 Niners Seahawks tonight I bring you the goods of course the best info from the people who are around the teams the most Matt Mayoko from NBC Sports in San Francisco and from 7 10 a.m. in Seattle Stacy Joe Ross on the show bangles linebacker Logan Wilson stops by to talk Tom Brady and taking on his former teammate Josh Allen and I've got Eric Wettel's next career move Brian Barton's wearing his dad vest go Bills let's take a look One time I had in the Pacific Northwest very exciting the Niners had enough there to take on the Seahawks and if you're playing the coffee drinking game of taking a swig every time I put up the playoff picture it's time let's do it and tell you what the stakes are in the NFC the Niners win tonight they lock up the NFC West and ensure that they'll be at least the number three seed in the NFC overall for the Seahawks a win can vault them back into a wild card spot and keep their hopes of winning the West alive so a loss puts their playoff hopes in serious jeopardy they're battling out with the Giants the commanders and those feisty can't float them down lions for the final two spots in the NFC and you know who's really aware of how important this game is Gino Smith a huge game for his Hawks and what he's done it's a big division game prime time games we love them here the fans are always you know since I've been here they're always electric and so we look forward to that but for me it's a division game and we gotta you know win these games these next four games to give ourselves a chance for the playoffs so that means the most to me probably more than any other game we played this season we got to be locked in and ready for this one I'd like a five month break between good morning football and starting their show and I only wish I had some sort of platform because I knew this is what we would have I expected this coming into the season a prime time battle between Brock Purdy and Gino Smith in week 15 that could reshape the entire NFC playoff picture I was in Kenya and thinking that why am I not on television because this is the shot that I want to call and I'll seriously seriousness though it is such a big moment for two quarterbacks no one believed in or knew about even and it's the chance to shine in prime time and deliver to their fan bases a win on a platter that they'll never forget no matter what happens and I do want to dig a little bit deeper into the match up so what do we do here we reached out to a couple of folks who covered 50 teams closer than anyone in the locker rooms 365 all day long we start with the Niners side the traveling side in his 28th season congratulations Matt covering the San Francisco 49ers you can see his work an absolute legend over on NBC Sports Bay area Bay area welcome to the show Matt Mayoka are you kidding 28 years I know and it looks like I'm 28 years old so you know I started when I was very very young still in diapers okay yeah I mean I was reading your stuff for I've been reading your stuff forever so I'm in your I'm very grateful that you're taking a moment it's a big game big stakes and big Brock Purdy's out there but he's dealing with a little bit of an oblique rib issue I understand it's a short week he's listed as questionable still any feeling that might affect him tonight I mean they don't know it because he really never threw the ball around he didn't test it all that much it was a very as you mentioned a very short week they didn't do much no full full-speed practices or anything even there he was limited in what he would do but you know that he's gonna you know maybe take some medicine and see if he can play in this game and I don't think anybody will really know until he gets out there maybe you know a couple hours before the game and throws it around a little bit and then once the game starts but man he's done such a good job you know since coming in and he was a long shot almost even make the team everybody kind of figured it'd be Trey Lance and Nate Sudfeld is the one and two and then he beats out Nate Sudfeld Jimmy Groplo comes back and the 49ers liked Brock Purdy so much they're like they can't you know they couldn't cut him at that point and just hope that he could be on the practice squad and and here he is and he's doing everything they could have asked him to do and much more they have apparently three quality quarterbacks on a Super Bowl contending team they're down to their third guy I do take solace in the fact of this O-line with the Niners which I don't think gets enough credit they've allowed just 23 sacks this year that's fifth few is the National Football League so hopefully they are able to keep him upright for most of this game and I gotta tell you madam usually has a dent to buy into a quarterback based on a small sample size I really am but if I'm honest I love what I've seen from Purdy so far you've seen a lot of Niners quarterbacks in the mix in the shuffle over the course of 28 years so am I getting too cut up in the height yeah I maybe pumped the brakes just a little bit but there's a reason to be excited you know when they for when they drafted him and he was obviously the last overall pick in the draft they talked about him and Kyle Sheena had talked about him being kind of the cop being Nick Mullins and so some people here were kind of underwhelmed by that comparison but you know Nick was a guy who played a lot of football in college like Purdy I mean Purdy was a four-year starter at Iowa State so he has a lot of reps so he just knew the position worked hard you know didn't have the greatest arm strength or anything like that but just knew how to play the position well since they got him they realized it that Purdy is a really good athlete so he has a short area quickness that enables him to sidestep the rush and still look downfield