ahmad fareed from comcast sports net joins us.fan experience for yourself. tell us a little about that. >> reporter: yes, absolutely, kris. first of all we've come across a lot of 49er fans from the bay area here in the big easy and you ask almost all of them, do you have tickets to the big game and they say no, but they still have plenty to keep them busy. we're here on the banks of the mississippi river and the past couple of nights, fireworks a couple nights ago, concerts as well here. lot of fans showed up here and a lot of fans have gone inside the nfl fan experience, 850,000 square feet, it's at the convention center here in the big easy, fans can go through some drills, they can see some displays and learn about nfl history so i figured yeah i got to get myself a piece of this. i tried out the action at the nfl fan experience. punt catching contest. time to see what it's like to be ted ginn. i'm going to say if you go out there, make this catch, i think the 49ers have a good chance of winning. it all rests on your shoulders

ahmad fareed. >> what makes you think that you would be the best out of all of them, agreed? >> i think i could hold my own. we don't have a whole lot of athlete in here. >> did you play? were you a stud back in the day? >> i played until i got in high school, then i went straight to baseball. i wasn't bad. i was pretty athletic. i'm a little bigger than most people in here. they're not going to drive on me too well, so i'm pretty sure i'd block a lot of shots. >> i also asked brandon what sport would he love to be the best in the world at outside of baseball, and he said, he thinks it would be tens is. he's always idolized roger federer and said one day he would love to go to the australian open. these are the things you learn about baseball players when you hang around them for two weeks in arizona. reporting from arizona with the giants i'm ahmed fareed. >> by the way, a couple of women's college hoops scores as we get ready to get out of here. stafferford beat ucla. and we'll have highlights coming up for you at 6:00. back to you, diane and terry. we'll see you later with

reporting from scottsdale, i'm ahmad fareed, nbc bay area. >>> a's camp manager bob melvin says the a's are in an enviable position. now, the a's have to figure out how to work in all the stellar arms. a tough job for the pitching coach, curt young. >> the quality is here. the arms are here. the success from the past is here. it's not just expectations, what they might do. they've already done it, which, you know, is a good feeling for the whole organization. you hope to get this to this point, where you have guys that you know you can count on. they count on themselves. the team counts on them. >>> the 49ers say farewell to a team member of their front office. tom gamble has been hired by the philadelphia eagles as the team's vice president of player personnel. i'm dave feldman. raj and jess are back with more after this. >>> is it tomorrow? >> it is tomorrow. >> if you're not sure about what you're doing for valentine's day, here's an idea. >> how about a free oceanside concert at sunset. isn't that beautiful? an artist and skult per. tomorrow's the last day. you can see it. take your