We just reviewed, the 49ers were actively going through
a brutal contract negotiation with Brandon Ayyo. He got
paid. We were just remembering, we think it
was in August, and unfortunately he got hurt.
Looks like we're going to be doing the same thing
with another wide receiver while Ayyo starts the season on
the pup list. We're going to continue this conversation
though with Jauan Jennings. Now the Niners are without
another wide receiver, as Debo Samuel has moved on
to Washington. Now this leads us into yesterday's report
that Jean Jennings wants a new contract or he wants
to be traded. Here we go, big deal
or no big deal. It's time to tee up
a couple of topics and again we are in a
49ers wide receiver dispute, if you will, dealing
with a contract situation with their whiteouts. Manti,
is this a big deal or no big deal?
I think it's no big deal, Jamie. I
really think that if you're Jauan Jennings and you're his
representatives, his team. You're looking at this situation
and you're being very advantageous. I'm, I'm growing
my vocab on this show as we go. You're
being very advantageous of the situation that the San Francisco
49ers are in. You know, if you're Jauan
Jennings that without Debo Samuel and without Brendon Ayu,
you are Brock Purdy's number one target besides George Kittle
. Now there is no telling what's gonna happen this
year if you do start this year going into your
last year on your contract. There could be injury
. I hope he doesn't. I want him to
do well. I mean, um, you could
have a standout wide receiver they could draft a receiver
. They could trade for one. You don't know
, but what you do know is the situation that
the San Francisco 49ers are in in 2025, and
that's this. You are the number one target for
Brock Purdy right now, and there there's a little
window of opportunity for you to negotiate. Do I
think he wants to get traded? No, but
I just think, Willy, it's just one of
those tactics that you use when you're trying to come
to the table and negotiate a deal. Yeah,
the bottom line, it is a big deal.
Why? Because they don't have anybody. The room
is depleted. You, you, you talk about
Debo Sam was gone. Brenda was coming off ACL
. You're leaning on a rookie in, in,
in Perth or out of Florida to hopefully step and
be somebody for you. This team was 6 and
11 last year and it was for a number of
reasons. You could talk injuries, fatigue, brought
Purdy getting blitzed. They were horrible in the red
zone in the red zone. There's. A lot
of things you can point at, but overall he's
their number one guy right now and he's not just
a guy, he's their emotional leader. He does
a hell of a job blocking, especially on the
outside. So when you talk about a guy they
need, this is the need, the biggest issue
in which we all stay there, and I don't
mean to be redundant, is once again you have
a distraction going into training camp because this guy right
here, you not only need him, you need
him to keep the. up because you just played
uh Brock Purdy. Williams is going to be back
. George Kitd is back in the fold. You're
praying CMC could turn back the clock and be somewhat
of what he was in the yesteryear. So right
now if you're Shanahan, you look man, I
need an offense that can score because we didn't do
that well last year. So you need this guy
to be on board and you need to be on
board early. First of all, Manti, you
keep putting up those shots with those vocab boards.
Keep reps in, baby. I like it.
I support it. I'll give you a spot.
I don't know if we necessarily stuck the landing with
advantageous today, but that's OK. I reps,
you get reps. Just put them up now.
You gotta try them or you'll never be able to
use them. So I'm proud of you. I'll
always have your back with that. Let's do a
quick round round the horn here. Sorry, let's
go, um, let's go Manti, Jamie and
Willy. uh, last year. How many catches
do you think Jauan Jennings had? Manti Jamie was
a 7th round pick, Jauan Jennings in 2020.
Go ahead, go ahead, Manti. I'd say
. Around 40. I was gonna say 3,
I was gonna go 55. Uh, I did
a little homework, his 7777 catches. That's really
impressive. I had no idea he was a 77
catch guy. Willie was over it. What do
you think he was? What did you think he
was before you looked it up? I mean,
I would have said like you guys. I would
, you know, 40, you know, like
it's a big 3 down catch nice part, but
there was nobody else out there. Um, I
just wonder at this point. Like, does John
Lynch just hate wide receivers? Does he like be
like, I hate these guys. I'm so sick
of these because as a player, John Lynch was
out there crushing wide receivers, so he must want
to just set up dummies of all these wideouts over
the last few years and just go back to the
glory days and delete each and every one of them
because he's like, Alright, Debo, I get
, you know, I guess that you now I
gotta worry about Jauan Jennings, our 7th round pick
. I got Bossa and Kittle and Warner. There's
so many other problems I have, so. I
do think it's a big deal and I didn't until
I saw how productive he was last year and you're
damn right he's gonna try to get paid. Did
you see me in the Super Bowl? I was
about to be the MVP if we didn't blow it
to the Chiefs again. I he was great.
So I don't think, listen, it's a big
deal that he had 77 catches last year. It's
not a big deal that I think John Lynch is
finally gonna pick his battle and say if Jauan Jennings
wants to walk out of here, I love him
, but I'm not paying everybody. Come on.
Yeah, we also have to know one thing,
like yards have to catch, this team took a
big dip once they lost Brandon I and Bebo Sams
. So they need production. You understand. Shanahan's
offense is all about ball control and play action.
If they can't run the ball, that causes more
, that warrants more blitzes to Brock Purdy, which
he took on. I think he was blitzed 36%
of the time last year, and that's because they
couldn't run the ball and because they can't get yards
after the catch. So they need the production.
They need offensive production out of this young man,
so they have to. Sign him. It's not
just because he wants to get paid, which is
smart on his part, go for it. You
got, you got to strike. But overall,
if you're the San Francisco 49ers, you need this
man in a helmet because you don't have the production
coming on that side of the ball. So if
you're Shanahan a company man, you guys got to
figure this out and get that man paid. Kyle
, I'm worried that you and I are resting on
our laurels. We got Manti who's doing word of
the day toilet paper, and we got Willie who's
doing his actual homework to know how many catches Jauan
Jennings has. Last night he did that homework,
man, we got it.