Vast receiver Jauan Jennings, coach Kyle Shanahan mentioned, remains to be being evaluated with a shoulder harm however its conceivable he might face the Saints. Shanahan mentioned Jennings’ MRI was “good” and so they had been awaiting outcomes of a CT scan.
It was additionally clear from Shanahan’s tone off a convention name with native writers that place kicker Jake Moody’s standing is being evaluated and will lead to a change this week.
“We’re looking into all that stuff now,” Shanahan mentioned. “There’s options. Whether to stay the status quo, to bring guys in for a workout, signing someone to practice squad. But we’re going through all that stuff right now.”
Right here’s how Shanahan assessed some 49ers points within the wake of the Week 1 victory:
Kittle: “They tell me a few weeks. In order to (put him on I.R.) it’s got to be four-week injury so I don’t think we’ve decided on that yet.”
Purdy: “I’d say the toe is probably worse than the shoulder. We’re not sure (on his availability) and we’ll see how it heals as the week goes on.”
The harm occurred, Shanahan mentioned, when Purdy was pushed to the turf within the first half on an incomplete move to Ricky Pearsall Jr.
Shanahan expressed confidence that backup Mac Jones will probably be as much as the problem if known as upon to play in opposition to New Orleans and was non-committal about getting a extra skilled quarterback on the observe squad. Because it stands, Adrian Martinez could be Jones’ backup if Purdy can’t go.
That being the case, the addition of a one other quarterback at the side of missed practices by Purdy would point out there’s an opportunity he might not play.
Left guard Ben Bartch is coping with a knee sprain, Shanahan mentioned, and there have been no stories on left deal with Trent Williams or working again Christian McCaffrey so each got here by unscathed. Williams left briefly with an undisclosed harm within the first half and McCaffrey had 31 touches and 142 whole yards after going into the sport as “questionable” with a calf harm.
SNAP JUDGEMENTS
76: Bartch, McKivitz, middle Jake Brendel and Purdy performed each offensive snap. Williams and proper guard Dominick Puni every missed one snap.
58: McCaffrey touched the ball 31 occasions when on the sphere — greater than half is snaps. He performed 27 snaps the place he wasn’t the receiver/ball provider.
52: Rookie fifth-round choose Marques Sigle performed each snap in his NFL debut at security. Additionally taking part in each snap had been security Jason Pinnock and linebacker Dee Winters.
39: Rookie first-round choose Mykel Williams performed the second most snaps on the defensive position to the 46 by Nick Bosa. Fellow rookies Alfred Collins and C.J. West had 9 and 7 snaps, respectively.
30: Tongues performed simply 4 fewer snaps than the 34 he had in 20 video games with the Chicago Bears (in 2022) and 49ers (2024).
19: Brian Robinson Jr. had 9 carries for 33 yards and caught one move for 4 yards in his first sport spelling McCaffrey.
3: Skyy Moore, acquired from the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs, was in for 3 performs on offense and 9 on particular groups. He had 4 punt returns for 39 yards, with one muff out of bounds, and one kickoff return for twenty-four yards.
2: Security Ji’Ayir Brown received in for under two performs on protection with Sigle and Pinnock getting all of the work. He performed 13 snaps on particular groups.
Extra to come back on this breaking story . . .
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