Alex Smith: “The O-line played great.”

Here are the in-game quotes from Alex Smith, courtesy of the 49ers.

Did the offense have to come out and prove something tonight?

“I don’t know if we had anything to prove. It’s the fourth preseason game. We definitely wanted to get the taste out of our mouth from last week though. Get some rhythm, convert on some third downs, move some chains and hopefully points on the board and we were able to do that. We took the opening drive all the way down and stuck it in and we were able to get the ball on the turnover and put that one in as well. So, yeah, it was a good start.”

Was that what you were looking for on the first drive?

“Yeah, I think so. We’ll take a look at the film, but maybe some little things here and there, but it was pretty much like we hoped it would go.”

Evaluate the performance overall while you were out there.

“Just part of the two series, to get the opening series and take it all the way down, I think it was a 14-play drive, and put it in, that’s the way you want to start games. Knowing that you’re getting limited plays, it’s definitely the way you want your potential only drive to go. And then the defense got us a turnover and let us go back out there and we were able to stick that next one in. So, it was good. We were able to get some red zone, got some short yardage, got some third down, some situational football that we need more practice at and got some of that tonight.”

Were you proud of the way the offensive line performed?

“Oh yeah, the O-line played great and the guys on the outside made some great catches tonight. The  guys up front, I think they got challenged this week a little bit, and they stepped up to it.”

Do you feel comfortable going into the regular season after having those two solid series tonight?

“I do. We had a great camp, got a lot done. It was a great way to end the preseason, at least for the first group. Hopefully these young guys are going to finish it off and I look forward to the regular season starting.”

 

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