{"id":684715,"date":"2026-01-17T18:22:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T18:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/684715\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T18:22:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T18:22:19","slug":"49ers-news-will-ricky-pearsall-be-limited-vs-seahawks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/684715\/","title":{"rendered":"49ers news: Will Ricky Pearsall be limited vs. Seahawks?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The San Francisco 49ers are expected to have wide receiver Ricky Pearsall back for the first time since their Week 17 win over the Chicago Bears when they play the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC Divisional Round on Saturday.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been an up-and-down second year for Pearsall, who has dealt with knee and ankle injuries for much of the year, limiting him to nine games after playing in only 11 last year. He\u2019s caught 36 passes for 528 yards this season, which ranks 78th in the NFL, but has shown the potential of being a top receiver for the 49ers when healthy.<\/p>\n

With George Kittle out after suffering a torn Achilles last weekend, Pearsall\u2019s availability could be even more important on Saturday, especially when considering the 49ers\u2019 struggles to get separation in their Week 18 loss to the Seahawks two weeks ago.<\/p>\n

But, will Pearsall be a full go or will he be limited against the Seahawks on Saturday?<\/p>\n

Head coach Kyle Shanahan addressed the topic on Thursday, noting that Pearsall is still battling the knee injury, which is why he\u2019s officially listed as questionable for Saturday.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201dWe wouldn\u2019t put him on a snap count, but I saw improvement,\u201d Shanahan said. \u201cHe\u2019s still battling it, so that\u2019s why he\u2019s still questionable. But you know, we would never put a guy on an exact snap count, especially in a playoff game. But, we also understand where he is at and that it would probably have to be different than just his true status of when he is 100-percent healthy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pearsall himself said he\u2019s pretty confident he\u2019ll play, which is a good sign.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, I\u2019m pretty confident [I\u2019ll play],\u201d Pearsall said on Thursday as well, via NBC Sports Bay Area<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019ve been in every practice this week. You guys saw me practicing last week, but if you really saw me practicing, I couldn\u2019t really lift up my leg very well. I was trying to get back. But this week gave me a little bit more optimism that I\u2019d be playing this week. I\u2019m getting more confident.\u201d<\/p>\n

But the wideout noted that the injury is a lingering one, which likely keeps him from being 100 percent in the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was going to say the toughest part is just being in and out,\u201d Pearsall added. \u201cThat\u2019s probably the toughest part, is it just lingering around. It\u2019s one of those injuries that it\u2019s not going to heal up until I\u2019m fully rested and done, and I can\u2019t do that right now, obviously. So, just getting it back to being manageable. But yeah, just any explosive movements [are the toughest parts], honestly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pearsall\u2019s explosiveness is a big part of him getting separation, so we\u2019ll see how much he\u2019s impacted there while going up against a pretty strong group of cornerbacks with the Seahawks. Still, he was a huge difference-maker when the two sides played back in Week 1, catching four passes for 108 yards in the 49ers\u2019 17-10 win.<\/p>\n

When he\u2019s on the field, the 49ers generate more explosive plays. It\u2019s as simple as that. Without him, the offense gets bottled up more often, which can lead to weeks like Week 18. Pearsall seems to be a go for Saturday\u2019s game. We\u2019ll see what his impact ultimately can be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The San Francisco 49ers are expected to have wide receiver Ricky Pearsall back for the first time since…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":680032,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2080],"tags":[220,7,6,1161,252,52067,1137,2624,2623],"class_list":{"0":"post-684715","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco-49ers","8":"tag-49ers","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-san-francisco","12":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","13":"tag-san-francisco-49ers-roster","14":"tag-san-francisco-49ers-news","15":"tag-sanfrancisco","16":"tag-sanfrancisco49ers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115911835719104312","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684715","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=684715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/680032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=684715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=684715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=684715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}