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and we get it rolling on the kug show
hope everybody’s having a great day it
is April the 2nd that’s right we made it
past April Fool’s
Day 9:08 on the west coast 8 minutes
afternoon on the East Coast but none of
that matters because we’re both hanging
West guy Haberman in the house little
dual stream with a guy and
myself guy I saw you were kicking butt
in the uh in the U in that little media
Madness pool man you what what’s the
latest well I don’t know about the
latest I mean the latest I it was the
final four I think I was getting
destroyed by Croc and I think um our
buddy
Brad you know it’s funny there’s a lot
of people that don’t know Brad and then
there’s other people that you know it’s
like Brad is a force of nature Brad
Graham and Brad Graham was taking down
last I checked was taking down the great
Matt
mayoko um and to a lot of
people
Mayo well I know I was up against mayoko
I assumed I was gonna get my ass kicked
um yeah well you know it’s funny I’m up
against uh I was up against um uh the
guy who actually is the head of the of
that website uh uh okay that’s that’s
bad news for you yeah uh what’s his name
Gara Rob Gara Rob stats G Guerrera and
then somehow I encouraged my audience to
rise up rise up I said and take me take
down stats and they did me they did me a
solid then I had barrows in the next
round and I’m like I’m losing to barrows
I lose to barrows everybody loves
barrows you know barrows is barrows and
everybody loves him but somehow I got by
Barrow but then I got in this round with
Croc and Croc is has I believe put me
away or is in the in the in the midst of
putting he’s he’s your Caitlyn Clark
there you go um we’ve got this one from
Invader 49ers who said guy had throat
surgery yeah guy you don’t sound quite
the same but we know you’re on the men
uh tell us your tell us your your
condition my condition is uh I had a RFK
Junior transplant I was like make me
sound like I want to run for president
let me sound make me sound like Trent
bulky uh let’s see a week ago Friday so
like almost a week and a half ago I had
a vocal cord procedure some would call
it a surgery there was a surgeon uh to
laser a bump off of uh one of my vocal
cords that had been bothering me for
like a year when I would do games
especially like when I would try to
project my voice so this is just the uh
the normal
Rehabilitation when I texted you
yesterday about doing a show I said if
you can stand this voice for an hour we
can do a show uh so this there’s no harm
in me talking I don’t need to go lay
down I’m uh I’m not doing damage to my
voice by uh by talking so I just I just
sound like this you know it’s not
laryngitis it’s not something yeah
you’re not sipping on uh on on or are
you sipping on tea I mean what is the
rehab uh uh method is or is it just hey
you know what just hang out it’ll come
back yeah just do your thing uh don’t
push it but you know it’s I’m not
screaming and yelling I went to
Springsteen on Sunday I didn’t scream
and yell uh and um you know I’ve got a
vocal coach that I’m gonna start seeing
uh she’s gonna make sure my they think
it happened because my vocal cords hit
in the wrong in the wrong place because
the way I talk so uh you know I’ve been
talking to I’ve been doing some vocal
exerc I gotta do I did some warmups
today I warmed up to get to this today
Larry really how was the warm-up uh
Sprints any any heavy lifting yep yep a
lot of push-ups a lot of
push-ups well we we’ll take you in any
form dude because of course your content
is phenomenal and we always love rapping
with you um we’ll get get into a bunch
of Niner stuff today um and you know
it’s here we are it’s it’s the 2nd of
April we’re inside the draft window the
draft is literally three weeks away
and the 49ers for the first time in a
couple years have a number one pick
because they did not trade this one for
Trey Lance so surprise surprise the ners
are due to pick at 31 and the the big
story surrounding the 49ers is a story
that people I don’t know about you but
I’m tired of I’m sure most people are
tired of and that is the future of
Brandon iuk and and what’s going to
happen to iuk you know it’s funny you
get into the season well there’s a
million stories right you know you go to
to down to Santa Clara you talk to
player a you ask him five or six
questions there might be a story or two
out of that I go down there do the same
damn thing there may be a story or two
out of that then there’s the the stories
that we see on the practice field and
it’s like you look up and you’re like
hey there’s like 15 20 stories in the
off
season it’s usually not the way it goes
um last year at this time there were a
lot of people going Krug will you stop
saying
that Trey Lance is going to be traded he
is our guy longterm he is not going to
be traded shut up about you and your
trades and sure enough he was traded
unfortunately it didn’t happen till
August so that was still four more
months of this um but this off season
the the kind of the story that won’t die
is this Brandon iuk Willie wony do they
want him do they not are they going to
trade him are they going to trade Debo
you know they’re working out guys that
are supposed to go in the middle of the
first round but they don’t have a middle
of the first round pick so that makes
you think that maybe he will get dealt
then you have people saying you know
what they’re really Mike gapo from the
NFL Network they’re very far apart in
their two offers um and then the next
day you’ve got Lynch hey you know we
really want this guy and this and that
before we get into smuk stuff where do
you actually think this is I mean can
it’s very difficult to separate the
reports from fact do you think he’s a
Niner always GNA be a Niner and you know
um Shanahan and Lynch are absolutely in
love and they’ll do whatever they T it
takes do you think they’ve got a price
and a coff point where they’re like if
this gets Beyond this we’re trading this
guy or do you think that the the master
plan is to trade this guy I mean if you
told me the master plan was to trade auk
for a mid-ir round pick take a tackle
and then take a receiver at 31 in this
draft I could make an argument for some
damn good receivers at 31 what do you
think the master plan is with auk if you
had to guess well I think the the master
plan is for him to
be Brock P’s catching partner for the
next seven years I mean I think that
that is their ideal situation because I
think when you look at his age you look
at all their expensive players which if
he stays he’ll become one he is the one
that fits on Brock’s timeline the best
right he fits better than KD and
McCaffrey and
Debo uh without like it’s not even close
he’s on the same timeline as Jan
Jennings from like a when he was drafted
standpoint he’s Young when you pay
Brandon iuk you’re paying for his prime
Larry you’re not paying for past
performance and I think one of the worst
not one of the worst things but like I
think in in some way they fear the the
um unlikely which would be somebody
offering them a pick that they couldn’t
refuse right somebody doing something
illogical like offering a mid- first
round pick for Brandon auk which do it
doesn’t make sense to do that you can
get the third fourth best receiver with
a mid- round pick in the first round
this year so somebody shouldn’t do that
like it doesn’t it doesn’t
pencil but if somebody did that I mean
for what’s best for the organization I
think they’d feel like God this is such
great value even though they know you’re
not getting Brandon I Yuk’s
equivalent right now maybe in three
years maybe in two years but it in all
likelihood not right now right but I
think the most likely outcome is he’s
playing and I’ve said this for a while L
that he’s playing this year on the fifth
year option and I think the conversation
we’re having about him now is like a
more real conversation next year as it
relates to
deot so you think Debo may get moved
next year is what you’re thinking
because I mean if you if you asked me
and I’ve been talking about this the
last couple weeks or last couple days I
think auk’s coming back I think I think
they are going to draft a receiver
somewhere in their first two or three
picks I would not be surprised if the
Niners drafted a receiver either in the
first or second round um I could see it
I could see it and then maybe a year
from now trading Debo Samuel if that
receiver comes of age a little bit um
for maybe something that’s not kind of
poultry in return you know maybe like a
fourth round pick maybe a fifth round
pick or something like that next year to
some team that’s not one of your arch
rivals in either conference that’s kind
of what I see as far as wide receiver I
don’t I can’t imagine I I love Xavier um
Le or Legette from South Carolina I see
a lot of AJ Brown and him I was watching
path to the draft last night and sure
enough they made that comparison and
it’s an easy comparison to make right
they both played in the SEC they’re both
big and strong and fast and physical um
I can see that I can see Malachi Corley
being compared to a Debo Samuel out of
Western Kentucky um I can see those
comparisons but it’s it’s such a
projection I mean NFL wide receivers I
mean Jerry the greatest receiver of all
time um wasn’t great as a rookie you
know he was he was far better as a
seconde player so for whatever reason
and we could probably talk to Shanahan
or some wide receiver coach about the
intricacies of the the position but for
some reason wide receiver is like a
almost like a redshirt position where
you can draft a guy and for every Randy
Moss there’s like a hundred guys who
just can’t do anything that rookie year
and then come out in that second year
and they’re like hey wow look at this
guy this guy’s ready to roll he know
knows the offense he’s quick in and out
of the breaks he’s you know he’s so
refined and um you know it’s it’s it’s
so I I don’t know that if you’re a team
in a Super Bowl window that it makes
sense to trade a a veteran wide receiver
who’s cooking who’s an all
pro even if you get your handpicked
receiver in the draft I just don’t know
if it makes sense yeah well I don’t
think you’re going to get you’re not
getting a top three receiver even with
an iuk trade it does not makes sense for
this year maybe it makes sense for six
years from now but you’re really
replacing the guy that you know like
replacing iuk with another Receiver
right now you’re replacing the wrong guy
you’re replacing the younger cheaper guy
right it makes more sense to replace
Debo if you’re gonna replace anybody
right now and when you you know the year
