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Boone has always been a little off :lol:

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Alex Boone prepared to replace Joe Staley at left tackle
Posted on December 1, 2013
by Kevin Lynch in 49ers

The typically loquacious Joe Staley was a man of few words following the 49ers 23-13 win over the Rams and who could blame him?

The team’s Pro Bowl left tackle exited in the first half with a right knee injury, and before he even hit the locker room, Staley was declared out for the rest of the game.

“I am not going to talk about it,” Staley said upon leaving the locker room Sunday evening. “We will find out.”

It means Staley will likely have further examinations on Monday to determine the extent of the injury. The Sacramento Bee and Comcast sports Bay Area both quoted a team source saying Staley had sprained the MCL ligament in his knee.

A team is obviously weakened when they lose a top flight left tackle. But you would not have known that Sunday.

Alex Boone, the team’s starting right guard, shifted to left tackle and then proceeded to shut out Rams pass rusher Robert Quinn, who entered the game with 13 sacks.

“Just like riding a bike, it’s like going back home,” said Boone, who spent eight years at tackle, before shifting two years ago to guard.

Boone has always known he could shift back to tackle if one of the starters got hurt, but he only lightly prepares for that possibly. He’s still learning to play guard, so he devotes all his time, except for maybe four practice snaps a week, to guard.

When Boone shifted out to tackle, he had not studied Quinn on film at all. Nevertheless, Boone tired quickly of talking about his own performance and was more interested in talking about second-year player Joe Looney, who replaced him at right guard.

“He came off the bench and just kicking some ass, can’t be more proud of a guy than that,” Boone said of Looney. “I know he’s going to be ready this week.”
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Alex Boone Plays with 'Savage' Mentality
Scott Kegley 49ers.com

Alex Boone admires the way football used to be played.

"I feel like offensive lines in this league have gotten away from what they used to be," the 49ers right guard told 49ers.com. "You watch the old tape of guys like Jonathan Ogden, Tony Boselli and those guys – they were nasty guys. They would hit you in the mouth and they didn't care."

Boone is making it his mission to make the present feel like the past.

When the fourth-year lineman was "Mic'd Up" by 49ers Studios earlier this season, Boone was heard telling his teammates to "be savages out there." That saying is intended to do much more than motivate. It’s also meant to inspire an "old-school" mentality adopted by offensive lines of the 1960s and 1970s.

"Those guys were crazy," Boone said. "They didn't care if you knew it. They didn't care if you had something to say. They would hit you in the mouth. I think being a savage is just that. You're going out and you're doing whatever you have to do. You're going to hit somebody in the mouth and you don't care if they know it's coming."

Boone doesn't just talk the talk, but he backs it up with his play on the field.

When Boone was asked to replace Joe Staley at left tackle after the Pro Bowl lineman went down with a knee injury against the St. Louis Rams on Sunday, Boone made the adjustment from right guard and made it look easy.

"It's hard because you're going from an inside position on the right side to an outside position on the left side," Boone said. "You get speed rushers on the outside like (Rams defensive end) Robert Quinn. It took about 10 seconds. I was like, 'I don't really have time to think about this. I have to go.'

“What else am I going to do? Think about it or call another timeout? You have to go, you have to be able to adapt and go out there and just play football."

A left tackle at Ohio State, Boone felt comfortable with the transition and may be called upon this Sunday against the Seattle Seahawks because Staley's status remains uncertain.

"Going out there, I think I've proved that I can play left tackle in this league and play it well," Boone said. "I'm just happy to be on the football field."

With left guard Mike Iupati also a question mark for Sunday, the 49ers offensive line will be tested against Seattle's front seven. No matter what lineup he is a part of entering the game, Boone knows they'll be ready for the challenge.

"They're a very feisty team," Boone said. "You watch film on them and they're always getting to the ball, they're hitting guys. If you're around the pile, they're hitting you. If you thought last week was chippy, this week is going to be more so. This is a heated rivalry and they hold the No. 1 card right now and they're a good team. They're holding it because they deserve it.

"Sometimes you have to grab the bull by the horns."
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http://www.49ers.com/news/article-2...entality/eb0f0953-8288-4540-84f3-89c614d19d3b
 
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Alex Boone will hold out from 49ers camp

Boone is holding out from 49ers camp, as expected. The 27-year-old Boone has two years left on his contract, with base salaries of $2 million in 2014 and $1.2 million in 2015, and he believes he deserves significantly more than that.

The question is whether the 49ers are willing to give him more than that. They may think they have the leverage because Boone has two years left in his deal and they can fine him $30,000 a day for every day he misses, and they may also think that giving him a pay raise would be rewarding a holdout.

Boone has started all 16 games in each of the last two seasons, and he’s an important part of the 49ers’ offense. By holding out, he’s betting that the 49ers will decide he’s too important to be without, and will give him a raise to get him back in the fold.

Entire article: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/07/23/alex-boone-will-hold-out-from-49ers-camp/
 
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