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Your daily San Francisco 49ers news for Sunday, November 3rd, 2024
49ers will have to fight off division rival to trade for breakout star DE
“According to the Athletic’s Diana Russini, the New York Giants are taking calls on breakout star edge rusher Azeez Ojulari. One of the teams keeping in touch with them is the NFC West-leading Arizona Cardinals.”
Report offers bad news for 49ers with 2 high-priced trade targets
“The Athletic’s Diana Russini on Saturday reported neither Indianapolis Colts DT DeForest Buckner nor Denver Broncos DT DJ Jones are expected to be available before Tuesday’s trade deadline.”
NFL mock draft: 49ers upgrade most important defensive position with Georgia star
“Teams are going to love Mykel Williams. Even if he hasn’t hit his max potential at Georgia, and even if he has had some issues staying healthy and on the field. Williams is explosive as hell, built in a lab, and possesses massive 36-inch arms with the bend to win along the outside track as well.”
Science-based training lifts Caleb Williams, Brock Purdy to new heights
“Using biomechanical analysis and visual cueing via high-speed cameras, Gormely and his CORTX team saw the issues that would hold back Purdy if not resolved. His throwing shoulder was tight with limited external rotation compared to other quarterbacks. Purdy needed the ability to create separation between his shoulder and his hips that would allow him to access increased rotational motion to create stronger throws.
Purdy described himself as “very stiff” when he first arrived at Gormely’s facility to train in advance of the NFL combine.
“I was more of a box,” Purdy said. “I felt like a block from college.”
Gormely gave Purdy a plan to address deficits specific to his delivery. It involved physical therapy to address joint stiffness and soft tissue mobility, exercises in the gym to target specific muscle groups that would assist in his throwing delivery and movement patterns and work on the field with CORTX’s quarterbacks coach, Will Hewlett, to turn those neuromuscular developments into actual football skills.
“These guys broke me up, loosened me up and got me throwing like I needed to,” he said.
How 49ers QB Purdy fixed key throwing issue before 2022 NFL Draft
“He told me, ‘I want to be able to have more arm velocity, I want to be able to throw better on the move,’ “ Gormely told Bell. “ ‘I want to know what I’m good at and what I’m bad at so I can improve. Tell me everything.’”
