3 Things to Watch in 49ers Titans on Saturday

this video is brought to you by bet us Sportsbook and casino as the Brandon iuk saga continues to churn in San Francisco we also have an actual game tomorrow we'll give you three things at least three things to watch in 49ers Titans on Saturday on this episode of the gold diggers podcast brought to you by bet us Sportsbook and Casino [Music] [Music] what is good everybody Welcome to the gold diggers podcast on the gold standard and the fans first sports networks I am Rob stats Guerrera she is Michelle majuk Michelle I can't believe I'm saying these words to You Out Loud 49ers are gonna play football tomorrow W without like any other starters which SS right but it is it is going to be exciting I am excited my Steelers play tonight against the Texans I'm excited to see them you football's back baby well are your Steelers gonna be uh wearing number 11 jerseys talking say John Lynch you are the reason I drink this sip is for you I actually don't think it's a John Lynch and a 49ers problem with Brandon iuk after listening to TJ hman Zada on the radio yesterday with 957 the game which for those who don't know TJ hush manada is Brandon auk's personal wide receivers coach he was on the radio last night I listened to it um the best chunks are in 49ers in five which you can go and check out not now this is our time but I heard the interview and I was like I don't think this is a John Lynch or a Kyle Shanahan issue I think it's a Jed York issue to be honest with you first of all let's listen to the to what TJ said we'll talk about it and then I can explain myself first TJ HZ what is the main holdup here if you can get a more than 32 from one team in the least amount that any other team is offering you is still more than your team it's like come on guys like come on man just be fair with me that's all he won't that okay that sounds reasonable right every other offer is higher than what the 49ers offered so far okay so TJ what is reasonable just come back together and find something that works like 28 you wouldn't give him 28 million a year but you'd give him 26 like over the course of three years that's $6 million like in the world of football and the gr that's nothing that's nothing he's not wrong Michelle also did you watch the first episode of Haro uh the Giants or the Bears the Bears no so uh spoil alert for those who haven't watched I mean I don't think this is gonna destroy anybody's World here uh DJ Moore gets a contract extension they show that and it's just like he has two years left on his contract he's not you know not even really like bugging them or about or anything he's practicing and his agents talking to Ryan poles the beish GM and they're just like you know what he came here he's done everything we wanted him to do he's produced he deserves this extension we want to get it done now we want to lock him up we want to make sure he's here for the Long Haul they give him the 27.5 million per year which they get also like that's a discount at this point uh especially with what wide receiver has gotten lately but it's because they're giving it to him two years before his contract expires shocking when teams just pay the guys that they think are deserving early so they don't get themselves in the situation but it was so refreshing to see this but that's you know that's what the 49ers have put themselves into imagine if they would have just paid auk before he broke out Diego Figaro YouTube channel member shout out to all our YouTube channel members says Michelle tell your Steelers to back off it's so infuriating I don't even like care anymore I was refreshing like every five seconds on Twitter for like it wasn't even yesterday because yesterday I got over it was the day before and the day before that it was just like waiting and every second it's like it's done the Steelers have it like and at this point like is hard not to be excited about Brandon I coming to the Steelers I really want him for Brock py and the 49ers and like it is going to be hard for him to leave there like I want him to stay on the 49ers but also like the Steelers fan on me also wants him on my team um but it just figure it out what is happening what is happening shout out to Cynthia YouTube channel member says hi Robin Michelle and she puts the champagne and the Mimosa glasses in there that's someone that watches all the time thank you very much Cynthia um this is why I don't think it's a 49ers issue because if it was just the two million a year I think they would have done it I think the issue is Jed York because I think Jed York has a certain amount of guaranteed money that he wants to put aside and he's not budging off of that and for anyone that doesn't know when you sign these contracts the NFL has a rule where you have to take some of the guaranteed money I don't even think it's all of it nowadays but you have to take some of the guaranteed money and you have to put it in escrow which means literally if you guarantee someone $30 million on a contract you have to take at least a chunk of that and put it in a bank account somewhere like you need 30 million liquid dollars and you need to put it aside and I think Jed York and Tim kyami has hinted at this I think Jed says this is what I'm willing to pay and I'm not doing anymore and I think that's the actual holdup it's not whether they can inflate the contract to get the average annual value up to $28 million a year because if that was it they could easily find a way to do it and what are your thoughts on that if your owner is it because he can't afford it because that's when it starts to get no but literally there are some owners who aren't as rich as other owners and that's a big reason why you know the Raiders and the Bengals like maybe they're cheap maybe they do have it but it does seem like there's different levels of being Filthy Rich right there's a difference between being a multibillionaire and just being a you know a multi I mean all these guys billionaire yeah I mean but like there are some guys who aren't as rich as others and does that scare you that maybe right now the 49ers Jed York isn't as comfortable with his financials as some other owners who are willing to pay auk what he deserves no Jed Ork has the money the 49ers are making money hand over fist I think this is the Yorks as they have been you don't know what his problems are on the side maybe he has some some issues even if he's only a a not a multi-billionaire just a one billionaire like $30 million or $40 million is nothing like do people realize a million seconds is 11 days a billion seconds is 31 years that's how much more a billion is than a million so I don't want to hear anything whatever my favorite thing is like if someone's like what's the difference between a billionaire and a millionaire and it's a billion dollars it's about a billion dollars that's the difference that's the difference between a bilon millionaire and a millionaire yeah so I don't want to hear it from Jed York and look I know he's paid out a lot of contracts great that's what every owner should do okay that's your only job so I'm not I'm not throwing any flowers at Jed York I really do think that is the hold up um in the interview TJ hman Zada said multiple times that Brandon auk wants to be on the 49ers they literally asked him TJ is this still fixable would he still prefer to be on the 49ers as opposed to anyone else I don't know but I bet he'd rather be a ner I mean there's going to be hert feelings on both sides like when stuff like this like it's like arguing with your wife or your girlfriend and stuff when I'm mad I may say some things that I don't mean I may mean them but I really don't mean them I'm just saying them to make you mad and so I'm sure there's been some things said both ways that may upset both parties but I told him this like if I got a pick I going I'm staying with the ners why wouldn't you and we know he's turned down more money he turned down arguably $32 million a year if he agreed to that Patriot trade that's what they were GNA pay him so it's not just all about money I really think he wants to be in San Francisco hey want to just hit on what he's saying with your wife like that gives me the ick he learn how to fight like an adult and don't say mean things to your wife that you don't mean like e i don't ever say anything I don't mean like it don't be like that just learn to be an adult and have a normal conversation right you're gonna fight but e gross TJ TJ gave me the ick um but also yeah why if you're auk why would you not want to be on the 49ers if they're willing to do like if they're willing to even get close to what the Steelers are willing to pay him like if I mean come on the 49ers are a much better team right now than the Steelers you're also get to play in the NFC I I feel like that's being thrown out here too everyone's just like oh the Steelers have no shot to win well it's also because in the AFC I mean this like let's not forget the SE are a good franchise like we we're acting like they're a poty a PO poverty franchise here they're a good franchise it's just they're stuck in a really really hard conference uh so but also if you're iuk why would you not want to be with the best team in your soft weak conference in a system you already know surrounded by Playmakers with a good defense yeah like it makes all the sense in the world Nick ellert YouTube channel member says Michelle tell your Steelers to be real and give up a lesser player like Fri moth Steelers really won't give him up for iuk LOL the issue is they're still going to want the first round pick so like that so I I heard yesterday Lan be like Steeler fans are so delusional which is funny because I think 49ers fans are delusional you know uh but like no I it's not about saying we wouldn't do George Pickins for auk straight up like yeah the point is we're not going to give a first and Pickins for auk like the difference between the two plus paying iuk 30 more million dollars than pick it like that just wouldn't make any sense the whole point of this trade is because they need two wide receivers they don't have a second wide receiver so like that just it would completely cancel out any point of this trade so this like when you're thinking about trade offers say would this make sense for both teams and that's why I'm saying like I really don't know what the Steelers can offer the 49ers because this is the issue the Steelers either have elite players or they have garbage like it's not they don't have a lot of middling players to offer here uh with pick so I really don't know how this deal gets done if right now with where you stand what do you think happens I think if the deal was gonna get done with the Steelers it would be done by now because like I said yesterday their roster is not changing this is who they have this they've offered what they're willing to offer and the 49ers don't want it so I I don't this does kind of REM remind me of though even though I'm sure Aaron Rogers had a no trade clause so it's it it is different um but when Aaron Rogers I it was well known he was going to get traded to the Jets it was like but we had to wait weeks for this trade to go down because the Jets and the Packers could not agree on the compensation but the Jets were like well he wants to come here we already have this all figured out like we'll just wait for you to finally give up and just do it and then I'm sure the Jets budged a little bit gave a little bit something extra but that went on for weeks and then finally the trade went through it's a different situation Rogers is a quarterback they had Jordan love that they're ready to start like it was a completely different situation and Rogers had more leverage but it did take weeks to figure out that trade and we all knew who was going there yeah I think it's a little different with a quarterback like you're less like if you're the Jets you're not going to give up until you get the quarterback like you're not the Jets rearrange their whole organization for Aaron Rogers you're not doing that if you're for Brandon auk like you're just not plus I think the 49ers are more stubborn to be honest with you I think the 49ers are more like we are not giving this guy away so we're just gonna sit here and wait I mean it's crazy I'm shocked like what what what I really believe why he wants to just stay with the 49ers is because he's not even considering the Browns I think this trade actually would have already been done if he would have chosen the Browns oh yeah because they agre because they would have got like they would have actually got the player back they would have gotten a pick like it it seems like they were ready to do that he would have got paid there I'm shocked he's so willing to go to Pittsburgh but not to Cleveland I I mean I guess like for how long the Browns have been an embarrassment franchise and but like right now with where they're standing I don't think they're all that different of teams maybe he likes fields and or Russell Wilson over Deshawn Watson I mean who went in as a person but I mean who knows I mean I don't know if he grew up no he didn't I don't know whatever the reason maybe he likes the uniform better who the hell knows maybe he likes Tomlin it is Tomlin I think he does like like he was tweeting at him all that stuff but so that's the latest with Brandon iuk I think it's a Jed York issue I think Jed is skating by on this whole thing not taking any heat because owners never do like I really don't think if it was $2 million Niners offer 26 iuk wants 28 like no one said hey how about 27 and a half like really like no one we can't do that like I I think it's a jet issue to be honest with you and we'll see how it all shakes out but I did want to you know I wanted to cover that but I want to talk about the preseason game tomorrow because I'm excited about it man it's preseason football it's my team I haven't seen this team play since they lost the Super Bowl I want to get that taste out of my mouth I'm excited about the game tomorrow Michelle who are you most excited to watch aha well we're gonna get into all of that in a second but first I want to point out if you want to bet on this game you can and you can do it with bet us and I know what you're saying betting on preseason football it's crazy guess what the money's still green doesn't matter if it's pre-season or not the Niners are actually getting points in the game they're