Newberry, Johnson status; Pre-draft visits
Apr 22, 2006 at 10:50 AM
•
Dennis Georgatos, of the San Jose Mercury News, reports San Francisco 49ers vice president of player personnel Scot McCloughan put the odds at "50-50" that center Jeremy Newberry will be able to return to play this season after undergoing micro-fracture surgery to repair his degraded right knee joint. "We're getting good reports from Jeremy, but we're going to have to wait until training camp to see. It's a very serious surgery that took place."
Johnson participating in offseason workouts
Dennis Georgatos, writing for the Sporting News, reports San Francisco 49ers tight end Eric Johnson, who has missed two of the past three seasons with injuries, is an active participant in the 49ers' offseason workout program for the first time in his career. The 49ers considered cutting him after last season, but he made an impression on head coach Mike Nolan when he sought Nolan out the day after the season and told the coach of his renewed dedication to the team and determination to improve his conditioning.
Carfagno works out for team
Mike Kuhns, of the Pocono Record, reports East Stroudsburg fullback Anthony Carfagno worked out for the San Francisco 49ers April 6.
Team conducts pre-draft visits
Chrissy Mauck, of 49ers.com, reports the San Francisco 49ers conducted pre-draft visits with Stanford linebacker Kevin Schimmelmann, California punter David Lonie, California center Marvin Phillip and UCLA quarterback Drew Olson on Friday, April 21.
Team attends J. Lewis' workout
Matt Maiocco, of the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, reports the San Francisco 49ers attended George Mason tight end Jai Lewis' workout.
Information compiled from KFFL
Facebook Comments
More San Francisco 49ers News
Eagles' Lane Johnson agrees matchup vs. 49ers would have been "a different game" with healthy Brock Purdy
Lance Johnson fought through injuries to play in the Philadelphia Eagles' three playoff games, including the Super Bowl. The offensive lineman suffered a torn adductor injury late in the regular season but held off on undergoing surgery to participate in the Eagles' playoff run.
Johnson was in pain throughout the run, which included an NFC Championship Game win over the San Francisco 49ers. However, the two-time All-Pro wasn't the only one fighting through an injury. Both of the 49ers' quarterbacks suffered injuries in the game. First, Brock Purdy left after tearing the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) in his right elbow. Then, he was forced to return to the field after his backup, Josh Johnson, suffered a concussion.
Purdy couldn't throw the football, though,
Ravens signing ex-49ers QB Josh Johnson
According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, the Baltimore Ravens are signing journeyman quarterback Josh Johnson, who spent the end of last season with the San Francisco 49ers.
Free-agent QB Josh Johnson, who has played for a record 14 NFL teams, is returning to the Ravens for the third time in his NFL career, per source. Johnson was with the Ravens in 2016, 2021 and now will be back again in 2023.— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) May 22,
Podcast: 49ers OTAs Day 1 recap
By Rohan Chakravarthi
May 24
Rohan Chakravarthi and Jessie Naylor break down Day 1 of the San Francisco 49ers OTAs that was available to media.
The audio for the show is embedded above, while the video is available below.
You can listen to "The Rohan Chakravarthi Show" from our dedicated podcast page, on
Kyle Shanahan feels "really fortunate" with 49ers' QB room
Kyle Shanahan praises his quarterback room every year. Last season, the San Francisco 49ers went through three starting quarterbacks and still made it to the NFC Championship Game. Trey Lance was the Week 1 starter but suffered a season-ending ankle injury during his second game. Eleven weeks later, Jimmy Garoppolo sustained a broken foot.
That opened the door for rookie Brock Purdy to show his coaches and the NFL world that he belonged, despite being the last overall pick in the draft. Purdy guided the 49ers to eight consecutive wins before suffering a severe injury in that NFC title game matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles.
Two of the quarterbacks from last season—Lance and Purdy—remain. Both are just 23 years old. They are joined by Sam