to replace Debo is next year because his
dead cap hit comes down precipitously so
like that’s that to me is the window
next year is the window um and you know
the beauty with auk like he’s still
showing up he’s still working out he
still makes $14 million this year like
it’s a significant increase in salary
for him this year so it’s not like he’s
playing on a $2 million contract so you
know like what that means is he can
afford to wait for next year’s contract
he can’t you know now as for the
receiver part of it like the draft part
of it I mean they’re probably gonna
draft one to your point like I went back
and looked at all their seven drafts
this will be their this will be Kyle and
John’s eighth draft okay in the previous
seven drafts they’ve last year was the
first year in which they didn’t take
some combination of multiple receivers
and running backs they’ve done receiver
and running back or receiver and
receiver or running back and running
back every year until last year last
year they drafted Ronnie Bell the year
before it was Ty Davis price and Danny
gray the year before it was Trey Surman
and Elijah Mitchell the year before auk
and Jennings 19 it was Debo and Jaylen
herd 18 it was Pettis and Richie James
17 it was Joe Williams and Trent Taylor
so they’ve taken nine receivers four
running backs and almost every year they
take some combination of multiples of
that position so they’re doing it Larry
like they’re they’re taking a receiver
and a running back or they’re taking two
receivers or they like that’s going to
happen in this year’s draft it just it
happens almost every year for them it
really shows too how difficult it is to
handicap those two positions at its core
because those guys have the ners have
swung and missed and we’ll look at the
ner draft history under Lynch and
Shanahan later on in this stream um all
right so I entitled The Stream will the
49ers draft their next star wide
receiver uh in this upcoming draft and
um I don’t know I mean I I I think
there’s I think this is a really
intriguing draft for Star wide receivers
I mean um obviously Harrison at the top
Malik neighbors adun I’m not a huge fan
of Brian
Thomas I’m not a big fan of Troy
Franklin either I’m not a big fan of lad
makoni he scored two touchdowns all year
then there’s Adon I Mitchell there’s the
burner Xavier worthy Keon Coleman Roman
Wilson Xavier leot or Legette Ricky peaw
Malachi Corley devontes Walker I mean
this is a really loed group Rice’s kid
Jaylen McMillan Javon Baker from Central
Florida who’s really good oh I like him
McCaffrey you know his brother from Rice
had a pH phenomenal year and then even
down the list I think there’s some guys
Marcus rosemy Jack Saint from Georgia I
think very underrated player Isaiah
Williams from Illinois very underrated
player BB means from Pittsburgh can
really run at 6’2 215 pounds there’s
some guys who can really really run too
in this thing you go deep down the list
Ty Tyler harrold from Miami is a
absolute Blazer at at uh six feet 210
pounds or so um there’s a bunch of
receivers and then we didn’t even talk
about the slot receivers I mean then
there’s then there’s a whole group of
guys who operate out of the slot I mean
Malik Washington from Virginia is
amazing uh a lot of people like Anthony
gold from Gould from uh Oregon
State um
and anas Smith from A&M is a good player
I’ve watched him for years jquan Burton
from Flor uh Florida
Atlantic what do you think guy is there
a receiver that that you think fits the
ners specifically or is there a receiver
that you like that you’d love to see
them grab in this draft well I mean I I
I wish his name was something else
because if just if it’s uh it feels too
easy but I I do like Brandon rice a lot
uh I like Jacob coing I don’t know if
you did you mention Jacob coing at
Arizona from Arizona yeah you know good
receiver I like Javon Baker from UCF who
you mentioned like uh you know they they
had a really explosive passing game with
a kind
of inaccurate
quarterback uh and they went through
some quarterback issues at UCF this year
they’re they’re guy Jr John rice PL
plumbley got hurt and came back and um
and they had a really good offense like
they had two really good receivers they
had a good run game it all fit together
he catches a lot I haven’t looked at
like his catch percentages or anything
but what from what I remember he catches
a lot of stuff just like in his vicinity
I think he’s a good catch a pass catcher
um so I mean those are a few names but
like to me that list can keep going and
it’s just listening to you talk I I
think they’re drafting multiple
receivers in this draft even though it
feels kind of crazy to say because you
look you go well they got
Jennings um I don’t you know I’m I’m
kind of past the Danny gray Ronnie
Bell’s gonna have to earn it back right
kind of situation so like to me it feels
like a draft where you you can you can
draft multiple receivers and guys who
will like maybe one of them starts
returning for you right away the you
know what I mean like I think you can
get some snaps
because when you look around the team
it’s just where do you find snaps for
somebody just go through the position
right like where are snaps
available Snaps are available at corner
right now right there’s snaps available
at corner maybe linebacker maybe
linebacker there’s kind of always snaps
available if you can earn them on the
defensive line for this
team yeah no doubt we we’ll see what
happens by I guess the deadline is
tomorrow but there might be some snaps
available at tight end depending right
on what happens with Brock
W and then offensive line potentially
right there’s snaps available on the
offensive line there’s not really a lot
of snaps if you look at if we went back
and looked at how many snaps Ray Ray
played last year would you have like 18
targets I mean maybe maybe that’s high
but they but those are somebody has to
get those targets so there is a spot for
somebody to come in be a returner get 20
targets um and then become maybe a
bigger piece of the puzzle next year so
you can kind of soft red shirt if you’re
a receiver on the Niners
so are you saying that any receiver of
the Niners Draft has to have
returnability you think no I mean like
does Brendan rice he’s not a returner
right he K he kicked returned a little
bit uh definitely Colorado he did yeah
he doesn’t look like you’re but I think
the return is different all of a sudden
like I one of my early theories on the
return Larry is are do running backs
make more sense as returners
now well they’re more usually more
durable you know they run lower to the
ground like now it’s like a short area
find one hole and hit it right right
like I just wonder if
the I don’t know the XFL kick returns
I’ve watched were pretty they lacked
creativity like so I my theory being you
need a like a running back who plays
behind a shitty offensive line like
that’s what your returner needs to be
now because you got like linebackers out
there trying to block in small areas
like it’s just a weird it’s a weird deal
all of a sudden and I wonder if running
backs will thrive in the new NFL kickoff
so but to answer your question no I
don’t I mean if you had to you could put
I know people won’t like it you could
put Christian back there um but you can
put Ronnie Bell back there like whatever
I’m not overly concerned about it
especially if you take two guys take
your best pure receiver first and then
take a guy that’s a little more of a
Swiss army knife second I you know let’s
hone in on Brendan rice for just a
second what do you think of him as far
as you know I mean do you think the
Niners would be a good spot for him I
mean you know there’s a there’s
obviously the comparison to Jerry but
Jerry to me it’s like Jerry is so so his
his you know he’s so in his own category
that I don’t really think anybody would
draw any comparisons and say well is he
as good as his D I mean obviously he’s
not his dad his dad it’s like comparing
Pete Rose to Pete Rose Jr or something
you know it’s like come on I mean
there’s there’s only one there’s only
one Jerry um yeah but I like this kid
and the and and there’s several things
about his game that I really really like
one he scored a touchdown on every 5.2
catches um and that’s a great you know
that and if you watch him like he’s
really he’s not the explosive athlete
that Jerry was but he’s not a bad
athlete and he’s got good height he’s
got good size and then when you watch
him um Brendan rice you see a guy who
who it’s like you can see that football
is important to him you know what I mean
it’s like the guy runs the routes and he
does a lot of the things his
concentration I felt seemed like better
than the typical College receiver his um
his all of his technique as far as just
you know his hand placement when he
would turn around his breaks in and out
of the brakes he just seemed like a more
refined receiver than your
typical than your typical receiver I
mean he just he College receiver he just
looked so much more refined um and
obviously his father is the legendary
Jerry Rice who was awesome at
Mississippi Valley State and great with
the Niners and the greatest wide
receiver of all time but what what do
you think what do you think is is is it
better for Brendan rice to be a Niner or
to not be a ner I don’t think it matters
because I think he can handle it like
I’ve watched him a lot in his career
going back to Colorado he is not phased
by being Jerry’s son and at first you
thought well maybe he’s a Colorado then
he goes to SC where the light is
brighter it didn’t change him at all so
I don’t think it matters one bit to him
if he’s a Steeler or a Niner um I mean
maybe it matters to him but I don’t
think it’s gonna affect him in any way I
think there’s a
lesson uh in the Danny gray draft pick
for the 49ers and I think Brendan rice
is a great example of the opposite I
think one of the lessons for the Niners
and and this applied to Trey as well but
more so from a receiver standpoint Danny
gray if you’re a one-trick pony if we’re
bringing you in to say okay you do one
specific thing you’re fast and Debo and
iuk and Jennings they’re not fast like
you so we’re gonna put you in specific
spots where it’s a chance for the fast
guy it’s going to be really hard to get
on the field because in order to really
earn playing time and earn a snap you
have to be consistent you have to be
even across the board you have to be a
good route Runner a good pass catcher uh
you’ve got to be able to do everything
because these other guys auk and Debo
they do a little everything especially
Brandon right and so when you try to fit
