As accidents mount within the s' broad receiver room, common supervisor h is bringing in a reinforcement.
Brandin Cooks will signal with the 49ers' apply squad, in response to a league supply, with the intention of ramping him as much as be a part of the lively roster. San Francisco hopes Cooks, who turns 33 on Friday, will assist fill the void in a room decimated by accidents to l, g and Demarcus Robinson.
Cooks final performed for the New Orleans Saints and Buffalo Payments in 2025. In 15 mixed video games, he caught 24 passes for 279 yards. The Stockton native is properly previous his prime, having final racked up 1,000-plus receiving yards with the Houston Texans in 2021. Nonetheless, Cooks was probably the most completed receivers in the marketplace, rating fifth amongst lively gamers in profession receiving yards (9,811), sixth in receptions (734) and sixth in receiving touchdowns (60). Cooks and Brandon Marshall are solely two gamers in NFL historical past with 1,000-yard receiving seasons with 4 groups.
The 6-foot Cooks joins rookie receivers Wesley Grimes and Will Pauling on the 49ers' apply squad. On the lively roster, right here's the record of San Francisco's wholesome wideouts: s, l, Jacob Cowing, Jordan Watkins and KhaDarel Hodge.
Head coach n stated Monday that the staff was weighing whether or not to position Robinson, who will miss three to 6 weeks with a excessive ankle sprain, on the injured reserve record. With a view to promote Cooks, the 49ers will possible need to make that transfer, until they select to hold seven receivers or waive somebody at the moment within the room.
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