Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to the forty nine Ers First and
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Speaker 1: your host, Brianna McDonald, and I'm joined by forty nine
Speaker 1: Ers team reporter Lindsay Polaris, and we are just about
Speaker 1: to enter a Friday practice of training camp. Lindsay, you
Speaker 1: were able to catch up with general manager John Lynch
Speaker 1: yesterday for the forty nine Ers Live look in. What
Speaker 1: does he think of the team's practices so far.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think overall very impressed, and obviously there was
Speaker 2: a little bit of an emphasis on the quarterback room,
Speaker 2: which has had lots of changes.
Speaker 3: In the last week.
Speaker 2: It feels like it's been a month, but it's actually
Speaker 2: only been a little over a week of training camp practices.
Speaker 2: But I think the biggest takeaway is that Brock is
Speaker 2: not only kicking the rust off, but coming back and
Speaker 2: also making that second year jump that you know players
Speaker 2: you hope that your players have from their rookie year
Speaker 2: to their sophomore season, and we're seeing him come along
Speaker 2: and then again just re emphasizing also the growth in
Speaker 2: Trey Lance and what a good fit Sam Darnold is
Speaker 2: just for the team in general.
Speaker 3: He's seeing what we're seeing.
Speaker 2: He's impressed with the progress that's been made in such
Speaker 2: little time and plenty more to come.
Speaker 1: Speaking of that quarterback rotation, is it still set to
Speaker 1: schedule with Brock Party two days on, one day off.
Speaker 1: What's it looking like for the next few practices.
Speaker 2: Yes, so no certainty on what it's going to look
Speaker 2: like moving forward. But one thing to note from day
Speaker 2: seven is that there was a shakeup and it's pretty
Speaker 2: significant because originally Brock Party started his training camp throwing
Speaker 2: schedule two days on back to back throwing days followed
Speaker 2: by two days off, and yesterday we finally saw him
Speaker 2: go two days on one day of rest, which was
Speaker 2: the same rest day that the rest of the team enjoyed,
Speaker 2: and he was back in pads practicing and it actually
Speaker 2: looked like same amount of reps.
Speaker 3: There was no pitch count that we saw.
Speaker 2: And then also a significant change was that quarterback Brandon Allen,
Speaker 2: who is typically coming in as the fourth QB, actually
Speaker 2: did not take any team drills yesterday. Head coach Kyle
Speaker 2: Shanahan mentioned that just on a shorter practice day like yesterday,
Speaker 2: there just weren't enough quarterback reps to go around, and
Speaker 2: that's kind of been a subject of conversation this entire
Speaker 2: training camp is making sure that everybody gets to touch
Speaker 2: the ball.
Speaker 1: Yeah, well, yesterday there were quite a few rotations within
Speaker 1: position groups with it being a veteran rest day, but
Speaker 1: there was also a couple of injury updates. Can you
Speaker 1: bring us up to speed on what the latest updates
Speaker 1: are from head coach Ka Shanahan.
Speaker 2: Yeah, so it's actually four injury updates that we got.
Speaker 2: Offensive lineman Aaron Banks is actually in concussion protocol. Running
Speaker 2: back Elijah Mitchell suffered an abductor strain. Offensive lineman John
Speaker 2: Feliciano has what.
Speaker 3: We believe to be a shoulder strain.
Speaker 2: He's day to day but actually expected to be in
Speaker 2: practice later today, so nothing too serious. And offensive tackle
Speaker 2: Jalen Moore actually has a bone bruise, which is actually
Speaker 2: really good news because we saw him hit the ground
Speaker 2: and it's a little uncertain what was going on at
Speaker 2: first on Thursday, but we were able to see him yesterday.
Speaker 2: He wasn't participating in practice, but walking around in his
Speaker 2: practice gear, So just a positive sign step in the
Speaker 2: right direction for him.
Speaker 1: What did coach Shanahan have to say about keeping up
Speaker 1: the intensity at practice but making sure players don't hit the.
Speaker 3: Ground like that.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a delicate balance, right. You want to encourage
Speaker 2: players to bring everything they have to the practice field.
Speaker 2: At the end of the day, these are your guys
Speaker 2: and you're going up against each other, and you need
Speaker 2: to do that with I guess some tempered restraint because
Speaker 2: you have to keep everybody healthy in order to have
Speaker 2: a successful season. And it's walking a fine line. And
Speaker 2: Kyle Shanahan said something to the effect that in his
Speaker 2: younger coaching years he was more about just let the
Speaker 2: guys play, but as he's come into you know, decades
Speaker 2: of coaching, at this point, he realizes, Yeah, no, we
Speaker 2: need to be really careful about all of our players
Speaker 2: because everybody plays such a critical role to the team's success.
Speaker 1: It's about smart football at training camp these.
Speaker 3: Days football exactly well.
Speaker 1: Starting at the offensive line, with the combination of a
Speaker 1: rest day for Trent Williams and also an injury to
Speaker 1: John Fliciano, we saw Leroy Watson enter the mix for
Speaker 1: the O line. What did you see from him?
Speaker 2: Yeah, offensive lineman Leroy Watson is very much just climbing
Speaker 2: up the ranks. I think his story is pretty impressive
Speaker 2: because he's actually a converted tight end and we just
Speaker 2: see him come into training camp this year and he's
Speaker 2: definitely it looks like he's put on muscle.
Speaker 3: He very much looks like he fits the part.
Speaker 2: And again, yes, because Trent Williams was taking that veteran
Speaker 2: rest day, he actually got to run with the ones
Speaker 2: yesterday and was doing a really good job. So again
Speaker 2: it's just a learning process for him, but the coaches
Speaker 2: are watching him come to his come into his own
Speaker 2: and it's looking really good.
