There was already pressure on this former first-round draft pick, but with Brandon Aiyuk all but gone, things will ramp up even more.
When the San Francisco 49ers drafted Ricky Pearsall out of the University of Florida with their first-round pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, it was a fairly surprising move on the surface.
Deeper analysis showed that one of the main reasons the Niners lost the Super Bowl that February to the Kansas City Chiefs was due to the inability of their wide receivers to get open against man coverage.