San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan spoke to the media after Saturday’s practice and provided some injury updates.
Spencer Burford has worked exclusively with the first team at right guard through today. Shanahan said that Burford suffered a fractured hand and —after prefacing that the media are sticklers with timetables—said he’ll miss around three weeks. The team must figure out whether Burford needs surgery.
His backup, Jon Feliciano, has been dealing with a knee issue. That opens the door for rookie Dominick Puni to take first-team reps in their absences.
Offensive line coach Chris Foerster all but said right guard is a wide open competition:
That right guard spot, I’m not going to say it’s like a wide open competition, but it’s going to be interesting to see because there’s three good players all, with different things that they do well, and different dynamics to the whole thing.