Richard Sherman arrives to the practice field a little later than his teammates these days.
The 49ers veteran cornerback has stuck to the elongated warmups with head strength coach Ray Wright that were part of his offseason recovery from an Achilles tear.
“I warm up pretty quick after that,” Sherman said this week. “That’s more just like stretch, getting on the massager and I do a few ladders and I’m off to practice.”
Emotionally, however, Sherman still feels like a rookie — he does every year ahead of Week 1, but this season is different. Sherman, 30, will suit up with a new team for the first time in his eight-year career Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings.