The 49ers are one of four teams who are catching strays from Titans wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins.
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00:00 Right now, the 49ers are practicing behind me,
00:02 and everyone's focused on who's there, Nick Bosa.
00:05 Who isn't technically practicing?
00:06 They say he's resting, because he's had so much to do
00:09 all offseason, he's resting 'cause he's tired.
00:12 But let's talk about who's not out there.
00:13 Tavares Ward has a heel injury,
00:17 not participating in today's practice.
00:20 This is a big deal, considering he didn't have
00:23 a heel injury yesterday, and he was a full participant
00:25 in practice yesterday.
00:27 Now, no participation, heel injury, doesn't sound good.
00:31 We're not gonna get any clarification on it today,
00:33 because the only person who clarifies injuries
00:35 is the head coach, who's not talking today.
00:37 It's Steve Will today.
00:38 But if Tavares Ward injured himself in practice yesterday,
00:45 and it's a heel, heels are sort of connected
00:49 to the Achilles, a little scary.
00:51 I'm not certain he's gonna play in this game,
00:53 but if he doesn't, the Niners will be at a disadvantage,
00:57 because their corners will be Diamandou Lenor,
00:59 who's good, and Ambrey Thomas, who is not good, per se.
01:04 I mean, according to the traditional definition
01:07 of the word good, it's not what you would use
01:09 to describe Ambrey Thomas.
01:10 The Niners are better than the Steelers,
01:13 but there's so many reasons to pick the Steelers
01:15 to win this game, especially if Tavares Ward doesn't play.
01:17 One of them is the fact that the Niners always start slow.
01:20 Like, always, always.
01:23 Let's look at every season opener they've had
01:25 under Kyle Stradahan.
01:26 Week one, 2017, they score three points
01:29 and lose to Carolina.
01:31 Who's this guy following me?
01:32 I'm gonna walk this way, I don't trust him.
01:33 Week one, 2018, they lose to Minnesota.
01:36 Week one, 2019, they play like crap against Tampa Bay,
01:41 but win because Jameis Winston throws
01:43 like two, three interceptions.
01:46 Week one, 2020, Arizona, they lose.
01:50 Week one, 2021, go to Detroit, win a nail biter,
01:54 basically almost give the game away, didn't play great.
01:57 Week one, 2022,
01:59 lost to Chicago.
02:02 So yeah, they really haven't played well
02:04 in week one yet under Kyle Stradahan,
02:06 and now they're gonna go face a team
02:07 that's just as physical as them, if not more physical,
02:10 a team that's taken the offseason extremely seriously.
02:13 They've been tackling to the ground all offseason.
02:15 Good luck.
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