Brock Purdy to be limited at 49ers practice; Ricky Pearsall out with knee injury
“Rookie defensive lineman CJ West (thumb) and veteran Yetur Gross-Matos (knee) will be held out of practice on Wednesday. West underwent surgery on Tuesday on his thumb. There is still a chance he could play Sunday against the Jaguars at Levi’s Stadium.”
49ers receiver Ricky Pearsall shares how he has taken his game to the next level ““I was feeling sore, but it’s just a precaution thing,” Pearsall said. “If there was a game today,
I’d definitely play.”
Pearsall said he has no doubt he will be available for the 49ers’ Week 4 game against the Jacksonville Jaguars this Sunday at Levi’s Stadium….I’m more comfortable with the offense,” Pearsall said. “Obviously, the whole offseason, you’re physically getting ready. But I think just knowing the offense a little bit better is making me play just that much faster.
“You can be physically gifted all you want and be grinding in the offseason, but if you don’t mentally know everything about the playbook, you’re going to go out there and play slow”….
As a young receiver, Pearsall said he always tries to guard against doing too much thinking. After all, if he does not believe the pass is going to be going his way, there is always the temptation to let off the throttle just a little.
“If you know the coverage, and you know the route you’re running and it’s not good for that coverage, then you might run the route completely different, which you shouldn’t do,” he said. “You should still run the route full speed, like you’re getting the ball every single time.
“I’ll still catch myself sometimes, because I’ll figure out what the coverage is and it might not be the right route for the coverage. So I just tell myself, it’s coming my way, regardless. I always expect to get the ball, but that’s just how you’re supposed to play as a receiver.”
Are Trey Hendrickson, Bradley Chubb realistic 49ers trade targets? Mailbag (paywall)
“That said, having two operations on the same knee — what orthopedists call “revisions” — makes things more complicated, according to Bay Area surgeon Dan Solomon.
He said the first worry is the “tunnels” that are drilled through the bone as anchor points. Presumably, the optimal site for that tunnel was already used in the original surgery. If so, the challenge would be finding another area sturdy enough to handle the forces placed onto it by a 265-pound man with tree trunks for thighs.
The second concern is the graft — a surgeon can’t harvest a graft from the same site on the body that was used before. Solomon said it’s possible Bosa caught a break in that regard. Ten years ago, doctors tended to use patellar tendon grafts. These days, quadriceps tendons are becoming more common.
Obviously, the key lies with how Bosa’s 2015 injury — described in contemporary news stories as a “partial” tear that required surgery — was handled.“
Yes, 49ers will trade for a pass rusher. Question is, how big will they swing? (paywall)
“This makes no sense. Right? From the 49ers’ perspective, Thibodeaux, 24, the No. 5 pick in 2022 with 22.5 sacks in 46 games, wouldn’t come cheap. He likely would command at least a second-round pick, and then there is the matter of money: He has a $9.9 million cap charge in 2025 (it would be prorated if he’s traded) and is on the books for $14.75 million in 2026 on his fifth-year option, which he’d certainly want to rip up for a mega contract extension. (Future headline: “Thibodeaux staging hold-in at 49ers’ training camp.”)
If the 49ers don’t deem the price prohibitive, however, perhaps the Giants (0-3), losers of 17 of their past 20 games, would be willing to listen. New York also employs two other gifted edge rushers, Brian Burns and Abdul Carter, both of whom are under contract through 2028, and they could address one of their many roster needs by dealing Thibodeaux.“
Have the 49ers found their kicker? For journeyman Eddy Piñeiro, so far, so good (paywall)
“Piñeiro credits his dad, Eddy Sr, with passing on the right mindset, as well as convincing him to give football a third try. Piñeiro was a high school soccer star in Miami who wanted to be just like his dad, who played soccer professionally for the Fort Lauderdale Strikers. Both his high school and junior college football coaches at one point asked the younger Piñeiro to help fill in and kick some field goals. He did, and didn’t like it.
But his dad heard about the distance on some of the kicks and asked his son to attend a kicking camp and see if he could get a college scholarship playing football. It went well, and before he knew it, Piñeiro was attending Florida and posting videos of 81-yard field goals from practice.“
Kyle Shanahan previews 49ers-Jaguars Week 4 matchup
“San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan addressed reporters ahead of Wednesday’s practice as the team gears up for its Week 4 matchup against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Here’s everything he said.”
Frank Gore, Alex Smith among 16 ex-49ers nominated for 2026 Hall of Fame class
“Gore, quarterbacks Drew Brees and Philip Rivers, wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald, and tight ends Jason Witten and Greg Olsen are among the top first-year eligible candidates.
There are 16 former 49ers who were nominated: quarterbacks Jeff Garcia and Smith, running backs Ricky Watters and Gore, wide receivers Anquan Boldin, Brandon Lloyd, tight ends Vernon Davis and Delanie Walker, offensive lineman Joe Staley, defensive linemen Justin Smith and Ted Washington, linebackers NaVorro Bowman, Takeo Spikes and Lee Woodall, and kickers David Akers and Gary Anderson.
A screening committee will reduce the list of nominees to 50 individuals to advance in the process. The results of that reduction is scheduled to be announced in mid-October.
The full 50-person Hall of Fame Selection Committee will vote to further reduce the list to 25 semifinalists later in the fall. Then, another vote will determine the 15 modern-era finalists to be discussed during the annual selection meeting head of Super Bowl LX.“
