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Chris Simms Unbuttoned

49ers GM John Lynch on draft trades, NIL, & Brock Purdy + Abdul Carter #11

Chris Simms Unbuttoned

NBC Sports

Nfl, Sports, Chris Simms Unbuttoned, Football

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2025

⏱️ 112 minutes

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Summary

Today's Unbuttoned is chock full of stories. Chris gives a behind-the-scenes timeline of how the Simms family ultimately said no to Abdul Carter wearing Big Effer Phil's #11 jersey. Then, GM John Lynch joins and talks about his draft process, scouting in the NIL era, and the time the 49ers came 2 seconds away from missing a draft pick. But first, Ahmed tells us how he had to last-minute sub in for Mike Tirico as the host of the Kentucky Derby.

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0:00.0

Journalism.

0:01.0

Journalism is the favorite.

0:07.0

There are some speed.

0:08.0

Fake journalism or real?

0:10.0

That'll be, I'm sure that'll be talked.

0:12.0

You know, yeah, no fake news.

0:14.0

Journalism wins the derby.

0:15.0

I'm going to give that to Mike in case that happens.

0:18.0

Oh, yeah, that's right.

0:19.0

It's Chris Sims.

0:20.0

It's Chris Sims on Button. Yo, yo, yo, we are here Monday after the Kentucky Derby. And, man, I mean, journalism ran a good race, but we got a real journalist right here next to us. I mean, the host of the Kentucky Derby. We are honored to have this guy here with us. I mean, he goes from telling the world about the greatest

0:38.5

horses in the world, how awesome they are, to Monday gloomy day back in the tri-state area

0:45.0

with the biggest horses ass he knows and Chris Sims. What's up, man? What an honor it is for you

0:49.1

to be here with me. I've had to make this transition multiple times. Yes, you are. It was, it was crazy. No, thank you for that. It was, it was a whirlwind the whole time I was there. I never, I mean, how shocked were you? How shocked were you when you got it? And then how much did your stomach go into your throat when

1:11.4

Tarika was like you better get ready I don't know if I feel right so this is this is what

1:15.4

happened so was I was supposed to anchor from noon to 2 30 right that was my normal shift

1:19.5

with the guys and I was to get up and go report in the infield and do all that stuff

1:23.6

when in the transition Mike comes up and he goes to me he's like hey I'm not feeling great

1:28.5

he's like you're going to have to take over and I go okay Mike Tarrico in the history of Mike

1:32.8

Torrico has never tapped ever I was like so that's not going to happen I was like okay so he

1:37.5

he was little you know sniffles it sounded like his allergies maybe bothering him but his eyes were a

1:41.4

little red and his eyes were a little red and small. Eyes were a little red. Yeah, yeah. He just didn't look quite right.

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