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The 49ers Sign Jason Verrett to the Practice Squad

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The 49ers Sign Jason Verrett to the Practice Squad
The 49ers Sign Jason Verrett to the Practice Squad

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Here's an intriguing move.

On the same day that No. 1 cornerback Charvarius Ward pulled his groin during the 49ers' win over Seattle, they also signed former No. 1 cornerback Jason Verrett to the practice squad. Which means he might never play for the 49ers this season, but he's there if they need him. And they might need him soon if more cornerbacks get injured.

Verrett, 32, hasn't played a snap in an NFL game since he tore his ACL in the 2021 season opener with the 49ers. In 2022, he re-signed with the 49ers but tore his Achilles tendon in practice and missed the entire season. This year, he signed with the Texans practice squad, but they released him on Nov. 15. His career seems to be coming to an end.

But first, he'll have the opportunity to get a Super Bowl ring with the 49ers. Even if he doesn't play, he can get a ring if the 49ers win the Lombardi Trophy. And he would deserve a ring, because he was great for the 49ers before his injuries. He still would start for them if he hadn't gotten hurt.

Verrett most likely will never play again. But if Ward misses significant time with a groin injury, and the 49ers young cornerbacks struggle in the playoffs, Verrett gives the 49ers' a veteran option they can trust if he's healthy enough to play. They'll have a month to determine how ready he truly is and if they even need him on the field, or if his presence in the locker room is enough.

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Grant Cohn has covered the San Francisco 49ers daily since 2011. He spent the first nine years of his career with the Santa Rosa Press Democrat where he wrote the Inside the 49ers blog and covered famous coaches and athletes such as Jim Harbaugh, Colin Kaepernick and Patrick Willis. In 2012, Inside the 49ers won Sports Blog of the Year from the Peninsula Press Club. In 2020, Cohn joined FanNation and began writing All49ers. In addition, he created a YouTube channel which has become the go-to place on YouTube to consume 49ers content. Cohn's channel typically generates roughly 3.5 million viewers per month, while the 49ers' official YouTube channel generates roughly 1.5 million viewers per month. Cohn live streams almost every day and posts videos hourly during the football season. Cohn is committed to asking the questions that 49ers fans want answered, and providing the most honest and interactive coverage in the country. His loyalty is to the reader and the viewer, not the team or any player or coach. Cohn is a new-age multimedia journalist with an old-school mentality, because his father is Lowell Cohn, the legendary sports columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle from 1979 to 1993. The two have a live podcast every Tuesday. Grant Cohn grew up in Oakland and studied English Literature at UCLA from 2006 to 2010. He currently lives in Oakland with his wife.

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