HAPPENS. >> TODAY WE'RE HEARING FROM THE FORTY-NINERS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE SHOOTING, PLAYERS GOT TO VISIT WITH PEARSALL IN PERSON AT THEIR PRACTICE. THERE SEEMED TO BE AN OVERALL SENSE OF RELIEF, AND THE INCIDENT APPEARS TO BE BRINGING THE TEAM CLOSER TOGETHER. ABC SEVEN NEWS SOUTH BAY REPORTER ZACH FUENTES JOINS US LIVE FROM LEVI'S STADIUM WITH THAT PART OF THE STORY, ZACH. >> YEAH, AMA THE TEAM IS PRACTICING EXTREMELY HARD TODAY AHEAD OF THEIR BIG GAME ON MONDAY. AND THEY'RE IN A GOOD HEAD SPACE NOW TOO. AFTER HAVING SEEN RICKY PEARSALL IN PERSON. NOW, GENERAL MANAGER JOHN LYNCH SAYS GIVEN WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM, HE'S DOING INCREDIBLY WELL. I HAVE AN IMMENSE FEELING OF RELIEF AND EXCITEMENT AMONG THE 40 NINERS. TUESDAY BOTH ON THE PRACTICE FIELD AND IN THE LOCKER ROOM. >> BUNCH OF ENERGY IN THE BUILDING. >> IT ALL COMES AFTER THEY GOT TO SEE THEIR TEAMMATE, RICKY PEARSALL, FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE HE WAS SHOT, AND JUST HUGGED HIM AND JUST HUGGED HIM AND JUST JUST LET HIM KNOW, MAN. >> JUST TAKE IT AT HIS OWN PACE. >> AND RIGHT NOW THAT'S WHAT 40 NINERS GENERAL MANAGER JOHN LYNCH SAID. THEY'RE ALLOWING HIM TO DO FOR NOW, PUTTING PEARSALL ON THE NON-FOOTBALL INJURY LIST. >> WE HAD TO WE HAD TO ACT QUICKLY WITH THAT DECISION. I WISH, I WISH WE HAD SOME MORE TIME TO MAKE IT, BUT ULTIMATELY WE FELT THE NUMBER ONE THING WE HAD TO BE CONCERNED WITH WAS RICKY'S WELL-BEING. >> BUT ACCORDING TO LYNCH'S UPDATE, PEARSALL MAY NOT BE ON THAT LIST FOR TOO LONG. >> IT'S NOTHING SHORT OF MIRACULOUS THAT HE CAME OUT OF THIS AS GOOD AS HE DID. >> LYNCH, WHO VISITED PEARSALL AT THE HOSPITAL, CONFIRMED THAT PEARSALL DID NOT SUFFER ANY NERVE OR ORGAN DAMAGE DURING TUESDAY'S PRESS CONFERENCE, LYNCH ALSO SENT A BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE SFPD SERGEANT, JOEL HARRELL, WHO WAS ON HAND TO HELP PEARSALL UNTIL PARAMEDICS ARRIVED. >> SHE WAS THERE FOR HIM IN A REAL ROUGH TIME, AND I KNOW HOW APPRECIATIVE RICKY IS OF THAT. WE'RE APPRECIATIVE TO THE ENTIRE POLICE DEPARTMENT. >> PEARSALL FIRST GOT TO TALK WITH HIS TEAMMATE SATURDAY VIA FACETIME AT A TRAINING CAMP PARTY. >> WE HAD A TEAM PARTY THAT WAS SCHEDULED WHEN I GOT TO THE HOSPITAL AND VISITED WITH RICKY AS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS, HE SAID, MR. LYNCH, WHAT'S GOING ON? YOU KNOW, I WOULD REALLY LIKE EVERYONE TO GO TO THAT PARTY. AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO TALK TO SOME OF MY TEAMMATES. I SAID, RICKY, YOU TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF. BUT YOU KNOW, KIND OF A COOL MOMENT. WE WERE ABLE TO PIPE RICKY INTO THE PARTY AND HE FACETIMED THE ENTIRE GROUP. >> STILL, THE TEAM TELLS US NOTHING BEATS SEEING HIM IN PERSON. >> AS SOON AS I SAW HIM, I SMILED LIKE I JUST. I SMILED, WENT AND WRAPPED HIM UP, HUGGED HIM. >> THE SHOOTING THAT INJURED PEARSALL COMES JUST AS THE TEAM IS OVERCOMING SOME TURBULENT TIMES. LATE LAST WEEK, IT WAS REPORTED THAT WIDE RECEIVER BRANDON AIYUK FINALLY REACHED A DEAL WITH THE TEAM AFTER HIGH STAKES CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS. NOW, TUESDAY, IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT STAR LEFT TACKLE TRENT WILLIAMS IS FINALIZING A NEW DEAL AFTER A PROLONGED HOLDOUT WITH AIYUK AND WILLIAMS ON BOARD AND PEARSALL RECOVERY, THE TEAM SAYS THEY'RE READY FOR THEIR FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON MONDAY AGAINST THE NEW YORK JETS. >> THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO OPEN THE SEASON, AGAINST A GREAT DEFENSE, AGAINST A GREAT OFFENSE AS WELL, I THINK IT'LL BE A GOOD SHOWDOWN. >> NOW, AGAIN, WHILE PEARSALL IS DOING WELL, ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, THEY ARE GIVING HIM AT LEAST FOUR WEEKS TO RECOVER PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY AND EMOTIONALLY AFTER EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED. BUT GENERAL MANAGER LYNCH SAID THAT HE'S CONFIDENT THAT PEARSALL WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE A CONTRIBUTION AND