Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to the forty nine Ers First and
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Speaker 1: up to date forty nine Ers news, First Thing in
Speaker 1: the morning. I'm your host Brianna McDonald and joining me
Speaker 1: is forty nine Ers team reporter Lindsay Polares. After Week
Speaker 1: eleven at home, the forty nine Ers have a lot
Speaker 1: of travel set out for them in the coming weeks,
Speaker 1: first with a stop in Green Bay for a Week
Speaker 1: twelve matchup against the Packers, then facing the Bills in
Speaker 1: Buffalo the following week. But the Niners are coming off
Speaker 1: of a tough twenty to seventeen loss to the Seattle
Speaker 1: Seahawks with some key injuries to watch heading into this
Speaker 1: next game. Lindsay, how are the Niners preparing for this
Speaker 1: stretch of games and what's the general mood after that
Speaker 1: tough loss to Seattle?
Speaker 2: Yeah, very tough was definitely one of the words used
Speaker 2: in multiple of the press conferences we heard postgame from
Speaker 2: players from head coach Kyle Shanahan. But I think the focus,
Speaker 2: especially inside the building, is that you've got to turn
Speaker 2: the page, look ahead to Week twelve, an NFC opponent,
Speaker 2: and now the margin of error for the forty nine
Speaker 2: ers is smaller, especially with three division losses and at
Speaker 2: five and five on the year, So the urgency I
Speaker 2: guess to get right is really of the utmost importance.
Speaker 2: And playing in Green Bay Cross Country against an NFC
Speaker 2: West opponent no easy feat. But what head coach Kyle
Speaker 2: Shanahan said that really stuck out to me, and what
Speaker 2: I really liked was that he's like, you have to
Speaker 2: keep the focus on the ball and what happens in
Speaker 2: those three and a half hours that is an NFL
Speaker 2: football game and anything else, any sort of outside noise,
Speaker 2: it doesn't matter. Everything, all the efforts, the meetings, practices
Speaker 2: is all geared towards those three and a half hours
Speaker 2: where that's what matters.
Speaker 3: So I think that is very much the focus.
Speaker 2: This team knows it's got the talent to get right,
Speaker 2: so now it's just about putting that into action, making
Speaker 2: sure to finish out drives, making sure to finish out
Speaker 2: games and place the level that they know they can play.
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's the mindset necessary needed for these tough stretch
Speaker 1: of games. And we heard from head coach Kyle Shanahan
Speaker 1: after the Seahawks game. He shared a few injury updates
Speaker 1: to players like Jacob Cowing, Tatum Buffoon, Rock Perdy, and
Speaker 1: Nick Bosa. What's the latest you've heard from coach Shanahan
Speaker 1: on these players?
Speaker 2: Not so great news coming out of the Seahawks game,
Speaker 2: because there are injuries that are going to have to
Speaker 2: be monitored and some that may not be you know,
Speaker 2: good by the next day type thing. So Jacob Cowing,
Speaker 2: who has been the forty nine ers punt returner, suffered
Speaker 2: a concussion. He is in the league concussion protocol. Linebacker
Speaker 2: Tatum Buffoon suffered an MCL sprain, exits the game early
Speaker 2: and he's expected to be out quote a while. Quarterback
Speaker 2: Brock Perty, I don't want anybody to freak out just yet.
Speaker 2: We're going to get more information later Today Wednesday, is
Speaker 2: the first practice of the week for the Niners. But
Speaker 2: he was experiencing some right shoulder soreness. Head coach Kyle
Speaker 2: Shanahan said he's considered day to day. Defensive lineman Nick Bosa,
Speaker 2: we know was playing with a hip injury that's going
Speaker 2: to continue to be an issue, and it sounds like
Speaker 2: nowadays on both sides it's a hip slash oblique injury.
Speaker 2: He's going to be evaluated throughout the week, So no
Speaker 2: concrete update there other than something to keep on the radar.
Speaker 2: On a positive note, because there are positives. George Kittle,
Speaker 2: who was sidelined for this game. He participated in two
Speaker 2: practices in a limited capacity last week. He's expected to
Speaker 2: be back with the team in practicing on Wednesday. We'll
Speaker 2: see if he's full or limited again today or if
Speaker 2: he's actually out there. But that was kind of the
Speaker 2: projected practice report from head coach Kyle Shanahan. And then
Speaker 2: also we're going to be keeping an eye on left
Speaker 2: tackle Trent Williams. He is dealing with an ankle injury.
Speaker 2: Did not practice all of last week, but was able
Speaker 2: to gut it out for the game. He was experiencing
Speaker 2: sorevice as well, So that's someone that's going to be
Speaker 2: a very important person to keep an eye on in
Speaker 2: week twelve.
Speaker 1: Yeah, on that positive side, George Kittle is expected to
Speaker 1: practice later on today after, like you said, dealing with
Speaker 1: that hamstring issue that kept him out of the week
Speaker 1: eleven contest. But how big of a boost will it
Speaker 1: be for the offense to have him back in action.
Speaker 2: You cannot understate the importance of George Kittle. He really
Speaker 2: is the forty nine ers do it all tight end.
Speaker 2: You know, he's explosive in the past game, he can block,
Speaker 2: he can you know, chip people. He really can do everything,
Speaker 2: and the forty nine ers definitely missed him in week eleven.
