The 49ers are Having an Identity Crisis
Analyzing how the San Francisco 49ers are having an identity crisis.
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00:00 I feel like they lost all their identity, Grant.
00:04 They don't know where they're going.
00:05 They don't know how to get it back.
00:07 Like, they have no answers, man.
00:10 - They did lose their identity, man.
00:11 It's crazy when a team is lost
00:13 and they don't know who they are anymore.
00:14 And it's like, man, can D'Amico come back and remind us?
00:16 No.
00:17 - They have no answers right now, Grant.
00:19 No answers at all, man.
00:21 It's like, they can't get off, you know,
00:23 the field on third down on defense.
00:26 I don't know what happened to the offense.
00:28 Like, you look at the Dolphins, right,
00:31 with Mike McDaniel and they're so creative.
00:34 All the shifts and everything, they mean something.
00:37 Like, now I just see people going in motion
00:39 in the 49ers offense.
00:40 It doesn't even mean anything.
00:41 Like, why?
00:42 Why are they doing it?
00:43 - Yeah.
00:44 Yeah, it's like, Miami.
00:46 - Right?
00:47 So like, they don't know what they're doing, man.
00:49 And it's so confusing watching them play.
00:51 They have so many all pro caliber players
00:54 on offense and defense,
00:55 and they get no pressure on the quarterback.
00:59 They can't get off the field on third down on defense.
01:01 They can't stop the run.
01:02 - They can't cover anyone.
01:03 They can't stop the run.
01:04 - On offense, you know,
01:05 Bonds turning the ball over.
01:07 They can't run the ball.
01:08 They don't use any of their other running backs.
01:11 The only thing they know how to do
01:13 is hand the ball to McCaffrey.
01:14 They have Jordan Mason for short yards.
01:16 They don't use him.
01:17 Juice is an afterthought.
01:19 George Kittle gets two or three catches a game.
01:21 Like, they don't even know what to do.
01:25 It's just so crazy after that hot start, man.
01:28 What do you think is like the biggest--
01:30 - That's why this bye week is so critical, man.
01:31 They gotta figure out who the hell they are.
01:34 They don't have that much time left.
01:35 They lose to Jacksonville.
01:36 It'll be five and four with eight games left.
01:39 And I don't think they're gonna beat Jacksonville.
01:40 If they beat Jacksonville, that's a key win.
01:42 I mean, that's a big win.
01:43 Jacksonville's six and two with a better quarterback
01:45 than the Niners have.
01:46 You win that game, that's a big deal
01:47 considering what you,
01:48 you just lost a freaking PJ Walker.
01:50 Now beat Trevor Lawrence.
01:52 Now beat Trevor Lawrence.
01:53 If you can do that,
01:53 then everyone's gonna look at you differently.
01:54 But right now, I don't even know what the Niners see
01:57 when they look in the mirror.
01:58 I don't know.
01:59 - Yeah, man.
02:00 Like, so what do you see?
02:01 Like, what's the, if we said,
02:02 hey, this week--
02:03 - The team is completely lacking leadership.
02:05 - We need a start.
02:07 - As soon as they hit adversity,
02:08 as soon as a couple of players got hurt,
02:09 as soon as you lost to PJ Walker,
02:11 it just snowballed.
02:14 If this team had a real backbone and a real leader,
02:17 you wouldn't have turned one loss into three, but you did.
02:20 And now I'm wondering like, when is this gonna end?
02:21 Who is gonna be the,
02:22 'cause it's not this,
02:23 the losing streak isn't just gonna end on its own.
02:25 Someone's gonna have to rise up and change things.
02:28 And is it gonna be Kyle?
02:29 Is it gonna be Wilks?
02:30 Is it gonna be Purdy?
02:30 Like, who's it gonna be?
02:31 I don't know.
02:33 In the past, it was always the defense.
02:35 So we'll see.
02:36 King Chewy, I gotta get through some more calls, man.
02:37 It's good to see you, dude.
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