{"id":788112,"date":"2026-07-27T22:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T22:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/788112\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T22:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T22:30:08","slug":"brock-purdy-rookie-wr-dezhaun-stribling-is-going-to-come-in-and-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/788112\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock Purdy: Rookie WR De’Zhaun Stribling is going to come in and play"},"content":{"rendered":"

49ers rookie wide receiver De\u2019Zhaun Stribling is making a positive early impression on a very important teammate. <\/p>\n

Stribling joined the 49ers with the top pick of the second round and the selection drew some negative reviews because of who else was available at that point in the draft. Stribling can\u2019t do anything to change the initial response, but the long-term opinion of the choice will be shaped by what the receiver does now and quarterback Brock Purdy thinks Stribling is going to make an impact. <\/p>\n

\u201cDude is a baller<\/a>, and I mean that,\u201d Purdy said on KNBR, via 49ersWebzone.com. \u201cIt\u2019s hard to say that for a rookie, right off the jump, but just seeing him run routes, going up against defenders in OTAs and then in camp yesterday. He\u2019s a great route runner. He\u2019s smart. He\u2019s learned the playbook really quick, which is awesome. And then, on top of that, you can see his strength, too. When he\u2019s going up against guys and creating separation, I\u2019m like, \u2018Alright, this guy\u2019s a strong receiver.\u2019 And so, I\u2019m excited to see what he does, but all of us, all the quarterbacks in the room, were like, \u2018Alright, this guy\u2019s going to be a guy that\u2019s going to come in and play.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

The 49ers also signed Mike Evans and Christian Kirk to go with Ricky Pearsall, so there\u2019s a lot to sort out when it comes to doling out playing time for the regular season. The three veteran wideouts have had injury issues, however, and that could make the rookie an important piece of the puzzle right away. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"49ers rookie wide receiver De\u2019Zhaun Stribling is making a positive early impression on a very important teammate. Stribling…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":788113,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-788112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=788112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/788113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=788112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=788112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=788112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}