is rookie year despite being injured. Is he the key to this wide receiver group going to the next level?"WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections 49ers Salary CapLevi’s Stadium Events49ers Transactions49ers Injury News49ers Press Conferences & Conference CallsIs Dante Pettis the key? New https://www.49ersfanshop.com ,151commentsThe 49ers wide receiver showed some promise his rookie year despite being injured. Is he the key to this wide receiver group going to the next level? PDTShareTweetShareShareIs Dante Pettis the key? The San Francisco 49ers have overhauled their wide receiver group over the last two years. A group that was an incredible weakness since the departure of Anquan Boldin. In 2019 they grabbed Jordan Matthews during free agency and drafted Jalen Hurd and Deebo Samuel. The possibilities are endless, but oftentimes all these recent acquisitions make some forget about the strides Dante Pettis made at the end of 2018. When he wasn’t injured, Pettis showed some great signs of development. Of course that goes to the issue of when he wasn’t injured San Francisco 49ers Customized Jerseys , but we won’t talk about that here. NFL.com’s Gregg Rosenthal cited one key homegrown player of each team. What this was was a player taken as a rookie that has developed on their respective team. Pettis was the selection for the 49ers: You take Samuel, Hurd, a returning and healthy Trent Taylor and Marquise Goodwin San Francisco 49ers T-Shirts , and Pettis somehow leads this pack? That’s quite the overhaul. Pettis didn’t put up No. 1 receiver numbers, far from it. Here’s another receiver that didn’t put those numbers up: Antonio Brown. He played in only nine games his rookie season, starting in none. He had 0 touchdowns and 167 total yards. Every receiver is different https://www.49ersfanshop.com/hats , but the point is that even some of the better wide receivers in the NFL had lackluster rookie seasons. I’ve seen a lot of speculation that Samuel will lead this pack and it’s not a bad take to have. Pettis still has a chance to be the No. 1 the 49ers have been wanting for years. Do you think he is the key to this wide receiver group going to the next level? The San Francisco 49ers are heading into a bye week and that means the media appearances are in full force. George Kittle joined a couple radio shows/podcasts and Kyle Shanahan came onto KNBR’s Murph and Mac show to talk about what he’s up to with the week off. It goes without saying that the decision to roll with Nick Mullens after five games of C.J. Beathard had to come up. Shanahan still giving high praise for the quarterback he just benched: Obviously a question about Mullens to Beathard comparison (in the interests of why one is starting over the other) had to come up. Comparing the releases, Shanahan said that Garoppolo had the quickest release he’s seen, but put Beathard up there with as quick of a release as anybody. The one thing Shanahan would state about Mullens was playing in the pocket; his mobility and decision making on throwing the ball away being the highlights. Shanahan didn’t outright say “This is why we are going with Mullens San Francisco 49ers Hoodie ,” but it’s enough to draw some conclusions on how the decision was made. Mullens by no means has locked down the backup quarterback job for 2019, but even in a game where he’s displayed some regression (like the recent loss to the New York Giants) he’s managed to not take any sacks. We’ll see if he can hold it up for the remainder of the season.You can listen to the whole interview using the widget above or click here if it doesn’t appear.