The Good and Not So Good from Day 10 of

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The Good and Not So Good from Day 10 of

SANTA CLARA -- Here's who stood out on Day 10 of 49ers training camp. Keep in mind, the following players did not participate in team scrimmages: Trent Williams, Mike McGlinchey, George Kittle, Nick Bosa and Emmanuel Moseley.THE GOOD1. Linebacker Fred WarnerIntercepted Trey Lance (more on him in a minute). Lance was throwing a long pa s to tight end Tyler Kroft and Warner read the throw, so he backpedalled extremely quickly and made the interception 20 yards downfield. Phenomenal play by a phenomenal linebacker.2. Safety Jimmie WardBroke up a well thrown pa s from Trey Lance that was intended for Brandon Aiyuk. Aiyuk ran a dig route and Lenny Dykstra Jersey beat the cornerback who was covering him, but Ward swooped in, slapped the ball out of Aiyuk's hands and knocked him on his back. Ward is having the best training camp of his career.3. Cornerback Charvarius WardBounced back after a lackluster practice on Saturday and played well. Gave up a 20-yard catch to Brandon Aiyuk early in practice, but broke up a short pa s intended for Aiyuk later on 3rd and 4. Aiyuk seemed to think Ward interfered with him, but the official didn't throw a flag.4. Defensive tackle Javon KinlawThrew Aaron Banks to the side and sacked Trey Lancetuh. Kinlaw took all the reps with the first-string defense. Halfway through practice, he walked by me and said, "You writing all this down?" So I showed him my notebook. He seemed pleased.5. Nickelback Sam WomackPlayed with the second-team defense, broke up a pa s intended for Ray-Ray McCloud, and then had Todd Frazier Jersey perfect coverage on an incomplete pa s intended for Jauan Jennings (more on him in a minute). Womack clearly is the best nickelback on the roster. It's only a matter of time before he plays with the first-stringers.6. Running back Jeff Wilson Jr.Had the longest run of the day -- a 30-yarder through the teeth of the defense. It would have been a 10-yarder, but Wilson juked safety Tayler Hawkins to the ground and Tug McGraw Jersey kept running. Wilson looks to have regained the explosion he didn't have last season.7. Wide receiver Ray-Ray McCloudMade a diving 40-yard catch up the right sideline after beating cornerback Ka'Dar Hollman. McCloud makes one excellent play every day.Scroll to Continue8. Wide receiver Danny GrayCaught a 25-yard pa s with his hands near the sideline after beating Deommodore Lenoir with a back-shoulder fade route. Also beat Lenoir with a slant to make a 6-yard catch with his chest.9. Safety George OdumRecognized a reverse to Deebo Samuel as it was developing and tagged him for no gain.THE NOT SO GOOD1. Quarterback Trey LanceCompleted just 4 of 12 pa ses and threw an interception. Two of his pa ses were dropped, and he was mi sing three key starters on offense. Still, he wasn't good, and is struggling in training camp. To be fair, most quarterbacks struggle against the 49ers defense. Dak Prescott completed 53 percent of his pa ses and threw one touchdown pa s and one interception against the 49ers in the playoffs. And Jimmy Garoppolo threw 11 picks in training camp last year, and the 49ers still won lots of games. Garoppolo also completed 63 percent of his throws in camp,uy but that's because he almost never threw deep or outside the numbers. He only throws high-percentage pa ses, and his complete unwillingne s to throw downfield is a big reason he throws so many picks and no one wants him as a starting quarterback anymore. Conversely, Lance has completed roughly 50 percent of his pa ses in camp, but he's throwing much farther downfield. Today, he completed two pa ses over the middle that traveled at least 20 yards in the air. He also threw three pa ses to receivers running deep Jose Reyes Jersey out routes and completed none of them (one was well thrown and dropped). That's a difficult throw which requires arm strength, timing and accuracy, and it's good that Lance is practicing it. That's what practice is for. Practicing. Garoppolo almost never tried this throw. He worked only on the things he does well, which is why he never grew or improved. We'll see if Lance improves. Right now, he still gives the 49ers a better chance to win than Garoppolo, which is why Lance plays with the first-string offense while Garoppolo throws 10-yard pa ses to ball boys on a side field.2. Quarterback Nate SudfeldGot intercepted by linebacker Marcelino McCrary-Ball.3. Quarterback Brock PurdyGot intercepted by linebacker Segun Olubi. Why do 49ers quarterbacks throw so many picks to linebackers?4. Wide receiver Jauan JenningsAlmost caught a pa s during team drills, but didn't.5. Cornerback Ambry ThomasAlmost broke up a Yoenis Cespedes Jersey pa s during team drills, but didn't.6. Cornerback Emmanuel MoseleySat out practice entirely. Spent the first half running while under the supervision of a trainer, which might mean Moseley injured himself. We'll find out when Kyle Shanahan speaks on Tuesday.
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