The 49ers wasted training camp for a second straight summer and enter the season opener not ready. The team struggled to execute simple tasks on both sides of the ball during camp. Injuries have forced constant rotation of defensive linemen, offensive linemen, running backs, wide receivers and quarterbacks, including brief signings and cuts of Nate Sudfeld and Tanner Mordecai. Every team faces injuries, but the roster construction — heavily weighted toward veterans and rookies — increases injury risk. The front office doubled down on problematic roster building by avoiding a clear stars-and-scrubs model to save cap space, leaving the team vulnerable and unsettled.
For a second-straight summer, the 49ers wasted their training camp. Because with two-and-a-half weeks to go before their season opener against the Seahawks, there's only one viable verdict one could reach on the state of this team: They're not ready. Can they find a way to change that between now and Sept. 7? Perhaps. But that's what the Niners said they would do this time last season, and while, yes, they did win their season-opening game against the Jets,
Injuries? Yeah, the line for the trainer's room is longer than the latest TikTok-famous pop-up restaurant's. The Niners have shuttled in defense linemen, offensive linemen, running backs, wide receivers, and now quarterbacks to get through practices. (The latest: the Niners signed quarterback Nate Sudfeld on Tuesday, he practiced Wednesday, and was so bad they cut him and brought in another quarterback, Tanner Mordecai, for Thursday's practice.)
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