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Robert Saleh, Brock Purdy, Klay Kubiak preview 49ers-Seahawks Week 1 matchup
“San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh, offensive coordinator Klay Kubiak, and quarterback Brock Purdy addressed reporters following Thursday’s practice as the team prepares for its Week 1 matchup against the Seattle Seahawks. Here’s everything they said.“
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““Just that it can’t revolve around one player being in or out,” Bosa said. “We have to play with the intensity that has made us who we are over the years.”
Do you think there was a slippage of intensity last year?
“Yeah, yeah, I do. I think when you’re losing games and you’re losing confidence and you’re starting to play in meaningless — not meaningless, but in terms of playoff-contention, meaningless — things do slip, details slip,” Bosa said. “I think every person is guilty of losing a little bit of that focus and intensity.”
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““I think it’s possible,” 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan said on Wednesday. “There are a number of challenges. We’re going to play a lot of young guys as this year goes. We’re going to start out doing that.”
The 49ers finished in last place in the NFC West a year ago with a 6-11 record. Even with so many young players, they still have enough top players to make another run.“
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““When I was a rookie, I came in and I knew nothing but the quarterback (package of plays),” Purdy said from outside the locker room after practice last week. “It didn’t matter who was out on the field with me — I was just going through my progressions and ripping it. I was a machine.
“So this offseason, I was getting back to that standard of being hard on myself, being disciplined, and obviously not trying to do too much.”….. Purdy has become one of those leaders. Williams said he gets a kick whenever the quarterback yells at receivers.
“They’re not used to quarterbacks getting back to the third read, and maybe they’re not where they are supposed to be,” Williams said. “And this is early on. Mr. Irrelevant, no status off the jump. He had one of the most uphill battles that anybody can have, and he strided up that hill like it was flat ground.”
Purdy had an instant connection with Shanahan, who takes pride in the plays he draws up and wants them carried out.
“I came in and was just going through reads … and he saw that I was playing like a machine, and he loved that,” Purdy said. “He can call a pass play on first, second and third down multiple times and trust that I was gonna make the right decisions over and over again.”
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