49ers News: Salute to Jauan Jennings

Q: What is the value of Jauan Jennings' contract with the Vikings?

Jauan Jennings' contract with the Minnesota Vikings is worth up to $13 million for one year.

Q: Which team did Jauan Jennings play for before joining the Vikings?

Before joining the Minnesota Vikings, Jauan Jennings played for the San Francisco 49ers.

Q: What significant play did Jauan Jennings make during Super Bowl LVIII?

During Super Bowl LVIII, Jauan Jennings threw a touchdown pass to Christian McCaffrey.

Q: When did Jauan Jennings sign with the Minnesota Vikings?

Jauan Jennings signed with the Minnesota Vikings on February 11, 2024.

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - FEBRUARY 11: Jauan Jennings #15 of the San Francisco 49ers throws the ball to Christian McCaffrey #23 for a touchdown in the second quarter against the Kansas City Chiefs during Super Bowl LVIII at Allegiant Stadium on February 11, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images) | Getty Images **Former 49ers WR Jauan Jennings signs one-year deal with Vikings** “The Minnesota Vikings have reportedly signed former San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Jauan Jennings to a one-year deal worth up to $13 million.” **What the 49ers saw in De’Zhaun Stribling to select him No. 33 overall** “OK, let’s go back to 2024 when Stribling was at Oklahoma State. In the video, I used Kansas State as an example because they had two NFL players in their secondary — one plays for the 49ers — and ran NFL coverages. When you take a player as early as the 49ers did, Stribling has to show far more than simply being an effective blocker, or gadget player, or even as a deep threat. We showed how useful he can be on a down-to-down basis. At Oklahoma State, you could see Stribling winning in isolated situations. When receivers create multiple yards of separation on underneath routes, your eyes should light up. Getting schemed open or running double moves isn’t impressive. Beating a cornerback on a slant and ending up multiple arm’s length away from them are the types of plays that should move the needle. Stribling has the defensive back hopping the other way on the play route above. It’s a clean route that leads to yards after the catch. Not every win a receiver has is when he’s targeted. Take this rep against the player the Chiefs traded up for, Mansoor Delane, for example. Stribling beats Delane instantaneously off the line and has him chasing for the entirety of the route. When Stribling is progressing as a route runner forward and keeping his feet moving, he’s problematic to deal with. He can get stuck at the line of scrimmage when he tries to muscle his way through the cornerback. There are also times when Stribling will get his feet outside of his frame, leading to balance issues at the top of his route. Those are all coachable.” “Raheem Morris, 49, 23-year NFL coaching veteran, is known as a strong communicator who connects well with his players. And this is clear after the former Falcons and Buccaneers head coach had his introductory news conference with Bay Area reporters Thursday: The gifted speaker is also adept at saying plenty — and revealing little — with the media….. ….Morris is well versed in multiple systems: He’s overseen both 3-4 and 4-3 defenses, and he’s increasingly used five-man fronts that have included three defensive linemen and two stand-up outside linebackers. On Thursday, Morris did stress the importance of mixing up fronts and coverages to keep offenses guessing. “You’ve got to have some multiplicity in your front,” Morris said. “You’ve got to have multiplicity in the back end. You’ve got to be able to do different things. You’d like to be able to do those things when you decide to do those things and use them as terms where you can dictate. … But (the 49ers) have been a four-down rush team, and we’ve done a nice job with it.” “Purdy has said before that former Niners quarterback coach Brian Griese helped him understand the importance of throwing blind and knowing route timing down to the exact number of steps. Pocket movement, Kubiak pointed out, is also a matter of timing. “He can make plays with his feet, but are you missing an opportunity to make a better play down the field,” Kubiak said. “Maybe because you decided to run, or you moved a certain way and you missed a guy down the field. So it’s just working on pocket movement, working on ways you can move in the pocket to find throwing lanes and being more consistent in that area.” **“**So, like when Kyle came to Tampa fresh out of UCLA, all fired up and eager, we were stealing his dad’s zone scheme keeper game as much as he was stealing Tampa two and all different values that he wanted to bring to us. So when we did all the cross training where even when we were young, it was constantly, staff development within the building with some of the better coaches that we had been around in our lifetime, like Mike Tomlin was secondary coach and Monte Kiffin was the defensive coordinator along with Rod Marinelli, and what he was able to bring with the original a part of his attack front doing some of the different things, sort of the stuff that we have, very similar to that stuff. And he was running all the good coaches andJoe Barry, all those guys. But we shared a bunch of information, and then I got a chance to obviously work on defense in such a long time. When I was able to switch over to offense, with Kyle in kind of having the outside-in version of what the offense looks like, what it means and what it’s going to do to really get into the deep weeds of it, watch him game plan and watch him go through the process of a week of preparing for a different team. And then even when he left, being able to stay on that side of the ball and really develop and grow as a person that can really go out there and formulate plays to go find open spaces and do different things that you want to do from an offensive standpoint was so much fun and a different perspective than you had just going out there coaching defense, right? You can actually speak in their language, understand what some of the quarterback reads are, being able to be detailed enough to go out there and try to stop those things. Being able to explain it to your players in a completely different way, which was my strength when I went from defense to offense.” **“**The NFL’s full 2026 schedule is expected to be released soon, confirming dates, kickoff times, and broadcast assignments for the upcoming season.”