Exclusive one-on-one with Aldon Smith
49ers Talk with Matt Maiocco
NBC Sports Bay Area
4.6 • 988 Ratings
🗓️ 1 May 2024
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
Former 49ers player Aldon Smith joins Matt Maiocco to look back at his NFL career, how he has matured since his early days in San Francisco and his planned offseason work with rookies in the Jaguars and Raiders organizations. Then, Matt and Jennifer Lee Chan discuss the pressure on the 49ers’ roster and the impact the rookies can make next season.
(1:26) 49ers select eight players in 2024 NFL Draft
(6:48) Williams on Smith’s greatness on the field
(13:30) Smith on how he was as a football player
(19:36) Smith details his growth over the years
(25:08) Smith on his work helping NFL rookies
(29:30) Smith shares how much he looks back at his career
(39:01) Recapping the Aldon Smith interview
(51:09) How much pressure is on the 49ers' roster?
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| 0:00.0 | The 49ers selected eight players in the draft. That's eight phone calls from team headquarters in Santa Clara and eight life-changing experiences for the individuals who are coming to the organization. |
| 0:11.0 | It's been 13 years since the 49ers made that phone call to Alden Smith, who quickly became |
| 0:16.7 | one of the top players in the NFL. Then his ups and downs played out in a very public way. |
| 0:22.4 | Smith joins us on this episode of |
| 0:24.9 | 49ers talk for a wide-ranging discussion of where his journey has led him and |
| 0:29.4 | how he is intent on helping people of all ages including some NFL rookies as they adjust to a |
| 0:36.1 | new lifestyle. |
| 0:37.1 | Then Jennifer Lee Chan and I will discuss how this rookie class for the 49ers fits into what |
| 0:42.4 | figures to be a pressure-packed |
| 0:44.4 | season for Kyle Shanahan and the team. All that and much more on this episode of |
| 0:49.5 | 49ers stock coming at you right now. Welcome to another edition of 49ers talk on NBC Sports Bay Area.com. |
| 0:58.0 | Introducing your host, Matt Mayoko. |
| 1:02.0 | Yes, this is 49ers Talk brought to my big old tires, Matt Meocco, and Jennifer Lee Chan. |
| 1:07.7 | So Jennifer, I gotta tell you, maybe it's a sign of my age, but I was exhausted after the NFL draft and I just sat there and eight. |
| 1:20.1 | Maybe that's why I was exhausted because the 49ers kudos to them fed us very very well. |
| 1:27.5 | They absolutely did three days in a row of not much movement a lot of sitting around and eating watching the TV yeah but was also it was |
| 1:36.7 | exhausting just waiting and waiting for the draft picks that you know came at the end of each |
| 1:42.1 | round and you know I know Kyle |
| 1:45.1 | Shannon had said I know you guys are waiting a long time every day after we got |
| 1:49.2 | there to talk to Kyle Shannon John Lynch imagine what it's like to be a draft pick. |
| 1:54.0 | And I mean, my favorite part of the draft |
| 1:56.3 | is always seeing guys' dreams come true. |
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