NFC Notes: Ricky Pearsall, Josh Sweat, 49ers, Cardinals, Rams

49ers WR Ricky Pearsall said that his approach is still the same, even though hes expected to take on a larger role within the offense this season.

I feel like my mindset-wise is not changing at all, Pearsall said, via 49erswebzone .

Im gonna attack it the exact same way.

No matter what place Im at, whatever the coach tells me, I still have that wide receiver one mindset, and thats just how I was raised.

Ive always been a hard worker.

My parents raised me that way, and Ive always had that same mindset.

No matter what position youre in, whether youre in the depth chart or whatever it is, thats how I just attack my life in general.

Pearsall added that theres a healthy in the teams locker room between competition and camaraderie.

Theres always competition, Pearsall said.

We always push each other.

Were super close off the field, but when its time to put our cleats on, and put our helmets on, and go on the field, we know its go-time.

Me and Jacob always talk about itbefore every practice, we tell each other one thing that were trying to work on that day, and we just get each other hyped before.

And thats what its about.

Its about competing.

Pearsall hopes to carry a strong second half of his rookie season into his sophomore campaign.

It was very important for me, Pearsall reflected.

I feel like, throughout the entire year, Ive been really confident in my abilities to go out there and perform like that, and as soon as I was called upon to step into that role, I was just making plays, and the opportunities were given to me.

And as far as like confidence moving forward, it definitely was a boost to that.

But yeah, it was good for me to have those two games.

Following the trade from the Eagles to the Cardinals, DE Josh Sweat is ready to take on a leadership role atop the defensive line group.

I embrace it too, Sweat said, via Zach Gershman of the teams website .

At the end of the day, everybody should be a leader, but I just want to help change whatever I can to make it better.

Being back in a familiar defense with HC Jonathan Gannon and DC Nick Rallis, Sweat spoke on how free he felt playing in that system and feels he will get back to speed in no time.

It was a certain element of freedom.

The scheme, you can play fast, so picking it up was pretty easy.

Its not going to take me long at all.

Its the same thing.

Last season, the Rams were a few plays away from knocking off the eventual Super Bowl champs in the Divisional Round of the playoffs.

Heading into 2025, Los Angeles HC Sean McVay has the utmost faith in this iteration of the teams ability to make a deep postseason run this season.

What I would say is Im very optimistic about what our chances to be able to come together and to be able to impact each other in a positive way, McVay said, via the teams YouTube .

And you know as well as I do, want to be able to hopefully stay as healthy as we possibly can but I think the way that these guys are impacting one another, the way that were impacting each other, I think its got a chance to be a really special group.

I feel like I say it almost every year where youre as excited as youve ever been but theres a lot of real reasons to feel that way and were looking forward to swinging and I think kind of like we ended the last season, there was a lot of things guys can be proud of.

We know every year is a new year, but theres a lot of special people that I think give you a chance because its all about people and when youve got the right people, now how do we come together? And were looking forward to that.

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