Rueda de prensa de Shanahan, después de la victoria en el Levi’s Stadium en la jornada 3 frente los Cardinals. Los resultados se han vuelto secundarios por la plaga de lesiones, se ha confirmado que Bosa no volverá esta temporada.
Aquí podéis leer los 10 puntos clave y la transcripción completa en español de la rueda de prensa Kyle Shanahan, el 22 de septiembre de 2025.
- ⚠️ Parte de lesiones: C.J. West (pulgar, cirugía), Mac Jones (rodilla, día a día), Mykel Williams (muñeca, día a día), Renardo Green (cuello, día a día) y la peor noticia: Nick Bosa, cruzado roto, fuera toda la temporada.
- 🖐️ C.J. West: se operará del pulgar; podría volver con escayola al final de semana o, como tarde, la próxima.
- 😔 Nick Bosa: confirmado el cruzado anterior roto; está desanimado pero lo afrontará con su habitual fortaleza. El entrenador admite que no se le puede reemplazar.
- 🔄 Opciones tras la baja de Bosa: Shanahan confía en que será “por comité”; destacó la progresión de Mykel Williams, Bryce Huff y Sam O. Okuayinonu.
- 🦶 Brock Purdy: se espera que vuelva a entrenar el miércoles; falta saber si tendrá limitaciones.
- 🛡️ Línea ofensiva joven: problemas de protección, en especial el guard Dominick Puni en el safety; Shanahan cree que pueden mejorar.
- 🌟 Upton Stout: muy valorado por su esfuerzo incansable y una jugada clave que dio otra oportunidad al ataque; su carácter ya no sorprende al cuerpo técnico.
- 💪 Connor Colby: respeto ganado al jugar como titular pese a lesionarse el jueves; no perfecto, pero sólido para contribuir a la victoria.
- 📋 Demarcus Robinson: vuelve tras suspensión; el equipo está “encantado” de recuperarlo. Jauan Jennings sigue día a día.
- ⏱️ Tiempo de posesión escaso: el ataque tuvo muy pocas jugadas en la primera parte; las terceras oportunidades fueron clave (2/10). Pese a dos pérdidas finales (intercepción y safety), el equipo resistió y ganó con un field goal en la última jugada.
Rueda de prensa del Head Coach Kyle Shanahan
Head Coach Kyle Shanahan
Rueda de prensa – 22 de septiembre de 2025
San Francisco 49ers
Comentarios iniciales:
“Lesiones del partido. [DL] C.J. West, pulgar, se operará mañana. Daremos más información a lo largo de la semana. [QB] Mac Jones, rodilla, estará día a día. [DL] Mykel Williams, muñeca, día a día. [CB] Renardo Green, cuello, día a día. Ya lo sabéis, pero [DL] Nick Bosa, cruzado anterior, fuera para el año.”
¿Qué lesión tuvo C.J. West en el pulgar? ¿Cómo se lo hizo?
“No sé exactamente cómo ocurrió, pero se lo rompió. Por eso necesita cirugía. Tendrá una oportunidad, dicen. Veremos cómo va la semana, puede que con una escayola tenga opciones al final de semana y, si no, debería estar bien la siguiente. Pero tenemos que ver cómo evoluciona.”
¿Has hablado con Nick Bosa desde que recibió la noticia? ¿Cómo está? ¿Y alguna novedad de Yetur Gross-Matos?
“Hablé con Nick anoche. No estaba confirmado hasta esta mañana. No lo he visto aún hoy, pero ya se lo olía. Evidentemente está desanimado, pero Nick puede con todo y lo afrontará como siempre, de forma ejemplar. Estaba teniendo una temporada enorme y le duele no poder acabarla. En cuanto a Yetur, ha estado en el campo estas tres semanas, y ojalá siga progresando sin retrocesos y pueda asumir más reps. Veremos cómo evoluciona.”
¿Cómo se afronta perder a un jugador como Bosa?
“No hay nada en particular. No reemplazas a un jugador así. Todos tienen que mejorar en todo, lo mismo que les diría aunque estuviera Nick. Cuando pierdes a tus mejores jugadores se complica, pero espero que a lo largo del año todos mejoren. Eso se acentúa aún más al perder a un grande como Nick. Será por comité, no por un individuo.”