and make plays but he's also got a stronger arm than they thought he did and so with that along with the work ethic and and just really I mean he has a really good touch even when he's talking to us at the podium you know he's just seems comfortable in everything he does and that certainly carries over to the field when he stepped in the first time against the Dolphins there was no deer in the headlights or anything like that he just looks like a guy who belongs and I'm sure taken down the goat probably adds to that I mean confidence really is a thing at that position it really is that wide receiver running back and Nate you name it and for him to take down Tom Brady in that stadium I mean before Sunday Tom had won 12 straight games against rookie quarterbacks and he's taking that on a short week with a battle bleak into battle tonight and the Niners also got great news on Debo which has to give their young quarterbacks some confidence it sounds like he'll be back before the end of the regular season but he's still expected to miss the next few here how do you think him being there not being there is going to affect the team down the stretch because he's huge yeah he is huge so this is the game you know as you you set up the the playoff picture there and I don't know by me saying that people have to take a swig of coffee but you know it could very well could be that he could be back Debo Samuel could be back for the final game of the regular season but the foreigners are going to have to kind of measure what they want to do here and if that final game is not important that they're locked in at whatever it is the number three seed then you know they probably just say Debo rest up we'll see you first weekend of the playoffs but the foreigners do have a lot of other people who can pick up the slack and now that the trade for Christian McCaffrey looks even bigger because Christian McCaffrey is kind of like Debo Samuel you know he's a you know Debo's a wide receiver who plays like a running back in a lot of ways Christian McCaffrey is a running back who plays like a wide receiver and you know just to toss it back to to Brock Purdy because he has such a good surrounding unit you know good supporting cast a lot of playmakers he doesn't have to do much and these are all guys who make yards after the catch so you know the foreigners can kind of keep it simple and just say you know Brock you don't have to do everything by yourself just just be basically a pass first point guard keep it simple something Shanahan I don't think likes to do very often but he likes having those pieces that can play different positions and mix it up and that's why I call them Shanahanigans if you will and I will say to end this that Brandon Ayuk nothing to sneeze that I know is no Debo maybe is no Christian McCaffrey big flashy trade but he's emerged he's a former first-rounder right but he's leading the team with 755 yards and seven touchdowns this season so Ayuk should maybe be getting some love in this matchup tonight Matt Mayoko I appreciate you and congrats on those 28 years come back please soon absolutely thank you so much K I appreciate you said pump the brakes on Brock Purdy I don't think I'm gonna listen to him though let's switch sides here because people were telling me to pump the brakes on Gino Smith too and I didn't and I'm smart because of it so we check it on the Seahawks side of things with 7 10 a.m Seattle Sports midday host Stacy Joe Ross good morning to you hi morning good morning I'm so happy to have you on the show thank you for taking a minute exciting game big stakes it's all happening and I want to start if you're cool with that with Kenneth Walker because I've been watching him so exciting slow flashy we love talking about him on the show and he missed last week with an ankle injury and it's obvious that the Seahawks missed him because they lost to the Panthers and they could have used him I see he's participating in full you're there you're around the team is he the key to making a go tonight great great question yes in a way he's the key to unlocking the offense right like a DK Metcalfe the other day in his press conference actually brought up that they need to run the ball more and how often do you hear a number one receiver like I would love for you to take the ball out of my hands please do please hand it off but they know that they need to get this for run game going the game high for any one individual running back wasn't Ken Walker who's been dealing with an injury it was DJ Dallas who's they're back up 37 yards against the Rams they haven't had more than 100 in a game since November 6 and you can see the effect on the past game which has been the most consistent and frankly best part of this team thanks to Gino thanks to Tyler and DK so to answer your question Ken Walker the key to kind of opening up the offense they need to get the run game going if they don't want to have guys just sitting in lanes right waiting to make picks but the key to winning is still going to be Gino and his arm which is just been as you know okay exceptional yeah give the ball to DK okay DK stop saying you don't want the ball you want the ball you don't take the poop during the game take a poop before the game and let's not have any nonsense out there on the field tonight I will say Kenneth Walker we talked about him a lot on the show earlier in the season such a hot start and then if you're looking at the numbers 79 rushing yards his last three starts combined so we'll see if he can start looking like himself after practicing in full and let's not forget this is the number one defense they're facing in the Niners tonight and you mentioned Gino there magical season is there a sense in Seattle that this final month is sort of determining his fate or