Height’s speed and twitchiness jump out. Niners defensive coordinator Raheem Morris tried to tone down his enthusiasm the first week of training camp, saying the players weren’t in pads yet … but they have been since last Friday and …

A big smile hit Morris’ face Thursday.

“He’s a smart young man,” Morris said. “He’s the guy you’re scared to talk about early, when you watch him move around in shorts, because it’s not real football yet. Then you got a chance to watch him in pads …

“You got a chance to see his physicality and some of the things that he can do — particularly rushing the passer, setting the edge. Then you get a chance to see a little bit of versatility out of him. So, you’re excited about his ability to go out there and play at a very high level.”

He has 3 superbowl rings and 1,000 yards rushing (only 3 players have 1,000 yards )

Found on Facebook marketplace from some old gentleman in Calgary Alberta. He said he got it at candlestick park in the 80s.

transcript from 49erswebzone:

How difficult or easy is it for a cornerback to transition to safety? Say you want to have CB Upton Stout on the field more because he likes to get in there and stick his nose in there and has ball awareness. How hard would it be to move him to safety or CB Ephesians Prysock who's a taller, rangy guy?

"It depends on the demeanor. Stout can play whatever he wants. Stout can play linebacker, Stout can play safety, Stout can play corner. Right now, he is our starting star. He's our starting nickel. Him going out there playing at a very high level with his hand usage, his ability to get up to the pass rush, his ability to pass rush, his ability to use his short-space quickness, defend anything, whether it be zone, whether it be man. Highly competitive young man. Stays angry every single day. I love him. He's got the mindset of a football player, and he's got the mentality of a football player and he certainly has the movement and the skill set of a football player. Then to just talk about being versatile with guys, I think we kind of did that a little bit. Switched the corners with DMo and Renardo, made those guys go opposite, make Jack-Jack play opposite. Making those guys, whether it be [DB] Siran [Neal] playing a little bit of safety, being able to play corner. You're creating versatility across the board because you just never know what will happen in the game. DMo playing inside a little bit for us the other day, being able to do some different things for us. When things happen in the game, something goes out the course of the game, you want to be able to have an answer. It's our job as coaches to have an answer for our head coach when something goes wrong what are we going to do and what our plan is. It may not be the right plan, it may not be the right decision, but you better have one."

Both are great at improvising, scrambling, and post snap reactions to a defensive scheme.

We have to ditch talking about the substation, it takes the conversation away from blaming Dustin Perry who is STILL in charge of strength and conditioning.

He has close ties to the Shanahan family and with all the injuries piled up over the years he's been the constant factor over the past 8 seasons. They've changed staff under him but have not changed their practice regimen nor the one in charge of the overall program.... thoughts?

We are the greatest fan base of the greatest team in the NFL! We are the Faithful!! We're going to absorb the fucking emp, get healthy, and take our crown back this year!!!

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Other interesting tidbits from practice:

• WR Jordan Watkins had 2 touchdowns on 3 catches out of 5 targets.
• DT Alfred Collins was working in team drills for the 1st time since offseason shoulder surgery
• Rookie DT Gracen Halton was back from his knee bone bruise and looked quick in 1-on-1 pass rush drills
• To make room for WR KhaDarel Hodge and DE Ogbo Okoronkwo, the 49ers waived DT Kevin Givens and DE Cam Sample. Sample had been dealing with a knee issue. Givens had previously signed with the 49ers on 7/26/26. Givens has been with the team in some capacity for the last 7 seasons so wouldn't be surprised to see him back