armstead also got voted in. >> you mentioned buck, deforest buckner. the loss of him -- he's a special player., but how do you as a group, you know, trying to fill his immense loss? >> we're going to have to do it by a group. buck is as good a player there is and not -- by no means are we happy that buck's not here. buck's going to -- did some great things for us and he's going to do a lot of great things in indy. we were excited in getting ken law in the draft, but to expect a rookie to just be able to come in and do the production and play the way that buck did, that is pretty unrealistic. buck always played at a high level, but he just got better and better each year, which i know will happen with kin law. but to put that pressure on him alone is unrealistic and we got a lot of guys in there who can help. sully's been doing a good job, not to mention the weight he's put on this year, i think will help him inside even more. kinlaw, as i said, we have d.j. jones, who has done a great job with the rotation, armstead goes everywhere. we have street, who

among them, 100 black men in the area bracased in alameda. 49ers co-captain arik armstead was part of process. >> i was glad to be apart of the group. i was able to hear about what they do and different services they offer to the community to try to combat for criminal justice reform and equities in our community. >> he's a bright young man. the 49ers took their own money and distributed to nine organizations across california. the nfl, this is all part of a larger improve. tonight "inspire change" airs at 9:00 p.m., look at how the nfl and players and owners are fanning social justice. >> we'll get more photos and void videos of today's skies. we'll show it to you when we come back. experience the ultimate sports hub. where you can find games, news and highlights. all in one place, right on your tv. the xfinity sports zone. use your voice to search every stat, standing and score. follow the teams you love. and, even get notifications with breaking news alerts and more. so you'll never miss an update. with the xfinity sports zone everybody wins. now that's simple, easy, awesome. click

. >> reporter: rashard armstead started the collective because he knows firsthand the struggles blackntrepreneurs face. champion of "chopped" season 42, he owned two restaurants in oakland, but had to close them both because of issues with funding. >> as a black business, typically when we go into banks or institutions, they always underfinance us. to where we're not getting the money to where a part of our business plan, we can include having a salar t poean take car bills. >> reporter: a study by the cou -- as a form of outside credit to fund new companies or acquire existing ones. it also found nearly 6 in 10 black entrepreneurs who did not seek additional financing despite needing it did so because they thought the business would not be approved by a lender. that's why the black food collective has launched an indy go, go campaign to raise 1 million to $invest in 30 black-owned businesses. >> i believe that every person, i don't care where you come from, what race you are, what religion you are, you should have the opportunity to own a piece of equity in your community.>> repter:

heavy hitters are back in prime to have another terrific season that includes defensive end, derek armstead who will be leaned on even more this season to help fill the void that buckner left. >>we love having him here and he's a very dominant person he he completely shuts off as head of the football field in terms of running one of the ball so. for him the leadership role trying a step up and be more that voice and can continually by the example of that he said and a sore we're very happy with american and where he's at right now and just a matter of getting ready for week one to go be himself. >>it's a big boy the raiders defense has a way to go to get to that forty-niners level but they clearly improved last season, thanks to young guys like trayvon mullen mullen became a starter halfway through his rookie season, the unit hopes to make another jump this season. they took damon arnette in the first round of the past draft and added another few vets mullen says the addition should lead to more options for defensive coordinator paul governor this season will hear from trayvon later at 8 an

that led the team to their first super bowl in 7 years, defensive coordinator robert saleh said armstead is one of those leaders who they will count on the most. >>we love having him here and he's a very dominant person and he completely shuts off a side of the football field in terms of running one of the ball so. for him the leadership role trying a step up and be more that voice and can continually by the example of that he said and a sore we're very happy with american and where he's at right now and just a matter of getting ready for week one to go be himself. >>the raiders defense has a way to go to get to that 49 level, but they clearly improved last season, thanks to young guys like trayvon mullen mullen became a starter halfway through his rookie season. the union hopes to make another jump this season. they took damon arnette in the first round of the past raf and added a few vets as well mullen said the addition should lead to more options for defensive coordinator paul gunther this season. >>see a lot of fast guys see a lot of guys that can move the world a lot of guys that c

