Locked On Hawkeyes - Daily Podcast On Iowa Hawkeyes Football & Basketball - Is James Daniels in Chicago for the long term? And was Ross Reynolds in a position to start for the 49ers before getting injured?

Episode Date: September 4, 2020

We wrap up our NFL check-in by chatting with Lorin Cox of the Locked On Bears and Brian Peacock of the Locked On 49ers. What are the expectations for James Daniels in year three, and will the Bears have enough cap space to lock him up long term after the season? Over on the bay, what to the 49ers see in CJ Beathard, and how good of a chance does he have to beat out Nick Mullens for the #2 spot? Of course, we know how good George Kittle is, but did you realize Ross Reynolds was building a solid case to be in the starting lineup prior to getting injured?Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Rock AutoAmazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you.ManscapedGo to Manscaped.com and use code LOCKED to get 20% Off and Free Shipping. Manscaped is #1 in men’s below the belt grooming and offers precision-engineered tools for your family jewels.Built BarBuilt Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON,” and you’ll get $10 off your first order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

I thank God I was born on the good arms of the Midwest, and not on the battlefields of the U.S. It's a time of panic, and it's intercepted! It's picked off right away! Intercepted by Marty Hooker! Pick six! Eight seconds into the game! Buffen sets up deep in the pocket, goes down the field for Smith!

Oh! He's got it! Smith! Touchdown. 85 yards. High on. Touchdown, 10. Taking a shot in the end zone.

It is caught. No offense. Touchdown. That's either one or you have it. Go ahead and three. Yes. Two-point lead for the Hawkeyes. Welcome back, Hawkeye Nation, to another episode of the Lockdown Hawkeyes podcast,

your daily podcast covering your Iowa Hawkeyes on the Lockdown Sports Network. As always, I am your host, Andrew Wade. I'm excited to be back for this beautiful Friday morning. And on today's show, we're going to be continuing our little NFL miniseries. We're going to be talking to Brian Peacock, host of the Lockdown 49ers, and Lauren Cox, host of the Lockdown Bears. So again, big shout out to them for hopping on. I hope you've enjoyed this little NFL miniseries we've been doing. I hope you enjoyed the past three episodes with Riley Smith.

Next week, we'll get back to some of our regularly scheduled content, doing more one-on-one analysis type of stuff. I know I want to cover Iowa versus Iowa State and our Locked On College Top 25 polls. If you haven't checked that out, make sure to do that as well. So lots of stuff we're going to be covering next week. But today, prior to everything kind of happening with cuts, I wanted to make sure I got Brian on and Lauren on

to talk about the 49ers and the Bears, which is James Daniels, George Kittle, CJ Beathard, and Ross Reynolds. I think you're going to really enjoy the conversations we had about both of those items. Also, congratulations to Cooper DeGene for getting invited to the All-American Bowl. Awesome to see Iowa Hawkeye recruits get some notice and some notoriety. So with that being said, let's hop into our interview with Lauren Cox of the Lockdown Bears, talking about James Daniels. All right, I am joined here by Lauren Cox of the Lockdown Bears podcast.

Lauren, how are you doing today? I'm doing well. Glad to help you out here in a football-starved fall so far. Yeah, man. I mean, there's been some interesting reports coming out about the Big Ten. Who knows if we're going to be playing football, but in the meantime, we can talk all about the Iowa Hawkeye alums who are currently in the NFL today, and that's why I have you on the show because I wanted to talk about James Daniels, a, I would say, a young star in the league. I mean, only 22 years old, had a lot of potential. Wanted to get your thoughts on him though last season you know

we kind of came into the league as a center guard kind of combo last year started eight games at center eight games at left guard looks like he is projected to play left guard this year what was the reasoning behind the switch back to left guard so as you know coming out of the draft it was sort of the understanding was that he was a better fit at center, although that was something that there was never really a lot of concrete reasoning for. It was just sort of, well, he played center at Iowa and was very successful there, so therefore he would be a good fit at center in the NFL. But rookie season, they wanted him working out at left guard, kind of in a rotation there,

and they were comfortable with what Cody Whitehair was doing at center. But then Whitehair had some struggles with snapping, and it seemed like they always kind of generally wanted James Daniels to be the center of the future anyway. So then going into last preseason, they made the switch, Daniels at center, and he started there for half the season, like you said.

