Raiders G Jackson Powers Johnson Post 49ers Presser Preseason Week 3

All right, is it okay if I sit? Yeah, of course. The competition at the right guard position, how do you feel where it's at right now? I think we're just having fun playing football, and those decisions are for other people. I think we're both just trying to get better. This year, a little bit different for you, getting to focus on one position. How was a training camp for you, and do you feel like you left everything out there on the field today? For sure, I'm always gonna do that, first and foremost, but I got a lot better this year, and that's all the credit to the coaches and everybody around me. I feel like I got 10 times better as a player, and I can't be happier. Competition along, in every position group, is something that Kuviak really stresses. How do you think that that's helped the entire team, but specifically the O-line, as you guys try to plug and play and see who's gonna fit where? I think competition's gonna always grow excellence, and we're chasing perfection, we'll catch excellence, and I think that's what every single person on the team is trying to do, and we're all just trying to get better. After missing Houston, how did you feel this past week, specifically tonight? Good, I had fun playing football. After Fernando's interception, they sent you in. Was there anything you told him to calm down? Fernando has no nerves. He has poise of the age of Kirk Cousins. He does an amazing job, he's happy, and he knows that he's gonna go out there, and it's a completely new drive, and he's just very, very mature. Your confidence seems so much higher this season. How much of this coaching staff contributes to that? I mean, this coaching staff has been great. I mean, the support staff's been great. My teammates have been great. I think I'm just growing up, and confidence is always up on the rise. How do you think they came out and ran right behind you in the first couple? I think we just called plays, and that's where it kinda ended up. I don't think anything is for me. I think those were great plays that all of us ran, so I don't know. I don't think they're choosing to run behind me. I think we're just playing football. Last preseason game, how are you feeling about wrapping it up today? I feel good. I mean, that was a great fight. I'm sad that some of my teammates aren't gonna be here, because everybody competed so hard, and the connection is real, and there's a little sense of sadness that we're not all gonna be here, but just so happy for everybody and what they were able to do, and how we played as a team.