Editor’s note: Coach Kyle Shanahan spoke to the media Saturday as the 49ers wrapped up their second day of training camp The following transcript was provided by the team’s communications department. Questions are paraphrased and in bold.

Getting DL Solomon Thomas out there, I don’t know if you were focused in on him at all, but what was your takeaway?

“It was just good to get him out there. We wanted him to go a little yesterday and he came but he missed stretch and individuals, so we weren’t going to throw him out there without going through that process. He was a part of our walk-through yesterday afternoon and we got him out there full-go today. I know he was jacked to do that finally with all the other guys. I really won’t know exactly how he did until I get in and watch the tape. If he would have done real bad I would have probably noticed out there, so or if he would have been real dominate I would have noticed. I think he did a pretty good job. I’ll probably tell you tomorrow after I watch the tape.”

I know it’s early, but do you have early impressions of LB Elvis Dumervil?

“I mean, Elvis is a guy that I’ve seen over the years. We’ve gotten two practices. We don’t have pads on. Elvis has got a lot of length. He comes off the ball hard. He’s a pro. He works hard every single play. I’ve never worked with him before. I know a lot of people who have. I’ve gone against him a number of times and he’s exactly as advertised.”

Does he kind of help run the warmup portion? It looked like he was giving some ideas or some input.

“Yeah, I think [defensive line coach Jeff] Zgonina uses him a lot. Elvis, when I say a pro, I mean he’s truly, has dedicated his life to getting the quarterback and anybody like that you want to get as much knowledge as possible and Elvis has a lot of that. Zgonina loves when he talks to the guys and helps out with some of his tricks.”

We could see you having some exchanges with some defensive players. I know you’ve been an offensive side guy obviously and you’re calling the plays. How easy is it for you to communicate? How important is it for you to kind of keep talking to those guys?

“I think it’s very important. I do it on the field some. Sometimes it’s tough when I’m calling the plays. I do it a lot in the meeting rooms. We get together and we go over a bunch of stuff together. It makes it more fun. Defense is the main thing I watch as an offensive coach, because that’s usually what you’re attacking. It’s nice to be able to get in meetings more often with them and really talk through it instead of just attacking it all the time. So, I enjoy it. You’ve also got to develop relationships with guys on the team. When you’re not always in those individual meetings one-on-one, it’s really hard to do it unless you constantly communicate with them.”

Is there a true slot receiver in this offense you’re building here? I’ve seen WR Trent Taylor bounce around a lot. A lot of guys are moving around. Where is the slot receiving role in this offense?

“Very similar to other people’s. I mean, usually when you have a slot receiver, they’re the type of guys that are extremely important on third down. They’re the guys who work everything underneath when you get those two-man coverages, you get those two safety coverages, where you can’t stretch it outside the numbers. They really attack the middle part of the field. It’s something that I think is important in every offense, but it’s definitely something that I always look for and I try to have a designated type of guy.”

You want one guy to hold that down, but–?

“It’s different. There’s only so many guys who can make the team. Sometimes slot guys are wired differently than guys that play outside. Sometimes you have slot guys who can do both. Sometimes a guy can really only make the team as a slot player with those type of routes and doesn’t have the exact skillset to go outside the numbers. It depends on what you’re looking for, how your four, or five, or six guys you group together. You’d love all six guys to be able to play all three positions, but it rarely works out that way, so you try to pair up what their skillset is and how you can use them in different plays and attack different coverages.”

WR Marquise Goodwin had some plays today, I think he broke off routes and he created separation. His speed and being a deep threat is kind of his calling card, but is that the next step in his game, is it using that speed to his advantage to stop and cornerbacks playing him?

“Yeah, speed is one of the best things in this game if you have it. Speed scares everyone. When you have that speed to scare people, which not many people in this league do because a lot of people can run, but when you have elite speed like Marquise does, people are going to back up. And, Marquise can breakdown pretty good, but when you run like he does you don’t have to breakdown as good as someone who doesn’t scare people. But, if you’re scaring people and they’re making sure they’re going to defend that go route, then it makes it a little bit easier to get some completions underneath. Now, you’ve got to have a guy who has hands still and who can breakdown. If you do that enough, now they have to back up and you know they can’t run with him. So, it kind of opens up everything for everyone else too.”

Do you see that part of his game, has that evolved since the offseason since he’s come?

“Yeah, that’s something that he believes in. We do too. That’s why we brought him here. I think it’s very tough to succeed in this league for very long when all you are is a speed guy, because people can run with you if they get a 15-yard head start. They just meet you where you’re ending up. You’ve got to be able to run the route tree or have the threat of it. Marquise, we believed he could do it and so far he’s shown us that. He’s worked at it. He’s worked at his hands, he’s breaking down and he’s doing a good job so far.”

You get a long touchdown like that today with QB Brian Hoyer to Goodwin. Does that do a lot for the offense that’s on the field during that practice, back in the film they can go see it unfold?

“I think it might for some guys. I didn’t even notice it. Once they catch it I go onto the next play, so I didn’t even notice that we had a deep one. I think he had a go route too. I did notice that one. You’re trying to attack coverages and you’re not always game planning your defense. So, guys do get, sometimes you have a bunch of plays in that you would never even run versus what you’re going against that day and the guys are not too into the play and it’s for obvious reasons. Because, it’s going against the wrong coverage and then you get into a game and you use it, and they’re like, ‘Oh, it does work.’ So, it’s nice sometimes when you do get someone open just to give them a little bit more juice and you have more fun in practice when you do well. But, that’s not really as much of a concern to definitely the coaches and I think a lot of the players.”