49ers’ Ferrell excited to show out vs. former Raiders team

HENDERSON, Nev., — It might be just a preseason opener for many 49ers players, but for defensive end Clelin Ferrell, this week means a little bit more. This week has been a homecoming for the ex-Las Vegas Raiders D-lineman after spending his first four NFL seasons as a part of the Raiders organization. "I don't look at it as a one-time redefining moment, but it's definitely a welcome home type feeling," Ferrell told NBC Sports Bay Area on Friday, "Not even because of the Raiders but at the start of my career I made Vegas my home for the west coast and it still is. I still live here in the offseason. "But it is different now because I'm coming here for a purpose — to whoop up on a team. It's fun. I like it." The 49ers signed Ferrell to a one-year, $2.5 million contract in free agency this offseason. The former No. 4 overall pick of the 2019 NFL Draft has registered 10 sacks in 58 career games while his role with the Raiders was all over the place. Needless to say, his tenure with Las Vegas didn't go quite as planned. Now, with his sole purpose to play fast and get after the quarterback, Ferrell is a man on a mission, wanting to prove all of his detractors wrong. "I think I'm my...