💬 Quoted… "We're not going to completely change our schedule and do something crazy. We'll deal with what we got."

• This week, San Francisco 49ers Head Coach Kyle Shanahan and his team are channeling Allen Iverson and talking about practice – practice fields, that is. Per the 49ers, the Las Vegas-located practice fields they were provided leading up to the Super Bowl are too soft, a potential safety issue for players. For context, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter that the NFL hardness score for fields averages 78, with no field's score being less than 70. The 49ers' field for the week reportedly landed somewhere in the 50s.

🚗 Stat of the Day: Hybrid vehicles are like Pookie and Jett – having a moment. About 1.4 million hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles were sold in the US last year, compared with 1.1 million EVs, per new data from car-shopping website Edmunds. And growth-wise, hybrid sales are looking absolutely fire right now. They rose 63% from the previous year, while EV sales rose 51%.

🤔 Did You Know?... Historically, gas gets pricier as spring approaches and people start driving more. Starting around this time in February, wholesale prices have advanced in each of the past 14 years over the next 12 trading sessions, with the overall average increase being ~$0.10/gallon, per data reported by the WSJ. The average gas price in the US is currently sitting at $3.15/gallon.

📰 Worth a Read: Why the Super Bowl halftime show is the most important commercial on TV → (The Hustle)