Kyle Shanahan: “We know this year is going to be tough.”
San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan speaks at a news conference after an NFL preseason football game between the 49ers and the Dallas Cowboys in Santa Clara, Calif., Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Josie Lepe)
SANTA CLARA — This is the transcript of Kyle Shanahan’s Tuesday press conference, courtesy of the 49ers P.R. department.
“He’s coming along well. He was just out there, I think he just did individual and stuff. There was no contact or anything. He was out there. I think he just wanted to put some pads on, catch some balls.”
“Yeah, I didn’t. I think [assistant head coach/tight ends coach Jon Embree] Embo wanted him to, and they cleared him enough that he could do that.”
“We haven’t ruled either one of them out for sure. Reub is still in the protocol. I think if he is out of it tomorrow, then he can go. Joe didn’t practice today. We’ll see how he is tomorrow.”
You guys experimented a bit with DB Tyvis Powell at strong safety. How did that go in that game with him?
“I thought he did a good job. He hadn’t been at it for too long, so there was a lot on his plate just Xs and Os-wise. But, he showed it wasn’t too big for him, did a good job. He should get some more reps in this game, also.”
Where do things stand at right guard with the way that G Joshua Garnett has played these last two weeks?
“Josh definitely helped himself out last week. I’m glad we’ve got another game to watch it. We had a good practice today where we’ll still get to evaluate when we get in there. I look forward to watching him on Thursday.”
As of right now, is OL Mike Person your starting right guard?
“Yeah, I would say it’s his job to lose right now or however you want to say it. Josh could beat him out. But, Person has been the most consistent since day one and he’s had a real good camp. We’ll see what happens these last few days.”
Where do things stand at strong safety? What would happen if S Jaquiski Tartt had to leave a game at this point?
“I think that’s what we’re trying to find out. We have [S] Marcell Harris, who we drafted, who we feel very confident he’s going to be a good player here. But, he had a setback with his hamstring earlier on. So, we’re going to have to factor that in and how long it’s going to take him to recover, and when he does, when he’ll be ready since he didn’t get to practice much because of that. Then, that’s why we’re trying other things there too, moved Powell to that position. I mean, all the guys on our roster right now do have a chance. We’ll see how it plays out here these next few days. We’ll stack them up against anyone else who is available, also.”
Is QB C.J. Beathard going to start?
“Yeah. C.J. will start.”
Did you see enough from Marcell in that small window where he was practicing to make any big judgments about him, whether he can play it?
“Not really. We saw enough to feel very excited. You study guys hard in college and stuff and a draft, but you never know exactly until you get him out on the field and it took him awhile, coming off of his Achilles. I think we waited a week into camp, maybe two. When he came out, they’re always like Bambi out there just getting used to running again when they’ve taken a year off. Each day he got better. We were getting really excited about him. Then, he got that hamstring. So, an unfortunate setback, but we’ll see how long it is going to be and we’ll see how this factors out because that will be a tough decision.”
With right guard and other positions that are still up in the air, will you have those guys play in this game, will Person and Garnett?
“Yeah, I haven’t decided on Person. We’ll see how this plays out. I know Garnett for sure will. There’s a lot of positions up for air. Like I say a lot, you know when it’s a starter sometimes, but there’s a lot of guys competing against each other at different positions for special teams spots. It’s not just who is the number one, who is the two? It’s who is going to be up on game day and just how to piece this puzzle together the best we can.”
What do you like about RB Ja’Quan Gardner? What did you like about him to bring him back?
“He did a good job in our rookie tryout camp. He was a guy who picked the stuff up in the weekend he was here. We liked him as a person. We always liked his college tape, and he ran well while he was here. We’re down some guys and we wanted to make sure we got another guy in here and he was a guy that we had on our short list since he was here in the tryout camp.”
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