Your daily San Francisco 49ers news for Tuesday, December 24th, 2024
49ers shut down LT Trent Williams (ankle), others for season
“My gut is most likely that he’ll end up being shut down,” Shanahan said. “But I’ve got to wait to talk to Dre on that and we’ll still make sure to see exactly how he is doing because right now, we just have it as just soreness. But that’ll definitely be a decision that I’ll leave up to Dre, depending on what his health is.”
Kyle Shanahan reflects on 49ers’ Week 16 loss vs. Dolphins, provides injury updates
“San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan spoke with reporters during a conference call on Monday, the day after the team’s 29-17 loss to the Miami Dolphins. Here’s everything he said.”
49ers Notes: O-line woes, penalty criticism, and how Shanahan will motivate for final games
“Shanahan had a definite level of frustration that came across on the conference call. He was asked about the 49ers’ “lack of concentration” on offense. It sounded quite a bit like he was giving Ricky Pearsall the Brandon Aiyuk (and Dante Pettis) tough love treatment. He also gave that to George Kittle, who was responsible on the other occasion.
“My thoughts are when two guys are off the ball and not one guy’s on and one guy’s off, that’s just a lack of concentration,” Shanahan said. “When the tight end’s supposed to be off the ball in one play and you’re not, it’s just a concentration issue. I always attribute cadences to focus, things like that. It’s stuff that you do deal with every year, but the way that we dealt with it last night and kind of the timing of when it happened really gave us an extremely small chance to win. And that’s why it was such a big deal yesterday.”
Shanahan was asked a follow-up on Pearsall, about wide receivers coach Leonard Hankerson talking to the rookie after two illegal formation penalties.”
Why Purdy will start 49ers’ final two games despite O-line injuries
“His replacement, Jaylon Moore, is out for the final two games of the season with a quadriceps strain he sustained on Sunday.
His backup, Spencer Burford, has a calf injury, and the 49ers were not sure about his status for their Week 17 game against the Lions on Monday night.
Left guard Aaron Banks sustained a sprain to the medial collateral ligament in his right knee when running back Patrick Taylor was tackled into him in the fourth quarter.
The 49ers turned to Nick Zakelj at left guard. Ordinarily, Burford would have taken over at guard, but he already was forced into the lineup at left tackle.
The only other offensive lineman the 49ers suited up for Sunday’s game was newly added tackle Austen Pleasants, who has appeared in three NFL games over four seasons with the Carolina Panthers, the Los Angeles Chargers and the 49ers.”