Nick Wagoner, ESPN Team of workers Editor
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — One occasion nearest 3 in their maximum remarkable gamers left their loss to the Cleveland Browns with diverse diseases, the San Francisco 49ers apparently were given some excellent information at the trauma entrance.
On Monday afternoon, Niners schoolmaster Kyle Shanahan introduced updates on injured Niners receiver Deebo Samuel (shoulder), operating again Christian McCaffrey (indirect/rib) and left take on Trent Williams (proper ankle). Occasion the 49ers are anticipating extra imaging on McCaffrey, Shanahan sounded positive on all 3 statuses.
Shanahan mentioned Samuel and Williams could be “day to day” this day because the 49ers get ready for Monday night time’s go back and forth to Minnesota to play games the Vikings. That comes nearest Samuel departed within the first quarter Sunday with a shoulder trauma and didn’t go back era Williams gritted during the extra of the sport nearest spraining his ankle with 3:14 left within the opening quarter.
Shanahan mentioned Williams’ trauma isn’t a top ankle sprain. McCaffrey’s condition turns out somewhat extra tenuous, because the Niners look ahead to extra entire knowledge ahead of providing a prognosis and a timeline to go back. Requested whether or not McCaffrey might be in place to play games during the trauma with the virtue of a flak jacket, Shanahan mentioned he wasn’t certain but.
“It’s obviously a tougher position just because you get hit a lot more,” Shanahan mentioned. “But we’ve just got to see how it reacts. We’ve got to see exactly what’s wrong with it too because we haven’t got that back yet. We say oblique slash rib, hopefully it’s not both, but we’ve got to wait to see for sure.”
It used to be hazy on Sunday when, precisely, Samuel and McCaffrey have been injured however Shanahan introduced some readability on that as smartly. Samuel harm his shoulder at the first play games from scrimmage, an 8-yard run by way of him on a jet sweep.
“He just took a shot on the shoulder,” Shanahan mentioned. “It didn’t look overly big or anything. It just connected right. And so, it got him after that. And if you watch him like the next eight plays, you could just tell the feeling was starting to go because he couldn’t use his left arm. [He] tried to come back but just couldn’t get feeling back in it. So, we had to shut him down.”
McCaffrey left the sport within the 3rd quarter however returned for one play games — a 6-yard run with slightly below 3 mins left within the 3rd — ahead of heading to the sideline and later the warehouse room. The Niners dominated out his go back with 10:58 to play games. The out and in made it tougher to nail ill when McCaffrey’s trauma took place.
“He mentioned about four possible plays he thought he could have done it on,” Shanahan mentioned. “But we’re not sure which one he did.”
With McCaffrey out Sunday, the Niners grew to become to the mix of Elijah Mitchell and Jordan Mason in his playground. Mitchell, who used to be in his first recreation again from a knee trauma, 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 can’t play games in opposition to the Vikings era additionally providing some optimism that McCaffrey might be to be had for that recreation.
“Both of those guys have done very well,” Shanahan mentioned. “Elijah came back and practiced late last week on Thursday, so then he got really one true day of practice in and that’s why JP got the first nod once Christian came out. But we’ve got two really good players there. And I know [running back Tyrion Davis-Price] is waiting for his opportunity also. Hopefully Christian will be good to go this week but if not, we’ve got a group of backs we can rely on.”
There used to be minute lack of certainty about when Williams sprained his ankle nearest a Browns defender rolled into the again of his leg. Williams overlooked two offensive snaps and returned to complete the sport. Then the loss, Williams mentioned he sought after to play games during the trauma as a result of he didn’t wish to put the workforce or alternative take on Jaylon Moore in a difficult spot in opposition to Browns edge rusher Myles Garrett.
“Trent’s a very Intelligent guy who is also very competitive and understands what those decisions are,” Shanahan mentioned. “And he said he could come back. I wasn’t expecting him because of how bad the injury looked. The trainers thought that it wasn’t as serious as it looked. Trent was adamant to get back out there and then we keep our eyes on him all game… That was a pretty courageous effort by him coming out and those circumstances, especially the player he was going against.”
The 49ers also are anticipated to get linebacker Dre Greenlaw again in apply this day nearest he overlooked Sunday with a hamstring trauma, Shanahan mentioned.