a piece in who just does one thing to a
lineup of guys who can do multiple
things it’s really awkward it’s
difficult to find a spot for that player
where you put them on the field three
times a game but then somebody else is
open because they ran a good route you
know and I think what Brendan rice is
is the kind of guy who you can give him
I think seven to 15 snaps a game early
and you’re not looking for him to do
just one thing like that’s why Danny
gray can’t get on the field because you
can’t give him 15 snaps because he’s
only doing one thing right like to me
Brennan rice is a little like the what
what we saw from Chris Conley late in
the year right what was Chris Conley he
was on the field and ready for whatever
the moment required of him and when the
moment required him to run a route that
he’ never run with Brock and catch the
ball he did it and I think that’s
Brandon because Brandon rice can run
every route and because he’s so mature
as a as a football player that I can put
him out there for 10 to 15 snaps and he
will run the right Route 10 to 15 times
and twice the ball might come his way so
when you have specialty
receivers what like Danny gray needs to
be on a team or needed to on a team
where he’s like they’re bad and he’s
like their number two guy and he just
gets to run and run and run and run and
run and four times a game they hit him
and it’s like well it doesn’t matter
that his routes weren’t crisp or he
dropped two balls on the Niners you have
to run crisp routes and you can’t drop
the ball because you may not get another
shot right and so that’s the type of
player they got to draft they have to
draft a player who can get on the field
with consistency first and then that
will create production for that guy and
I think that’s what Brandon rice is and
I think that’s that to me is the lesson
in Danny gray well and you saw the
latest on Danny gray right with the
whole yes yeah so you know I mean I
don’t know if Danny Gray’s head’s in the
right spot to me just being in the
locker room and being around him it
seems like he lacks confidence and um I
don’t know I mean I I I wonder about the
durability of the kid seems like every
hit he takes is you know he’s he’s it
hurts him um it just he just seems like
yeah I mean I understand why Kyle wants
him and I’ve talked to Kyle about this
before hey the advantage of having the
guy that can run off the the top of the
defense and and stretch the field and
create space and and that’s what Danny’s
there for but if you don’t get on the
field you’re not creating Jack yeah you
gota be you gotta be on the field for
other stuff too right that yeah over the
top throw such a low percentage throw
that if you can’t do other stuff then
it’s you know what are you doing what
are you doing so Brendan rice can do so
many things that you can put him on the
field in a normal situation and just
expect that he’ll be in the right place
at the right
time two other receivers I want to talk
about one is this kid out of Virginia
Malik Washington and dumpster fire Dan
is in here twice he says give me Malik
Washington for value and then he came
back with I love Malik Washington I’d
take him in the third or fourth round or
over most of these guys uh hster fire
Dan and I are in a in lock step on this
one we’re both uh big fans of of Malik
Washington I I I love this kid he was a
he’s a grad student he’s only a 5894
pound receiver started at Northwestern
transferred to UVA grad student he’s
originally from Lawrenceville
Georgia um and he was one of the 10
semifinalists for the bitnik off award
this guy just all he does is go out
there and catch and catch and catch he’s
also first team uh academic
All-American so he’s a smart guy he was
voted a team
captain so he’s somewhat somewhat of a
leader um you know this guy was great in
high school he was great at
Northwestern uh he’s great at Virginia
um you know he was a three-time scholar
athlete in high school so I mean he’s
he’s that kind of a guy lettered four
times in track um you know claimed a
State title in a national championship
in 2017 in the 4×100 meter
relay uh honor roll student pursuing a
master’s degree in higher education I
mean this guy’s and then if you watch
him and you saw this year for Virginia
Virginia was not a good team this year
but man this guy was everywhere I mean
he may he his bad game was like nine
catches for 91 yards and a touchdown I
mean this guy had huge stats all year
long uh um have you seen Malik
Washington at all from Virginia and and
and I guess more importantly can a 58
receiver you know succeed in the NFL to
the point where you would take him on
day
two uh I
mean to me you’ve got a better shot in a
Kyle Shanah you just have a better shot
with coaches who know how to get you
into space I don’t know how did they use
him Larry like was he running end rounds
well he did he did a little bit of
everything I mean literally they they
ran them on Cross short crossers across
the middle of the field they ran them on
on hitches uh they ran them on downfield
routes um he’s quick he’s he’s a little
bit more powerful than you think um he
he kind of has a Tyreek Hill Vibe
without that explosive speed he’s not
quite as he’s not the Speedster that
Tyreek is but he’s got the same body
type he’s thick he’s powerful he’s
explosive in short
areas I mean I’m I’m just interested in
in good player you think if you think
he’s a you think he’s a second or third
round pick at 5’8 I think he’s a late
third probably early fourth round pick I
mean I I would like he return he can
return yeah he can do some returning um
I I I just think yeah he’s one of those
guys that he’s just very productive very
uh very
mature um you know carries you know run
the runs the routes
correctly um you know really good at
using your movement against you um he’s
good I mean I mean he’s yeah Joey
Nicholls says he’s nowhere close to
Tyreek but he’s a good player no he’s
not he’s not Tyreek but he’s built like
Tyreek he’s got the Tyreek exact I mean
if you want to say what’s he built like
he’s exactly Tyreek U but he doesn’t
have that kind of ridiculous speed he’s
more of a moderate speed guy but he’s
very quick in a short area and he’s
incredibly productive and it’s not like
the guy played for you know some tiny
little division three thing he played in
the ACC and he did it against some some
top tier guys I really like him quite a
bit the other guy I wanted to ask you
about was McCaffrey’s brother I mean
what do you think of McCaffrey’s brother
two years ago he’s a quarterback last
year he was a receiver for the first
time and he had a bust out year he ran a
447 he’s got pretty good size uh when
you watch him though there’s something
kind of underwhelming about his movement
it’s like is he really faster than
Christian I don’t know I mean he he was
for the stopwatch but I don’t know if he
actually is as field fast as Christian
he to me he looked he looked good but
not great he looked you know Dependable
but not special um have you looked at
McCaffrey’s brother at all yeah and I’ve
and I’ve you know I’ve watched all the
mcaffry as most of us have have I love
the idea of converted quarterbacks at
safety at receiver at linebacker
sometimes you get a linebacker that’s a
converted quarterback but you often get
them at safety um and I really like him
at receiver just generally speaking I’m
intrigued by him he does not look faster
than Christian to me but Christian also
looks like he has you know taken a lot
of um track instruction in his running
right when you watch Christian run you
see a person who appears to have worked
on their
technique with in a in a way that’s
created and he looked like this back in
college to Christian Rand from a form
standpoint this way back in college um
and it’s efficient now Christian doesn’t
really run away right when it comes to
like runaway touchdowns unless there’s a
significant Gap he did in college not as
much in the NFL with the Niners um I’m
intrigued by him but you know to me like
this would be a low this would have I I
wouldn’t take him on you know six
seventh sixth round I mean I don’t know
where I haven’t looked lately where he’s
projected but that feels about right
doesn’t it seventh round undrafted you
talking about Luke yeah um they’re
saying he might come on there’s a lot of
teams that like him and he may him off
the board uh end of the third or
beginning of the fourth that seems that
seems like an overdraft doesn’t that
seem unlikely to
you when I first saw him I thought you
know what this guy’s like a six round
pick um and I usually go with my first
instincts and now I’ve watched him a
little bit and I think yeah maybe a late
fifth but I’ve heard talk that there’s
that he’s very popular among NFL
Personnel people and that he may come
off the board earlier um to me I would
say fifth round is The Sweet Spot
there the other the other question guy I
think which by the way Larry if if they
draft him the fifth round that might
make him the second receiver they take
so if if that’s the case that’s fine to
me yeah yeah and then there then there’s
the question of how many receivers can
you possibly have on your roster you
have Debo and iuk and JJ you have Ronnie
Bell you have you know they have uh Tate
Martin they have Danny gray I mean are
they you know are these guys are you
know here’s the other question I would
say too is that the receiver market and
this is the the thing I mean it’s not
really about iuk because IU’s an all pro
the best guys get paid I mean Calvin
Ridley you know whatever $92 million and
you know 50 million guaranteed you know
it’s like there’s money out there for
for great receivers but I’m looking at
the receiver free agent pool right now
just the receivers these are the
receivers now it’s granted it’s March or
it’s um April 2nd so free agency is com
and gone for the most part these are the
receivers that are still on the market
this is a pretty in intriguing group of
receivers Hunter Renfro Allan Robinson o
obj Michael Gallop Tyler Boyd Michael
Thomas mvs Marquez Valdez scantling
Kendrick Bourne DJ CH Jamal agnu micle
Hardman who was traded last year to
Kansas City shaem Grant who might not be
a bad ad as a return
guy uh Lisa Chenal who I’ve always liked
um for whatever reason hasn’t happened
for him he’s out there Maris Goodwin
Chase Claypool who they’re saying may go
to
Canada uh I’ve always liked clay pool I
don’t know what the hell happened with
that guy you apparently you don’t hang
out with him yeah well yeah I don’t hang
out with him but he had a nice rookie
year and then he just kind of
evaporated um and then a couple other
