SANTA CLARA – Brandon Aiyuk watched the 49ers win their third 30-point effort in as many video games from a distinct perspective final week.
Particularly, he needed to watch from the sideline. A shoulder problem saved him out of the 30-12 win over the New York Giants within the 49ers’ dwelling opener at Levi’s Stadium.
“It was totally different from the sideline, since you might really feel the power from the crew and the stadium get picked up when a play like that’s made,” Aiyuk stated Monday of Deebo Samuel’s tackle-breaking reception. “It obtained me tremendous excited. I can’t wait to go on the market and simply make a play.”
Aiyuk practiced Monday and appears on observe to return from a one-game hiatus to play Sunday, when the 49ers (3-0) host the Arizona Cardinals (1-2).
“We’ll see how the remainder of the week goes,” Aiyuk stated.
Aiyuk was harm on his first catch within the Sept. 17 win on the Los Angeles Rams, then rotated that sport with rookie Ronnie Bell. The 49ers listed Aiyuk as questionable coming into their sport towards the Giants.
“Because the week progressed, we talked extra about it, however the determination was already made,” Aiyuk stated of lacking his first sport since his 2020 rookie season. “I used to be pleased with the collaborative effort and we have been all on the identical web page.”
Aiyuk scored two touchdowns within the 30-7 opening win at Pittsburgh; his solely different profession sport with two landing receptions was final November’s win at Arizona.
PRACTICE NOTES
Fellow broad receiver Deebo Samuel (ribs) was not seen at observe, however he was upbeat and moved high-quality within the locker room afterward.
Linebackers Dre Greenlaw and Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles didn’t observe due to ankle accidents. Cornerback Ambry Thomas (knee) labored on the facet with Greenlaw, in addition to Jennings and security Tashaun Gipson Sr. Cornerback Charvarius Ward, who battled a heel problem in Week 1, labored out within the weight room as observe started.
THIRTY-POINT TRIFECTA
If the 49ers have been feeling cocky about scoring 30 factors in every of their three wins to begin this season, the Miami Dolphins could have humbled that notion. The Dolphins, coached by former 49ers assistant Mike McDaniel, scored the second-most factors ever in an NFL sport Sunday with a 70-20 pasting of the winless Denver Broncos.
As Jauan Jennings watched the tv broadcast, he stated two issues got here to thoughts: “One, I’m glad that’s not us defensively, and, two, all of it seemed like (the Dolphins) have been having a lot enjoyable, essentially the most enjoyable I’ve ever seen. It was partaking.”
How does the McDaniel offense, run by quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, match as much as the 49ers’ ideas?
“They have been catching a variety of balls in open house, and I believe that has lots to do with Mike — he’s a guru. And it has lots to do with Tua,” Jennings stated.
Miami ranks No. 1 with a scoring common of 43.3 factors per sport, adopted by the Buffalo Payments (30.3) and the 49ers (30.0). The Philadelphia Eagles averaged 29.5 factors coming into Monday night time’s sport on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The 49ers haven’t completed a season averaging 30 or extra factors since their final Tremendous Bowl-winning crew put up 31.6 per sport in 1994.
It’s solely the third time in franchise historical past the 49ers have scored not less than 30 factors in every of their three opening video games (1984, 1992). The 49ers are using a franchise document with 30 or extra factors in six straight regular-season video games, courting to final December.
EXTENSIONS APPLAUDED
Neither Shanahan nor normal supervisor John Lynch has commented because the 49ers introduced contract extensions for each on Friday. Jennings, a 2020 seventh-round choose, stated he was “glad and blissful” for these strikes, noting that the Shanahan-Lynch dynamic “obtained a steal” drafting late-round picks equivalent to himself, in addition to beginning quarterback Brock Purdy, the final choose of final yr’s draft.