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*Sigh.*
Takeaways from the Super Bowl.
The 49ers on Sunday lost Super Bowl LVIII to the Chiefs 25-22 in overtime.
San Francisco had many, many chances to take control of the game early and never quite got a strong enough grasp on it to keep Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce from wrestling it away.
Here are our takeaways from another abysmal Super Bowl loss for the 49ers:
Raiders and 49ers to hold joint practices prior to preseason matchup
It won’t be long before Jimmy Garoppolo gets to see his old teammates again. As the Athletic is reporting the Raiders and 49ers will be holding joint practices with Garoppolo’s old club prior to a preseason meeting this year.
Holding a joint practice with their old Bay Area rivals is cool and all, but you’d think they’d have had to good sense to hold said joint practice actually *in* the Bay Area. You know, where there is still a strong contingent of Raiders fans and the weather is much cooler?
So, of course, they are holding it in Las Vegas where temp hits triple digits by 9am in August. Presumably for the same reason they invited the Patriots to town last year. That being to show off their new digs.
No date has been announced yet for these joint practices or the preseason game.
And don’t expect to see Garoppolo against his old mates in the preseason game if he’s the starter. If last year with Derek Carr was any indication, those matchups will occur in the joint practices only.
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The San Francisco 49ers and Minnesota CB Benjamin St-Juste had a good meeting at the Senior Bowl.
The San Francisco 49ers were a popular team at this year’s Senior Bowl with a number of prospects singling them out among their best meetings. Draft Wire’s Justin Melo on Monday reported Minnesota cornerback Benjamin St. Juste met with the 49ers in Mobile, Ala. and said he had a great connection with the team.
St. Juste isn’t one of the top prospects in this year’s draft class, but San Francisco’s need at cornerback likely means they’ll select more than one. A Day 3 prospect like St. Juste could make a lot of sense for them.
The native Canadian brings good size at 6-3, 205 pounds, but his career numbers are a little deflated after Minnesota played just five games during the 2020 season.
He finished his two-year career as a Golden Gopher with 59 tackles and 13 pass breakups in 18 games. He also played his freshman season as a special teams contributor for the University of Michigan before redshirting in 2018 and transferring the following year.
A prospect like St. Juste’s who’s lack of experience will push him down draft boards could be an ideal target for the 49ers late in the draft. His size alone makes him intriguing, but he moves well for a big corner, uses his length effectively, and isn’t afraid to get his hands dirty in the run game. If he can hold up at all against NFL competition he could eventually develop into a nice late-round find.
