The San Francisco 49ers’ final injury report is out. Will this be the week Brock Purdy returns to practice? The Niners had a few key defensive starters added to Thursday’s injury report in Keion White,
Kalia Davis, Alfred Collins, and Dee Winters.
Based on the practice reports leading up to Friday, it was likely that each player from above would be listed as questionable. The 49ers’ injury report compared to the Los Angeles Rams’ injury report was comical. The ratio was roughly 17 players to three.
Here is the final injury report:
Out:
Ricky Pearsall (knee)
When asked why Pearsall can run on the side of practice and “shoot hoops” in the locker room, Shanahan explained why Pearsall is unable to fully practice and play:
“Yeah, he can’t…play…football. He can shoot hoops, as you said, which so can any of us in here. He can run in certain speeds, but he hasn’t been able to hit his normal speeds that would have allowed him to come back. We don’t let people come back until they can hit their normal speeds before they got hurt, or it makes them susceptible to injury again. So, we’re just waiting until he hits those markers.”
Questionable:
QB Brock Purdy (toe)
LB Dee Winters (knee, knee)
LB Tatum Bethune (thigh)
G Ben Bartch (ankle)
DT Alfred Collins (hip)
DT Kalia Davis (ankle)
DL Keion White (groin)
Head coach Kyle Shanahan said the team had to make changes during Thursday’s practice due to injuries. Shanahan said the injuries to the defensive linemen all happened at the beginning of practice, so the reps had to be changed and the pace had to be slowed.
Brock Purdy is further along this week, but he won’t start:
“It’ll be Mac [Jones] again starting. Haven’t decided whether I’m going to make him active. But he’s further along this week than last week.”
Shanahan said he usually talks to Brock on Saturday to see how the whole week went for him, to see how much better he would have gotten, and to determine whether he’ll be active. So, it sounds like Purdy will be the determining factor
Bryce Huff is off the injury report. Shanahan called him a “huge need,” and the game against the Falcons was Huff’s best of the season: “Getting him back was huge regardless, but especially after losing some guys, it’s that much more important.”
Bartch got through the week OK, according to Shanahan. He wouldn’t share whether Bartch would start at left guard, but did say Bartch would be active and in uniform.
