{"id":335318,"date":"2025-09-02T09:32:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T09:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/335318\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T09:32:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T09:32:13","slug":"49ers-news-officially-seattle-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/335318\/","title":{"rendered":"49ers News: Officially Seattle Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ricky Pearsall is the most interesting 49er in 2025. We spent a practice trailing him (paywall)<\/a>
\u201cHe goes through a ground-up warmup, beginning by rubbing a small massage ball on the bottom of his feet.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything starts with your feet, right?\u201d Pearsall said. \u201cAnd Elliott\u2019s (director of functional performance Elliott Williams) doing some toe stuff. I know it sounds weird, but we\u2019re doing a lot of toe stuff. We\u2019ve got a foot fetish on this team or something.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pearsall works his way up his body, stretching and warming his calves, hamstrings, quadriceps, glutes and hips. He pays special attention to his ankles with controlled articular rotations (CARs) and other exercises. For Pearsall, ankle flexibility is paramount.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I come out (of breaks), I feel like that foot angle I\u2019m at, it allows me to open up my hips better because I can get in that real deep position,\u201d he says. \u201cI think that\u2019s helped me a lot. I remember in high school, I had terrible, terrible mobility. After getting on top of that, I felt like I was a totally different player as far as cutting and speed.\u201d<\/p>\n

With Jauan Jennings back at practice, 49ers\u2019 WR prospects don\u2019t seem so bleak (paywall)<\/a>
\u201cOthers who returned to practice for Monday\u2019s so-called \u201cbonus\u201d practice included defensive tackle Kalia Davis, defensive end Yetur Gross-Matos and Gage. Puni, at right guard, and Davis, at defensive tackle, likely will start Sunday if they don\u2019t have any setbacks.<\/p>\n

The only member of the 53-man roster who didn\u2019t practice Monday was rookie wideout Jordan Watkins, who is coming back from a high-ankle sprain. Watkins has been running on a side field in recent weeks. He\u2019s unlikely to be ready for Week 1 but could be back soon thereafter.\u201c<\/p>\n

Kawakami: How the 49ers won their staredown with Jauan Jennings (paywall)<\/a>
\u201cI suspect his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, knew most of this was inevitable long ago, but had to play it out. Easy clues: After the initial July ESPN report of Jennings wanting a new deal or he\u2019d seek to be traded, there was zero national coverage of this tense situation. None. Which is a sure sign of a player-driven situation, with the agent kind of riding along and waiting for the losing resolution.\u201d<\/p>\n

The punter called his own number: 49ers\u2019 Morstead thrives as his own agent (paywall)<\/a>
\u201cA mechanical engineering major at SMU, Morstead, 39, first represented himself in 2018. And he did OK for himself. He negotiated a four-year, $15.85 million contract with the Saints that made him the NFL\u2019s highest-paid punter.<\/p>\n

He became his own agent partly because he didn\u2019t like receiving secondhand information during contract talks. Did the front office really say that about him? What was the tone? He wanted direct communication. And it helped that it was easier to assess his performance, which includes quantifiable numbers such as hang time, than it is for players at other positions.\u201c<\/p>\n

Dominick Puni reveals recovery status after returning to 49ers practice<\/a>
\u201c\u201cGetting to full strength,\u201d Puni said. \u201cThe PCL heels pretty fast, so it\u2019s feeling a lot better.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for being back on the field, the 25-year-old admitted there was some adjustment.<\/p>\n

\u201cDefinitely a little rusty, but it just takes a day,\u201d he noted. \u201cSo, I\u2019m excited for Wednesday and Thursday.\u201d<\/p>\n

The lineman recalled feeling relieved when he learned the injury affected his PCL and not his ACL. Puni went down while blocking during a field goal attempt following the starters\u2019 only offensive drive against the Las Vegas Raiders.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was the good news,\u201d Puni said of learning his ACL was fine. \u201cThat\u2019s when I smiled in there (in the medical tent). I was like, \u2018All right, let\u2019s go.\u2019 But they said PCL could be anywhere from three to eight weeks, depending on how you recover. I\u2019m on the better side right now, so it\u2019s good.\u201d<\/p>\n

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