guys I mean Trent Taylor laquin
Treadwell those guys are just kind of
guys Trey Nixon’s not bad who was with
New England he’s
26 um but I mean that’s a decent group
of of wide receivers that you could just
sign off the street today if you didn’t
want to draft one but I think they want
to draft one they do it every year yeah
they do it every year I mean they’ve
drafted nine receivers in seven drafts
so they want to draft a receiver Larry
they like doing it now now they might do
it in the seventh round right they did
Ronnie Bell was in the seventh John
Jennings was in the seventh they get
they actually have a pretty good eye for
seventh round receivers so that might be
their you know that might be where they
do it that might be the second guy they
take I think they’re taking a guy
earlier than that though but I you know
um I would not be in a rush on any of
those guys you named because you you are
paying for 15 catches to 25 catches
right that’s what you’re paying for or
it’s almost like an insurance policy
unless you had a guy I just I don’t want
thought was a return man like jaem Grant
is an interesting name he’s not a great
player but jaem Grant is a very good
returner and if you wanted to have a you
know a lightning quick return man I
don’t know about his health but if he
was healthy I’d be interested in him I
you know I I
still what are these returns going to
look like I mean I would imagine they’re
studying the
XFL but yeah I mean I hope they’re
studying you watch them like they’re
these returns were a mess from a block
standpoint well just nothing nobody
there’s zero
creativity and I don’t know if because
the coaches don’t have it or they didn’t
have enough time for it or you just
can’t do it but like rarely did you see
from from I just watched like somebody
put together like clips of all these
it’s like occasionally you’d see like a
pulling a pull block right but mostly
it’s like dudes blocking oneon-one and
it’s
just chaos yeah chaos so I don’t I don’t
exactly know what it is we’re going to
get here um unless you feel like you
know and maybe some of these guys do
feel like they
know uh and I would imagine like they’re
getting on the phone with guys who coach
in the XFL to ask them
um I don’t know I I wouldn’t make I
wouldn’t spend too much money on a
return guy before I even know exactly
what kind of return guy I
need um you know it’s funny I’m I’m I
was just scouring the internet before
this morning before the show and there
was an article out by somebody named
Chris parte from yard Barker four
potential Landing spots for Brandon iuk
um and you know it’s like these rece you
know they list the Steelers the
commanders the Texans and the
Jaguars uh as potential homes for
Brandon iuk the one thing I would say
about kind of you know dovetailing our
previous thought I could see if you’re
in the market for Brandon iuk or any
veteran wide receiv receiver it’s
probably because you’ve got job security
issues you know um and and I say that
because it just seems like you could
draft the best receiver in the game you
could in the draft and yet you may have
to wait three years um where if you get
Brandon iuk gonna trade you know you’re
getting a great player right away now
he’s you’re getting a great player who
doesn’t know your system but you’re
getting a great player I just think of
like Jacksonville and Pittsburgh as you
know I mean Trent balky may be fired if
they don’t go to the playoffs this year
I don’t know uh maybe he’s willing to
make a trade because of that you know
Mike Tomlin I think’s got a win um in in
Pittsburgh I know he’s been a winner but
he hasn’t won in the playoffs in five
years um you know that they’re
interested is not a shocker to me so
it’s when I see these teams Houston I
don’t know I mean Deo is going to be
there a while obviously Washington’s a
brand new regime they’re not going
anywhere any anytime soon but I would
say the real attraction of an iuk is
that you know you’re getting a guy this
year yeah can play yeah I saw I heard uh
I don’t know if you heard Doug Doug
Peterson at the uh League meetings the
owners meeting whatever the league
meetings the other day I heard an
interview that he did where he’s like
you know they the next step for Trevor
Lawrence is just like in the big moments
to make the right plays I was like God
that’s kind of a God if that’s the
question you have about him that’s kind
of a major question to have about this
guy uh they’ve invested in receiver for
him I agree with you I mean like the
team that always quote unquote made the
most sense even though it makes no sense
was the Jets like would they do
something desperate at 10 right now the
idea that someone’s gonna offer you the
10th pick for Brandon iuk feels pretty
insane but that’s the point it’s
like the Niners would have to get their
socks blown off and somebody would have
to be a little irrational to offer them
a pick that feels that special right
like that Jags thing you remember that
Jags rumor whatever the hell that was a
few weeks ago and it was like the 17th
pick and Z
Jones the the reason whoever came up
with that idea included Z Jones wasn’t
because the Niners have like some desire
for Z Jones it was because the Jags were
saying save us $6 million and take Z or
whatever the number was take Z Jones if
you’re getting the 17th pick right
that’s my theory on that whole
thing seem random it seems really random
random but like my point is just that 17
and Z Jones like you don’t if you offer
17 for Brandon iuk tell me if you agree
with this you don’t have to add more
like 17’s a hell of an offer for Brandon
auk right yeah I I I mean personally
that is a more than fair offer for
Brandon iuk you don’t have to add
players I I I hear you but at the same
time there’s a bust rate of I wouldn’t
take it I’m just saying based on what
receivers get traded for Larry yeah
right 17 is a very fair offer based on
what the market is yeah I just you know
my whole thing is it’s kind of like the
Buckner with the kinlaw thing it’s like
you know uh you know you’re getting
Buckner you know what Buckner is you
know the Niners are getting the pick and
they took kinlaw with it well they don’t
know and there’s a bust rate or there’s
a you know there’s a rate where um you
know somebody says Larry Dr says Larry
thinks uh iuk is worth the top five pick
no I don’t I’m just saying I I
personally would want a two for one in
any situation when I’m trying a vet
trading a veteran player that’s
producing and good and you’re giving me
a draft pick I want two draft picks why
because there’s a bust rate there’s a
there’s a there’s a Mis rate on the
draft picks you’re yeah yes you could
get Brandon UK at 17 or you could miss
so it’s like and I’m trading you a sure
thing so all I’m saying is I would like
a two for one I would like at least two
picks for one two bites of the Apple if
I’m giving you a guaranteed thing now it
doesn’t have to be two high picks it
could be one high pick one low pick but
I just want two picks that’s just me
yeah I mean of course I but Larry if if
I’m offering you
17 I am not offering you another pick
like that’s a hell of a value right but
if you’re offering me 17 for an
established receiver odds are you need
that established receiver to produce for
you next year for a reason and there’s
only so many of them so to say hey I’ll
take your seventh round pick or sixth
round pick in addition may not be a deal
breaker but that’s what I would ask for
I would want a 17 and like a a late a
day late day three pick just so I could
have one more chance
to find a replacement you know I mean
that’s really what it is you’re trying
to find a replacement and I wouldn’t
trade him for 17 understand I’m with I
agree with you but I just when you look
at like Tyreek you look at these
trades like history says that Brandon
yuk is not gonna get you the TW the 13th
pick in the draft you know you’re just
not no a lot of times people would say
hey if you got a late first that would
be good all right let’s talk about
another position I want to get your
thoughts on safety where are you with
the 49ers at safety I mean they’ve got
uh taleno hanga and they’ve got uh Jer
brown but aanga is coming off um you
know an injury and he was injured a ton
in college and Jer Brown is a is a
second-year player they’re probably both
better at strong safety than free safety
but um where are you with their safties
I mean they’ve been talking to just uh
to Julian Blackman you know there’s talk
that John Lynch may bring back taan
Gibson who I’m not a huge fan of just
because Gibson to me will catch
interceptions but he’s not great and
against the run and he’s not great
against the pass and so I don’t love him
but I’m looking at that safety spot I’m
thinking fonga hurt we don’t know about
Brown exactly and then it’s a very
physical position the rest of your guys
George odm’s a special teamer the other
two guys are are more just kind of stop
Gap uh replacement level players you
know practice squad guys what do you
think do the Niners need to sign a
safety uh before before Camp starts and
you know do you have do you have any you
know thoughts on on potentially what
could be out there for them I mean I I I
do like Julian
Blackman um going back to college right
he he is like a he’s one of these
prototypical Utah
defensive backs um but I don’t think
like you’re not drafting that spot with
any expectation that you’re going to get
help right away right this year so even
though it’s not ideal I think some
combination of brown hunga and Gibson
can get you through the year um it’s not
ideal it’s not the first option but I
think if you’ve got those three guys
playing safety for you you have
professional NFL safeties and you’ve got
money Ward maybe you’re drafting a
corner right maybe you’re not but you
got Mooney Ward you got Lenor you got an
all pro linebacker hopefully you got a
better pass rush and you just get you
get through the year with a guy that’s
been a pro bowler at another guy that
might be but maybe he’s not um it’s it’s
kind of weird really Larry right now the
situation they find themselves in
because it felt like at one point you
know hungo was an all proo and I I
talked to my buddy will Blackman a while
back on the channel and he’s like people
do understand how good this guy like
this guy is all that and then other
people kind of think like yeah it was
he’s an all he was an all pro but is he
really he’s not Ed Reed an all pro right
um and there there feels like there’s a
redundancy with him and brown skill sets
that makes you wonder if Jer Brown was
actually here to replace Hua not play
