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Run The Damn Ball Kyle!!! 2020 49ers Offseason Thread.
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Who’s on the field now, who’s poised to come back soon and who might have to wait until midseason?
The good news for the 49ers is that a heap of players who sat out the entire 2019 season — from running back Jerick McKinnon to receiver Trent Taylor — took part in Saturday’s first full-scale practice of the 2020 season and didn’t seem constrained.
Others, however, watched the session from the sideline and might have to stay there a while. The following injury update is based on information collected over the past two weeks from several sources.
As always when it comes to injuries, this is the situation at this moment and it can change at any point. After all, at one point last August the 49ers were optimistic Taylor would return from a broken foot in time for the regular-season opener. As it turned out, he missed the entire season and was still on crutches in February.
Now that all of the equivocating and expectation-management is out of the way, here’s where things stand for the injured 49ers:
Center Weston Richburg, torn patellar tendon on Dec. 8
Richburg had hoped his recovery would follow a similar pattern as last year’s from a torn quadriceps: He would miss all of training camp but would be rehabilitating furiously all the while and would be ready in time for Week 1.
This year’s recovery, however, appears to be taking longer and it looks as if he might start the season on the physically-unable-to-perform list. That means Richburg would have to sit out the first six weeks of the regular season. After that, the team would have a five-week window to have him resume practicing.
Ben Garland filled in for Richburg late last season and through the playoffs and he played well. He might have to do the same through at least Week 6. The 49ers have a few other options at center. They recently signed veteran Spencer Long while youngsters Daniel Brunskill and Ross Reynolds also can take snaps there.
Nose tackle Jullian Taylor, torn ACL on Dec. 26
Taylor is only about eight months removed from his surgery. He’s making steady progress in his recovery and there’s a chance he could be ready for Week 1. A more likely scenario, however, is that he, too, starts the season on PUP.
If there’s a silver lining in this situation it’s that the 49ers could get a solid reinforcement to their already strong defensive line at some point in the middle of the season. As it stands now, D.J. Jones is the 49ers’ only proven nose tackle. Taylor would be another big body who could spell Jones late in the year.
Defensive lineman Ronald Blair, torn ACL on Nov. 11
Blair seems to have a better chance of being ready for Week 1 than the two mentioned above. He’s always been slightly ahead of schedule as far as his recovery and there is hope he could either be available for the Sept. 13 opener against the Cardinals or soon thereafter.
Blair had the misfortune of hitting free agency while injured, and the ACL tear dimmed his prospects. He signed a one-year deal with the 49ers and will be looking to showcase his skills for another run at free agency in March.
Wide receiver Richie James, broken wrist in mid-June (date of injury unknown)
James’ wrist injury was a bit more involved than a run-of-the-mill broken arm. He had to have a procedure to repair it and appears to be one of several players whose prognosis for full recovery coincides with the start of the regular season. The good news for James is that a wrist injury means he can do all of the necessary cardiovascular training to make sure he stays in peak shape.
Wide receiver Deebo Samuel, broken foot on June 16
Asked about Samuel and his availability for Week 1, Kyle Shanahan on Saturday said, “I’m hoping for Week 1, but not sure yet. It’s a little too early.”
Samuel’s prognosis calls for him to be ready for action right around the time the Cardinals visit. That could create a conundrum for the team officials. Can they expect him to fully recover from the foot injury then get in shape for that game? Or do they play it ultra safe and have him start the season on the non-football injury list, which means he wouldn’t take up a roster spot initially but also that he’d have to miss the first six weeks?
The solution could be that Samuel remains on the 53-man roster to start the season but that he is inactive for the first week or so. Either way, one of the objectives is to keep him in the best shape possible — he has a body type that easily gains weight — which is why he was pedaling away on an exercise bike when Saturday’s practice began.
Wide receiver Jalen Hurd, stress fracture in back in August 2019
No one is exactly sure when Hurd suffered the back injury that caused him to miss the 2019 season. It’s one of those injuries that, like a crack in the windshield, grows and becomes more severe with every rattle and impact.
