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San Francisco 49ers podcast with Joe Hawkes: Lance looks ready throws for 128 yards; Garoppolo looks sharp in his short stint

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Play of the game, San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Trent Sherfield (left) sprints down field for an 80 yard reception the Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Mike Hughes (21) and safety Devon Key (24) give chase after a brilliant pass from quarterback Trey Lance (AP News photo)

On the 49ers podcast with J Hawkes:

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Trey Lance show some elusiveness, Lance went 5-14 for 128 yards and a touchdown. He had some good throws that were dropped by the receivers he could have had eight completions if the receivers had caught the ball.

Lance’s 80 touchdown throw to Trent Sherfield was a good play, Lance’s throw was a dart it had a little wobble to it but it was a good throw. Lance had some great aggressiveness good play calling. Lance pretty played the entire second quarter after quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo quarterbacked one series. For Garoppolo played for ten snaps Garoppolo in his time under center in the game looked good going 3-3 for 26 yards and was able to get the ball out of his hand quickly.

The receiving core there are guys who are trying to make the roster Jauan Jennings had a nice catch on a ball that was throw by quarterback Josh Rosen in the second half the pass was a little high. Jennings one reception and 26 yards in the contest, Wide out Charlie Woerner caught one for 34 yards and didn’t score, and Trent Sherfield one reception and 80 yards and one touchdown.

Join Joe Sundays for the 49ers podcasts at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Chiefs win edge over 49ers in clubs’ first preseason game 19-16

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San Francisco 49ers quarterback Trey Lance (5) threw against the Kansas City Chiefs defensive end Demone Harris (96) at Levi Stadium in Santa Clara on Sat Aug 14, 2021 (AP News photo)

~ By Pearl Allison Lo

~ August 14, 2021

~ San Francisco almost made a late comeback Saturday, but Kansas City was able to prevail 19-16 with 1:19 left in the contest.  

49ers’ rookie quarterback Trey Lance made a splash in his debut, with an 80-yard rocket to wide receiver Trent Sherfield. 

Quarterbackwise, the traditional starters, San Francisco’s Jimmy Garoppolo and the Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes each played the first drive, followed by Lance and Chad Henne.

The first three drives of the game resulted in punts. 

Kansas City got on the board first due to good field position combined with a 13-yard pass interference penalty to Talanoa Hufanga. Henne made a five yard pass to Byron Pringle with 2:57 left in the first. 

After an incomplete pass and a seven yard sack in his first drive, Lance followed it up with his 80-yarder score eight seconds later. It stayed 7-6 when kicker Robbie Gould’s extra point hit an upright. Lance finished 5-of-14 for 128 yards and was sacked four times. 

The 49ers made it two scoring drives in a row as Deommodore Lenoir intercepted Henne. Robbie Gould helped the cause at the end of the resulting drive with a 36-yard field goal, making it 9-7 with 12:29 left in the second.

Lance made another big play with 9:44 left, throwing 34 yards to Charlie Woerner. 

The Chiefs brought in “rookie” undrafted free agent quarterback Anthony Gordon with 7:45 left.

With just under a minute left before halftime, kicker Harrison Butker went for a 62-yard field goal. It would have been a career-best, but fell short. 

The 49ers led all halftime stats except for first downs.

Kansas City went up 10-9 after the first drive of the second half. It was the longest drive of the game, lasting 6:14 and culminating with a 52-yard field goal by Butker.  

After the opening drives, quarterbacks rookie Shane Buechele and Josh Rosen came in for San Francisco and the Chiefs respectively. 

The 49ers had two drives resulting consecutively in an interception and a fumble. The interception came with their closest position of the second half so far when they were on KC’s 19.

Kansas City padded their lead by three with a 46-yard Butker field goal with 4:27 left to go in the game and this sparked two more scores.

Nsimba Webster started San Francisco’s drive with a 43-yard return followed by a 34-yard rush. 

With the clock winding down and potential overtime looming, the Chiefs made sure it did not happen and Buchele walked into the endzone for the game’s final points.

The match officially ended on an illegal shift penalty to the 49ers.

Red zone totals were 2-2 for Kansas City and 1-3 for San Francisco. 

Up Next: The 49ers will face one of their Southern California counterparts next in the form of the Los Angeles Chargers at the new SoFi Stadium Sunday August 22 at 4:30pm. 

Las Vegas Raiders podcast with Rich Perez: Gruden calls off Wed morning practice; Mariota willing to leave Raiders for starting job

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Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Marcus Mariota raises a hand if he’s offered a starting job somewhere in the NFL as he’s seen here working out at the Raiders training facility in Henderson NV on Tue Aug 10, 2021 (photo by the Las Vegas Review Journal)

On the Raiders podcast with Rich:

#1 Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden called off Wednesday morning practice at 7:30am this morning as a reward to his players and staff for all their hard work as they prepare for Saturday’s game at Allegiant Stadium against the Kansas City Chiefs.