alongside him right like they don’t feel
like they don’t feel complimentary
really it’s not cam Chancellor Earl
Thomas but that said huun is a hell of a
player Jer Brown’s a hell of an athlete
he got a shot so if you had to play the
two of them together this year I’d be
into it like I’d be okay with it even
though I don’t think it exactly fits but
I’d be okay with it because I think
they’re both good players you know what
I mean um and I don’t really know what
your other options are I guess you if
you go Julian Blackman fine and then
maybe he and brown replace hunga
eventually but maybe taloa comes back
and has a great year I mean that’s very
possible right he he had an injury that
he should be able to bounce back from
and he never really was it wasn’t about
his speed it was about his brain his
anticipation so he should come back from
injury I think as a good player
still but that that’s why that’s where
I’m out with them that’s where I’m out
with them looking at the safety free
agents guy I mean Jamal Adams Justus
Simmons uh Eddie Jackson quandre Diggs I
like quandre Diggs quite a bit uh Mah
Hyde Tracy Walker Marcus May jron curse
uh Adrien Phillips taan Gibson if you go
further down the line uh you got guys
like
um uh who else is interesting on this
list uh well Julian Blackman of course
and and um you know is there is there
any safety on the jron curse is a kind
of an interesting name what what do you
is there any of those veteran safeties
that you look at and say because I’m not
a big fan of of taan Gibson I just don’t
think taan Gibson plays tight coverage
and then I I watch him as a as a runfit
guy and he just doesn’t always take the
right the right run fit so it’s like
okay he’s he can give up big plays
against the Run he’s not a great cover
guy so what does he give you he gives
you like if you overthrow a pass and
it’s just lofting in the middle of the
field or gets tipped he’s got a great
knack to pick it off I think the guy’s
got like 36 or 37 career
interceptions um but other than that and
I understand why on the tail end of Ward
and tart they they were attracted to
high productive
interceptors but to me you got to do
something more than just be a high
productive Interceptor at safety I think
Gibson’s one of the reasons the ners
weren’t very good against the
Run are you saying you don’t want him is
like safety three or or would you would
not want him like that’s that’s how I
think of him well I mean I I just think
if he comes back he’s gonna be safety
two and okay because odm is safety three
and your special team I mean odm’s a
special teamer I don’t I don’t think if
if they had to start Odum from scrimmage
I think they would be looking for
somebody off the
street um so what do you think of hunga
and brown together I mean I like hanga
but hunga um wasn’t healthy healthy in
college and is proving not to be healthy
in the pros and I think he falls off
tackles I my son did have a stat a
couple weeks ago that was amazing that
the Niners were amazing against the Run
pre Hong’s injury and then after the
hunga injury they dropped precipitously
against the Run he’s really good at
attacking the mesh point he’s really
smart uh understanding when to play you
know run or pass I just see him as a
liability and coverage and a guy who
falls off blocks at the line of
scrimmage he just to me he seems like a
even if you don’t love him a pretty good
option given the position they’re in
right now yeah I mean he’s yeah if he’s
healthy but I don’t think there’s is
there do you have much I mean I guess
you know until you’re proven healthy
you’re unhealthy but the timeline should
line up pretty well for him to come back
and be
healthy but I I just wonder if they if
they were kind of already planning to
replace
him well and if they do replace him you
know this is a decent draft to replace
him in and and this I’m really glad we
have you here because I know how how
much you watch the Pack 12 many of the
top safety guys are Pack 12 guys let me
throw a few of them your way you tell me
give me the list um you know these are
the Pack 12 safeties that that are
really you know I think viable for the
Niners there’s Cole Bishop yes that’s
the guy there’s number one you like Cole
Bishop I love Co Bishop there’s kayin
bulock from
SC there’s Jaden Hicks from
Wazoo um really good player there’s
Katan oladapo from Oregon State yeah
who’s got kind of the the bleach top he
kind of bleach the top of his hair he he
is intriguing to me there’s Evan
Williams from Oregon that’s your
scouting report he bleaches that’s why I
remember him um who else who you who did
you just say Evan Williams from oh
Fresno
State Patrick MC McMorris from
Cal who was a transfer from San Diego
State who else is on oh here’s a guy
that I know the Niners have looked at
they’ve looked at uh the combo safety
running back from Utah sonone vaky vaky
yeah vaky two years ago he was a running
back and got forced into action in the
Rose Bowl to play corner and played okay
um
he’s a good player they last year they
had some uh running back injuries and uh
made him a running back like the week of
a game and I think he went for over 100
yards so maybe he could return I gotta
go back and look at his game log but
he’s he’s interesting and then I was
telling you before the show the the guy
that really stands out to me is um is
Jamal Hill from uh from Oregon who 6
feet 225 you know he’s I is he a
linebacker is he a safety but man you
looked at that workout I mean the guy
ran 44 he had a 40 inch vertical he made
one of the most amazing interceptions of
the year I probably think he’s more of a
linebacker than a safety but um I I
there’s no doubt I’d want to draft him
Jamal Hill I mean anybody go watch that
guy that guy’s he wore 19 for Oregon
he’s just a just a monster I mean this
guy’s a big-time hitter he’s he’s he’s
really really really physical he’s fast
pH has some dominant traits and kind of
plays with a Swagger um of those Pack 12
safeties who do you
like I love Bishop really yeah tell us
what you love about Bishop well he’s
he’s been a guy that’s he kind of played
right away for them he’s physical he’s
fast um he is a uh you know I think to
play safety for Kyle Whittingham
requires a lot intellectually they’ve
had they’ve done it before there where
they’ve moved quarterbacks to safety
just because they ask a lot and he’s a
guy that was an instant impact on keep
in mind on really good defenses right
like he showed up at Utah at a time when
uh they had a bunch of star player like
first round picks and multiple levels of
their defenses cornerbacks linebacker
pass rusher and he played basically
right away for them I think he’s from uh
Peach Tree City Georgia which is the uh
golf cart
capital of the world or at least of
America they’ve got like uh their whole
town has like bike paths everywhere
people just drive their golf carts um
sounds nice so I like him Katan oladapo
from Oregon State I like he’s really
just uh he’s a physical presence I I’m
looking at him listed at 61 he’s a big
dude um and again like if you’re
drafting defensive players from Oregon
State or Utah what you know you’re
getting is physical players tough-minded
smart physical players so uh he fits in
that he fits in that category really all
of those guys you listed Larry were for
the most part were pretty productive I
thought I I thought Patrick McMorris
would come out of this year as like
a top three round guy and I don’t that
didn’t exactly happen um Evan Williams
is a solid player not Uber fast but
again like super smart right playing for
Dan Lanning uh so like all those guys
were really productive players they
played in a league that threw the ball a
lot but also had excellent running backs
the last year the Pack 12 was
highlighted as the year that you know
Washington went to the playoff went to
the championship game but I think one
thing that really happened in the league
was you had a bunch of really good
quarterbacks and a bunch of really good
running backs so to play defense in the
league required you to stop the run and
stop the pass so all these safeties I
think come in having seen physical run
games and dynamic pass games good
quarterbacks so that’s a list of really
good
safeties um that’s a list of really good
safeties like faky also intrigues me
just because of the way he played last
year like he they just plugged him in a
running back he play a running
back so yeah
those think about Lanning Oregon State
Utah uh USC is not known for its
physicality on defense so [ __ ] bollock
but you know of the guys you listed came
from really physical really physical
programs um and most of them had to
tackle most of them had to tackle what
do you think of this one tdb is vy’s
better at running back maybe that’s why
you draft him yeah I mean he he fig out
he’s a he’s a combo there’s no question
he’s a combo player um what is the
Niners primary need if you said going
into this draft is I mean people would
say oh it’s offensive tackle but they
yeah it’s pretty obvious that Kenan you
know loves Trent Williams and really
likes Colton mckivitz and they’re
looking for more help but doesn’t sound
like they’re looking for a plug andplay
guy and then um defensive tackle but
they just signed a couple guys um corner
but they’re you know six seven deep
there and really you know you know I
don’t know how it’s kind of it’s kind of
debatable how how Prime you know Premier
the or least how primary I should say
the um the that position is what about
linebacker what do you think I mean is
linebacker the biggest need I mean they
signed DeAndre Campbell but they’re not
gonna have Dre green law um I’m looking
at some at The Mock Draft simulator at
31 they could be staring at Edan Cooper
who’s phenomenal from A&M pton Wilson
from NC State who had you know he’s the
bnov award winner this year and he had a
crazy workout I mean just an amazing
workout but there injury concerns I love
Cedric Gray from North Carolina a ton to
me he’s a he’s a lock to be really good
Jeremiah trod from Clemson very very
productive player I mean they may be
staring at the best linebackers in the
in the draft at 31 do they dare draft
one there what do you think I I I I
think they should dare I’m not saying
that they should do it but I would be
open to it like I do think offensive
line is need I I do think you can get a
good offensive lineman at 31 but if you
don’t think he can plug and play this
year that it may not be worth
doing uh at the I I did this yesterday
on my show Larry but I’d like your
reaction to it in the last 25
drafts going back to 1999 last 25 drafts
the last five picks of the first round
