{"id":286061,"date":"2025-08-14T00:01:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T00:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/286061\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T00:01:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T00:01:14","slug":"49ers-news-malik-turner-is-signing-with-the-niners-amid-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/286061\/","title":{"rendered":"49ers news: Malik Turner is signing with the Niners amid injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The San Francisco 49ers are on the prowl for another wide receiver after Jordan Watkins will miss about a month with a high-ankle sprain. The team worked out four receivers on Tuesday and decided on Watkins\u2019 temporary replacement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/UFLNewsroom\/status\/1955668172847091945\" rel=\"nofollow\">Per James Larsen<\/a>, who covers the offseason leagues like the UFL, the Niners are signing Michigan Panthers wideout Malik Turner, who is familiar with the 49ers and Kyle Shanahan\u2019s offense. Turner was productive in the UFL last season:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Turner impressed during Michigan\u2019s two playoff games, where he had 269 receiving yards and four touchdowns. He finished in the top 10 in receiving yards last season in the UFL.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The 49ers haven\u2019t been shy about giving players from the UFL a shot. They have a pair of edge rushers, Bradlee Anae and Jaylon Allen, on the roster. This will be Turner\u2019s third stint with the 49ers, as he was on the roster in 2022 and again on the practice squad in 2024. Hopefully, for his sake, the third time is a charm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">So, Watkins out, and Jacob Cowing in. As the 49ers deal with Jauan Jennings wanting a contract extension, there\u2019s no telling when he\u2019ll return. It\u2019s imperative that the Niners find a reliable target not named Ricky Pearsall for Brock Purdy. That player is Brandon Aiyuk and Demarcus Robinson, but it\u2019s unlikely we\u2019ll see those players in September. And with Watkins slated to be out until September, the door is open for somebody, anybody, to take full advantage. Maybe that\u2019s Cowing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The San Francisco 49ers are on the prowl for another wide receiver after Jordan Watkins will miss about&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":286062,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,6,52067,2630,3148,1137],"class_list":{"0":"post-286061","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-nfl","10":"tag-san-francisco-49ers-roster","11":"tag-san-francisco-49ers-depth-chart","12":"tag-san-francisco-49ers-injuries","13":"tag-san-francisco-49ers-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115024185501864640","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}