Kendrick Bourne details his evolution amid second 49ers stint

49ers Talk: A San Francisco 49ers Podcast

NBC Sports Bay Area

Nfl, Football, Matt Maiocco, San Francisco 49ers, Sports

4.6 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

After a long NFL journey, wide receiver Kendrick Bourne is back with the team who first took a chance on him, and he's beyond grateful for his second 49ers stint. Bourne sits down with '49ers Talk' co-host Matt Maiocco to discuss his path back to San Francisco and how the time away made his return that much sweeter. Bourne details his development over his nine NFL seasons and why he's so happy to be back in the Bay Area. Also, Bourne shares the intricacies of playing wide receiver in Kyle Shanahan's offense and how he values the relationships he has built with fellow teammates like Mac Jones and Ricky Pearsall. Finally, Jennifer Lee Chan and Matt discuss the daunting task of a primetime matchup vs. a surging Atlanta Falcons team and who we could expect to lineup at QB and other key positions in Week 7.

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0:19.0	The 49ers expect to get a key component of their offense back when they play host to the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday night.
0:26.6	Tied-in George Kittle returned to practice this week and is likely to make his return after missing the past five games with a hamstring injury.
0:33.6	Things are a lot less certain with quarterback Brock Purdy and wide receiver Ricky
0:38.6	Piersall. There have been a lot of moving parts on offense and wide receiver Kendrick
0:42.6	Bourne has stepped up with a couple of big games in a row. The Always Upbeat Born joins us to discuss
0:48.7	his maturation as an NFL receiver and person and how he has gone about taking advantage of his opportunities.
0:56.4	Jennifer Lee Chan and I will discuss the aftermath of Fred Warner's devastating injury and how
1:01.3	the team moves forward with the 11 games remaining in the regular season. We'll have all that
1:06.1	and much more on this episode of 49ers talk coming at you right now. Welcome to another episode of 49ers talk on NBC Sports Bay Area.com.
1:16.4	Introducing your hosts, Matt Mayoko and Jennifer Lee Chan.
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1:35.3	team you trust I'm Matt and she's Jennifer all right before we really get started
1:41.1	today I just want to apologize for an inaccurate story that I had
1:45.4	posted and written earlier this week that Brandon Ayuk's social media had been recently
1:51.5	scrubbed of any 49ers material, photos, anything.
1:56.3	His profile still does have a link to his 49ers profile and him not having any
2:03.2	49ers photos or in photo and a year's uniform happened months ago and I was inaccurate on that.
2:09.7	And my goal is always to provide very accurate, truthful reporting from the team and from us
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