Kyle Shanahan Shares Takeaways from 49ers Preseason Opener vs. Broncos

Kyle Shanahan Shares Takeaways from 49ers Preseason Opener vs. Broncos

guys. Um, injuries from the game. Um, Tayton Bthun left with an ankle. He returned. Um, Seagull had a knee. Um, didn’t return. Um, Abdullah um, left with ribs and Rob Beal at the end there left with a groin. Go ahead. Obviously, this game is all about what the young guys can do, what kind of reps they can put out there on the field, but what did you think about Chase Lucas? I mean, obviously he had some pretty big plays in the first quarter. Yeah, it was it was fun to watch Chase today. He flew around. We kept him at nickel the whole game. Um, you know, he uh he’s kind of our Energizer Bunny. He’s he was on practice squad all last year doing it, helping on offense and defense. He’s had a hell of a camp and thought he had a hell of did a hell of a job today. Update style play. Uh he his calf was tight. U we were kind of we were cautious with him. Did you get any update on Mike Williams? Um yeah, he hyperextended his knee. It’ll probably be a week or so. What about Richie Richie Grant? um some issues with his knee. Uh he’ll probably be about a week or so, too. I know you want to go and watch him, but what’s just your early thoughts of Mac? How uh I thought Max seemed like he performed well. You know, I liked how we came out. Um it was a challenge, especially going against that defense. Um had a bunch of guys out there, too. And I loved the first drive. The next one, I think we went three and out. And but I was happy with Mac today. Play the two rookie defensive tackles a lot in the first half. I know you got to check the film, but what did you think from them initially? Um, I mean, I felt pretty good with the defense in the first half. You know, I thought we made a few mental mistakes that, um, kept a couple drives going. Um, you know, I didn’t feel a lot out there, you know, with the pass rush and stuff, but I got to get to the tape to really know for sure. More turnovers against your backups, but were you frustrated? Offense didn’t seem to move the ball very much at all. Yeah, it was frustrating. I mean, I liked how we started out, but after that, you know, there wasn’t much to be excited about. you know, we didn’t get many first downs. Um, four turnovers, the three picks, the fumble. Um, I felt when we did make a play, whether the quarterback did, then the receiver was off. I felt we made too many mistakes and it was frustrating. Uh, two and a half quarters. Consider you never returned punts live in practice or even scrimmages with the Broncos. How much weight does uh Bergens’s 28 yard punt return carry? Um, like special, the blocking on it, too. He made a good cut and there was a guy down there. He made that guy miss and broke their contain. Thought it was a hell of a play and um those are his opportunities. Wish he got more in the game. Um but no, that was a hell of a play by him. Bonito had a series where he just kind of ruined the whole series. How do you feel about your backups at offensive tackle right now? Um I mean he did ruin that whole series. Uh you know, one was on our tight end going across the formation. He just played pass all the way. So that wasn’t on a tackle, but it was three plays in a The next two plays we went on the quick counter were lined up wrong so he was able to jump the snap. So I thought that was a little tough for Spence. And then on the third down um we had a bust by a player who was supposed to be outside presence on him. Spence was expecting a chip so he just sitting there inside out and uh there was no guy there. So um Bonito’s a hell of a player so we knew that would be a challenge. Um but I thought those three plays in a row um were a little unfair to Spence. What did you think of Jordan Watkins’s debut? I guess be beyond the 50 yard catch. Um I thought he did some good things. I mean, especially that 50-yard catch. Um, but also had some plays where he struggled, too. Um, you know, getting that pick, you know, he busted route on that, which, you know, that was a big one. So, um, making that big play on the first third down of the game and our third play is what allowed us to get that opening, um, drive, um, with a score. Um, but a kind of a typical rookie game. There’s some positive in it, but a lot of stuff that we can challenge him with when we watch the tape with him Monday. What have you seen from Maris Seagull, and is that injury anything to be concerned about? I I don’t think so. Um, I don’t want to speak too soon. You know, it looked more like just a knee bruise and stuff, but we’ll have to see. Um, but I I thought he was one of the guys who flashed a lot tonight. You know, he got a little bit late start being injured in the offseason and I think it was a few days into camp where he really got