is what I looked at so the range that
the Niners are in right picks 28 29 30
31 30 29 30 31 32 yeah 28 29 30 31 32 14
offensive linemen have been drafted in
those spots in the last 25 drafts 14
total three of them became all Pros half
of them became good players for their
team so it’s 5050 that you’re getting a
good offensive lineman in the last 25
years in that spot not
great not great if you’re play guy this
year there’s so such a such a um you
know the quality of offensive line play
in the NFL has has declined to such a
point where I think that there may be
teams reaching for offensive linemen in
this draft that may be even a bigger
number this year of people kind of
taking a swing at an offensive lineman
but it it kind of speaks to the need and
the difficulty in evaluating those
players yeah but there’s also difficulty
in evaluating Corners yeah in this area
because I do think that’s a need like
you said there’s a lot of guys but
there’s a lot of guys that you’re comt
with coming off the
bench right unless
you yam do you like Isaac yadam we have
you and I haven’t talked about him I do
actually like him I you know I liked him
before he went to the Saints and then
this year he had a really good year at
the with the Saints he was at Boston
College he’s a Long Tall corner I think
he’ll compete uh for a spot I I like him
as a I think he’s kind of an underrated
free agent pickup you know since they
got him at kind of a cheap price too I
saw somebody in the chat that said uh
demerson Texas Tech Deon Taylor demerson
well I watched I watched his film and
you know all I would say was hyperactive
tackler I mean that guy’s just
everywhere he plays super fast he’s not
the biggest he’s more of a grab and drag
type tackler he’s not a thumper he’s not
gonna hit you and you’re just down but
he’s so freaking active and he’s so
hyperactive I mean it’s amazing how his
energy is off the charts yeah he was the
key to their def when he got hurt at the
end of the year it affected them on
defense like he’s a he’s a very good
player uh so that’s another guy like but
he’s old you know like you you might be
drafting a fifth year senior in this
draft like I don’t love that idea right
early
um but anyway I say all that to say
corner is like I’d be open to a corner
if you said if you said to me the 49ers
are if you said Larry Krueger reporting
the 49ers have decided they’re going to
go BPA at the end of the first round
best player available what positions
should be in their box where they would
go BPA right offensive line linebacker
safety I would put linebacker in the
category of like who should be in their
BPA box there you know what I’m saying
like I I’m I’m I’m in this mode now
where forget BPA I would want to Target
I like the way that Brad Holmes and the
lions are doing it I get the feeling
when I’m watching their war room that
they have a small board and that they’re
targeting certain players that they
really really love and then they’re
going after those players Brian Branch
jir Gibbs the tight end from Iowa all
these guys feel like you know we we
don’t just want a tight end and we’ll
take the best guy on the board and feel
a need we want that guy and if we don’t
get that guy then we we don’t even want
this position maybe we’ll go in a
different direction so it’s it’s it’s
like BPA but it’s your BPA right your
board’s BPA I like that like like I’ll
give you an example at corner I love Max
Melton from ruter right he’s smart he’s
tough he’s physical he ran in the four
threes uh if you watch him against the
Run he’ll step up and start you I mean
he’s a big hitting Corner who runs 43
who’s smart comes from a football family
his brother plays for the pack
um you know I mean he’s he’s a he to me
Max Melton is a is a really really good
draft choice well he’s projected to go
in like the 50s or 60s or maybe in the
40s and the Niners pick at 31 well if
you love him take him you know um that
would be you know that’s a guy like if
that you know I don’t want any corner
it’s not like I want I just need to have
a top corner I want a you know I’d
handpick like a half dozen guys that I
abely Cooper de de is from from Iowa
who’s a is he a corner is he a safety
you know returner he’s he’s he’s a
football player you know a lot of people
really really like him and think he’s a
real talent um couple thoughts here
before we finish up there
is this is now we now have a pretty good
track record of the Shanahan Lynch combo
drafting um it started in 20 2017 with
that disastrous draft of Solomon Thomas
over momes and Watson and then Ruben
Foster at the end of round one followed
by a Kell Witherspoon CJ bethard Joe
Williams it wasn’t even the best
Williams running back in that draft from
the state of Utah they took Joe Williams
I I I saw it across who the best state
of Utah Williams running back well it
was Jamal
Williams and and I saw it come across
the board and I’m like ah Jay Williams
Oh the Niners got Jamal Williams from
BYU I really like that kid i’
interviewed him before the draft I’m
like hey Jamal Williams that’s not bad
and then all of a sudden I’m hear oh no
it’s Joe
Williams I’m like what but they got KD
in that draft and they did get DJ Jones
and that’s kind of saved that whole
draft um but that was a bad draft okay
so then that’s 2017 2018 they reach for
mcglinchy at nine overall he’s the right
tackle um and then they go Dante Pettis
in round two bust but they did find Fred
Warner in the third round by the way
draft mlin ahead of Colton
Miller what’s that they yeah ml Colton
Miller goes after mcglinchy I think has
to be mentioned yeah bad draft though
another bad draft tarvarius Moore
kentavius Street DJ Reid got out of
there Marcel Harris Julian Taylor Richie
James I mean what did you get you got
you got Fred
Warner good player but that’s basically
your entire draft that was 2018 right
2019 was their best draft right they had
Bose on Debo uh
onew then they missed on Jaylen herd in
the third round but they got wishnowski
they got green law in the fifth
round um so that wasn’t bad that’s a
pretty good draft Bosa Debo green law
wishnowski you got four
starters uh you know some some Pro Bowl
caliber players
then 2020 they they make the Buckner
trade they draft kinlaw that wasn’t a
good pick but they did get auk at at uh
25 they took Colton mckivitz Charlie
Warner and they got Jawan Jennings in
the seventh round so even though they
only had five picks uh and they missed
on the first you know it wasn’t horrible
then Charlie Charlie Warner played 65
games I mean played every game basically
for four years for a six round pick
that’s pretty good that’s not bad then
the 2021 draft is also kind of a circus
because they traded up for Trey Lance uh
Tre Lance became a bust they did get
Aaron Banks out of it they did get a
Ambry Thomas out of it they did get demo
Lenor and aonga and Elijah Mitchell all
on day three with Jaylen Moore so that’s
actually a even though Lance was a whiff
and Trey Surman was a third round whiff
they did okay in the rest of that draft
I mean those are that’s a pretty good
rest of the draft they just whiffed on
Lance um and then there’s 2022 they have
Drake Jackson to this point a bust TDP
no longer with them Danny gray this
point a bust Spencer
berford I don’t know what you’d say
about him wac I like they got Nick SEL
and but then of course what saves this
draft is they got Brock pie in the
seventh round so bad draft but pery in
the seventh is pretty good yeah B
burford’s I mean if you said in this
draft the Niners are going to get in the
fourth round an offensive lineman that
plays basically every game for the next
two years You’ be like oh probably solid
and I’m like well but he only plays like
half of every game like oh that’s weird
uh so and then this this last year just
what I would say about Spencer perers
like really has served a purpose but
also should not be just anchored at that
position is repl is you know you should
be trying to upgrade him as well or he
upgrades himself but not bad he’s had a
little bit of an inconsistent um you
know football card I me he was good as a
rookie he wasn’t as good as a
second-year player we’ll see what he is
as a third year player yeah yeah TBD um
and and then this last year Jer Brown in
the third round they didn’t pick till
the third round but they got jier brown
they got Jake Moody cam La 2 derell
lutter Robert Beal D Winters Bren Willis
Ronnie Bell Jaylen Graham there’s some
players in there I like Jaylen
Graham
um I like
lutter Moody’s your kicker Jer Brown’s a
pretty good pretty damn good safety
whether you know what what position he
settles in on strong or free we’ll see
but I mean decent draft but overall what
would you Larry I I think the 23 draft
it could go either way right now but if
we did kind of trend arrows on every one
of the players in that
draft like it’s not like two are
trending up Moody and
brown Jer lat’s not lutter uh everyone’s
talks about it but we’ll see Beal again
it’s early like you these are fifth half
of this draft is day three more than
half of this draft is day three right
one two three four five six seven seven
of the 10 guys 70% of the this draft is
day is Saturday so it’s it’s unfair to
them like Ronnie Bell that’s a f it’s
been a really good seventh round pick so
far for what a seventh round pick is if
a seventh round pick might be one of
your top four or five receivers that’s
that’s fine
but we they right now it’s trending
towards two starters out of that draft
which okay should the Niner fans have
confidence in Lynch and their drafting I
mean we don’t one we don’t know how much
of that was Adam Peters how much of that
was Lynch how much of that was Shanahan
how much of that was Rand carthon how
much of that was you know Tariq mod or
any of their scouts or whatever we don’t
know uh we don’t know who’s banging the
table for who was it coaches
involved um you know Steve wils when you
watch the video of this last draft
seemed to be really hyped for some of
their picks like he maybe had a a big
say in some of the some of the
selections uh I don’t know though that
for sure but I mean how do you feel
about the ners ability to draft um
because they I mean if you just take if
you just take their first two picks
let’s say in every
draft Solomon Thomas Ruben Foster Mike
mcglinchy Dante Pettis Nick Bosa Debo
Samuel Javon kinla Brandon auk Trey
Lance Aaron Banks Drake Jackson Ty Davis
price Jer Brown Jake Moody do you see
what I’m saying there it’s like there’s
you got you got
brown and you got
Banks and you got auk you got Bosa and
Debo and that’s it you got five you it’s
one two three four five six seven drafts