getting four and a half points the over under is 38 and a half I have no idea where I would bet in this game but if you want to bet you can do it with bet us they're offering 125% deposit match on your first three deposits up to $2,000 and look you know you're going to bet on football so why don't use bet us they have 247 personalized service 365 days a year live wagering on all major games plus you get 10% back on your net losses twice a year so why aren't you using bet us I'm guessing I'll take the 49 I'll take the Niners on the money line plus 185 why the hell not it's a coin toss at this point yeah you might as well and also like the Titans yeah they might be playing their starters for a little bit and 49ers aren't but like the Titans starters are probably even wor probably still worse than the 49ers backup so yeah I I'm down I'm down to take the 49ers plus 185 100% like I said plus you get the 125% deposit match on your first three deposits up to $2,000 all right let's dive into it Michelle number one thing I want to say you know what I'm gonna say it's Cody shider man it's Cody shrer I figured it out he's like a bee back in the day we did not understand how bees could fly we didn't think it was physically possible we we couldn't figure out how to do it that's where I am with Cody Sher in fact I'm going to call him Cody B raer from now on that just decided that he's 58 he's 200 PBS and he ran a 46140 yard dash yet he is awesome as a running back he led the SEC in rushing last year this isn't like Trey Lance dominating at North Dakota State this is the SEC and he led it in rushing last year there's one guy in the history of that conference who had 200 rushing yards and 100 receiving yards in the same game and it's 5 8 200 pounds slow as hell Cody shraer and I want to know how the hell he is doing this he didn't just lead the SEC either he led the FBS in rushing yards per game at 125.2 rushing yards per game I actually have a fun note for you because I know how much you love Cody shraer so I just wanted to pull something fun yes over the last 20 or sorry over the last 10 years 20 running backs in the power five have averaged 125 plus rushing yards per game in a season they played at least 13 games I'm going to name 16 of these other 19 because Trader was one of them right 16 of the 19 names Jonathan Taylor chuba hubard JK Dobbins Jonathan Taylor Eno Benjamin um Jonathan Taylor again oh sorry I did it by season so he did it twice um dvin cook Christian mcaffrey Ezekiel Elliott Derk Henry reyce Freeman Ezekiel Elliott did it again James Connor Melvin Gordon Duke Johnson and somi P that is the majority of those names have done something in the NFL the only guys on this list that you know haven't done anything are David Cobb and trayon Williams besides that everyone else has done it doesn't mean they've been amazing but they have they have been a solid running back in this league at some point in their career and the odds are looking like you know Cody Shater could be something like maybe even just a solid backup right and I'm not saying like oh he's gonna be their running back for the next 10 years no maybe he's only on the team for two to three years but I want to see how the hell this guy is getting it done you know I went back in the danne Brugler draft guide just so like let me see what it says about Cody shraer and the term they used was R rated contact like he is not a guy that's out there bobbing and weaving and dodging guys he's smashing into people and again he's 58 and 200 pounds he's three inches shorter than me he could be like the next Isaiah PCO but bigger and let's be honest with all the injuries the Niners have at running back right now like they could use somebody I want to see him I think that's a ton of play I mean I know they sign kesan vaugh and Matt BR but you don't need to see those guys like like they're just point they're just bodies right now like let Sher play like the majority of the game and he averaged 7.1 yards per carry in the fourth quarter so the dude like gets stronger as the game goes on I can't wait to see him I've never been this excited for to watch a running back in preseason but yeah I'm absolutely on the Cody Sher bandwagon I'm so sad Isaac gendo is hurt because I would have loved to watch in the preseason apparently he's getting closer to coming back which is good but yeah I really he and obviously Ricky peara would have been the two that I would be most excited to see but Cody shider definitely number one for me see can we talk about Ricky Piera really quick what in the world I mean how many injuries are you gonna have in a month span it is crazy because he was not a guy that got hurt in college he never missed a game in five years in college so it's like it's not like oh they drafted like gendo right he had injury problems oh he gets injured in Camp it's like oh boy here we go beera wasn't that so that's the kind of surprising thing there is like he doesn't have a history of this hamstringing out the backto back shoulders like good Lord that's not a great start no definitely not ideal especially with all this iuk stuff uh swirling next up I mean for me it's Dominic puny like hell yeah and I know he's a guard but like I'm still pumped to see it Chris forer the offensive line coach this week was like he he needs reps I want to see him get reps and I think he's going to get reps if he has a good game he could lock down that damn starting job right now yeah so what are your thoughts about him being listed as the the third Right Guard on the initial depth chart no thoughts I could care less about that uh most of the time the communications guys are the ones that put together the depth chart and it doesn't matter if he's third because Spencer burford's hurt and John Feliciano's been banged up so even if he's third he's he might be first by default so you're just going to like be eyeing in on the offensive line and puny well what here's what I'm hoping I'm hoping Cody shider kicks ass running the ball and then they're like and look at this block from Dominic puny you know and then I get the chance to see it one I'm way more interested in the pass flacking though like yeah I want to see how he does there I should mention with trater too like I don't me I don't expect him to rip off a bunch of like 15 20 yard runs I just expect him to just consistently if he can gain four to five yards and just do it like that like that's all I'm hoping for with him I don't think he's going to like start you know ripping up the NFL but anyway yeah so I'm hoping shider does well and that puts the focus on the offensive line those are the like the two together so what wide receivers do you think are gonna play like will Jacob coing play he just got back from a hamstring injury will they throw him out there I hope so I hope so he he was one of the guys on my list because if we can't see peol damn it then let me see Jacob coing um I want to see if he's as fast as his 40 time because you know some guys have a good 40 time but they don't play that fast I want to see if Jacob cing plays supposedly Danny gray played that fast now we've never actually gotten to frig and see it because that guy is always hurt but supposedly he played that fast