Here are your top 49ers storylines for Wednesday, September 4th.
New and Notable
Aiyuk, Williams, McCaffrey: Key Figures Rejoin as Season Opener Nears
As the San Francisco 49ers gear up for their season opener against the New York Jets on “Monday Night Football,” the team returned to the SAP Performance Facility for their first practice of the week on Tuesday morning, just six days out from the highly anticipated primetime matchup.
Lynch Discusses Pearsall’s ‘Remarkable’ Progress and 2024 Outlook
San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Ricky Pearsall returned to the team’s headquarters just days after being shot in the chest during an attempted robbery on Saturday afternoon. President of football operations and general manager John Lynch, who spent time with Pearsall during his hospitalization, provided positive updates regarding the rookie wide receiver’s condition on Tuesday in the team’s first press conference of the week.
49ers Sign a Linebacker to the Practice Squad; Release WR Tay Martin
The San Francisco 49ers today announced that the team has signed LB DaShaun White to the team’s practice squad and released WR Tay Martin.
Evaluating Brandon Aiyuk’s 49ers Career By the Numbers
San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk put pen to paper on a four-year contract extension on Friday afternoon that will keep him in The Bay through the 2028 season.
“We were thrilled to draft Brandon in 2020 and are now equally excited to have him in the fold for years to come,” president of football operations and general manager John Lynch said. “Brandon is a special talent who is a warrior on the field and plays with a passion that we look for in 49ers. We look forward to Brandon continuing to be part of what we strive to accomplish as an organization.”
