49ers Leave Left Guard Spot Unsettled 9 Days Before Rams Opener as Aaron Donald Looms
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 1
49ers Leave Left Guard Spot Unsettled 9 Days Before Rams Opener as Aaron Donald Looms
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 1
Summary
Kyle Shanahan said Monday he still does not know who will start at left guard for San Francisco's Sept. 10 opener against the Rams in Australia.
Three practices remain before the team departs, and Shanahan called the competition "truly fluid" after the 49ers added Jarrett Patterson in a trade and continue evaluating rookie fourth-rounder Carver Willis.
That uncertainty is sharper because Aaron Donald, 35, has come out of a two-year retirement to rejoin Los Angeles, giving the Rams a major threat opposite an unsettled interior line.
The left-guard question adds to a bruising 49ers summer that has already included injuries to Nick Bosa, George Kittle and Ricky Pearsall, plus Shanahan's own recovery from a July car crash.