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Transcript provided by the San Francisco 49ers Communications staff.
Opening Comments:
"Hey guys, injuries from the game: [DL] Kevin Givens had a high-ankle, he'll be out for a while, same thing with [RB] JaMycal Hasty, high-ankle. [RB] Elijah Mitchell had a shoulder, he's day-to-day. [RB] Trey Sermon's in the concussion protocol. [DL] Arik Armstead had an adductor, it'll be the same this week as it was last week with him. [DT] Javon Kinlaw, knee, we'll have to manage him this week. [CB] Josh Norman had an ankle, he's day-to-day. Hoping to get [CB Emmanuel] Moseley back this week."
Given those running back issues, do you have to add somebody to the active roster? Will RB Kerryon Johnson be promoted?
Was there anything else with Trey Sermon's neck at all or just concussion protocol?
"I was told just the protocol. I haven't seen him personally, but our trainer said it was just concussion protocol. It was a scary one though."
You mentioned yesterday that it's good to win the two games back-to-back in the East, but you want to avoid a letdown and maybe that happened previously. Did you see that in those games? Do you consciously remember thinking, 'okay, maybe this team let down a little bit in those games?'
"Yeah, I don't think guys try to let down. I just think when you're on the road for a couple of weeks, it feels like a grind when you're out there doing it just being in a hotel every day. We all work long and stuff, but you still get to go home and go to sleep with your family and the players get to get out of here and usually have dinner at home and stuff like that. So, when you lose that for a couple of weeks, it just feels like you're grinding so much. And I feel us going through it a number of times over the last few years, the experience of it, I've just felt we've almost seemed more tired the week we get back. And I don't know if that's human nature. I don't know if it's something with the science of the body clock or something like that, but that's just how those weeks have felt. And then I felt like it's carried over into the games that way. I just remember the Atlanta game, how important that game was for us. And no matter how hard throughout the week we kept trying to get going, we just seemed sluggish. Felt that way a little bit versus Pittsburgh the year before. Felt that way last year when we came back and played Philly at home after the Giants and Jets. So that's just something, the three times that we've done it, that's what we experienced. Hopefully, it was just a fluke, but our experience on that makes me feel that way a little bit and that's why we just try to be a lot more conscientious of how that has happened three times in a row. Sort of being more aware of it this time around."
"It's the same situation that he's had. As you guys know, his knee has been bothering him, this was the first time this year we were able to get him to the game. And it's just the fact that I didn't hear he had any setbacks today. I heard he was in, I haven't seen him personally, but I know he was pretty positive with it and he didn't see anything get worse. I feel that's a good sign, not a bad sign, but he's not out of the woods at all yet. We're still going to have to work throughout the week to keep making sure that it goes in the right direction like I feel like it is right now."
Was the plan not to use QB Trey Lance against the Eagles or did the way the game unfold prevent you from inserting him for a few plays?
"No, I never have a plan that 'Hey, I'm going to use him or I'm not going to use him.' It's always an option throughout the game. It's been two games and I've never had him in the openers and I've never had him as a designated time. I plan on doing that week-to-week and whenever I feel like putting him in. You saw when I did in Week 1 and I never got that urge in Week 2."
Do you get when people suggest that you do want to get Trey out there, just to make sure he gets snaps and maybe even some important snaps to make sure he's ready down the line for if that time comes?
I know he's not eligible to come off IR yet, but how is DL Maurice Hurst coming along with his injury?
"I think he's coming along well. I forget the date on it, there's no setbacks. I know he's not coming back this week. I've heard no setbacks and especially with Kevin going down to the same thing. I'm hoping to get him back as soon as we can."
What did you learn from watching the video of yesterday's game and what do you expect to learn the next couple of weeks? You've got the Green Bay Packers, Seattle Seahawks, and Arizona Cardinals, obviously with three really accomplished quarterbacks. What do you see in that stretch?
"Watching the film is similar to what I felt live. That was a real challenging game. They did some real good things offensively that I think our D stepped up and was able to stop. They had a number of big plays that our guys were able to recover from and keep them out of the end zone. I think on offense they made us work for every single yard that we earned. Tough game. I think this week will be similar. I don't sit and try to base a season or anything like that off of a game. Each game tells a different story and you try to get your team ready for that going into the week. And you have an idea of how it's going to be, but then that stuff unfolds throughout the game and you try to hope your team can handle any situation and your goal is to get better each week. I feel like we were better versus Philly than we were the week before versus Detroit. Hopefully we continue to get better and hopefully we're better this week versus Green Bay."
"Just look at the stats throughout the league. I bet you see, and I haven't done it yet, so I could be wrong, but I think that'd be a little unusual, but look at the teams who won games, look how many rushes they had, look at their opponent and how many rushes they had. Usually you run the ball more when you win the game. Maybe that's because you have a lead. Maybe that's because you got up to a big lead and you're able to do it. You never know what the situation is, but usually when you get that many carries good things are happening throughout your whole team. That's why when you look at 3.4 yards a carry, that's never our goal at all. We've got much higher expectations than that, but if you can get 38 carries, usually those yards per carry don't matter as much because you get 38 of them that means you're on the field. It means you are somehow finding a way to move the chains, whether your defense is getting turnovers or you're not turning it over. I think if you look at the history of football, I try to every week, I think that there's a big stat for a football team."
Obviously, it's early, we are only two weeks in, but do you think the NFC West is the best division in football? I mean 7-1 to this point.
"I haven't studied those guys yet, but I know the players that they have in our division. I know the coaches in our division. So, I've always felt it's been right there, but that would just be a big statement for me without really doing it the right way and studying all 32 teams."
QB Jimmy Garoppolo had a really challenging first half. Was there a turning point that kind of focused him in, dialed him in for a much better performance going forward?
What were your impressions of the secondary and just your takeaways from their ability to stop some of those deep passes that the Eagles were trying?
"I thought they did a real good job, especially our safeties down the field. We were playing a lot of two-shell defense, trying to deal with some of the stuff with the threat of their running quarterback. And they got a couple of one-on-ones down the field where he just launched it. And that's a tough situation for safeties to be with receivers who usually have a little more speed and more ball skills. But I think we've got two safeties back there as good as anyone at doing it. And [S Jaquiski] Tartt and [DB] Jimmie Ward the times that they got caught down the field, there was no panic, they didn't PI the guy, they actually made plays on the ball and did a hell of a job."
We've talked about Trey's footwork. What do you think about Garoppolo's footwork? Have you seen anything where he might not be stepping into some of these throws?
"I don't mind guys not stepping into their throws, just not fading away. Jimmy, with the way he throws and the torque he has in his upper body, he's almost just like a jug machine. He can sit there flat-footed and just throw completely from his core with the way his upper body turns and the way his hip turns. He can make almost every throw. I thought he did miss a little one on that out throw on the third down that was their first all-out blitz of the game. And he had to fade away from an unblocked guy. So, he didn't really get everything into that. Which almost left a pick-six, which [WR] Deebo [Samuel] did a hell of a job breaking that up. But Jimmy, as far as his footwork, I think his is the most consistent, the best he's been at it since I've been with him."