#2 The Raiders usually schedule their practices for 7:30 am to beat the desert heat all players, coaches, and personnel reported but got to go home with pay. The heat is one of the reasons why they schedule an early practice.

#3 The Raiders have now added a fourth quarterback to their pre season roster Case Cookus, Cookus was an undrafted free agent with the New York Giants in 2020 and had off season stops with the Minnesota Vikings and Denver Broncos. Will Cookus be someone the Raiders look at during pre season or do the Raiders plan to carry four quarterbacks on opening day?

#4 Rich, talk about the Nevada mask mandate at Allegiant it’s reported that it’s impacting ticket sales the Raiders lost two sell outs after the mandate was imposed by Nevada Gov Steve Sisolak. According to Allegiant general manager Chris Wright he said he had two shows in October that were near sell outs canceled and now two Raiders games that will not sell out because fans refuse to wear the mask under mandated mask law.

#5 Quarterback Marcus Mariota is willing to work he’s the back up quarterback but it’s pretty well known that if a starting quarterback position opened up somewhere he’s willing to hop a flight lickity split to a new team.

Join Rich for the Raiders podcasts Wednesdays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Francisco 49ers podcast with David Zizmor: Lance throwing laser beams in practice; Jimmy G still starter

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On the 49ers podcast with David:

#1 San Francisco 49ers quarterback Trey Lance has been so impressive in camp it was reported his accuracy has improved in just six weeks of practice.

#2 In recent team drills Lance completed 20 of 22 passes and that was over two days. Lance also has rid of his air mail passes.

#3 Based on watching Lance he looks ready to step into the starting job but starting quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo could keep his job with a winning season.

Join David each Wednesday with the 49ers podcasts at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Francisco 49ers podcast with Joe Hawkes: 49ers looking for big things from Brooks; Right Guards getting ready for pre season action

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At the right guard position Daniel Brunskill (60) seen in file photo is getting ready in camp for the 2021 49ers season (Niners Wire file photo)

On the 49ers podcast with J Hawkes:

#1 Rookie guard Aaron Brooks is yet to get some work with the first team offense in Santa Clara at training camp. The 49ers are hoping for big things from Brooks.

#2 Daniel Brunskill and Tom Compton have been working at the right guard position in camp with Colton McCovitz tell how you see this trio at the right guard position as the first pre season game is one week away.

#3 Quarterback Trey Lance has been looking sharp in practice throwing for 45 yards with a ball over the middle to Travis Benjamin who made a spectacular catch jumping over defender Dontae Johnson.

#4 In practice head coach Kyle Shanahan knows there was good Lance and bad Lance who threw for five completions in practice but turned around and threw for four incompletions. Was that due to focus and non focus issues or not enough experience yet.

#5 Starting quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo for completions to fullback Kyle Juszczyk, wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk, tight end George Kittle. Garoppolo looked ready.

Join Joe for the 49ers podcasts each Sunday for the 49ers podcasts at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Francisco 49ers podcast with David Zizmor: Shanahan, Garoppolo remains starting quarterback

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Trey Lance (5) and Jimmy Garoppolo (10) tune up during quarterback drills at the San Francisco 49ers camp in Santa Clara. Will there be a quarterback controversy? 49ers head coach says the job of starter belongs to Garoppolo to start the season. (photo from 49erswebzone.com)

On the 49ers podcast with David:

#1 Dee Ford said he’s excited to be back in practice after missing the last 15 games of last season due to a back injury. Ford was offsides on two snaps but was happy to get that old feel again.

#2 Javon Kinlaw made his first appearance in team drills on Monday he had suffered from a swelled up knee from last week. Kinlaw said after practice that the knee feel excellent.

#3 After drills on Monday head coach Kyle Shanahan said that Jimmy Garoppolo remains the team’s starting quarterback and Trey Lance is his back up. Shanahan said there was nothing that Lance did in practice to start talking differently with Jimmy.

Join David for all the latest on the 49ers podcasts Wednesdays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Las Vegas Raiders podcast with Rich Perez: GM Mayock is a breakthrough case tests positive for Covid; 3 Raider players test positive

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Las Vegas Raiders general manager Mike Mayock in Feb 25, 2020 photo speaks to the media at the NFL scouting Combine in Indianapolis tested positive for Coronavirus a breakthrough case as Mayock is fully vaccinated (AP file photo)

On the Raiders podcast with Rich:

#1 Las Vegas Raiders general manager Mike Mayock has tested positive for Coronavirus and has been working from home. Mayock is a familiar figure at Raider practices. Mayock who is fully vaccinated could be out as long as ten days.

