Dante Pettis‘ disappointing tenure with the 49ers has come to an end. ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports (via Twitter) that San Francisco is waiving the wide receiver. The 49ers made the move after “trying and failing to trade” the former second-rounder.
It’s not a huge surprise that Pettis was on the trade block. After all, head coach Kyle Shanahan told reporters that the team was shopping the wideout last month. Shanahan seemed to somewhat walk back those comments after the 49ers had suffered a handful of receiver injuries, but it was still clear that Pettis probably wasn’t going to stick around San Francisco long term.
Other teams apparently weren’t willing to give up even a conditional draft pick for Pettis, but that doesn’t necessarily mean he won’t find another gig. As Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel points out on Twitter, it’ll only cost a team around $264K in cap space to claim the receiver, so there’s a chance that Pettis may not even hit free agency.
The Washington product was a second-round pick (No. 44) by the 49ers in 2018. He had a solid rookie campaign, hauling in 27 catches for 467 yards and five scores in 12 games (seven starts). He saw time in 11 games (four starts) in 2019, but his production plummeted, as he finished with 11 catches for 109 yards and two scores.
Pettis had basically been phased out of the 49ers offense in 2020. While he’s appeared in five games (one start), he’s mostly appeared on special teams (collecting two punt returns, one kick return, and a lost fumble). He appeared in 73-percent of his team’s offensive snaps in Week 1, but other than three offensive snaps in Week 8, Pettis hasn’t appeared on offense since September.
I think eagles could take a look. I liked him out of Boise.
He didn’t go to noise lol. He went to washington
He didn’t go to noise either lol. Dodger fans…..
he fumbled a kickoff last week talk about bad timing
He didn’t go to boise lol. He went to washington
bye dante, total waste!
Hello Dante another weapon for Russell. Comeback to Seattle where he played great for Boise I mean Washington.
I know where he played just making fun of a Dodger fan. Too bad I had to explain it most would get it but a few probably not.
NE need to sign him. They need offense
Suddenly a bidding war between PHI, SEA, NE and GB fans for this guy who couldn’t make it in SF when he was the 5th option WR at best. Does not compute.
It does if you look at the WR corps on those teams. San Fran had a deep group, but no superstars. Those deeps are neither deep nor good at the position due to injuries, bad drafts, etc.
It still doesn’t mean San Fran has a great group, but he is just the worst of the muggles.
He doesn’t like to get hit, like at all. Kinda have to be able to absorb a few each game