SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Someday after three of their most essential gamers left their loss to the Cleveland Browns with numerous illnesses, the San Francisco 49ers seemingly received some excellent news on the harm entrance.
On Monday afternoon, Niners coach Kyle Shanahan supplied updates on injured receiver Deebo Samuel (shoulder), operating again Christian McCaffrey (indirect/rib) and left deal with Trent Williams (proper ankle). Whereas the 49ers are awaiting extra imaging on McCaffrey, Shanahan sounded optimistic on all three conditions.
Shanahan stated Samuel and Williams can be “day-to-day” this week because the 49ers put together for Monday night time’s journey to Minnesota to play the Vikings. That comes after Samuel departed within the first quarter Sunday with a shoulder harm and didn’t return whereas Williams gritted by means of the sport after spraining his ankle with 3:14 left within the opening quarter.
Shanahan stated Williams’ harm just isn’t a excessive ankle sprain. McCaffrey’s state of affairs appears a bit extra tenuous, because the Niners await additional data earlier than providing a prognosis and a timeline to return. Requested whether or not McCaffrey may very well be in place to play by means of the harm with using a flak jacket, Shanahan stated he wasn’t certain.
“It is clearly a more durable place simply since you get hit much more,” Shanahan stated. “However we have simply received to see the way it reacts. We have got to see precisely what’s mistaken with it too as a result of we’ve not received that again but. We are saying indirect/rib, hopefully it is not each, however we have to attend to see for certain.”
On Sunday, it was unclear when precisely Samuel and McCaffrey received injured, however Shanahan supplied some readability on that as effectively. Samuel’s shoulder harm got here on the primary play from scrimmage, an 8-yard run by him on a jet sweep.
“He simply took a shot on the shoulder,” Shanahan stated. “It did not look overly large or something. It simply linked proper. And so it received him after that. And for those who watch him like the subsequent eight performs, you can simply inform the sensation was beginning to go as a result of he could not use his left arm. [He] tried to come back again however simply could not get feeling again in it. So we needed to shut him down.”
McCaffrey left the sport within the third quarter however returned for one play — a 6-yard run with slightly below three minutes left within the quarter — earlier than heading to the sideline after which the locker room. The Niners dominated out his return with 10:58 to play. The out and in made it more durable to nail down when McCaffrey’s harm occurred.
“He talked about about 4 attainable performs he thought he may have finished it on,” Shanahan stated. “However we’re undecided which one he did.”
With McCaffrey out Sunday, the Niners turned to the mixture of Elijah Mitchell and Jordan Mason in his place. Mitchell, in his first sport again from a knee harm, had two carries for negative-3 yards. Mason had 5 makes an attempt for 27 yards and a landing.
Shanahan indicated that Mason and Mitchell would each get alternatives if McCaffrey cannot play towards the Vikings. He additionally supplied some optimism that McCaffrey may very well be accessible.
“Each of these guys have finished very effectively,” Shanahan stated. “Elijah got here again and practiced late final week on Thursday, so then he received actually one true day of observe in and that is why JP received the primary nod as soon as Christian got here out. However we have two actually good gamers there. And I do know [running back Tyrion Davis-Price] is ready for his alternative additionally. Hopefully, Christian will likely be good to go this week, but when not we have a bunch of backs we will depend on.”
There was little doubt about when Williams sprained his ankle after a Browns defender rolled into the again of his leg. Williams missed two offensive snaps and returned to complete the sport. After the loss, Williams stated he needed to play by means of the harm so the crew and backup deal with Jaylon Moore would not be put in a tricky spot towards Browns edge rusher Myles Garrett.
“Trent’s a really clever man who can also be very aggressive and understands what these choices are,” Shanahan stated. “And he stated he may come again. I wasn’t anticipating him due to how unhealthy the harm appeared. The trainers thought that it wasn’t as severe because it appeared. Trent was adamant to get again on the market after which we preserve our eyes on him all sport. … That was a reasonably brave effort by him popping out and people circumstances, particularly the participant he was going towards.”
The 49ers are additionally anticipated to get linebacker Dre Greenlaw again in observe this week after he missed Sunday with a hamstring harm, Shanahan stated.
