Your daily San Francisco 49ers news for Wednesday, May 29th, 2024
“12:30 p.m. – Practice. Approximately 2:00 p.m. – Chris Foerster press conference. Following Foerster – Brian Schneider press conference. Following Schneider – Select player availability
After next week’s minicamp, the team will break until training camp in July.
49ers rookie RB Guerendo turning heads early with intangible traits
This season will be Turner’s 52nd year as a coach and while several things have changed since he began his coaching journey, some elements remain the same. One of those is his requirement that all of his backs know the specific role of all 11 players on the field on every play.
“I also want a player to know what the person next to him is doing,” Turner said. “In other words, ‘What are the offensive line assignments? Who are the pullers? What’s their most important block on that play?’
“[Also] to be able to run with their eyes, have great vision. And then when there’s daylight there, to be able to hit the hole and make the big play. That whole ordeal, I was impressed with.”
Turner was excited to see how the 49ers used their 2024 fourth-round pick (No. 129), so much so that he called Guerendo during his first interview with the local media to tell him how happy he was for the member of the team.
The rookie will have a lot to prove in a very talented room that includes the reigning Offensive Player of the Year — Christian McCaffrey, Elijah Mitchell and Jordan Mason. Turner believes that speed and being coachable make Guerendo a valuable addition to the squad.
“He’s going to have to be able to do it all,” Turner said. “But when you’re coachable, and I feel and know that I can coach him to get him to do the extra things even better, then he can be a better runner because we are looking for certain things.
“You just can’t throw anyone into the backfield in that system that we run. I’ve never believed that. We’ve but a lot of time and work in to get that system to work. With all that time and effort, if you have the right running back in there, then it does make it look easy.”
49ers’ Josh Dobbs, the QB with a beautiful mind, is acing his initial tests (paywall)
“I’ve seen both sides of the coin,” said Dobbs whose eight-team career has also included stops with the Jaguars, Browns, Lions and Titans. “I’ve been in places where there was no structure and it was on you as a quarterback to figure out your footwork and your reads. And this is the opposite of that. It’s very quarterback-friendly. It’s, ‘This is why we’re calling these plays. We have these routes and we want you to hit this (receiver) because of this. If we don’t get what we’re trying to attack, then we have this over here as an answer.’
“And you love that as a quarterback because you’re never stuck. … You have options, you have answers and you have reasons.”
Despite his recent arrival, Dobbs has already seen most of the Bay Area — from the clouds. He’s putting his college aviation courses to use and is training to earn his pilot’s license, flying a single-engine plane, a Cirrus SR20, out of Palo Alto Airport.
Not surprisingly, as with his 9-to-5 job, his mind is a key to his success in the sky.
“There’s a lot going on in the cockpit,” Dobbs said. “So I really like it because that forces you to stay present in the moment. You have to focus on the task you need to get done to accomplish your goal.”
Bottom of the depth chart? 49ers’ Cody Schrader has been here before (paywall)
“Schrader also flourished at Missouri because he was well-suited for its zone-running attack. He didn’t have the speed of some of the school’s other runners, but he had a knack for getting the defense moving in one direction, making a quick decision and cutting through the right openings.
It made him an easy evaluation for the 49ers, who employ a similar rushing attack.
“I already saw what we do on the tape,” running backs coach Bobby Turner said of evaluating Schrader. “And then when I was interviewing him, he knew what we were doing. He could detail the footwork. He knew not only his assignment but what the person next to (the running back) was doing.”
“If you’re off a little bit in the NFL, you’re not going to win … It’s a battle of small details that I think early in the season should pay off with the amount of work he’s going to be able to put into it.”
Under normal circumstances, Bosa doesn’t wait long before getting into his offseason training. The Niners’ trip to Super Bowl LVIII was a bit more taxing, though, so Bosa eased back into things more than usual before returning to the Bay Area.
But Bosa said he’s feeling as good as he has in a long time and appreciating the opportunity to work on football things rather than worrying about contracts or recovery.
“I’m taking it a little a little slower, but everything’s great,” Bosa said. “I’m feeling as good as I’ve felt. I’m excited to actually get some practice in. Last year was kind of tough getting thrown in week one after a walkthrough, so that was another reason I’m excited to be here is just to get practicing a little bit.”
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