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| Starters To See More Action August 10 2002 By Bryan Hersh of 49ers Paradise THIS CONTENT IS COPYWRITED, REDISTRIBUTION OF IT (including copy/pasting it to a message board, forum or bbs) IS PROHIBITED AND COULD RESULT IN LEGAL ACTIONS - feel free to quote up to 1 paragraph providing a source link to http://www.49ersparadise.cjb.net is included As the Chiefs come to play in 49ers town this weekend, Mariucci expects to get his starting players more time on the field. In the team’s pre-season opener, the starters barely broke a sweat - playing for less than a quarter. Every time Mariucci speaks about how long his starters will play this week, his answer changes. Generally though, the answer is more than in the opening bout. Mariucci’s latest report is that the starters will for the most part see the entire first quarter. Jeff Garcia may be the lone exception, as Mariucci has also stated that Tim Ratty will get some time playing with the starting line up. Alternatively, some starters could play into the second quarter to give Ratty a chance. Personally I feel that last week’s game, in which the team’s starters saw about eight plays each, was insufficient, but I think giving them a full quarter this early in training camp may be a little too much. Mariucci has to balance the risk of injury against brushing the rust off his starting group, and that’s no easy task. But with three pre-season games after this weekend’s I would still hold off a little on the starting line up’s snaps.
Mariucci also addressed the issues of being conservative. He stated: "We might be able to play a little more wide-open (offensive) football. We're confident that our defense can hold up if we put them in a bad spot, rather than playing a little closer to the vest because we're afraid of putting the defensive guys back on the field right away. We can be a little more free-wheeling." Certainly, that is an encouraging sign for an offense that seems to have infinite weapons.
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