Speaker 1: And as we take a look at the forty nine
Speaker 1: ers backfield, Elijah Mitchell, it's really unfortunate here he's out
Speaker 1: with an injury again, but that leaves room for the
Speaker 1: younger running backs to come and step in. And Christian McCaffrey,
Speaker 1: he did have a veteran rest day yesterday. But something
Speaker 1: interesting I noticed is that Kyle Yuschik said that his
Speaker 1: discipline rubs off on the pretty much entire offensive group,
Speaker 1: especially the running backs.
Speaker 4: Yeah, Christian's always locked in. He's been a phenomenal example
Speaker 4: for all the rbs in our room. You know, to
Speaker 4: see a professional like him and a guy you know,
Speaker 4: arguably in my opinion, the best running back in the
Speaker 4: league and works as hard as he does. You know,
Speaker 4: he doesn't just you know, he's been doing this for
Speaker 4: a while now, this is in his first year being
Speaker 4: one of the best players in the NFL, and so
Speaker 4: he doesn't just rest on his morals, know that he's
Speaker 4: you know, in a good spot. The guy works his
Speaker 4: freaking hailof and all those guys see And I think
Speaker 4: maybe that's why you've seen some of the improvement from
Speaker 4: these younger guys.
Speaker 1: How have the younger running backs learned from Christian McCaffrey
Speaker 1: and how have you seen that discipline play out and practice?
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think pretty much.
Speaker 2: Christian McCaffrey is the gold standard for running backs right.
Speaker 3: He is a dual.
Speaker 2: Threat, and in general, I think, like Kyle Yuschek mentioned,
Speaker 2: it's more about his just discipline in the way he
Speaker 2: trains both mentally and physically. There is no let up
Speaker 2: in any area of his life. And when you have
Speaker 2: somebody like that as the veteran of your running back room,
Speaker 2: it really helps everybody else get up to speed. And again,
Speaker 2: Elijah Mitchell played a really big role his rookie year, so.
Speaker 3: Kind of had a quick development as well.
Speaker 2: So I feel like you've got two really good anchors
Speaker 2: in the room. And you've seen ty Davis Price take
Speaker 2: tremendous strides, and you saw JP Mason, who was an
Speaker 2: undrafted rookie last year, really kind of come into his
Speaker 2: own towards the end of the year and he's just
Speaker 2: continued to build. And that's I think in large part
Speaker 2: because they have a good example of where they'd like
Speaker 2: to get you in their careers. And I think if
Speaker 2: you've got Christian McCaffrey leading the way, you will not
Speaker 2: be let as straight.
Speaker 1: Yeah, definitely. And for those running backs to get out
Speaker 1: there a practice and get honestly any rushing yards against
Speaker 1: the forty nine ers number one overall ranked defense, that's
Speaker 1: pretty impressive. And he heard from cornerback Isaiah Oliver the
Speaker 1: other day that Fred Warner and Drake Greenlaw, those linebackers
Speaker 1: set the tone for the defense. What exactly is that tone?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean that tone is physical, That tone is forceful, dominating.
Speaker 3: I could, you know, give you a list of words
Speaker 3: of what the forty nine ers defense is.
Speaker 2: But it was great actually to talk to Isaiah Oliver
Speaker 2: because he said this is one of the more physical
Speaker 2: training camps that he's been a part of. It's a
Speaker 2: little bit different than the experience he had at the
Speaker 2: Atlanta Falcons, and it is because of how Fred Warner
Speaker 2: and Drake Greenlaw run the defense, and like you said,
Speaker 2: they set the tone. And he actually mentioned that it's
Speaker 2: when they get a big hit or a big tackle
Speaker 2: early on, and he said that that's when you know
Speaker 2: what type of day it's gonna be with the forty
Speaker 2: nine ers defense.
Speaker 3: So it's good to know that that kind of sets
Speaker 3: the tone for everybody else.
Speaker 2: Everyone else falls in line with like we're gonna play physical,
Speaker 2: we're gonna play intense, but also, like we said earlier,
Speaker 2: we're going to be safe about it and you know,
Speaker 2: be moderate in in our training camp practices.
Speaker 1: Absolutely, And speaking of that linebacker group, how are the
Speaker 1: younger linebackers coming up within the defense? We saw de
Speaker 1: Winters make a huge play yesterday, but also Marcelino McCrary
Speaker 1: ball like you mentioned in your article, has been balling
Speaker 1: out these past couple of practices. What have you seen
Speaker 1: from them?
Speaker 2: Yeah, we want to definitely shine some light on the
Speaker 2: younger guys. Like you mentioned, d Winners, a six round
Speaker 2: pick from this most recent draft class, got his first
Speaker 2: interception yesterday during team drills during move the ball period,
Speaker 2: I believe, and that's a big one. It's number three
Speaker 2: overall for the forty nine ers defense this training camp
Speaker 2: so far. And yeah, Marcella McQuary Ball is a guy
Speaker 2: that is just He spent last year on the practice
Speaker 2: squad and is also very much just maturing at a
Speaker 2: really good pace. I was able to talk to our
Speaker 2: linebackers coach Johnny Holland and.
Speaker 3: He had nothing but good things to say.
Speaker 2: And Marceleno McCurry Ball almost had a pick in Thursday's
Speaker 2: practice and then again in team drills had a really
Speaker 2: nice past breakup. So again, another guy that is learning
Speaker 2: from the best in Fred Warner and Drake green Law
Speaker 2: and definitely following suit.
Speaker 1: Awesome. Well that will do it for today. Be sure
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