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Injury-riddled 49ers ready to ‘bring on the challenge' as playoff spoilers
With Trent Brown being shut down for the remainder of the season, the 49ers have now used the injured reserve list 21 times this season. Kyle Shanahan has seen how the rash of injuries has affected his team’s development. “You get better when the same guys play week-in and week-out. When a group of guys struggle together, if that same…
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‘Knowledge seeker' Garry Gilliam expected to face big test in Philadelphia
Garry Gilliam considers himself an epistemologist. It says as much on his Twitter account. “Just a knowledge seeker. I question a lot of things. It could be anything. I’ve always been that way,” Gilliam explained from in front of his locker. “I enjoy learning.” That includes going beyond the obvious during the offensive line meetings. The 49ers zone blocking...
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Shanahan showed patience with Beathard; Will now have to show more
Kyle Shanahan is, self admittedly, not a patient person. As he watched quarterback C.J. Beathard run the scout team over the last couple of weeks — how he visualized an unfamiliar play, went through his progressions and handled the defensive coverages — the head coach saw rapid improvement every day. But he suppressed any urge to play the rookie before…
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49er players shocked, surprised at release of Bowman
Before Friday’s practice, Kyle Shanahan called a team meeting to tell the players NaVorro Bowman, the four time All Pro linebacker, had been released. The news caught even the most veteran players off guard. “I’m shocked. I didn’t see the writing on the wall,” said Daniel Kilgore. The center and Bowman had been teammates for seven seasons. “It’s tough,...
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From feeding homeless to doing the splits, Stanford's Phillips a rare find
Stanford has a penchant for recruiting the overachieving student-athlete. Even among those standards, Harrison Phillips is a rare find. The senior defensive tackle helps feed the homeless every Friday morning at a local shelter. He often visits the kids in the oncology ward at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. He was named to the Pac-12 All Academic First Team and...
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Relentless older brother Eric Reid helping to mold a star for Stanford
Ten-year-old Justin Reid didn’t stand a chance. His brothers, 13-year-old Ryan and 15-year-old Eric, were bigger, stronger and merciless. “He was the baby, so my parents always treated him like a baby. Me and Ryan hated that, so we would always go that much harder on him,” the now 25-year-old Eric told NBC Sports Bay Area from the 49ers...
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Shanahan's career indicates he's ready to adjust on the fly as head coach
Change is the one constant in life and definitely, the one constant in life in the NFL. Mastering that change is why Kyle Shanahan is now the 49ers head coach. “You have to learn how to adjust. Me, going around having to work with different quarterbacks, being on different teams, I’ve been forced to do that,” Shanahan told NBC...
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Attack, attack, attack: Robert Saleh wants 49ers ‘reppin' our style' on defense
There are three main aspects to Robert Saleh’s defense: 1. All gas, no brake.2. Attack the ball.3. Extreme violence. That’s all the first-year 49ers coordinator wants his 11 players on the field to think about. “We always talk about reppin’ our style, and if we can rep our style on every play,” Saleh explained to NBC Sports Bay Area, “as…
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Lynch, Shanahan get first chance to gauge 49ers' roster: ‘It's the oldest adage…'
John Lynch’s office sits on the second floor of the 49ers headquarters. At any time of the day, every day, he walks downstairs to Kyle Shanahan’s corner office to talk about the team. “Usually after team meetings I’ve got a little bit of free time in my office, so he’ll come down and we’ll talk about whatever,” Shanahan said....
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‘Used to' yearly coaching turnover, CB Dontae Johnson ready to start
Dontae Johnson enters his fourth training camp with the 49ers under his fourth head coach and fourth defensive coordinator. He’s also adjusting to new faces and personalities in the team’s front office. But the cornerback contends the upheaval he’s experienced each of the last three seasons is why he’s more prepared than ever to lock down a starting position...