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Better Rivals: A San Francisco 49ers Podcast

Week 1 reaction: 49ers survive late surge in Detroit, secure 1-0 start

Better Rivals: A San Francisco 49ers Podcast

Blue Wire

Football, Sports

4.8683 Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s game recap episode of the Better Rivals podcast, the 49ers fend off the fighting Dan Campbells to hold on to their season-opening victory. What had San Francisco’s offense clicking on all cylinders? What were our first impressions of new defensive coordinator DeMeco Ryans? And how worried should you be about near collapse late?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Kyle actually asked the team like how do we feel about the win and nobody said anything because at the end of the Better Rivals podcast.

0:26.9

My name is Oscar Oparicio, and this week, it's the first week of the season, and it's the first win.

0:31.2

The 49ers beat the Detroit Lions despite a late surge in a game that was a lot closer than it really needed to be.

0:37.4

And with me this week, here to give us an update on the existence of his kneecaps,

0:41.0

it's David Newman.

0:42.3

Let's see, one, two, yep, they're both here.

0:44.5

We're still good.

0:45.0

Both there.

0:45.9

Can you check your ACLs, please?

0:48.3

A little bit more difficult to feel those, but yeah, I think they're there.

0:52.4

Try harder.

0:58.6

Because at this point, anyone associated with the 49ers, not guaranteed to have an ACL,

1:02.0

we'll get to the injuries in a second, but first, some housekeeping.

1:03.6

We are changing up the schedule.

1:05.7

This is our 10th season, David.

1:09.8

As I was thinking about it, as kickoff was happening, and I was getting all nostalgic because it's like football's back and, you know, my adrenaline was pumping and all sorts of things. And I was like shaking.

1:14.3

And it's, you know, it's like, man, this is, this is a lot. And I was just, I was like, shit that this is, this is season 10.

1:23.9

Because 2012 was season one. And so yeah, this is officially our 10th season.

1:27.7

And so we're switching up the schedule in season 10.

1:30.8

We're going to come at you with a effectively reaction pod that's going to post on Monday.

1:36.2

And so you're going to get to hear our thoughts on the game with a little less time to prep, but hopefully still equally as informative.

1:43.3

And we're going to live stream it for

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