is earning the chance to be on the football field in those two wide receiver sets.

I think Deebo Samuel is gonna be more utilized like how we've been, how we utilized Deebo Samuel his whole career here, right? He's just gonna be that guy that's gonna be...

He's gonna be your weapon again.

And I think that's what makes Deebo Samuel most dangerous in the NFL, and I think that's what makes Deebo Samuel most, you know, prominent to what the 49ers need.

They need their weapons, right? And so I don't think Deebo is a lock in that two wide receiver set.

I personally think you bring out Strib, the rook, and you have Mike Evans out there in your two wide receiver sets.

Sucks.

Um, so what are your thoughts on the whole Vita Vea demanding a trade and where that is currently?

I mean, the fact that he's demanding a trade is good.

It's good news for the, you know, for the NFL, 'cause there are gonna be 31 teams salivating at the mouth to figure out how they can get this guy on their roster, and I think that John Lynch and the 49ers need to do their due diligence as well.

I mean, you're talking a perennial type of player.

Uh, you're talking a guy that's going to consistently, you know...

Y- you, you talked about him as a nose tackle in regards to far as he's eating up space.

The guy still gets pressure up the middle.

Uh-

Like, obviously-

He can't start on the PUP, bro.

He's gotta be out there.

He's got the most to lose.

You, b- they...

First of all, they signed Christian Kirk.

And a lot of people feel like Christian Kirk, it, it's, it's a 50/50 split, I think.

Go.

Talk to me just a little bit about why you feel so optimistic about the way things are going.

Yeah, I mean, you get another defensive coordinator in here that your head coach trusts, right? Like, so, so right there, the micromanaging is not gonna be in the defense room again, right? 'Cause you go from Robert Saleh to Raheem Morris, and you're just like, "Oh, what's gonna be the drop-off? What's gonna be this?" Well, I'll tell you what, it won't be a drop-off when it comes to trust, and you don't have to worry about that portion.

I, I, I just feel like Raheem Morris, he just...

He's been around football for a very long time.

He's been around these types of systems for a very long time.

He's really good friends with Kyle Shanahan, and I think that's gonna actually go a long way.

Then you bring in a defensive secondary-minded coach, right? And so, like, what's the area that we feel like we need to improve in? Oh, the secondary.

... 40 touches a game.

No.

I don't think he can run the full route tree, but I do know he can create separation, and creating separation in Kyle Shanahan's system is a big, big, big plus.

And the fact that he's probably, you know, the best blocking wide receiver in the NFL, this enables and helps your run game.

So the better he does those little intangible things, the more he'll see the field.

Um, but as far as a wide receiver, he's gonna get his options.

He's gonna get, excuse me, he's gonna get opportunities to get out there on the football field.

He's gonna have to catch the ball, and he's gonna have to make something with the ball in his hand.

What is the best case scenario that you see for Rhamel Hight, the speed edge rusher, in the 2026 season?