SANTA CLARA, Calif. — We’ll know more about the viability of Spencer Burford being a rookie starter at right guard for the 49ers once their preseason opener against the Green Bay Packers has concluded.
Pancake a few Packers and it’s all good. But get beat a handful of times and then the evaluation really begins for coach Kyle Shanahan and offensive line coach Chris Foerster.
“He says it all the time,” Shanahan said of Foerster. “You don’t know if an O-lineman can play until he gets his ass kicked in a game. How do you come back next week? Do you kind of hide? Or do you rise to the occasion and deal with it?