has he already done enough with this team that no one's are coming to earn the job beyond this year I personally think he's done enough and I think that's twofold on the one hand this team had a lot of faith in Gino Smith before the season started I mean I know you were talking about believing in him so you and Pete right like you and Pete really believe in Gino Smith and Pete Carroll when Gino was still a free agent because his contract had expired so he was not under contract with the Seahawks was saying you know we'd love to get this guy back and you're giving them all the bargaining leverage for a new deal Pete really really wanted him back really believed in them despite it being an open quarterback competition Gino took all the first team snaps in camp so I think that this team particularly Pete Carroll has had a belief in Gino and all this is really doing is validating as opposed to giving them a mounting amount of evidence that they're using so I would guess that Pete has made up his mind if I had to guess right we haven't heard anything but I would guess that he's like I want Gino here the other contributing factor is the defense this team is looking at the number two overall pick right now depending on how the Bears do that could go to three we'll see how the Lions do I think it I don't think it goes lower than three initially at the beginning of the year we were all thinking what quarterback do they get right you move on from Russell Wilson yeah well you got to get a quarterback now that Gino's playing really really well and the defense is pretty horrific particularly against the run all the sudden we're thinking what if what if you can get your Nick Bosa like what if you with a number two or number three overall pick can get a defensive player that you don't have I mean the highest draft pick they have on defense right now is number 27 overall Jordan Brooks and that includes guys they've signed via free agency added via trade they they have a defense that has some good players but not a ton of draft capital high draft capital invested so I think Pete Carroll's belief in Gino coupled with the temptation of using those two first round picks on defensive players I think in my opinion the crazy thing is to me that we're talking about Gino what he might or might not have done is the highest completion percentage in the NFL still you mentioned their draft pick Jordan Brooks he's second in the NFL in tackles with over 140 so he looks good and you've got a couple studs in there that the defense has been struggling and we'll get to that in a second but just the fact that I thought the question would be about Pete Carroll Pete are you gonna wrap it up are you done chewing gum and like buying Wrigley out of their gum at the 7-11 on your way to games every week and instead but I think that was a real question like oh are we watching the swan song of Pete Carroll here as a heads ahead coach he can retire and clearly he's been completely revitalized and I think Gino has a lot to do with that and it's fun to see that he's talking about his quarterback in the future and you're talking to me on December whatever the heck it is 15th right ahead of this game about draft picks next year and what our guy Pete Carroll might or might not want to do is incredible now the offense has been on fire at the defense struggle city as a unit now they do have some studs on there but they're giving up the third most points per game this season give me a name or two or what they need to do to step up to stop Brock Purdy not a lot of tape on this kid yeah yeah no kidding so normally I would say oh well you got to look at your top you know pass rusher chin and wosu right get to Brock Purdy and kind of scare him but I think the key in this one is gonna be taking away Brock Purdy slash Kyle Shanahan's weapons right so I'm looking at the guys up front the big guys out woods and Puna Ford your nose tackle and then another big detackle making sure that they're in there to help out the linebackers and then the two linebackers Cody Barton Jordan Brooks I think those four guys in the front seven if they have good games I feel really good about the Seahawks chances against Purdy because while I like the Brock Purdy story like I actually think it's really cool like I if they weren't playing the Seahawks I'd tune in to see how he does anyways but I think that it's important to test them right it's a second game ever it's on the road is first you know the game in in lumen where the crowd gets absolutely insane there's gonna be 49ers fans but the Seahawks fans are insane so put pressure on them via taking away his weapons get that crowd noise and let's see how he does make a beat you yeah to rick woolen will be fun to watch at this one because he's just a great story I mean who has more interceptions than to rick woolen and then I felt no one he's tied for six and he's just I've I talked to him I'm sure you do and you get to hear his press conferences he's so raw is not the word but like nobody's really gotten to me and told him like what to say not say to the media and so like you love a rookie and he's you know nobody was expecting that to happen so it's been this magical ride and I really hope you're enjoying it for what it is and you can hear more from Stacy Joe Ross on Seattle sports on 7 10 a.m. Is that right yeah what time is that on we're 10 a.m. Pacific to do 10 to do well get going because your show's on today we're talking of course to you more about that and woes I mean it's been a great game tonight on Amazon Prime Video thank you so much and thanks thanks to Matt my oh go and we have a local Wilson on the program he'll stop by now he's buddies with Josh Allen right because he's facing him the week after this because you got to deal with the goat and the goat