Earlier this week, the 49ers tried to trade for wide receiver John Metchie before the Philadelphia Eagles ultimately made the Houston Texans a better offer.

The San Francisco 49ers will be shorthanded at wide receiver to start the 2025 season. San Francisco head coach Kyle Shanahan told KNBR that Demarcus Robinson was suspended for the first three games of the upcoming campaign, although he left the door open for an appeal.

49ers coach Kyle Shanahan confirmed that Robinson, who pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor DUI charge and was sentenced to probation, has been suspended by the NFL for three games for violating the NFL’s substance abuse policy. A suspension was all but inevitable, but now it’s a done deal.

Here's who stood out on Day 17 of 49ers training camp. Keep in mind, second-year wide receiver Jacob Cowing did not practice.

49ers wide receiver Jacob Cowing did not practice Wednesday. Coach Kyle Shanahan said on KNBR that Cowing is dealing with the same lingering hamstring injury that sidelined him early in camp. “Yes, it is [the hamstring],” Shanahan said on the radio, via David Bonilla of 49erswebzone.com. “ He felt it yesterday, so we had to hold him back today.”

Locked into long-term contracts, Brock Purdy, Kyle Shanahan, and John Lynch give the 49ers stability, but their trajectory depends on developing young talent around an aging core and maintaining championship-level coaching.

Running back Isaac Guerendo and linebacker Tatum Bethune are showing signs of second-leaps for the 49ers entering the preseason finale.

The 49ers announced a handful of roster moves on Wednesday. They have signed offensive lineman Michael Dunn and wide receiver Malik Knowles to their 90-man roster. They released defensive lineman Demone Harris and waived running back Corey Kiner with an injury designation in corresponding moves.