Kyle Shanahan provides 49ers’ injury updates entering Week 6 game vs. Buccaneers | NBCSBA

All right, guys. Um, injuries for the game. Uh, Ricky will be out. Uh, Jordan Watkins, calf out. Brock Pury, toe out. Eour, knee, hamstring out. Kevin Given, pec out. Jawan Jennings, questionable. Ankle, rib, Alfred, knee, questionable. Stout, ankle, questionable. M. Jones, knee, oblique, questionable. Clea Davis, hand questionable. U, Mustafa, knee, questionable. Go ahead. see enough uh from Mack today to alleviate any fears you may have had yesterday or what was the situation yesterday where he’s not throwing? Um it was just limited with his throwing. Today’s always a lot better. Everything’s walk through so everyone did pretty good today. Was that like trace more to the oblique or do you have arm cramps from last game? What was um I do know but I don’t have to tell. So has to do with his knee/oblique. When will when will you make the determination on Mac if he’s able to go? Is that you think in the ne tomorrow or is that a a game time? Pretty much already have. But you you got to put it that way if there’s any doubt at all. So pretty much already have. So you have very little doubt that he’ll be able to play. I mean it’s all recorded. I don’t think I have to repeat my answer. third time. I’m not going to What’s the uh plan for Curtis War this year? Um he should we should open his window soon. Um it’s getting real close to uh probably a few weeks away and it could be anywhere from next week to a few weeks, but he’s close. He’s moving good and u it’ll be soon. you expect him to, you know, go to the practice squad or how how would you kind of um place a a rookie who didn’t have spring or training camp onto the roster? Yeah, I think that’s a lot. I think I mean I think he’ll look good when he’s ready to go in those three weeks, but um someone who’s missed all of the offseason and everything that that would be tough to call him next man up or any situation like that. Um, so that’s why, you know, he probably could have gone this week. Um, just especially with us, you know, being down at quarterback and everything, but we’d like to wait till he’s fully healthy and, um, we’re not going to put him up just for that reason. So, we’ll see how his three weeks go and if it makes sense on our roster, um, and he can do it, then we’ll do that. And if not, we’ll shut him down. Carl, against Rams, obviously, there are a few times where it looked like Martinez would have to go in. Do you like do you have a idea of like these are the package of plays, these are the plays he’s comfortable with that that he knows? I mean, can you plan that far in advance or you just kind of not wing it if he has to enter the game? Uh, yeah. I mean, to a degree to a degree. Um, this week’s been nice for him. He’s got a lot more reps um with the ones this week just filling in for Mac and stuff. So, we’ve been able to see him on tape more instead of just running cards and things like that. So, got a better feeling this week than I have in the past few weeks. Um, you always try to keep it as simple as you can for guys in that situation. Um, give him certain things, tell him things you he tells you things he’s the most comfortable with and then you try to isolate on that stuff. But, um, when you get into a game, it’s it’s it’s about the situation. So, you try to make it as easy as possible. But, um, you know, you you you do what you have to do based off how the game’s going. the camera panned to you when Mac was grabbing at his looked like his knee, his leg, understandably you did not look thrilled. Can you do you recall what was going through your mind? I mean, it looked like Matt obviously wasn’t going to be able to finish that game. Um, I can’t, but I think if the camera hands to me during the game, I’d say 95% of the time I don’t look that thrilled. Um, just game time, I’m focused on stuff and I was trying to figure out um, what happened to him. I didn’t see it. So, I’m looking down the field. So, it looked pretty bad. So, I didn’t have the best feelings at all for sure and was waiting to see it on the board and couldn’t see anything bad on the board. And then when he ran up the field, I felt a lot better and moved on with my life. So, can’t remember exactly how I felt at that moment, but it wasn’t good. Do you ever have football nightmares that wake you up in the middle of the night? Um, I Yeah, who who doesn’t? Um, it’s I don’t know. I’m usually too tired. I fall back asleep pretty fast. Um, but no, I don’t have any in particular. It’s more about all the stuff you went over that day, all the stuff you feel like you um are thinking about because you can’t go to sleep and then all the stuff that you feel you got to do about four hours later. And so you just it’s like that during the season. That’s why the three days off are nice. You catch up and see how long it can take you. You’ve used check in a lot of different ways. What would you say evaluating his whole game? What’s his greatest skill do you think? Uh, his greatest is how good of a fullback he is. I mean, just how good he is at moving full speed through traffic and being able to fill out space and get to his assignments and get to the right people. Um, just his feel and space and when he gets there, he’s got the the the power to block people. He’s got the um technique. Um, he’s extremely smart. Not just because he went to Harvard, it’s actually real. Um, he can handle anything we give him. um when you play fullback at that level, um people have to honor what a fullback does compared to a third receiver, which changes personnel. And then when it comes to putting him in other spots, it doesn’t matter really what it is. He’s got as good a hands as anyone I’ve seen on the team. Um and he’s not scared of the moment. He makes big plays. Um and he is fearless. Could Christian be a full-time slot receiver if you wanted to be? Uh yeah, definitely. Um, and he might not be the best in the league at it like he is at running back. Um, but he definitely can make it as a slot receiver without a doubt. Jake given you the confidence that he can contribute even when George comes back and takes the line share of reps. Yeah, definitely. Jake’s given us a lot of confidence. I mean, him just coming into this role um out of nowhere versus Seattle. on finishing the game that way and then just each week he’s been thrown in a lot of situations he hasn’t been in before and I think he’s rose to the occasion on all of them. Some of the catches you guys have seen him made make how much better I think he’s getting in the run game. um some of the hits he’s taken in a couple of these games where I thought we’ve lost him. It happened early I think on the first drive versus Jacksonville and it happened later in the game verse um the Rams and um for him to get back right out there I think he only missed a couple plays and to keep going I’ve been really impressed with Jake and um that’s why he’s earning a role in a lot of ways.

49ers coach Kyle Shanahan speaks to reporters following San Francisco’s practice on Friday in Santa Clara.

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Kyle Shanahan provides 49ers’ injury updates entering Week 6 game vs. Buccaneers | NBCSBA

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