The injury appears to have fully healed and he was on the field for the first 45 minutes of Saturday’s practice. However, the 49ers are easing him back into full practices because he had to be off his feet so much last year. They want to make sure he’s back to football shape before he goes full bore.
Tight end Jordan Reed, concussion on Aug. 22
Reed is in the same situation as Hurd. He hasn’t played football since absorbing a helmet-to-helmet hit in last year’s preseason while with Washington and the 49ers want to ease him back into full practices. He, too, began Saturday’s session with teammates before moving to a side field for individual work.
Defensive end Dee Ford (knee), cornerback Tim Harris (groin), running back Jerick McKinnon (knee), wide receiver Shawn Poindexter (knee), defensive lineman Kentavius Street (knee), wide receiver Trent Taylor (foot), cornerback Jason Verrett (knee), tackle Trent Williams (head)
These players either missed all of the 2019 season or, in Street’s and Ford’s cases, dealt with issues from start to finish. All appear to be full-go right now. That’s always subject to change, of course. But the sense at the start of training camp, at least, is that the group has gotten past the issues that plagued them last year, and in some cases, the year before that.
Ford played only 22 percent of the 49ers’ defensive snaps last season after dealing with knee tendinitis in the summer and a hamstring strain late in the season. He had what he termed an “extensive” procedure to clean out the knee and said he plans on not only being a full participant throughout training camp but through 2020.
Asked if 49ers fans ever saw the real Ford last season, he said, “At moments, but not consistently.”
“Not to my level, not to my expectations,” he said last week on a Zoom call. “I did what I could while I could. I did not want to miss that season and leave my team hanging. But that’s a part of football. It’s a 100 percent-guaranteed-injury business.”
— Reported from Santa Clara
The good news for the 49ers is that a heap of players who sat out the entire 2019 season — from running back Jerick McKinnon to receiver Trent Taylor — took part in Saturday’s first full-scale practice of the 2020 season and didn’t seem constrained.
Others, however, watched the session from the sideline and might have to stay there a while. The following injury update is based on information collected over the past two weeks from several sources.
As always when it comes to injuries, this is the situation at this moment and it can change at any point. After all, at one point last August the 49ers were optimistic Taylor would return from a broken foot in time for the regular-season opener. As it turned out, he missed the entire season and was still on crutches in February.
Now that all of the equivocating and expectation-management is out of the way, here’s where things stand for the injured 49ers:
Center Weston Richburg, torn patellar tendon on Dec. 8
Richburg had hoped his recovery would follow a similar pattern as last year’s from a torn quadriceps: He would miss all of training camp but would be rehabilitating furiously all the while and would be ready in time for Week 1.
This year’s recovery, however, appears to be taking longer and it looks as if he might start the season on the physically-unable-to-perform list. That means Richburg would have to sit out the first six weeks of the regular season. After that, the team would have a five-week window to have him resume practicing.
Ben Garland filled in for Richburg late last season and through the playoffs and he played well. He might have to do the same through at least Week 6. The 49ers have a few other options at center. They recently signed veteran Spencer Long while youngsters Daniel Brunskill and Ross Reynolds also can take snaps there.
Nose tackle Jullian Taylor, torn ACL on Dec. 26
Taylor is only about eight months removed from his surgery. He’s making steady progress in his recovery and there’s a chance he could be ready for Week 1. A more likely scenario, however, is that he, too, starts the season on PUP.
If there’s a silver lining in this situation it’s that the 49ers could get a solid reinforcement to their already strong defensive line at some point in the middle of the season. As it stands now, D.J. Jones is the 49ers’ only proven nose tackle. Taylor would be another big body who could spell Jones late in the year.
Defensive lineman Ronald Blair, torn ACL on Nov. 11
Blair seems to have a better chance of being ready for Week 1 than the two mentioned above. He’s always been slightly ahead of schedule as far as his recovery and there is hope he could either be available for the Sept. 13 opener against the Cardinals or soon thereafter.
Blair had the misfortune of hitting free agency while injured, and the ACL tear dimmed his prospects. He signed a one-year deal with the 49ers and will be looking to showcase his skills for another run at free agency in March.
