. >> reporter: blake coleman swears by it.devils' for ward gained attention in october when he was handed a jar of pickles as he came off the ice. he started drinking brine in college when a teammate suggested it. >> had to think it was crazy? >> still think it was crazy. i would stick with anything that works though. heard like a neurological thing, the taste is sour it tricks your mind something like that. >> reporter: turns out, coleman is right. >> the reason it may work. >> performance nutritionist says it is not salt or nutrients in pickle brine that stops cramps, it's the taste. >> tastes so all of it is interrupting the central nervous system pathway creating the cramping. having something like pickle brine might be so horrendous that it shocks your system and it interrupts that pathway. and that stops the cramping. >> reporter: while pickle brine isn't like low to huly to hurt . >> other things may make sense. eating your meals. >> reporter: maybe that's why blake coleman team mates aren't jumping on the brine bandwag

i do think some guys swear by it more. >> blake coleman swears by it.ded a jar of pickles as he came off the ice. he started drinking pickle brian in college when his teammate suggested it. >> you have to think this is a little bit crazy. >> >> yeah. it's still kratzy. but it works. it's something about tricking your brain. >> it turns out he's skolnik says it's not salt or knew tree yemts. >> it tastes so awful it's interrupting central nervous pathway that's creating that cramp. having the pickle brine might be so horrendous it shocks the system and interrupts the pathway. >> while it night not hurt an athlete. >> i think there are other more practical ways when it comes to recovery that makes more sense interns of getting more carbohydrates, proteins, and electrolytes into the mix. >> reporter: maybe that's why his teammates have not jumped on now. >> anyone else join your camp? >> no. i'm in a solo camp i have some who are eating the pickle but the is, is all mine. >> drinking the juice cold makes you go blegh. >> and shocks your system like heidi s

. >> reporter: blake coleman swears by it. he gained attention in october as he was handed a jar of pickles when he came off the ice. it turns -- >> i heard it was a thing where it tricks your mind. >> reporter: turns out he is right. >> it is so salty that it swer up thes the pathway that is creating that cramping. >> reporter: while pickle brine isn't likely to hurt an athlete. >> i think there are more practical weighs of getting in some electro. >> reporter: that's why some aren't jumping on the band wagon, at least for now. anyone coming around to your camp using the pickle juice. >> no. i'm the only within in camp right now. >> i'm assuming we are talking dil pickles not sweet pickles. >> see you tonight at 10 and 11. good night. announcer: it's time to play "family feud"! give it up for steve harvey! [captioning made possible by fremantle media] [cheering and applause] steve: hi, everybody. thank you. how you doing tonight? appreciate you all. i appreciate that. thank you. well, welcome to "family feud," everybody. i'm

i think some guys swear by it more. >> reporter: blake coleman swears by it.he was handed a jar of pickles as he came off the ice. he started drinking pickle brine in college when a teammate suggested it. >> reporter: you have to think it was a little crazy. >> yeah, i still think it is pretty crazy. i would stick with anything that works though. it is like a neurological thing where the taste is so sour it tricks your mind or something like that. >> reporter: turns out coleman is right. the reason it may work is not because of the electrolyte. >> reporter: performance nutritionist heidi solnek says it is the taste. >> it tastes so awful it is interrupting the central nervous system pathway that's creating the cramping. having something like pickle brine might be so horrendous that it shocks your system and it kbrupts that pathway. that stops the cramping. >> reporter: while pickle brine is not likely to hurt an athlete -- >> i think there are other more practical ways when it comes to recovery that makes more sense in terms of getting in some carbohydrate and

blake intercepted dante johnson. on the extra points, we always show you the extra point if something goes tremendously wrong. it does. aaron coleman scoops it up and takes it 78 yards the other way. you're wondering, what's that worth? that's worth two points. instead of 17-0. look what i found! jaelyn strong was off the deflection. it is 16-16 at the half. we have a brand-new ballgame. third quarter, 19-16 for the jaguars. george spends his way into the end zone. 23-19, 49ers. watch him sidearm it to taylor. he threw for 242 yards against the team that gives up 169 yards per game. the fourth quarter, after the pic, they get a five yard run. 37 height -- 37-19 for the 49ers. the final two minutes, this makes it 37-33. san francisco as were to do. on the third and eight, how about a touchdown? the 49ers have won four in a row, 44-33 is the final. >>> i think we have gotten better each week. i know we have one quite a few in a row. coolest thing about it is, we've gotten better in each game since chicago. i feel like all three phases of gotten better. i want to finish strong next week. >> if we can start all over, i believe we could