NFC West Showdown: 49ers vs. Seahawks on Thursday Night

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00:00Thursday night football in Seattle, get yourself an NFC West game between the Niners coming

00:12off a bad loss at home to the Cardinals and the Seahawks coming off a bad loss at home

00:17to the Giants.

00:18So here we go.

00:19Why don't we start with Kyle Shanahan.

00:20Let's just say I watched him.

00:22I was looking for a lot of things in Kyle's press conference this week before the game.

00:27He really wasn't in the mood to talk.

00:29I'll just start by saying that he didn't have much to say.

00:33He's very focused, especially as he continues to lose games in his division.

00:37But here he is talking about what the Seahawks are now with Mike McDonald as the head coach

00:42as opposed to Pete Carroll, who he has seen for years as the Niner head coach.

00:46What can you tell us about McDonald's scheme and what makes it special?

00:50I mean, does a real good job mixing all the schemes up, fronts, coverages, his players

00:56play real hard.

00:57They're coached well.

00:58Their techniques are good.

00:59They mix up their players and they mix up the works.

01:01What's a little different between that Seahawks squad and a Pete Carroll Seahawks squad?

01:07I mean, the schemes have changed.

01:10They run different schemes.

01:11Thanks.

01:12Thanks.

01:13Thanks.

01:14I mean, that was really exciting stuff.

01:15I got to tell you, that really, boy, my whole day changed with it.

01:22You think you'd have, you know, you face a guy forever and I get he's not there anymore,

01:28but thanks, Kyle, for all of that great wisdom that you've bestowed on us about the Seahawks now.

01:34I'm sure everybody's pumped up for the matchup.

01:35I love watching them lose.

01:36I got to tell you, like, everyone thinks they're so automatic.

01:39You told me yesterday they're still favored to go to the NFC Championship and to the Super Bowl.

01:44Still the favorites.

01:45They're two and three.

01:46I think that they're the favorites for the NFC and I believe they're second on the list

01:52on the Super Bowl, I believe.

01:54Second or third on the Super Bowl list, but they're the favorites in the NFC.

01:57That's for sure.

01:58Geno Smith has had a very good start to the season for Seattle as well, although they

02:04did lose to the Giants last week.

02:06Big game for him.

02:07Division Thursday night at home under the lights.

02:10Geno is ready.

02:11Sense of urgency is definitely always up, you know, especially when there's a division

02:16opponent.

02:17You know, those games are, you know, they matter the most sometimes.

02:19And so, you know, for us, Thursday night game, another primetime game, another chance to

02:24go out there and prove ourselves.

02:25But most importantly, you know, to take control of the division.

02:29You know, that's the important thing.

02:30It's a big game coming up again.

02:32Still early in the season, but our first crack at it.

02:35And, you know, we got to be prepared.

02:37I got to tell you, Mike, they laid an egg against the Giants at Lumen Field, and that's

02:44really all I needed to see.

02:47I don't think they're that good.

02:49I think their wins came against cream puffs like Miami, who have no quarterback.

02:55And to have the Giants, I mean, really push them around, that was amazing to me.

03:01And the other thing is, you know, the old saying, they are who we thought they were.

03:06The Niners are exactly who they are.

03:08They're two and three.

03:10And the reason why they're not good is because Purdy's been average, and he doesn't have

03:15Christian McCaffrey to bail him out.

03:17Christian McCaffrey's the best player on the team, and without him on their offense, they

03:23don't matter.

03:25And they gave all that money to Brandon Aiyuk.

03:27When do you see him making plays?

03:29And where's Debo?

03:31You know, the only guy I saw making plays for them is George Kittle, and he's like old

03:35news.

03:36I mean, honestly, Kelsey and Kittle are getting old, right, on Kansas City and San Francisco.

03:42At some level, they are, and yet they're still making plays.

03:47Where's all these big shot Debo and Aiyuk superstars?

03:51Where's all this, oh, we're going to give 65, 70 million to Brock Purdy, he's going

03:56to get his payday.

03:58I mean, Justin Fields has way better numbers than Purdy.

04:04They have to win this game tonight.

04:06San Francisco loses this game, goes to two and four, they're not going to a Super Bowl.

04:10And you can quote me on that.

04:12Like, at some level, they are who we think they are.

04:14Look at the record, it's who you are.

04:16It's not, oh, like we've been hearing the Bengals.

04:19The Bengals are one and effing four.

04:21That's who they are.

04:23That's exactly who they are.

04:25All they do is lose.

04:27And then I hear how great they are.

04:29Shut up.

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