¿Miraréis opciones de trade?
“Sí, como siempre. Pero tienen que ser opciones que tengan sentido para ambas partes. No se hace por hacerlo.”
¿Te explicó Nick cómo ocurrió la lesión?
“No. Estas cosas con el cruzado pasan mucho sin contacto. Fue la pierna derecha, se le quedó atrapada y se rompió al instante. Como ya lo ha pasado dos veces antes, estaba convencido. Se le veía en la cara en el campo, y anoche hablando con él, que lo sabía. Esta mañana la resonancia lo confirmó.”
¿Qué esperas de Brock Purdy esta semana?
“Espero que vuelva a entrenar. Veremos el miércoles. No sé si tendrá limitaciones, pero espero que esté en el campo y veamos cuánto puede hacer.”
¿Algo más en la rodilla de Bosa? ¿Menisco, MCL…?
“Me dijeron que, dentro de lo que cabe, es lo más limpio posible. Si tienes que tener un cruzado, este es el tipo que quieres.”
Sin Nick Bosa, ¿te da esperanza el progreso de Mykel Williams y los demás jóvenes de la DL?
“Sí. Ya necesitábamos que subieran el nivel junto a Nick, y ahora aún más. Estoy contento con ellos, mejoran cada semana. Mykel jugó muy bien ayer. Creo que Bryce Huff ha hecho cosas muy buenas, también Sam O. Okuayinonu, todos nuestros edge players han aportado. Ojalá sigan mejorando.”
¿Qué viste en los jóvenes de la OL? Los guards parecieron sufrir, especialmente Dominick Puni en el safety.
“Hubo varias jugadas en las que necesitábamos aguantar más. En la jugada respaldada fue demasiado rápido, la primera opción no estaba y eso es un problema. También protegimos bien a ratos, pero salió demasiado a menudo, en momentos complicados. Tuvieron retos por dentro, pero son cosas que podemos hacer mejor.”
El CB Upton Stout habló al vestuario tras el partido. ¿Qué impresión tienes de él en tres semanas de novato?
“Muy impresionado. Ya desde que llegó. La jugada que hizo para dar otra oportunidad a la ofensiva fue enorme. Y es muy similar a lo que le hemos visto en entrenamientos: parece vencido, el receptor le saca un par de yardas, piensas que es completion segura… y de repente el balón está en el suelo. Nunca para, siempre al máximo, sin dudar, hasta el silbato. Lo de ayer no sorprende por todo lo que ya hemos visto de él.”
¿Cómo valoras el debut como titular de Connor Colby?
“El hecho de que pudiera pelear y jugar tras lo que le pasó el jueves merece mucho respeto. No fue perfecto, se le escaparon algunas protecciones, pero jugó lo bastante bien para ganar. Se ganó el respeto de sus compañeros por poder jugar así.”
Con el regreso del WR Demarcus Robinson de la lista de suspensión, ¿qué plan tienes para él? ¿Y cómo está el WR Jauan Jennings?
“Con Demarcus estamos encantados de recuperarlo. Han sido tres semanas largas para él, y estamos emocionados de tenerlo de vuelta. El miércoles veremos cómo está físicamente en el campo. J.J., igual que la semana pasada: evaluaremos día a día.”
Rara vez habéis tenido tan poco tiempo de posesión y aun así ganado. ¿Qué problemas supone eso en el play-calling y el ritmo?
“Es duro. Parece que no corres bien, pero luego ves que solo has corrido cuatro veces. No encadenas jugadas y de repente ya es mediado el segundo cuarto y has tenido seis jugadas. Hubo una serie en que parecían tener el balón 20 minutos, pero solo avanzaron 20 yardas. Eso lo hace raro. Cuando pasa, la tercera oportunidad se vuelve clave. Ellos controlaban el balón y nosotros fuimos 2 de 10 en terceras, mala receta. Tuvimos más equilibrio en la segunda parte, pero en esos partidos casi siempre se decide al final. Por eso estoy tan orgulloso: con 13-13, cinco minutos y medio, generamos impulso, anotamos el primer touchdown del cuarto, ellos respondieron. Con 13-13, estábamos conduciendo y llegó la intercepción, luego un safety. Tener dos pérdidas así en empate y con menos de seis minutos es rarísimo ganar. Normalmente hace falta algo extraordinario, como un bloqueo devuelto. Pero no, fue fútbol normal: la defensa frenó en tercera, la ofensiva ejecutó y logramos el field goal final. Los chicos no dudaron, siguieron y encontraron la manera de ganarlo en la última jugada.”