that's why I was excited about him at the time I don't know if Jacob coing does I've heard in Camp he looks pretty fast so that's a good sign so what I love about I love teams taking productive players in college late um like they're dropping but they were so productive in college like something has to be there you especially if you're you you play for a power five School you just play in the FBS and it's not like you know the FCS where you're like okay maybe they're only doing great because they're playing against low competition but over the last three seasons in the FBS it was Jacob coing who led the FBS in receiving yards right behind him was Roma dun and Malik neighbors both top 10 overall drafted guys they played the same amount of games Malik neighbors and him played the same amount of games and coing had more receiving yards coing had more receiving touchdowns but then Malik neighbors who I love by the way so excited to watch him play this year uh but I'm not saying C's going to be as good as ad dunesday or neighbors he doesn't have the same skills as them or traits but he was productive he got it done there's something there and I'm really I like I'm really excited to watch him I hope he plays tonight I have tomorrow tomorrow yes sorry Andre gay YouTube channel member says these rookies need to play playing guys like Trent Taylor and Robbie Anderson two guys who have zero chance to make the team doesn't do anything for us I completely agree like last night the Patriots playing bayy zappy for like literally the whole game when he's not even supposed to make the team and instead they gave Drake May one Series where he got off two little screen passes and they're like you know what that's good and then you're playing Bailey's like what you're wasting you're wasting the opportunities even if you wanted to go to Joe milon he only got the last two series and he looked pretty solid I mean was going up against third St yeah but why wouldn't you get like what are they like if you guys if the coaches don't take preseason games seriously how in the world are we supposed to take if you're saying this game is so pointless we're gonna play a quarterback that's not even going to be on our team this year what is the point then what is the point of all this I I guess it's fear of injury but to me it's like then don't have preseason at all if you're that scared of guys getting injured right and the other thing is like let's just say for the sake of argument it takes and I'm just totally making this up but go with me let's say it takes 200 snaps before a guy starts to feel a quarterback starts to feel like really comfortable why not have some of those snaps come in the preseason right why delay that sort of timetable to me I say play it man play them it's only three preseason games and in the third preseason game who knows how much they're going to play like I say throw them in there and I hope the ners as many rookies are physically able to play tomorrow I hope the Niners throw them all in there Drake may like I he looked terrible but he got one series like you did him dirty why even have him dress at all why even put him out there because it was terrible and you're just like yeah you know what we're not going to give you another chance like okay pointless I'm excited to see like almost every freaking rookie in this class like even some of the offensive lineman Drake nent and Jared Kingston like uh forer was talking the other day about how they feel like everything that they saw on film that they got exactly what they hoped to see so like let me just see guys out there that don't look like abilities just don't be a freaking liability out there to let me have some confidence in you and let's be honest we really need this rookie class to hit because some of the rookie classes in recent years cough cough 20202 cough cough 2021 have been a little scarce on Playmakers Drake Jackson just went on the pup list his season is done they have gotten absolutely nothing from Drake Jackson that whole class except for Brock pery they B basically got nothing if they don't hit on Brock prie right there is John Lynch still the GM maybe Kyle Shanahan's still the head coach is John Lynch still the GM because how lucky that they hit on Brock pretty Drake Jackson Ty Davis price who's not even on the team Danny gray I don't even know if Danny Gray's on the team he has one career catch Spencer berford was a starter sort of until he got switched out in and out of the lineup every other series Samuel wack has like 70 career snaps Nick Kell is basically never played Kalia Davis is basically never played Tariq Castro Fields is off the team and then you got Brock pie like you want to know why good teams don't stay good it's because you have draft classes where you get one player out of the draft that contributes in any meaningful way and I mean luckily they got it out of Brock pretty but also they skipped on him how many times right and then they took him with the very last pick of the draft so they definitely locked into him as well like we don't give them credit for taking Brock pry you you skipped on him if you thought he was what he is you would not have waited till the very last pick of the draft to take him he would have been sweating it out so they didn't know what he was either obviously they saw something in him because they use a draft Pi on him but um you don't get credit for that that the same way the Ravens don't get credit for taking Lamar Jackson like you took Hayden Hurst before Lamar Jackson if you thought Lamar Jackson was the MVP the future MVP of the league you would have never ever ever taken Hayden Hurst ahead of Lamar Jackson like you don't you don't get credit for that they get more credit than the ners get for Brock birie sure yeah um so I'm excited to see all the rookies play tonight I'm also excited to see D winners all we keep hearing about is D winners he looks really good Fred Warner is talking him up Kyle posie from Niners Nation is talking him up all these amazing plays he's making in training camp I want to see it if he can be I think it's way more important for him to be successful because if he can be not just like League average if he's actually good that is a massive boost for this defense because the loss of Dre Greenlaw is significant if D winners can come in and play well and keep them afloat then you don't have to rush Dre Greenlaw back he doesn't have to you know fly back from an Achilles to get back in the lineup it's massive massively massively important for this defense for D winners to be good supposedly he is but I want to see it tomorrow it's gonna be huge because that whole group right now is so thin one injury is going to make it incredibly hard to figure out like how to cover the middle of the field um so yeah D winners is some I'm definitely looking forward to watching Jaylen Graham another one like either of these guys Stu up it'll be huge but it definitely does seem like the winners is getting all of the love and praise I'll have an eye on him like Renardo green will he be playing tonight because I know Shanahan said most starters won't be playing but Renardo green as a rookie should be okay yeah I think he's gonna play um he's another guy