San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan spoke with reporters after Saturday's practice as the team prepares for its Week 17 matchup against the Detroit Lions. Here's everything he said. Transcript provided by the San Francisco 49ers Communications staff.
Opening comments: "Alright, injuries for the game: [OL] Spencer Burford will be out, [LB Dre] Greenlaw will be out, [OL] Aaron Banks, out, [DL] Robert Beal [Jr.], out, [S] Ji'Ayir Brown, questionable, [OL] Colton McKivitz, questionable, [LB] Tatum Bethune, questionable, [CB] Charvarius Ward, questionable. Go ahead.
" Is Charvarius Ward personal? "Yes." Any good news? "Yeah. Stuff I can't totally share.
I haven't talked to him about it, so we'll keep it personal. But, nothing bad happened." Do you expect Banks and Greenlaw to be on IR before the game starts? "Banks will.
" What's the biggest challenge the Lions pose to your team? "Just how good they are in all phases. Their offense, everyone is well aware of how good they've been these last couple years. Anytime you have an O-Line as good as them, the running back as good as them, you can control the ball which takes a lot of pressure off the quarterback and on pass protections.
And then when you have a quarterback as good as him with how accurate he is, with that O-Line and those receivers, they're pretty lethal there. And then the defense, I know they've battled through a lot of injuries, but their secondary is as good as there is. They've been able to stay healthy there.
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