OT Javon Kinlaw having an interesting OTA

[Russ Smith]

Kinlaw has been hurt much of his career. Good run defender not a pass rusher and like everyone said pre draft his knee and back medicals look scary. the 49ers have a beat writer named Grant Cohn, if it sounds familiar his dad Lowell Covered the team for decades with the Chronicle and other papers. Grant Cohn is VERY outspoken, Kinlaw is always hurt, should have picked Wirfs, can't pass rush, has the knees of an 800 year old etc. That's his shtick he takes legit points and then amplifies them, apparently lots of players on the team don't like him.

According to Cohn at OTA"s on Tuesday Kinlaw walked over to him staring him down and then stood next to him menacingly. When Cohn asked what was up, Kinlaw told him "you a bi**h" and a few other select phrases and told him the whole team hates him and he needs to get a new job. Cohn went on youtube and told the story and then at a later part of the OTA's Kinlaw apparently did the same thing including knocking his baseball hat off his head.

There's actually some talk if Kinlaw can't stay healthy in camp they could trade or cut him, I suspect they won't they'll give him one more chance to get healthy. But the Cohn thing is weird, he's VERY condescending to players apparently he's always been that way and several different 49ers over the years have hated the guy but seems like a 320 pound guy is probably not the guy to pick on.

 

[GatorAZ]

They’ve been worse than us in drafting since their Bosa/Deebo class and it’s magnified by not having a 1st rd pick this year or next. Of course if Lance works out it’s all roses but they don’t sound confident in him.

It’s still odd they made that mega trade a month before the draft last year. They could’ve given up a lot less to move up during the draft or just get Mac where they were.

 

[BullheadCardFan]

@BritCard posted this in the New League year 2022-23 thread

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[Russ Smith]

@BritCard posted this in the New League year 2022-23 thread

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Thanks it was on my FB feed so there wasn't really an article to link. That's not the same one but yes that's what he did.

If you can see Cohn is not exactly a big guy, not that most will look big next to Kinlaw the guy is huge.

It's bringing back memories of Jim Rome calling Jim Everett, Chrissy and then suddenly realizing how much bigger Everett is than Rome is, except Kinlaw is MUCH bigger

 

[Syracusecards]

Kinlaw has been hurt much of his career. Good run defender not a pass rusher and like everyone said pre draft his knee and back medicals look scary. the 49ers have a beat writer named Grant Cohn, if it sounds familiar his dad Lowell Covered the team for decades with the Chronicle and other papers. Grant Cohn is VERY outspoken, Kinlaw is always hurt, should have picked Wirfs, can't pass rush, has the knees of an 800 year old etc. That's his shtick he takes legit points and then amplifies them, apparently lots of players on the team don't like him.

According to Cohn at OTA"s on Tuesday Kinlaw walked over to him staring him down and then stood next to him menacingly. When Cohn asked what was up, Kinlaw told him "you a bi**h" and a few other select phrases and told him the whole team hates him and he needs to get a new job. Cohn went on youtube and told the story and then at a later part of the OTA's Kinlaw apparently did the same thing including knocking his baseball hat off his head.

There's actually some talk if Kinlaw can't stay healthy in camp they could trade or cut him, I suspect they won't they'll give him one more chance to get healthy. But the Cohn thing is weird, he's VERY condescending to players apparently he's always been that way and several different 49ers over the years have hated the guy but seems like a 320 pound guy is probably not the guy to pick on.

This is for the beat writer. Arizona needs a reporter with a sack that will give the team a chip on their shoulder. AZ media is so soft.

 

[Krangodnzr]

This is for the beat writer. Arizona needs a reporter with a sack that will give the team a chip on their shoulder. AZ media is so soft.

Naw that dude is a jerk. Doesn't deserve the treatment from Kinlaw, but you should watch what you say about players if you're going to be around them often.

 

[unseenaz]

dude is gonna be remembered for this more than his on field play “was he the first round bust who tried to fight a reporter?”

 

[unseenaz]

“My balls is bigger than yours brother. Put some respect on my name” may have bigger balls, but he ain’t got no sacks

 

[LoyalRam]

Macho intimidation of a big man over a small man, is never a good look. This guy attended college, but you could never prove it by his lack of coherent speech.

 

[Jetstream Green]

Naw that dude is a jerk. Doesn't deserve the treatment from Kinlaw, but you should watch what you say about players if you're going to be around them often.

