Nick Bosa was out there on the practice field Tuesday, which sounds like good news, right? Except he was still sporting that black sleeve on his right knee, the very same one he had on last Wednesday, and from the reports, he was adjusting it a lot. You gotta wonder what’s really going on heading into Week 1.
Bosa’s Knee And Morris’s Convenient Memory
So, Bosa is out there, but that sleeve isn’t just for show. He went through warmups and participated in position drills, but the frequent adjusting of that black knee sleeve is what really catches your eye. Defensive coordinator Morris claims, “Nick Bosa is really easy,” and that “You watch this guy do it over a span, a long time in his career, been able to do it at different levels.” He also added, “Bosa knows his body as well as anybody. He’ll be prepared and ready to go as well as anybody.” Easy? Prepared? If he’s so easy and ready, why the constant fiddling with a knee sleeve just days before the opener? While George Kittle was waving for the cameras in Australia, maybe the real story was unfolding with Bosa back on the practice field. It’s early in the season, sure, but these aren’t “insignificant” observations when your star pass rusher is adjusting a knee brace this close to kick-off.
The Whirlwind Journey of Kareem And Mike Evans’ Casual Dismissal
Then there’s the truly wild saga of Kareem, their newest guy. This dude, 28 years old, got cut by the New York Giants on August 31st. Two days later, he was on the Falcons practice squad. And then, just one day after that, the Niners call with a “big request”: drop everything and get to Australia. While his new teammates were chilling on a jumbo charter with 84 lie-flat seats, Kareem flew commercially. First to the Bay Area Thursday morning for a physical, then an 11:20 p.m. flight out of San Francisco that night. His teammates had a full day to adjust to the crushing 17-hour time difference, but Kareem landed Saturday morning and got whisked straight to his first 49ers practice. He claims he felt “surprisingly good” despite the flights and said the 49ers hooked him up with a “lie-flat-ish” seat on United. His take? “It was cool. I don’t think I’d ever sat in one of those before. But being my size, it’s still a little too small. My feet were mashed up against the wall. So I was kind of tucked in the fetal position, trying to sleep.” “Tucked in the fetal position”? That’s not “smooth transition,” my friend. They gave him a “flight kit” with melatonin and hydration packages to help him sleep and perform. He’s “needed in the opener,” which screams desperation. Meanwhile, Mike Evans is downplaying his own missing time, saying “None of my injuries were significant.” He added, “If it was a game week, I wouldn’t have missed any time.” It’s almost like everyone’s trying to pretend everything is just fine.
So, with a key player adjusting a knee sleeve, a new guy surviving an Olympic-level travel ordeal, and an “older player” shrugging off his own missed time, the opener against the Rams is gonna be interesting, to say the least.
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Originally reported by Niners Nation.
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