a pissed go by the way really mad go to the loss of rock 40 last week so we'll talk to him about his match up up against his old college teammates so when you're inevitably in the situation Logan where Josh is barreling towards you in the open field what's going to go through your mind all this deep and says on fire the bangles full of playmakers Jesse Bates you're going to pick up time better this work you'll just see it not a single 300 yard passing game allowed this year she's there peaking at the right time got good momentum and I sat down with a guy coming off a 17 tackle game he must have been sore huh well the whistle and Logan Wilson let's go career high and tackle 17 is insane I've never had 17 tackles in a game my life so I saw the staff to the game I was astonished myself you had a sack to that was a house I was a happy to see that one on Watson run a stunt with Logan Wilson inside Watson never had a chance yeah that was a good one finally get that first one of the season I'm about late in the year you were mic'd up in this game I hope it's not going to be a bunch of humble Logan Wilson stuff but is on fire what is that like knowing you're getting mic'd up I can't imagine um it's a little it's I mean you know you got to be a little more cautious about what you're saying you know knowing you're mic'd up and you kind of got what your teammates know that hey I'm mic'd up don't be saying anything stupid to me because you know everyone's gonna hear it and now you've got what like five straight wins for your team yeah yeah five straight right now big one this week obviously going to Tampa yeah and Tampa brings you Tom Brady so Greenlaw picks him off last week and then after the game comes up to him and asks him to sign his picked ball yeah so what do you make of that I mean we were talking about in locker rooms and some of us guys and we're like if that ever happened is we like we wanted to get signed to you know that's I mean that's one of if not the greatest quarterback to ever play the game to have the opportunity to turn over from him would be an honor truthfully of course so if you pick off Tom Brady are you taking the ball to him after the game and saying hey man will you sign this I don't know I just don't know if I would actually do it it's one of those things where you like talk about it and then you actually in the situation to do it you're like I don't know if I'd actually do it but it would be it'd be a good time to get turned over from you on top Monday night football welcoming the bills to town and that's a guy Josh Allen you played a game or two with at Wyoming that would be fun for sure I mean I haven't we played together I think for three years when we were at Wyoming so had a lot of good times there and you know he's still doing what he's doing in this league and you know his development from when he was at Wyoming to where he's at now is is unbelievable we knew he had the ability to but he was just so raw coming out that you know he gotten a good good position with the coaching staff there in Buffalo and they developed him and he's I mean he'd been playing at MVP level for you know last few years so when you're inevitably in the situation Logan where Josh is barreling towards you in the open field what's gonna go through your mind one not to get hurtled he's been known to hurtle some guys yeah he's a freak athlete truthfully and then he'll also run you over so I mean you got to worry about everything that he's gonna do with the ball in his hands Joe Burrow said that you're the type of player that you want on your team but you hate playing against so let me ask you who on this bangles team on offense would be the biggest headache for you to personally play against probably Jamar he's so crazy good he's I mean he's crazy athletic he's you know I think he's get he's like a receiver in a running backs body you know that's how he breaks so many tackles he's just a force to be reckoned with he catches the ball so easy to I mean it makes hard catches look easy when they shouldn't be but the Rams were built to win the Super Bowl and they have sealed the deal does this team ever talk about last year Super Bowl when you're on the locker room no I mean we're just we have a fire burning fire within us that you know we obviously want to get back and win it but you know we got really good guys in the locker room understand the past is the past there's nothing we can do about it it's kind of like a tease to get there make it lose and then see what it's like you know with the Rams to be able to win that on the opposing field and it's it sucked at the same time but also there's there's a lot of positives you know from last year like you were even supposed to you know originally even make it that far let alone be in that game and it's just it was unique experience and now that we have a taste of it we understand what it takes to get there what is the ingredient in a team that takes you to the Super Bowl the most important thing I would say the biggest thing is unsurphishness as hard as it is like in the NFL to have guys that are unselfish you gotta have guys that are just willing to do their job when stuff bad happens we don't point fingers at guys like we you learn from that mistake and you don't let that mistake happen again who's responsible for that unselfishness I think it starts with Zach coach Taylor he always you know emphasizes that we love playing for him and he's a he's a player's coach for sure why is it better to be under underrated which I think you are I think you as an entire defense are I think you as a team that made it to the Super Bowl are being overlooked I think that last year we were the team that no one believed in you know we were the really kind of the hunters you know and now we're kind of the hunted