SANTA CLARA -- After only a few months in place, the 49ers' new player health and performance department is getting positive reviews from the organization’s brass and players.
The 49ers dealt with a rash of injuries over the past two seasons. In 2018, 18 players spent time on the injured reserve list and 21 players did so in the previous season. General manager John Lynch and head coach Kyle Shanahan felt they needed to make a change, and the team hired Ben Peterson as their head of player health and performance and Dustin Little as the head athletic trainer.