And there were a few things that seemed to go wrong. One, from a protection standpoint calling out the blitz schemes that were coming against the Bears offensive line they were not as steady there as you would have liked and James Daniels being the center sort of being responsible for making those calls the Bears were getting I think a little frustrated that those weren't always being properly picked up and he just wasn't as effective particularly in pass protection it seemed like he struggled with having a lot of those sort of two way goes in the middle you know when he when he could slide protect in one direction he seemed to

be able to hold things down but if they had him kind of working in more of an open protection scheme he didn't have as much luck and as much effectiveness going up against a lot of those interior pass rushers so halfway through the the season, they make that switch, and he was much better back at left guard in terms of that consistency and pass protection, being able to sort of have a little bit more of a dominant hand in that side. You always kind of know which way you're going. Seemed to be somewhere where he could focus more on that one thing,

not have to think about the protections and everything pre-snap and just sort of do his job at that left guard spot where it seems like he's going to stay for a while. Absolutely. Yeah. And it sounds like the reports out of campus that he's gained some weight, put on a little bit more muscle and has been performing. It's from what I've been reading, performing well at camp.

Want to get your thoughts on that. You know, does it seem like that move is going well this off season? Does it seem like he is ready to take the next step and be that, you know, that above average to star type of player that you expect when you draft a second round offensive lineman out of Iowa yeah they're ready for him to sort of take a little bit of a step forward there's been consistency he's been an average to above average lineman I would say definitely above average last season when he got back to left guard and really settled in back there but you're right looks even a little bit more yoked up.

And it's not that he gained like a bunch of weight, but I think there's some more definition there, particularly in the arms, which is always impressive to see for a guy that already comes in at that size. And I think this is a great opportunity for him to have a little bit more stability for the first time in his NFL career. Like I said, rookie season in a rotation early on, and then kind of gets the second half of the year to find that home at left guard.

And then last season, moving from center back to left guard, it's not until the end of the season that he really gets that full comfort back. So if they can, you know, now with a new offensive line coach, if they can sort of just put him in a spot, leave Cody Whitehair in a spot next to him, the same five starting offensive linemen, I think fingers crossed for injuries in that regard.

But this is his opportunity to really master that spot, really get super comfortable with the guys to his left and right and build that cohesive offensive line unit that just hasn't played up to expectations generally in Chicago, but the pieces are all there. The timing is all right for this to come together in 2020 for Daniels and the whole line. I love it. And so, you know, with him being in his third year, he's going to start looking at a contract extension,

likely, you know, midway through the season, after the end of the season, you know, one year left on his deal. What have the Bears done historically in terms of extending into your offensive line? And what, you know, I don't pay as much attention to the Bears specifically. So what does that look like for James Daniels in terms of getting an extension and how comfortable would you be giving him an extension, obviously dependent on his play this year.

Typically for the bears, they will wait until the final season of the rookie deal to do that contract extension. They just did it last year with Cody white hair. It was like, and they always wait till like the beginning of September too. So there's, there's kind of a long list right now of Chicago Bears that will need contract extensions soon. And there is some

question financially when you start looking ahead, especially in 2021 with the salary cap potentially staying flat or even going down a little bit. I don't think there's going to be any rush to sign anybody to early contract extensions at this point but if it starts to look like 2022 2023 salary caps are going to start really ramping back up i think next august into september is when that james daniels contract extension will start talking and i'll be curious to see how they want to invest that money like i said after giving all that money to cody white hair he's going to be making 12 plus million dollars a year in the near future they're already paying you know up in that eight-figure range for Charles Leno,

their left tackle, their right tackle, Bobby Massey is around that time. So you can only invest so much in the offensive line, but when you draft somebody like James Daniels early and he is successful, you want to reward your own, and I imagine that's the long-term plan or at least the long-term hope if he remains on this trajectory. Definitely, and the fact that he's only 22 years old, I mean, when he's going to be starting theoretically his next contract, he'll just be 24, which is pretty young, all things considered.

I mean, Garrett Bowles came into the NFL at 25 or 26 as a rookie. So love seeing that. But, you know, Lauren, I really appreciate you hopping on the show. It sounds like, you know, the bears do like James Daniels. It sounds like he is, you know, hoping to make that next step. They're hoping that he makes the next step. And as far as his contract situation, there's a lot of intricacies that kind of go into that and whether or not he's going to get resigned. So I know there's a lot of Iowa Hawkeye fans who are

also bears fans. It happens. We don't have an NFL team. So either like the bears, the Vikings, the chiefs, and then we have some random Rams fans and then some Packers fans. So where can the Hawkeye fans who want to get more Bears talk and more James Daniels talk find you at? Yeah, so I'm on Twitter at CoxSports1. I would say it's like FoxSports1,

but with a C. And you can subscribe to the Locked On Bears podcast wherever you listen to Locked On Hawkeyes. Awesome, Lauren. Well, thank you so much for hopping on. I really appreciate your time and we'll talk to you later. Definitely, anytime you need me. on Hawkeyes. Awesome. Lauren. Well, thank you so much for hopping on. I really appreciate your time and we'll talk to you later. Definitely.

