{"id":13630,"date":"2022-08-25T12:00:03","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T16:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/49erscap.com\/?p=13630"},"modified":"2022-08-25T14:36:10","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T18:36:10","slug":"what-im-looking-forward-to-in-tonights-preseason-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/49erscap.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/25\/what-im-looking-forward-to-in-tonights-preseason-finale\/","title":{"rendered":"What I&#8217;m looking forward to in tonights preseason finale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the 49ers final preseason game mere hours away, I want to go over what I\u2019m most looking forward to for tonight\u2019s game.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I want to see the following on offense.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The battle for the 4<sup>th<\/sup> running back spot, can Trey Sermon play well enough to insure he has a spot on the 49ers opening day 53-man roster, or will a JaMycal Hasty, or Jordan Mason outshine him, leading to a tough decision for the 49ers to make.<\/li>\n<li>The battle for the 3<sup>rd<\/sup> tight end spot, who will it be? Ross Dwelley, or Tyler Kroft? On one hand, Kroft has been more consistent, but on the other hand, the 49ers gave Dwelley $250,000 in guaranteed money, so this is a battle I\u2019m looking forward to seeing play out.<\/li>\n<li>The battle for the 8<sup>th<\/sup> &amp; 9<sup>th<\/sup> offensive line spots, with the likes of Jason Poe, Jaylon Moore, Colton McKivitz, &amp; Justin Skule all battling for roster spots.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I want to see the following on defense.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Will the 49ers keep 10 defensive lineman or 11? With the likes of Jordan Willis, Hassan Ridgeway, &amp; Kerry Hyder Jr. seeming to be battling for potentially just 2 spots, I need to see who seperates themselves from the others.<\/li>\n<li>At linebacker, will the 49ers keep 4 or 5? If 5, will it be Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles, or Marcelino McCrary-Ball? Maybe Segun Olubi impresses more to force his way onto the 53-man roster.<\/li>\n<li>At cornerback will we see anything surprising, could Ambry Thomas\u2019 spot be in jeopardy? If so, who takes it? Dontae Johnson? Tariq Castro-Fields? Qwuantrezz Knight? We\u2019ll have to wait and see for sure, but I think Thomas\u2019 spot, as well as Johnson\u2019s spot is safe.<\/li>\n<li>At safety, will Tarvarius Moore play better to prove that he should be the week 1 starting free safety with Jimmie Ward potentially out? Or will a Tashaun Gipson Sr. prove he\u2019s worth not just a roster spot, but maybe a week 1 start, or will it be George Odum, and could Moore lose his spot to a Gipson, or Tayler Hawkins.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are the things I\u2019ll be watching for tonight when the 49ers take on the Texans, which will be available on Prime Video at 8:15pm eastern\/5:15pm pacific time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With that said, thank you for reading, &amp; you can follow me on Twitter\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/49erscap\"><strong>@49erscap<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the 49ers final preseason game mere hours away, I want to go over what&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10070,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive","category-roster"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"views":45,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/49erscap.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/49erscap.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/49erscap.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/49erscap.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/49erscap.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/49erscap.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/49erscap.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/49erscap.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/49erscap.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/49erscap.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}