San Francisco 49ers: Who to Watch for Against Dallas in Preseason Week 2

August 22, 2015   ·   Bryan Knowles   ·   Jump to comments

The San Francisco 49ers barely got to see their offensive starters in the first week of preseason. The only three projected starters who saw even 10 snaps were the interior linemen trio of Alex Boone, Joe Looney and Marcus Martin, per Pro Football Focus.
The defense also wasn’t precisely at full strength, as NaVorro Bowman didn’t play and Ian Williams and Ahmad Brooks had just cameo appearances.
As such, while there were positives and negatives to take away from the loss to the Houston Texans, they mostly came in the form of evaluating the depth players, rather than what the 49ers will actually look like when they take the field in a game that counts. That’s fairly normal for the first preseason game.
However, when the 49ers face the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday, we should get a longer look at the starters. Historical precedent and general trends usually have the starters sticking around for the entire first half, though veterans tend to get the hook a litt...

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