team and you know we've people have kind of I would say falling asleep on us a little bit but we don't really care you know it's just about us in the locker room and you know what we're doing and controlling what we can to get as many victories as we can all right it's holiday season let's do some brainstorming for gifts it's not easy to do well let's see what we can do together let's say we're at the mall where are we going and what are we buying for Joe borough for Joe borough yeah oh prior to some designer store and get him and maybe Cartier and get him some new glasses or so new Cartier glasses yeah I haven't seen him rock those he had a sharp outfit last Sunday he's always got sharp outfits who picks them out him or Olivia that's a good question I don't know I would have to ask my wife see your wife you guys just got married over the summer correct yeah we did we got married July 9th and then camps like two three weeks after that and then it's just like the ground running they're right back into the season organs the best now you're on the Pro Bowl ballot politicians need ask for votes do you want to talk to your bangles fans here I mean I would I appreciate all the votes that they would be willing to give me but you know we have bigger fish to fry that's right you have fish to fry in the desert a desert NFC fish to fry and we're wishing you all the best luck Logan I appreciate you I hope she can hear me Morgan through the wall and good luck good luck down the stretch you got you know Brady then you got your old teammate Josh Allen and then hopefully a road to the Super Bowl yep thanks camp thank you you're too humble Logan humble he is too humble can we get some votes for the Pro Bowl for Logan Wilson please get it done here he and his bangles played the Bucks this Sunday as we talked about and they look to continue a six game winning streak and race for the AFC North title they won five straight they want one more to keep it going and you can help Logan get to the Pro Bowl please tweet Logan Wilson hashtag Pro Bowl vote I'm rooting for you over it's funny to watch him like talk about tackling guys and he looks up in the distance like he's imagining their body type and I loved him saying that Jamar Chase is like a receiver and a running backs body a testament to his athleticism and his uniqueness of course thank you Logan Wilson for hopping on the show okay I think we have Eric Weddle if not I'll bring on Hamilton because I just need a guy with a beard just any guy with a beard Fanduil Casino has a special offer for new players 21 or older 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about Gus Edwards at Cleveland if you lost today man Pierce I think Gus is a good feeling he's back he's healthy Dobbins is back I know and I talked about him a lot yesterday but Edwards to let 13 carries for 60 60 yards last Sunday and it's a short week so I think Baltimore is careful with JK they're trying to get him back to full strength for a playoff run here so Gus should have plenty of chances it's the Browns defense Browns defense third most generous to running backs this season they're gift wrapping that thing uh okay Brandon I you talked about him with Matt Mayoko of NBC sports San Francisco they've got Seattle this is for tonight get him in a daily fantasy lineup over at Fandal's sportsbook he's got the D-Boar role on his plate right he shined when Samuel went down last week 57 yards in a score before the Niners pretty much ran the clock out to end it so I think we see him make some big plays again tonight and then at tight end Gerald Everett up against Tennessee the Titans and so sorry they've been getting eaten alive by tight ends this year Everett um he's still seeing volume that's important a target on Sunday night even with keeping the Keenan Allen and Mike Williams both back in the mix so let's take a look at it some sleepers hey you're sending a text you're saying yo you up you want to hop on my lineup baby Trevor Lawrence Gus Edwards Brandon Ayuk and Gerald Everett there you go battling through some injuries plug those guys in and have fun um we're gonna take a short break here I do believe correct let's do it Eric Weddle was there traffic in the car pooling this morning welcome back to up and Adams great to have Logan Wilson on the show some great sweet reporters getting you set for the Seahawks and the Niners tonight uh up in the Pacific Northwest but Brock Purdy captured the attention of the up and Adams show staff with what he's done over the last few weeks following Jimmy Garoppolo's injury and he's also captured the attention and no damn lesser affection of our very own Matt Hamilton let's bring him in for another edition of hammer time I don't want you to hurt your neck my neck hurts you gotta be careful that I can just do one of these or do with the sprinkler there you go what was the what was the ragu on what was it show me oh the teapot what did he do why don't you show me I don't know if I can get it in frame here you know do it you have the little teapot boils and then pour it out boy I don't remember I don't know yeah we will have to we'll have to have a mom to do it I would you know that's what we've that's what we've been missing you know I was thinking how can this show possibly get an Emmy it gets so much respect uh already in sports media how could we possibly put ourselves over the edge and and I think that's what it is Nick Mankusso of Good Morning Football Mike Mankusso that's what I meant I called him Nick for my whole career though it's Nick and you know it Nick Mankusso uh I've NFL Films fame that's who I would need on our program that's enough inside jokes hammer let's go to the check here yeah what are you seeing on tape with Brock Purdy is he legit is it more Kyle Shanahan like Chris Carter