On Monday, San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan added one identify to the harm record following the workforce’s 23-17 loss to the Minnesota Vikings. The 49ers receiving yards chief in Week 2, wideout Deebo Samuel Sr.suffered a calf pressure that, per Shanahan, is anticipated to sideline him for “a pair weeks.”
Samuel Sr. caught practically each move thrown his method on Sunday, hauling in eight passes for 110 yards. The sixth-year professional was one among 5 move catchers with 25-plus yards receiving in San Francisco’s first highway recreation of the yr.
“I believed he had some actual good catches,” Shanahan mentioned. “That workforce performs extra zone than anyone that we have gone towards in most likely the final eight years… So, that is type of what you are anticipating with it. Brock Purdy had a lot of good throws layering it over some backers, and Deebo needed to type of climb the ladder a few instances and made a pair spectacular catches.
“I believed he performed one among his higher video games versus the Jets. I do not know if I’d say one among his higher ones in comparison with others, however I believed he performed actual effectively.”
The head coach shared that Samuel Sr.’s harm seems to have occurred in the direction of the tip of regulation because the 49ers had been trying to come back again from their late six-point deficit.
“He (Samuel Sr.) advised me he thinks he did it when he caught the third-to-last play,” Shanahan mentioned. “They (Vikings protection) had a blitz down within the purple zone. He caught the recent route breaking in. He says he thinks he did it on that play. I believe there have been solely like two or three performs after that play although.”
Samuel Sr.’s projected two-week restoration timeline would imply the 49ers star extensive receiver would miss the workforce’s Week 3 divisional matchup with the Los Angeles Rams and Week 4 residence recreation towards the New England Patriots.