{"id":2484,"date":"2024-09-21T01:57:44","date_gmt":"2024-09-21T01:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=2484"},"modified":"2024-09-21T01:57:44","modified_gmt":"2024-09-21T01:57:44","slug":"what-should-the-49ers-expect-from-talanoa-hufanga-in-week-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=2484","title":{"rendered":"What should the 49ers expect from Talanoa Hufanga in Week 3?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 49ers All-Pro safety is expected to make his return this weekend against the Rams.<\/p>\n

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The\u00a0San Francisco 49ers\u00a0could be getting back a major piece of their defense this week, as safety Talanoa Hufanga practiced in full for the first time on Thursday, taking another step up in getting ready to play in an actual game.<\/p>\n

Hufanga, who tore his ACL midway through last season, has been practicing for much of the past month, but has only done so in limited fashion, with the 49ers being cautious with his recovery, hence why he was ruled out for the first two weeks.<\/p>\n

But, it appears that the safety is finally ready to make a return, and it\u2019ll likely come when the 49ers face the\u00a0Los Angeles Rams\u00a0in Week 3, which precedes a two-game home stretch in the ensuing weeks.<\/p>\n

What should the 49ers expect from Hufanga in his return?<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s an All-Pro player,\u201d defensive coordinator Nick Sorensen said. \u201cHe is someone with a lot of experience. He\u2019s got great energy, he\u2019s a great communicator, he flies around the field, he makes plays. You just [get] a complete player and I think he\u2019s really excited too.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a long recovery process for Hufanga, who has had to learn via mental reps for some time in practice, but the safety maintained a strong work ethic, which has prepared him for his return.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s been great. As he started to ramp up and get into practice, I think he\u2019s just been more connected,\u201d Sorensen continued about Hufanga. \u201cYou can feel disconnected, but he makes sure that he\u2019s right there. In walk-through, he\u2019ll shadow whoever\u2019s in, so he is getting himself those actual reps and making sure that you hear him on the side, making all the calls that he\u2019d be making as if he was actually in the game. That\u2019s really what you want everyone to do. If you\u2019re not getting the rep, you should get a mental rep. He was fully in it. If you can do that, you basically steal reps when you\u2019re not actually out there.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, you need the physical reps, but when you can mentally make those calls, put yourself in the play at that time, you are getting better and you are putting yourself into those plays and you\u2019re reacting as it\u2019s happening rather than just maybe seeing it on tape. It\u2019s just different when you\u2019re out there and it\u2019s not expected. And he did a good job of that. So he was totally preparing himself to be ready.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Hufanga hasn\u2019t been necessarily in there with the top defense throughout the past month, the safety has been on the scout team at times, and is finding ways to get whatever reps he can to stay up to the task.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s like he hasn\u2019t missed a beat,\u201d Sorensen said. \u201cAnd like I said, he was getting some of those [team] reps too. Anytime if you\u2019re not getting our actual reps for the defense and you\u2019re kind of on that look team, you try and do the same thing. As you\u2019re going through them, what part of this can translate to how we play defense? Well, a lot of it can. There might be some different coverages or something like that, that may be different. But if you translate that to what you\u2019re doing, and that goes for any practice squad player, you should, you\u2019re trying to steal reps and prepare yourself for the chance to play because it is a long season and a lot of guys end up playing.\u201d<\/p>\n

All signs are trending up for Hufanga, who should replace George Odum in the starting lineup this weekend, giving the 49ers the tandem of him and Ji\u2019Ayir Brown, which should be a strong playmaking duo on the backend for San Francisco.<\/p>\n

For now, it\u2019s yet to be seen how many reps Hufanga will actually handle in the game, but it\u2019s a good sign that he\u2019s trending to finally play here in Week 3.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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