suggested on our show earlier this week and why is he up to such a hot start well of course Kyle Shanahan deserves some credit for the way that he schemes things up but Brock Purdy can play and one of the things that's impressed me most has been seeing Purdy thrive against a couple of totally different defenses remember the Dolphins in that first game they sent a ton of pressure they came after and and the Bucks they saw you know they saw Purdy kind of picked that apart so they said we're gonna play coverage we're gonna disguise things we're gonna try to confuse him make him hold on to the ball and you know that that gives young quarterbacks a lot of problems and Purdy still excelled so let me show you let me go to the tape here and show you what Purdy did so well and you'll see here the Bucks they show a single high high shell early end up dropping back to two high shell cover two up top it's quarters at the bottom a combo coverage here that late movement can be really confusing for young quarterback Brandon I use gonna run a seven stop here it's a corner out but he's gonna settle down in the hole in this defense and watch how quickly Purdy disipers this that ball is coming out as soon as Ayuk is coming out of his break on that stop and he's just gonna rifle it in there Ayuk does a great job to coming back to the ball creating some space for himself to make something happen after the catch big gain on this two-minute drive and this is a couple plays later this is where the Shanahan scheme comes in but first you'll see the Bucks disguised in coverage again they start too high they're gonna run roll one safety down the other one's going over the top of play cover three and this is a very similar look from the Niners Joanne Jennings gonna run to the middle of the field but it's they're making it look like that seven stop again but they're gonna run a double move Purdy pumps it he gets Jamel Dean to bite Ayuk's gonna run right by him he sells that seven stop but he's gonna run right past Dean off that pump bay and Purdy knows i'm gonna have to take a hit to make this throw this is where you see what your quarterback's made of he hangs in the pocket he's gonna take an absolute shot but he delivers a small that you can get to Justin up on it even with the hit from the touchdown and then the other element through his game you heard Matt Mayoko talk about it this morning his mobility he's not exactly Josh Allen back there but when everything's covered and taken away like it is here he can make things happen with his legs he takes off for the touchdown and then you see too how his teammates respond to him these guys are excited for him he's energized this team a little bit and and you love to see it i never see you get excited about a guy this early i really don't and you liked him before he went off against Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay you really did you were trying to not say that you did because you didn't want to put me in a bad spot but you were selling me you literally were pitching me on Brock Purdy before we'll see if you can do it it's a short week he's also banged up but it's a nice little matchup for him tonight and does have five total touchdowns just one interception of the last two games and the Niners they're outscoring opponents 68 to 24 Fandal sportsbook anything interesting there yes they have the Niners at minus three they haven't put a line out on Purdy yet i think they're waiting to see what happens with that injury but i but i like the Niners in this game if Purdy is able to go with what he's shown and and the reason i wanted to be a little hesitant is because you want to see how he responds to different defensive looks sometimes when a guy gets blitzed a lot it makes things more clearly defined and it makes easier reads to see him do what he did against camp you saw how they disguised those coverages and had that late movement for a young quarterback to be able to figure things out like that in his first career start was really impressive to me Niners three-point favorites as of this morning over on Fandal sportsbook if you're looking to have some fun i certainly am not putting out a parlay until i have some deep cleanse well we gotta it's gotta happen it's time you had a week to reflect going to seclusion i was in new york and i i went to the dermatologist i had these two moles removed these like i and they look like uh a vampire bite and i did it because of my parlays and i thought anything demonic even by association i need to cleanse and remove off myself so that's why i still got some work to do there but we'll get there hey what is fandal sportsbook say what is fandal sportsbook say about whether or not eric weddle uh forgot to be on our show today you know somebody's got to make the avocado toast okay there i can't hear anything because conrad loves coming in my ear at least i know how many seconds are left to break let's get him in here a super bowl champion with the los angeles rams a six-time pro bowler let's welcome our friend and super dad eric wello what's going on what's going on what's going on um now my friend is that a rancho bernardo high school sweatshirt do you have on yes ma'am represent my high school you're coaching them starting in 2023 yes yes ma'am the old ball coach turning it over are you excited oh my gosh i'm i'm so excited i've i've actually been at the school for the last uh five weeks now and there's a fourth period football class that i'm able to work at and get and get them going slowly it's a process and the one day i'd miss for the utah USC game i was out and about and i was kind of wishing i was with the boys you know helping them out so it's it's uh it's it's it's nice it's it's fun it's a challenge and i can't every day i'm excited to try to help these boys