It won't be too long for Talanoa Hufanga to start participating in practice with the 49ers.
Hufanga is working his way back from a torn ACL, so extreme caution is needed for him. That caution will start to ease up soon as the 49ers provided an encouraging update on Hufanga on Friday. He recently had a visit with his doctor for a routine checkup on his knee.
It was good. I think he got back late last night," said Kyle Shanahan on Hufanga's checkup. "He cleared him for the next steps, which is that we can push him a little bit harder. Not against players, but more football stuff and those type of dynamic cuts and everything. Hopefully he has a real good week of it and we can talk about easing him into practice.”
This is excellent news for Hufanga. He takes another step towards getting closer to being a full participant. It's all about taking forward steps for him and not backwards. The last thing he needs is a setback, which so far hasn't occurred. He's bouncing back well from the looks of things. As encouraging as this update is, I think it essentially solidifies that he will not be ready for Week 1 against the New York Jets. In fact, I wouldn't anticipate him returning until Oct. just because it gives him well over a month to get used to athletic movement on the field.alongside Ji'Ayir Brown. The 49ers usually don't start rookies.
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