Ricky Pearsall: Rising Star in 49ers' Receiver Ranks

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00:00Uh, let's go to an ADP of 81 wide receiver 36. We were actually talking about, Hey,

00:05what are the 49ers doing? And why is McCaffrey drafted so high? And they just went out and got

00:10Brian Robinson. They also traded for sky more little side note there, but enter the room,

00:15Ricky Pearsall, Joe, why? Well, why is because Brandon Ayuk isn't healthy and he's not going

00:21to be back right away. Juwan Jennings has been banged up. And also Juwan Jennings came off kind

00:25of like a magical fun season there where I like Juwan Jennings. I was, we were talking about

00:30adding him probably before anybody else was talking about adding him off the waver wire last

00:34year and putting him in there because he is a good blocker. And you could see even going back

00:38to the super bowl that Juwan Jennings was somebody that Brock Purdy felt comfortable with, but

00:41Pearsall is the guy they spent draft capital on. Right. And Pearsall towards the end of last year

00:45did have a couple of really good moments. Uh, it's so ironic too, that both he and now Brian

00:51Robinson jr, two guys who had been shot in successive years are now on the same team.

00:56I don't know what sort of weird karmic NFL moment that is, but I feel like it's when, you know,

01:01when the, when the two arms come together with that big, like, yeah, together in that, was it

01:05the commando moment? I feel like that's these two guys on the practice field, but Ricky Pearsall,

01:10he's been the healthiest wide receiver. He's been working the most with Brock Purdy. There's still

01:14Christian McCaffrey in the pecking order for now. There's still George Kittle. But after that,

01:19it really feels like Ricky Pearsall could be that number one wide receiver. At least now he might

01:23not be the number one target hog in this offense, but he could be the number one wide receiver. And

01:27if something happens to McCaffrey or something happens to Kittle, right? It can only be more

01:31wheels up. It's a good schedule for the 49ers. Pearsall is a, is a guy that fits the system

01:35really well in this style of play. So to me, I think Pearsall is one of these guys that gets

01:40overlooked the 36 wide receiver. I think there's almost no way he doesn't finish as a wide receiver

01:45too. And he's being drafted almost as a wide receiver for that. My friends is how you win

01:49leagues. And I think he has a breakout potential in 2025. So just so I can get a summation of your

01:55logic here is you're looking for a guy that's in an offensive ecosystem that could thrive as injuries

01:59and uncertainty ahead of him. Let's say Pearsall gets plucked at wide receiver 36. This next wide

02:05receiver, wide receiver 37, ADP of 83 has an incredibly similar situation. The only difference is

02:12he's never stepped foot on an NFL field until now, Joe. He hasn't, he hasn't, but he's from

02:17wide receiver U and those Ohio state boys typically get it done. You know, and egg book is another one

02:22of these guys that just, you know, kind of coming through the, the, the ranks here. And you know,

02:28Mike Evans is still the man, but Chris Godwin is hurt. And we don't know if he's back in week five

02:33ish or whatever that is. I don't like the sound of ish at the end of my timetable. So I want

02:38definitive ish list timetables. That's what I'm looking for. Wide receiver 37. Yes, please. Again,

02:44I think in the first five, six weeks of the season, egg booka could be probably wide receiver 15.

02:51There's enough throwing in this Tampa offense to make him wide receiver 15 over the first couple

02:56of weeks. And you're giving him to me at 37. I'm going to take him. Now, what does it look like

03:00as the season goes on? This is why I'd rather a Pearsall than egg booka because eventually if

03:04Godwin does come back and I can Jalen McVillen does come back, maybe things get a little muddy.

03:08Again, that's a, maybe a booka could ball out and we might be saying, well, the other guys have to

03:12take a back seat, but Pearsall, I think has the clearer path as time goes on than a booka does.

03:17That's why it's kind of splitting hairs. But if I could get both of these guys in a draft,

03:21I would love to, because I think both of them are going to hit the ground running and you want

03:25to get off to a good start. People in fantasy leagues, they lose attention span. You know,

03:29they, they go one in five. They're not happy. You know, there's other ways to make trades

03:34eventually and figure things out here. But if you get off to a hot start at Buka, Pearsall

03:38could be two of those guys that help you do just that.

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