how have you not told me about this like what this is a bombshell right here what are you teaching in that class well you know monday's and fridays we're in the weight room tuesdays i let them play basketball because you know can't can't oversaturate you know the next seven months you're a cool gym teacher and then wednesdays we do like culture building team building gets to know me my expectations uh you know uh try to build that come maraudery of the of the head coach and and the players and an understanding of of hey it's it's about being great every every day of every second and uh just relaying that information and getting to know them you know i got a lot of kids that i got to learn their names and learn what they're all about what makes them tick so i can get the best out of them i mean shout out to rancho bernardo high school your your coach is already doing work now this is the are you giving grades no no no i'm just it's a it's a so the old head coach who's he's now assistant he has a football class like if you can enroll in the class that so that now i just i'm able to come in there and and take it over for him because he could take a step back now so it's fortunate eric i don't want you to get i didn't know okay well we we're family we need to talk more because i don't want you to get too involved in too many things because i have plans for you okay okay uh yeah we had your buddy andrew whitworth on the show to end the week last week and uh i asked him why on god's green earth you and he don't have a podcast so let's take a look at him the other beard eric weddle needed you need it i mean it's gotta happen i mean it gotta happen the the i call us uh the mean girls because you know it's it's what you do in the locker room the veterans who just we have a special place we sit you can't sit at our lunch table you can't sit on the training tables that we like to sit on who's the mean girl who's the regina george the leader of the mean girls oh it's weddle for sure i mean you know hey look yeah weddle love giving people a hard time that's this thing you don't ever want to show weddle a weakness andrew whitworth's new podcast whitworth and weddle you can't sit with us that's it boom thank you guys big win oh jeez you know what you know one thing about me let me give you know just a little a little context to the story so you know me and and what i'm about so if you happen to be if you happen to get in the facility after me when maybe you shouldn't uh i'm gonna call you out so it's it's little things like that where i gotta keep everyone on their toes because at the end of the day it's about being great and it's about doing whatever it takes to win and be at your best so i hold everyone accountable whether it's coaches trainers teammates uh everyone within the organization and you either love me or hate me but you will respect me and there's a there's there's some good funny stories definitely oh i'd love to hear i'd love to hear a story of who came in late to that ram's weight room that you got you got into no i can't i can't i know no that's between us the guys you don't have to give a name i will say this whit and i both did a video of ourselves doing treatment on ourselves because we were the only ones in there and uh you know it was but but we were early birds so it's a give and take you know it's you know you can't fault them too much because they radically treatment and start at x time and we're always there earlier but you know we're just trying to be great man just trying to be great i'm trying to think of the name um it's reggie scott right isn't it reggie reg no i mean reggie's all reggie is the consummate i love reggie he is one of the best if not the best and i i love reg to death so no i mean i can't say i know i'm guessing of course reggie's great and he's been with he was in that he was with that team back in st louis when i was running around at the clipboard forever he's been with that super bowl winning team uh okay so you're not going to tell me the name because you're going to save it for the podcast because that's what i understand here you and andrew whitworth you guys think i'm joking i'm so serious about this i'm i'm selling yet i'm having meetings with podcast people line up listen i got the wheels in motion take a look at this look at the marketing i'm already doing for your show oh my gosh please i like the woody in the background yeah who's that in the background fill fill fill i can get it to you fill with never step but within a thousand feet of doing a podcast but would he wear a mini skirt with his tummy out maybe no chance you couldn't pay me the money on earth to dress like that so no but i know um okay all right so philip we got to work on and we got to we got to find a way to lure philip i just figured you and whit you and whit could get philip on a podcast you could i wouldn't even try oh man all right let's keep it going here um let's see i mean uh okay hold on let's do this we got we got to talk about your your your ram squad we're actually going to the rams uh not to so far to see a chargers game this week so i'll say hello to sofi stadium for you because i know you can't make it in but let's talk about the rams raiders game you've said that you would play baker mayfield right away and obviously that was a good call but what specifically stood out to you from baker's performance i mean hopefully it's been talked about uh enough over the past week but seriously i'm that might be the most impressive thing i've seen in an nfl game of what baker mayfield did and i don't think it's getting talked about enough to get to get there on a tuesday and to be able to not just line up run the cadence run the offense know what to do where the ball is supposed to go to complete passes like seriously he