Anytime you need me. Thank you, Lauren. All right. Again, a big shout out to, you know, for,

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And use promo code LOCKEDON. All right. I am joined here by Brian Peacock, host of the Locked On 49ers. Brian, how are you doing today, man? I'm doing great, man. I just had a vacation last week, so I'm recharged, ready to go for this season. And luckily, the NFL looks like it's going to kick off on schedule, so I'm excited about it. Yeah, two weeks away, I'm getting excited.

Where was your vacation at? Well, unfortunately, there's a bunch of wildfires in California, so we weren't able to do the mountains or the beach as we wanted to. So we just didn't work for a week and visited some family and just sort of hung out and laid low. I love it, man. That's what I did last week as well. I was on a staycation myself, just hung out at home and it was actually pretty darn nice. So less travel too. So less travel, so less hectic. So you actually feel rested when you do that. Yeah, you do. Cause like when you go on an actual vacation,

you come back on, let's say Sunday and you got to go right back to work Monday. You're exhausted from doing all these different things. But yeah, no, it was nice taking a staycation. But you did mention, you know, the NFL season is starting in two weeks and that's why we're doing this kind of little NFL mini series where we're covering some of the Iowa Hawkeyes with the host of the NFL channels

and you are the lucky fortunate one who has three Hawkeyes on the 49ers roster one of which is creating quite a little fan base for himself George Kittle which we'll get to in a second but let's start off with CJ Beathard and first thing I want to ask you is what were your initial thoughts when San Francisco used a third round draft pick on CJ Beathard? I was blown away. I thought this was a guy who was maybe going to be a seventh round pick, a priority free agent. I did not see him as a player that Shanahan was going to be in love with or a player that would be drafted as high. The 49ers actually traded up to get him too. So Shanahan loved CJ Beathard.

And I think Shanahan thought he might have found his next Kirk Cousins that he found in Washington when he drafted CJ Beathard, but it hasn't really turned out to be the case. Yeah, not exactly the case. Right now, he's currently in a battle for that second string quarterback job with a former undrafted free agent, Nick Mullins. What is the word on that? Do you feel like C.J. Beathard

is going to come out victorious from that? And if he doesn't, is he a good candidate to be released? I think C.J. Beathard's clearly the third best quarterback on the 49ers roster. And I don't think there's any way that he will beat out Nick Mullins for the number two job. I think Mullins has proven that he's the guy there. And the number one thing really with C.J CJ Beathard and Shanahan still likes him.

And I feel like the 49ers are still going to hold on to three quarterbacks. And they kept three quarterbacks last year, even though all CJ Beathard and Nick Mullins did was hold clipboards. And a lot of times CJ Beathard didn't even do that and didn't even have a uniform on Sundays, but he likes all three quarterbacks. And he's said numerous times that he believes he has three starting caliber quarterbacks. I would probably disagree with Kyle Shanahan there with that. But I, especially with this COVID-19 season,

I would be shocked if they didn't keep three quarterbacks again. So I think his roster spot is safe, but he will be the third quarterback for the 49ers. And when it comes to CJ.J. Beathard, the things that stand out to me with him and the thing that it's both a blessing and a curse because he's a really tough guy and you can respect that. And Kyle Shanahan loves that about C.J. Beathard. He's tough.