Head Coach Kyle Shanahan Press Conference
Head Coach Kyle Shanahan
Press Conference – September 22, 2025
San Francisco 49ers
Opening comments:
“Injuries from the game. [DL] C.J. West, thumb, he’ll have surgery tomorrow. We’ll update later in the week on him. [QB] Mac Jones with his knee, he will be day-to-day. [DL] Mykel Williams with his wrist, he’ll be day-to-day. [CB] Renardo Green with his neck, day-to-day. I know you guys heard, but [DL] Nick Bosa ACL, out for the year.”
What was the injury to C.J. West and his thumb? How did he hurt that?
“I don’t know exactly how he did it, but he broke his thumb. That’s why he is needing surgery. He’ll have a chance, they say. We’ll see how it goes this week, but he’ll have a chance at the end of the week with a cast, and if not, he should be good the following week. But, we’ve got to see how this week goes with him.”
Have you talked to Nick Bosa since he got the news? How’s he doing? Also, DL Yetur Gross-Matos, any update on how soon or how long it’ll be before he returns back to the field?
“I talked to Nick last night. You know, it wasn’t confirmed until this morning. I haven’t been able to see him yet today, but talked to him last night, he had a pretty good idea of what we were going to find out today. But obviously he is bummed out and down, but Nick can handle anything and he is going to handle it like he always does, which will be great. But obviously he was bummed out from it not being able to finish out this year, and especially how good of a year he was having so far. And Yetur has been out there the last three weeks, so hopefully as he keeps going and doesn’t have any setbacks, hopefully he can continue to progress with that and handle more reps. But, we’ve got to see how that goes.”
What goes into picking up the pieces and moving on after something like this with Bosa?
“Nothing in particular. You don’t just replace a guy like Nick. It just puts, you know, everyone’s got to continue to get better at everything. It’s the same thing I’d be preaching if we did have Nick too. When you lose your better players, it gets harder, but I also expect throughout this year all of our players to get better as it goes. That’s stressed even that much more when you lose a great one like Nick. Lots of guys obviously will have to step it up as it goes, but I believe that’ll be more by committee than any individual.”
Will you be looking at trade options?
“We’ll look at trades like we always do. But, there’s got to be trade options that make sense for you and another team, but you can’t just do that stuff just to do it.”
Did Nick explain to you how the injury happened? Whether the knee actually was impacted? It looked like he was double teamed, but like the leg just swayed out wide.
“No, he didn’t explain it to me. It’s just how those things happen a lot, especially with ACLs. They happen on air the majority of the time. I know it was his right leg, and he just got it caught right there and went right away. A guy who’s done it two times before, he was pretty confident that he did it. You could tell walking on the field, seeing his face and I could tell talking to him last night just how sure he was of it and knowing his body, then an MRI confirmed it this morning.”
What are your expectations for QB Brock Purdy this week?
“Expect him to get back in practice this week. So hopefully, we’ll see how it is on Wednesday. I don’t know whether he’ll have limitations or not, but I expect him to get back out there and get some stuff in and we’ll see on Wednesday how much he’s able to do.”
Was there anything else with Bosa’s knee? Like meniscus, MCL, any other additional factors?
“I was told it’s as clean as it gets, so in terms of if you have an ACL, I was told that it’s the kind that you want.”
You can’t replace Nick Bosa, but does it give you some hope with the progress that Mykel Williams has been making and the rest of the young defensive linemen?
