The San Francisco 49ers lost multiple players during their victory over the Washington Commanders:
WR Mike Evans (Achilles)
LB Luke Gifford (groin)
CB Upton Stout (shoulder)
When asked about the severity of Evans’ Achilles injury, Kyle Shanahan said, “Just the same thing that was bothering him all week. Just acted up during the game; couldn’t go. We’ll see how he feels this week.”
Shanahan said he didn’t think Evans would need further Achilles testing, which is a good sign. Jennifer Lee Chan tweeted
that she’s hearing Evans’ Achilles is intact.
Shanahan added that “it was a pretty close call” whether Evans would play in this game. The two talked leading up to the game, and Evans said he’d dealt with it during his career and felt confident he’d be good to go for Week 6.
When asked about his level of concern about Evans, Shanahan said, “It’s something that’s bothered him before, and something that has bothered him throughout the week. When you have Achilles tendinitis like he does, it kind of is what it is. It flared up tonight. I hope he recovers throughout the week.
But we don’t think it’s a long-term thing. Right now, it almost cost him this game. It cost him two quarters. Hopefully, he’ll be able to play next week. But if not, we’ll have to have the rest of the group step up and hopefully get him healed up after the bye week.
Shanahan said, “That was the confidence he gave me, but we knew he might not be able to last.”
Christian Kirk is a “possibility” for Week 7 against the Falcons. “He had two good practices in. It’s just his first two practices of the year. We were down on wideouts, so it’s still something we discussed. But we decided to give it another week.”
Per Shanahan, Demarcus Robinson will not be ready this week.
Shanahan acknowledged that “it’s tough” at wide receiver with all of the injuries: “That’s what you got practice squad guys for. We’ll see how all of our guys heal up. I’ll be surprised if we got Deebo or D-Rob back until most likely after the bye week. We’ve got enough guys in our building. We’ll put a plan together and see how it goes.”