He'll hang in there and he'll take hits and he'll keep coming. But at the same time, he shouldn't need to be as tough as he is because he should be getting rid of the ball sooner. So I think that processor is the thing that's really holding cj bethard back because he probably throws the best deep ball on the team even better than than jimmy garoppolo you know he's not he's not an extreme height weight speed specimen or anything like that but he can move a

little bit and he's got a pretty good arm and he's got some decent size and he can throw a pretty good deep ball but he just holds on to the way too long, and the processing is way too slow, and maybe there's something behind the scenes that he's improved on there since we saw him last play. He didn't play at all last year, but, you know, he got a nice chunk of playing time in his first two seasons with the 49ers in 2017 and 2018, but the Niners really just couldn't win a game when he was in there,

and it was pretty amazing to see C.J Beathard as an 0-5 starter. And then he goes out, Jimmy Garoppolo comes in, immediately goes 5-0 as a starter. Like how much better Jimmy Garoppolo was than CJ Beathard was like, okay, the team is still pretty bad around him, but this is what it's supposed to look like when an NFL quarterback is playing. And CJ Beathard clearly wasn't an NFL level starter to me even though Kyle Shanahan has said some very glowing things about him and clearly loved him coming out of Iowa but Beathard's just not the

guy and I don't see him being anything more than a backup quarterback for his career definitely and I think one of the things that was very deceiving about that 0-5 you know kind of five game stretch is the fact that there were some moments that C.J. Beathard I thought played pretty well, you know, kind of five-game stretch. The fact that there were some moments that C.J. Beathard, I thought, played pretty well. He, you know, at least put up some good numbers, and there was a few moments like, okay, that was a good throw, or, hey, that was a good opportunity, or that was a good chance of escaping the pocket,

or good, you know, good play there. But absolutely. He had that one crazy run. Do you remember the run he had? He's like, okay. He's a little bit athletic. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, it's definitely interesting.

Do you think the San Francisco 49ers are going to try and bring him back after this season maybe it might be a situation where they like him enough and maybe he would be cheaper than bringing back nick mullins because they've got to figure something else out there with both of them becoming free agents so i think one of m Mullins or Beathard will be gone, and it would be smart for the 49ers to draft another quarterback and see what they can develop there. And if neither one is going to start for the team, which they're not if Jimmy Garoppolo is around,

then maybe they can work out a trade or something with Mullins because I think there might be somewhat of a market there. Maybe if the 49ers, say, lose defensive coordinator Robert Sala to a head coaching gig somewhere maybe he'll want to bring one of his quarterbacks with him to his new place you know with our new offensive coordinator is going to be and who knows maybe it's one of those uh runner pass game coordinators with the 49ers that goes with Robert Sala and I fully expect Sala to get a head coaching gig very soon so maybe one of those quarterbacks goes there so I would expect

one of them to be gone it just depends if they can get anything done with Nick Mullins contract-wise or if they have a situation where they can trade one of those guys or get some value somewhere with one of those two quarterbacks. I would expect one of them to be gone. And if everything else is the same, it would probably be Mullins that stays just because he's, I think, a better quarterback, and they believe that he can win him a couple games if he has to. He's forced into playing time.

Yeah, he was impressive in his couple-game stretch there. I was definitely impressed by him. Another guy, though, that is an Iowa Hawkeye alum who was selected in the exact same draft as C.J. Beathard just two rounds later, who has definitely made a name for himself, George Kittle. The evolution of George Kittle is pretty impressive. I'm not sure if you know about his upbringing and the fact that he wasn't really recruited, came to Iowa as a wide receiver. But when the 49ers selected George Kittle, I can only imagine your thoughts were probably, okay, cool. We have a backup tight end, but I wanted to get your thoughts, you know, from your mouth. What were your thoughts on George Kittle as he came out of Iowa and the 49ers

selected him? See, I really liked George Kittle and I was blown away that Beathard actually got selected higher than George Kittle. And I do this exercise every year. It's called the shadow 49ers draft where when the 49ers are on the clock, I get one shot, I get one pick and I say, okay, well okay well and you know i fancy myself a draft nick and i say okay i would pick this one single player at this spot and i had george kittle going to the 49ers actually a full round sooner and so i was blown away that george kittle was still around i loved what i saw from him as a blocker and his athleticism and i don't know why they didn't use him more on offense in

iowa i know they need their tight ends to block and as george kittle puts it if you don't know why they didn't use him more on offense in Iowa. I know they need their tight ends to block, and as George Kittle puts it, if you don't block, you don't play at Iowa. But I think the 49ers are lucky that Kittle went to Iowa because he learned that nasty streak, and he learned how to block, and it was obviously a great place for him to develop his skills and his strength, and then he was so underutilized in the passing game that he flew under the radar and the 49ers were able to steal him in the fifth round. Yeah. I mean, it worked out pretty darn well.

