Matt Eberflus explains his decision to play the starter versus the Browns
It has been well-documented that HC Matt Eberflus will play his starters for the full first half against the Cleveland Browns. I think that it will be very ecxting as a fan to watch the offense try to get in sync. This will be key. You have to keep in mind that we are approaching the regular season and that Justin Fields has only played around 20 snaps so far. Eberflus explained why he thinks it's important to give reps to the starters.
"Yeah, I think it's a lot of things," Eberflus said Tuesday. "You know, it's establishing your identity, establishing your style of play, the effort we give, the execution we give, situational football, albeit third down, if we get a two-minute drive, how we operate in the gold zone. All of those things that come into play that are good football. Again, we want to play a good operation, clean operation and we want to be aggressive in our style and aggressive in our approach. So that's what we'll be looking for."
The offense was strolling in practice on Tuesday as well. This might be a reason why Eberflus wants to see more repetition for the starters on Saturday.
QB Justin Fields was late on a few throws and had two off-target passes tipped and picked off by Jaylon Johnson and Kyler Gordon, respectively.
"I would just say I'll just reiterate, just the style, the style of what we're looking for, the way we finish plays, the way we run the ball, the way we operate just in terms of first and second down and also third down," Eberflus said of what's important for the offense Saturday. "We have to improve there from last game. And then two-minute. Hopefully, we'll be able to get a two-minute drive in there and we'll be able to operate that because we've certainly worked on it a lot. So, we want to be able to see that hopefully."
With the 49ers just two-and-a-half weeks away, Fields and the offense are running out of time to get things back on track in time for the start of the regular season.
The game versus the Browns on Saturday will be a very good evaluation for the starters!
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