Live updates from Kyle Shanahan Week 3 Friday press conference The San Francisco 49ers head off to Kansas City this
weekend
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and preparations are going to be just slightly critical against the hottest team
in the league.The team will get practice going at 11:45 a.m. PT, after which
head coach Kyle Shanahan will meet with the media — at approximately 1 p.m. PT.
He will have final details on the injury report, which will be big this week
particularly given the questions in the secondary. After Shanahan’s session, the
locker room will be open to the media.The 49ers will stream the press
conferences Twitter, Facebook, and the team’s app. The 49ers beat writers will
also have updates from the media sessions. I’ve embedded our beat writer Twitter
list so you can follow along. We’ll have a transcript later today, along with
the final injury report.A Twitter List by NinersNation Sharif Finch has lived
through a roller-coaster of emotions over the past few weeks with the lowest of
lows in the death of his father early in training camp, and now the linebacker
is enjoying the highest of highs.The undrafted free agent rookie from Temple has
earned a spot on the Tennessee Titans' roster ."It's something I still have to
deal with every day," Finch said Monday as he sat at a locker with his name
taped overhead until a permanent nameplate can be added."I just lost my mom a
couple years ago and losing my dad ... God gives us
Steve Young Jersey , what's the saying? ... God gives his toughest battles to the strongest, so I'm just feeling blessed."Finch had been in training camp less
than a week when his father, Gregory "Sharif" Finch, died at the age of 61. The
funeral was Aug. 6, just before the Titans' preseason opener in Green Bay. Finch
attended the funeral with a family that includes his 20 brothers and sisters,
and then he made his NFL debut with a sack in the third quarter.Titans outside
linebackers coach Shane Bowen said they had known about Finch's toughness and
the type of young man he is since they signed him. That performance in an
emotional week made everyone in the organization happy for Finch."It's not easy
to do that," Bowen said.Finch is one of four undrafted rookie free agents to
make the Titans' 53-man roster in the final cut-down: offensive lineman Aaron
Stinnie, defensive end Matt Dickerson and wide receiver Cameron Batson. The
Titans open the season Sunday at Miami.What the Titans liked when they signed
the 6-foot-4, 250-pound Finch in May was his length, power, work ethic and
ability to rush the quarterback. A bit raw after starting 25 of 53 games at
Temple
Arik Armstead Jersey , but Finch finished his career with 14? sacks, 32 tackles for loss, five forced fumbles and the NCAA career leader with five blocked
punts.The Titans also got to see how Finch handled personal adversity up close.
Finch's mother, Wendy, died of breast cancer in 2015, and that made losing his
father to a heart attack even tougher. Titans general manager Jon Robinson said
he's talked with Finch several times and has a good relationship with the
22-year-old linebacker."He's a good young man," Robinson said. "To be able to
overcome some of those things, I think, speaks to his mental toughness and his
ability to push through and chase this dream that he has to play professional
football."Once Finch learned he had made the Titans' roster, spreading the news
to his family was easy with a group text before the phone calls poured in."They
were happy I got this opportunity despite all the things and all the trials and
tribulations I had to go through," Finch said.Finch
Y.A. Tittle Jersey , who's staying in a hotel, still has to find a place to live. He's also working through an undisclosed injury that kept him out of the
preseason finale and practice Monday. He can lean on teammates such as
linebacker Jayon Brown as he gets used to being in the NFL. There's also
prayer."I pray all the time talking to God and just asking him to help me and
guide me through this stressful and long situation ...," Finch said. "But I'm
here now, and I'm just ready to get to work."Notes: The Titans voted Marcus
Mariota and tight end Delanie Walker as offensive captains, defensive lineman
Jurrell Casey and linebacker Wesley Woodyard as defensive captains and Daren
Bates as special teams captain. ... The Titans filled out their practice squad
Monday, adding WR Austin Proehl, OL Coleman Shelton, DL Deon Simon and QB Logan
Woodside.Follow Teresa M. Walker at teresamwalker
