Your daily San Francisco 49ers news for Monday, July 28th, 2025
Nick Bosa has always set an example, but now he’s letting 49ers’ young DL hear it as well (paywall)
“I definitely need to take a leadership role, for sure,” he said. “It’s one thing to come in and work on my job and get better, which is all I’ve ever really worried about. And then it’s another thing to try and bring everybody along with you.
“So it’s definitely something that I’m thinking about and something I want to do.”
One can see Bosa at training camp practices this past week, talking to younger players between snaps. First-round pick Mykel Williams not only gets to watch and follow Bosa in drills, but also gets feedback when he is done.
“I mean it’s just friendly banter, but some of it is constructive criticism,” Bosa said. “Obviously, it’s fun to watch a young guy just go through the growing pains that I went through — and anything that I see I’m going to help them with.”
Kyle Shanahan provides 49ers training camp updates after Sunday practice
“San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan spoke to reporters on Sunday, after the team’s fourth practice of training camp. Here is everything he had to say.”
49ers cornerback Deommodore Lenoir discusses June arrest in Los Angeles (paywall)
“I’m different than who I was five years ago — being at the right place and not really hanging out in areas that I shouldn’t be,” Lenoir said. “So I want to apologize to my teammates, the organization and to my coaches and to my family for a mistake.”
Lenoir, a 25-year-old Los Angeles native, was arrested on June 27 when Los Angeles Police Department officers approached a group that included Lenoir and saw a gun inside a parked vehicle. When police requested the keys, a man threw them to Lenoir, who threw the keys to another man who tried to hide them. Lenoir was released on his own recognizance at 1:18 a.m. the next day.
Lenoir’s court date was initially set for Friday, but a spokesperson for the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office told the Chronicle last week that Lenoir’s case had not been received. The L.A. city attorney generally has up to a year from the date of the alleged crime to file a misdemeanor charge.”
49ers camp: Jennings exits; Green, Cowing injury updates; Scary Jackson moment
“Shanahan expects both players to return the week of August 11, when the 49ers will hold joint practices with the Las Vegas Raiders.”
“Over his NFL career, the 29-year-old cornerback has appeared in 102 games (82 starts), recording 383 tackles (seven for a loss), three quarterback hits, 0.5 sacks, 61 passes defensed, six interceptions, and three forced fumbles while playing for the Giants, New Orleans Saints, Carolina Panthers, Cincinnati Bengals, Miami Dolphins, and Chargers.”
What was Dominick Puni’s one regret from his stellar 49ers rookie season? (paywall)
“When I transferred from UCM to Kansas, the coaches kept telling me, ‘Man, you’re grateful for this free Gatorade,’” Puni said. “I’m like, ‘Yeah, we didn’t get this at UCM.’ I was buying my Gatorade from the gas station. And I would be really excited to drink it after practice.
“But in the NFL you can take whatever you want home. And you have all the tools in the world. The training room. The hot tub. The cold tub. When you don’t know what you have, it’s hard to be grateful for it.”
Still, it took Puni time to make use of all his resources last year. He typically lifted a few weights on the day after games during the first half of the regular season before he began following the counsel of offensive line coach Chris Foerster and veteran teammates. Foerster has noted rookies often bounce back faster than older players, but those who don’t develop a recovery routine pay a price as they age.
Puni finished the season spending time in hot and cold tubs and getting massages.
“I think in college you can get away with it because it’s 12 games and you can tough it out,” Puni said. “But in the NFL, your body is talking to you, like, ‘How much do have left?’”
Puni thinks his latter-season routine allowed him to successfully finish his 17-game, 1,078-snap grind. Of course, he wishes it had been 1,079 snaps. But the play he missed provides even more motivation for a second-year player intent on avoiding a sophomore slump.
“Hopefully, this year I can stick it out every play,” Puni said. “That’s the goal.”