SANTA CLARA — As I enter my 25th season covering the 49ers and the NFL, I can always rely on passionate fans for questions, even before the first win, loss, or regulation tie (like the Niners’ unspoken last game). Make sure to bookmark my social-media channels on Instagram, Twitter and YouTube to have your say going forward:
What is the doctor’s perspective on when Ricky Pearsall can play again? (@49ers_dude)
Dr. Nirav Pandya, a UCSF sports medicine specialist, cautioned that recoveries vary for gunshot victims. “In general when we see athletes who haven’t broken a bone and not any major joint injury, they’re usually landing at four to six weeks,” Dr. Pandya said Wednesday on 95.7 The Game. “It’s just like any other soft-tissue injury. You need to get that area healed.”
Pearsall is ruled out at least the first four games because the 49ers put him on the reserve/Non-Football Injury list Monday, 48 hours after he was shot in the chest by an attempted robber in San Francisco’s Union Square. Hospitalized just Saturday night, Pearsall was mingling with teammates Monday and Tuesday by the 49ers’ weight room, where he was spotted talking Tuesday to coach Kyle Shanahan before practice.
“The tough thing is: how confident are you going to be?” Pandya added. “Getting a blow to that area, even though it’s not necessarily a muscular issue, what does that raise mentally and emotionally, because I’ve seen athletes struggle with that when they get back on the field.”
Is Trent in top shape? (@c.sipiora)
Left tackle Trent Williams always looks ready to bully an opponent (see: 49ers’ front office that yielded $48 million in guarantees on his new three-year, $82.7 million deal). Williams skipped training camp and instead worked diligently in Houston. “Me and my trainer James Cooper locked in early and changed some stuff, little things in my life I’d have to weed out anyway going forward being an older guy,” said Williams, who’s expected to play Monday night (to answer what @juniorv408 asked).
Keep in mind this line from offensive line coach Chris Foerster last month: “The most tired I’ve ever seen NFL players is when they come to the sideline after the first drive of the first game. No matter how hard they’ve conditioned, no matter how hard they’ve trained, they’ve never competed full-speed competition (until then).”
How many rushes is Deebo getting a week? (@israelpedoGroup)
Deebo Samuel has averaged 3.1 carries per game since his 2021 All-Pro breakthrough. That seems a fair expectation, with the 49ers possibly leaning on him more while easing Brandon Aiyuk into action. However, rookie Jacob Cowing also could get a carry or two on those jet sweeps and end-around runs, since he figures to suit up as the punt returner.
Do the players hear all of the negative takes coming from some of the content creators who cover the team? Do you sense that they take some of it personally? (@Michael21985873)
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Source:: The Mercury News – Entertainment