and in the first two picks you’ve got
five good players and you had 14 picks
in those seven drafts in the first the
first two I don’t know it seems it seems
like a it seems like if they’re going to
be competitive with these lions and and
Packers and all the best teams in the
NFC and the teams that are getting
better their hit rate has got to be
dialed up a little bit better than what
it’s been is that being too critical or
you think that’s no I don’t think that’s
critical I I do have confidence in him
but I don’t think that’s too critical um
I also think if you if we look at like
some of those names you just mentioned
that didn’t work right Drake Jackson
Trey Lance Javon
kinlaw
uh those three stand out to me as guys
who were M are project and Drake there’s
still time for him but um you know he
was kind of a let’s take a shot on a
projection in the second round it almost
feels on a few of these guys well
actually what I was about to say
probably wasn’t fair but
um yeah like it makes you wonder should
they emphasize College productivity with
their first pick this year that’s what
that’s my kind of snap judgment reaction
should it be an emphasis on College
productivity and if you’re saying and
none of these offensive linemen at 31
are going to plug in play so you’re
talking about
development don’t love that then right
like if they’re drafting an offensive
lineman at 31 like I want that guy to
play like I want them to think he’s good
enough to play now because they need
their offensive line to be better if
it’s not going to make their offensive
line better this year go somewhere else
make your team better this year with
that first pick that’s because I I think
the that offensive line draft thing I
gave you earlier looking at it yesterday
one of my conclusions
was the way you’re gonna replace Trent
Williams is probably just with a a real
you might have to spend a ton of money
to replace Trent
Williams or a ton of draft Capital to
replace Trent Williams you just you may
not be repl reping him with a 31st pick
in the draft or a second or a third
round pick right that’s a that’s a hard
ask so maybe that’s not what you’re
trying to do here you’re just trying to
plug in a guy that can play and you’ll
worry about replacing Trent later as
opposed to H let’s get a guy develop him
maybe he can become Trent like that that
might be too small of a of a Target that
you’re trying to hit so that that’s my
take that’s like going through it my
first reaction is maybe you need to
emphasize College
productivity early now part of this too
right is like it’s tough all these picks
are not equal Jer Brown was a third
rounder Drake Jackson was 61 like the
end of the second round so they’ve you
know sometimes their first picks have
not they’re not top 15 picks the one
that was was kinlaw and mcglen
and you know kinlaw was a Miss mcclin
was a starter on
a you know Super Bowl team but not what
you would have wanted so
all that said I they do find good
players they do they’ve consistently
found good players just not in the spots
necessarily where you think they
will um interesting report I’m just
seeing now on ners Nation says the 49ers
had interest had interest in former
Bengals free agent wide receiver Tyler
Boyd and he says and says potential this
is Kyle posy article potential backup
plan for Jaan J question mark um what do
you think of Tyler Boyd now he hasn’t
signed yet from what I can
tell um does that does that give you any
indication uh if you
know there’s teams that are interested
he’s he’s he’s still a free agent he
could he you know according to Kyle posy
he could still be a valuable addition to
the ners he would serve as a reliable
Plan B if Jaan Jennings were to sign an
offer sheet elsewhere
while it’s uncertain if the two could
coexist in this offense as both players
excel in the slot Boyd’s potential
signing offers a reassuring backup plan
for the team we kind of hit on this
before that the crop of free agent wide
receivers that’s still available here in
early April is kind of an impressive
group um what do you think Tyler Boyd in
a lot of ways always kind of hung in the
background behind Jamar Chase and T
Higgins but man when the game started he
was always really really valuable you
know what I mean it’s like nobody talks
Tyler Boyd until all of a sudden it’s
game day and it’s like you got to cover
this guy I would be all about that if
they could get a if they could get a
Tyler Boyd to now I don’t know that he
compliments the rest of the receiving
core but it does make you think if they
went for a Tyler Boyd or or I guess I’ll
ask you what do you think when you hear
the ners have or had interest in Tyler
Boyd does that make you think that
there’s going to be a receiver trade
that they’re preparing for uh you know
some kind of Joan Jennings departure or
is that just hey you know what damn good
receiver out there who with good ball
skills get him and and stack him and and
uh give yourself more options going into
the draft I don’t know feels like due
diligence meaning in case Jaan is gone
in case somebody offers us something for
auk let’s get an idea what’s out there
and what it would cost but to me I
don’t like I wouldn’t sign a contingency
plan and then get stuck with that
contingency plan when you don’t need it
financially doesn’t make a lot a ton of
sense to me you know what I mean like if
you were preparing for what if Jaan
leaves well then there’s enough
receivers out there that you can just
wait till jaan’s gone right he’s not
leaving
so feels like due diligence to me I
mean you know this’s a team that also
likes to add players during the year so
you get a chance to meet with a guy
maybe he comes up somebody gets hurt
what’s our list look like in
October you know uh like I do think
teams do that right so um it feels like
due diligence I don’t quite see where he
fits
in and to me like he would be a weird he
had 91 targets last year that’s a lot he
had 67 catch why would he come to the
49ers like doesn’t make any sense for
him like you’re GNA go only
the only way he’s a Niner right is if
they’re moving off of one of their top
three
guys
yeah right I mean they’re they’re not
they wouldn’t could you see a scenario
where they signed him and didn’t move
off of their top three guys I don’t
think so why why would he do
that unless he felt like the Niners were
some uniquely position team to win the
Super Bowl Brandon Allen’s like bro you
gotta come yeah I mean sure well yeah
man
maybe the Brandon Allen
Factor yes but I don’t I just it seems
like a weird thing it does it seems like
he’d be worth more money to somebody
else is the point totally yeah you
know um last
one Colin
coward do you watch a lot of
coward uh yeah are do you probably know
him huh you probably are friends with
him I friends I’ve met him over the
years yeah so coward did this whole
Soliloquy the other day and and
sometimes I’m like man this guy’s great
and then other times I’m like ah this
guy sucks you know as far as or he’ll
get like super into his point the point
that he was making the other day I don’t
know if you saw this but his point is
that once the ners
sign Brock pie to that to that big money
extension he’s making a million bucks or
two million bucks now I guess with the
uh adjustment in the cap uh that little
stipend he got the other day doubled his
salary stien 700 something grand um but
he basically his point is that and once
the ners sign him that the ners will
become the cowboys that they won’t be
able to compete that they’ll just
they’ll they’ll have so much money tied
up like the Cowboys have tied up in Dak
they’ll have all this money tied up in a
quarterback that’s good but can’t really
get them over the top they’ll have to
you know what I mean they’ll have to to
some they’ll be they’ll be a competitor
but they’ll be like like on the outside
they’ll be a team that makes the
playoffs but they’ll be a team that’s
not really a Super Bowl title Contender
what do you think what do you think is
is is he on to something there or is
there is he missing something that we’re
or am I missing something well I go
ahead yeah I mean first of all as always
creative take like just from a from an
from the as let’s if we’re grading the
take good take he’s got the Niners he’s
got Brock he’s got the Cowboys I got M
that is a money take right there uh and
I understand the logic I do think
there’s logic to it but what I would say
to Colin is I don’t think the primary
flaw for the Cowboys has been that their
quarterback’s not good enough I think
the primary flaw for the Cowboys has
been that their coach is not good enough
like to me
Dak with Kyle Shanahan’s a different a
much better player like or at least
performs better there’s no question that
Dak is overpaid but I don’t think his
coach is getting the most out of them
and for the you know for a good period
of time when you watch the Cowboys like
they have had skilled player talent and
good
defenses I think their flaw has been
their head coach so I’m also not
convinced yet we’ll see but the ners are
going to have some leverage and the
49ers might treat negotiations with
Brock more smartly than the Cowboys did
with Dak I think the Cowboys were
enamored with the idea of having another
another one of America star quarterbacks
in Dak and he’s a lovable guy um but I’m
not convinced that when Brock signs his
contract it’ll be the biggest
contract for 10 minutes in the NFL for a
quarterback we’ll see you think it’s
gonna be a step or two beneath that
we’ll see let’s let’s here’s the beauty
we get to play this year out and see
what Brock does we have a we have this
year and the Niners will have the
leverage on the following year on a
player who’s made so little money
relative to what they could offer him in
like the middle of tier one QB money so
I think the primary difference to
summarize my Counterpoint the primary
difference is
not uh the primary difference is the
coach and I think Kyle’s a better Coach
than Mike
McCarthy I think by a wide
margin think yeah go go good no no
that’s that’s that’s it so so anyway the
point is like I think he is getting at a
very interesting the interesting
question that’s got debated last year
and will be debated again this year and
will be debated again for years and
years unless the 49ers won a Super Bowl
soon which is is Brock really the kind
of guy that deserves the top of the
quarterback Market money is he really a
guy that elevates the players around him
or is he just running an offense more
efficiently than most people can but
lacks the ceiling to carry a team we’ll
see I don’t know the answer to that yet
