Jacob Cowing

The Athletic’s Matt Barrows reports 49ers WR Jacob Cowing is “doing a better job” of maintaining speed “throughout his cuts and breaks.”

After polling coaches, Barrows also noted a theme, indicating “no one took better advantage of the offseason than Cowing.” The 49ers were taking advantage of his speed as a downfield threat this spring, and Barrows suggests Cowing “can run a lot of the gadget plays that went to Deebo Samuel in previous years.” A series of unfortunate events may have to occur for Cowing to climb past the No. 6 spot in the 49ers’ passing game pecking order, but it’s good for his odds of being the player that can step up in case of injury that he’s drawing this kind of praise.