{"id":38131,"date":"2025-05-10T04:16:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T04:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/38131\/"},"modified":"2025-05-10T04:16:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T04:16:09","slug":"49ers-detail-ricky-pearsall-jacob-cowing-expectations-for-2025-season-nbc-sports-bay-area-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/38131\/","title":{"rendered":"49ers detail Ricky Pearsall, Jacob Cowing expectations for 2025 season \u2013 NBC Sports Bay Area & California"},"content":{"rendered":"

SANTA CLARA \u2014 49ers offensive coordinator Klay Kubiak has high expectations for both Ricky Pearsall<\/a> and Jacob Cowing<\/a> as they approach their second NFL season. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI think everybody who\u2019s coming back, all of us, all the position coaches, myself, we\u2019ve had conversations with guys, we\u2019ve set the expectations for them,\u201d Kubiak said Thursday. \u201cI don\u2019t want to single out players, but you think of the younger guys who were maybe rookies last year, guys like Ricky and Jake who did really good things. And there\u2019s always a jump in your second year.”<\/p>\n

Both Pearsall and Cowing made moderate contributions in 2024, but now without Deebo Samuel<\/a>, who was traded to the Washington Commanders<\/a> and Brandon Aiyuk\u2019s timeline to return<\/a> from an ACL injury uncertain, the 49ers will need more from the two young receivers.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re kind of talking through that expectation and what you think they need to do to be consistent and to make that jump and to be consistent NFL players. So that\u2019s ongoing with everybody.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo matter if you\u2019re [George] Kittle and you\u2019ve been around, or you\u2019re a younger guy, there\u2019s always kind of a resetting and defining what we expect going into the year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pearsall was on the field for 455 offensive plays<\/a>, or 68 percent, in his rookie campaign, while Cowing was seen for only 106 plays on offense<\/a> and 64 with the special teams unit as a returner. In order to prepare for their second year in the league, the two receivers, who both are from Arizona, already have worked out together during their time away from Santa Clara.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s so important for young players to show up to the offseason, just ready to get better,\u201d Kubiak said. \u201cThey\u2019re in great shape. They can take these limited practices that we have with them to grow and get better. And Jake is doing a great job. He\u2019s had a great offseason. He\u2019s given himself a chance to get to camp and compete and to really contribute on offense.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll get Jake as much involved as he shows his growth and development and what kind of camp he has. And Jake has done an outstanding job of showing up to our offseason in great shape and he\u2019s getting better.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Pearsall saw setbacks in his rookie campaign early in the offseason program with both hamstring and shoulder injuries. When finally healthy, the first-round draft pick was shot<\/a> during an attempted robbery on Labor Day weekend that kept him out of the first six weeks of the season.<\/p>\n

Cowing was sidelined with a hamstring injury during his rookie training camp, which also slowed his acclimation to Kyle Shanahan\u2019s complex offensive scheme.<\/p>\n

\u201cBoth those guys were similar because they kind of had setbacks in the [2023] offseason,\u201d Kubiak said. \u201cJake had an injury, Ricky had his issues in the offseason, so there was kind of a slow progression into the season for different reasons. And we expect both of those guys to keep improving the way they are, and to be big contributors for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think they trained a lot together this offseason and they look awesome. It\u2019s just physically they\u2019re out there and they\u2019re getting better every day.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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