Ray McDonald expected to start vs. Cowboys, Alex Boone coming off bench [Update]

Fooch's Update: Jonathan Martin will start at right tackle, and Joe Looney will start at right guard. However, Alex Boone is active, so we could see him at some point.

49ers announce RT Jonathan Martin is starting for Anthony Davis and RG Joe Looney will start. (But I expect to see Alex Boone.)

— Matt Maiocco (@MaioccoCSN) September 7, 2014

ESPN's Ed Werder is slowly confirming what we all kind of assumed at this point. Werder tweeted that indications are that the 49ers will start Ray McDonald and Alex Boone in Sunday's opener against the Dallas Cowboys. This has been the general belief, and naturally we start to hear these things as game day gets going. It will be interesting to see how

Ed Werder has frequently covered the Cowboys for ESPN, and it sounds like he is down there for today's game. This resulted in several tweets with 49ers comments.

#Niners OT Joe Staley when I asked him about no TDS in preseason. "We don't give a (bleep) about preseason, to put it bluntly."

— Ed Werder (@Edwerderespn) September 7, 2014

Patrick Willis on Tony Romo changing play style post back surgery. "I expect him to be Tony Romo. They didn't pay him $100M for nothing."

— Ed Werder (@Edwerderespn) September 7, 2014