NaVorro Bowman hasn't played since injuring his knee in the 2013 NFC Championship Game, but he returned to practice late last month.

"Bowman's looking great," Jim Tomsula said, via Matt Maiocco of CSN Bay Area. "Bow looks great. I'd say we're more treating Bow like a vet than we're treating Bow like a post-injury guy right now."

The San Francisco 49ers lost Patrick Willis and Chris Borland to retirement in the offseason and will need Bowman to be productive.