49ers select Jordan Watkins-WR-Ole Miss with the 138th pick in the 2025 NFL Draft

Originally posted by genus49:
It was some good some bad game from the kid but the bad is standard rookie stuff. The good looks very encouraging.

Definitely surprised he didn't house that 50 yarder though. Not sure how Huf caught him on that.

Huff sucks.

Originally posted by Scoots:

Originally posted by titan:
Looks like Watkins gonna be in the rotation.

Who did you have beating him out? Pearsall, Jennings, Cowing, Watkins, ???, ???

Gage who hasn't played for 2 years?
Owens because of his dad?
Bergen because he might be able to return kicks?
Chosen?
Hodgins?

Realistically the WR group is INCREDIBLY thin to start the season.

We have Robinson also

they said he was running wrong routes last night, still a rookie who's developing

Originally posted by BMoore56:

Originally posted by Scoots:

Originally posted by titan:
Looks like Watkins gonna be in the rotation.

Who did you have beating him out? Pearsall, Jennings, Cowing, Watkins, ???, ???

Gage who hasn't played for 2 years?
Owens because of his dad?
Bergen because he might be able to return kicks?
Chosen?
Hodgins?

Realistically the WR group is INCREDIBLY thin to start the season.

We have Robinson also

He's still likely to be suspended for the first few games.

Originally posted by DonnieDarko:
they said he was running wrong routes last night, still a rookie who's developing

It's been pretty clear very few rookie WRs for Kyle meet his standard.

Pettis, Deebo and Aiyuk had the best rookie seasons as WRs here under Kyle.

Pettis in 2018 was 3rd in receiving yards at about 450 after Kittle and Bourne and tied with George for TDs

Deebo was 2nd in yards at about 800 and tied for 3rd in TDs(3)

Aiyuk led the team across the board as a rookie.

However we know how each of those turned out.

Pettis fell off real quick cuz he was soft and not at his spots. Deebo was the only guy who kept it going but did a lot of his damage taking short stuff(and a lot of people said Kyle took it easy on him for some reason) Aiuk made the dog house and Kyle talked about how he basically had no option but to play him cuz of covid as a rookie.

Basically Kyle won't play rookies unless they have the offense DOWN. Thats being at the right spots, blocking, etc. Not just about being fast or getting open.

I really wanted to see Cowing at camp and sucks he's been nursing the hamstring cuz he was in a similar boat to Watkins last year. He looked like he kept making plays but clearly wasn't where he needed to be for Kyle.

Originally posted by genus49:

Originally posted by DonnieDarko:
they said he was running wrong routes last night, still a rookie who's developing

It's been pretty clear very few rookie WRs for Kyle meet his standard.

Pettis, Deebo and Aiyuk had the best rookie seasons as WRs here under Kyle.

Pettis in 2018 was 3rd in receiving yards at about 450 after Kittle and Bourne and tied with George for TDs

Deebo was 2nd in yards at about 800 and tied for 3rd in TDs(3)

Aiyuk led the team across the board as a rookie.

However we know how each of those turned out.

Pettis fell off real quick cuz he was soft and not at his spots. Deebo was the only guy who kept it going but did a lot of his damage taking short stuff(and a lot of people said Kyle took it easy on him for some reason) Aiuk made the dog house and Kyle talked about how he basically had no option but to play him cuz of covid as a rookie.

Basically Kyle won't play rookies unless they have the offense DOWN. Thats being at the right spots, blocking, etc. Not just about being fast or getting open.

I really wanted to see Cowing at camp and sucks he's been nursing the hamstring cuz he was in a similar boat to Watkins last year. He looked like he kept making plays but clearly wasn't where he needed to be for Kyle.

Pearsall did pretty good, but Kyle didn't really have a choice of not giving him snaps.

Originally posted by Scoots:

Originally posted by titan:
Looks like Watkins gonna be in the rotation.

Who did you have beating him out? Pearsall, Jennings, Cowing, Watkins, ???, ???

Gage who hasn't played for 2 years?
Owens because of his dad?
Bergen because he might be able to return kicks?
Chosen?
Hodgins?

Realistically the WR group is INCREDIBLY thin to start the season.

My guess:
Pearsall
Jennings
Robinson (my feeling is they really coveted him in FA due to his physicality)
Watkins (4th rd pick, so he's safe pretty much regardless)
Bergen (pretty much drafted for his returns and showing exactly that)

My gut tells me they'll find a way to IR someone in order to keep them (Cowing perhaps?)

Gage goes, Owens goes (PS)

Originally posted by raywm3:

Originally posted by Scoots:

Originally posted by titan:
Looks like Watkins gonna be in the rotation.

Who did you have beating him out? Pearsall, Jennings, Cowing, Watkins, ???, ???

Gage who hasn't played for 2 years?
Owens because of his dad?
Bergen because he might be able to return kicks?
Chosen?
Hodgins?

Realistically the WR group is INCREDIBLY thin to start the season.

My guess:
Pearsall
Jennings
Robinson (my feeling is they really coveted him in FA due to his physicality)
Watkins (4th rd pick, so he's safe pretty much regardless)
Bergen (pretty much drafted for his returns and showing exactly that)

My gut tells me they'll find a way to IR someone in order to keep them (Cowing perhaps?)

Gage goes, Owens goes (PS)

Robinson is probably going to be suspended 3 games.

What's it going to take for Lynch to give Amari Cooper a call?

Originally posted by ninerfan4life:
What's it going to take for Lynch to give Amari Cooper a call?

No need, Jacob Cowing is supposedly coming back tomorrow.

This is crazy...we need these guys to stay healthy. Sucks for a rookie cuz it sets him back a ways.

Originally posted by 49ersRing:

Originally posted by ninerfan4life:
What's it going to take for Lynch to give Amari Cooper a call?

No need, Jacob Cowing is supposedly coming back tomorrow.

Lol

Originally posted by braap49er:

#49ers rookie WR Jordan Watkins has a high ankle sprain. He's expected to miss about a month.

— Nick Wagoner (@nwagoner) August 11, 2025

You can't make this kind of s**t up

damn that blows