The Niner Guys

Todd & Jerry

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49ers talk with edge and evidence.

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The Niner Guys follows San Francisco 49ers football through the rhythm of the NFL calendar, from mock drafts and Combine reactions to late-season playoff math. Todd Kleinheims and Jerry Hsu trade detailed, often divergent reads on players, the team, the front office, and everything that occurs with the organization.

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About The Niner Guys

The Niner Guys is a San Francisco 49ers show shaped by the weekly pulse of obsessive fandom. It can spend a quiet March episode on Trent Williams uncertainty, first-round wide receiver possibilities, prospect visits, and the awkward question of whether an elderly offense can merge with an itty-bitty baby defense. It can also turn a late-season disappointment into a full postgame examination. No rain, only nine first downs, missed tackles, third-down failures, and a tumble in playoff seeding become the evidence pile. The tone is conversational, but the concerns are specific. Todd Kleinheims and Jerry Hsu talk through players, the team, the front office, and everything that occurs with the organization with the patience of people who have been tracking every turn. Draft episodes stretch beyond San Francisco. Mock drafts move pick by pick, with arguments over cornerbacks, safeties, medical concerns, team needs, and whether a prospect looks like a pro or merely a college standout. Offseason episodes circle the Combine, the salary cap, veteran receivers, edge rushers, and the continuing need to hit on picks. In-season episodes are more volatile. A comfortable win over Tennessee can still feel like a vanilla, get-through-it performance. A win over Atlanta becomes a discussion of Christian McCaffrey carrying the offense and the team rediscovering its run game. A Rams loss brings sharper scrutiny of defensive collapse, trade-deadline inaction, Kyle Shanahan’s fourth-down choices, and whether the offense can keep pace. The show repeatedly frames the 49ers through tension: veteran stars versus younger depth, confidence versus injury worry, playoff ambition versus weekly instability. It pays attention to the rest of the NFC too, tracking the Bears, Packers, Buccaneers, Rams, Seahawks, Eagles, and how every result can reshape the postseason path. The appeal is not polished certainty. It is the running argument. The Niner Guys is for fans who want 49ers talk that can move from scouting notes to gallows humor to seeding math without losing the thread.

Made for: Built for San Francisco 49ers fans who follow the team beyond Sunday: draft boards, free agency, injury reports, playoff scenarios, and front-office decisions. It especially suits listeners who like conversational disagreement and detailed roster talk.

What sets it apart: The show blends fan-level urgency with granular football accounting, treating quiet offseason hints and ugly game details as equally worth examining. Its strength is the back-and-forth between optimism, frustration, and practical roster diagnosis.

In their own words

Focusing on the San Francisco 49ers The Niner Guys, Todd Kleinheinz and Jerry Hsu, give their often differing opinions on the players, the team, the front office and everything that occurs with the organization. Their conversational-style of podcasting provides big picture view along with detailed insight for the passionate 49er fans.

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Todd Kleinheinz and Jerry Hsu turn 49ers roster choices into a friendly front-office cross-examination.

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two strong opinions before you declare a draft pick genius or malpractice
prospect talk tested against injuries, team fit, and actual roster needs

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Niners Guys Mock Draft, Picks 1-32Apr 8, 2026

A grounded mock draft that keeps the Niners' own questions in frame.

The Niner Guys settle into a consensus-style mock draft and use it to sketch how the board could fall for San Francisco and the teams around it.

Offseason Continues. What is up with Trent WilliamsMar 25, 2026

A grounded late March Niners conversation that makes modest news feel consequential.

This episode takes a practical late March look at the 49ers' offseason, with Trent Williams' contract situation, wide receiver draft options, and the awkward fit between an older offense and a very young defense.

Combine Recap. Free Agency Preview. Prospect Reviews.Mar 4, 2026

A current, opinionated 49ers offseason check-in that stays rooted in roster needs.

The Niner Guys uses the Combine as a way into the 49ers offseason, with Todd Kleinheims and Jerry Hsu moving from what the event signals to the roster questions that follow.

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Episodes

49ers Move to 4-0. Let's GO!!!

49ers Move to 3-0. Brock Looking Like the MVP

2-0. Are the Niners the Best Team In The NFL Right Now?

