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Terrell Owens Raves About 49ers WR Jauan Jennings

Terrell Owens isn't afraid to speak candidly about the 49ers.

Grant Cohn

Sep 24, 2024; Houston, Texas, USA; Hall of Fame Terrell Owens watches the first pitch before the Seattle Mariners play against the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park. Mandatory Credit: Thomas Shea-Imagn Images
Sep 24, 2024; Houston, Texas, USA; Hall of Fame Terrell Owens watches the first pitch before the Seattle Mariners play against the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park. Mandatory Credit: Thomas Shea-Imagn Images / Thomas Shea-Imagn Images
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Terrell Owens isn't afraid to speak candidly about the 49ers.

This was true when he was a player and it's true today. Recently, he went on 95.7 The Game and casually destroyed Deebo Samuel for underperforming.

In the same breath, Owens raved about Jauan Jennings, who has been the 49ers' most-improved player this season.

"Jauan Jennings has been the brightest spot on this offense since Day 1 of this year," Owens said. "Jauan Jennings can only do so much. Jauan Jennings is a playmaker. I don't see him as a game -changer. That's Christian McCaffrey. He can make something happen within the course of any play. That's not Jauan Jennings, but he has been super productive. He has been the brightest star on that offense.

"The only thing he lacks is that breakaway speed. He has the physical attributes to bring that physicality to the game. He has a catch radius. He can make plays. He can go up and take 50-50 balls and turn those to 80-20 in his favor. He's going to make himself some money somewhere. If you looked at it from the beginning of the season with the Brandon Aiyuk contract situation looming at that time, I told my son that Jennings was playing like he's the $30 million-per-year type of guy. Jennings was the lone bright spot. He right now is a focal point. Dynamic player. The only thing he lacks is that game-changing ability. He can only do so much. He needs somebody else to complement what he's doing from an offensive standpoint. The running game has to come along as well."

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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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