Jonathan Goodwin: “It’s going to be key for us to get the run game going.”

SANTA CLARA – Jonathan Goodwin spoke on behalf of the offensive line yesterday at his locker.

Here’s what he said.

Q: Where are the breakdowns happening on the line?

GOODWIN: Each play it’s somebody different, so we’ve just got to find a way to all get on the same page. Just everybody get their job done. Frank’s a great back, so we’ve just got to give him some space and some holes to work with so we can have success in the run game.

Any surprises from Dallas? Alex was sacked six times.

GOODWIN: No. We knew they were a multiple-front team. Hats off to them. We give them credit. We’ve just got to come back strong the next week.

Q: Is it possible to run well when the other team has eight men in the box?

GOODWIN: Yeah, I think so. If you can find a way to get four yards a carry in the run game, you’re having a successful day running. Just because eight guys are in the box doesn’t always mean you can’t get four yards. So, like I said, we’re just going to go out there, keep working and finding a way to improve and it’s going to be key for us to get the run game going.

Q: How did it go yesterday against Jay Ratliff?

GOODWIN: He got me a couple times. He got me late in the game – the play I’ve been thinking about all night, but there’s nothing I can do about it now. Just move on, learn from it, move on from the mistake I made in technique, go from there.

Q: The play in overtime?

GOODWIN: Yeah

Q: Just he just spring right past you?

GOODWIN: No, he just got me. He kind of took my shoulders and got me off balance.

Q: Alex Smith said the Dallas defense “breaks a lot of rules,” so to speak. Would you agree with that?

GOODWIN: They do a lot of things to confuse you, and it’s definitely one of the more challenging teams to identify the type of fronts they’re doing because they do so many different things. Their personnel, with guys that can play D end or linebacker as times can make it confusing. But we’re not making any excuses. We didn’t get the job done, and that’s not good.

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