going. U, but he’s had a hell of a week here and u finished it off good today. Valdez, the undrafted tackle flashed. Yeah, I’d say he flashed the most today. Just noticing him out there. What uh I mean is a bit of a surprise or did you guys like when he came in think there was something maybe something there? I mean he’s been flashing a lot in practice. You know he’s been a problem in oneon’s and it looked like he played the run real well today. Um you know when our line coach talks about him um in practice that means he’s doing some stuff and uh it was good to see it carry over to the game today. Where did he come from? I mean was there somebody in the draft process that you remember banging the table and talking about Valdez because he has been impressive. I don’t remember exactly. Um, you know, we end up recruiting those guys hard after the draft, but I know he was the guy that we targeted. Seem to make some plays. Has he taken another step this off? Yeah, I think he has. Like, I think Kalia one, I thought he had a really good off seasonason last year and was having a good training camp and then got hurt at Tennessee pretty bad and it set him back a ways. Um, but I think this offseason has been very similar. I think he’s had a real good training camp and I thought he had a good first half there, too. Dos and um Allen competing last year and you didn’t really seem to know who you were going to pick until it came up to it. Do you feel more secure with Mac that’s got one style as opposed to two guys that have different styles and able to head into the season knowing what you got? Um yeah, I mean we’ll keep going through it, but I mean I feel fortunate to have Mac. I think I think Mac’s a good quarterback. I think he’s done some really good things in this league. Uh he’s had a hell of a camp with us and um I think he did a real good job today. You know, it’s always hard when you’re having the two and the three compete. You know, they got to split those refs and that’s what we’ve been through here last year. Um, but we kind of have much more of an idea now. Um, who our one is, obviously, who our two is, and we have our three and four competing now. Are you healthy enough for sure to have them joint practice? Uh, yeah, we are, but I mean, it’s it’s um it’s definitely getting hard. We had, you know, we had 19 guys didn’t dress today because of injuries, you know, and that’s not counting the pup guys and things like that or, you know, there’s about probably seven healthy guys that I sat. Um, hopefully we can get a bunch of guys back for Monday. I mean, it’s real important that we get two good practices in Monday and Tuesday. Um, so hopefully we’re in a better spot Thursday when we go against the Raiders. Interception. Was that was there some sort of miscommunication with Watkins or was just a Yeah, he just got confused on the route. Did you still expect O Green and Jacob Cowing back next week. Uh I hope so. It depends how the workout goes tomorrow, but we hope we’re planning on getting them back this week. Um hope it’s sooner than later because I don’t want their first practice to be against another team. So, we’ll see how it goes. Planned for Mac to just play those three drives or were you kind of letting play? Uh we we our plan was 10 to 15 plays with him and uh he got eight on the first drive and three on the second. I don’t know what he got on the third. So, I think he finished right around 16 plays. What did you see from Nick Martin tonight? Uh, he ran around, got a lot of playing time. Um, you know, he he had a couple misses, especially on a big third down on a shallow cross across the field. Just got his eyes a little too um nosy with the back. Um, but I like how Nick’s been going. Um, but I think there’s a lot of tape that he can get better from watching this today. We ask you about Jawan. Is this possibly related to business? You said, “Ask Jan, I don’t think we’ve had the chance and I don’t know if we will today.” Has he told you that there’s anything to do with business with him not practicing? No, not at all. And this is actually this why Joan missed OTAAS because of his calf. It’s the same injury had last year during training camp which made him miss a couple weeks during training camp last year. We didn’t get him till the end of training camp last year and it’s the same thing on the MRI and same thing he’s going through. But hopefully we’ll get him back sooner than later. Thanks, guys. [Music] Hey, [Music] hey,

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San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan recapped the team’s preseason matchup against the Denver Broncos, evaluated individual performances including WR Jordan Watkins and CB Chase Lucas, and provided injury updates on several players.

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