Niners Nation
The San Francisco 49ers have a relatively healthy injury report heading into Week 11 against the Arizona Cardinals. According to Kyle Shanahan, there is one player listed on the final injury report.
It’s cornerback Deommodore Lenoir, who injured his calf during Thursday’s practice: “Tried to go today. Didn’t. We’ll get an MRI here. Didn’t think it was that serious. Did it jogging from a drill. Just some tightness. So we’ll find more when we get an MRI.”
That sounds like it’s precautionary. If Lenoir can’t go, that likely means Darrell Luter fills in for him. Shanahan believes Luter has taken a big step this season: “If that happens, we got a lot of confidence in Lut.”
Brock Purdy is not listed on the injury report. Shanahan spoke about what he’s most excited about, curating a game plan for his starting quarterback, who is back in the fold: “Just having him back. I know it was a long wait for him. Each week, just getting better and better. I thought it was an awesome week for him. Just getting back to doing what he does, do what we do, and do it aggressively.”
Shanahan said he could tell pretty early into Wednesday’s practice that he wouldn’t need to see another three practices from Purdy. The offense will be as close to full strength as it’s been all year, with Ricky Pearsall no longer listed on the injury report as well.
Here’s Shanahan on having Purdy and Pearsall back on offense:
“I’m just happy those two have been back. We were hoping it would be faster. Both of them. And it just took a while. I don’t want to put a lot on them, being out so long, that they’re going to be exactly where they left off. They just had a good week of practice. I’m just excited to get it started with them again.”
Shanahan said the team looked into Walter Nolen, who is a rookie on the Arizona Cardinals:
Yeah, we looked into him a lot. He’s a real good player. One of the better inside d-linemen in the draft. Extremely talented. Knew a lot of his coaches from Ole Miss spoke real highly of him, and we were fortunate that he didn’t go against us in the first game. Just seeing him on tape these last few weeks or whatever it’s been, he looks like he did in college. A first round pick who should have a real good career.
