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49ers hold first pre-Super Bowl workout at UNLV amid field concerns originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
By Nicki Jhabvala, The Washington Post
LAS VEGAS, Nev. — The goal is to find normalcy in a chaotic week, and the 49ers found a semblance of that Wednesday.
In their first pre-Super Bowl workout, the 49ers practiced for roughly 90 minutes on the practice fields at UNLV’s Fertita Football Complex.
“I’m glad to finally get out here,” Coach Kyle Shanahan said. “We got here Sunday, but it feels like we’ve already been out here a week.”
Players had Tuesday off, and Monday was inundated with media, so Wednesday was the first day of the week that resembled San Francisco’s usual game weeks.
After an early team meeting, the 49ers had a walkthrough at UNLV before transitioning to their non-padded workout.
Linebacker Fred Warner broke the huddle and players scattered for individual warmups and then positional drills. They followed with a team period that lasted about 25 minutes, a brief special-teams period for the field-goal unit and a final team period to close.
Although the rain finally subsided and gave way to sun and temperatures around 55 degrees, the wind reached 0-15 mph.
“Usually you deal with it [the wind] because you’re going to play with it on Sunday,” Shanahan said. “But we know we’re not, so we made sure the quarterback went with the wind all day so it wasn’t a problem for him.”
Tight end George Kittle (toe), defensive end Arik Armstead (knee/foot), cornerback Ambry Thomas (ankle) and linebacker Oren Burks (shoulder) were all limited in Wednesday’s workout. Defensive tackle Kalia Davis (ankle), whose practice window to return from injured reserve was opened two weeks ago, was a full participant. Tackle Trent Williams received his usual Wednesday veteran rest day and observed, but did not practice.
Although the 49ers reportedly had concerns about the softness of the practice fields at UNLV, which have a layer of natural grass on…
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Publish date : 2024-02-08 02:32:38
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