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Is there anything we didn't ask this season that you'd really like to talk about today?
"[QB Colin Kaepernick] Kap's weight. I don't think that's come up."
Where is that?
"219."
What about the tempo on offense?
How has this week gone? The high of Saturday, getting back to work sometimes getting back after a high might not be as easy. Have you noticed any change in the temperament?
"No, they've been good. Again, we've still got some, I think there's a newness because there are some new faces, new look on the offensive line. Those guys are still trying to get some continuity together in terms of calls and whatnot. A little bit of a sense of urgency from that standpoint, but they've been good. They understand it's about putting your time in and preparing during the week in terms of how you're going to be able to execute on Sunday."
Have any of the older veterans come up and told you this might be their last game or anything like that?
T Joe Staley sounded optimistic about playing Sunday. Are you optimistic as well?
"We'll see how today goes. He has trained Tuesday and Wednesday. A lot of the times with that type of injury, the muscle injury, is really to see what the effect is after the training session and today will be a hard day for him. So, today is going to be a big test for Joe and then how does he respond when he gets back here tomorrow morning. Is there any residual soreness? How does he feel from it? But, so far in the two days of work he's still been limited in practice. He hasn't gone full in practice. So, he's still off to the side with the strength and conditioning coaches and comes over during the team aspect of things. So, we'll see if we can ramp up his work a little bit more today. That will give us a better understanding of where he'll be on Sunday."
RB Carlos Hyde talked yesterday about he wants, the only injury that he thought maybe was his fault was his shoulder issue that he had because he said he might want to strengthen it in the offseason. Where are you at as far as Carlos' physicality and his approach to the offseason and what he needs to do to be ready next summer?
"Well, that's probably a better question for our strength and conditioning coach in terms of what he does there. But, he attends everything so he was at every OTA and every offseason opportunity we had with him that starts in April. I've never gotten any reports that he doesn't participate in anything. So, I think he does a good job from that standpoint."
"Well, we use a lot of 12-personnel so we use a lot of two tight ends also. So, we have done that."
In response to--?
"In response to trying to get our best personnel on the field."
More so than you did in Philly, the two tight ends?
Seattle is without S Earl Thomas. Are they doing the same? Is it still a ton of cover three or have they changed at all?
"No, their defense is their defense. Obviously, when you lose an All-Pro player like Earl in the middle of the field, it's going to be slightly different just because is there a little drop off between one safety to the other safety. But, the scheme itself is still the same. Actually, [Seattle Seahawks S Steven] Terrell has played pretty well back there. It's obviously, when you lose a player of that caliber, he's one of the best in the game at free safety. But, they haven't really lost much. I think they've, maybe the other guys have actually picked it up since he's been away. But, even though Earl's not there, [Seattle Seahawks CB Richard] Sherman's still there, [Seattle Seahawks LB Bobby] Wagner's still there, [Seattle Seahawks DE Michael] Bennett's still there, [Seattle Seahawks DE Cliff] Avril's still there. They're still doing the same exact things."
Will you go into this game and approach it as if Kap will play the full game or will you try and get one of the other quarterbacks--?
"No, we're trying to go win the football game. So, Kap will play unless he gets banged up."
"We haven't given it any thought. So, I don't know what goes involved in that, to be honest with you."
Is that something--?
"I've never even thought about it."
I realize you weren't here last year, but Joe Staley was discussing T Trent Brown. He talked about last year he thought Trent just needed to figure things out at the NFL level, what it takes to be a pro because he had all the tools and just needed to handle himself better from a work-wise situation, I guess, preparation. Have you seen that and what are your thoughts on Trent Brown this year as far as the way he's handled his business?
His weight fluctuated a lot in college. He said, I think yesterday, that he's at 355 now. Has he done a good job of maintaining or staying on weight?
"Yeah. Since we've had him this season, he's been between 355 and 360 all year long. So, there hasn't been any fluctuations. Usually, they're plus or minus four depending on where they are. So, he's been around that every single week."
Is that something that you saw in Philly is that guys come from college and they have to learn how to basically eat better, eat more consistently to keep their weights the same?
"Yeah. I just think for a lot of them it's the first time they're on their own. When you're in college, you have training tables. So, everything's given to you. You don't have to go get it. It's like that in training camp because they're here and you provide breakfast, lunch and dinner for them and all those things. Well now, they're going home and they've got to, what do they do for dinner where before it was already taken care of for them. So, there's some guys that handle it and have learned how to do it before. There are other guys that haven't. So, it's convenient to just stop at a drive-through on the way home because they don't have time, not that they don't have time, but they don't want to prepare or know how to prepare. So, they've got to kind of learn some of those skills. And that's a lot of what [vice president of football affairs] Keena Turner and our life skills program does with those guys in terms of trying to take care of them and just educate them on those aspects of things."
"Challenging? No. I don't look at it that way. I look at, it's what you get to work with and I'm actually grateful for this group of guys we get to work with because of their attitudes and how they've approached it every single day. So, challenging is if maybe guys don't buy in or guys are doing things that are detrimental to the team and that hasn't happened here at all. This has been a great group to work with."
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