Warriors in the Pros Update

Ashley Lelie is starting to impress in 49ers camp.

Play of the day: Receiver Ashley Lelie had a solid practice Thursday morning that included a deep touchdown catch from Trent Dilfer. His best reception, however, was a juggling, falling, one-handed snag in which he came down with the ball in the crook of his arm.

Here's more detail about that catch.

The sweetest catch so far, however, may have been made by Ashley Lelie, who had three defenders tightly wrapped around him when he snagged a short pass in two-minute offense. Lelie never had control of the pass, and as he was being taken to the ground, he bobbled it all the way down, finally securing it with the fingertips of one hand a few inches from the ground with the rest of his body getting crunched to the turf. That’s not the only good thing Lelie has done lately. The veteran is starting to come on.

Gonna be a big year for Ash.

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Ikaika Alama-Francis had another entry in his diary yesterday. Sounds like they're getting put through the ringer.

“(Non-padded practices are) a lot of mental (work). A lot of mental (work). Knowing your assignments, knowing what to do; not so much banging, but it is mental. Football is more mental than it is physical, so we’ve got to be on top of things and be ready for anything the offense throws at us and be ready for these games we have coming up this week.

“I lost track of days, let’s just say that. I don’t know what day it is, what’s going on, all I know is I have football tomorrow morning and football tomorrow afternoon and for the rest of the week and for the next long days to come.”

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And Chad Mock had two catches for 27 yards in his second game with the BC Lions.