that's been getting rave reviews Debo joked about how all he wants to do is play Man coverage like I think this could be the best secondary Shanahan's ever had so if it is like we're gonna see they're trying to talk up George odm though that makes me nervous they're like he's ready to start baby at safety and it's just like oh that means to me that means they don't think Malik Mustafa Mustafa is uh ready to go yet which I mean he's a fourth round rookie and it's going to take time but they're really trying to talk up George odam and I know he's gotten some interceptions but I don't want him I don't want him starting don't believe in George odm they just signed Tracy Walker he's a safety he's like the worst safety in the league I reason yeah is still available and he's an all pro I don't know what I he just went and visited the Saints too like what is happening I don't understand and it's like preseason games are underway like nobody wants an all pro safety where all you have to give up to get is money like is he like going into these meetings and just spitting on the GMS and then walking out what is happening flipflops in a t-shirt like what's going on I don't understand it but um yeah so that that's the Niners issue it's safety I want to see Malik Mustafa too I want to see like what does that guy look like in a jersey because I've seen him what he looks like out of a jersey and he looks like a damn freaking machine he looks like a Terminator out there he looks unbelievable I like to see him get in there I want to see Robert Beal Jr another guy that when he was drafted all they talked about was his GTFO score how quickly he gets off the snap you know he didn't really do much as a rookie well he also put on 20 pounds this off season I don't know if that's going to make him be faster to get to the quarterback I don't know either but I want to see it and because it's another guy where like if he can contribute again doesn't have to be like amazing but if he can contribute now you've got some solid contributors to go along with Bosa and Leonard Floyd and Javon Hargrave who supposedly looks better they're talking up eor G Matel who the hell knows but like if Robert be can come in and give you four to five sacks yes like that's a that's a boost to this defense I I mean 100% now that Drake I'm surpris are you surprised they put Jake Jackson on this the IR list to just get him out that entire year no because he had that patella tendon surgery and that is a devastating injury that's what ended Victor Cruz's career like it is it's one of the most difficult surgeries to come back from he may never come back at all which is terrible uh because he's still I think he's still in like 22 years old he's super young still but it's just one of those like there are certain injuries that are more damaging that don't happen enough to where we have sort of like improved the surgery to fix it like ACL used to be devastating and now like so many of them have happened we figured out like how to do it this injury is not like that so yeah it sucks for him but I wasn't surprised that that really sucks and that's a huge blow because I thank goodness they added Leonard Floyd like I think that was a huge signing but they could have really used Drake Jackson to come in sporadically and like been kind of that rotational piece now it's looking a lot more thin without that possibility um someone brought up tight end two that'll definitely be something we're watching as well can Cameron La latu do anything um at all to prove that he should stay on this team even make the team Braden Willis has been getting love too their other tight end that they drafted that year I don't care which one of them it is somebody look like they know what the hell they're doing out there please I don't understand how this team could find George KD in like the fifth round they Logan Thomas as the tight end like six on the depth chart they found George KD at the bottom of the draft yet they can't find a tight end two for like every year since then they haven't really been able to do it like how can that how can both of those things be true at the same time we had a BET right about Logan Thomas about how many yards he has this year or how many games he plays if we did I don't remember but I'm not denying now I'm starting to think he's not even going to make the team because he is buried he's behind Mason Pine on this step chart why do you care about the depth chart the depth chart is meaningless it doesn't mean anything I don't know if that's true I feel like people just make that up we just heard a coach yesterday he was asked I don't remember which coach so this is going to annoy me he they asked a coach about uh you know a player's role and he said I put out the duff chart yesterday that's still accurate today and he said I put out the depth chart yesterday you saw it that's still accurate today so I feel like people have just like spread this rumor that this is like a fake person in like a random office putting this out like I I do think it's coming from the coaches why would the coach say I put out this dep chart yesterday and it's still accurate why would he say that if he's not the one doing it coaches lie sometimes Michelle but he knew exactly what the dep tart said too yeah I'm sure they've talked about it I don't know I like I don't think this random person that you're saying is just Why would this random person not think Lan Thomas was higher on since he's a veteran and he's actually done like you would think then it would be the opposite he'd be put as two right because he's Logan he has that name he wouldn't be put all the way buried behind every other tight end on the the roster maybe Kyle Shanahan wants to motivate him a little bit I don't know not I'm not freaking out because Logan Thomas is he's not making the team on the first depth chart of the this bet you don't even know what the bet is going to go back and listen you can't claim victory for a bet you don't even know the terms you were so excited because Logan Thomas was going to be elite see like again you're completely misrepresenting my position I said he's an actual pass catching threat as opposed to the two stiffs they had on the team last year back in up George kiddo that's all I said you're making it seem like I'm putting him in the Hall of Fame the 900 year year old Tian who can't stay healthy is not going to make the team he's been healthy what are you talking about he's been playing like two snaps a game because he can't well wait is he healthy or is he not healthy he played 16 games last year he played 14 the year before in 2021 he was hurt hurt 2021 he was hurt he only played six but the year before that 16 the year before that 16 he's always hurt he plays hurt and sucks man I swear to God the Niners will sign somebody I'll say hey this person might be moderately good might be able to get five sacks a year and you're like oh you think he's so great yes and that the guy last year who you thought could have five sacks we don't remember his name he's probably not even in the NFL anymore he had zero on the season yeah sometimes I get predictions wrong you just get very excited about everyone that they you know they sign and you try to