Good morning and welcome to 49ers in 5, your daily update on everything happening with the team that you need to know.

I'm Rob Stats Guerrera. Today is Tuesday, August 19th, 2025. Here's what's happening with your San Francisco 49ers. Today, the Niners are set to

begin the first of three practices this week, and I have my eyes on the possible return of some

big names. First, Mikel Williams, he initially hyper-extended his knee during joint practice

with the Broncos on August 7th.

At that time, Kyle Shanahan said Williams would be out about a week.

Well, today marks 12 days since that injury.

So almost twice as long as the initial projection, let's see if Michael Williams is back at practice.

Also, we found out about Jordan James needing surgery on his broken finger on August 7th as well.

His timeline was around two weeks, but it does depend on when exactly he had the procedure

and how, of course, he is healing from that procedure.

Another running back that we need to check in on is Isaac

Gorendo. He initially hurt his shoulder on August 4th. Shanahan said last Monday that the injury

would keep him out, quote, a couple more weeks, but we should get an update a little bit later

today. And unfortunately, I wish this list was over, but it continues because Upton Stout is also

on it. Remember, he missed the game against the Broncos with a calf injury. We all thought he was

just getting like the starter treatment, but no, he was actually hurt and he hasn't practiced since then.

So if he's not back this week, then I really start to worry about his availability for

week one against the Seahawks. It's going to be interesting to see this week how the Niners

handle it. Kyle Shanahan said initially they want to keep it like an actual game week in the NFL,

but I hope that they keep the big names on the shelf. Purdy, Kittle, Trent, Christian McCaffrey, Pierce, all on the sidelines.

I don't know what kind of voodoo ju-ju is going on at the Niners facility, but it is ugly.

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