The 49ers: A Bunch of Journeymen
The Lead
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🗓️ 29 January 2020
⏱️ 21 minutes
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One year ago, Raheem Mostert and the San Francisco 49ers were 4-12 and Kyle Shanahan was coaching at the Senior Bowl. Now, they're one win away from being crowned Super Bowl champions. The Athletic’s Tim Kawakami joins us to talk about how the 49ers have pulled off this remarkable turnaround, the players who have been key to their playoff run, and how, despite their success, they still see themselves as a bunch of journeymen.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, it's Super Bowl week, Kivita. |
| 0:08.9 | And while you'll be in Miami for the game, I have been hard at work on my snack list. |
| 0:13.2 | Oh, yeah. |
| 0:14.2 | What's on the menu? |
| 0:15.2 | Mostly I'm messing around with this Buffalo chicken cheese dip, essentially a deconstructed |
| 0:20.0 | wing. |
| 0:21.0 | I've seen you eat, man. |
| 0:22.9 | Yeah, that dip has no chance. |
| 0:24.8 | But anyway, today we're taking a closer look at one of the two teams that we'll be squaring |
| 0:29.7 | off in Miami on Sunday, the San Francisco 49ers. |
| 0:37.3 | It's been an incredible season for San Francisco, especially considering that they were four |
| 0:41.9 | and twelve last year and started out the year before that, O and nine. |
| 0:47.0 | And that's not even getting into all the dysfunction during the Jim Harbour years. |
| 0:51.3 | Today, the athletics Tim Kawakami, who has been reporting on the 49ers for years, is |
| 0:56.7 | joining us to talk about how the 49ers have pulled off this remarkable turnaround, the |
| 1:01.4 | players who have helped them make it to the Super Bowl, and what's unique about this |
| 1:06.0 | particular group of guys. |
| 1:07.7 | They all treat themselves and they look at the world like they're a bunch of journeymen. |
| 1:11.5 | It's very, very refreshing. |
| 1:13.9 | And I think it is a large part of how they've kind of coalesced together. |
| 1:21.0 | From Wondry and the Athletic, I'm Anders Keltow. |
| 1:24.0 | Time could be the Davidson. |
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