49ers wide receiver Dante Pettis could miss time due to puzzle-building

San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Dante Pettis could miss time during the regular season due to his affinity for puzzle-building during the quarantine. Niner Noise dives in for more.

In these strange new times, people eagerly look for ways to grow, entertain themselves and maintain any semblance of humanity. To stay active and competitive, we’ve seen top athletes post everything from strength training, agility and skills workouts on social media.

Buried amid the sea of social media posts was a hidden gem. Niner Noise has learned that third-year wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers, Dante Pettis, is a gifted dissectologist.

He loves building puzzles, and he’s quite good at it.

The quarantine would not sideline Pettis. In a series of tweets, the otherwise reserved wideout shared he recently undertook the Herculean task of assembling a 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle while hunkered down during the recent global pandemic:

Outsmarting the scattered beast was no easy feat by the looks of it. Perhaps Pettis garnered inspiration from his friendly felines and powered through for the win, but the cost may have exceeded his salary cap.

The considerable mental strain of assembling puzzles, coupled with the joy of victory, may have developed an insatiable appetite in the young wideout for more jigsaw puzzles. Friends and teammates are growing concerned Pettis could impulsively run a route to the local toy store in search of the next fix.

According to Doctor Howie Doin’, medical consultant for NBSee Sportz:

"Top-level athletes have trained themselves to develop razor-sharp focus. Left unchecked, however, this level of intensity could make one prone to addictive behaviors."

However, the skilled receiver is showing promising signs of recognizing and reversing said behaviors. In a recent tweet, Pettis asked 49ers tight end sensation George Kittle for help in crafting a workout plan:

Kittle responded with a hopeful message:

In the event Pettis diverts from this trajectory, the team has options. The 49ers have numerous alternates at wide receiver and are likely to walk away from the 2020 NFL Draft with at least another receiver in a few weeks.

Still, it would be great to see Pettis breakout from his rookie year in 2018, where he logged 27 receptions for 467 yards and five touchdowns. Pettis showed flashes of brilliance in 2019 but in a limited fashion.

For those hoping to see Pettis take it to the next level, it looks like we’ll have to wait a bit longer.

For now, one can only marvel at his enigmatic genius.

Well done, sir!  The cat is pretty dope. too.

Please note this article is only an April Fool’s bit inspired by recent tweets.