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Found May 25, 2012 on Pro Football Zone: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: A.J. Jenkins,  Brandon Jacobs,  Alex Smith
TEAMS: San Francisco 49ers
Getty Images San Francisco 49ers wide receiver A.J. Jenkins is very grateful for the veterans around him that are helping him transition to the NFL. “Yeah, I feel I like I have the perfect fit,” Jenkins said Thursday after a two-hour practice. “With those kinds of veterans guiding me through the way, I’m trying to learn things, trying to be a veteran. “That’s perfect. I got (Michael) Crabtree,(Randy) Moss, Jerry Rice and (Mario) Manningham. Even Brandon Jacobs is talking to me a lot, (and) Alex Smith is talking to me a lot. I have a lot of great experience around me.” Even though Jenkins was drafted in the first round, he doesn’t have a lot of pressure to come in right away and be a playmaker because the 49ers already have guys like Moss, Manningham and Crabtree.  
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