{"id":8123,"date":"2026-08-31T21:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T21:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=8123"},"modified":"2026-08-31T21:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T21:38:10","slug":"49ers-cautiously-inserting-nick-bosa-george-kittle-into-team-drills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=8123","title":{"rendered":"49ers cautiously inserting Nick Bosa, George Kittle into team drills"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>SANTA CLARA \u2013 The pressure-packed comebacks of defensive end Nick Bosa and tight end George Kittle are ready to enter full-team drills, a week before 49ers practices go full throttle for their season opener in Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=8122\">Supreme Court lets White House continue construction on Trump\u2019s $400 million ballroom<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll get them out there these three days and hope it goes well,\u201d coach Kyle Shanahan said Monday. \u201cWe\u2019re balancing it out with both of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 49ers have a three-day stretch of practice before flying Wednesday to Melbourne, Australia, where they\u2019ll hold a light workout Saturday before next week\u2019s practices leading into their season opener against the Los Angeles Rams (Sept. 10, 5:35 p.m.).<\/p>\n<p>Shanahan stopped short of announcing whether Bosa or Kittle would suit up in that game, and the 49ers are montioring their workload as that duo eases into team drills for the first time since last season\u2019s injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Bosa stopped practicing four weeks ago, at first because of soreness to his surgically repaired right knee and then just out of precaution, Shanahan and general manager John Lynch said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNick\u2019s been through this before with ACLs,\u201d Lynch said. \u201cHe\u2019s blessed with tremendous genes and was going along great. When he upped the activity, he got sore, so he backed off. We put together a really good plan that we believe will have him ready for Australia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kittle\u2019s return from January\u2019s right-Achilles rupture remains ahead of schedule. Shanahan confessed he misspoke after Thursday\u2019s preseason finale, with some interpreting his words as if Kittle had taken \u201ca step back\u201d rather than a step toward getting back on the field.<\/p>\n<p>Shanahan said it would be nice to decide on Kittle\u2019s Week 1 availability before Wednesday\u2019s practice but that this week\u2019s drills will factor into that.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=8120\">Mel Gibson says he couldn\u2019t help \u2018thoughtless idiocy\u2019 when mocking sign language<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Bosa and Kittle won\u2019t be the only ones who will avoid daily practices. Linebacker Dre Greenlaw and wide receiver Mike Evans are also in that category, while left tackle Trent Williams and running back Christian McCaffrey are expected to get veteran-protocol rest once a week during the season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NO PAY FOR B.A.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 49ers do not need to pay wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk any further bonus money because he remains on the reserve\/left squad list, said Lynch, adding: \u201cNothing\u2019s changed. \u2026 As such, he\u2019s not on our roster.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>MYKEL WILLIAMS\u2019 STATUS<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>One starter who didn\u2019t get cleared to immediately start his comeback is defensive end Mykel Williams, last year\u2019s first-round pick who will open this season on the Physically Unable to Perform list and miss a minimum of four games. Lynchy said Williams is nine months into a 10-month recovery after tearing his ACL and cartilage inside his knee last season. \u201cUltimately, Mykel means a lot to this organization,\u201d Lynch said. \u201cIt\u2019s going to stink not having him the first four games but we\u2019ll have him the rest of the year in really good fashion if we allow him the necessary time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>JOBS STILL OPEN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shanahan said he still does not know who will start at left guard or who will be McCaffrey\u2019s immediate backup, although Lynch praised how both Kaelon Black and Jordan James looked in recent practices and preseason games.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TRADE FOR LINEMEN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 49ers officially completed a trade for interior offensive lineman Jarrett Patterson for a 2027 seventh-round pick. \u201cWe love that he has flex at center and guard. It\u2019s still fluid in all the positions in there and we need to see how he fits the next three days,\u201d Shanahan said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SAFETY SITUATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ashtyn Davis, a Santa Cruz native and Cal product, re-signed to the 53-man roster because the 49ers covet his experience at safety as well as on special teams, Shanahan said.<\/p>\n<p>Potential starting safety Malik Mustapha is cleared to resume practicing after missing almost all of training camp with a hamstring injury. Other safeties on the roster are Ji\u2019Ayir Brown, Marques Sigle and Siran Neal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MARTIN TO IR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Linebacker Nick Martin, along with cornerback Nate Hobbs, was moved onto Injured Reserve and the 49ers used those roster spots on re-signing Davis and punter Corliss Waitman. \u201cNick\u2019s a guy we\u2019re excited about. iIt\u2019s a really strong (linebacker) group,\u201d Lynch said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=8118\">NYC investors grab Silicon Valley tech building for $300 million-plus<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nick Bosa and George Kittle will debut in team drills this week but not on a full-time basis as the 49ers monitor their comebacks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5565,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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