Niners Dominate Rams in Australia; Full Week 1 Reaction

48 Hours Until Kickoff, Plus the Full NFL Preview Show

53 Man Roster is Set, All Systems Go

What was learned against the Titans? What to look for against the Chargers?

Training Camp and Joint Practice Review

New Training Camp, Same Issues...Injuries. Plus, Deebo is back

We're Back as Training Camp Gets Ready to Begin

Schedule is Out. Is it as bad as people are saying?

Post Draft Reaction

Draft Review - Rounds 1-3. UGH!

Pre-draft Finale

Niners Guys Mock Draft, Picks 1-32

Review of the Owners Meetings, More Mock Drafts and Prospects

Offseason Continues. What is up with Trent Williams

Free Agency is Slowing; 1st Official Mock Draft is Here

Free Agency Is Underway. Welcome Mike Evans

Combine Recap. Free Agency Preview. Prospect Reviews.

Combine News; Prospect Discussions

Super Bowl Wrap Up. Senior Bowl and Draft Prospect Talk

Super Bowl Week. New DC. Offseason Thoughts Begin.

Seahawks Crush the 49ers and the Super Bowl Dream will have to wait

Incredible Playoff Victory Over the Eagles

Week 18 Disappointment. On To The Playoffs

Week 18 For the #1 Seed and All the Marbles

49ers Beat the Titans For Their 10th Win

49ers Head Into The Final Four Week Stretch

49ers Win in Cleveland, Move to 9-4. Now it's time for a bye

49ers Win on MNF. Inch Closer to the Playoffs. Brandon Aiyuk Craziness

Purdy is Back and the Niners Win Big

Rams Shred the 49er Defense, Offense Can't Keep Up

Another Win...Another Major Injury

Loss to Texans Spurs Trade Action. NY Giants Up Next

49ers Roll Over the Falcons in First Game Without Fred

49ers Lose the Game, but Losing Fred Warner Is the Bigger Loss

49ers Get A Most Unexpected Win!

49ers Fall to the Jags, and Look Really Bad

49ers Move to 3-0, but at a (Bosa) Cost

Two Games. Two QBs. Two Wins. Plus, is it Panic Time For Some NFL Teams?

Jake Moody cut. Week 1 Recap. Injuries Continue, UGH!

Preseason Game 1...Yuck! NFL QB Tiers

Training Camp Update; What to Look for in Preseason Game 1

Camp Has Started. What to Look for.

Positive Reviews from OTAs, Spin Around the NFL Headlines

Purdy's New Contract, plus Warner's

Schedule Release Reaction

Draft Recap. Kittle gets paid. Swing Tackle signed.

Draft Day 2 Reaction...Not as Positive as Day 1

Reaction To Round 1 of the Draft

Predraft Rumors; We Make Our Pick for Round 1

1 Week Away; 7 Round Mock Draft Breakdown

Full 1st Round Mock Draft

Latest Niners News; Two Dueling Mock Drafts

49er 7 Round Mock Draft Simulation

Nuggets from John Lynch and A Full 7-Round 49er Focused Draft Simulation

Free Agency is Here; NO, the Sky Is Not Falling!

Deebo Traded. Is Aiyuk Next? And The Free Agent List is Growing

Headlines Leading Into The Combine -- Deebo Trade, Brock Contract, New Coaches.

Salary Cap Explodes! Free Agency, Prospects and got $900 Million to buy the Niners?

Super Bowl Blueprints for the 49ers; Offseason so far has been Perfect

Coordinator Search Continues; Playoffs Are Down to the Final 4

Search for Coordinators Continues; Wrap Up Wild Card Weekend

Let The Offseason Begin

The Season is (Basically) Over. Now What?

49ers Finally Play a Complete Game. Hammer the Bears

Two More Losses. Where do the 49ers Go From Here?

Terrible Loss Has Fans Talking about Firing Kyle; Is the Season Lost?

49ers Survive in Tampa, But it Wasn't Easy

Bye Week is Over; It's a Sprint in the 2nd Half. Plus, trade deadline discussion.

49ers Beat the Cowboys And Head Into the Bye Week. WHOOO!