From the daily practice schedule to flying out two days early, the 49ers are treating Saturday’s third preseason game like it’s a regular-season contest.
“I think it’s very important that players, coaches, everyone, we are creatures of habit, and preseason we’re all over the place,” coach Kyle Shanahan said this week. “But you want them to get into that routine to where all seven days are all kind of Groundhog Day, over and over.”
The plan is to get most of the starters, including Jimmy Garoppolo, a full half of action against the Colts. It’s the final dress rehearsal before traveling to play the Vikings Sept.