49ers 17, Vikings 7
KYLE SHANAHAN: All right, guys, injuries from today. Had Austin Mack who went out with a hamstring and Sam Schlueter went out with a right knee.
Q. (Regarding Javon Kinlaw.)
KYLE SHANAHAN: Yeah, we were real happy for him. We kept most of our -- we kept I think all of our starters out. Javon we wanted to play tonight just because we know traveling on Wednesday it's going to be short, so we thought it would safer to get his playing time tonight for next week.
He did awesome job and took advantage of it.
Q. Can talk about Sam Womack, that fumble, the recovery, just kind of the takeaway?
KYLE SHANAHAN: The ball bounced right to him there on the fumble. But, no, he did a good job. We didn't keep him out there as much this week as we did last week. Seemed like he did a good job in his reps.
Q. (Regarding Drake Jackson.)
KYLE SHANAHAN: Yeah, I was glad to see Drake. He's doing some good things. I was glad to see him play out there, played a lot more than the last week, and from what I hear he's getting healthy.
Q. Back to Kinlaw, you played him pretty extensively through the first half. Where is his health? How encouraging is this?
KYLE SHANAHAN: I think it's good. I would rather him had to wait until next week like most of the other starters, but with the weird travel schedule for us, we're getting back at 3:00 in the morning tomorrow night and got to head out to Houston on Wednesday, play a game on Thursday.
So can't really count on it being the smartest thing for him to play on Thursday, so we made sure to get him in tonight.
Q. Will he play in Houston?
KYLE SHANAHAN: I doubt it. That's why he went tonight.
Q. He was pretty routinely double teamed. The sack was like his only stat on the stat sheet. Did you see his body has changed? (Indiscernible.)
KYLE SHANAHAN: He's just healthy. He hasn't been healthy since the Dallas game in 2020, so we have seen that. I mean, being healthy, he was in great shape last year but his knee bothered him.
So this year he's even better and he's feeling good, and we're trying to keep that up.
Q. (No microphone.)
KYLE SHANAHAN: He tried to go. He worked out before the game, did everything he could to go, so appreciate him for that, but wasn't able to. Hopefully be able to go against Houston.
Q. (No microphone.) What is he like? He's so quiet seems like.
KYLE SHANAHAN: He just seems more himself I think. I mean, when something is bothering you like it was, it's hard for anybody, but really hard for athletes. This is what they do, it's what they wait their whole life to do, and when you go out there and the pressure is on you and you don't feel like you can do what you're capable because of something, it's frustrating.
He had to deal with that for a long time, so I know he's not dealing with that right now, and that's why I think things are a lot easier for him.
Q. What did you see from Trey Sermon throughout the game?
KYLE SHANAHAN: We didn't want to play him long so we just got him in. I don't know how many reps he got and stuff. He had a little bit of ankle throughout the week, so it was good to see him battle through that and get in there and help us out with the rotation.
Hopefully heal up and be ready for Thursday?
Q. How do you like how Ty and Jordan ran the ball the second half? Each had a kind of big run there.
KYLE SHANAHAN: Yeah, I thought they did a good job. You know, struggled to get a lot going in the run game real consistently, but it was nice to be able to run out the clock there in the second half, and especially that fourth quarter.
Q. What was the quarterback rotation? What was your thought process there?
KYLE SHANAHAN: Just not playing Trey and not playing a ton of starters. You know, our tackles, our two starting receivers, our running back, our tight end. We wanted to make sure if those guys got in there they got a fair chance with who was in.
Once we got to the second half see more threes and stuff, and it wouldn't have been fair for one of them. We tried to give them two series each, so we stuck with it to I think the third quarter, and then we let Brock finish it out.
Q. (Regarding quarterback competition.)
KYLE SHANAHAN: No, there is nothing done yet. We haven't been giving them equal reps or anything, but Brock has done a good job every time he gets an opportunity. Nate did some real good things tonight and last week, too, but I like both those guys, and see how it finishes up.
Q. (No microphone.)
KYLE SHANAHAN: Yeah, we didn't get him in last year, so I was pumped to get that ball back, because I thought we were just going to have to kneel it when we got it back, and we were able to run a couple plays.
Alfredo went in there, we ran power to him, we ran a bounce play there where we tossed it and got outside of him and led on it and had a first down and gave him the game ball. Guys were pumped up.
Q. Gave him the game ball?
KYLE SHANAHAN: Yeah. It was his first time playing, so we wanted to give him one. It's been great having him around here. He's everyone's best friend on the team and helps us out throughout out week, too.
Q. What is his attitude throughout the last few years?
KYLE SHANAHAN: Always the same. Laid back. Comes and works his butt off in the practice squad days or when we practice, and then he takes care of us over the weekend. He's always just being a good practice player in doing that.
It's really tough when they come and got to practice every week and never get in games. He loves the opportunity and you can tell he feels very grateful for it, just being around the guys, and it was cool that he was able to get actually some playing time this week.
Q. (No microphone.)
KYLE SHANAHAN: I mean, we were high on him coming out. Kub and Griese put in a lot of time into him. They really liked him coming out. We liked his tape. But he's been really consistent in practice. You guys see him in games, it's been consistent. That's why he's got a chance to make our team.
Q. (Pre-snap penalty issues.)
KYLE SHANAHAN: Yeah, it was frustrating. I think we had four false starts. I'm not sure what the other ones were. Yeah, it was real frustrating. Stuff we obviously got to clean up and there is no excuses today, especially it wasn't too loud today or anything like that.
Q. What are your thoughts on Malik Turner?
KYLE SHANAHAN: No, I mean, that's what Malik has been for other teams in his career so far. We had Coach Schneider had some experience with him. Some guys know him from other teams and have gone against him, and we've always known he's a good football player and he's been exactly what we hoped for since he got here.
He has done a hell of a job in special teams and done a great job at wide out when he's gone in.
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