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If Juszczyk was playing, I would have been like, man, this is the game to run counter power, all that stuff like 12 times. But without him, I do think that that's probably going to be a little bit trickier.
Mentioned at 5:27 – 5:45

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Juszczyk's absence forces Kittle into expanded fullback-like blocking role.

Juszczyk is unavailable (implied injury/absence); the source notes that without him, the 49ers will be trickier in executing counter power and gap-based run concepts, and George Kittle will likely assume more of Juszczyk's inline blocking role and movement responsibilities, particularly in 21 personnel situations.

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