The first padded practice is in the books for the 49ers, and tempers flared. Aaron Banks spoke at the podium afterward and said, “when you practice for four days without pads, things are going to build up.”
Boy, did they ever. Jauan Jennings is a master at provoking defensive backs. The third team was up, and Jennings felt as though one of the defenders hit his fellow wideout late. Jauan didn’t like that, and wasn’t going to stand for it. For the next 30 or so seconds, we had our first skirmish of practice.
After one of the players was in a headlock, head coach Kyle Shanahan had enough.