SANTA CLARA — Has the 49ers’ endless damage saga taken a flip for the higher?
Quarterback Brock Purdy, who got here out of a 27-24 loss to the Los Angeles Rams with a sore again, headed to follow Wednesday with out limitations because the 49ers (1-2) started preparations to face the New England Patriots (1-2) at Levi’s Stadium in Week 4.
Tight finish George Kittle has additionally made progress with a hamstring pressure that saved him out of the Rams loss as he was on the sphere in a restricted foundation.
Those that weren’t scheduled to follow had been extensive receiver Deebo Samuel (calf) and defensive deal with Javon Hargrave (triceps). Samuel is just not anticipated to face the Patriots and Hargrave is probably going out or the season and shortly might be headed to injured reserve.
The 49ers proceed to be with out working again Christian McCaffrey (calf) and rookie extensive receiver Ricky Pearsall Jr. (chest), each of whom are on injured reserve and never but eligible to return.
Coach Kyle Shanahan wasn’t pointing to accidents as the explanation for the loss to the Rams.
“You’ve got to be able to overcome those,” Shanahan mentioned. “We had each likelihood to win on Sunday regardless of a few of our accidents. I felt like we should always have been 2-1, however we discovered a technique to lose, and that’s on us and if you lose video games you assume it is best to have received it makes it that a lot more durable — accidents or no accidents.
THE CAP STORY
Hargrave grew to become the newest high-salaried participant to go down. His loss is critical as a result of in contrast to the others, he’s not anticipated to return this season.
Together with Kittle, who was restricted Wednesday, the 49ers have six gamers who’re both sidelined, on injured reserve, on the bodily unable to carry out checklist or the non-football damage checklist that account for $52,267,477 of cap {dollars}. Their replacements within the lineup whole $10,023,221 — a distinction of $42,244,256.
The wage cap this season is about at $255.4 million, though the 49ers have $56.8 million in cap house based on overthecap.com as a result of restructures of a number of contracts.
The difficulty isn’t cap house as a lot as it’s the 49ers being with out the gamers they worth essentially the most.
Right here’s the way it breaks down
Samuel $12,226,543/Jennings $2,774,941
Kittle $12,220,475/Eric Saubert $985,500
McCaffrey $6,682,588/Jordan Mason $988,334
Javon Hargrave $9,270,882/Jordan Elliott $2,140,000
Ricky Pearsall Jr. $2,279,709/Ronnie Bell $934,446
Dre Greenlaw $9,602,970/De’Vondre Campbell $2,200,000
Injured: $52,267,477
Replacements: $10,023,221
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