NFL Cover Zero: Hard Knocks revealed and 49ers LB Eric Kendricks!
NFL Cover Zero with Matt Jones and Drew Franklin
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🗓️ 1 April 2026
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Drew Franklin and Billy continue their look at offseason NFL news leading up to the Draft! The NFL has revealed the upcoming Hard Knocks teams. Drew is surprised and looks forward to the inside scoop from the teams. We've gotten the yearly coach picture from the NFL Owners meeting, what do you make of all the new faces? Drew was impressed with Mike Vrabel at the Arizona State Pro-Day. Plus, we hear a visit with 49ers LB Eric Kendricks!
We're back next week with Saints safety Justin Reid!
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.5 | NFL Cover Zero with Matt Jones and Drew Franklin is a production of the NFL and IHeart |
| 0:09.4 | podcast. |
| 0:18.2 | Welcome in to a new edition of NFL Cover Zero. |
| 0:21.8 | Drew Franklin here with Billy Rutledge as we continue to look back on that San Francisco trip. |
| 0:27.8 | Billy, it keeps getting farther or farther away on the calendar, but we don't care. |
| 0:30.4 | We just have more content to put out and we're still smiling. |
| 0:32.7 | I've got plenty more to talk about. |
| 0:34.3 | And I have not replaced Matt on the show. |
| 0:36.9 | He's just doing his own thing |
| 0:38.0 | right now, just the way that we've lined up these recordings and his vacation time. He will be back. I have not wallie pipped Matt on this podcast yet. Well, not yet. You know, we still got a few more to go while Matt's away, but we're having fun time doing these, these short conversations where we big news items and set up some of our interviews that lingered from that trip to the Super Bowl. |
| 0:57.3 | Today, we'll have... fun time doing these, these short conversations where we hit big news items and set up some of our |
| 0:54.8 | interviews that lingered from that trip to the Super Bowl. Today, we'll have our interview with Eric |
| 0:59.4 | Kendricks played for the 49ers and made one of the plays of the year for the 49ers when he |
| 1:04.4 | helped seal their victory over the Eagles by breaking up that fourth down pass in the red zone |
| 1:08.6 | to send them on to the next stage. Didn't reach their ultimate goal, but with a team riddled with injuries, he came in and made a huge play for him and had a big year. And as you'll hear in the interview, wasn't sure where his career was heading before this season. So it's a fun interview, Bill. Yeah, all pro guy in Minnesota, finds a home in San Francisco and makes a difference. That's another cool part of |
| 1:27.8 | that. We're just talking to all pro players, you know. And then, you know, talked a little bit |
| 1:32.3 | about being a big car guy, Drew. Could you change your own oil if I asked you to? |
| 1:36.8 | I can do anything with YouTube. I'm one of those guys. I've fixed a fireplace with YouTube. |
| 1:41.7 | I've unfortunately had to change my tire more than I wanted. I I've had several, well, three or four flats once on the side of the highway, handled it just fine, didn't need help. But oil, I've never given an attempt. I bet I could figure it out, though. What about you? You Cargown? No, no. I will go get it done by somebody else because I'll make the car worse somehow. I'll forget the Johnson Rod or whatever it is true. |
| 2:02.9 | Don't forget your Johnson Rod, Billy. |
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