Nick Sorensen Previews The 49ers Defense Before Raiders Game

from 90 to 53 can you sense a difference in the players and the in you know I don't anxiousness and whatever goes into that yeah I think guys are excited you can feel that and they see that's you know everything kind of been installed for a while now so we're just tightening up the details of those things and everyone knows we're getting closer and it's just the excitement starting to build as we grow closer together did you see enough of yadam and the and early training camp that you you feel good about him being the the third guy or is that still in in flux as we going to this last I mean we feel great about Ike he came in doing exactly what he did last year on tape and was he competes at a high level um we love everything we've seen just like with anybody once you have them come back there's always going to be some type of ramp up period to show that they're ready to play and then we just make the decision there's no two that are exactly the same but the stuff that he did we know he's got experience and he showed it when he got here so yeah just excited to have him get back and get him rolling again how's Renardo green been playing on the outside he started out on the inside looking pretty good yeah both spots you know that was kind of the plan I I wanted to give him the harder stuff early because he hadn't played in there it's always easier to I think move back out to what you're used to than to try something really new then if we did it later it would have been like oh my gosh like blow your mind where we gave him the hard stuff early and he handled it while also playing play corner so now it was all right let's get you focused on playing outside and see if it clears your mind and lets you just play and now we just kind of got to know both just like demo does and we like to challenge our guys and see what they can handle and when you see that they can handle it it's it's awesome it gives you that flexibility and he's just a competitive kid that's smart that wants to do it right do you see that it's cleared his mind and allowed him to play a little bit faster on the outside yeah anytime you can we we told him in that block it was like we just want you to focus on Corner this block so yeah that's going to anybody it's just like when you're learn you have a linebacker who's just playing one spot it doesn't seem like a lot but it's like moving an old linan to a different position anytime you do any of that it's just harder than you think it may sound not that hard on paper when you just talk about it but it is it's a big difference so yeah definitely cleared them out to play fast for it was good to see talked about the ramp up how much time do got C me after missing you know excuse meun how much time a ramp up he gets back they we've got guys that they've got all that they've been doing this for a long time they're really good at it so they have all the metrics and the measurements and all the checkpoints which he's been going through that process there's so much years and years of data and they've been with them they'll let us know so I think it's but in terms of the football play is there amount of time I need just to be back comfortable in the I think it just depends on the player he's got a lot of experience so with someone like Huff you would trust him you know as long as you know once he comes back and he's communicating like he did he's moving like he did and you can trust you know what you're seeing but also what they're telling you in their comfort level it be different than someone who's new or someone who's played eight years you know so I think with him it's once he feels good and ready to go you know we we'll we'll go with that when you guys start having the conversations to cut down to 53 and say you're deciding between a guy who's been been around a veteran a little while and a younger guy who maybe you have some upside there what kind of goes into that and how much does now that you can keep veterans in the practice squad maybe change the equation of what what it used to be oh it makes a huge difference I mean it wasn't too long ago you only had five practice squad players and there were so many limitations on that the standard elevations now that you can do with players and how many times you can do it I think it's I think it's smart because back in the day and or even in those days not too long ago you you would play through injuries you know you would you wouldn't report them or you would just play through them where now it's you can be smarter because you can standard elevate and you've got guys that are in your program that you're developing you know the 16 six of them are veterans which I think also extends the careers of these guys that all feel like you could play longer if you just had a chance that you could hang around so it also makes the whole onboarding of players a lot better too where they're not just showing up on a Monday workout and then you're you sign them in meeting with them on Tuesday and shoot they could play that week that still happens but you usually want to keep guys that are in your program and I think that permeates throughout the league and not only is it good for injuries it's good for the product of football in the NFL you see guys that already know what they're doing because they've been on your team on practice squad being that your side of the ball has been pretty clean in terms of uh injuries knock on wood but um are you do you feel good about where you're at and you said before you're never going to be totally satisfied but is this about where you hope you'd be at this point it is because of the mindset of the guys I think everyone likes who they're playing with and likes how they like how everything is progressing um like I said we try to make stuff harder for guys and the communication's good the energy is good and in that respect I'm I am pleased you're never totally happy but as far as our progress how our guys are you know our coaches are coaching how the players are getting coached and how they're working together and getting closer together they work hard every single day and that's really to me it's a day by day I know I've said it before work hard get better it's just and and being short excited like that's a good thing I think as a play caller how much flexibility does Fred give you and what he can do and as a what what you say as a play caller how much flexibility does Fred Warner give you in terms of you can kind of put him in any position and maybe experiment how much flexibility that give you and what makes him so unique what makes Fred unique he's just he's a machine he's I think he's the best linebacker in the NFL and he does it every single day he's a he's so consistent he's a leader he plays fast he plays physical he plays he attacks the ball he's a good tackler he's good in coverage I mean he's just to me he's complete but what he does is he plays he practices like that every single day that's why you know referenced that he's kind of like a machine it's just an every single day thing with him and he's trained and it's very serious I don't think any player I ever played with or have coached it's never an accident it's never a coincidence they a lot of times they are extremely dedicated they have a clear plan and they probably work the hardest you've had a month now to look at your new front war with Bosa hard R and Collins and Floyd what are you seeing out of those guys and I know you like to rotate a lot on the front but it seems like with those four they might be able to handle a bigger workflow than normal um yeah they're fun because they do have such good movement and power I think they really work well together I think they enjoy you know working together on the stunts but also you know taking pride in the Run game that you got to earn your pass rushes by being good in the Run game and um just excited excited to see those guys play together Nick Graham looks pretty special and what does he what does he need to do as far as development to to get to that next level so he's running with the ones you talking yeah yeah it's the linebacker room is really a competitive group right now as you've seen those like D Dean jayen from last year to this year progressed a lot after that rookie season but it's just all of them together have kind of made it competitive and progress together it's really going to be a tough decision for us last BR mik obviously plays like 100 miles hour and it's great I'm sure um but it seemed like on Sunday there were maybe some Miss tackles overrunning guys does he need to I don't know dial obviously you don't want to take away his aggression or what he does it's so excellent but is he some no I think there were two of them you probably think of one was like both of them were kind of on the sideline one of he kind of got tripped a little bit if you watch it and then another one he just he just got to trust it and keep going I don't think he overran it I think he just needs to trust and that's our tackling style of understanding that he can just keep triggering and go he's already shown that he can do that so now it's when someone shows that they can do something all right we're more concerned with what you can do let's try and do that as much as possible all right thank thanks guys