Why Jason Verrett is a difference-maker when healthy

The foot injury to second-year wide receiver Deebo Samuel could add pressure to other San Francisco 49ers wideouts, like rookie Brandon Aiyuk. That will especially be true if Samuel's recovery creeps into the regular season. The 49ers might be receiving some reinforcements, though. Jalen Hurd missed his rookie campaign and is an unknown commodity heading into the 2020 season. Then you have Trent Taylor, who, like Hurd, didn't play a snap last season and landed on injured reserve. Taylor, 26, has been working to return after suffering a foot injury last year, similar to the one sustained by Samuel. Complications from multiple surgeries kept Taylor out for the season, though. Taylor remains in the Nashville area, where he is training with teammate and

The San Francisco 49ers are gearing up for their "Legendary Revenge Tour," and rookie wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk will be part of the show. In fact, fourth-year wideout Kendrick Bourne believes Aiyuk will be a big reason why the 49ers will make their second consecutive Super Bowl appearance. Hopefully, this time, key offseason moves will be enough to lift the team to a victory in the big game. San Jose-area photographer Pierre Whitsey snapped some fantastic photos of Bourne working out with others at San Jose State on Tuesday, according to the date on the gallery. Aiyuk was among the group, and some of those photos showed Bourne talking to the rookie, perhaps offering up some

Let's say you just bought an NFL franchise. Who would you want to hire as your organization's head coach if you could pick anyone from around the league? In fact, what if you could choose from anyone in the pros or college? That's the question that the FS1 host of The Herd, Colin Cowherd, contemplated on Wednesday while creating his top-10 list. Although, his choices had to meet the following criteria. Age does matter Easy to work with The less controversy, the better Innovative thinker Relates to players Looking at that list, San Francisco 49ers fans have to immediately think about their favorite team's head coach, Kyle Shanahan, who checks all of Cowherd's boxes. That's why the 49ers coach