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Robert Saleh, Brock Purdy, Klay Kubiak preview 49ers-Seahawks Week 1 matchup<\/a>
\u201cSan Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh, offensive coordinator Klay Kubiak, and quarterback Brock Purdy addressed reporters following Thursday\u2019s practice as the team prepares for its Week 1 matchup against the Seattle Seahawks. Here\u2019s everything they said.\u201c<\/p>\n

Kawakami: \u2018You\u2019ve gotta reload\u2019: How Nick Bosa got with the 49ers\u2019 new plan (paywall)<\/a>
\u201c\u201cJust that it can\u2019t revolve around one player being in or out,\u201d Bosa said. \u201cWe have to play with the intensity that has made us who we are over the years.\u201d<\/p>\n

Do you think there was a slippage of intensity last year?<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, yeah, I do. I think when you\u2019re losing games and you\u2019re losing confidence and you\u2019re starting to play in meaningless \u2014 not meaningless, but in terms of playoff-contention, meaningless \u2014 things do slip, details slip,\u201d Bosa said. \u201cI think every person is guilty of losing a little bit of that focus and intensity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Where youth-infused 49ers finish in Matt Maiocco\u2019s 2025 NFL season predictions<\/a>
\u201c\u201cI think it\u2019s possible,\u201d 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan said on Wednesday. \u201cThere are a number of challenges. We\u2019re going to play a lot of young guys as this year goes. We\u2019re going to start out doing that.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 49ers finished in last place in the NFC West a year ago with a 6-11 record. Even with so many young players, they still have enough top players to make another run.\u201c<\/p>\n

Brock Purdy was the NFL\u2019s darling as Mr. Irrelevant. Who will he be as a $265 million man? (paywall)<\/a>
\u201c\u201cWhen I was a rookie, I came in and I knew nothing but the quarterback (package of plays),\u201d Purdy said from outside the locker room after practice last week. \u201cIt didn\u2019t matter who was out on the field with me \u2014 I was just going through my progressions and ripping it. I was a machine.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo this offseason, I was getting back to that standard of being hard on myself, being disciplined, and obviously not trying to do too much.\u201d\u2026.. Purdy has become one of those leaders. Williams said he gets a kick whenever the quarterback yells at receivers.
\u201cThey\u2019re not used to quarterbacks getting back to the third read, and maybe they\u2019re not where they are supposed to be,\u201d Williams said. \u201cAnd this is early on. Mr. Irrelevant, no status off the jump. He had one of the most uphill battles that anybody can have, and he strided up that hill like it was flat ground.\u201d<\/p>\n

Purdy had an instant connection with Shanahan, who takes pride in the plays he draws up and wants them carried out.<\/p>\n

\u201cI came in and was just going through reads \u2026 and he saw that I was playing like a machine, and he loved that,\u201d Purdy said. \u201cHe can call a pass play on first, second and third down multiple times and trust that I was gonna make the right decisions over and over again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Will the 49ers\u2019 renovated, rookie-riddled roster return to NFL elite? (paywall)<\/a>
\u201c\u201cThere are all sorts of holes in the roster that need to be filled by either traded or young players that we haven\u2019t seen before,\u201d Young said. \u201cThe fans are going to be wearing certain jerseys right now. (George) Kittle, (Christian) McCaffrey, Brock, Warner. That\u2019s fine. But if this team is going to transition super fast and threaten to go the distance, you\u2019re going to be wearing jerseys by Thanksgiving of guys who you don\u2019t even know the names of right now.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf there are four or five of them, then we\u2019re transitioning pretty quick. And you better watch out. But if not, and a couple guys get hurt, especially Trent, that\u2019s an entirely different narrative.\u201d<\/p>\n

49ers\u2019 Colton McKivitz makes rare admission as he enters contract year (paywall)<\/a>
\u201cWhere many pro athletes in that circumstance might say they\u2019re not focused on money because that can be a distraction, McKivitz is different. He speaks with candor rather than in cliches.<\/p>\n

During his first five NFL seasons, the 2020 fifth-round pick has admitted he initially lacked the urgency and work ethic that a later-round pick needs to survive. And he has openly discussed his wavering confidence and on-field failures.<\/p>\n

But things are now looking up, and his authenticity hasn\u2019t changed. McKivitz was on-brand Wednesday when he was asked about his thoughts entering his contract year.\u201c<\/p>\n

With 49ers rookie Jordan Watkins back in practice, which WRs will play Sunday? (paywall)<\/a>
\u201cDefensive end Yetur Gross-Matos (knee) was also back at practice after missing Wednesday.<\/p>\n

A high ankle sprain had sidelined Watkins, a fourth-round draft pick, leaving his Week 1 availability in limbo. Head coach Kyle Shanahan may still opt to list Watkins as inactive for Sunday\u2019s season opener against the Seahawks in Seattle; someone has to be. The 49ers had their entire 53-man roster and 17-man practice squad participating in some capacity during the portion of the session open to the media, meaning some tough decisions will need to be made in the coming days.\u201c<\/p>\n

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