Wide receiver Richie James, broken wrist in mid-June (date of injury unknown)
James’ wrist injury was a bit more involved than a run-of-the-mill broken arm. He had to have a procedure to repair it and appears to be one of several players whose prognosis for full recovery coincides with the start of the regular season. The good news for James is that a wrist injury means he can do all of the necessary cardiovascular training to make sure he stays in peak shape.
Wide receiver Deebo Samuel, broken foot on June 16
Asked about Samuel and his availability for Week 1, Kyle Shanahan on Saturday said, “I’m hoping for Week 1, but not sure yet. It’s a little too early.”
Samuel’s prognosis calls for him to be ready for action right around the time the Cardinals visit. That could create a conundrum for the team officials. Can they expect him to fully recover from the foot injury then get in shape for that game? Or do they play it ultra safe and have him start the season on the non-football injury list, which means he wouldn’t take up a roster spot initially but also that he’d have to miss the first six weeks?
The solution could be that Samuel remains on the 53-man roster to start the season but that he is inactive for the first week or so. Either way, one of the objectives is to keep him in the best shape possible — he has a body type that easily gains weight — which is why he was pedaling away on an exercise bike when Saturday’s practice began.
Wide receiver Jalen Hurd, stress fracture in back in August 2019
No one is exactly sure when Hurd suffered the back injury that caused him to miss the 2019 season. It’s one of those injuries that, like a crack in the windshield, grows and becomes more severe with every rattle and impact.
The injury appears to have fully healed and he was on the field for the first 45 minutes of Saturday’s practice. However, the 49ers are easing him back into full practices because he had to be off his feet so much last year. They want to make sure he’s back to football shape before he goes full bore.
Tight end Jordan Reed, concussion on Aug. 22
Reed is in the same situation as Hurd. He hasn’t played football since absorbing a helmet-to-helmet hit in last year’s preseason while with Washington and the 49ers want to ease him back into full practices. He, too, began Saturday’s session with teammates before moving to a side field for individual work.
Defensive end Dee Ford (knee), cornerback Tim Harris (groin), running back Jerick McKinnon (knee), wide receiver Shawn Poindexter (knee), defensive lineman Kentavius Street (knee), wide receiver Trent Taylor (foot), cornerback Jason Verrett (knee), tackle Trent Williams (head)
These players either missed all of the 2019 season or, in Street’s and Ford’s cases, dealt with issues from start to finish. All appear to be full-go right now. That’s always subject to change, of course. But the sense at the start of training camp, at least, is that the group has gotten past the issues that plagued them last year, and in some cases, the year before that.
Ford played only 22 percent of the 49ers’ defensive snaps last season after dealing with knee tendinitis in the summer and a hamstring strain late in the season. He had what he termed an “extensive” procedure to clean out the knee and said he plans on not only being a full participant throughout training camp but through 2020.
Asked if 49ers fans ever saw the real Ford last season, he said, “At moments, but not consistently.”
“Not to my level, not to my expectations,” he said last week on a Zoom call. “I did what I could while I could. I did not want to miss that season and leave my team hanging. But that’s a part of football. It’s a 100 percent-guaranteed-injury business.”
— Reported from Santa Clara
Dat916nigga
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King Kreole
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Bryan Danielson
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1ncognegro
All Star
As long as Aiyuk keeps ballin I’m not worried. I’m looking forward to him in this offense.
Bryan Danielson
Jmare007 x Bryan Danielson x JLova = King Ghidorah
Bryan Danielson
Jmare007 x Bryan Danielson x JLova = King Ghidorah
Bryan Danielson
Jmare007 x Bryan Danielson x JLova = King Ghidorah
Mortal1
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It was just a crampHow’s he going to take a hit?
Bryan Danielson
Jmare007 x Bryan Danielson x JLova = King Ghidorah
Dat916nigga
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Breh just can’t catch a break
The test won’t reveal anything, they already know if it’s a acl or not.
How u go from cramp to acl?