. >> reporter: rashard armstead started the collective because he knows firsthand the struggles blackntrepreneurs face. champion of "chopped" season 42, he owned two restaurants in oakland, but had to close them both because of issues with funding. >> as a black business, typically when we go into banks or institutions, they always underfinance us. to where we're not getting the money to where a part of our business plan, we can include having a salary in there to pay us so we can take care of our bills. >> reporter: a study by the cou -- as a form of outside credit to fund new companies or acquire existing ones. it also found nearly 6 in 10 black entrepreneurs who did not seek additional financing despite needing it did so because they thought the business would not be approved by a lender. that's why the black food collective has launched an indy go, go campaign to raise 1 million to $invest in 30 black-owned businesses. >> i believe that every person, i don't care where you come from, what race you are, what religion you are, you should have the opportunity to own a piece of equity

garoppolo and rahim mosier were also hurt and sat out the second half. 49ers defensive end arik armsteadeveral to complain about the field. he tweeted fix this trash met life turf, 2020 is so wack. san francisco will play on the same field against the giants on sunday. >> 2020 has been what we call -- i mean that would be a word to describe it. >> wack? >> trash? lisa says trash. >> so right by where i live, someone spray painted 00 the wall wack in really big letters and i was wondering where that came from and so maybe that is it. >> now we know. >> no argument. >> taggers aren't wrong, i guess. >>> and we'll begin a new r 20lo as fall arrives tomorrow. and looking at the low clouds and fog, a shallow deck right at the coast. but we have a trough that will and another system that st will enhance the cooling trend by wednesday and thursday. it is 57 in mountain view, novato, 51. visibility about 7 miles. and this is due to haze out in the east bay. this is fog, a mile half moon bay and you have thes n bay. the reason being, we still have the north wind this the upper levels. it is is we

among the players leading the charge cocaptain armstead, asked about the mood in the locker room. >> yeah we talk about everything, we play football but we're human beings, i'm just like you, just like everybody else, i happen to play football for a living which is a blessing, a really cool, amazing job but at the end of the day we're all human beings, we all go through challenges. there's a lot of challenges facing our country right now that have an impact on all of us in our locker room and all of our families so we talk about various things. talk about how we can be better in our communities, you know, in certain situations going on. we talk about them. share ideas. and what we think about it. so we have a great team, great group of guys. great locker room. it's a really blessing for me to be part of this organization and be around these guys all day. >> last question, going to be strange, when playing levi's stadium with cardboard cut outs as fans instead of real people. >> yeah it's going to be real strange, something that none of us have gone through before but everyone's going

heavy hitters are back in prime to have another terrific season that includes defensive and air armstead will be leaned on even more this season to help fill that void that buckner left. >>we love having him here and he's a very dominant person he he completely shuts off side of the football field in terms of running the run the ball so. for him, the leadership role trying a step up and be more that voice and can continually by the example of that he said and a sore we're very happy with the american and where he's at right now on just a matter of ready for week one to go be himself. >>now the raiders defense has a way to go to get to the forty-niners level but they clearly improved last season, thanks to young guys like trayvon mullen mullen became a starter halfway through his rookie season. the unit hopes to make another jump this season, they took damon arnette in the first round of the past draft and also added a few vets through free agency molly says those addition should help lead to more options for defensive coordinator paul gunther this season. >>see a lot of fans to see a lot

after the game we heard again from kyle shanahan, actually know after the game we heard from eric armstead and he tweeted this. it took to twitter his tweet it was brief but the wreck nfl fix this trash metlife turf, 2020 is whack and i can't disagree with him there. you know. >>siya guys you love go year. you know got to come back here and play in the same. the same service and you know, that's that's these are the provoking. >>that's as many knee injuries ankle stuff and people getting caught on a turf as i've ever been a part from what i saw another team did too. i know our players talked about it the entire game just how sticky the turf was in and with that he knows first time people played on it i think. but yeah i something our guys are concerned out all right away. and the results definitely made a lot stronger. >>the bay bridge series down this weekend in oakland and the a's have dominated the match up all season long giants looking to save face a bit today, so big meeting bob melvin looking to take all 6 games against the giants. this season is all messed up top of the second chad

and arik armstead tweeting, fix this trash metlife turf. 2020 is so wack.ew this season, and the concern is the 49ers are going to play on the same field against the new york giants this sunday. the nfl inspected and certified the field september 12, but the 49ers said the field felt sticky and we have all the injuries. changing up now, moving on to the raiders. they'll open up their brand new stadium in las vegas. that's coming up here on abc 7, facing the saints. chris has a preview. >> reporter: what a way for the raiders to open their $2 billion stadium here on monday night field. raider nation not in the stands tonight. many wondered what the vibe or atmosphere would be in their new home or building with fans traveling across the world to see them. no fans tonight, but the raiders take on the saints, in a primetime battle, allegiance stadium, which has earned the nickname the death star. and coach gruden pushing aside the hype and focusing on football. >> i think we understand the responsibility of playing well here. but i'm not going to be real deep a