“Yeah, I mean I thought that was crucial with Nick. We needed guys to step it up to play along with Nick, and now that he’s out, you need them that much more. But I had definitely been happy with those guys. I think they’ve done better each week. I thought Mykel had a really good game yesterday. I think [DL Bryce] Huff’s done some real good things, [DL] Sam O [Okuayinonu], all our edge players I think have been contributing and hopefully they continue to get better throughout this year.”
What did you see from the young offensive linemen? Your guards seemed to have struggled a little bit, especially with OL Dominick Puni on the safety.
“I thought that there was definitely a number of plays in the game that we needed to hold up longer. The backed up one especially, it happened too fast and number one wasn’t open and when that happens that fast that is an issue. There were times that we did protect well in the game, but it definitely came up a few too many times, especially in some tough spots. They had some challenges there on the inside, but ones that I think we can do better with.”
I saw that CB Upton Stout was able to address the locker room after the game. How impressed have you been through just three weeks of his rookie season?
“Real impressed. I’ve been impressed with the guy since really he has gotten here. Just that play that he made to give the offense a chance to get that ball back for that final drive was just huge. And it was so similar to so many things that have happened in practice, to where he was beat a little bit on the play where the guy had a couple yards on him, but I can’t tell you how many times this happened in practice where I think we have him beat and I think we for sure have a completion and I’m kind of moving on to the next play and then at the end of the play I see the ball’s on the ground. It’s just kind of how he’s been since he’s gotten here. The guy never stops, he’s always going so hard, never hesitates, never flinches and doesn’t stop until the whistle blows. I think that was a perfect example of something that really doesn’t surprise us because of how many times we’ve seen it in practice.”
How do you feel OL Connor Colby did in his first career start?
“I thought the fact that Connor was able to battle and do some of the stuff that he did, especially with the injury that he had on Thursday just had a ton of respect for him getting through that game. It wasn’t perfect. There was definitely protection, there was a few that he missed. But overall, I thought he played good enough for us to win and just earned a lot of respect with the guys actually just being able to play with what happened to him earlier in the week.”
With WR Demarcus Robinson coming off the Suspension List, what’s your plan for him this week and also how is WR Jauan Jennings?
“Demarcus, I’m pumped to get him back. I know it was a long three weeks for him, so we’re real excited to have him back working with us. We’ll kind of see where he is at when we get out on the practice field Wednesday, physically at least. And then J.J. same boat as last week. We’ll evaluate him as this week goes. So, I guess we’d call that day-to-day with J.J.”
It’s only been a few times since you’ve been here that you’ve had the ball for that little amount of time and won a game. What are the problems that go into play- calling and rhythm when you don’t have the ball?
“That’s tough. We were struggling to run the ball what it felt like, but then you realize, man, you’ve only had four runs. You’re struggling to get plays going, but then you realize it’s halfway through the second quarter, you’ve only had six plays. So, it is tough. It was an unusual time. There was one time where I thought they held onto the ball for like 20 minutes, but they’d only gone 20 yards. So, it was just kind of unusual how it all panned out. But when you do that, when that’s the case, it becomes such a big deal on third-down. Then for them to be controlling the ball that well and then for us to go two-of-10 on third-down is not a very good recipe. You’re not going to have the ball that much. I thought we recovered in the second half and balanced it out a lot more, but usually when it’s like that it’s going to come down to the wire. That’s why I was so proud of our guys because for us to have the ball at 13-13 with five-and-a-half minutes left, I feel like we kind of just kind of created the momentum where we went down there and scored the first touchdown in the fourth and then they went in and answered with their first touchdown in the fourth. But 13-13 we’re driving five-and-a-half minutes left and we get our first turnover with that interception and then the next time we’re up we basically get a turnover because we have a safety. Anytime you have two turnovers like that and a tie game with under five-and-a-half minutes is extremely rare to find a way to win. Usually that has to do with something kind of out of the ordinary, like a blocked kick returned for a touchdown or something like that. And for nothing really unusual to happen, just normal football and executing stuff, our defense getting it back ending that play on third-down and the offense to just be able to go down there and kick it on a final play with the field goal, I just thought it just showed our guys didn’t waiver, kept going and found a way to get it on the last play of the game.”