talk yourself into it and it's like these guys aren't gonna do anything I'm just trying to bring you back to reality that's all I did not like the Ray Ray McLoud signing from the second it went down actually he actually was better than I thought he would be oh God no and that's one thing I'm kind of bummed about too because I don't think we're going to see anything crazy on the kick returns today or tomorrow I should say most teams seem to kind of be playing it straight nobody showing anything whatsoever which just goes to show that like no one really knows what to do because they're all they all have their strategy of like okay we think this is it but we don't want anyone to be able to prepare for it or copy it so we're gonna we're g to hide it like we one the first second of every game is going to be like mustat TV because I want to see what everybody does on all the kickoffs I know I was really really excited to see the kickoffs in the preseason and then as soon as it started it's like oh shoot like I guess we should have known that we weren't going to actually get to see anything and no so I I want to say Nick you make me scared for people who are on the internet this was a fake tweet it was just from a guy who loves Cordo Patterson he did the Photoshop it's like a well-known bit from him that's what you saw it was not like on the roster it's Nai first he was just joking around but like you got to read more into the things you see on the internet please because that makes me scared that makes me scared that you fell for that one if you're watching uh uh if you're listening not watching sorry that's very confusing for people listening yes that says Michelle didn't the Steelers put out a depth chart with n not starting and Cordo Patterson starting apparently it's a phony thing see you gota do your own research right yeah that one makes me nervous Nick Mark pelky says Red Zone Channel Rob I freaking love the red zone channel the Red Zone Channel I have said this is the second greatest sports invention of my entire life the yellow first down line is the first and red zone is the second what why are you laughing did you think I wouldn't have them ranked of course I have them ranked no just I would not have expected that to be your like that's not what I thought was going to come out of your mouth the yellow yep so you would get rid of red zone before the yellow first down marker 100% I remember what it was like to watch football games without the yellow first down line it's so much better when you can see it adds so much drama especially on third down you they complete a pass short of the sticks you know exactly where they have to get to like it is yeah it's number one in my lifetime the the yellow first down line red zone is Elite it's elite elite elite it's amazing I don't know I always have like I'll have on an actual game whe whether it be the Steelers or the 49ers or whatever's like the main game I want to watch whatever time it's on and then I also have another TV with the Red Zone on and both of those have to happen like I need both on and people are always like well if you watch Red Zone you miss the cut no you don't you miss like nothing it's unbelievable it's so good I can't believe it's still this good after being around for this long because usually when things are around for this long we make them crappy like there's still no commercials on it I'm amazed that there's still no commercials on this thing and they don't try to get cute with it they haven't tried to come up with like bits or anything they just show the big parts of games and you love that yeah just put Scott Hansen lock him in the studio for like 18 hours don't let him pee and he just takes us through all the games what's so great is that like the terrible teams you don't have to sit through it like because they're never on it because they're doing nothing you're literally missing nothing if they do something exciting they'll show it and that's all you have to see Kenny says shots fired at the glow puck in hockey yeah I do remember that when they they made the puck glow in hockey so that it was easier to track it just didn't work it was just not the same it wasn't good the yellow first is the way to go did you see that they started to do the Hawkeye uh tracking system in the preseason now instead of the Chain Gang they're doing like the Laser Technology please and thank you can we stop with two guys and a rope running out on the field to measure a first down I mean God but they're gonna lose their job that sucks yeah I'm not shedding any tears for that I mean you had a job like did you shed any tear for the horse drivers when we invented the automobile no get with the times learn how to use that would be the sickest job of all time you get to be on the sidelines of a football game and you don't have any other job but to move the stick so you get to watch the game like you're just watching the game right and you're always right there in the action I mean that is the coolest job of all time and it's gonna be taken away that kind of stinks the uh someone Mark tweeted seven hours no commercial starts now you don't understand the feeling that I get when I hear Scott Hansen say that and now my son is into it too so like he comes down so what I always do is I always put it on before it starts so you get the countdown and they got the NFL films music going in the background and my son is like in front of the TV and he's like yeah let's go and then is there anything better than Sundays at 1 pm eastern time is there anything as soon as like oh when you know you have a whole day of games now by the time you get to Sunday night you're kind of like oh oh God I have another game to watch but it's in the morning right when it's starting God there's something better oh man it's so good I freaking love it man and Scott Hansen says especially on the first Sunday because nobody's team is bad right everybody has hope things have not gone off the rails you're dying for football because you especially because now you had to get to that crappy week where there's no preseason game before the regular season actually starts so you had no not even preseason football for an extra week and you're just sitting there and you haven't had real football in so long and Scot Hansen comes on and he says seven hours of commercial free foot it's it's heaven on Earth man I will say I do love living in Central Time and it's an hour earlier the 12 o'clock is I think 11 o'clock would probably be perfect but the 12 o'clock is great like I I do I mean I used to live on the east coast pretty much my entire life until I moved to Houston uh but the the one o'l it it takes a while to get there you know you're just so excited it takes forever 12 is good because you can go do a workout in the morning and by the time like you're back you're ready to go and it's 12 o'clock I've heard that mountain time is The Sweet Spot for sports watching is that that is the time zone where like 10 o'clock on the west coast I feel like that's a little too early so if you get that 11 o'clock is like perfect because you got time like you said to get something done in the morning and then bam you come back 11 o'clock you get your football and like