didn't have any live reps with his receivers thursday's games you don't do live it's walkers so and even if you did the 15 20 reps that he said that's like half speed like hey okay on this play this is the round i'm running this is the depth he completed balls live in an nfl game without getting any practice like i don't think people know how hard that is and let alone to run the cadence to check different calls i mean he had the wristband but i think the majority of people can't tell me how many times he actually called a play from the from the wristband not any times i was watching that game so just impressed to be able to do the job the energy and excitement he gave his teammates you can tell they galvanized around them and we needed that we needed that as rams okay it's been it's been a rough go this season no one's denying that and to have something go our way was was amazing it was just it was fun to watch and support now he's starting again this week uh you're really impressed with baker mayfield knowing what you know about shawn mcvay how impressed is he and does it translate into a shot as the future quarterback of this team i think it's a it's a great opportunity not for not just for the rams to to just go out and fight and try to be spoiler and ruin everybody's season the rest of the way and but also see what bakers got i mean he was impressive that two days he was there i mean you cannot say he wasn't impressive but this is the matthew staffers team let's not get this twisted uh but in the unfortunate events we don't know what's going to happen with mathew with his health and and everything that coincides with that we all hope of course i do you know healthy matthew staffers were the best quarterbacks in the league to lead you so uh but it does give you an option uh moving forward if the next four weeks how he how he gravitates towards the team to the culture how he prepares all that stuff you get to see that first hand and now you have an ability to maybe resign him as a backup moving forward get him uh even more and indulged into the to the facility into the organization and it gives you an option of a top tier talent in the case of staffer moving on or retiring in the next few years like i don't know but you definitely want to try to hold on to a guy and try to build him up because he is he's in a moment pick for a reason so we'll see it might be perfect it might be matthew staffers not even injury wise just ready to move on ready i mean what is what he's made a lot of money he's won a superbowl like i don't know we can't we can't speak for him but it could be perfect for him the organization and then to have some guy a guy in baker mayfield who has experience and maybe isn't a perfect situation we've seen it happen before it's very cool we've got a great game tonight great game great picture niner seahawks i want you to put on your safety goggles and dig into something i match up that you're playing close attention to bosa i'm sure yes i'm i'm paying heavy attention to bosa who could be the defense player of the year for his impact against those tackles on the edge cross and lucas listen if if they don't have a plan every snap you know they've done an admiral job this season for the seahawks and protecting virginia but if they don't have a plan either sliding to him or doubling or chipping every single snap then you just you just don't want to have that happen in a game and i and i remember going into team meetings and game plans when you're going against a guy that could wreck the game or change the game on a single snap you have to have a plan and you either run at them you chip them you slide protection to them you have to give those guys help because they're gonna they're they're gonna fight their tails off but the reality is is bosa is an elite player in this league and and those few guys just like how teams scheme up against erin donald look how many times he gets doubled and tripled every game you have to because if they get single blocked you're taking the chance of a sack horse so i won't touch down and as a team you just can't rely on that happening yeah who's the first guy that came to mind when you said back when you were playing that there was a guy that could wreck the game and you had to prepare for who's that guy back in the indies i would say dwight freemey uh but we had marcus mcneil at the time and and that was uh we felt like it was a good match up but still even though marcus was a great talent and a great tackle like he still needed help at times like yeah you know those those upper echelon pass rushers are elite for a reason and they change the game in their paid for that reason so as an offensive coordinator or a head coach if you're not helping your team and preparing your team to block those guys you're doing your team of the service so number one defense up against a magical season with gino smith and company who wins tonight 49ers uh honestly they're playing they're playing at a level that out of the nfc and this is what this is what i what i tell guys i'll try to make this quick 49ers in the nfc i think can hold teams 20 points or less the the teams in the nfc okay and that gives the opportunity for perty to to make enough plays and not ruin the game to win to get the suitable i don't know if they can hold an afc team to 20 points or less or even 30 for that matter so then it comes down to can perty score you 30 points and go win the game that is the big question that's what we're gonna find out i love frisco yeah they are incredible right now and they're my pick out of the nfc analysis that wasn't we're gonna tweak that out that was incredible and we will see you next week no gritless we love you eric weddle that's okay and uh and we love see you guys rancho Bernardo whoo whoo the broncos