Report: 49ers working out veteran safeties with Tartt out

Kyle Shanahan didn't sound too happy with 49ers strong safety Jaquiski Tartt when talking to the media Tuesday. 

Tartt remains out from a toe injury that he sustained last season. 

"He isn’t ready to go, yet," Shanahan said. 'We thought he would be, with the time it’s been given. He isn’t.

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"And that’s just a fact.”

Not too long after Shanahan's statements, ESPN's Field Yates reported the 49ers are working out a handful of veteran safeties. 

Tartt's season-ending injury came in Week 9 after being inactive the previous two weeks. He played seven games in 2020, totaling 30 tackles, four passes defensed and on interception. 

Tartt has never played a full season and only has reached double digits of games played three times in his six-year career. 

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