John says on the west coast you get daylight when it's done too like yeah on the on the Sunday night games like when the Niners playing prime time I'm up till 3 o'clock in the morning doing all the work because the game ends so damn late whereas if I was mountain or Pacific Time it'd be a lot easier yeah I do love that also about central time is that at least the games end at 11 uh the night games instead of midnight like the Midnight's brutal yeah that is true okay let me see Dominic puny I mentioned Cody Shrader I mentioned D winners Jaylen Graham I mentioned Malik Mustafa Renardo green Robert Beal Jr Braden Willis the tight end I'm not excited to see the backup quarterback situation for the first time in like forever from everything I've heard Josh jobs has been terrible and Brandon Allen looks like quarterback too ug yeah I I don't think that's gonna be fun to watch tonight I do think Josh dobs is more of a game type of quarterback like I he's just so competitive I think he's better in a game situation and like the way he can just make impromptu plays um he's not good on like the scheduled stuff which is not good in a kle Shanahan system he doesn't really fit the system at all uh so yeah I think we're g to are we going to see a lot of what Tanner I don't know how to say his last name morai yeah I sent you the pronunciation guide this week Michelle did I not you did but I sorry I didn't look to how to pronounce the quarterback four who's probably not gonna make the team I apologize uh actually I don't think he's on it okay there you go because they don't think he's going to make the team either no it means they think you should know how to say it just by reading it that's a pretty hard name they had iuk on there and not Tanner morai morai yeah morai Nick Ard says Michelle do you trust the dog ABY as a source meaning Pretty Ricky on Twitter um I do not I don't know I want to because it's fun and I want him to be yeah I think I I'll say I trust him more than some of the other randoms out there I have soured on Pretty Ricky not gonna lie I think uh I'm not as apt to jump at what he says anymore we'll see you think next week when we're doing this show again on Friday that we're going to have an answer about Brandon auk God we freaking better man like you have to know one way or the even if the 49ers say like we don't like what Pittsburgh is offering just come out and say like we're done we're done worrying about this listening about this we're moving forward that's what I said that they should say we are moving forward the season is upon us like we don't have time to sit and deal with this anymore either get on board or get the hell out of the way but the trains leaving the station literally they just have to figure it out do something either decide you want to pay them and get it done or move on and if you don't want to take the Steelers offer then that's fine like you don't have to just say it tell Brandon auk like either accept the Browns offer or stay here those are your two choices that's and I also I don't think the Browns or the Steelers like they want to be done with it too they don't want to be you know like they've got their own Seasons to worry about so there's that factor in all did make a good point maybe the 49ers are trying to find you know a third partner here so they can get a wide receiver I feel like that's just such a headache to have three teams involved in a trade who knows how long that takes um Mike arolo did report that the 49ers were poking around the league to try and find a veteran wide receiver I'm just looking on Twitter I'm seeing one of these accounts I don't know if it's like real NFL notifications says the Steelers and iuk have a long-term contract in place the hold up remains compensation yeah we know that's not new the 49ers are currently seeking according to this at NFL notify a second a midr pick and a wide receiver in the deal the Steelers don't have a receiver to offer in return so they want the Steelers first or two seconds in return that we know that the 49ers don't like the Steelers offer that's but all they want is two seconds like the Steelers should have already been like Smash and accepting that so yes I I agree with that you would give up two second round picks for sure but also they're already willing to give up a first so I don't know why they wouldn't be now and I will say if that's what they end up getting a first round pick from the Steelers like let's say that goes down I still think that's a huge blunder because the Steelers were willing to do that during the NFL draft and I know they never know who's going to fall there but the Steelers ended up getting a really good we'll see if he ends up being a good tackle in the NFL but he was one of the guys I really really wanted to fall to the 49ers I was so happy the Steelers took him uh Troy f fatano um like they could have gotten him there they could have gotten a really great right tackle Prospect I I need to say Prospect because we don't know he's going to be great in the League um but that would have been huge for them and they still would have had their pick to take Ricky pcel like if they wanted to so that seems like a huge blender if that's what they end up getting just a first- round pick Honest Abe on Twitter says sources indicate the rumors are circulating within the league suggesting that if Justin Fields performs well in his first preseason game tonight Omar Khan will make every effort to acquire Brandon auk why wouldn't you what does that have to do with anything why would you tie it to Fields performance like oh if this quarterback looks good we'll try and get a really good wide receiver but if he looks bad we won't try and get him a really good like what and also it doesn't matter if he looks good because Kenny picket was on fire last preseason and guess what it didn't matter but also I have no idea what that has to do with anything what let's talk about that Mr Rob Hypes up every person you were hyping up Kenny picket because of his preseason last year nobody hated Kenny picket more than I did but I fell for his preseason last year I did and I almost wrote I almost apologize ol oliz to him Kate did apologize to him on like her uh Steelers site she wrote like an apology or something or I think maybe she almost I don't know um I thought I was going to have to eat my words about how bad Kenny pet is but I didn't he sucked turns out yeah your initial indication was correct so you mentioned earlier that you like Malik neighbors apparently I didn't see this I missed the first start of the game on the first snap he got by his guy threw his hand up like give me the ball first professional snap ever for Malik you know what baller he's so good he's gonna be so good people take Malik Neighbors in fantasy he's gonna be great Ricky Williams Ricky is it you Ricky Williams on YouTube says for our team any prediction for players to break out the first preseason game weren't talking we're not talking about hopefully it's a linan for me yeah let it be Dominic puny please it's hard to break out in a preseason game as a line it's hard to break out ever as a lineman you know like I feel the only way they're going to focus in on you and you're going to see anything