I see it like this, Grant Cohn comes across as a condescending smart arse. I do not remember why I once watched one of his videos, be it Cardinal related or just trying to find some info on the Niners, but he takes himself way too seriously as the end all of all things football and not just the Niners. By all means one should be allowed to say what they feel and think, but his manner of saying what he states as facts and not just a personal observation will certainly lend itself towards such an outcome, especially if you consider the character which is often required of those he comments on playing this brutal alpha male competitive sport. Cohn probably had this coming to him, whether Kinlaw is right or wrong. If you are going to make it your pastime poking tigers, then you might want to make sure not to get too close to the cage

 

[NMCard]

Cohn is like a splinter under your fingernail that you can’t get rid of.

 

[Russ Smith]

Apparently his teammates are furious with him and it seems quite likely he'll be gone. If anybody will trade for him they'd probably do that otherwise he might get cut.

 

[DVontel]

Apparently his teammates are furious with him and it seems quite likely he'll be gone. If anybody will trade for him they'd probably do that otherwise he might get cut.

Are you talking about Kinlaw or Cohn?

The teammates are with Kinlaw. They have thrown a lot of shots at Cohn.

 

[Vacard]

We do need run-stoppers

 

[Ronin]

Cohn is a piece of work.

 

[Russ Smith]

Are you talking about Kinlaw or Cohn?

The teammates are with Kinlaw. They have thrown a lot of shots at Cohn.

Both actually. Several of the more outspoken ones like kittle are standing up for Kinlaw, they don't like Cohn. But the claim is there's a group of players who are also mad at Kinlaw because they think he's immature and they were hoping this was the year he'd turn the corner and this indicates he hasn't.

It's a very weird situation but yes Cohn is not liked at all by the team apparently.

 

[Jetstream Green]

Cohn is like a poor man's version of Jim Rome, except he's even worse than that lol

 

[Brak]

Us older folks from the Bay Area remember Cohn's dad, Lowell Cohn, who was a complete prick that literally NOBODY could stand. His idiot son merely follows in his footsteps. If you think Bickley is unpopular, Cohn would be 10x worse.

 

[Totally_Red]

Kinslaw makes Cohn look like the victim whe he was the instigator. There is no good guy here.

 

[cardsfanmd]

They’re both dumb and making the 49ers look bad. I say keep it up.

 

[Finito]

Apparently his teammates are furious with him and it seems quite likely he'll be gone. If anybody will trade for him they'd probably do that otherwise he might get cut.

100% wrong pretty much all the 49er players came out in support of Kinlaw

Apparently this dude is super disrespectful. One thing a lot of sports fans forget is that before these guys are athletes they are grown Men. This ain’t bullying he picked the fight with Kinlaw.

I’ve seen some disgusting stuff said here over the years that wouldn’t be said to these guys faces. Listen you got the right to say whatever you want but if you get pressed about it I don’t wanna see you acting like a little girl talking bout ima sue you.

 

[Russ Smith]

100% wrong pretty much all the 49er players came out in support of Kinlaw

Apparently this dude is super disrespectful. One thing a lot of sports fans forget is that before these guys are athletes they are grown Men. This ain’t bullying he picked the fight with Kinlaw.

I’ve seen some disgusting stuff said here over the years that wouldn’t be said to these guys faces. Listen you got the right to say whatever you want but if you get pressed about it I don’t wanna see you acting like a little girl talking bout ima sue you.

Unless you have names I can only go on what I read which had about 5 current players that supported Kinlaw, Deebo, Kittle etc, and the claim that multiple players cited it as more proof Kinlaw is too immature to be relied on.

They clearly don't like Cohn though

 

[Finito]

Unless you have names I can only go on what I read which had about 5 current players that supported Kinlaw, Deebo, Kittle etc, and the claim that multiple players cited it as more proof Kinlaw is too immature to be relied on.

They clearly don't like Cohn though

There have been plenty of names to come out support kinlaw

Who were the players that said he was immature for what he did

 

[Russ Smith]

There have been plenty of names to come out support kinlaw

Who were the players that said he was immature for what he did

They weren't named.

I live in the bay area it's been all over the news here

 

[Finito]

They weren't named.

I live in the bay area it's been all over the news here

I work in Santa Clara and live in Santa Clara literally right down the street from the stadium

So pretty much all the stars on the team came out in support of Kinlaw and unnamed sources are mad at him

Right.