#2 Three of the Raiders players including kicker Daniel Carlson was put in the Covid 19 list as of last week and he joins running back Jalen Richard who was on the Covid list as of last week has returned to practice as of Monday.

#3 Raiders head coach Jon Gruden says he likes what he sees out of back up quarterback Marcus Mariota in camp. The kicker is that Mariota has been picked off twice by his roommate linebacker Nick Kwiatkoski.

#4 Mariota said those were the only two interceptions that he has thrown in drills, Gruden added that Mariota threw four incredible passes.

#5 Henry Ruggs was going out for one and caught a pass throw by quarterback Derek Carr who tossed it behind Nate Hobbs and Dallin Leavitt for a touchdown. Ruggs and Carr are expected to be a tandum this season.

Join Rich Perez for the Raiders podcasts each Wednesday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Francisco 49ers podcast with Joe Hawkes: 49ers now with less than ten players unvaccinated

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San Francisco 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa meets with the press on Thu Jul 29, 2021 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara (photo from the San Francisco Chronicle)

San Francisco 49ers defensive

On the 49ers podcast with J Hawkes:

#1 Joe, San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch said that more than 90% of the team is vaccinated now he had to work on getting Pro Bowl defensive end Nick Bosa vaccinated as Bosa said he wasn’t amongst the 90%.

#2 Bosa in an interview this week at Levi’s Stadium said he was evaluating the possibility of getting vaccinated right now and hasn’t made a decision yet.

#3 The 49ers entire coaching staff has been vaccinated and if you look at Lynch’s numbers that would mean fewer than ten players are not vaccinated.

#4 Under NFL rules unvaccinated players must be tested everyday and vaccinated players must be test every two weeks.

#5 The NFL also issued warnings that teams could end up forfeiting games if they end up getting outbreaks because of unvaccinated players.

Join Joe Hawkes for the 49ers Sunday podcasts at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

NFL podcast with Rich Perez: Gruden says safety first as Raiders fully vaccinated; Former Eagles assistant Chung looking for a chance; plus more

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Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden has learned a lot about Covid 19 protocols since this photo was taken during the second half against the New England Patriots on Sun Sep 27, 2020. Gruden says that most of the staff, coaches, front office and players are fully vaccinated going into camp 2021. (AP photo file)

On the NFL podcast with Rich:

#1 Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden said that maybe for five players most of the Raiders staff and players are fully vaccinated Gruden says while he respects people’s opinion he said he’s proud that most of the players, staff, coaches, and front office is fully vaccinated.

#2 Last season you might recall the Raiders were fined a hefty $250,000 and Gruden personally was fined $100,000 during week 2 during a home game at Allegiant Stadium. The Raiders were also fined an additional $50,000 when a non credentialed employee got access into the Raiders locker room after that same game.

#3 Former Philadelphia Eagles assistant coach and offensive tackles coach Eugene Chung was told that he “wasn’t the right minority” Chung 55, a Korean American is speaking out now that he hasn’t had an NFL job since 2017 and is seeking an audience from NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell saying the term minority termed by the NFL is a little misleading and wants an another NFL opportunity.

#4 Former Raiders head coach Tom Flores 84, is being into the NFL Football Hall of Fame on August 8th. Flores is amongst a growing community of Latino coaches in football as College Division I has seven Latino coaches. Flores was hired by the late owner of the Raiders Al Davis in 1972 as quarterbacks coach and became head coach in 1979 to 1987. Flores is three time Super Bowl Champion once as assistant coach and twice as head coach.

#5 Aaron Rogers avoided the $50,000 daily fine and reported to the Green Bay Packers, Rogers skipped mini camp, and off season events with the Packers and could be fined $93,000 for those absences. One thing that could be said the Packers are happy to have Rogers back in camp. The Packers and Rogers are still working out details regarding Rogers contract.

Join Rich for the NFL podcasts each Wednesday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Francisco 49ers podcast with David Zizmor: 49ers rank top ten for injury reserves; Lance signs for four yrs for $34.1 mil; plus more

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San Francisco 49ers quarterback Trey Lance (5) seen here working out in the 49ers camp on May 25, 2021 signed a four year deal with the 49ers which was announced on Wed Jul 28, 2021 (AP file photo)

On the 49ers podcast with David:

#1 You know the 49ers were going to rank in the Top 10 in the NFL for the fifth consecutive year in injury reserve transactions. 49ers rusher Jeff Wilson while working at the team facility in May suffered a torn ligament.

#2 San Francisco 49ers have signed quarterback Trey Lance for four years for $34.1 million and got a $22 million signing bonus. The $34.1 million part of the deal is guaranteed the fifth year will be an option year.

#3 Quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo in the past has suffered his share of injuries but as long as he says he’s healthy and is under center winning games he won’t have to look over his shoulder to see Lance standing there in the wings.

Join David for the 49ers podcasts each Wednesday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com