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Your daily San Francisco 49ers news for Tuesday, October 29th, 2024
49ers feel set up for a second-half surge after handling business against Cowboys (paywall)
“Warner said his Week 4 ankle sprain has never fully gone away. He said he seems to find a way to bang it up all over again each week. Samuel, Kittle and Jennings will also enjoy having a week off from football.”
Brock Purdy was a gamer when 49ers needed it most in win over Cowboys (paywall)
“Purdy running is when Purdy’s instincts are taking over. It’s when he decides he’s not allowing Shanahan’s play call or his teammates’ execution, or even his own reads, to be the end of the matter.
Whether he’s taking off in the pocket, relocating to get a better look, it’s all a sign of this dude’s will to win. It doesn’t look as ferocious as Fred Warner, or as brute as George Kittle, or as smooth as Deebo Samuel. But Purdy has it and the 49ers need it.”
“Lucky for the 49ers, it turns out that the first half of their 2024 season was a pass/fail endeavor. And try as they might, they did not fail.
They frantically dog-paddled through the waves of injuries, suffered gut-wrenching last-minute losses, improvised wildly, committed far too many mistakes, and mostly just held off encroaching disaster for all of these eight weeks — and, quite appropriately, also throughout Sunday’s sloppy but stress-relieving 30-24 victory over the tumbling Dallas Cowboys at Levi’s Stadium.”
“Wide receiver Jauan Jennings is expected to return after the bye week. He’s been dealing with a hip injury that’s sidelined him for the past two games.
McCaffrey, though, is the one player who could fundamentally change this season. Shanahan was more cautious than even cautiously optimistic when discussing his status. In an ideal world, McCaffrey will return after the bye.
“It depends how this week goes,” Shanahan said. “He’s had no setbacks, so it looks like we’re on track. But he’s going to hit it hard this week while we’re gone and kind of simulate some practice stuff for himself. And as long as it all goes good, hopefully we’ll get him back in practice next week.”
Kyle Shanahan reflects on 49ers’ Week 8 win vs. Cowboys, 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 30-24 win over the Dallas Cowboys. Here’s everything he said.”
The kid is a closer: 49ers rookie Isaac Guerendo seals another win with a big run (paywall)
“I think he’s learned from each run he’s gotten.” Shanahan said. “There’s a couple runs he had earlier in the year that he did all right on, but we grade him pretty hard. He had a some 4-yard runs we thought he could have got 7 yards on....
