49ers' Jauan Jennings’ Underperformance All But Guarantees He'll Walk in the Offseason
The San Francisco 49ers' wide receiver corps has been battered by injuries pretty much all season. They knew they'd be waiting a while for Brandon Aiyuk to return to action, but his slow recovery from last year's torn ACL has been worse than they expected.
At the same time, the Niners have been without Ricky Pearsall, who looked like a breakout star, for all but four games, and saw tight end George Kittle go down in the season opener.
In the absence of so many quality targets in the passing game, San Francisco has desperately needed someone to step up. The prime candidate many would expect would be the receiver who demanded a new contract in the offseason, but more often than not in 2025, Jauan Jennings has been nowhere to be found.
Jauan Jennings' play in 2025 all but guarantees 49ers will let him walk in the offseason
After a breakout campaign that saw him haul in 77 passes for 975 yards in 2024, one would have thought Jennings could shoulder the load, at least for a little bit, while the 49ers waited for injury luck to finally break their way.
Instead, Jennings has been erratic and untrustworthy.
His 62.4 PFF grade ranks him 62nd among 83 qualified wide receivers, and his 28 catches for 324 yards have been thoroughly underwhelming for a team that has struggled to find a non-Christian McCaffrey target it can rely upon in the passing game.
Underwhelming production and disappearing in key moments are bad enough, but Jennings has also sabotaged his own trade value and gotten into it with head coach Kyle Shanahan on the sideline.
Jennings has struggled mightily to find soft spots against zone coverage, putting him in a bad position to change the narrative against the zone-heavy Arizona Cardinals in this Sunday's matchup. Another poor performance will only confirm that moving on after the season is the only course of action San Francisco can take.
A former seventh-round pick in 2020, Jennings had been a surprising success story, but after a while, the "grading on a curve" that occurs for late-round picks who are early in their careers comes to an end, and it becomes time to earn your keep or keep it moving.
So far in 2025, it's been the latter for Jennings, and don't expect that to change any time soon.
BREAKING: Shannon Sharpe Issues Public Apology to Daron Payne After New Evidence Clears Him
SHANNON Sharpe has issued a groveling apology to a Washington Commanders star.
The 57-year-old’s apology comes after a Commanders player threw a punch against the Detroit Lions last week.
Sharpe hit out at Commanders star Daron Payne, 28, after their 44-22 home loss to the Lions.
Defensive lineman Payne was ejected during the second quarter of their loss.
Payne was spotted punching Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown, 26, in the helmet.
Payne has been handed a one-game suspension for punching the Lions’ wideout.
St. Brown drew controversy during the game for his Donald Trump-inspired touchdown celebration.
Emotions spilled over following Payne’s punch with teammate Javon Kinlaw, 28, handed an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty.
However, Shape has now back-tracked after his criticism of Payne.
Payne shared a video of St. Brown appearing to throw a punch at him on Instagram.
This video suggests that the defensive lineman’s attack was simply a reaction to this first hit.
Sharpe has now issued an apology to the Commanders star as new evidence comes to light on the Nightcap podcast.
“He sent me the video,” Sharpe said. “Let me be the loudest and say bro I’m sorry.
“Javon Kinlaw, I owe you an apology too because you said he did hit Daron Payne first and I didn’t believe you.”
Payne will be next available for the Commanders against the
Three-time Super Bowl winner Sharpe has claimed that he is always happy to retract an incorrect statement.
“I’m never going to be too prideful,” Sharpe continued. “I’m never going to be too wealthy, I’m never going to be anything where I can’t say I’m sorry I was wrong.”
The Commanders sit third in the NFC East.
They have claimed just three wins from ten games so far this season.
Payne will miss out as they travel to face the
