GROUND GAME: Kyle Shanahan Utilizes Two-RB System to Perfection in Week 1

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The San Francisco 49ers run game is back and Kyle Shanahan is going to be back for a long time with a new contract extension on today's Locked On 49ers.

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Welcome to Locked On 49ers. Brian Peacock with Nicholas Winkler, our weekly guest today. Eric Crocker is going to be jumping on with us shortly here, talking about a number of subjects. Turn the page. Last thoughts on the 49ers Rams game and maybe a quick look ahead and Wink's predictions on week two, who is the Miami Dolphins as the NFL rolls along in the 2026 season. And now let's properly bring on today's guest.

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Can't believe it.

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Action News 8 Sports with Nick Winkler.

Brian Peacock (2:20)

Wink, what's happened to my man? I have to imagine you had a great time watching the San Francisco 49ers play down in Australia on Thursday night.

Nick Winkler (2:28)

Yeah. I mean, when we should almost can start one and oh, it feels good, right?

Brian Peacock (2:32)

And that's the first thing I thought of one and oh, Winkster Thomas never in doubt.

Nick Winkler (2:38)

Right. A little in doubt. I was a little scared there early in the game.

You know, you're like, oh, all right, what's going on here, guys? We're a little tired. We're a little rusty. We didn't play too much together in the preseason. What's going on? Yeah, they brought it.

Brian Peacock (2:50)

The missed tackles on the the play and then it was tied at one point, right? Seven to seven is OK. Maybe the Rams woke up and it was like, no, back to sleep. They go.

Nick Winkler (3:00)

Yeah. No, it was beautiful. It was just exactly what you want, right? As a 49er fan, because not only do you pick up the win, but you do it against the division rival, you know, a team that's supposed to be a super team. So you beat them so bad that they gave up with like four minutes left to go in the game.

That felt good.

Brian Peacock (3:18)

Super team, the super team curse, man. And now Myles Garrett out at least four weeks. Like, what do you think if you're the Rams? Like bad plan coming late, flying day of, and you're star player that's supposed to help you be this super team. You're like, hey, how about two back to back 16 hour flights on your already bad knee? Oh, whoops, now it's a month that you're going to be out. Like just disasters. I don't know what the Rams are thinking. Terrible planning. You can't throw away games like that in your division. Although the 49ers beat the Seahawks and they won the Super Bowl in Week 1 last year.

Nick Winkler (3:50)

So yeah, that's a good point. But I mean, their whole plan was, their whole plan was, oh, this is to set up the rest of the season. Yeah, you just really set up the rest of the season really well for your defense. Yeah, great, great work guys.

Brian Peacock (4:02)

Being the only team in the division with a loss is exactly how you want to start.