I think to act as though we know that
he’s a
carrier I don’t think that’s correct I
don’t I don’t think we know that he’s a
carrier I think he’s got to do it more
and I think he’s got to do it with uh a
lot on the line I don’t think he has to
do it with less but he has to do it more
times uh for for me to believe like okay
you pay him whatever the top of the
market is and he’ll take your $7 million
receiver and he’s GNA he’s going to get
that guy 70 balls we’ll see we’ll see
the the jury I I Am pro
Brock I Am pro
Brock the hazards of doing a show like
this I am Pro
Brock I like him I like them even when
you remove the
money
but we this thing the jury it’s not over
and done yet like Dak we know we’ve
known what he is right with Brock I
don’t I don’t we’re not exactly sure yet
exactly where that ceiling is so um you
know that’s what that’s what this year’s
going to be about but it’s possible I
don’t think it’s like I I don’t think
what he says is crazy you pay the wrong
quarterback you can’t win a championship
I mean that is that’s true but the 49ers
have a better Coach than
Dallas and I think the fornat also have
a better organization I think Dallas is
you know run a lot by Jerry and his kid
they listen to their Scouts but they
don’t listen all the time to their
Scouts and so I think their draft record
is kind of Hit and Miss but as we stated
before the niner draft record is a
little bit of Hit and Miss um all right
man good stream the last the last
question on the way out the door I said
the last one was the last one but this
is the last one is there just non ner I
always like to finish with one nine non
Niner
question um in the next three weeks we
going to hear all kinds of dialogue
about the top of this draft and the
quarterbacks we’re already hearing about
it Caleb Williams Drake May JJ McCarthy
Jaden Daniels Bo Nicks Michael penck
Spencer Rattler Michael Pratt uh Joe
Milton II I mean there’s you know Sam
Hartman I mean there’s there’s always a
lot of talk about
quarterbacks if you could have one
quarterback out of this quarterback
class
who do you want
Caleb you you believe in Caleb yeah I
think he has
been uh without Pier when compared to
these other guys I don’t I don’t think
these other guys are in his category I
also like Michael
penx I like those that’s my guy my guy’s
penx I’m going with penx I like penics
but um you know he ran the sub4 five uh
sub you know sub four4 I mean I mean he
guy ran fast and um and got a huge arm
and he was great this year for
Washington I saw that game against Utah
he just made play after play after play
it seemed like he just kept putting the
ball in tight windows from odd
trajectories I will say this that was
his great I mean that was it was great
but that was like everything worked that
day yeah I mean also there’s something
really weird about penx though that
makes me uncomfortable in that
he seems like he throws from odd
trajectories for no reason at all you
know I mean it’s one thing if like hey
man you were being rushed off your left
you had this linebacker coming off the
corner and you know you change your arm
he sometimes just looks like he just
kind of lowers his arm angle and just
kind of shoots it out there for without
proper mechanics for no reason at all
yeah he doesn’t use his lower half yeah
he’s he’s really an Armand freaking
monster um but the the arm speed the I
mean the ball speed the you know the
playmaking ability the you know I mean
he’s just he is he’s a different thrower
of the football and I think you saw it
in Indie would you have the guts to take
him first Larry no no but I I’ll say
this um I definitely if you said to me
how many quarterbacks are going in the
first round I don’t think there’s any
doubt Kay CB Drake McCarthy Daniels
Nicks pennx I think all six go in the
first round yeah
yeah uh I do you like Nicks more than
penck or you like pen more I like penck
more you do yeah but Nicks is more
athletic Nicks is a more durable player
like penck you know came as a beat up
player to udubb and never had an injury
really like he did at Indiana he had
multiple ACLS he had a shoulder injury
by the time he got to
Washington but he did get beat up in
games you know like multiple games would
end with him just like doubled over
happened happened multiple times at the
end of the year
so you know it’s not a durability qu I
do Wonder like is it because he he’s
he’s sneaky athletic but uh he got
peppered behind a good offensive line he
got hit a few times you’re like God that
he is in pain that’s a painful position
so maybe it means nothing like he held
up he didn’t break a rib he didn’t bust
a shoulder he didn’t uh tear an ACL
again or whatever but uh and maybe I’m
looking at it maybe the the way to look
at is the flip side like he took big
hits and kept playing and played well
that sort of thing were you a Jaden
Daniels man at ASU back in the day I was
yeah so you’re not surprised that he
went elsu and lit it up um I was a
little surprised in the sense that it
kind of felt like I had already been
proven wrong at Arizona State like oh I
guess he’s not as good as I thought so
I’d kind of give it up I I had sold my
stock I’m like well all right I guess
I’ll sell my stock and then he you know
I’m like I’m like the guy that sold
Bitcoin at 5,000 he like well I don’t
get to claim that I knew it was going to
be 62 70 you know that’s right Bitcoin
all right guy good stuff man what do you
got cooking the rest of your day um you
know I I thought you got through the
stream with the with the with the uh you
know the voice uh Still Still you know
healing up I thought I thought it went
smooth but what do you got cooking the
rest of the day well you know the
question is not if I’m going to get
through the show it’s whether the person
the people listening to this will be
able to get through it uh that’s the
question so uh I got to get a few things
to my tax guy and I got to uh maybe go
to the I’m going to play uh Wy went w NT
tomorrow golf course in Livermore
supposed to be nice like a Vineyard my
buddy uh to’s um
you know Towny well Count’s buddy is is
the starter out there the starter what’s
his name remember get his first name
gosh I for I forget his name but um but
he’s the starter out there so mentioned
towy but also uh um I’ll tell you Wy
it’s I like the layout you’re gonna get
a lot of sun there’s not a lot of shade
on that course it’s a it’s a it’s a
sunny course it’s out in the middle of
out in the middle of you know no trees
it’s it doesn’t seem like
I need some sun tells me I need some sun
but yeah I mean I like that course I
even like some of their wines I’ll buy
their wines that you know I mean certain
bottles yeah I like I kind of I don’t
know anything about I don’t know
anything about wine I’m not a I’m I
don’t know anything about wine either
but I I know what I like I you know I I
like kind of a smooth red I’m not a I’m
not I’m not a white Wine Drinker I can’t
drink white wine nothing no I don’t like
chilled wine but I like uh a nice red
one a nice uh Mero or Cabernet or a
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22 Comments
You sound like shit quit yelling at your wife
Jerry Rice dropped everything his first year in Shanahan offense he would not play
Much respect gentlemen. Thanks 😊
Lance isn't a whiff he will be starting for the Cowboys this year or next
Niners suck at picking who they think is the Best Player Available rounds 1-3. They should just do PFF BPA and they will do way better. Rounds 4-7 they can do what they want.
my latest ideal mock draft.. thoughts?
31.Graham Barton
OG Duke
63.Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
94.Blake Fisher
OT Notre Dame
124.DeWayne Carter
DT Duke
132.Tyrice Knight
LB UTEP
135.Evan Williams
S Oregon
176.Deantre Prince
CB Ole Miss
211.Logan Lee
DT Iowa
215.Tip Reiman
TE Illinois
251.Anthony Gould
WR Oregon State
Love your content Krueg, been a fan for many years. One tip, when you ask a someone a question, you don't need to give them options for different answers. Let the person answer it freely without any suggestions or ideas.
The Master Plan?…my opinion is John and Kyle will do what’s best for the team…whether it be signing Aiyuk, at a reasonable price…trading Aiyuk because they got a deal ‘they couldn’t refuse’….
I worry about Rice because he seemed to be wide open quite a bit. Is he that good at separating? or finding the open zone? Or were there a lot of blown coverages? Or did he profit from the defenses breaking down when caleb williams was extending plays?
Where would the Safeties(Oregon St/ Utah) likely go in the Draft that Guy mentioned?
Blackmon re-signed with the Colts!
The reason Niners suck at drafting is because the rookies dont get the reps they need to develop. Niners want offensive players to come in and fit their scheme. Niners dont want to mold their scheme around players. Thus, the Niners dont always get the best out of their players. Plus, football players are usually dumb and they need some guys with intelligence to play in Kyle's offense.
Also, I dont like best player available. It works when the team sucks and you just need better players. Thats why the Lions are drafting well. Their team sucked. Drafting gets harder when your team is later in the draft order and your team has less needs to fill. The Niners have a fairly complete and established roster and each year they need to round it out. Wiffing on Trey really hurt the Niners. They wasted two extra first rounders to draft a project. They could have had 2 starters playing since first rounders are the only one Kyle trusts to start games.
I would like Xavier legette
I heard Lorenzo Neil say If you want immediate starters defense is the way to go. D-line and CBs are more ready to start right away. A bit more of raw talent positions.
When the 49ers signed Jimmy G. He was the highest paid QB for a minute or two. The 49ers were still competitive.
A Guy that's getting little too no pub is Tulane's Jahquan Jackson ,smaller receiver but he has elite quickness and speed , route running is excellent as well.
Larry looks like Brendon Fraiser in the “ Whale”……..same head, eyes and hair.
Guy sounds like super dave
Larry! You, quite simply Rock!
Can’t listen to dudes rfk voice. He should’ve sat this one out
Come on how you gonna get to the Super Bowl without Ba ???????????
We know why wr doesn’t get on the field…they need to know all positions and shifts and motions…because Shanahan doesn’t want to give that up to get the rookie in the game.
Kept forgetting Guy's voice because I was hanging so hard onto the knowledge he was dropping. Thx for still doing the show.