is if they mess up um it it it's going to be hard to like tell yeah you're gonna need like a pancake right or you're gonna need like some sort of crazy maybe it's like a screen and he gets out on the run and just mops some poor defensive back something just give me that one little viral moment that I can see in my in my Twitter feed and I'll be happy I will say so we got another comment Brandon are you certain that the Steelers ever will have will ever have a good quarterback like we're we're going too far in the Russell Wilson hate he's still even got courland Sutton 10 receiving touchdowns last year that dude had no touchdowns throughout his career like ever and he got him 10 receiving touchdowns last year like he still throws touchdowns he threw 26 touchdowns in 15 games eight intercept we act like this man is garbage like Russell Wilson isn't what he was in Seattle but he's still a really solid quarterback he just wasn't worth the $50 million per year there's there's a difference between not being worth $50 million per year and being garbage like he's still a he's still a good passer he's still a good quarterback he was bad in 2022 he got sacked 55 times in 2022 he wasn't nearly as bad last year but I think the 2022 Russ is kind of what's sticking with people yeah I mean I think he was just stuck in a terrible situation there yeah I still hope that man loses every damn game he ever plays from now until the time he retires I will never forgive Russell Wilson for the straight up trauma that he inflicted on me and every other 49ers to roote against my Steelers and make me sad yeah a thousand percent I cannot stand him I have told him to his face I cannot stand him and I hope he loses every game ever well that's mean uh strawberry Rea says stats what are your thoughts on using Brock as the lead Blocker on end round someone noted they saw that play at Camp I'm not sure they want block Brock blocking on run plays no thank you yeah no hard pass no that is I mean he might do that thing where like he's technically in the lead in terms of blockers but he ain't gonna do anything to anybody and he shouldn't by the way no quarterback should it's it's just not worth it you got enough guys that can block on this team you don't need 13 doing that yeah and we're talking about if he gets hurt on that Brandon Allen or Josh dos is coming in no right not worth it not worth it or your boy T Taylor Mory Jay Cruz says Russ is the corniest square ever that's part of it for me too Michelle he's so unlikable he's so phony that like how can you even root you're legitimately rooting for Russell Wilson I am are you just rooting for the Steelers to have competent play at quarterback I've always liked Russ I I have um I'm not upset with someone being corny you know at least he's not doing terrible things which a lot of players are doing in this league like I'll take the corniness over um him hurting women high five well yes of course I don't want anybody to hurt anybody else ever but like he high-fives fans that aren't there at practice like he pretends to highfive people that aren't there that's not just corny Behavior that's psycho Behavior that's insane I've never seen that that's bad that's weird that's the weirdest thing ever uh and what does he say yeah what's his um as Patel asks what's his he's been very quiet he hasn't really I mean I feel like he's been pretty normal with the Steelers I feel like he's calmed it down what's the line with Broncos it was it was gohawks then it was Broncos Country let's ride what's his Steelers thing does he have one I don't think so I think he's calmed down I have noticed that Brock pie ends all his interviews with go ners which I hate really yeah like what are you doing just say goodbye like we don't need a cheer at the end of every interview I don't know uh all right that's gonna do it for this edition of the show quick reminder after the game on Saturday I will do an instant reaction show it'll be the first instant reaction show of the year I'm not even going to have Lev with me which makes it even better but I will be here I'll be reacting to everything I'll have you know my pages of notes as I always do super excited about it make sure you please join us for that that's why you have to like And subscribe to the channel so you know every time we go live which is immediately after all the games the only two times Michelle has ever joined the instant reaction show she's been drunk as a skunk well it's after what was it it was after the Packers divisional game when they won like what 13 to 10 or in that snow game um and then was it after the Super Bowl lot no I didn't come out oh it was after the Lions game I think yeah both times it was after huge huge games and Michelle had been celebrating no it was after the Packers game there I was really really gone because that game that game was brutal yeah oh well so they were both after Packers games oh apparently that's it they have to play the Packers for you to join yeah all right it's Friday what do you got kickball tonight they got the Steelers preseason game baby that's what I'm doing you are locked in locked in all the way that's what I'll be doing what if news breaks of an iuk trade during the Pittsburgh game that'd be crazy oh I did want to ask you do you think auk will be at the game tomorrow it's a good question um I think they asked I think Grant asked Kyle that and Kyle said they hadn't even thought about it that would be interesting like is he going to be on the side line during the game or if he's not like do they send him home that's the weird thing because like technically they're not finding him right now because he's has back soreness quote unquote so like he's not they're not finding him so they've kind of like played nice so I would assume that they would do that but if they do I mean they're gonna show him on TV constantly Brandon all they're gonna be talking about especially like wide receiver drops the pass Brandon I you know like it's it's going to be heavy if he's there what are your predictions will he be there or not I don't know yeah I'll say yes what about you I think I think yes yeah I didn't even thought of that I'm so glad you asked that question because uh that would be and maybe the Niners are trying to get this thing done because they don't want if he's not there I think a trade's definitely getting done yeah that's a fair thing how about we get it done with Trent Williams could we do that literally that should be so easy just give them the extra little bump promot like oh my God they're so slow they're so slow that's why I think it's a Jed thing because like Trent Williams contract is even easier to come to like it's very easy and there's no question as to whether or not he deserves it but I think it's Jed not wanting to Shell out the money cheap skate Jed making me worried here he's making me worried yeah well whatever happens we will be here with you if iuk gets traded I'll go live we'll talk about it it will be a whole thing enjoy your Friday and your weekend join us after the game tomorrow everybody for the instant reaction show this has been the gold diggers podcast sponsored by bet us sports book and casino please gamble responsibly bye y'all [Music]