They just signed him to a huge extension by even wide receiver standards at this point. How did you feel about that contract extension? What were your thoughts? Excited, happy, overpaid, underpaid. What are your thoughts on that? Well, severely still underpaid because when you compare him to the wide receivers that are making similar money to him, you know, Adam Thielen, who's a really good player, and Jarvis Landry, I think 32 out of 32 GMs,

including those that run the Vikings and Browns, would rather have George Kittle for that money than those two wide receivers. So just because of the way the tight end market is, the 49ers, we're going to have a bargain no matter what. And even though it's a big extension and you know, the highest paid tight end in the league, highest paid tight end ever. I think it's still a huge bargain for the 49ers for what he brings both in the

run game and the passing game. He impacts every single play on offense and off the field. He's just a heart and soul player. The energy he brings it's, it's upbeat, but it's intense and it's great in the locker room is great on the sideline great between the lines i can't say enough good things about george kittle and how important he is to the 49ers offense yeah i mean when you look at it you break it down from money perspective he does everything a wide receiver can do he runs a four five four yard dash he blocks like an offensive lineman and as you mentioned you know

off the field he's a great guy that you can build a marketing campaign around. The 49ers can use him as basically a face of the franchise because he is such an emotional and fun guy to be around. People really gravitate towards liking George Kittle. I feel like he's one of those transcendent players who not a lot of people dislike George Kittle. And there's a lot of fans around the league that aren't 49ers fans who love George Kittle and want to tune into games just to watch George Kittle. And that's a pretty rare thing for a tight end. It's rare.

He's must-see TV and they always put the mic on him because they know he's the guy to mic up on that offense. And actually, Andrew, I want to ask you because you're closer to this thing from his college days. And there was some rumors that there's maybe a reason that he fell all the way to the fifth round was he got some reports from some scouts from the coaching staff at Iowa that maybe he you know some sort of a red flag where he wasn't the best teammate or maybe he just had too much fun or something like that I can't believe

that there would be any red flags surrounding Georgeorge kittle coming out of iowa but there was some rumors that maybe that's one of the reasons he fell a little bit in the draft yeah i mean i'm glad you brought that up i think from my perspective there's there's always talks about what you do within the iowa football program and following kind of the iowa way and kittle will admit as much you know the first year or so he didn't really buy into the I mean he bought in the program he was working out hard but he was still going out he was drinking he was doing all those things and it wasn't until halfway through his career at Iowa that he really bought it and you know realized this is something I can do or at least that's what you know I've

read from you know quotes with him my guess is that has to do that's a lot to do with it when you get on the bad side of an eye the Iowa coaches it can be a little bit difficult to work your way back up so that's the only thing I could possibly imagine as far as you know not giving him enough you know offensive plays I truly just feel like that offense wasn't the best offense there was no wide receiver help at that time the offensive coordinator was not very good at utilizing the passing game, a lot of short kind of stuff. So they didn't really know how to utilize George Kittle either. But I find it hard to believe that the Iowa coaches would actually

say anything too bad about George Kittle. But I do know the first couple of years, he was not necessarily the most bought in player into the program, which is, you know, why it took him a little bit longer to develop and get that playing time. I guess that makes some sense. And, and with that offense, it's not a, you know, and that's one of the reasons I think Kyle Shanahan really scouted that offense hard and liked drafting players and bringing undrafted free agents in from Iowa is because they run a pro style offense and it's really easy to see

them utilized in a way that they could be utilized in the NFL. And he probably saw that, you know what, we could use this Kittle guy, maybe a little bit more in the passing game too, with his athleticism than that Iowa offense. It definitely wasn't the type of offense that spread it out and sling it around all over the place. Yeah, and like I said, that Iowa offense in 2016 was just, it was atrocious. It was tough to watch.

Once Brian Behrens came in, that's where the offense started getting a little bit more creative. it was atrocious. It was, it was tough to watch. Once, once Brian Barron's came in, that's where the offense started getting a little bit more creative. That's where you start seeing a TJ Hawkinson and Noah Fant start putting up really big numbers. It wasn't like that when Brian Barron's wasn't the offensive coordinator. So definitely a big piece of that in my opinion. Also another Iowa guy that I did want to touch on, obviously George Kittle is a lot of fun to talk about, but Ross Reynolds is one of the guys kind of flying under the radar. A guy who

is likely a practice squad candidate got injured in camp a few weeks ago, I believe. Wanted to get your thoughts on him. What are his chances of making this 53 man roster? Um, or do you feel like he's more likely to return to the practice squad or maybe just off the roster entirely after this season or after this preseason? Yeah, the timing is terrible for Ross Reynolds. And he's a player I really liked too, as an undrafted free agent, I liked his athleticism, you know, center guard type of a player. I thought he was a good fit for the 49ers offense and can get out and block on the run a little bit.

