Matt and Paul are back with a great interview with former 49ers wide receiver Trent Taylor. But before the guys get to Trent, they check in on the final days of one of the most miserable San Francisco Giants seasons in recent memory and debate whether almost losing 100 games might actually have been the best thing for the franchise. Then it’s time for Paul’s Super Bowl, the US Open. The guys debate whether Ben Shelton has officially taken the next step as a legitimate Grand Slam contender and Sascha Zverev’s hilarious post match interaction with Shelton’s girlfriend Trinity Rodman. Plus, has the US Open gotten too big for its own good? Matt and Paul get into the three in the morning matches, the commercialization of the tournament, influencers taking over Arthur Ashe and whether making tennis less stuffy has turned the US Open into Coachella.

(17:00) Then Matt and Paul sit down with former 49ers wide receiver and Louisiana Tech legend Trent Taylor for a hilarious, wide ranging conversation about life in the NFL. Trent breaks down the 49ers hot start and what he sees in Brock Purdy that fans might miss, takes the guys inside the Kyle Shanahan offense, and tells stories from coming into the league alongside his best friend George Kittle. Trent also looks back on the arrival of Jimmy Garoppolo and Trent’s infamous “flu game” in Chicago, playing in a Super Bowl with Joe Burrow and the Bengals, his welcome to the NFL moment, returning to San Francisco for a second stint with the Niners, and what really goes through a receiver’s head when the rest of us are sitting on the couch wondering what the hell just happened. Plus, Trent talks retirement, what’s next and why scouting might eventually be in his future.

(1:06:12) Later, Matt and Paul make their 49ers vs. Dolphins predictions and in Best Things They Saw, the fellas review the FX show Furious, which might be the show of the summer, Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen Season 2, and The Shards, an FX series they somehow managed to hate watch all the way to the bitter end.

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