“After ending his rookie season as a pregame inactive for five of the San Francisco 49ers’ final six games, defensive end Drake Jackson sat down with defensive line coach Kris Kocurek for his exit meeting.
Kocurek told Jackson where he thought he stood in the defensive line’s pecking order, asked Jackson how he viewed himself and requested Jackson provide the date of when he would be returning to work out. Kocurek’s hope was that after their chat, Jackson would get back to work sooner than later.......“I just told him, ‘I got to get to the point to where I hit that start button in my truck in the morning and I’m heading to work and [I shouldn’t have to think] ‘I hope Drake’s in there working hard,’” Kocurek said.