And he was able to stick last year on the practice squad. And there's a chance he could have been the starting center week one for the 49ers if he didn't get hurt last week and I don't know the exact extent they've been pretty hush-hush with a lot of stuff coming out of Santa Clara with the 49ers during training camp so I don't know specifically what the injury is but he was carted off the field it looked bad and from what I've been able to gather he's definitely not going to be ready for the beginning of the season and I don't know how much longer it's going to be than that or this this lower body injury that Ross Reynolds has but with starting center Weston Richburg out for at least six weeks and then his backup Ben Garland is banged up and it's doubtful whether

or not he's going to be able to start the season I thought Ross Reynolds Reynolds could be that guy to sneak in there and maybe start a few games. Daniel Brunskill is working in there. He's been sort of a super sub for the 49ers playing a backup role at all five positions, but they'd much rather have Brunskill, I think, playing guard than center because he's not played a lot of center in his career. So I thought it was a perfect opportunity for Ross Reynolds. So for him to get hurt now and not have the opportunity and not be healthy to start the season is a bummer.

I think for sure he was somebody that was going to be on the practice squad and potentially make the 53-man roster. Now that he's hurt, it might have to be a situation where they waive him first because he's injured. He has to clear waivers first, and then they put him on IR because he can't go on the pup list because he didn't start camp there. So there's a lot of weird roster politics and different mechanisms for what you're able to do with an injured player to start the season but he's not going to be on the active roster on the 53 to start the season I wouldn't

imagine because of the injury so will he be able to revert back to the practice squad is he going to end up on IR it's really up in the air for him and it's an unfortunate timing with that injury because I thought he could have the potential to play and really stick with the 49ers and he still could and he still could be a practice squad guy and I do like Ross Reynolds quite a bit as a backup guard and center for the 49ers yeah sounds like there's a possibility of a future in San Francisco still even though he did have that injury the thing I find interesting about that is a lot of people probably don't realize you think about Kyle Shanahan and you think about Mike Shanahan and Mike Shanahan really built that Broncos I I'm a huge Broncos fan. So built that

Broncos offense on undrafted mobile, small offensive lineman. And that's really what Ross Reynolds is. He really fits the scheme pretty darn well. So I do think that's interesting. Maybe there is a chance there in the future. But it does sound like he's probably going to probably the clear waivers and, you know, hit the IR after this. So Brian, that is all the questions I had though about the Iowa Hawkeyes on the 49ers roster. I do appreciate you taking the time. I know you're a busy guy. You know, it sounds like you're doing some, some daddy daycare right now. What's where, where can the fans find you at the fans who want to listen to 49ers talk or

just listen to more Iowa Hawkeye talk. I'm sure you talk about George Kittle quite a bit so where can fans of Hawkeyes or 49ers find you at yeah plenty to talk about former Hawkeyes and let's keep the pipeline open it's worked out pretty well for the 49ers so keep those coming over to San Francisco but you can find my podcast Locked on 49ers wherever you find your podcast There's a brand new podcast that I do with Matt Williamson, former NFL scout. He writes for Pro Football Network now. We used to host Locked On NFL. We're changing things up here at the network, so now we have the Peacock

and Williamson podcast that covers the entire NFL daily. We're going to talk a lot of draft as well, so we'll talk about some more Hawkeyes there. You can find that podcast everywhere as well, and you can find me on Twitter at BD Peacock. I love it, Brian. Well, thank you so much for taking the time out of your day. Absolutely love talking to you about, you know, Iowa Hawkeyes and the 49ers that I think Iowa fans are slowly becoming 49ers fans just because there's so

many Hawkeyes going there. And it seems like Kyle Shanahan really loves them. So have a good day, Brian. We'll talk to you later, man. All right. Take care. Thanks. All right. And that concludes our show today. I hope you all enjoyed the NFL miniseries. We did. If you like this, let us know. We're happy to bring these guys back on during the season to talk more about some of your favorite Iowa Hawkeye alums. And like I said, we'll be back next week with some regularly scheduled content. We might have an episode on Monday, but we'll definitely be back on Tuesday. So I hope you all tune in. Then if you like the show, please make sure to give us that five-star review. Let us know what you love about the show and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. And as always, Hawkeye Nation, I hope you have a fantastic Friday and even better weekend. And go Hawks! We'll see you next time.