Speaker 2: Obviously a very very clutch player in the same way
Speaker 2: that we you know, very much praise Juwan for third
Speaker 2: and Juan and really Juwan Jennings on every down. George
Speaker 2: Kittle is that reliable go to guy that's you know,
Speaker 2: also a top pass catcher for the forty nine ers,
Speaker 2: So definitely having him missing was a notable absence.
Speaker 1: Another bright spot this week is that cornerback Charvarius Ward
Speaker 1: is back with the team after a couple of weeks
Speaker 1: away due to a personal matter. How important is his
Speaker 1: return to the secondary and how is he reacclimating himself
Speaker 1: into the flow of practice in perhaps game time.
Speaker 2: Yeah, cornerback Charvius Ward also an incredibly important piece of
Speaker 2: the forty nine ers secondary, you know, really the one
Speaker 2: two punch. Along with Diamador Lindor, they are sort of
Speaker 2: the more veteran tenured people in that defensive back group,
Speaker 2: along with a few others. But having him back is
Speaker 2: going to provide a really nice boost that the forty
Speaker 2: nine ers secondary needs. He was able to return in
Speaker 2: time for the game, obviously did not play, and then
Speaker 2: he was present for.
Speaker 3: Team meetings on Monday. That's what we heard from head
Speaker 3: coach Kyle Shanahan.
Speaker 2: So again, it's not for sure that you're going to
Speaker 2: see him play Sunday, but he is starting to, like
Speaker 2: you said, reacclimate and reintegrate himself back into team activities.
Speaker 3: So we'll keep you posted on that.
Speaker 1: And one player we've yet to see this season, linebacker
Speaker 1: dra Greenlaw. The head coach did give a slight update
Speaker 1: on his injury recovery. But how is the team managing
Speaker 1: his way back to football?
Speaker 2: Yeah, it sounds like it is a very slow and
Speaker 2: incremental process. He started the year on the reserve physically
Speaker 2: unable to perform list because he suffered that achilles injury
Speaker 2: in Super Bowl fifty eight. Right now, his practice window
Speaker 2: is not open, but it is possible. I don't want
Speaker 2: to say expected, but I think they're looking at next
Speaker 2: week to open his practice window. That will give him
Speaker 2: twenty one days in order to activate him to the
Speaker 2: fifty three man roster. If that does happen. Kyle Shanahan
Speaker 2: said that right now he's doing mawrack disease on his
Speaker 2: own without players, and yeah, the hope is to get
Speaker 2: him in practice next week. I think that's more of
Speaker 2: a Monday question to see if that becomes a little
Speaker 2: bit more concrete. But just the fact that that's even
Speaker 2: being talked about obviously would provide another big boost to
Speaker 2: the forty nine ers defense.
Speaker 1: Yeah, lastly, I did want to touch on Trent Williams
Speaker 1: for a second. It sounds like he played through his
Speaker 1: tough ankle injury against Seattle. What did coach Shanahan have
Speaker 1: to say about his possible status for the week and
Speaker 1: just how crucial really is his presence on the offensive
Speaker 1: line for the Niners.
Speaker 2: I mean, Trent Williams is an All Pro left tackle again,
Speaker 2: one of those guys that you'd never really want to
Speaker 2: play without because he's one of those guys that people
Speaker 2: talk about is Yeah, he's going to be a first
Speaker 2: ballot Hall of Famer.
Speaker 3: So I think that pretty much says it all.
Speaker 2: You know, he was able to, like I said, gut
Speaker 2: it out, able to play in Week eleven. I think
Speaker 2: that the hope is that he starts getting a little
Speaker 2: better throughout the week, but really we have a progress
Speaker 2: update on him. He was feeling sore, so it is
Speaker 2: going to be kind of a wait and see. I'm
Speaker 2: assuming that we'll get some updates on him later today
Speaker 2: from head coach Kyle Shanahan. But yeah, we'll keep you
Speaker 2: posted on that one. And it is certainly one of
Speaker 2: those injuries along with Nick Bosa, that we are going
Speaker 2: to be monitoring throughout the week.
Speaker 1: Yep, definitely. And today again is the first day of
Speaker 1: practice for the team. Lindsay, as you go out to
Speaker 1: the practice field and watch them today, what are some
Speaker 1: things you're going to be keeping your eye on.
Speaker 3: I think it's just who's in practice and who's not right.
Speaker 2: The expected return of a few players is a very
Speaker 2: exciting thing for the Niners. Is ay, you come up
Speaker 2: to a really crucial Week twelve game, but I think
Speaker 2: that's probably the biggest thing, trying to see where the
Speaker 2: energy level is for this team. Like we mentioned, a
Speaker 2: tough loss coming off of Sunday, but the hope is
Speaker 2: you turn the page kind of have a short memory,
Speaker 2: focus all your efforts into Week twelve. The forty nine ers,
Speaker 2: like you mentioned, have a tough stretch coming up, particularly
Speaker 2: these next couple weeks, because it's gonna involve really long
Speaker 2: road trips against some pretty talented opponents. So we'll see
Speaker 2: how it goes. But I think, yeah, those are probably
Speaker 2: the two couple things I'm looking.
Speaker 1: Out for, all right, Lindsay, Well, thank you so much
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