49ers camp takeaways: Purdy, offense struggle to find rhythm originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
SANTA CLARA — First-round draft pick Ricky Pearsall made his 49ers training camp debut in front of a packed house Monday while only participating in individual drills.
Coach Kyle Shanahan shared that the training staff wants to see how the receiver’s hamstring responds to the workload before working him into 11-on-11 work.
Several veterans had rest days including Nick Bosa, Christian McCaffrey, Kyle Juszczyk and Jake Brendel.
Brandon Aiyuk was seen watching practice while chatting with 49ers alumni Frank Gore and Donte Whitner, but there still has been no sign of Trent Williams as he waits for reworked contract.
Here are five takeaways from Day 5 of 49ers training camp:
Defense Dominates The Day
Brock Purdy and the 49ers’ offense had a productive run period early in practice, but after that, the defense won the day. Fred Warner, Deommodore Lenoir and George Odum all picked off the starting quarterback during team drills, while the offense failed to get into a rhythm through the air.
Warner snagged a Purdy pass that bounced off the hands of Logan Thomas during red zone work, kicking off a streak of five incompletions for Purdy and the offense.
Lenoir’s pick was the most athletic of the three, climbing over the top of Deebo Samuel to get a hold of the ball. Odum picked off another pass intended for Samuel while Purdy was on the run following a “sack” by Javon Hargrave.
Shanahan agreed the defense came out ahead on the day.
“I would say so, especially down there I the red zone where it’s tighter. They definitely did,” Shanahan said. “First day of pads, I thought that helped with our protections a little bit. Definitely thought the offense got the better half in the run period in the beginning, but the way the rest of practice went I’d say it was obviously the D.”
Pearsall Makes Training Camp Debut
At the beginning of warmups, the rookie receiver ran up…
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Publish date : 2024-07-29 22:14:50
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