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Shanahan on pressure: “Jimmy’s been through a little of it, but not as much as a guy in his second contract.”

SANTA CLARA — This is the transcript of Kyle Shanahan’s Thursday press conference, courtesy of the 49ers P.R. department.

Opening comments:

“Guys not practicing today; we’ve got [DL Nick] Bosa, [DB Adrian] Colbert, [DL Dee] Ford, [CB] Tim Harris [Jr.], [TE George] Kittle, [LB Elijah] Lee, [RB Jerick] McKinnon, [DT] Jullian Taylor, [WR] Trent Taylor, [DB Jason] Verrett and [CB] K’Waun Williams.”

Earlier you discussed that Kittle would be playing if he could. Is that just you guys using a lot of caution with that?

“Yeah, definitely. He also has something.