The 49ers misplaced each first-string operating again Christian McCaffrey and second-string operating again Jordan Mason to accidents final week in Buffalo, leaving solely rookie Isaac Guerendo out there. On Sunday Guerendo will get his first profession begin towards the Bears, and he says he’s prepared.
Guerendo wasn’t precisely completely satisfied to listen to that McCaffrey and Mason are heading to injured reserve, however he’s desperate to show he’s as much as the problem.
“You don’t like to listen to it and it’s unlucky the best way stuff occurs, however that’s the best way this sport is,” Guerendo stated, by way of 49ers.com. “Stuff occur, stuff adjustments rapidly. I give credit score to [running backs coach Bobby] Turner for getting ready everybody like they’ll begin the video games. When a second like this does come, you’re prepared for it.”
Guerendo, who wasn’t even a starter in school till the tip of his last school season, is aware of he’s missing in expertise. But he says he’s getting extra snug with extra follow time.
“That’s a type of issues that simply comes with reps. The extra reps you get, the extra you get the texture for it,” Guerendo stated. “The extra I’ve gotten, I believe I’ve caught onto that. That’s one thing that has helped me and can proceed to assist me.”
Guerendo is a superb athlete who was one of many stars of this 12 months’s NFL Combine, and now he has a giant alternative to point out what he can do on the subsequent stage.
