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Brian Flores – October 9, 2020 Download PDF version

Friday, October 9, 2020

Head Coach Brian Flores

(Do you have anyone going on IR, and do you intend to have T Julién Davenport play left tackle in place of T Austin Jackson on Sunday?) – “We’re placing Austin on IR – Austin Jackson on IR. So he’ll be out. The other move was we’re bumping up Salvon Ahmed (to the active roster). What was your other question?”

(If you’re going with T Julién Davenport at left tackle on Sunday.) – “He’s definitely in the mix, I would say that. We practiced a few different combinations throughout the course of the week. I’ve got to watch today’s practice film before I make that determination, but Julién played well last week and he’s certainly in the mix.”

(Is T Austin Jackson a situation where he’s done for the season or do you foresee him coming back?) – “This is a tough kid. He’s a hard-working kid. I don’t like to put timetables on injures. Obviously you guys know with the IR rules changing this year, we can bring a player back as early as three weeks. Again, I don’t want to put a timetable on this one, so we’ll see.”

(But you foresee T Austin Jackson coming back?) – “Again, injures are – they’re tough to sit here and say, ‘it’s going to be this, it’s going to be that, it’s going to be six weeks, it’s going to be 12 weeks.’ Let’s just kind of take it one day at a time. That’s always my approach instead of trying to predict the future here, obviously in this climate. He’s a hard-working kid and hopefully – I think he’ll do everything he can to get back as quickly as he can.”

(Does having him out at least three weeks change maybe how you go about replacing him compared to maybe if it was just one week?) – “Yeah. I would say you’re looking for a long-term replacement, but we’ve got to get those conversations turned into, ‘hey, well what if so-and-so goes down?’ What are we doing then? I think we tried to work a few different combinations with that in mind this week. So we’re confident in Julién. We’re confident in Jesse Davis. We’re confident in Robert Hunt. We’re confident in (Michael) Deiter and really everyone in that o-line room. (Adam) Pankey as well. So again, we’ve worked a few, a number of different combinations this week and we’ll put out the best five or the group that we think is our best five offensive linemen.”

(Is there anyone else that you expect to be out or doubtful for Sunday?) – “Yes. Shaq Lawson, he’s going to be out. Durham Smythe is going to be out. No one else doubtful there. Jakeem (Grant) will be listed as questionable. He’s out with an illness today, not COVID-related.”

(Just if 49ers QB Jimmy Garoppolo is able to go on Sunday – I know you’ve talked about your history with him – what are some of his character traits that have led him to his success and how difficult is he to defend?) – “I expect Jimmy (Garoppolo) to play. He’s tough. He’s a competitive guy. If he’s close, I think he’s going to be out there. It sounds like he’s close. I expect him to play, but we’re preparing for all three quarterbacks. Jimmy – look, he’s tough. He’s competitive. He’s got a quick release. He’s got some mobility, athletic ability to step up, slide in the pocket, pick up yardage with his feet if he needs to. He’s accurate throwing the football and he’s got good leadership. I think those are the qualities you’re looking for in really any position, but especially the quarterback position. And it’s not just Jimmy. They’ve got a lot of talented players offensively from Deebo Samuel to obviously George Kittle to (Raheem) Mostert – he’s closing in on coming back also. The same thing defensively. They’ve got really good players over there as well, so it’ll be a tough test. We’ve got a long flight this afternoon and we’ll try to get acclimated to the time change and hopefully go out there and play a good competitive team football game and try to come out of there with a win.”

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