It's still unclear how the 49ers intend to use rookie wide receiver Ricky Pearsall this year. And yet, ESPN's Mike Clay expects Pearsall will outproduce Jauan Jennings in 2024 and establish himself as the 49ers' no. 3 receiver.
Assuming they keep both Brandon Aiyuk and Deebo Samuel through the season, Pearsall won't start. And there's a good chance he won't be the slot receiver either, because the 49ers recently gave Jauan Jennings a one-year extension worth up to $15.4 million with $10.5 million guaranteed. Not exactly chump change.expects Pearsall will outproduce Jennings in 2024 and establish himself as the 49ers' no. 3 receiver behind Aiyuk and Samuel.
Clay recently projected the 2024 stats for every player in the NFL, and he predicts Pearsall will catch 29 passes, gain 385 receiving yards and score 3 touchdowns. I find this projection to be a bit ambitious, considering Clay predicts Jennings will catch just 15 passes for 196 yards and 1 touchdown.
Pearsall's role this season is to be insurance in case the 49ers trade Brandon Aiyuk, which they probably won't. He might also step in for Samuel when he misses time due to injury, which happens every season. But Jennings will have a bigger role in the offense than Pearsall this year. Jennings just had an excellent postseason. Brock Purdy's passer rating when targeting him in the three playoff games was 127.4. And he's the best blocker of all the wide receivers.
Meanwhile, Pearsall has to learn Kyle Shanahan's offensive system, which often takes wide receivers a full year to master.PublishedGrant Cohn has covered the San Francisco 49ers daily since 2011. He spent the first nine years of his career with the Santa Rosa Press Democrat where he wrote the Inside the 49ers blog and covered famous coaches and athletes such as Jim Harbaugh, Colin Kaepernick and Patrick Willis.
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